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I'm not a Sunday school teacher, so I have a question: does the Bible treat sex and gender as different phenomena? Because if the Bible treats sex and gender as the same thing, then having a vagina, for instance, means that your gender is female, and as such a person with a vagina who engages in sexual acts with other ... | There is no sound biblical argument that makes being trans-gender morally wrong. | 1 | 2015-01-01T15:45:53 | 353 | 115 | 9 |
Natural selection would dictate that any trait that reduces an organism's fitness - with fitness referring to an organism's ability/likelihood to reproduce - will be selected against in favour of the proliferation of genes that increase an organism's fitness. I struggle to think of any behaviour that would reduce an ot... | "Evolution & natural selection are the process that led to sentient life on Earth" and "Homosexuality has a genetic/biological cause and is not a choice" are mutually exclusive and cannot both be factual | 0 | 2017-03-24T22:14:10 | 95 | 1 | null |
I think that the idea of brilliant people being sad was created by artists that we still recognize today. Michelangelo for one was, perhaps the first "tortured" artist. And was also incredibly brilliant and very sought after during his lifetime. (This was a tangent from my art history professor that I found fascinating... | Being happy is not a sign of "ignorance", and being more intelligent than most people would not make you less happy. | 1 | 2016-10-17T08:29:00 | 39 | 3 | 1 |
So I guess if no Republican could forsee any of these problems with their bills, that means they were acting completely on their bigoted feelings and ignoring logic and facts, is that accurate? I really wonder with debates like these whether people genuinely, honestly *can't* see the other perspective, or if they just ... | I literally cannot understand most Republican social views. | 1 | 2017-02-10T22:32:04 | 250 | 6 | 21 |
In that case, you would agree now that *voting* should not be compulsory, but instead that *actively deciding whether or not to vote* should be compulsory? If that's so, that's different from the view you originally stated and I would request a delta based on that shift. | Voting Should be Compulsory | 1 | 2016-10-20T17:18:46 | 42 | 1 | 42 |
I kinda have the same problem, I guess. But like Doctor_Candy said; it's probably a stage in your life and you may get over it soon. You may not, I don't know. Your views and decisions on life, relationships and most things are more likely based on them (Unless you somehow changed yourself to the point where aren't lik... | I do not love my parents. CMV | 0 | 2013-02-16T22:35:06 | 24 | 2 | null |
I'm going to argue that Trump isn't a sexist, or racist, or bigot. I think he's just a shitty person. I think he treats women like shit, but that's not what it means to be sexist. Is he a narcissist? Yeah. Does he think all women fawn over him? Absolutely. But I don't think that's because he thinks women are less than ... | Knowingly voting for a xenophobic bigot makes you a xenophobic bigot yourself. I don't want to think half of the US-Population is like that so please CMV | 1 | 2016-11-11T17:10:23 | 145 | 3 | 1 |
Passive voice can be, and is, used as a literary device. If, as you write more, you find yourself leaning towards using it, there's nothing necessarily wrong with that. However, the intention of writing is to communicate ideas. "Rules" like not using the passive-voice are designed to make sure that writing conveys idea... | I believe passive voice is better than active. CMV. | 1 | 2013-06-29T06:57:24 | 37 | 13 | 1 |
So my thoughts have always been something along this line. While you can certainly hate, as it always boils down to a personal choice/attitude, what, exactly, does that hate accomplish? Is it being used constructively, or in a petty fashion? It's been mentioned, so I won't go overly in-depth with it, but first/second w... | I believe "that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing them". Change my view. | 0 | 2014-04-10T04:53:39 | 107 | 1 | null |
That's true, but does it matter? You're still guilty of doing it. If you killed someone because you value money more than human life, you need to be stopped or fixed. If as an artist you create good things, you should still be proud of it, because most people can't do it. The whole "choice" thingy is a bit weird honest... | Given that determinism is true and no free will exists, all human actions are automatic. | 1 | 2014-09-09T15:06:51 | 66 | 8 | 11 |
By demanding that Christians do things such as allowing female priests and gay marriage the liberal establishment is demanding that Christians place the government above God and reduce Christianity to a meaningless cultural practice. Marriage isn't only a religious act, it's also a legal one. Why does a religion have s... | Christianity is under attack in the western world | 0 | 2017-06-04T02:27:40 | 219 | 1 | 5 |
I think I agree with the gist of your stance, but I'm not convinced on the details. I don't think there are yet enough test cases of people with "a belief system based on known facts" to conclude that such a belief system is psychologically harmful. Firstly, in the strictest sense, there are likely **no** people who ac... | Having a belief system only based on known facts is destructive to your psychological well-being | 1 | 2016-08-24T22:10:26 | 52 | 3 | 1 |
