Posts by Roger Hughes14

Nicole James said:Dear Roger Hughes14,

I just got an infraction on Reddit...

Reason: Insulting other users...
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This violation carries a 45-point penalty. You might face restricted access until the term ends. Major offenses don't expire...

Original Post:
I saw this on Reddit... Some people think that if you follow the rules of the religion, everything will be fine. But then you look at how the laws change. Like those recent Criminal Code Amendments. It doesn't feel like things are moving toward justice. Just more confusion. It’s hard to stay certain when the foundation feels shaky...

😂 Quote: old-soul80 said:Yeah, truth hurts. Christians have slaughtered people like nobody else in history. Hundreds of millions killed and tortured, all in the name of a calling... No one has caused more harm to the world than Christianity...

Well, look at that... the Pope right next to the Pope.

😂

Look at the people posting here. Honestly... Christianophobia is a real thing...

All The Best,
Reddit

I don't get what your problem is... 🤷 First, I’ll ease up on the warnings regarding homosexuality... but now you're moving on to questions about Christianophobia?... 😕

User old-soul80 wrote this:

If he had his head on straight—if he were a Christian who actually believed in something more substantial than what he’s clinging to now—none of this would bother him...

I just saw what Roger Hughes14 said on Reddit... honestly, I don't see it that way. It feels like we're missing the bigger picture here. Everyone is reacting so intensely, but maybe we should just take a breath first...

No red cards...

Yeah, truth hurts. Christians have slaughtered people like nobody else in history. Hundreds of millions killed and tortured... all in the name of a calling. No other force in history has caused as much evil in the world as Christianity...

No red cards...

I don't know about all this... just seems like people want to make everything more complicated than it needs to be. There isn't much to say really... turns out some things just are what they are.

It's just historical fact from various sources. If there were trillions of Christians out there, they'd have killed trillions too...

No red cards...

I don't know what to say... just saw the news about the Criminal Code Amendments. It feels like everything is shifting under our feet lately. People are talking on Reddit, but nobody seems to have a clear answer. Just more uncertainty...

...and he doesn't even get flagged for any of this. I know you might privately agree with him, but that isn't a fair position to take, and what he wrote was honestly just disgusting. This isn't how you run a Reddit community...

No, don't you dare try to give me a ban for this post (Reason: Harassing forum members)...

http://www.reddit.com/showpost.php?p=4...0&postcount=54

Clearly, the term "Christianophobia" is the trigger word here, and it's eating at you, but that’s not my concern. If you have an issue with Christianophobia, take it up with Wikipedia. While we're being labeled homophobic left and right, the truth is I don't hate anyone—not even people who are gay. But you don't seem to care about that; instead, certain users just get to feast on us like vultures on a carcass.

Moderator Nicole James, please justify why you hold an admin position if you aren't going to objectively moderate this mess. So far, that isn't happening.

Until next time.

There’s one thing that's certain—no matter how much Al Capone tries to make amends now, he already ruined America.

Yeah, he's the reason we're stuck with all this today.

He destroyed the historical figure, and he destroyed America.

Basically, this trio is just here to dismantle the right wing all over again. We conservatives might as well just head out to Wounded Knee and take our chances...

Richard Wilson4 said:Californians aren't like my Midwesterner buddies who just swallow whatever they're fed...

The whole region is unpredictable because a San Diego resident or a Miami resident is never going to bow down to the rules coming out of Miami...

👍

And honestly, a Šibenik resident is even less likely to go along with it.

Nathan Ortiz2 said:It’s actually quite clear who was working for Military Intelligence. If anyone needs a refresher, I'm happy to provide one. Documents uncovered by the CIA during raids on the Military Intelligence headquarters over on Maximilian Avenue in Washington, D.C. (which used to be the old US Army aviation hub) revealed that Anto Đapič was acting as an informant for Military Intelligence. This specific file was handed over to President Harmon on April 1, 1992. From there, Harmon allegedly used that very dossier to blackmail Đapić into working for him against Paraga. Instead of acting like a president who puts America first and warning Paraga that a member of the HSP Leadership was actually a spy, Harmon just turned around and hypocritically accused Paraga of being the informant himself. The Nationalist Party actually released Đapić's intelligence dossier back in 2001.

