How far back in time can you go to right wrongs? Everybody has ancestors who have done wrong. Indigenous Australians had wars before white people arrived.

At some point you have to leave the past in the past and build a more equitable world for all, today.

Consumers also have to change. Giving up meat is easy

Lots of people eat meat today. I can imagine a future where this is seen as immoral and not following the golden rule. But for some reason, humans currently choose not to apply the golden rule to animals.

Similarly in the past, they didn’t apply it to indigenous people.

Criminality is a tricky one. What was legal in the past may not be legal nor ethically sound today.

I’m all for that. But I think many people feel more responsible for righting the wrongs of their ancestors than of other wrongs. I think we should help all those struggling, independent of who caused it.

It’s not my guilt to carry. I wasn’t born or wasn’t involved in these racist acts. Blame the people who were

Your book looks like an American thing. I try not to consume too much yank media. I read “See what you made me do” by Jess Hill a few years ago. Is it significantly different to that?

What are you doing to prevent DV? (Not a challenge, I’m genuinely curious if you’re part of any efforts)

Men don’t have to have male friends to not be lonely. Any friends will do. I have lots of great female friends.

As far as solving domestic violence, I don’t know how to do that. But I think we can all agree that we want it to end. Probably even the perpetrators of DV want it to end.

Maybe a big part of it is finding those who are most likely to be perpetrators and try to understand them better. And help them better understand themselves.

She’s a loose cannon. I love it!

I think many are quick to colour all men with the same brush when any man does something bad (murder, domestic violence, etc). This ignores the fact that most men aren’t doing this and are helpless to stop it. It’s not like we’re choosing to let domestic violence to continue. We’re just as powerless as anyone else.

And there’s a real focus on the worst of men’s behaviour, without any appreciation of the good things men do, to balance it out.

All men are flawed, just like all women are flawed (except my Mrs). We’re all a mix of good and bad, trying to do our best.

I liked the Johann Hari interview

I hate Joe Rogan, but occasionally he has interesting guests on, and I’m forced to tolerate him for a bit.

I was thinking a social media app without Americans sounds wonderful.

The dildo of consequence 🤣

I live in the state of Victoria. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(state)

I’m not talking nation states, either. Other countries are sometimes make up of states and territories and sometimes provenances.

The title is “states with”. Surely it should say “US states” if it just covers Mexican America.

There are states in other countries.

My state is not there. Is this all states or just some of them?