Your challenging one line of evidence for global climate change but there are multiple other justifications. Many people have tackled some of the errors in your particular claim so I'm going to take another path. Tell me where this line of argumentation breaks down. 1) Certain types of gaseous molecules, called greenh... | Global warming is a rounding error | 1 | 2016-07-28T00:25:24 | 57 | 4 | 3 |
If someone shoots you and you aren't wearing a bullet proof vest, its technically your fault if you die. | If someone stalks you on social media, then it's technically your fault. | 0 | 2017-05-30T23:47:23 | 42 | 8 | 11 |
The Totino's little party pizzas are wonderful. They are admittedly horrible, but they are also wonderfully horrible. It's like a train wreck in your mouth. Little Ceasars is also far from the worst pizza you can find from a pizzeria. I stumbled into a place in Chicago that appeared to have not known the difference be... | There is no such thing as good frozen pizza. | 1 | 2015-06-26T10:18:04 | 50 | 8 | null |
Communism is a utopian, unattainable ideal for society... You could have said the same about abolishing slavery 300 years ago. ...that has failed miserably in every society... There is "failed" and there is "failed miserably". I don't think that the Soviet Union is an example of a state that "failed miserably". Social... | I believe Communism has spelled nothing but authoritarian disaster in practice, and anybody seriously endorsing it in the 21st Century should be ridiculed profusely | 0 | 2015-04-09T14:51:43 | 53 | -2 | null |
I'd say the Bush thing would become an anomoly if either Dubya's or Jeb's kids get elected president, or are seriously presidential contenders. Right now, Jeb seems more like a dark horse candidate than frontrunner. That fact alone indicates that the Bush family name doesn't generate enough political clout in and of it... | I find it problematic that a Clinton and Bush is runing for president again | 1 | 2015-05-18T01:26:20 | 85 | 43 | 25Δ |
Even Amy Chua has come out against some (not all of) her Tiger Mom ideals. I do think that parents should push their child to excel in whatever they do, absolutely. However life is all about balance between work and fun. Many "tiger mom" countries (east Asia) also lead the world in suicide of people 20 and under. Str... | The tiger mom parenting method is the best | 0 | 2016-10-24T09:22:36 | 21 | 2 | 3 |
Precedent isn't *supposed* to supplant the letter of the law; it's supposed to supplement it. The problem it's meant to solve is that it's basically impossible to write laws that are really complete with all their terms fully rigorous, so when laws as written make contact with reality, ambiguities show up, and judges n... | The idea of looking to precedent or case law in our legal system is just another way of saying "I can be wrong as long as someone else was wrong before me." | 1 | 2016-03-12T08:26:07 | 25 | 31 | 11 |
You really have to address these separately as they are very different sports. I personally don't care for baseball, but it is fun for people who enjoy statistics. Because of the nature of the game, every player's effectiveness can be broken down into a series of stats (ERA, RBIs, hits, on base percentage, batting aver... | The sports that are the "big" sports in America (NFL & MLB) are the least entertaining sports in the world with major leagues that have any kind of significance | 1 | 2014-07-03T00:23:23 | 29 | 15 | 31Δ |
In his campaign, Donald Trump gained wide support from the disenfranchised, white working class in the central United States. He promised to bring back jobs, tear apart free trade deals, and to drain the so-called swamp. [Trump made gains among blacks. He made gains among Latinos. He made gains among Asians. The only m... | Donald Trump ran for president purely to bolster his ego, and despite his anti-establishment rhetoric, his presidency will not be much different than a typical Republican Presidency | 0 | 2016-12-02T16:34:15 | 178 | 1 | 1 |
This is a very typical view of liberally leaning people. Believe it or not, people have different visions for what this country should be. Not everyone looks over to Europe and sees government run hospitals and thinks "*Wow!* We should have that!" I think the most common stance of non millionaire conservatives is that ... | Unless you're a millionaire, there is no reason to vote for a Republican president. | 0 | 2016-02-27T17:40:48 | 161 | 2 | null |
Saying haven't found the 'right' person for them yet is like saying to a gay girl: "you're not gay, you just haven't met the right guy yet." Saying I think if you're born with a set of a genitals, you are in fact a sexual being and in turn, feel some sexual attraction to other humans. Is like saying to a gay guy: "You... | I believe A-Sexualism is a trend and is just something people call themselves just to be 'interesting' or 'different'. | 0 | 2015-08-07T18:58:46 | 112 | 11 | 2 |
What you are describing is a common critique of utilitarianism (which is fairly common). What you are describing: whatever action produces the most happiness in the world is good, and those actions which produce less or take away from global happiness are less moral or evil. Is close to *act utilitarianism*. However, ... | According to a utilitarian ethics system, certain forms of slavery are permissible (perhaps a moral requirement), and this makes utilitarianism a dangerous philosophy. | 1 | 2017-06-09T21:32:11 | 81 | 44 | 84 |
