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Just an FYI, I am Assyrian and I have never made a historical claim to a far away and distant land. By your logic I could and would be right to do so, except I wouldn't because my people have been forced from their lands before by war and genocide.
There will never be another Assyria, and to attempt to create another one would create a quaint haven of Christians in a bitter, and violent portion of the world- one that isn't so kind to Christians. (I wonder why?) My parents fled Iran in 1979 and with the powers in charge over there at the moment, they sure as hell aren't making plans to return to that region any time soon.
Although I suppose by now they are leaving little bloody footprints everywhere.
yyes but I'm confused why the post "I've been thinking about this a lot because my grandpa died on sunday" yields a post like "well that's because bourgy contractors etc."
i was more referring to peoples like the palestinians, who are still actively struggling with their own genocide on their own land, currently being stolen by the minute, but given the way things are going in iraq, a re-establishment of a syriac nation or province is in the cards just like a kurdistan is, given the ethno-religious struggles its experiencing without saddam
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If a large amount of greenhouse gasses are produced to provide heat in the wintertime and those gasses cause global warming then won't we reach a point where less heat will be needed in the winter so we will produce less greenhouse gas without doing anything at all?
Are their any other reductions that will naturally occur due to the warming of the earth? I expect that plants will grow better with longer seasons and higher temperatures and they should help reduce greenhouse gasses but can anyone think of other examples?
So essentially, fuck my people. They have more of a right than the Palestinians to certain regions in the middle east but you don't give a shit and instead choose them, the people who are and have been actively oppressing my people, or whats left of them, to back up and fight for.
If you want to play the historical claim card, my people 1-up the Palistinians in certain regions. They do- if you want to play that card.
the syriacs as a people could very likely re-establish a homeland in part of their historical holdings, that is literally what i said, and something i would gladly support
i never once said 'nah fuck those victims of genocide' like you're talking about??
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I mean seriously, where is the downside from allowing murderous hateful people to kill each other over barren wastelands?
Why would you do this declawing is horrible
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an indigenous tribe is settled in a wasteland that requires outside aid to continue surviving
by which I mean that a group of people have rooted in a place that does not possess the natural resources to allow for their continued survival
do you think (A) America or (B) the UN ought to provide them with food, shelter, medical care, etc.?
Because you're trying to stand up for the guy who still has a few cards to deal where as my people have already been counted out and lost nearly everything in that region. Some people can defend themselves at the moment, and others cannot. Which do you stand up for more readily?
They have destroyed a good amount of woodwork and a very nice wooden stairway with their claws. We have tried scratching posts and pads, training, and negative reinforcement (spray bottles and rattles) to try to get it to stop but no joy.
Surgical mutilation was our option of last resort. I personally feel worse that they got their balls cut off but that was before my time. At least they are not on the menu and they are already terrified to go outside. They are good mousers and I hope they can keep it up without claws.
is there a reason i can't sympathize with all these struggles. or do i have to play favorites with oppressed people
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There are things like nail caps that would've solved your problem without having to cut of pieces of their bones.
Never mind the first genocide that got its currently oppressed occupiers to that land, for it is they who is now facing genocide- oh won't somebody help them?
please next time when you're unprepared to deal with any negative consequences of pet-ownership, just give them up.
if you can't even be bothered to look for alternatives like caps...get some mousetraps instead.
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Didn't you hear me say how glad I am that those cats kill mice? What you got against mice? They are animals and feel pain and these very cats have cut more than a few pieces off those mice. I guess you just take sides with cats and judge people who take other sides. We feed those cats food made with animal meat also.
Do you eat meat? Do you swat mosquitoes? If you do then shut the hell up with your sanctimonious hypocrisy you very silly goose.
Did you bring your boots?
This is key.
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The only female cat has learned not to claw up the woodwork and she didn't need to be declawed. All received roughly the same amount of attention to that problem but her gender or breed must just be smarter or more obedient. Whatever the reason she saved herself the trouble of a trip to the vet by being a good cat.
oh, I bet you did
Oh no my argument is destroyed after you put all those words in my mouth! You're a pet owner which means you've got responsibility. Declawing a cat rather than opt for nail caps that I found in a 5 second google effort is animal cruelty.
More like, takes in strays, keeps them warm in winter, feeds them well, loves them, trains them, cleans up after them, and provides medicine for them.
So its fair to me.
pssh, you lack imagination. Go to a slaughterhouse or farm sometime. Go to a dog pound sometime, or a horse track.
So holier than me, I'm impressed.
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He tried several other solutions and is aware of the pain and gruesomeness of declawing, but it was a last resort.
My family has owned 5 cats, 3 of which are currently alive.
4 of them were declawed, two of which were only the front paws.
Are you telling me that we should have given these animals up to the animal shelter to wait to be adopted, if they are at all, instead of feeding, caring and supplying medical attention(Two of these cats were strays and required extensive surgeries) for?
Our newest cat, Socks, was abused for years and has only recently warmed to humans(myself in particular) and started to live in our house. I love her to death and will likely take her with me when I move out. However, since my room is the only place she likes to sleep and another one of our cats still hates her I have to keep the door shut. She has since torn up a large section of my carpet. We are trying a scratching post and tried nail caps, but she is an outdoor cat as well and the caps come off.
If she doesn't take to the post, we will probably have to get her declawed or face hundreds upon hundreds of dollars in damages.
Are you seriously telling me that I should give up this abused animal I have known since she was a kitten and feed and care for because I have to use the last resort to prevent several hundred dollars worth of property damage?
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Steel toe work boots okay?
the pain of being the most subtle of all the beasts in the field
It took me a minute, i just got back from your mom and/or dad's place