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First let's find some ground that we share: a person should not be able to use their rights to infringe the rights of others. I'm sure you agree. In terms of the First and Second Amendments, that means that you may exercise your rights to speech and gun ownership so long as you don't use those rights to harm others. Th... | If the second amendment doesn't allow for any regulation, how come we're not allowed our own personal nuclear weapons? | 0 | 2016-04-14T08:27:17 | 147 | 1 | null |
I was thinking about this some more. It goes a bit outside the scope of your OP, but I think it's worth mentioning, because I sense that you are possibly just starting to get sucked in to the "I'm a bad parent if I don't..." disease. As a parent, you will *always* be able to look around and see things that other parent... | I believe children ages 0-4 are better off being cared for by a stay-at-home parent than being put into full-time daycare. Please CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-13T14:21:33 | 64 | 3 | 108Δ |
The fact that a game can be a persistent long-term success provides an incentive for developers to build games which have a chance of doing so. Not every game will succeed of course, but there are lots of markets where people throw a lot of stuff at the wall hoping something will stick and become a blockbuster. Movies ... | I believe that CS:GO, LoL, and Dota 2 are "Drying up" the gaming industry | 1 | 2015-07-25T07:28:09 | 43 | 71 | 129 |
I believe, and I might be wrong, that the current treatment for pre-adolescent or adolescent transgender kids is to chemically arrest and delay puberty before it starts, and to not make any permanent changes until the person is older. I believe a very high percentage of children who identify as transgender at a young a... | A child's nontraditional gender identity can be written off as "just a phase" | 0 | 2017-03-15T17:58:54 | 239 | 1 | 1 |
I think the upvote/downvote should be used more for the quality of the post, and if it's an opinion, the quality of the justification/evidence supporting the opinion. So, even if you disagree, if you can easily see where they are coming from with their evidence even if it doesn't fit your personal opinion, it deserves ... | I should use the "upvote" as an agree/disagree button. | 0 | 2016-02-29T07:15:38 | 94 | 43 | null |
Depends on your definition of Super Technology - Fission technology were pretty super in 1950s and have brought both good and evil. Technology is, at it's core an amplifier of human behavior, it makes doing good and evil easier and allows us to do more with fewer human resources, all it takes to end the world is 1 huma... | Situations where the world will end due to an Artificial intelligence or Super Technology will never happen. | 1 | 2015-06-08T00:02:47 | 49 | 4 | null |
So I'll take a different approach: What about things like bacon scented candles or bacon scented soap? Obviously those are not food, and yet they have bacon added to them to improve them. Now we can argue about if it actually improves them, but I honestly don't agree that bacon improves chocolate (even though chocolat... | Food is that which is improved by bacon | 0 | 2015-11-20T21:34:11 | 49 | 2 | 10 |
It sounds like you're deriving self-esteem from the fact that you aren't addicted to anything. Like your whole life has been opportunity after opportunity to get addicted to things, but you've been mentally and morally strong enough to resist, unlike these fatties and junkies you see on TV. The reality is that some pe... | I think that whoever has an addiction is weak and deserves whatever happens to him | 1 | 2014-04-11T20:06:44 | 68 | 3 | null |
I think your argument is completely baseless, just because math. Consider this: Biological immortality simply means taking natural death out of the picture. Instead of being guaranteed to die by age 115, you'd be able to extend that indefinitely. It is by no means a guarantee of eternal life. Suppose you have a 1 in 1,... | We should not try to become biologically immortal | 1 | 2016-08-19T06:07:21 | 32 | 17 | 1 |
I want to change half your view. That is, communism as it has been practised in the world is pretty bad, and its an ideology that's contrary to most endemic American values. Let's start with that. I currently live in a post-communist state, and no one here really regrets the revolution, except those who were power-hold... | I've never seen Communism as a bad thing. CMV | 1 | 2013-04-26T06:44:12 | 41 | 8 | 19 |
I think you've got a few problems: 1. If you really want to be utilitarian the subjective perspective of _others_ is as valid as the subjective perspective of the individual. Since essentially no one other than the suicidal person thinks suicide is the option that maximizes happiness then you've got a real problem for ... | In certain circumstances, suicide is an acceptable option | 1 | 2017-03-07T20:51:53 | 51 | 41 | 72 |
Without addressing the heart of your arguments there are two items I would like you to consider: 1. Stigmatization. Prostitution is stigmatized currently, which in purely economic terms means that to convince women to engage in it you would have to pay them more than you would otherwise, and that fewer women will even ... | Prostitution Should Be Legal | 1 | 2016-07-21T21:57:48 | 102 | 14 | 32 |