By this I mean I could be talking to someone about the issue of racism in our society, and they may mention that black people can be racist too, thereby derailing the conversation and ignoring the problem at hand. if you are having a conversation about the issue of racism in society and they mention that blacks can be ... | I believe that black people cannot be racist. [Serious] | 0 | 2016-04-28T07:03:06 | 64 | 1 | null |
At one level, you are correct. We will all die. Even if some medical way of stopping aging were to be invented, we will still all die, by accident, maybe a thousand years from now or whenever. There are several reasons for hope and comfort, though. * **Religious faith**: If you have religious faith (which you said you ... | Life is pointless because we die. | 1 | 2016-12-02T20:05:10 | 83 | 3 | 2 |
Biathalon is a great counter-example for this. Try skiing 20 km then calming your body to accurately hit a tiny target. That takes some superhuman control. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biathlon | Shooting based sports should not be part of the Olympics | 1 | 2016-08-16T21:43:04 | 40 | 1 | 136 |
This sounds like more of a problem of the traffic lights in your area being from the stone age. Most areas I've been deal with this problem in one of two ways: 1) Lights turn to flashing yellow or flashing red late at night, which basically serves as a stop or yield sign, like you want or 2) Pressure sensors detect whe... | At the majority of intersections red lights could and should be treated like interchangeable stop signs | 0 | 2014-07-15T18:46:56 | 186 | 77 | 24 |
I think that projecting the want for that type of relationship is the same as Christian Grey's want for a physically abusive type of relationship in 50 Shades of Grey. So understand that 50 Shades of Grey is categorically decried by the BDSM community and several of their members have spoken out against the book. I don... | Meghan Trainor's song, Dear Future Husband, is feminist and is not sexist. | 1 | 2015-04-27T21:47:44 | 78 | 3 | 2Δ |
It's possible that the wife is offering good advice to the husband regarding expenditure, which would benefit both people. For example, the husband is set on buying an investment (in whatever form) and the wife objects to a particular investment and suggests a different one that brings in better returns. Your exception... | As long as all household necessities and a few luxuries are taken care of, a non-income earning spouse shouldn't concern themselves with expenditures made by an income-earning spouse. | 1 | 2015-09-25T23:15:15 | 83 | 0 | 132 |
As an Asian, I feel like my race experiences the subtlest but definitely significant racism in the United States. You are correct. Asian Americans are a minority group in the U.S. and therefore, they experience a significant amount of racial prejudice. Personally I experience this racism from blacks the most, which I ... | Asians get treated just as unfairly as any other minority and worse than blacks. | 1 | 2016-07-06T21:40:47 | 142 | 9 | 1 |
Dismissing everybody who doesn't vote as uninformed is a false generalisation. Another reason people might decline to vote is the belief that their vote doesn't matter and won't influence the outcome. The people who are voting aren't universally informed either as it's not uncommon for people to loyally vote for their ... | I don't think low voter turnout is a problem. CMV. | 1 | 2013-07-03T08:41:12 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
What if you want to rent an apartment, but the landlord put furniture like this is: http://i.imgur.com/iybCqVe.jpg Or this http://i.imgur.com/UeqRFSi.jpg You don't want to pay for it? Too bad it comes with a house, take it or leave it. Would not you like a chance to furnish a rental place the way YOU want, not the way... | Our culture should consider large furniture and appliances as something that comes with the house and that you leave with the house | 0 | 2014-06-27T22:55:42 | 79 | 4 | 49Δ |
Note: this argument applies only to literature (since you brought up a novel). If a person says: "When I first started working out, I could only bench press forty; now I can bench press 280," would he not deserve his subsequent praise and admiration? If a person says: "After ten years, I became a chess grandmaster," wo... | There's nothing admirable about reading. | 1 | 2014-07-04T20:45:53 | 49 | 1 | null |
Yes. It does mean that if that is the way you tend to think and respond. | Honesty is better for a relationship than being sensitive and kind | 1 | 2016-12-14T12:39:46 | 85 | 2 | 71 |
In terms of converting people, it's never going to work. The debate is a fun exercise at best, but it is essentially pointless. An atheist is almost never going to become religious because of a religious person's argument, nor vice versa. EXCEPT that you admitted that you converted because of debating it. I find it odd... | I think debating religion is a fun game, but ultimately pointless. | 0 | 2016-04-08T17:41:19 | 139 | 8 | 5 |
For many trans people dysphoria is towards their physical self. They are uncomfortable seeing a masculine/feminine body in the mirror. For me, just having normal male testosterone levels in my body was accompanied with severe depression. When my testosterone was reduced, so were depressive symptoms. | Being transgender reinforces gender roles/stereotypes because being transgender is about conforming to them | 1 | 2017-03-19T03:07:36 | 46 | 4 | 7 |
