If the studies were done primarily on people with sleep problems, then the reduction in pain could easily be explained by getting better rest due to the melatonin, not directly from the melatonin itself.

Gerrymandering maybe?

Or that the “death threats” are as imaginary as antifa terrorists.

If they actually enforced the Constitution and defended the laws as they swore to, they wouldn’t need security. Traitors to the people should fear the people.

We should set it as the average life expectancy minus 20 years. That way the government would actually be incentivised to raise people’s life expectancy to maximize working years.

Or they will use it as an excuse to give up on the failed Iran negotiations and try a ground assault.

Slavery should definitely be on the list, your right.

Pirates may not have raped people on the boats they took, because there often weren’t any. The pubescent cabin boys and powder monkeys were a different story however.

As far as torture, lashings were the standard baseline punishment. Edward Low was known to be particularly violent and liked cutting ears off people on ships he boarded. Keelhauling wasn’t as universal as media would indicate, but it was an actual practice.

I’m generally pro gun, but if you regularly hallucinate an 8 foot rabbit telling you the McDonalds drive through guy is a secret alien, you shouldn’t have a fucking gun.

I support euthanasia for people who choose it with a clear mind. We are talking about people who would not choose suicide if they were properly treated by and large.

More like perfect is the enemy of the good.

While I see your point, 60% of gun deaths are suicides. We absolutely need to do something and since universal healthcare is not happening with this administration, a gun ban might be the only thing that could help.

It will never not be funny to me that people are totally okay with a pirate tattoo, but not a Nazi tattoo. Pirates routinely raped, tortured, murdered and pillaged.

What I am trying to say is that nobodys hands are clean. Not yours. Not mine. It’s convenient that you draw the line so you don’t have any responsibility.

Like it or not, you are responsible for who you vote for. Perhaps I have a different definition of responsibility than you do. Voting for a rep who has been openly supportive of Israel which has been oppressing and abusing Palestinians for decades is responsibility in my book. Oct 7 wasn’t the beginning of something new. It was just what made people notice.

Except reps aren’t nobles. We voted for them and they voted for genocide. So are you going to hold every voter responsible? We didn’t do anything different than they did. We all just voted and people died. Are we going to throw everyone who ever voted for Biden AND Trump into jail? Does that sound like a practical solution? No?

Yes, of course I want the right punished. Trump and his cabinet should never see the outside of a cell again. Of I had my choice ever Trump supporter would have their citizenship stripped and would only have it back when they learned what being a citizen actually means.

I’m all for treating Israel as a state that enacted genocide and prosecuting its officials and military as war criminals. But that is for the international community, not just us. America acting as world police is part of the problem.

This country desperately needs a functional mental healthcare system.

What have representatives done that affected Gaza besides vote? That’s the only thing you could arrest them for.

Immunity for elected officials is unfortunately necessary. Imagine if someone like Trump could arrest Democrats for how they voted. The only justice we can give Gaza is working to rebuild what was destroyed and preventing Israel from fucking with their state going forward.

Even with my expectations low, I’m usually still disappointed. Everything comes second to getting Trump and his goons out of power because without that democracy is over. A Dem fully funded by AIPAC is still better than a Republican any day. Yeah, I prefer DSA, but I’ll take what I can get.

Iran and Lebanon maybe, but nobody is going to jail for the genocide in Gaza. I hate it, but it’s never happening. US law grants immunity to prosecution for official duties and no foreign army is big enough to force the matter.