“ Countries with high exports don’t have a great quality of life”

TIL Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway have a low standard of living.

Thank you. I feel the same way. I walk or use mass transit for 80-90% of my trips. I dislike bicycles. They have their place. Their place is not pedestrian streets in historic districts.

A city council in the U.S. does not have to allow a general public comment time. Perhaps there are some states where it is required.

They can also allow public comment only as part of a hearing on a specific matter. Most states require this.

HOWEVER, if they allow an open public comment they cannot censor it.

I have experience in this. The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled on it. If it’s open comment time, they cannot censor except for obscene or threatening speech. All they can do is set a time limit. Don’t cuss or make violent threats and you’re good. If they censor you it’s an open and shut civil rights case.

If it’s a public hearing for a specific matter, they can restrict comment to that topic.

I grew up in a religious sect that believed this. I was a young earth Creationist but never bought into the 6-7,000 year age of earth variety. That seemed obviously forced to me. I didn’t think the genealogies proved much of anything because they aren’t internally consistent . I also believed in evolution, just not as a theory of origin.

That said, even as someone who could accept a 20,000 year age of earth, I never felt the need to interrupt others in public. I recognized it wasn't going to convince anyone and was just a dick move. I think most Creationists also view these people as weird assholes.

Alkohol macht die Deutsche Bahn erträglich. Ich bin Amerikaner, aber ich glaube, viele Deutsche würden mir zustimmen. Wenn man spät in Köln ankommt und zwei Stunden auf den nächsten Zug warten muss, machen ein paar Bier das Warten leichter.

8/10 towns above 10k population in West Virginia are like Wheeling.

This is varies a lot by country.

I reckon part of the problem is that verbs are conjugating. Nouns are declined.

I have no recent experience with Southern Baptists but twenty years ago the rule was, women cannot teach the Bible to men. It wasn’t common but it was tolerable for women to be a music leader. Women could teach and counsel other women. Women could teach children. Women could teach men anything that was not the Bible or derived from it. If the church had a food pantry or a crisis pregnancy center, women could run it and give orders to men who worked there, except on any matter touching religious doctrine.

I think similar thoughts toward those who harbor these opinions about Creationists.

40% of Americans are Creationists. If they were all as you say, these things would happen to all of us all day, every day. But they don’t because most Creationists are capable of nuanced thinking and don’t stereotype everyone who disagrees with them.