Do you think that women *want* to get abortions? The real question to ask is what is the primary cause of abortions. If women don't get pregnant when they do not want children, then there would be no (or very few) abortions. Would you agree? I think it is safe to say that the primary cause of abortions is unwanted preg... | Abortion should not be legal | 0 | 2015-02-17T06:41:12 | 116 | 3 | 2 |
I could interpret your post in one of two ways, but I don't know which one you mean (or maybe it's both): 1) Why are these "non-gay" people grouped together in this one community? or 2) Why the hell is this acronym so goddamn long? With regard to the second point, I agree that it gets to be ridiculous. But most of the ... | Using the LGBTTQQPAAS2 acronym doesn't represent the gay community and so shouldn't be used. | 0 | 2016-06-17T17:15:09 | 751 | 2 | 4 |
A problem is that use of a condom is risk management, it doesn't remove risk. All the risks that are present without condoms are still present with them, just to a lesser extent. So, promiscuity is a potential health hazard, even with safe sex. Additionally, it's easy to wind up with different goals with sex partners, ... | I don't think it's wrong for a girl to be slutty and promiscuous provided that she practises safe sex and birth control. CMV | 1 | 2013-04-04T22:54:31 | 167 | 9 | 70Δ |
I like Germany a bunch, but US beef is so much better than German beef it ought to outweigh every other factor. Sure Germany's got less class inequality and better vacation time, but if you want a good steak you gotta go Stateside. | Germany,as long as you are not rich, is better then the US in every single way. | 0 | 2016-06-05T05:21:22 | 929 | 2 | 1 |
Clean, potable water is a limited resource, but not in the same way as hydrocarbons or helium, for example. Water consumption puts pressure on local water sources, but the water cycle is not something that happens locally. It takes time for the water cycle to occur. Clean water sources can (and do) run out, and while t... | "Wasting" water isn't wasting anything. (IE - leaving the sink on while you brush your teeth, full-flush toilets) because the water just reenters the water cycle and never goes anywhere. | 0 | 2015-11-30T18:03:17 | 66 | 5 | null |
DM. "Ok, you see three trolls approaching you. They're big, scary, green and want to eat you." Wizard. "I cast acid storm on them to put the hurt on them and stop their regeneration." DM. "No you don't, that's metagaming. You don't know that acid retards their regeneration." A good DM at this point would have the Wizar... | Metagaming in roleplay games is good and shouldn't be seen as immoral. | 0 | 2017-03-24T17:53:45 | 193 | 1 | 10 |
It's true no one will ever understand completely what you're feeling, but it doesn't make most relationships pointless since there are a variety of other purposes they can serve, and even partial understanding can be comforting to people. Basically every time some group of people do a happiness or well being study/surv... | No one will ever understand completely what you might be feeling, making most relationships pointless | 0 | 2016-10-07T10:41:20 | 33 | 2 | 9 |
Can you imagine ever being in any situation where you throw a punch at someone? Some drunk a-hole in a bar insults your wife, or grabs her ass, or calls you a racist name, calls your disabled kid a retard, whatever. You've had a bad day. The other guy clearly deserves it. So you punch the guy. He steps back, slips on a... | I believe that motive shouldn't be taken into account in murder trials. CMV | 0 | 2013-11-26T04:30:59 | 43 | 1 | null |
they can simply wait for everyone to starve or get killed while they bask in their machine generated wealth You imagine the wealthy as some kind of cartoon villains who swim around in pools of money. That is a child's view of the world. A far more likely future to capitalism is a basic income, which will cause those jo... | Progress in automation will eventually lead to a full fledge genocide on the majority of the population. | 0 | 2014-12-26T21:46:17 | 74 | 32 | 1 |
I realize deltas have already been awarded but I feel the need to chime in. Because of a single statistic I saw the other day (can't remember where, if I'm wrong let me know). About half of democrats literally fear the policies of republicans and vice versa. Like, actual fear. This is troubling. I don't think it's abou... | I think people who live in the "blue" counties need to check their privilege | 0 | 2016-11-10T08:23:22 | 74 | 3 | null |
What would we do about Muslims who moved to the west so as not to be subject to Sharia Law? Are they forced to either renounce their faith or subject themselves to a legal system they disagree with just because someone else wants to bring Sharia Law to the west? | Muslim here. Western nations should allow Muslims in their jurisdictions to practice Sharia law in civil matters excluding those that conflict with the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Otherwise its equal to oppression by the host nation. | 0 | 2015-12-18T15:38:34 | 138 | 8 | 56 |
I'm confused. You're saying that that patriotism may be better than no patriotism, but that no patriotism would be one great community and society? Fear and prejudice are not the products of patriotism, they're a fact of being human. Our minds are not and never will be unbiased, but patriotism helps. Patriotism is what... | Patriotism is intrinsicly bad. | 1 | 2015-07-04T21:49:23 | 39 | 8 | 1 |
