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What is the CORRECT dosage of BALANCE between...


... forgiveness and punishment of offenders for various crimes and bad deeds, condemnation of the perpetrator versus NO condemnation or ANY form of victim blaming of the victims, having intelligent discussions on such matters on the internet versus having a large set of incredibly (however justifiable) ANGRY ones, being and not being angry for less or more sentences for the offending perpetrators, ignoring or condemning ignorant societies in one form or another, talking about it all versus NOT talking about it at all, recognizing and getting rid of certain prejudices organically and naturally versus doing it all angrily and forcefully, recognizing the existence of wrongs versus either not recognizing them or worse condoning them for one reason or another, recognizing and talking about the existence of certain double standards here or other correctly versus doing it emotionally and denying their existence and being put off by it all, philosophically wondering how it would all exist in a perfect or even a MORE JUST world versus just FACING the various HARSH aspects of the existence of all those things (with all the real and recognizable trouble, injustice, misfortune, suffering, hurtfulness and a million other etceteras, as civilized people nonetheless, even if we STILL can't REALLY do anything about it) in our never ending loop of human REALITY?

Anyone know or think they know? Any ratios or percentages here? Yay, let's hit the bull's eye, thank you.

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Imagine if humans had a formula for MORALITY in the same way they had a formula for a mathematical equation?

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Just the Scouts TM. It'll cheer you up.

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BOY SCOUTS?

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Six parts London Dry Gin (I prefer Beefeater) to one part dry vermouth.

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I'm a Bombay Sapphire man myself.

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Yes, that's another excellent gin. What's weird about Sapphire is that I don't like it in a gin-and-tonic, but it makes for a great martini.

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That is weird! I've actually never tried beefeater. Might pick some up next time I'm at the shop.

So what's the trick to making the best martini?

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When we have guests, the ladies tend to get on the gin bowls. We have a range of Bombay Sapphire, Gordons, Hendricks and Brockmans (which is my favourite). Sometimes they'll chuck a load of strawberries and blueberries in there, sometimes a load of cucumber. It's always wise to have a decent tonic water.

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Yeah no point in buying a good gin and then skimping on the tonic water.

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A rookie mistake.

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The "stirred, never shaken" people will be horrified, but I use a metal shaker and place it and the glasses in the freezer for at least 10 minutes ahead of time. Pour the gin and vermouth into the shaker along with 5-6 ice cubes, shake for a few seconds, strain into the glasses and add olives. I use ice cubes from a standard size tray. No mini cubes or crushed ice or the drink will be too diluted.

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If you’re in Britain, just the one olive, but if you’re in America it’s two.

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You just might receive more replies if you would *stop* with the *run on sentences*! Commas do not make up for periods and question marks.

How about the following for sentence structure?

“.....bad deeds?”. “....of the victims?” Try it sometime! I gave up after the first two lines....I was out of breath!

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no idea

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I've always liked the mantra "Let the punishment fit the crime."

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Forgiveness should not be allowed to get in the way of executing as many people as possible. You know it makes sense.

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Way too early for this shit.

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Wow, that was one long, comprehensive, complex, deep, breathtaking question.

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That was classic TheMan 18 right there!

A long winded, confusing tangle of moral questions with no real solutions...and amazing run-on sentences!

He was a funny one and pretty well liked...then one day he mentioned he was in line for a good job and vanished completely, never to be seen again

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Maybe he turned 19 and felt that the handle wasn't apropriate anymore.

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That's the only explanation for his utter disappearance, really

I'd like to imagine he got that gig, found a sweet one bed/one bath crib and met a cute girl who knocked all of the angst, self doubt and mild depression out of his noggin

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i sort of miss the guy.

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Yes, me too

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