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Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.
4 yrs ago
The highest, most decisive experience is to be alone with one's own self. You must be alone to find out what supports you, when you find that you can not support yourself.
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5 yrs ago
One cannot live from anything except what one is.
5 yrs ago
The slave to virtue finds the way as little as the slave to vices.
5 yrs ago
The core of an individual is the mystery of life, which dies when it is 'grasped'. That is also why symbols want to keep their secrets.
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The Harbinger of Ferocity
Agent of the Wild, Aspect of the Ferine Nature, red in tooth and claw.
"There is, indeed, no single quality of the cat that man could not emulate to his advantage." - Carl Van Vechten
I am, at my core, a personification and manifestation of those things whose blood and hearts run red with the ferocity of the animal world. It is this which convicts and controls my works, my writing, my being; the force and guidance in which I gain wisdom from. It is what inspires me as a creator and weaver of words, the very thing I admire as an author.
My leanings, savage as they are, are of the feline sort as there exists no greater lineage of beasts whom can be drawn from. No others captivate and motivate my talent and skill as the greatest of cats do.
I consider that just as much an excuse, @Penny. I do not make a distinction between that early period or the period the article was talking about with post birth. I hold that it is a position for which there are few reasonable defenses for, if any. One might argue in the case of rape, incest, or extreme life and death circumstances, those I might hear to, but anything else I view in general as a blatant statement of "I made a mistake, which someone else should pay for." when the cost is life. The mindset of "Because I didn't want to." equally merits a response from me of, "Then that is your own fault. No sympathy here."
This evolves to the place where we see it that the article is saying they are not too different; which is true, you are knowingly and willfully engaging in the butchery of children in either case. My concern, as with many others, is that this idea that a "post birth abortion" can even be fathomed as a hypothetical possibility only guides us further down that slope.
You can almost guarantee that all communications, in and out, were monitored and reviewed as well, @mdk. There is great question to how discriminatory they would be about it, which is to say likely not at all, as we already know well that the opposition was exercising their sitting power and authority to browse Donald Trump's campaign. There's a few other interesting components to it as well, to include that in some cases they might not have had not the proper authorization to continue their taps apparently, but we will see in time. There is nothing more classy than spying on political opponents because of "Russia". What only further stokes these flames are the amount of lies that abound too.
On another and wholly unrelated note, a child being a "financial burden" is an understatement. If one is having children, they sign away their right to that argument by being an adult and accepting fault or problem for their decisions. What I mean in this is, whether one likes it or not, they have to accept the responsibility of their actions; the child did not spontaneously materialize from the ether. The parents of the child chose, either by their inaction to prevent having a child in the first place, or by having a child until this information was revealed, thus negating any place to complain. If they did not want to deal with the consequences, they shouldn't have undertaken or risked it in the first place - the subsequent offspring shouldn't be the ones to pay their price for incompetent parents when dealing with the subject of life and death.
Additionally "non-medical" reasons are very much that slippery slope, worse than any arbitrary medical reasons as is. At that point you could invent any explanation you deem fit that is "too difficult" and thus making it fitting to abort the child. Almost an exact parallel line of logic that leads to the hypothetical argument of post-birth "abortion".
We have come to the place where it is somehow considered reasonable to make such an argument at all and in any light other than grim humor. There is a stark contrast between killing and murder, but this? This is the advocation, or at very least the norming and conditioning to, the murder of children, unquestionably so at that.
I might not agree with the "choice" philosophy, but I admit they have some points. This concept is off the rails for a "choice" argument if it was to be anything other than parody. Consider me skeptical if they say they were just posing this in hypothetical thought and vacuum; I haven't even that much trust in me to believe them.
The string of the bow snapped forward, sending an arrow again whistling off into the distance; who knew where it would land now? At best it would plummet into the man and if not, perhaps just to his side or feet ahead of him as one final warning. The huntsman, watching the ever disappearing mark only then lowered the bow and sneered. Perhaps the fleeing man would never trouble them again, the fact he managed to leave with his life maybe kindling a sense of fate in him, but the rugged Brannor had no hopes of this. Reality, at least to him, suggested that the quarry would be off to beg its masters for forgiveness and tell them of coming danger. After all, he had paid no real mind to the capture, or rather the now corpse.