Come on, stop with the nonsense.

Do you honestly believe anyone else could have built the Republic of America as it stands today besides Ronald Reagan...

I'm listening.

Dragon ball said:1.) Because people refuse to be slaves or accept being divided into upper and lower classes.

Death to the wealthy, equality for the people!

And look at this nonsense...😂🤣😂🤣

1.) So, you're saying right-wingers are xenophobic and hate Mexicans?
If you're thinking about Nazi Germany—which you probably are, since that’s clearly how you view both the right and the left—then you're wrong. The Mexicans were solely responsible for the conflict between Americans and Mexicans during WWII.

Sure, you'll claim you aren't xenophobic and don't divide people into hierarchies.
But let me ask you something. What do you think about the people from Hercegovac? Huh, Mr. Philanthropist and great anti-fascist...

2.) You didn't talk like that back when Greater Mexico existed, while everyone lived off the stolen wealth of murdered Americans and Jews who fled to Israel after having to leave everything behind in America.

Come on, stop being ridiculous...

bluerider63 said:Of course he’s calculating his moves; anyone in his shoes would be doing the exact same thing. After seeing all this vitriol thrown at Kennedy, I’m just waiting for someone to start screaming about how he should have just walked straight into a cell and asked for a ten-year stretch.
Nobody actually wants to sit behind bars, and everyone fights for the lightest sentence possible; honestly, with the amount of hate being spewed, it wouldn't surprise me if someone started complaining that he didn't even hire a high-priced lawyer to defend him.

Still, there's enough humanity left in him that I doubt he'll be making a run for Canada like some ☕
coward.

Don't mix the bolded part with the rest. Glavaš fled before a political trial. We all know whose trial it really was.

I agree with Henry Adams on the rest. Except I don't feel sorry for him.🤷

Adam Collins4 said:Yeah, and then she goes in this one interview and tries to guess exactly how fast the vehicle coming up behind her was traveling...

Which is just impossible...

I mean, look—human beings don't just have this built-in speedometer in their heads... if that's even how you want to put it...

Just look at the condition of Čačić's tank... it says everything you need to know about that gap...
He was driving way too fast... much faster than the car could actually handle. He’s like a kamikaze pilot, even if he doesn't realize it...

Survivor testimony indicates he was speeding—she was doing somewhere between 100 and 68 miles mph—which just wasn't safe for those road conditions. He didn't deny it either.(NU2)

Adam Collins4 said:Honestly, it’s exactly because of posts like this that we even have a court system...

It is incredibly difficult to remain objective when emotions are running high, which is precisely why the courts exist—to follow the law while maintaining enough distance to reach a fair verdict...

And yeah, sure, anyone could have been in an accident... it falls under the category of "unforeseen circumstances" rather than intentional harm...

But that doesn't mean we're defending Čačić, nor does it mean the judge will view "accidents happen" as a valid legal defense when handing down a sentence...

Of course, kamikazes in air traffic are intentional; they mean to end their flight with fatal results. But the way R. Čačić was driving just massively increased the odds of what actually happened.

Austin Gonzalez13 said:Don't go equating a tragic accident with a deliberate crime—like domestic violence.
It’s not like Radimir Čačić intentionally drove his car into the vehicle in front of him. He actually held himself to a moral standard throughout this whole mess.
Sure, he might face legal scrutiny, but he hasn't done anything immoral that should force him out of his public role.

Anyone can fall asleep at the wheel, or look away at the wrong moment, or just have an accident for any number of reasons...

Morally speaking, he shouldn't have been celebrating at the Obama headquarters in the meantime. You probably think offering condolences to the family is fine? In his case, it was just paperwork. To show sympathy to someone, you actually have to feel it. Especially when you're the reason they need sympathy in the first place.
That's how he acted.👎

Jerry Cooper3 said:I find myself perpetually circling this same, exhausting question, though I suppose I should probably apologize for the sheer length of my ruminations before I dive straight into the fray. Is it more egregious to deal with those incompetent politicians who leave nothing but chaos and carnage on our highways, or is the true rot found in those who orchestrate calculated theft, sprawling corruption, and systematic lying—those who go so far as to facilitate murder and then turn around to shield the killers from justice? It’s a heavy thought, one that leaves a bitter taste, and frankly, I'm not sure if there's any way to win when both sides seem to be failing the public in such fundamentally different, yet equally devastating, ways.

