Im not a Bible scholar. I have always taken the distinction between abolish and fulfill here to be, I’m not here to say the old law was wrong and so let’s get rid of it, I’m here to say we have completed the period of time for which the old law was right, and we have a new way going forward for this new time.

The Federation doesn’t attempt communication or diplomacy.

I understand where you’re coming from broadly with your thesis, and I agree with you more than I want to. The above line struck me, though, because The Left writ large at least has been trying to communicate and attempting diplomacy with our Bugs for decades, and especially lately it’s become essentially useless.

I get the slightly-downvoted state I found this comment in, but I thought it was a perfect reference.

I know, right? Jack Thompson called, he wants his shtick back.

Proof:

His only regret was that he had Boneitis.

I saw the reply in my inbox and had a reaction to “females” there, like “ugh, not one of THESE folks who still talk like that.” Because I didn’t remember the nature of this thread until I got back into the comments :)

Bonus points if you instead say she is being hysterical.