Funny anecdote: I watched the movie first then -in highschool- when our section on dystopian novels came up my teacher assigned Starship Troopers to me because as an avid reader I’d already read the others.

I genuinely thought Heinlein was a comedic genius. Wrote a whole 10- page essay on it for the end of semester assignment. My teacher had to explain to me that Heinlein may have been a little bit of a Juntist.

All that to say… I guess while the movie is tongue in cheek about it all the book(s) are quite literal at times about manufacturing war in distant places in order to rationalise genocidal behaviour masked as patriotism. Also I suppose a person’s prior programming may hardwire them to interpreting certain media in a different light.

I knew the society in Starship Troopers was messed up. I just thought Heinlein wrote it that way on purpose to make the point even stronger.

Are Queb-posting? Cause I can Queb-post.

ChAtEaU FrOnTeNaC!

I don’t like this one.

Haha same. That’s why I started with the other formats. I would hit the sheets, read a page then wake up to my alarm.

I cheat a little bit. I always get the paper, digital and audiobook of whatever I’m reading.

Nothing to do? Paper. On break at work? E-book. Cooking dinner? Audiobook at 2x.

That said, I read the entire first novella in one night in bed and then I downloaded/borrowed everything else.

Such a fantastic series. I read the entire thing over two weeks while I had nothing better to do and I am so glad I did.

Looks like you cross the road when the signal allows it?

I believe ideally these types of crossings allow pedestrians and cyclists to use all four crossings at the same time. Similar to crossings in Japan.

Just my guess with a quick glance.

Yeah most men usually round up to the next inch.

(I don’t own qrav tank. I’m just a Harlequin in the streets)

Thanks for the clarification. I totally forgot it isn’t federally regulated.

There are also student wages which allow you to pay students under 18 even lower wages. Fun stuff!

It is sadly a part of canadian restaurant culture but not seen as mandatory. Canadian service workers are regulated to be paid at least minimum wage.

Companies mostly use tipping here as an excuse for the wages to not come out of their own pockets. If tips received equal or exceed minimum wage then they don’t have to fork out the cash. If the employee only made $10hr in tips then the employer fills in the rest.

Because of this, I mostly refuse to tip. I’m not going to subsidise a restaurant paying their employees. If you can’t afford to pay people you shouldn’t be in business.

A little processed food with Mama Liz’s chilli o^il?

What do you use your keyboard/computer for and for how long if you don’t mind my asking?

Have you watched any of SNW or are you deciding to pass judgement on a show based on… Nostalgia?

Its a really good show and the musical episode doesn’t feel out of place in an episodic Star Trek show. I think you should give it a good try. The show is a lot of fun and is a return to classic episodic trek with great stories intertwined.

Well, yeah. I guess society always has. But you took my use of “modern society” hyperbole as like, today’s modern society when I really meant modern society in the frame of reference of the people experiencing it at any given moment in history.

Checkmate, lemmy autist. Lol

Does he not speak of how organised and collectivist Bourgeois/Capitalists are seen as productive and good (because they’re rich) yet an organised and collectivist proletariat is unproductive and bad (because it makes the rich less rich). It’s fine for the rich to gather wealth and help eachother get rich but it’s not okay for the common person to help those around them rise to equal footing.

Where organised and collectivist = Quirky and Free-spirited;

Productive = Cool;

Good = Fun;

Unproductive = Uncool;

Bad = Unfun.

Modern society labels personality quirks and non-conformity as Cool and Fun when the person displaying those traits has money and status.

But have a poor person display the same and they’re weird, or odd, creepy or sad. Otherwise Uncool and Unfun.

Author’s note: I spent way to long typical out this shitpost.

I’m naming my E-Tool Dragula as we speak.

I want one. How much?

Sincerely, man who has dug way too many trenches.

I’m glad I could be of a little help. Nations have been trying to clearly define these things for centuries.

I think your final statement is why I’m here. A lot of internet discourse around war immediately resorts to calling everything a war crime. That’s an incredibly precise label and we can’t always be certain. What I know for sure is that war is hell and undue suffering is wrong.

I responded above I hope that provides enough. Though I didn’t speak to article a).

It may sound like a legal cop-out but some countries make a distinction between “The Red Cross” and “a red Cross”. It’s a weird one. Probably requires more scrutiny.

And as to your question of “Would this be a crime committed in war?” Or “A war crime?” That’s where lots of legalese comes in. It may be that one nation sees it as a crime where one doesn’t. Or the UN finds it a war crime but another organisation doesn’t or is a partial signatory or conscious observer and so on.

This is then something I understand is moved into the restitution phase post war where both nations sit at the table and dole out various legal requirements, PW transfers and the likes. Like a two sided lawsuit but instead of just money it’s money and human lives.

Which is nice.

The part of the article we would be most concerned with would probably be:

(d) medical facilities, medical equipment, medical supplies or medical transportation;

This, in my understanding is generally considered to be actual hospitals and field hospitals;

Transport: ambulance, Helicopters and planes;

Medical equipment: critical equipment and tools;

Medical supplies: Supply drops or small deliveries en route to a military unit.

Ultimately, I’m not a lawyer, I just teach some material. If there was an argument as to whether or not it breaches the protocol that would be up to an international criminal court, maybe UN scrutiny? I start to lose the ball around here.