TheLeviathan
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No, but you implied that we can somehow eliminate the way women feel post-abortion by shaming those that feel a certain way about abortions. Moral issues involve a lot of emotions and the basic heart of abortion is one of the most difficult moral issues. If not the most difficult. Personhood is only factual insofar as we can ask "what do we currently understand it to be?" A few hundred years ago the color of your skin was enough to make you a person or a non-person. I take great issue with anyone that pretends the notion is anything other than arbitrary. The real key to making this process easier for women and for all people is to make this a campaign to reduce unwanted pregnancies. That should be the easy "compromise" but for some really bizarre beliefs about contraception and sex eduction on one side and a truly manipulative narrative about "rights" on the other.
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I think there is no doubt he gets in.
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I think most Democrats were scared to share their true positions due to political expediency. Something both sides have a huge problem with. No one will care that Hillary flip-flopped on the position if she's going up against some bible-thumper who opposes it.
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I'm going to take issue with two things here, though I very much agree with your first sentence. 1) People who deliberately shame and guilt trip women are absolutely in the wrong, but if you believe that those feelings don't manifest in women independently you're fooling yourself. I've been close to two women who were 100% supported by everyone around them, had a safe experience, and had nothing but love and assistance from those close to them. And yet still they mark every year with that decision and feel pain and some regret about it. We presume that the relationship a pregnant woman has with the fetus is driven by social pressures but women I know that had their pregnancy end (be it miscarriage or abortion) VERY much struggled with it because of feelings that were completely internal. It's something I've learned I can't understand completely, but also that it exists independently of anyone shaming them into feeling it. 2) The personhood of any of us is "imagined" - it is a definition we have created and applied to help make sense of our laws. I really dislike it when personhood is talked about as if it is some sort of factual, black and white issue. The definition has changed many times depending upon who we want to exempt from the protection of our laws.
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On Pitch Framing And Glen Perkins
TheLeviathan replied to Parker Hageman's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I like the concept of pitch framing statistics, but I think they are a major work in progress at this point. -
I don't think there is a good solution other than pray he becomes semi-valuable again. I don't even think we can hope for a part-time role unless he vocally volunteers for it.
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Thinking WAY, WAY, WAY (another WAY), WAY outside the Box
TheLeviathan replied to Loosey's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
You left reality a few WAYs back. -
Assuming you have Buxton-Dozier-Mauer-Sano-Arcia-Hicks-Rosario penciled in - catcher and shortstop are the trade targets. Money is what should be spent on the bullpen, not trade assets.
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Has there ever been an example of someone "cut" in baseball like Mauer? I tend to think anyone suggesting this is even a possibility isn't really trying to be realistic. That's to say nothing of the merit of the idea itself, but more to do with keep the discussion out of a fantasy land.
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My wife and I are planning to adopt for our third child and we've explored that possibility enough to know the cost of doing so is far more prohibitive than it should be.
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It seems as though most scouting him don't think he can handle short defensively. If he can, then I hang on to him. If he can't, then he needs to be moved.
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here is what I posted a few weeks ago: Kepler, Polanco, and Plouffe should be our top trade assets this winter. I'd hang on to Rosario, there is something unique about him that I think can survive some of his weaknesses as a hitter.
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Should/Will Twins re-sign Torii Hunter?
TheLeviathan replied to John Bonnes's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
The glut of young OFs is the number one reason to move on. We don't have enough at-bats for the kids we need to be playing if we're going to get where we want to go. If we're looking for a veteran backup, I'd hope it would be one capable of being more versatile than Hunter is at this stage of his career. By all means add him to the coaching staff and keep him in the organization. -
You're right, it has to come before Sept. 1 and I too am baffled why he wasn't just left to rehab a bit longer. (Or even on rehab until then) But it's not inexcusable to let him build back his timing and hand strength in AAA.
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This is really the heart of it. If he's back up September 1st most of this teeth-knashing is beyond silly. If he's not back up at that point, then it's time to release the hounds.
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Ugh I hate that logic in basketball and any other sport. Your tenure should have no bearing on officials.
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The battle against online porn access is coming for sure, many sites are pushing themselves too far and deliberately circumventing safe search programs. But I like the compromises, they put the focus on reducing unwanted pregnancies. Exactly where it should be.
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Robinson should have been replaced by Arcia several weeks ago, I'm not sure that argument is all that important to Buxton given that, No one is arguing Buxton is going to figure anything out in 20 games in AAA (like I imagine none of you are suggesting he magically acclimates to MLB pitching in 20 extra games either right? So let's cut that nonsense), but it does ease him back in a little bit to get his timing, strengthen his hand, and maybe work with some coaches on protecting himself while playing everyday rather than 40% of the time for a few weeks. Then hopefully he can play with some regularity in September.
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Ha! You're right, I've confused it with his many other injuries. Though I hand injury of any kind is really the same - it has a major effect on grip and bat strength. But yeah, good catch, my apologies on that confusion.
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That's ok, we're clearly crazy. It's a universal fact that acclimating to the big leagues requires more than 32 games but less than 60. I'm as yet unaware of how many magical games it requires but eagerly look forward to learning it via this conversation.
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When my sprained ankle heals enough for me to walk, I don't sign up to do a 5k the next day. He'll get a little extra development time, in a lower pressure environment, with time to strengthen his wrist in AAA. And he'll be back up for a month to acclimate to big league pitching further along in his recovery. It's really not as hard as some of you are bending over backwards to get worked up about.
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He'll rebuild the wrist strength playing. I'm not worried about him setting the world on fire, I'm worried about him developing his approach at the plate against more advanced arms than AA. 15-20 games strengthening the wrist while facing AAA pitching will be just fine before he returns to the majors. There is no reason to compound his wrist strengthening with pitching he's already struggling with immediately. It should be about his development and what's right for him. Not every player can or should acclimate in the majors. Especially not coming off an injury that he has a history struggling to return from.
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It seems to me that baseball players can play with a healed wrist but still need time to strengthen back to 100% for hitting. It's also not like this is the first time he's hurt his wrist and previously he struggled upon his return from it.
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I would prefer he not have to worry about both hitting major league pitching and strengthening his wrist. He's still going to see better breaking stuff in AAA than he's seen before, it'll be a good 15-20 days for him to learn before coming back up.
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For god's sake. 3 games.
