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I'd like to ask something; where is religious freedom being threatened in America at the moment? I'm seeing a lot of the reverse; an attempt to press Christian values, practices, etc into law despite it being blatantly unconstitutional to do so.

@hunter: the whole thing with identity politics in this election is that the ones who've escalated it to this point have been the republicans by dint of Trump and the idea of someone who obviously holds racist, sexist, etc positions like he does coming into power. He's not the worst candidate that was in the running about that group of issues (that dubious honor goes to Cruz) but his sheer brashness about it is terrifying for a minority voter. The economy and such are a lot more abstract than the prospect of being stripped of opportunities or beaten to death by police officers because you happen to produce more melanin than the average American. Trump is also a national security concern due to a strong suspicion of having ties to Russia and generally being easily provoked. (Do we really need someone who can be incensed by a tweet in control of the most powerful military force in the world?) @the actual thing I wanted to talk about: this may be slightly off-topic but I've never particularly liked the way people approach many issues, but in particular is the wage gap. Saying "women get paid less than men on average" is technically correct but also a vast oversimplification. There are a number of factors to this, mostly due to differences in job selection by males and females due to differing values and opportunity costs, as well as how each gender approaches a given job. The short version is that women tend to choose more flexible jobs because it's a lot easier to raise a family, which is a burden that tends to fall more heavily on them. This is evidenced by countries with mandatory paternal leave (essentially making the opportunity cost of a child equal for both sexes) having a much smaller disparity in average pay. The second reason has to do with negotiation strategies; statistically a man is more likely to demand more pay where a woman will be content with an initial offer more often. The factors that play into this are, again, complicated, but I do believe I've made my point.

Haruki rocked back and forth on his heels a few times, watching the various competitors down themselves as if he were relaxing in a couch, observing via a TV. Which he supposed was somewhat accurate; the androgynous was quite literally viewing the battle through a sort of lens he'd created in the air. . . that was where the similarities ended but the androgynous boy didn't particularly care. Until the fire girl came at him, that was. "Hehe, you seem mad or something, did someone beat you up or something?" Haruki asked the question innocuously, though as usual didn't give any time to actually, well, respond. "You know, it's really mean to call people names and stuff when you don't know them, plus what if you're annoying to them or something? It's just lame, and besides your insults aren't even all that creative, like, what if you called me uh, what did that one guy say one time? I was too busy giggling to actually get upset..." While he spoke, he angled the circles of glass in each hand just so, one flashing to perfectly reflect its surroundings in a blur and the other zooming and distorting anything viewed through it. A spot of light appeared on his opponent's clothing, soon replaced by a small blaze not of her making. . .

<Gaterhyme>: Since it specifies "Staff Hit" in the calculation for ailment staves' hit rate in the handbook, probably not - but as with everything, can be home ruled probably also i edited her move so she can actually shoot the pegasus

Hoshiko sent up a silent prayer of thanks that she'd been able to take down the rider without harming the pegasus. The beasts had even less of a choice than the people fighting, though she still wished for some way to nonlethally take down the soldiers in their path. She steeled herself, and advanced steadily beside her teammates, raising her bow to the skies once more. C11, take down another flying horse

hmu, i need to shake my avatars up a bit from miko and okuu

dude, did you even read that article? It's about IMMIGRANTS being assaulted on their way to cross the border, mostly perpertated by people along the way. It's not "the illegals are raping our women!" like you're trying to spin it. Not even close, and it's kind of terrible to spin it like that to further a political message. Also not sure what point you're trying to make with the second article. It's kind of the opposite of Islamophobia to refuse to associate the insane radicals with the main body of the religion.

I mean, you've made multiple gross mistakes with your physics already, so...

post looks alright to me, stratos kenny, this is not an argument you're going to win. i'm literally staking my entire future career on physics, i'm pretty sure i know at least a little bit about how electricity behaves.

An insult would probably work, ye.

She'd have to provoke him a little first, but yes @k_h you'd be less "in some pain" and more "spasming and trying not to go into cardiac arrest"

Lexi has gone on hiatus, I guess, so we can move on i suppose...

It's also the way it is in the more recent games, iirc.

I forget that Pyon doesn't use the ruleset that most of bay12 does. They usually make effective damage 3x (with crossbows at 2x), plus nerfing/removing lots of skills. (I still think not banning Stillness is silly...)

Effective damage is 3x, though, isn't it? So 18 MT+ 9 STR

it doesn't really matter but did i really only hit for 16 damage? I had 27 AT, if I calculated that right.

...It helps to actually, yknow, read the rules.

its ok, you have an archer to asplode them

8/10

"Are you okay, Klaren? Never fear, for you have the goddess's hero by your side!" Hoshiko took a few steps forward and raised her longbow, sending an arrow soaring toward the pegasus rider attempting to get out of harm's way. B8, snipe that pegasus

Cool Girl, I've noticed that a lot of your posts are still a bit lacking in length. Quoted text should never really exceed the length of your response to it, really.

I would imagine there'd be a few organizations on all sides.

i would ban canon characters, personally, though expies that aren't explicitly the original character would be ok. I'd also come up with a setting that had the freedom to allow a lot of the crazy over the top stuff rather than just trying to jam characters from different canons together (unless it's explicitly a multiverse RP, which is cool too.)