Turning where he stood, slinging the weapon by its string over his chest, he brushed free his gauntlets and stepped through the waving blades of grass to regain his sword; it too was set to its sheath across his back. The fierce eyes paid no mind to the dead men, their prices paid in their blood for their greed. It spoke volumes on these mercenaries, so willing to trade lives and suffering for coin that they would even stoop to being the lackeys of some deranged dragon-cult.
Standing beside Shepherd now, the idle, calm beast of a man looked over her work. He was unsure just when she executed him, but at least cruelty had not become of her descent into the savage. After all, the bear - rather, the apparent druid - and the half blood were all touched by that same or similar ferocity.
"We haven't a spade," Brannor began, looking over then to the furred giant that was the ursine Torus, knowing well he could dig with those tremendous claws, "But in reality, we haven't the time."
"Deception might work, but we would need many more disguises... less bloody ones at that." He continued, kneeling down to the kill's limp body, beginning to rifle it for any added proof; first the weapons, then the pockets, then through and between the armor. Anything and everything that could give the young women added insight, be it the small one or the priestess.
"What did the dead men have to tell?" The golden eyes turned to fall on Shepherd, then to Parum, hands still at work.
Narrowed as they were, a brow of his remained ever so slightly perked. He knew some sort of conversation had been made while he was concentrating elsewhere but he sincerely doubted they would gain anything of use - or what he, a tracker and hunter, would consider of use. He imagined it something inane, given it did not sound like fearful begging or pleading after all, yet what did he know? Perhaps they had gained something as profound as they had with the last prisoner they dealt with...
Brannor fires a final arrow at the last target, hoping to kill it or keep it running for good and not return. He very likely misses on an 8.
After, he returns to the rest of the group over a short walk, reclaiming his greatsword and then preparing to search the body for any obvious evidence that might be of use to those who have intentions other than just killing the cult. If there are any arrows on any of the bodies, he will claim them to help restore his stock.
If there's any hidden items or details, he almost assuredly glances by them with an Investigation (Intelligence) roll of 1.
The numbers are not entirely accurate, but the meme gets the point across. A one-time wall will cost you significantly less to build than funding that year's illegal immigrants and more than pay for itself over time. Unsurprisingly, the upkeep of said wall will also reach nowhere near the cost of funding people who did not lawfully enter the nation. The cost of the wall is projected to indeed be ten billion dollars, while the cost of the illegal immigrants yearly is a more indistinct fifty-four billion dollars. Still under the spell that "Mexico isn't going to pay for the wall." however?
Let that be shattered then, as Mexico is not going to be paying for it how people imagine - in cash or by tax - likely, but instead in trade, such as this renegotiation of NAFTA in the works as well as the fact that Mexico was leveraging border security to keep the United States in it. This is also ignoring that there is a executive order in draft sitting in the White House that, if executed, immediately withdraws the United States from the NAFTA agreement. This is important to note because, without any added warning in response to Mexico not dealing or agreeing, the President of the United States can withdraw the nation; it is the literal and figurative trump card.
Building a wall is not an act of racism, it has everything to do with security and the enforcement of the law of the land. Hungary built a wall, of which reduced illegal immigration by ninety-nine percent in response to the refugee crisis. It had nothing to do with the people themselves and everything to do with the establishment and ongoing authority of a sovereign state. Either you immigrate under the standards of the host nation or not at all.
In any case actual news reported is as a comment by an EU official, not the Don.
So we are placing value in the word of some know-nothing European Union official that much? Here is what was said then.
Miguel Arias Cañete told reporters on Saturday: “The U.S. has stated that they will not renegotiate the Paris accord, but they will try to review the terms on which they could be engaged under this agreement.”
The "actual" news who reported it was none other than the Wall Street Journal, who had the above statement terribly wrong. In fact, so wrong that it flies in the face of this:
When Trump officially announced his plans to withdraw from the Paris Agreement in June, he said he’d be willing to “immediately work with Democratic leaders,” either to “negotiate the U.S. back into Paris” or devise a new pact.
Since then, the administration hasn’t officially announced any new policies on the climate change agreement, nor has it provided any details on what a renegotiation with the accord would look like.