I once read an article called "The Morality of Anger" by a professor named Walter Berns. In the article, he points out that anger is the sensation of injustice; that is, that we feel angry specifically because we feel that some wrong has been done. It's the way we feel about violent criminals given the terrible things ... | I believe that, in certain cases, capital punishment shouldn't have to be humane. | 0 | 2014-07-24T16:50:01 | 89 | 1 | null |
One preconceive idea I generally see with people talking feminism is how unified it is. Like philosophers, politicians and activists, feminist rarely agree. You see in history and countries different way of thinking of feminism. Sadly, there's not one definition of it. If you look for differencialist and universalist, ... | Women in the modern world are given more advantages than men are and feminism is not true feminism. | 1 | 2017-02-09T10:30:42 | 86 | 2 | 13 |
I'm assuming you're talking about Christian conservatism. A rationally-thinking person would say that murder is wrong because it causes suffering to fellow human beings. But conservatives would say that murder is wrong because it destroys something that God values. To a conservative, any other possible reason to be aga... | Opposition to homosexuality, although wrong, is not necessarily malicious | 0 | 2017-03-28T22:01:21 | 67 | 0 | 1 |
This is very relevant to my point, and exactly the kind of offence I was talking about. I don't disagree with essentially anything you're saying here - and let me illustrate how that's a problem in this 21st century, social media connected world we have suddenly (vey suddenly) found ourselves in. **The Problem Is Thi... | It is possible to not take offence. It is impossible to not offend. | 0 | 2017-04-22T00:50:28 | 31 | 2 | null |
Hello I am an Earth Sciences undergraduate at Cambridge University, and have been studying climate change (mainly in the Cenozoic) this year. I literally just sat an exam on it today. Our department does not really concern itself with making predictions about anthropogenic climate change. We believe that the present is... | Global warming predictions are epistemologically flawed, and should not be the basis for public policy. | 1 | 2015-06-04T00:27:12 | 534 | 5 | null |
It is like playing with Lego. You are correct. In fact, it's basically Lego in a first person survival setting. As far as I know, Lego is the best selling toy of all time (I think it is, at least). For people of all ages to be drawn to that concept, without having to cater for specific gaming tastes... Makes a lot of s... | Minecraft should not be the best selling PC game of all time | 1 | 2015-05-04T21:02:11 | 37 | 2 | 1Δ |
I'm going to go a completely different route as many of the other comments and say that there's a problem with your question to begin with. The book doesn't *need* to be watertight at all, or anywhere close to it. You go into The Hunger Games understanding that it's a work of science fiction with political overtones. S... | "The Hunger Games" as a story is completely unbelievable | 0 | 2015-01-23T20:08:15 | 255 | 2 | null |
Animals are non-sapient, and are not human. They do not have the same rights as humans. While I agree that there are some places that raise animals in conditions that would constitute being cruel to them, not all do. In general animals raised by humans are protected from the weather and from predators (who will kill t... | It is wrong to eat meat unless other foods are scarce. The meat industry should end. | 0 | 2016-02-17T08:16:26 | 72 | 1 | 36 |
I also don't think I'm impeding the march for equality by not identifying. I'd suggest that the problem isn't so much that you don't identify as feminist -- it's that you identify as *not* feminist. The negation suggests that you're trying to distance yourself from feminism (and in some ways you are). However, as you n... | I'm not a feminist | 1 | 2016-03-18T02:03:35 | 180 | 10 | 1 |
Similar to how if a T.V shows pilot is no good the show never gets made. I'd like to contest this. One of the very best TV shows ever made (The Wire) was so dense that many people had trouble getting into it during the whole first season. I don't think that even good TV shows should have to rely on gore or nudity to at... | You shouldn't have to watch 6+ episodes of a TV show for it to be good | 0 | 2015-11-19T10:17:37 | 103 | 9 | null |
Imagine the uproar when votes for Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R NJ 11) or Zbigniew Brzezinski (Carter's National Security Advisor) are voided because nobody can remember to spell that shit at the polls. | Ballots should not have names or check-boxes. They should be write-in only. | 1 | 2016-05-03T03:46:57 | 49 | 31 | 32 |
In general, a woman has no chance to defend herself against nearly any man on the planet, even if she works out and he doesn’t, unless she has a weapon. I'd like to address this point because I've seen it brought up in related situations. I've heard people say that suggesting women carry weapons or take self defense ... | I believe for the average person it's better to be born a man than a woman | 0 | 2016-12-30T16:19:52 | 86 | 2 | 1 |
http://borgenproject.org/foreign-aid/ I'll direct you to this website. Less than 1% of our budget goes to foreign aid...significantly less than other countries. Poverty and other numbers have been significantly improved by many degrees. If anything we should do more to support foreign aid. Helping other countries and ... | it's a failing idea to continue financial support for third world nations. | 1 | 2016-08-24T05:54:39 | 76 | 1 | 1 |
