@amWhy Rather than hollow, if I eat too much candy my stomach feels filled and then failed. =P

@amWhy WHIRL

WHORL

WHELP

WHALE

@quid Reading the WHOLE transcript would take a WHALE of a WHILE.

I guess WEALTH also works. Who doesn't want to get WEALTHY?

And WHEEDLE.

WELSH

@ParamanandSingh wealthy < healthy < wise, but all three would be nice.

WITHHOLD (comment: not many words have "HH". If you ask people to name one they are likely to get stumped. SHH don't tell them this one.)

WITHAL

WHITTLE

WHISTLE

@ParamanandSingh: This HNQ is the kind of disgusting thing that damages our hope that humans can be more than animals. It seems to me that it reeks of rationalization of evil (we have a bigger brain so we use it to make up bigger excuses). Why are such things tolerated on SE?

@user21820 Even though the question deals with the wrong idea someone can have. This reply means that there is still hope.

@Safdar Well... isn't that still rationalization of wartime rape? Do you see that none of the answers explicitly say it is wrong or immoral? They don't dare to!

I don't know whether I am in the minority, but I don't think we should give any kind of explicit or implicit permission (worse still if we say God gave it) for intentional sexual assault of an unwilling person. If war makes you go crazy, do not go to war!

@user21820 Indeed!! nods in agreement

@user21820 The fact is that this was written in 6 BCE (2600-2700 years ago) during which it seemed as though prisoners were considered fair game (I shudder stating this). For that time period, this was much restricting than what other religions advocated since they at least force you to pay the consequences. However, using this in modern society is wrong and I feel that a lot of the world view has changed to become against this. (you aren't in the minority, I hope) and to this I agree.

@user21820: the good and bad of human nature has no end. Unfortunately the good part is rather rare. I sincerely believe that most people will do all sorts of bad things if they are allowed to get away with. War crimes are almost never put onto trial.

@Safdar Yes I know the 'consequences' are more restricting than what some other religions advocated. What I am highlighting here is the clear attempt to imbue these 'permissions' with divine approval, with not one statement that it is immoral. I don't buy any claim that what is moral varies over time, but even if one makes such a claim they cannot cite these texts as if they are still valid, unless they are unwilling to face the truth that the 'permissions' are in fact unethical.

Note that Rambam (Maimonides) lived about 1000 CE, so it's not just an issue 2000+ years ago. And now SE is 2020 CE, and still people repeat the same stuff. That's the real problem here.

@user21820 Unfortunately, I think ever ancient religious text contains both "historical records" and reports of cultural norms, and "divine inspiration". The problems begin when an entire text is said to be the Word of God, when in fact, much of it is a mere record of history/norms.

@amWhy Or, depending on whom you ask, a mere record of beliefs.

That's why it's better if people just try to do what they feel is right rather than trying to find excuses in ancient texts. =)

@user21820 Yes, that's valid too. But I wouldn't target the Torah, alone, for this, as it is evident in the Quran, and in the Bible.

@amWhy Of course. No targeting was intended. There are thousands of religions that are pairwise inconsistent. At most one can be completely correct. So... we either have to spend lots of effort trying to figure out which parts are correct in which documents, or we just spend our effort elsewhere. =)

(I was just griping because it came up on HNQ.)

@user21820 HNQ doesn't always give the best questions from a site.. All you need are 3 upvotes on answers to get it there (if there are none or one from a specific site)

@Safdar Oh I didn't know that!

@user21820 I know because I've used it to hit HNQs on ChemSE. It's relatively silent there... It seemed to encourage giving respect to the asker as well so I found nothing wrong with it,,

@user21820: I would go even further that one should have the guts to face the consequences of their actions rather than justifying their acts on basis on religious texts (or anything said by some authority). The idea of getting away with the consequences seems to give a high to a lot of people.

It wouldn't happen like that on MSE due to the sheer traffic on there..

@ParamanandSingh A big reason for juvenile crime. +1.

@ParamanandSingh I totally agree. Getting a high from getting away is totally what some people's lives revolve around!

Unfortunately I don't see an easy solution to this problem. May be we should not get in the way when someone is facing the consequences. Often out of sympathy we try to help and thereby prevent people from suffering consequences of their actions. In my personal life I have avoided any sort of this kind of sympathy.

