Blowing anybody up is NEVER funny. And it never will be.

There you. You can’t stop people from fighting, but we certainly can stop helping them kill each other.

And look, I get it’s a hot button issue for a lot of people. I’m not suggesting anyone is wrong for whatever side they choose. It’s too complex of an issue for my pea-brain to fully understand. What I do understand is that the US and other countries need to be working toward helping both sides find a reasonable and peaceful solution — whatever that may be (I’ll leave that to the smarter people to figure out).

FWIW, I’m referring to the local DNS (domain name system) resolver; the mechanism that resolves local domain names into IP addresses so that computers can talk to each other over the LAN.

Here is a good primer on the configuration files and their possible locations: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/resolved.conf.html

Edit: be careful because this is your domain name lookup you’re messing with. 😊

Ah, the ol’ “thing I found most attractive about you in the past now annoys the crap out of me” argument.

I’ll take Things I’ve Never Thought Of for $200, Alex.

There’s the paradox. Your argument itself is drawing a line that excludes mine. So what do we do? Well, like you said, we be democratic about it. Get out and vote for the people and policies that best aligns with our values. We have civil discussions like this that challenges each other to think of the other side. Maybe we get upset once in a while. Maybe we change our minds (maybe we don’t). It’s not perfect, but it’s better than nothing.

I’m sure the now 22-year-old that he admitted to raping 10 years ago feels relief knowing he’s learned his lesson and gets to back to being a superstar because he was just a kid who grew out of his phase of raping 12-year-olds.

I do agree with you that most people can learn from their mistakes, and should be given multiple chances for redemption. But I draw the line at rape, especially of children; it’s personal. I will respect your opinion, despite not agreeing with it, if you will respect mine, while not agreeing with it. 😊

1. She was 12
2. He flew from his home in the Netherlands to England (~209miles) to meet this girl
3. She was 12, he was 19
4. He raped her
5. He plead guilty (not found guilty)
6. She was 12
7. Sentenced to four years in prison
8. Only served 1 year, 1 month

No, he in fact was not punished for it. He still owes society 2 years, 11 months.

Conflating the raping of a 12-year-old girl that he admitted to raping with other felons is insulting to the other felons.