Speak for yourself. By nearly every moral and ethical principle I have, his decision was reckless, ignorant, and dangerous. Being willing to die for what you believe in doesn’t make you brave. Being willing to sacrifice the lives of others to convert them to what you believe in doesn’t make you brave. And ALL of this…

Because they are directly related to people on neighboring islands who colonization has decimated.

“...he was a Christian missionary, a wilderness EMT, an international soccer coach, and a mountaineer.”

He got his justice. It was a Darwin Award.

I mean where else does the blame lie in this case? He went multiple times to a place he knew was illegal to be and that he could kill them with his germs. He went back multiple times after they shot him with arrows and sabotaged his canoe so he couldn’t get back. 

It’s BOTH a part of india and soveriegn land. Technically, the same is held for ‘reservations’ in the United States, except, of course, the US gov’t feels free to invade the lands when it suits their purpose (such as laying down a pipeline).

Our thoughts and prayers go out to both John’s family and friends

I would like to add that the results could very well be worse for women, but as long as we talking the ethics of one, I don’t see why you wouldn’t include both under the same umbrella.

And why shouldn’t they?

How about all religions just shut the fuck up about mutilating the genitals of ALL children? 

You’re a fucking moron.

He’s estimated to be worth $20 million. How much are you worth?

There’s a good chance those same people think the Earth is 6,000 years old, so good luck convincing them with a scientific argument.

I had an old history assignment I did as a teacher. Research something on that happened on your birthday. Unbeknownst to me, the KKK was founded on this kid’s day . They had to write a paper and do something art wise. He brought in a KKK outfit on butcher paper. I called the parent, she knew and didnt care and…

This is middle of nowhere Missouri...I am not going with “woke” being the overriding cultural issue.

Orange you going to apologise for that terrible pun?

Oh how I wish I had that kind of disposable income to afford La Mer. I wouldn’t buy La Mer, it would just be nice to have the money.

It’s been widely disproven and identified as abusive junk science.

We do such a great job with our kids, eh? Her parents disown her. The school that’s supposed to be leading her through the last stage of becoming an adult tries to fuck her over. And the only organization that could theoretically protect her from the asshole Jesus freak fuckwads at the school sees what’s going on and…

Did you somehow draw national attention to systemic racism this week?