He’s got money and political power, and there’s always the chance she can steal him away from his wife.

... and we just came full circle to the “which definition” question, due to the numerous ways people define “family.”

Are you sure you really want to know the reasons?

How about retroactive abortion? I have a tire iron and two cops willing to give an alibi.

Depends. Which common understanding? The understanding of that word varies, and in some cases 5 or 6 cousins would still count as within the family (it gets rather weird when you start hitting some of the really big extended families, where two members of it that have the family name can have up to 20 degrees of…

I wish I could say I’m surprised.

To be fair, that mostly wasn’t the Catholic Church. Even during the Inquisition, they tended to toss women who admitted and were proud of witchcraft in jail (it was one of their many genocide attempts against the Jews, so no surprise). It was mostly the ignorant masses who were the problem.

Because the people who are the most distant from you genetically are only 50th cousins. Most people are going to be more closely related.

Two-finger test...

Wasn’t that book declared heresy by the Catholic Church not long after it was published?

Why not? She’d probably be the best candidate.

I don’t know, but in my experience a proper birthday celebration ends with you waking up in police custody the next day and having to talk to the fire department about scorch marks on neighboring houses.

It depends on the situation, and there are a lot of situations where it definitely makes you an asshole.

Dementia is a set of symptoms, not a true disease. Wikipedia is full of shit on this one.

As an apology, there is no legitimate way to use it before the offending statement. It’s supposed to be used after, when your brain has caught up with your mouth ;)

He’s the stupid one. His brother was smart enough to use obfuscating stupidity and have someone who comes across as Emperor Palpatine around to throw off a lot of criticism. Made himself seem harmless and easily manipulated.

It was originally a statement of apology to the person in the room who might be offended by what you say. The acceptance of the apology would be to indicate you took no offense. You still see that trope around a lot.

Are we truly learning good things from history? Or just learning old reasons to hate each other and weapons to use against each other?

This might be Alzheimer’s in action. That can cause dementia as well.

How did this end up here when I was replying to Jamie Condliffe?