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Your argument falls flat, because even interpreted in the best possible light, it only points out that the plaintiff's lawyer was sleazy, just like Disney's lawyers are. As if that somehow justifies the behavior.

But everyone already knows that liability is this weird area, where many of the lawyers appear kind of slimy, but even if they are, the outcome matters because the plaintiffs are normal people. That's not news. And if in fact Disney didn't have liability because their only connection was land ownership, as you claimed, of course the judge would have checked them from the case. There would have been no need for gamesmanship. There would have been no need to throw their reputation in the toilet. All of which is to say, if we interpret the facts generously to you and Disney, they still look terrible.

Yeah but let's keep things in perspective. You don't have to delete Puff Daddy from your iPod, but you probably don't want to play him at your political rally.

Can you give us more information about the types of scenarios that are not working for you? I hesitate to give any recommendations, because it seems like you're mixing together a bunch of possible issues, and that could easily lead to misunderstandings on someone's part.

The first question you ask is how to get other people to speak with you. But then right after that you say that you don't know how to respond. Which I think means they are speaking to you. So what's happening here? Is it a situation where you can do back and forth for only two sentences, or perhaps four sentences? Details matter.

And then you say that you're not a chatterbox, which implies that you wish you were a chatterbox, which is totally different from the opening two questions which seem to be about getting a conversation started and not about keeping it going for minutes or hours on end.

So I guess what I'm wondering is, what scenario do you want to address first? What specific situation are you in where you're very troubled because you don't know what to say?

Wasn't Pete Rose a guy who got busted for being a dirty dirty cheat? I can see why Trump would like the guy.

Your second question has a general answer. Most languages use tones, which means tones change in the course of a sentence. If the tone changes for all sentences, then it also changes for questions. I know that's not what you were trying to ask, but that's the answer to the question you did ask.

If you need a way to indicate that something is a question, you could do what English does... You could use question words at the beginning of the sentence. You could change word order. You could add extra words... Which is to say, you're not dependent on intonation, though you could use it if you want to.

After the pandemic I think a lot of teachers changed our lines. The reality is that people have a lot of reasons to be late or absent. It's the people who are chronically late who have issues, not because the tardy count is important, but because they didn't learn the material that was covered when they weren't in class.

All of which is to say, it doesn't matter if you have a good excuse or a bad excuse. It matters if you're learning what you're supposed to learn.

How much effort does it take to pay your staff more? Almost none. You don't even actually have to do anything except tell your accountant to raise their pay.

Let's run with your hypothetical. Let's follow it to the logical conclusion... The election is going to come down to swing states, and the only voters that could possibly affect the result are the Muslim voters mentioned above. Magically, nobody else exists or matters. Don't worry about how. If they vote third party, Trump wins, and it's all their fault... That's your scenario.

Except wait. Today isn't Election Day. Harris could do a 180 on her stance this evening. She has the ability to act now to change the future, to get those precious votes, the only votes that matter. But for some reason, she really doesn't do it, she doesn't care... And that's the problem your hypothetical has.

In reality, her campaign staff made their own choices, and they still have the power to adjust course if they feel like it. Or not. Whatever they like. But somehow you think it's the Muslim voters who are in control here.

Single issue voters and third party voters have always existed, and always will. If your political strategy is to blame them when you lose, you deserve to lose. Make a halfway decent campaign strategy. Or don't.

Kamala knew how to get their votes, and she decided to support the continued violence instead. Maybe she had good reasons, maybe not, but it was a clear calculation and choice. Why would you insult her intelligence? Why would you undercut her campaign so close to election day? How dare you endorse Trump!

That's you trying to blame someone other than yourself. You knew what could happen. You could have volunteered more. You could have donated more. But none of that matters compared with finding a scapegoat.

Perhaps you are asking a variation of the "genetics vs. environment" question. If so, there are many answers on the subject. Also, money is somewhat attractive to almost everyone, to some degree, for practical reasons.

Patriotism leads to xenophobia, in the medium run with a large population. Xenophobia leads to racism. That's not the same thing as fascism, but fascists are happy enough to take advantage of it.