Because my career involves saving lives, it's selfish to put that first?

What kind of logic is that?

Wouldn't it be selfish if I had kids, died on the job (Which is a possibility) and never came home?

That is extremely sexist.
Women don't exist to serve man.
I would argue it is SELFISH if men demand women to focus on them. It's also narcissistic.

Women are their own people with their own ambitions.

They made that assessment and determined it was the most appropriate course of action at the time.

Women aren't just breeders... This isn't the 1800's anymore where women are expected to stay at home and raise children, men can do it as well.
It's not about anyone being selfish, times have simply changed, anyone who thinks women need to stay at home to raise children, need to pull their head out and  grow up.

In-fact I would argue the most productive and HEALTHY relationships/households are when both partners work TOGETHER to raise a child and look after the home, responsibilities can be shared... And should be shared.

This fear mongering doesn't do any good.
Russia's war machine has been showcased to be rather inadequate on the world stage, it's giving Ukraine a hard time, but it would be a far different story once someone like Germany, Britain, France or Italy get threatened, the technological superiority is a night and day difference.

Everyone knew that Biden stumbles a fair bit, but he does still hold the necessary core values.

It's also a race between a criminal who conducted fraud and someone who is inept.
I would take the individual who is inept.

Feel for the USA when out of 330~ million people, $29 trillion dollar economy... These are literally the two best choices you get.
I thought we had it bad with SCOMO, but the USA like always... Needs to try and out-do everyone.

You guys win.

Because my career involves saving lives, it's selfish to put that first?

What kind of logic is that?

Wouldn't it be selfish if I had kids, died on the job (Which is a possibility) and never came home?

That is extremely sexist.
Women don't exist to serve man.
I would argue it is SELFISH if men demand women to focus on them. It's also narcissistic.

Women are their own people with their own ambitions.

They made that assessment and determined it was the most appropriate course of action at the time.

Women aren't just breeders... This isn't the 1800's anymore where women are expected to stay at home and raise children, men can do it as well.
It's not about anyone being selfish, times have simply changed, anyone who thinks women need to stay at home to raise children, need to pull their head out and  grow up.

In-fact I would argue the most productive and HEALTHY relationships/households are when both partners work TOGETHER to raise a child and look after the home, responsibilities can be shared... And should be shared.

I don't like the term blue MAGA, but this is true. 

Like it or not, Biden can't beat Trump in 2024.  Biden was a terrible pick and the fact people are just know figuring it out is laughable.

If you consider who Trump is, an ugly cat should be able to win an election against him. The problem in the USA isn't really who the democrats picked as their candidate, but rather how widespread ignorance, stupidity and bigotry are among the people who are eligible to vote.

Now in the year 2024 it's all laid out in the open who Trump is and what he plans to do. The choice in this election has been simplified to the most basic of all questions: Should the USA continue to be a democracy or should it be transformed into an autocracy? This is as easy as it gets.

Just a week ago the alarm bells were ringing in France, with the far-right party projected to win the election. But over there the population understood what is at stake, so not only did the far-right fail to win, they didn't even finish in second place.

But in the USA?

Christians do not care that Trump fails the ten commandments across the board.
Patriots do not care that Trump considers people who served in the army as suckers and losers.
People who have felt betrayed by the democratic party do not care that Trump is the biggest con-man out there.
People who think Biden is too old don't care that Trump rambles to a degree that he is the poster boy for "old man yelling at cloud."

Americans haven't had problems to stick it to arrogant console manufacturers over the generations. But in politics? Republican voters are either fine with going along with the far-right mindset or aren't able to bring themselves to take a stand against it by voting for whoever is the candidate of the democrats.

I'm not sure how you can follow the Ukraine war closely and still ask this question, genuinely curious where are you coming from?

I didn't mind Trump winning in 2016, he was either a person who couldn't be bought and actually delivered on his campaign, or he was going to be a liar, and this would result in a more people friendly Democratic party, unlike the one that we've seen during the Obama era, I think the latter has, somewhat, happened.

What I haven't anticipated though is the fact that Trump's base would never change their mind about him even though he failed on every single prom he made, engages in election denials, and paved the way for an abortion ban around the country, yet, not lose the support. The conservatives have completely flopped in recent elections in the UK because they didn't deliver but they promised, why isn't this happening to Trump is beyond me. 

Farsala said:

There are far too many straw mans in your arguments for me to bother giving you a response. Just fyi.

I am not going to argue for things that I have never argued for in the past. Complete waste of time.

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But you did give him a response, just now.....So, now your gonna quit on the debate?  Looks to me that Pem got the better of you, and left you speechless.