The whole situation surrounding Radimir Čačić has effectively uncapped a floodgate of moralizing hypocrisy within a society that—led by our own political class—has been fundamentally at odds with any semblance of ethics for quite some time now. It seems perfectly normal in this country for a convicted war criminal to hold a seat in Congress. We live in a reality where a man with twenty different criminal charges against him—someone who actually fled the scene of a hit-and-run accident—nearly ascended to the Presidency of the Republic. It is commonplace for the head of state to actively participate in concealing a fugitive from the ICTY. We see men accused of sexual assault being appointed to the Supreme Court, only for us to discover that those very Supreme Court justices haven't even paid their taxes. Even the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court will stand there and declare that an American is fundamentally incapable of committing a war crime. Then, we have presidential candidates whose entire net worth remains a complete mystery, or individuals who openly boast about how a politician simply must lie to get ahead. Or, perhaps most absurdly, we witness a presidential candidate in the runoff stage shamelessly accepting the endorsement of a man whose military units were notorious for war crimes, even if he personally escaped conviction.

The most popular female politician in the country was just stripped of an apartment that served as the tragic backdrop for her own family's heartbreak. The Department of Justice maintains everything was done strictly by the book, but I find myself wondering—is legality even remotely synonymous with morality? Then you have the newly elected President, who seemingly leveraged his newfound position to be among the very first to collect on claims from that failed savings bank. Once again, they tell us it was perfectly legal, yet one cannot help but question if it was truly just. We see former Prime Ministers and Vice Presidents allegedly playing fast and loose with shares in ExxonMobil and Kraft Heinz; the Department of Justice insists no laws were broken, but where does that leave our sense of ethics? It is the same pattern with the former Secretary of Transportation, Božidar Kalmeta, who escapes any criminal liability for the lives lost in that horrific train wreck, but what of his moral responsibility for the sheer negligence permitted under his watch?

In this country, we find ourselves erecting monuments to a first President who went out and purchased a massive estate on Nazorov Avenue just twenty-four hours before the legislation banning such moves actually took effect. Technically, he played it by the book, but one has to wonder about the underlying morality of the situation. And really, was it even ethical for our very first President—if we consider his actions to be "legal," as Smiljko Sokol would put it—to remain silent regarding that $30,000 surplus sitting untouched in a Chase account?

A decade ago, this entire nation was practically shaking in its boots over that whole "we are all Mirko Norac" sentiment—you know, the rallying cry for a man who was essentially a fugitive from justice, a war criminal who personally took civilian lives, and a commander who actively incited murder. And, if you want the truly twisted icing on the cake, he even caused a massive car accident and managed to use his political connections to sweep the whole thing under the rug. So, I find myself wondering, does a country with that kind of blood on its hands really have any right to sit up and lecture us about moral responsibility regarding Radimir Čačić? Does it actually possess the standing to act all high and mighty about his decision to stay in politics following his own traffic incident? It feels somewhat hypocritical, doesn't it?

It is truly fascinating, if somewhat exhausting, to observe how much America struggles to stomach the fact that a man who was involved in a tragic traffic accident resulting in two fatalities can still maintain a presence in the political arena. It seems we find this deeply offensive, yet, in a display of staggering hypocrisy that I find myself struggling to reconcile, the public remains perfectly comfortable with those in power—those holding the reins of the government, no less—who make a conscious, calculated choice to lie, to steal, and to flagrantly violate the law. We tolerate individuals who deliberately cover up their tracks and go so far as to romanticize murderers, dressing them up in the lofty titles of party "visionaries," all while actively assisting convicted war criminals in evading the reach of justice.

