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"Baby Burned Alive: Chile Arrests 4 Accused Of Killing Child For Being 'Antichrist' In Ritual Sacrifice"

So, the A+ dogma is that we are not to even think about addressing this because these are "brown people?" Inquiring minds want to know.

Police said Thursday that they burned the days-old baby in a bonfire in November because the leader of the rite believed that the end of the world was near and the toddler was the antichrist.

The mother of the baby allegedly had approved the sacrifice.
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Mr. Scott said:
So, the A+ dogma is that we are not to even think about addressing this because these are "brown people?"
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Their murder of a child is unforgivably despicable, and I've got no problem with anyone else saying that. Again, I've got no issue with accurate and specific criticism or condemnation.
 
qwints said:
Their murder of a child is unforgivably despicable, and I've got no problem with anyone else saying that. Again, I've got no issue with accurate and specific criticism or condemnation.
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Are you speaking on behalf of A+?
 
RandFan said:
I'm not currently lurking, would they allow the following video?

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Made a little less of a straightforward question by the fact that Cristina Rad was the victim of a sexual assault when she was a teenager and it affects her to this day. So she'd qualify to speak on at least one of the issues, according to the A+ philosophy. But, on the other hand, she's Romanian, so would she qualify to say anything relevant about the US or Canada, and therefore the A+ forum?
 
This whole thing of A+ outrage at ancient colonialism has me thinking maybe they're on to something. It all goes back to about 70,000 years ago when a small tribe of 100 or so left Africa and colonized Europe. Guess what, people? The Neanderthals were already there! Now they are extinct. We owe it to them to clone them back from extinction and return Europe to them. You either agree with me on this, or you approve of genocide. There is no middle ground.

(I don't need a wink emoticon, do I? Thinking up outrageous guilt trips is my shiny new intellectual tool)
 
Mr. Scott said:
...The Neanderthals were already there! Now they are extinct. We owe it to them to clone them back from extinction and return Europe to them. You either agree with me on this, or you approve of genocide. There is no middle ground.

(I don't need a wink emoticon, do I? Thinking up outrageous guilt trips is my shiny new intellectual tool)
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Looks more like we inter-bred with them. Non-African human populations have roughly 1-4% Neanderthal DNA. (There's a lot of back-and-forth on whether it was mating or just homology, looks like mating is the more favored hypothesis.)
 
Mr. Scott said:
This whole thing of A+ outrage at ancient colonialism has me thinking maybe they're on to something. It all goes back to about 70,000 years ago when a small tribe of 100 or so left Africa and colonized Europe. Guess what, people? The Neanderthals were already there! Now they are extinct. We owe it to them to clone them back from extinction and return Europe to them. You either agree with me on this, or you approve of genocide. There is no middle ground.
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Which group is cisgendered?
 
RandFan, I think so (assuming the creator of the video authorized or provided a transcript), but I could imagine contexts where such someone posting that video or something similar would be subject to moderation or banning. I have no issue with the video.
 
qwints said:
RandFan, I think so (assuming the creator of the video authorized or provided a transcript), but I could imagine contexts where such someone posting that video or something similar would be subject to moderation or banning. I have no issue with the video.
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Thank you. I very much appreciate the response and you willingness to engage over here. :)
 
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