Recent content by Silvanus

So this one unconfirmed case, reported in another country less than one month before she said they hadn't seen a signal, proves she was lying when she said that...? Or perhaps: American institutions have a different threshold. Or didn't have access to the case data in just a couple weeks. Or...

OK, I see you're not going to answer the question. Let's try another way. I assume that when you say they "are not legal temporary residents", you do not mean they weren't allowed to be there, because we've all seen the source showing that dozens of them were given official permission to...

Let's take this slowly. If someone applies to enter a country, and that country gives them permission to enter, are they allowed to enter and then be in that country?

Trespass has an existing legal definition that doesn't cover unauthorised immigration.

I did that, and you shared your own google search. And it didn't show what you wanted. Look, if you have an actual source, let's just see it. Relies on VAERS again. Isn't a peer-reviewed study, but an 'extended essay', mostly just reframing the data you've already presented. This is nothing...

The terms "thief" and "murderer" do not have an adjunct descriptor that refers to the person rather than their action. If there was a single word that meant "person who has immigrated illegally", the response would not be the same. So what if its "toothless"? The job of the term isn't to...

I'm aware of that. That's principally a reaction to the shortcomings of the terms "illegal immigrant" and "illegals". "Immigrant" does, unavoidably, refer to the person. It may rely on their status to define the person, but as a noun, it refers to the person and not the action. And so...

Indeed! And if you smash the coffee shop window, prematurely declare that you've stolen a coffee, then get fought off by security, nobody's going to take you seriously if you say you were just there to have a chat to management.

'Signal' has multiple relevant definitions in research and biology. But let's use yours, an 'indicator' of something that hasnt been established but merits further research (fair description?) What was the indicator/signal that prompted the Israeli research, and how do you know the Americans...

Those sources yet again: "50+ Venezuelans Imprisoned in El Salvador Came to US Legally, Never Violated Immigration Law". https://www.cato.org/blog/50-venezuelans-imprisoned-el-salvador-came-us-legally-never-violated-immigration-law & from the fifth amendment; "No person shall be deprived of...

There are much better reasons to object to the term "illegal immigrant"; it implies a criminal offence (which unauthorised presence alone is not), and it carries a presumption of guilt before the legal system has passed judgement-- After all, a thief is legally a /suspect/ until that ruling...

Security? Before Israel attacked Iran, Israel was not being bombed. Now it is being bombed in retaliation. Israel's security has been imperilled by this. The concern that led the Israeli government to attack Iran was not the survival of Israel or the security of its people. It was the political...

They attacked the city. Shelled it, encircled it, seized the airports. Russian soldiers said they were there to take it. Russian state media fucking published an article saying they'd taken it! You cannot be this credulous. Did you learn nothing at all from your blind insistence Russia had no...

Mahmoud Khalil, the permanent US resident who was incarcerated without charge for protesting the war in Gaza, has finally been released after 100 days. The Trump administration has of course filed an appeal to try to keep him imprisoned.

I genuinely didn't realise that you meant only that they withdrew as part of negotiations. Fine. Nonetheless, the point is that you're trying to convince us that the (unsuccessful) encirclement, (unsuccessful) capture of Hostomel etc, were not aimed at taking the city, but just... to coerce...