A lot of things are theoretically possible, we're talking about here and now. I think I have given a reasonable argument for why it wasn't stupid to build houses near a river or sea. Once these house were built the land gained value and was used as an asset. That's why people still buy and sell river front property. Yo... | Flooding is not a natural disaster, but human stupidity. | 1 | 2017-02-09T13:00:53 | 88 | 1 | 9 |
I talk back to vent anger and to prove a valid point. I'm going to assume that in this context when you say "talk back" you mean "respond in an aggressive/assertive manner". If that's not what you meant let me know, but I'm going to assume that for the rest of this post. I would argue that *no one* should "talk back" t... | Kids should be able to talk back to authority during a dispute | 0 | 2017-03-02T03:35:11 | 55 | 5 | 8 |
I support much of what BLM wants to change, but I strongly disagree with how they're trying to do it. I think that when a large percentage of the population doesn't support you or your tactics that's an issue. When you block traffic you're not changing anything. All you're doing is making people mad. You aren't winning... | People that dislike Black Lives Matter are the same people who would have disliked The Civil Rights Movement | 0 | 2016-06-30T03:50:47 | 366 | 2 | 10 |
I don't use an ad block, I use a flash block and a tracker blocker. This has the upshot of blocking nearly all adverts, so when an advert doesn't use flash or track me I can see it. i.e. when adverts are moral I am too. | I believe using AdBlocker is wrong if a website isn't charging you to view its content. CMV. | 1 | 2013-09-30T21:00:03 | 79 | 23 | 1 |
The verse saying that homosexuals should be put to death is from the Old testament (Leviticus 20:13). Most Christians do not follow or fully agree with doctrine in the OT, as Jesus made the rules 'not apply anymore' (such as things like not eating shellfish and wearing clothes woven with two types of fibers). The New t... | I have nothing against Christians, I also have nothing against homosexuals. I think my ethical views are contradictory because of this. | 0 | 2016-06-23T08:03:43 | 73 | 7 | null |
So, something like this already exists. It's a bit of a nightmare. For those working in residential psych units for children (edit: in the US, at least), if an abuse allegation is made (either by a child or a fellow staff), you are suspended until the investigation is complete. This sounds like a great idea! Keeps kids... | Those accused of rape should be suspended immediately where possible. | 1 | 2015-04-22T12:20:45 | 45 | 10 | 6Δ |
I think you're a little confused regarding what a duty to retreat entails. A duty to retreat is the duty to remove yourself from a situation *if reasonably possible*. If someone is running towards you with a knife, no judge or jury will convict you for firing on them. If someone has broken into your home and there's no... | "Stand Your Ground" laws should be permitted in all states and countries, especially inside your own home. | 1 | 2017-06-22T20:34:03 | 93 | 20 | 36 |
- **"So basically I think the Olympics should be for the very best in the world at a certain sport. I’m perfectly fine with having a competition for people with disabilities but just not hang off the Olympic brand. So please Change my view!"** Think of the Olympics like a business name so the basis of using the Olympic... | There should be no such thing as the Paralympics and the Special Olympics | 1 | 2017-06-08T15:36:46 | 44 | 3 | 6 |
Or to cut the middle man out, you BOTH could go get tested. Oh, but what about your 1 night stands or 'flings?' Don't have them if you're worried. It's that simple. | Not Sharing HIV Status with Sexual Partners Should Be Illegal Everywhere | 0 | 2015-12-02T09:31:19 | 181 | 4 | null |
If you want an example, i am pretty sure Christopher Hitchens would qualify. [From Wiki:](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Christopher_Hitchens#Abortion) Hitchens stated, "[an] unborn child seems to me to be a real concept. It's not a growth or an appendix, You can't say the rights question doesn't come... | There's no such thing as a person who's both sex-positive and anti-abortion | 0 | 2014-04-25T06:48:32 | 64 | 2 | 11 |
BUILDING 7 What exactly was the benefit of these unknown insiders destroying building 7? It accomplished nothing compared to the Twin Towers and Pentagon in terms of boosting public support for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, so the only other theory I can think of was that there was some sensitive data stored there. In ... | I believe 9/11 was an inside job. CMV | 0 | 2013-08-18T04:35:29 | 1,727 | 22 | 16 |
The identifier doesn't tell you what you want to know. Those identifiers are there so that people can quickly understand motives and actions using labels. If I hear that some guy was sexually assaulted I'm thinking there is some kind of sexual intent from the offending party but there really isn't in that case. Sexua... | A deliberate kick to the testicles should be considered sexual assault. | 0 | 2016-11-27T04:37:59 | 115 | 1 | 6 |