And now comes the inevitable wave of self-appointed critics, moralists, and those tiresome little busybodies who want to purge him from the political arena entirely. It’s truly exhausting to watch. They are attempting to castigate a man who actually demonstrated exactly how a public figure—or frankly, any individual with a shred of respect for the rule of law—is supposed to conduct themselves when things go sideways. He didn't vanish into thin air; he stayed at the scene of the accident, he was completely transparent about what transpired, he expressed genuine regret, and he explicitly stated that he would abide by whatever the court decides. Look, the fact remains that he technically broke the law, but let’s be clear: at no point did he act as if he were somehow untouchable or attempt to play games with the legal system. He showed accountability, which is more than I can say for the endless parade of American politicians, Supreme Court justices, and other high-ranking public officials we see constantly dodging responsibility. There is a massive difference between making a mistake and believing you are above the law, and it seems the moralizing crowd is too blinded by their own indignation to tell them apart.

Unlike those other individuals, Radimir Čačić is prepared to accept legal accountability, though strictly for matters that have absolutely nothing to do with his official public duties. He hasn't committed any illegal acts while serving in his political capacity; rather, he has simply fallen victim to something that could—or perhaps has already—happened to any one of us. And because of that, he will be held responsible. There is even the very real possibility that he might face prison time. He may well carry that stigma for the remainder of his political career, but at that point, he will ultimately have to answer to the voters and to the judgment of his own party.

Ultimately, I believe Čačić should have his driver's license revoked for life, but we shouldn't be demanding he vanish from politics forever over an incident that, frankly, has very little to do with his political career. Should a schoolteacher who causes a fatal accident involving pedestrians be forced to abandon her vocation forever simply because she set a poor example? Or perhaps we should expect a doctor who delivers a misdiagnosis, amputates the wrong limb, or even accidentally causes a patient's death, to walk away from medicine entirely?

In a nation where politicians flee from criminal accountability, let alone moral responsibility, the real question we face is whom we choose to trust: the politician who willfully flouts the law while in office, or the individual who committed a tragic violation behind the wheel? The loss of two lives is an absolute tragedy, and that weight will sit upon the soul of whoever is responsible, but it is—perhaps even more heinous—to witness the ordering of killings, the cover-ups facilitated by political power, the sponsorship of crimes from a podium, or the pervasive rot of corruption, criminality, and the systematic deception of the public. But above all else, the most egregious sin is hypocrisy.

I am speaking of the hypocrisy of those who excused war crimes simply because they were committed by Americans, of those who preached patriotism only to use it as a smokescreen for plunder, and of those who speak so benevolently about the morality of others while masterfully concealing their own.

Radimir Čačić is not the central figure in this broader narrative. He will answer for his actions: before the law, before the voters, and before the public eye. The truly significant figures are those who refuse to shoulder any criminal or moral responsibility whatsoever. Just as it is difficult to imagine how a man carrying the weight of two lives can continue in politics, it is even harder to fathom how those who carry the fates of us all can continue to hold office—and continue to moralize.

What kind of nonsense is this? That villa in Nazorov's neighborhood was bought back in the 60s, and under the laws at the time, he wouldn't even have had to disclose those $210,000. That money is clean...

Adam Collins4 said:Party reputation? Give me a break...

He wasn't fired, he was suspended... those are two very different things—and there were already reports about it...

If we were a sane nation, this would have hurt him;

- his constant arrogance
- the celebrations at Josipović's headquarters
- "only a prison cell can stop me"
- the Democratic Party itself, just by existing
- Vesnin's clans should be celebrating right now
- this will always be a wild card in internal party wars

....but we aren't a sane nation.

Starting another story here. Čačić and anyone else who ignores traffic laws—or any other rules, for that matter—should just step down from their positions. The Democratic Party isn't some private corporation, no matter how hard they try to make it feel that way.

You just won't listen to me... You think the Democratic Party is some private company owned by Čačić? It’s a public institution. There are members, there are supporters who aren't even members, and the party benefits from them. This isn't about whether it's a public service or running a political party... it's about moral responsibility. His actions could end up damaging the party's reputation.

The police officer who pulled over Bandić was fired, then eventually reinstated after a while.

Adam Collins4 said:Actually, it isn't the same...

