Interesting, since Lincoln probably would have had her shot during the Civil War

The morality of the time accepted these acts. We shouldn’t be surprised that literalists want to follow the same twisted morality. If we have to rewrite the texts to get them to match our morality, maybe we need different texts to look up to?

I agree with you except for “Nothing in any religious texts could justify child rape or slavery, and being honest about the fact that these people are deeply religious doesn’t offer validation whatsoever.”
The original text often expliciltly if not condoned rape were tolerant of it (recall the bible where rapists…

well said.

she also plead guilty.

Ok, technically it is called being a traitor. Is that better than snitching?

depends on your job, they generally aren’t mandatory though.

ok now your arguments just make no sense. Award shows are meaningless to actors. Ok, sure.

It is for prestige not money.

On the other hand, her eyes really are amazing

“Not only is the millionaire (is he still? Are we keeping track?)“

aww a match made in heaven...oh wait, I mean hell

This article is a bit of a stretch don’t you think? It is like saying they are starting to sell flashes to go with cameras because they let you see under sheer black dresses.

and also won’t work in most cases. As someone else pointed out it’s not “some magical camera that sees through all clothes”

I was going to note that in 1955 it is unlikely that men were in their shirtsleeves so it was colder considering everyone was wearing a wool coat. That isn’t the case today, so the temp is BS for both men and women

But trophy hunting would be abhorrent even if they weren’t research animals. Now this may have gotten more attention because of it, but it isn’t reprehensible because this particular lion was beloved. That is the same argument the dentist uses in his non-apology.

agree completely with your second paragraph. See…

well put.

Was this “meditation” really done with a straight face or are you just trolling all of us?

Yes, but that this lion had a name really shouldn’t be relevant to the larger point against trophy hunting

I think they are very different. Sure, many people are upset over treatment of food animals and many work to improve their treatment/seek food sourced responsibly. But it is hard to compare the eating of animals that are not endangered to the killing of threatened species just for fun.