I'm not sure how a Glock commercial is supposed to support your two links. Maybe you made a mistake with the links? Could you build out your case a bit more that using a firearm for self-defense is unrealistic? They are used in self defense every day (/r/dgu) and I'd argue that it is a lot more realistic to purchase a ... | I believe guns are terrible self defense tools, and the idea that we require guns for self defense is a fallacy. | 0 | 2014-04-02T23:43:06 | 189 | 7 | null |
I'm sure that once upon a time in certain parts of the world, issues like slavery, separation of church and state, the moral inferiority of certain races, and women's rights were considered not controversial, but in the opposite way we think they are. And there are other issues that used to be non-controversial that ar... | I believe there should be a rule ix: Posts must be controversial enough to stir adequate discussion, rather than proposing an opinion that little to no users will disagree with. | 0 | 2013-04-19T06:52:25 | 50 | 2 | 19 |
If every pork chop were perfect, then we wouldn't have hotdogs. | Autism shouldn't be normalized. | 1 | 2016-08-14T02:19:52 | 273 | 6 | 1 |
Ned could theoretically make a better King, but he doesn't have the birth rite that legitimizes the throne in that monarchy. The reason Robert Baratheon became King was because the Baratheon house claimed to have been the the descendants of the bastard brother of Aegon Targaryen, the first king of Westeros. Robert and ... | Eddard Stark would have made a good king. | 0 | 2016-03-30T06:33:25 | 41 | 3 | 5 |
Those are the people that need the right to vote the most. How else are they going to improve their current circumstances if they don't have a way to have their voices heard? | Unemployed people should not be able to vote | 1 | 2016-12-14T21:20:40 | 62 | 28 | 1 |
The biggest thing for me, is that as a tax payer, I am paying for this system. Even if I don't agree with it, I am part of making it happen. People are outraged because what literally just happened is someone used (a small amount of) their money to torture someone they have never met. The court tells us the prisoner de... | I believe that, in certain cases, capital punishment shouldn't have to be humane. | 0 | 2014-07-24T18:53:39 | 89 | 1 | 3 |
This would cause two issues, one directly related to the pro-life stance that abortion should be illegal, and one related to the fallout from such a program. If the pro-life community merely wanted to reduce the number of abortions rather than make it (mostly) illegal, they would focus their efforts on improving our we... | Pro-life should just compensate people for not having an abortion, instead of trying to make abortion inaccessible to everyone except extreme cases. | 1 | 2016-02-18T20:31:15 | 137 | 6 | 81 |
From what I've experienced, the only effect my own clothes have on my sexuality is a small influence on whether I feel more dominant or more submissive, in terms of power play. With that said, this probably runs parallel to more conventional wardrobes, where someone might be more dominant when they're confident in thei... | Genderfluidity isn't a thing and is usually related to attention seeking/ being psychologically unstable or just being undecisive trans | 1 | 2016-09-04T19:45:50 | 473 | 8 | 1 |
I am also an armchair historian and find nothing wrong with that. We don't have enough time for everyone to be an academic and I think being aware of past issues as a hobby helps you in being a better citizen. That being said - are you from the South? Is the States Rights used in the South to justify oppression of peop... | I believe teaching that "State's Rights" were the primary cause the US Civil War should not be allowed in public schools. CMV. | 0 | 2013-08-14T18:46:44 | 168 | 1 | null |
Awarding a delta doesn't end the conversation. We can still address your other points. A delta simply means that you have changed on some facet of your view. | you’re an idiot for saying “but Hillary won the popular vote!” | 1 | 2017-01-29T01:29:48 | 104 | 8 | 171 |
Prognosticating the future is always fraught with risk. That said, there's a non-trivial chance that Trump's candidacy will split the Republican Party and result in the rise of a new major party. This has only happened 3 times in 200 years, and the last time was more than 150 years ago. Basically, it's too soon to say... | The 2016 US presidential election is mainly as predicted and won't be views as particularly extraordinary by history | 0 | 2016-10-17T18:32:09 | 85 | 11 | 199 |
Well, you can't *do* and *say* whatever you want in our society right now. I can't slander someone. I can't kill my enemies. There are always rules, no? (I don't think rules have to extend to how you *feel* per se, though feeling X way is going to cause dissonance if you cannot act upon it.) So, to a degree you're righ... | A Utopian society cannot work without sacrificing people's freedoms and individuality. | 1 | 2016-06-28T20:16:11 | 239 | 19 | 7 |
First you are not alone. This is such a scary topic. "We" do a terrible job of talking about death and coming to grips with it. A couple of years ago (age 38) was the first time I really was hit with the reality that this doesn't last forever. The thoughts of mortality were so terrifying and humbling. There is no magic... | I'm scared of dying. CMV | 0 | 2014-01-02T22:13:49 | 701 | 1 | null |
Why is voter turnout worth penalizing people? Shouldn't they have the choice to abstain from choosing a leader if they wish to, and how does this increase the human quality of life? You're either: A) Wasting taxes used to fund our roads, police, schools, and health to reward voters, which decreases the quality of huma... | (United States) There should be a penalty for not voting or a reward for voting in order to increase voter turnout. | 1 | 2017-04-30T01:37:41 | 33 | 4 | 1 |