You said it yourself; English already is the most widely spoken second language. I'm not sure how making it an official "world language" would change anything. There is already a huge push for all students to learn English. We're already on our way there, but designating it as so would only serve to piss people off. | English should be the global "Lingua Franca". | 0 | 2015-11-10T20:43:15 | 50 | 10 | null |
It is certainly heartless. I'd argue that pragmatic and heartless basically mean the same thing in this context. However, that doesn't make it a bad decision. You don't decide how you feel. If you were bothered enough by his debt to break up with him then even if you tried to continue you would probably have started re... | It's pragmatic and not "heartless" to break up with someone due to their significant student loan debt. | 1 | 2016-01-13T04:56:52 | 655 | 622 | 1 |
I know it's probably late to be posting on this thread but oh well! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Zoo The zoo I grew up going to is this Zoo in Asheboro, NC. As you and many other people have said in this thread, Zoos CAN be great tools for education, awareness and protection of endangered species. Gr... | Zoos can be ethical | 0 | 2015-08-08T18:10:03 | 100 | 1 | null |
Hate speech isn't what you're saying it is. The US has no hate speech laws, but there are laws against inciting violence. Stating that a group of people is inferior, sinful, wicked, or a societal burden is not the same thing as advocating that they be purged. Hate speech laws in their most extreme, like those of Denmar... | I believe that free speech should not apply to all forms os speech, example, religious hate speech. CMV | 0 | 2013-08-18T22:50:42 | 64 | 1 | 4Δ |
If Atheists should not have the right to voice their opinions on religion to those who have faith, those who have faith should not have the right to voice their opinions on religion to those who do not have faith. I'm perfectly fine with that, if it can actually be enforced. That means people of faith are forbidden fro... | Atheists do not have the right to voice their opinions on religion to those who have faith. | 0 | 2015-06-10T15:04:48 | 53 | 3 | null |
There is a large influx of low-skilled people into the country, but since the majority of them are not entrepreneurs, the number of jobs does not significantly increase. how not? dont these people need services? first you need to quantify what you mean by "large" 1 in 10? 1 in 1,000? [using this table](https://www.b... | Immigrants take jobs which would otherwise go to low-skilled Americans | 0 | 2017-01-20T21:16:49 | 30 | 1 | 3 |
I'm going to take a different tack and just talk about the very specific case here before extrapolating to the general. Is raising your hand in class an aggressive act? In some circumstances, it can be. In the normal course of events, the teacher asks a question of fact, and surveys the room. A student will raise their... | Safe space and victim culture is going to create a generation of losers | 0 | 2016-05-16T10:15:51 | 264 | 0 | null |
First, the Senate and the Presidency differ in that there are 100 Senate Positions, but only one President. This may be obvious, but I think it's important. For example, you point at Republicans from California as not having Senate representation, but I would posit to you that neither Republicans *nor* Democrats have ... | If you favor abolishing the Electoral College, you should also favor abolishing the Senate. | 0 | 2016-11-01T20:28:11 | 146 | 1 | null |
I come from a modest household and grow up in a decent neighborhood and now have finally reached a good ... I believe the real hindrance is their monetary position I haven't lived in their shoes, nor seen or felt the "oppression" they may have experienced due to my upbringing in a rather nice household and comfortabl... | It is frustrating to hear people in America blame their failure to succeed on their race/ethnicity/skin color. | 1 | 2014-04-16T19:36:09 | 168 | 2 | 4 |
To change my view, I believe stats, numbers, and studies (current studies which would = no later than the last 6 months) that indicate on a mass-political level that the claim in the header isn't true. The part about 6 months timeframe isn't realistic, most studies about crime don't have a turnaround that fast. Most la... | The left and liberals are the majority perpetrators of intolerance and violence in the USA. | 1 | 2017-02-23T10:06:01 | 276 | 121 | 6 |
In the OP, the only examples of anti-Asian racism raised have been that Asians are stereotyped in the media, that Asian issues are given no attention by the media, and that Affirmative action could disadvantage Asian students. Though still problematic, these examples are by far not as bad as the racism that Black and H... | Asians get treated just as unfairly as any other minority and worse than blacks. | 0 | 2016-07-07T15:47:52 | 142 | 3 | null |
So where I live there are lots of strays. Some are definitely "better" than others, despite lack of consistent human intervention. There's this one fucker that lives on my street, he barks at and chases cars, he bares his teeth and snarls at passersby. He's even bitten a few people. Then there are other dogs, most I ... | There's no such thing as a good dog - only good owners | 1 | 2017-04-13T05:25:01 | 17 | 8 | 89 |
