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Yes they should, we don't need to know about their mental disorders nor should we be compelled to take part in their fantasy games.

Doesn't the Thai government have to talk with Trump first?

They didn't get the message......woke is dead and good riddance

Greenland is not alone, Trump is losing friends and making enemies fast, Mexico and Canada will be having a trade war with the US and no doubt China will join in, Europe won't sit idly by when Trump starts blustering in their direction, he's already moaning about the trade imbalance with Europe, hey Donny, it's called capitalism, you know, making quality products than Americans like to buy with debt.

Only suspended???

I used EMS some years ago to send the German life certificate, I followed the progress all the way to Frankfurt airport then it stopped. I got into a panic and sent off Emails, turns out they gave the letter to the German courier DHL who obviously couldn't give their progress on the EMS tracker, main thing was it arrived. I got my confirmation for my British pension from our Mayoress for free and sent it today by normal post. I only ever had the pension stopped once because the form they sent me never arrived, it was only when the pension stopped that I realized something was wrong, after a telephone conversation they sent me a new one via Email, the missing pension was then paid.

This isn't 1939 and Greenland isn't Poland, Keep away Donald you're lowering the tone of the neighbourhood

Yes, loss of freedom is a correct punishment but with a persons release doesn't mean the end of their punishment. They have lost their abode, relationships, job and savings. They would find it difficult to get another job or be able to rent another abode, they have a permanent criminal record for life, the actual imprisonment is the least of their worries. People sometimes make unwise decisions which also affects their partners and innocent children negatively, even just a serious road accident or a drunken fight could result in a prison sentence. People change during their lives, the arrogant teenager changes to become a responsible adult and he can again change to commit a criminal act through unfortunate causal events and upon reflection can reorientate himself again. Impermanence and change is the guiding path in life. Nobody should be written off. Prison is meant as a punishment but also as a rehabilitation measure and nobody, with the exception of child killers and dangerous pedophiles, should be denied a second chance.

'Some' being the operative word, the tsunami of decrees he has just signed are harbingers of fascism, two of which are unconstitutional, one, the birth right, has already been squashed, the other, the sacking by Email of 12 anti-corruption and waste officials should have been presented to congress for a 30 day period giving reasonable grounds for dismissal, not they aren't sycophantic enough, Biden was stopped from firing one such person because his grounds weren't explained in detail but at least he followed legal procedure.

I don't know what you mean by wards, I don't see why women's and men's cells shouldn't be next to each other in the same block, trannies could share cells with each other in the same blocks as the men and women's shared block. There shouldn't need to be social separation between genders, same work spaces, same dinning hall, same recreation spaces, the very openness would act as self policing, the group dynamic would ensure civility, most people aren't animals.

No, there would no longer be gender specific prisons, men and women would serve time in the same prisons. Biological males whether trans or not would use the men's showers and toilets, biological women, no matter what they identify as, would use the women's showers and toilets. It would only be problematic with fully operated trans but that could be solved with specific different shower times in their identified gender, no harm done.

Why, one would only need building alterations for showers and toilets in both the female and male prisons, the prisons are there already and the number of prisoners are the same.

Personally I think that a mixed gender prison, with gender separat cells and rest rooms, would be a healthier prison system resulting in less violence and less mental health issues, the loss of freedom is bad enough without the artificial all female or all male confined community, it could help in genuine rehabilitation.

Look at it as a causal chain that started with choice.

konker is what boys play, conquer is what states do

A lot of trans 'women' are about to get their horizons widened

Money is as shy as a deer grazing at the forest's edge, one loud noise and it's gone.

They're getting married.

One can only hope he is as active on the battle field.

Where's the money coming from, more debt?

Increased leisure time for many who don't know how to occupy their time meaningfully as it is. This would bring about a motivation less population, a huge increase in drug taking and crime in general, this isn't a boon for mankind, people don't want to sit on their arse all day and have decisions made for them. It reminds me of experiments made with a population of rats given ideal living conditions with no challenges food and water in abundance, they died out.

Trumps arrogance is astounding, the bull in the china-shop approach.

Afghanistan has had conquerors running on its lands since at least 500 BC even Alexander the great and Genghis khan were there. Afghanistan only became a country in the 1700's after which also several Arab conquerors had invaded. Britain tried to take it in the 1800's to protect its Indian empire from Russia so Afghanistan was never a peaceful oasis, America is just the latest to put boots on the ground. Yes I feel sorry for them, so lets invite an entire country to settle in the West and while we're at it take in every farming community in South America and Africa suffering from drought, plenty of Chinese suffering from persecution as well. It just can't be done, if scientists are correct the climate will get ever more hotter and more countries are going to be uninhabitable (maybe even Thailand). It doesn't matter what happened in the past or who is to blame, our politicians are paid to look after us now and be pragmatic, resources are limited which I suppose eventually means war.

I've listened to some Eckhard Tolle but not in this context. Neither of my parents or my grandparents (all white and British) were christened, we were a heathen lot, doomed to everlasting fire no doubt. I've heard about 'Jesus in India', I find it highly unlikely, he was a Jewish mystic who, despite his wisdom, was a Jew at heart who departed from some core teachings, he was probably not a carpenter (very few trees where he was and wood would have been very expensive) he was most likely a stone mason who found work in some of the Roman garrisons so it's unlikely he had the cash or the motivation for such a journey. Although some Indian artifacts (very rare) have been found among Roman possessions (probably by way of traders) India was off the Roman radar. I've read the teachings of Nisargadatta (complicated and needs repeated readings) and looked at Ramana Maharshi whose message and method is simple and I have used it with some success but it was nothing I didn't know already, Papaji who is the same as Ramana. While meditating in the temple grounds I have had some aha! moments, once coming out of meditation, for a few seconds, I knew that the trees were aware of my presence, I spoke with the Abbot about this....he thought it was quite normal, and once I encountered such bliss and peace for 5 seconds I shouted WTF was that! Usually however I get nothing from meditating even though, very unusual for a lay person, I can clear the mind completely of thought at will without any technique, even while walking, not even background clutter.

No I wasn't baptized. I take a great deal of interest in philosophy, spirituality, and religions, I have read many Hindu and Buddhist works as well as Christianity, if any religion would find favour with me it would be Buddhism (it was the only religion that Einstein, a Jew, respected, he considered that 2,600 years ago Buddha had an inkling of the quantum vacuum). The oldest religion still practiced is Hinduism which is built on the meditation practices of Yogis which culminated in the Vedas, Vedanta ( Veda=knowledge anta = the goal of) and the Bagavad Gihta and has some similarity to Buddhism. Many of the sayings from the Bible could have come from Buddhism, "I am that I am", "before Abraham was, I am" "In my fathers house there are many mansions". I haven't looked at Islamic traditions except for Rumi who was a 13th century Sunni Muslim. If you had a point I no doubt missed it.