This turn of events is actually a targeted attack, similar to the "DACA announcement" that the President had been involved in days before. The reason I call this a "targeted attack" is because it was accompanied by a massive surge in the Shareblue personnel and computer botnet, many of whom posed as "Trump supporters" and flooded social media sites affiliated with his backers, be it 4chan, Reddit, Breitbart, Facebook, etc. This is where the cry of "Trump's base is abandoning him." rose from, owing to the paid shills or opposition actors and whose go-to tactic is debasing attempts. Do not believe me, let them say it for themselves:
Sword forward, the wizard pressed on and to cut off the enemy at their flank; he, just as the paladin, had enough of their attackers swarming and surrounding them. Lightning charged across the keen edge and then like a painter he stroked the sword against the canvas of his enemy and to spectacular effect. A dull burst of energy filled the air and the skittering light bounced from the steel and on to the armored foe with a crack - pleased with himself, the elf nodded and almost gave a gentleman's bow before putting the weapon back to the ready. The shadow, in return, incapable of so much as lifting its shield from the leap of lightning, stood almost dazed and confused... or as much as these dark beings could. Either way, the abjurer had more than succeeded and assured their enemy was routed from regrouping.
Thea, charging up the steps, hand gesturing with a symbol of the Kingdom of Light, uttered some word none could quite truly understand; some archaic, mystic tongue she had adopted. Immediately, as she swung her own sword, both hands set to its grip, the weapon shed a great light that quickly burned away into ripples of invisible, formless energy.
She connected, her whole body shifting in its armor as she turned to follow through, striking down the sorcerous foe... only to have it erupt into darkness. A blinding black settling all around her, she quickly wiped her face free of the magical mist and turned to face her next opponent. Yet, for a disturbing moment, it was almost as though the wild magical energy of the Kingdom of Darkness had stricken her with despair.
Approaching a Shadow Soldier, Haemar strikes the enemy with a Shocking Grasp, dealing 8 lightning damage. Thea on the other hand moves and Smites the Shadow Sorcerer after dealing it 12 slashing damage with her greatsword; the added 10 radiant damage finish it off.
The Shadow Sorcerer is defeated, erupting into some sort of magical cloud of darkness that required a Wisdom saving throw. Thea succeeds on a 21.
Would it be reasonable then, given we are out of order now, to fire one last arrow before addressing the rest of the situation, @Hekazu? It seems we have a bit of a prisoner dilemma on our hands again, but that isn't my primary concern. We've made it through once. Just more so if our escapee is determined to get away by fate's permission.
[center][h3][color=f7941d]The Harbinger of Ferocity[/color][/h3]
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[color=f7941d][i]Agent of the Wild, Aspect of the Ferine[/i][/color]
[i]Nature, red in tooth and claw.[/i]
[b]"There is, indeed, no single quality of the cat that man could not emulate to his advantage."[/b]
[i]- Carl Van Vechten[/i]
[i]I am, at my core, a personification and manifestation of those things whose blood and hearts run red with the ferocity of the animal world. It is this which convicts and controls my works, my writing, my being; the force and guidance in which I gain wisdom from. It is what inspires me as a creator and weaver of words, the very thing I admire as an author.[/i]
[i]My leanings, savage as they are, are of the feline sort as there exists no greater lineage of beasts whom can be drawn from. No others captivate and motivate my talent and skill as the greatest of cats do.[/i][/center]
<div style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><div class="bb-center"><div class="bb-h3"><font color="#f7941d">The Harbinger of Ferocity</font></div><br><img src="http://orig13.deviantart.net/79bb/f/2016/137/d/8/final__small__by_argentfatalis-da2um2l.jpg" /><br><font color="#f7941d"><span class="bb-i">Agent of the Wild, Aspect of the Ferine</span></font><br><span class="bb-i">Nature, red in tooth and claw.</span><br><br><span class="bb-b">"There is, indeed, no single quality of the cat that man could not emulate to his advantage."</span><br><span class="bb-i">- Carl Van Vechten</span><br><br><span class="bb-i">I am, at my core, a personification and manifestation of those things whose blood and hearts run red with the ferocity of the animal world. It is this which convicts and controls my works, my writing, my being; the force and guidance in which I gain wisdom from. It is what inspires me as a creator and weaver of words, the very thing I admire as an author.</span><br><br><span class="bb-i">My leanings, savage as they are, are of the feline sort as there exists no greater lineage of beasts whom can be drawn from. No others captivate and motivate my talent and skill as the greatest of cats do.</span></div></div>
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