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Well, Euron was certainly significantly better than in last season; Pilou Asbaek nailed the darkly humorous, charismatic air Euron has in the books. I also hope he's manipulating Cersei; calling her a beautiful Queen definitely hinted at that, because it's her big point of vanity.

I have no idea as of yet what specific parameters should be set down for what hate speech is. All I can really say is that it by definition varies by context; saying 'black people are rapists' is very different in America than it is in Japan, for example, because of the history behind the...

Tldr: the system isn't open for abuse as long as hate speech is clearly defined, which is why I'm not in favor of hate speech laws until such a thing has been defined. If leftists break the law they should be punished like anyone else. The example in the blog you mentioned I have no problem...

My biggest Alola form wish is honestly Alolan Dragonite. I've always had a soft spot for Dragonite, and making it Water/Dragonor something could make it good again.

No, if they said something racist and in a way that implied violence was the solution. Like "Mexicans are all drug dealers, and we may need to take drastic action to protect ourselves". The people committing the violence would still be punished, and much more harshly.

Much as I am loathe to leave subjective stuff like this up to judges, I think that there really can't be a clear line of what one should be convicted for or not. Sometimes there needs to be ambiguity. So for example if someone said "we should curtail immigration due to its economic pressures"...

American Revolution was when the colonists didn't have representation. So, how would, out of curiosity, you guys feel about this: a law that says people who say things can be held accountable for violent actions committed as a result of what they say, with a judge to determine if it was...

Very few of these things I have problems with, especaillly not cameras being in public places. I think it would be a great benefit to fighting crime, and not prevent a lot of wrongful convictions due to unreliable eyewitness testimony. This goes for both of you, but I don't think that the idea...

Few things. First, how is it inherently bad that speech laws would be used by those in power against those without it? In fact, if you dissect that statement, this essentially describes government; people in power governing people who aren't in power. Secondly, you object to the government...

The idea that religion and science cannot coexist is disproven by the many, many examples of religious societies that also made great scientific strides. To name a few: Ptolemaic Egypt discovering that the world was round, The Holy Roman Empire of Rudolf II sponsoring scientists such as...

Have legitimate hopes for this new season; I am dissapointed from a storytelling standpoint that the Night's King is a more generic Satan style menace than an actual character (which is why I'm holding out hope that in the books Euron Greyjoy will be the Night's King) but there seems to be...

Definitely Paradox grand strategy historical games. It's great seeing hours of hard work finally rewarded with the name of your chosen country across a good portion of the world.

I generally support the European model on free speech; hate speech should be banned as I consider it de facto incitement to violence. The main issue a I have with the way in which Europe handles hate speech is that there doesn't seem to be a coherent definition of the term; I'm okay with, say...

I'm HIMDogson, longtime Pokemon fan(to be fair, not really; first games were actually HGSS). I like mainly the games and the Adventures Manga, but I also enjoy parts of the anime. Aside from Pokemon, I love strategy games, history, and A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones. I'm also a...

My uncle is Jewish and my Aunt/his wife is Muslim. My other uncle has a Christian wife. My mom's brother is Protestant and married a Catholic. So yes, it definitely can.