I belive taking average Joe or Jane, telling him/her what to think, what to say, and what to do, having people brake you down, is wrong. Why should the military be allowed to do it? The military can't function without people taking orders. Now, I do know they need to train them. You need to know all the codes, how yo... | Military bootcamp is basically brainwashing. I don't belive it is needed, and frankly immoral. | 0 | 2014-09-17T06:04:56 | 58 | 1 | 3 |
Boxed cereals can be transported and stacked without damaging the goods within. Bagged cereals are more likely to become damaged during transport. Therefore in terms of product stability during shelving and transport, boxed cereals are superior to their bagged counterparts, even if they were *literally the exact same c... | Bagged Cereal is superior to boxed cereal in every way | 1 | 2015-07-10T20:26:08 | 34 | 2 | 9 |
What is necessary to maintain a relationship depends entirely on the nature of the relationship you want to maintain. What do you want your relationship to mean? For me, family is not about being buddies (though not exclusive to it). They're not necessarily people you hang out with. They're people that you are there fo... | It's OK not to be in touch with family and friends while expecting the relationship to remain strong in its essence. | 0 | 2015-03-01T07:09:29 | 85 | 2 | null |
I'm confused. Do you really believe that saying your proper goodbye is worth other people's lives? To say a proper goodbye would you go and face those people and tell them that they must die because you thought taking your SO's organs was to rude? Because that is what organ donors do. When they die they take the organs... | My girlfriend is an organ donor. While admirable, I want her to opt-back out. | 0 | 2014-04-21T14:10:43 | 49 | 7 | 20 |
Darn, you thought I was wishing you to die or something. No worries! You were merely wishing me an afterlife without boredom, without wishing immediate death upon me (I hope!). So, probably the most well-known example of this would be the Buddhist concept of nirvana (I'm not a Buddhist scholar so anyone who is an exper... | Afterlife is worse than no afterlife | 1 | 2013-10-13T00:42:38 | 136 | 2 | 82Δ |
This isn't actually a paradox, it's a misunderstanding of Evolution on the micro level. In every given society, as best as we can tell, the base chance of homosexuality is ~~roughly~~ under 10%, and it's not something that's particularly prone to being directly heritable from a parent (minor anecdotal evidence, I have ... | "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 | 1 | 2017-03-24T21:13:31 | 95 | 38 | 5 |
"Moving in the right direction but it'll take a while" is a bit removed from "realistic possibility." Sure, but every journey starts with a first step, and "it could never happen here" is the second-worst possible attitude to have (after being all for it). All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men... | I believe that systematic genocide like the holocaust could never happen in a country like the US. CMV | 1 | 2013-05-10T13:13:34 | 51 | 1 | 1 |
Think about what your taste in music was like ten years ago. I'm willing to bet it's changed significantly since then. Imagine if ten years ago you started a band that was in line with your tastes at the time. Do you feel like you have some obligation to make that kind of music and only that kind of music for the rest ... | I have no respect for artists/musicians who switch genres/styles | 1 | 2014-07-14T06:04:31 | 34 | 1 | 12Δ |
On one side, you have a portion of the population who is uncomfortable with sharing public bathrooms and locker rooms with people who identify as transgender. Some of these people may be religiously motivated or bigoted, while others are just uneasy about the idea in general. You need to dig into this. WHY are they une... | People should only have access to bathrooms and locker rooms of their biological sex. | 0 | 2017-02-25T20:25:59 | 81 | 8 | 60 |
I know you've already had your view changed but I want to pitch another point to you: I'm a competitive smash player. I play Melee competitively, and that's a huge portion of my life. I've been playing for about a year and a half and I've put a great amount of effort into this game (Likely somewhere to the tune of 500 ... | Identifying as a "gamer" is meaningless | 0 | 2015-02-05T16:14:38 | 103 | 1 | 4 |
Since you seem to be using purely a personal argument ('this has been my experience's), I'd like to both point out some errors in your thinking and give my own personal experience. First, you're doing an experiment within the confines of a co-ed school. You're giving students a 1hour reprieve from each other, which doe... | Single gender schools are discriminatory because there is no such thing as "separate but equal" | 0 | 2016-12-15T22:46:23 | 349 | 33 | null |
they really believe they'll witness huge events, unwitnessed by anyone else since all of humanity first beginnings. So, is your view changed? If there's an element of hubris, but there is a realistic worry that yeah, we could all die, it's clearly not all hubris. | "End of the world" predictions are human hubris. | 1 | 2017-02-23T20:50:29 | 74 | 1 | 99 |