@ParamanandSingh Yea. It's difficult to handle both justice and compassion. My approach is to be strict with consequences but be helpful after that is settled fairly. In my opinion, wrongdoers must make full restitution, but after that we should sincerely help them along the right path to minimize the temptation for them to revert back to the wrong path.

I fully agree there, but only a few try to make full restitution (sometimes it is not possible).

There are similar themes in some of Ayn Rand novels but there are a lot of distractions and it is not easy to figure out the key ideas.

@ParamanandSingh Indeed!

@quid Do we need to liquidate?

hello guys

got a quick question

How many (English) words can be formed from one or more letters appearing in STACKEXCHANGE?

@amWhy Can we cheat?

@Safdar How? Don't look it up on Google!

That would be a unfair EXCHANGE for fun this has I guess,,

@Safdar CHEAT works

We can TAG it..

@Safdar Just don't STACK the cards against the rest of us!

Why don't you NOT have this AS AN event (which I think you can SET if you are THE owner)?

CHANGE is good.

Okay, I'll get the awkward one out of the way: SEX

CHECK

A different TACK?

@amWhy Maybe you should put a lower bound on the number of letters?

A

NAH. does this count?

Sure!

AS NAG TAN TEN NET SAT

NAG SAG

STEAK

TAKE

TEAK

STAKE

TEACH

SEAT

TEASE

EAT ATE TEA ETA

one too little E's there.

NEAT HEAT

TEX, the lifeblood of typing

EAT ATE

TEE off?

@amWhy I'm not quite sure what you mean by liquidate given the context.

SEE TEA

@amWhy BZZZZZT

@quid You're right in the middle of it! LIkeQUID-ATE

@Safdar :(

CHANCE STANCE

HANG

SACK HACK

GAS

SAG

SANG

STAG

GHAST

TANG

quid ate? Not too much actually. I'll take that as a hint.

AGE

A TEN for that

@quid Indeed, it is a hint!! ;D

@Safdar bzz =D

SAGE

STAGE

CAGE

TAX how can we forget?

THEN

HEN

SATE HATE GATE

ANGST

TEEN

SEEN not heard like the people watching :P

SCENE

SHEEN

SHEET

SHE HE

EXACT

SHACK

CAT HAT

ENACT ACT

The can in the hat

HA

TEXAN

@user21820 AH

GET SET

HAS

HASTE

SNACK

HEX

EAST

NEXT

CHAT CHANT

CAN

THAN

KEG KEN

AGHAST

SNAKE

CHEX?

SHAKE

CANE SANE

GEEK

SEEK

CHEEK

KEEN

AXE

HACKS needed anyone?

CASH

ASH

GASH

HASH STASH

SAGA

HAG RAG RAGE

EACH

SACHET CACHE

ACHE ACNE

I am trying to solve this proof problem

and have no idea how to finish if it is wrong or I am correct. math.stackexchange.com/questions/3801665/…

CHASTE CHASE CASE CAST CASTE

?

CHEST

CATCH

SANK

@user21820 Only one H,

TANK

STANK

SKATE

SCAT darn CAT

mew

ANGST

@user21820 BZZZZZ chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/55341026#55341026

@amWhy Aww.

@amWhy Yup by me.

@user21820 boo hoo!

:55341381 Yes, I just saw that!

This word search has taken more than one page in chat!

Should have known that stackexchange is full of words.

=P

CACHE

Already cached by me. =P

@user21820 Then I should probably quid. ;D

Haha. I can't think up any more too.

@user21820 All I can think of are ENCASE, and ENCAGE, both a bit of a stretch.

How about words that have different meanings with different pronunciations? Such as BUFFET.

CEASE! EASE

One last TEASE?

@user21820 Sorry: chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/55340946#55340946

@amWhy Oops. I lose again.

@quid quidAlert Just checking in!

What words can be formed using the letters in ALEXANDER GRUBER??

A AN AND END EAR ARE AREA ...

@quid, @Xander, @Alexander, Please lock my answer again. It was locked yesterday after anonymous user tried 8 consecutive times to edit my answer. It was locked for only 24 hours. Please prevent this user from further harassment.

math.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/1442646

@amWhy Ugh...

I've put a week long lock on it. I've left your flag unresolved for reference.

@XanderHenderson Thanks!!