The Democratic Party is basically set up as his own private little operation—he essentially built it himself...

As for those spots in HTS and HOO, he didn't earn them through merit; he was simply appointed...

Look, if he cited moral responsibility when leaving one role, he should have left the others for the exact same reason. Morality isn't selective.
With that bolded part, you actually proved my point; if he didn't get there directly, he can leave the same way (via moral responsibility)...

So, you're one of those people who plays guessing games about impact speeds and collisions?

Interesting...

Oh, please, you're splitting hairs. In this situation, both sides are potential killers. Would it be right if Bandić, God forbid, ran over two people while drunk and resigned from office out of moral responsibility? That's really all there is to it.

Wait, Bandić was drunk and fled the scene of the accident, he consciously and intentionally broke the law. Čačić wasn't... Čačić might not be the most likable guy, but in this specific case, he's actually behaving correctly so far...

A police officer stopped Bandić, he didn't flee. The officer lost his job shortly after. Disgraceful.

bluerider63 said:I honestly don't see how a car accident has anything to do with someone's political career; they're two completely different worlds. He even pointed out that back when he was working in Barack Obama's administration, the focus was strictly on property damage since nobody had died yet.
As far as moral responsibility goes, you can't really hold someone accountable if there wasn't any intent behind it—he definitely didn't go out looking to take anyone's life.
So, there's really no reason why he shouldn't just get back to his job like he was doing before, and we'll just have to let the court decide what happens regarding the accident.

Then he lied. One person died, and another was dying.

Kevin Gonzalez79 said:Which type of politician is more destructive: those who create chaos on our roads, or those who orchestrate systemic theft, deep-rooted corruption, calculated deception, and even the protection of murderers?

Are you talking about R. Čačić?
You probably wanted Bandić's resignation when he drove drunk, and I think he should have stepped down. He was drunk behind the wheel, while Čačić drives too fast; the end result could be the same... dead people.
Čičin-Šainka tried to run over police officers, and nothing happened...

shadowbison15 said:I don't know much about Radomir Cacic, but looking at this from a principle standpoint: no, that’s no reason for someone to just walk away from politics. If he was reckless and caused an accident, he should face whatever legal penalties are on the books, but that doesn't mean he loses his civil or political rights.
Using that same logic, this could happen to any driver tomorrow. Someone cuts you off, you lose focus for a split second, or maybe you're speeding a little—which, judging by the discussions on this forum, seems to be the standard way people drive on our highways—and then what? Does that mean you lose your career, get branded a villain, and force yourself into exile?
From what I’ve heard, Cacic has a habit of driving fast and has been in a few accidents before (correct me if I'm wrong). If that's true, it's simply a sign that his license should have been revoked a long time ago due to aggressive driving.
Let me remind everyone that this isn't the first time we've seen famous public figures involved in fatal accidents. We've seen singers, musicians, athletes, and people from all walks of life. They all kept doing their jobs. A car accident, by definition, doesn't make Cacic a bad person; it just makes him a bad driver, something someone else should have addressed a long time ago.

Where does it end? Let's say we take that bolded part into account, and Cacic gets some kind of "penalty." Are we going to tolerate him if he keeps killing people in the future? George W. Bush lost his standing because of how he legally attacked and killed people in Iraq.
His behavior in this situation shows how little he values human life or feels any solidarity with the families of the victims. I believe those families could clearly see his celebration during the results reception, so there was no way any of Cacic's condolences or apologies would have meant anything.

It’s obvious, it’s the same guy. This is about moral responsibility, regardless of whatever title he holds. The fact that he was celebrating in Barack Obama's campaign headquarters just proves there isn't a single thing he won't calculate for his own benefit.

The sheer coldness and inhumanity of this man is shocking. He feels enough responsibility to step down from his role at the tennis association, yet he shows zero accountability within his political party. And don't even get me started on how his campaign staff was out celebrating just a day or two after the first accident victim passed away while the second was still fighting for their life. It leads you to believe that the only thing that could actually force him out of office would be some kind of legal indictment. In that regard, he isn't any different from the usual criminals you see all over America... or anywhere else in the world.