An empirical data point counter to your view is the space race between the US and the USSR in the mid 20th century. Motivated by national pride, the two countries fought so hard win the race, during that time so many technologies have made advancements, and resulted in technologies we still rely on today. This might no... | The pledge of allegience and other rituals of national identity are holding society back. | 1 | 2015-06-01T17:53:22 | 99 | 21 | null |
Why would you try to explain something to as many people as possible, but use words that would exclude some of your readers? Catering to the lowest common denominator seems likely to lower it even further. At least *some* of the onus should remain on readers to do some work to make more efficient uses of language more ... | Most "big words" have no place outside of formal writing or speeches. | 0 | 2015-07-27T20:29:04 | 40 | 1 | 2 |
No one is obligated to do anything in this world, but we don't live in the wild west. We live in a society with a fiat currency meaning its value is determined by what we decide. There is nearly no situation in our lives when it is better for just a few to have a resource that is needed by all. Many wealthy individuals... | I think it is absurd to demonize the wealthy for persuing their own personal interests at the cost of the masses. | 0 | 2015-09-05T23:54:43 | 85 | 10 | null |
I think Thomas Jefferson was a better President than you give him credit for. He should get credit for the Louisiana Purchase as it required a lot of precarious diplomatic balancing between the interests of France, the US, Haiti, and Britain. The whole deal could easily have gone up in flames had it not been for Jeffer... | Historians tend to judge past US presidents more on how interesting their presidencies were than on how good a job they did as President. | 1 | 2016-05-22T08:28:56 | 80 | 27 | 1 |
the majority of people actually cared if their peers were circumcised. Oh, no. The majority of guys in America don't know or care whether their peers are circumcised. The only times it comes up is for romantic partners or for converting to certain religions. I assumed when you said "social benefits" you were mostly ref... | Circumcision is mutilation | 1 | 2016-02-17T17:52:34 | 899 | 17 | null |
This is only partly true. People don't talk about how much they hate paedophilia because it rarely comes up in day-to-day life, and because pretty much everyone hates it. If someone asks you what the worst qualities in a potential date are, you're not gonna say "paedophilia" because that kind of goes without saying. Th... | What we most hate in others are traits we have, and hate, in ourselves | 1 | 2015-07-24T01:18:15 | 38 | 3 | 2 |
Define stakeholder. Because here I agree with you. If your health has no impact on me, then it is none of my business. However your health DOES impact me financially. In any western country you are going to consume publicly subsidized healthcare services (the US is an odd duck but odds are you are either receiving medi... | People's weight is none of your goddamn business. | 0 | 2015-07-16T16:55:14 | 552 | 83 | 20 |
I feel like there's a categorical error here. Arguing the logic of a position is not the same thing as arguing for the right to voice an opinion. You're allowed to say, "the sky is red," even if you're wrong. I don't know that "...but, free speech!" is used to defend positions so much as a defense against censorship or... | If you have to defend something as free speech, you're probably wrong | 0 | 2015-06-12T06:38:35 | 38 | 3 | null |
I hope this doesn't come across as too offensive, but your position is one of ignorance and naïveté, and it does nothing to help those who need it. Others have addressed the pain and suffering those who commit suicide often experience, but I shall emphasize some of what they've said. Many people do not have, or cannot ... | I believe people who commit suicide are coward and selfish CMV | 1 | 2013-11-15T03:02:12 | 83 | 8 | 1 |
I feel like the problem here is that your two scenarios are overly extreme, and that you're also ignoring a third option to business: taking the minimum wage increase as a cut to profits. To begin, though, I want to point out that the whole concept of having a minimum wage isn't supposed to be justified by any kind of ... | An increase in the minimum wage would hurt only the lower and middle classes | 0 | 2015-07-07T12:23:19 | 65 | 4 | 3 |
that being said, it seems wontons fall within the realm of family resemblance. After all, if we take the Marco Polo story to be true, wontons are genealogically related to 'Italian pasta' and so resemble it in many ways. Very true, yet a genealogical relationship is only that - a relationship. We humans all genealogica... | Wontons are Pasta | 1 | 2016-12-01T02:33:20 | 81 | 3 | 2 |
The thing to understand is what terrorists actually are after. It's not some abstract desire to terrify people, and frankly they couldn't care less if we lose freedoms. What they care about is reprisals against other people in the larger communities that they recruit from. They care about power, and pitting moderates a... | The terrorists have won. | 1 | 2016-01-07T18:32:39 | 155 | 94 | 156 |
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