little bit of both?
britain set a largely carte-blanche policy that allowed them to do as they wish so long as the money kept flowing. it was up to the colonies to operate how they chose to, under the guise and leadership of the Empire.

That’s so… specific.

yeah, talk about taking the best out of a bad situation. you hear about that with guys like Werner Von Braun but i wasn’t aware we did the same with the Japanese.

lol
so it looks like it was going to be delivered by the I-400 aircraft carrier-submarine, bombing set to begin in early august. the plan was scrapped in March, supposedly, but troops were still being assembled in July right up until the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which suggests that the claim of killing the plan early may have been an attempt to hide their intentions.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/japans-forgotten-plan-drop-plague-bombs-america-world-war-ii-174737

it says cancelled in march, but that being said it was a monstrous plan. damn.
also how did you post the link? it won’t let me when i try.

never mind i found it.

lol it isn’t i made that up on the fly. i had to come up with something!

Perimenstrual Assist Device

pad… it’s a PAD.

fair enough, agree to disagree. i think encouraging students to pray or express themselves in their own way as such publicly breeds more acceptance of different practices of faith.
and i know that you weren’t questioning my faith or right to practice it; i was just stating that all institutions are imperfect, even (ESPECIALLY) the one i ascribe to.

pt 4; believe in the good it can do.

pt 3; on your last point, i am a proud Roman Catholic, i know very well the storied past of my faith, the graveyards of innocent that have been filled in the name of my God or that have been filled as the Church has turned a blind eye for the sake of profit and politics. it is a holy institution with holy practices, a holy mass, and holy traditions, but it is also a very human bureaucracy led by humans as prone to greed and vice as anyone, that has in the past been run by popes who were complete assholes.
but so is the same for every faith and nation (with the possible exception of pastafarianism and rastafarianism). it has an old, checkered, and imperfect past but it has also done very much good. acknowledging the dark past i choose to believe in the teachings of Christ and hope for a better future, and in practicing His word as He intended do some good in this world. i am not a fan of everything my faith has done just as i am not a fan of everything my nation has done, but i still

pt 2; rather than see it as an opportunity for the chance for expression of something that is a core part of a persons identity.

my kids can pray to whomsoever they wish… i would rather they be of my faith, certainly, but i welcome any religious discussion provided they are earnest and can articulate why they believe how they believe be it Rastafarian or Pastafarian, Muslim or Jewish, or anything (save for scientology, and i’ll show them the Lea Ramini and other accounts why they are dangerous).
With freedom of prayer in school, the important thing to stress is that the freedom to NOT pray is vitally important. the Athiest should absolutely NOT be forced to pray, if they so choose. likewise, a child should never be bullied for being Muslim or Jewish, and with freedom of prayer they would absolutely have the right to pray as they wish alongside their christian or otherwise classmates. there MUST be acceptance of ALL faiths for there to be acceptance of any prayer in ANY faith.
it is disappointing, though, that the first thing you do is see all the negative that could come about if it is improperly implemented,