Banning religion - or any private, personal practice - violates our basic human right to self expression. What’s up for debate is whether our basic human right to self expression makes it okay for us to conduct ourselves in ways that represent safety or security risks for others in public / official locations - such…

I can see those being used to great effect during one of those trendy “gender reveal” parties they love so much these days. You know, at the party, someone ‘ting ting tings’ their champagne flute, and everyone gathers around the mother-to-be to see what color streamers pop out of the sacred portal.

There’s a cool movie theater there, called “Living Room” or something? And while others have done the living room-style experience (small theater with good food / beer), we were surprised just how good the food was, and how much we got. A really cool experience for the same (or less) money than we’d pay for shitty…

I’m happy you guys put “Blue Star” on the donuts section for Portland. Everyone told me to hit Voodoo, and my gf and I were underwhelmed. Taking a donut and then putting bacon and nutella on it isn’t exactly revolutionary.

Yeah. I’m curious to see how (if) they follow up on that meeting.

This, and the past several posts you’ve made, have me fairly convinced that you area deeply biased Christian unwilling / unable to separate your own personal superstitions from your sensibilities regarding what is / isn’t ‘discrimination’.

I’m guessing you’re a moderate Christian and view yourself as both very tolerant but also justified in your mistrust of / dislike for certain other religious groups. Am I close?

It’s downplayed in the series, but Euron has just about as deep / broad knowledge of the arcane as anyone in the series. He is much more than just a bloodthirsty pirate type - he’s privvy to some seriously dark knowledge which probably applies to combat as well.

Gunpowder and cannon aren’t a common technology in Planetos. More likely are casks / urns of flammable liquid. That, and some of the magic / supernatural stuff Euron picked up on his journeys.

There’s a little wiggle room at my company, since each job category / level / location has an upper and lower pay limit. Generally speaking, though, your pay is mathetmatically determined by your job type, state of residence, and years of service. I was hired by a woman, promoted by a woman, and was hired onto my next…

Here’s how you do it:

Coppers and Poppers. I’ve never done poppers but I imagine they’d make the process a lot more fun for everyone?

What’s the takeaway? Are we to be resentful of men for trying to make the most of an uncomfortable and semi-stigmatized medical procedure? are we grudgingly respectful of the men who take responsibility for their side of birth control? Are we just reflexively angry at hearing the word ‘bro’ applied to anything?

I agree, up to a point — as long as ‘diversity in religion’ leads to the religious accepting that their beliefs are not absolutely correct and that skepticism, doubt, and tolerance are more valuable than compliance and dogmatic adherence.

I don’t hate religion. Calm down.

Also... if you’re going to keep pretending that race (involuntary biological condition) and religion (voluntary personal choice) are the same beast, we’re not going to be able to have a productive discussion.

Is it just me, or was the Nymeria scene a little symbolic? Nymeria no longer recognizes Arya because she’s no longer Arya / a Stark, at least metaphorically speaking. She’s sacrificed and grown/changed so much — but at great cost. Possibly at the cost of her own humanity.

By blowing up the Great Sept of Baelor, Cersei was doing the respectful thing. You know, since the Great Sept represented the destruction of the aboriginal, nature-respecting Children of the Forest and their old gods in favor of an arbitrary, man-made religion that justified sexual repression among other things. Go…

Communism enforced a secular society and punished people for being religious. Nazism enforced a ‘preferred race’ society and punished people for being gypsy / Jewish. Again, you’re twisting things.

It’s almost as though the destruction of that relic was symbolic of Cersei’s (and her retinue’s) lack of respect for history and tradition. Hmm.