Governments are spying on us more than ever The Stasi would like a word with you. ability to manipulate and oppress us on a scale never seen before Organized religion would like a world with you. Wealth distribution is at its worst since 1929 *In america Crassus would like a world with you. | I believe the future of global society is dark and sinister | 0 | 2014-11-18T22:50:37 | 127 | 1 | 5 |
Its pseudo-random and very similar to jury selection in the states. anyone selected as a lay judge is obliged to accept the office. Certain occupational groups are exempt from selection, including judges, police officers and prosecutors, employees of the Ministry of Justice and the National Courts administration. Ther... | The United States of America has the best justice system in the world. CMV. | 1 | 2013-08-27T04:10:01 | 70 | 2 | 3 |
I use chopsticks because they are easier to wash, store and are cheaper. Can't think of any advantage of knife and work for food made to be eaten with chopsticks. | I think that people who eat Asian food with chopsticks in Western countries do that to show off. CMV | 0 | 2014-01-14T17:53:29 | 66 | 2 | 26Δ |
I see your mind has already been changed, so maybe it's too late, but anyway. The main thing that leaps to my mind is that you've listed several ways that Saudi government contravenes articles in the UDHR, a UN document. Saudi Arabia can be held accountable for this because they are a UN member, and therefore meant to ... | Saudi Arabia should be removed from the United Nations and stripped of all advantages that come with being part of the UN, due to their sexist governmental policies, harsh laws, and blatant human rights abuses | 1 | 2015-04-22T16:59:30 | 189 | 2 | 1Δ |
A ton of convenient shortcuts are enabled using the windows key. Win+P toggles through external display settings so you can quickly select whether you want to extend your desktop to multiple displays, clone your desktop, or just use one display. Look up the shortcuts. The button does a lot more than just open the star... | I think the Windows key on my keyboard is completely useless, CMV! | 0 | 2014-02-03T10:48:48 | 51 | 2 | 11 |
The healthiest gene pool is the one with the most diversity. What may appear to be a bad gene today might be precisely what is needed for survival tomorrow. An example: Sickle cell anemia is bad right? Whoa, not so fast. Turns out that people who have just one gene for this disease are significantly more resistant to ... | Although I don't like the idea of eugenics, if there is such a thing as objectively good and bad genes then we have a duty to propagate the former and eliminate the latter. | 1 | 2016-11-23T21:26:13 | 53 | 26 | 24 |
So in light of today's expansion of voting rights to convicted felons who have completed their sentences in Virginia holy hell. i'm a convicted felon in virginia, how did this not hit my radar months ago? i agree that felons should have the right to vote once they are released. i also think they should be good even if ... | Felons should be allowed to vote. | 1 | 2016-04-22T21:25:09 | 246 | 76 | 1 |
I don't think you understand my view point. Having a pet can be some nice companionship, but my from my point of view my primary purpose on Earth is to have children. All other goals are secondary or non-intrinsic. If having kids is just a hobby, then I don't understand what could be defined as something that is beyond... | I think that having children today in a developed country is more of a hobby than it is a necessity. CMV | 1 | 2014-02-15T01:55:10 | 62 | 2 | 30Δ |
It is also used recreationally which isn't really practical other than to delay feeling the world. Are guitars practical? I hear Hemp seed is pretty nutritious, maybe it's not the most nutritious food in the world but I don't want governments to start stealing my cheeseburgers either. | Hemp and Marijuana have no practical uses that are fulfilled better by other materials. | 0 | 2017-05-19T06:12:42 | 58 | 2 | null |
I don't really disagree with your view in a moral sense. The media should differentiate between different groups if it's one solely committing acts like violence. However, two problems here: A. Maybe the US isn't interested in making you look good. Why should the media care that people don't like you? B. There are more... | The media needs to do more to distinguish Wahabbism and Islam | 1 | 2017-06-23T23:06:33 | 196 | 16 | 2 |
OP, you've posted a few things as to your definition of the upper class. Probably the richest 1% of the population You also replied to /u/SalamanderSylph 's idea that it is possible to get into their social circles with the addendum that they won't marry you. It is hence close to impossible to marry into the upper clas... | It is close to impossible to marry into the upper class unless if you're from the upper class yourself, famous and/or extremely good-looking | 1 | 2017-06-15T18:35:29 | 69 | 4 | 1 |
but any gender not based off of male or female is made up by special snowflakes who want to be different and oppressed. That seems a little judgmental to me. I believe that a lot of people are also confusing gender with personality. I think that might be true. I am sure there are some people who are either attention... | There are only two genders. | 1 | 2016-01-21T01:15:51 | 788 | 0 | 1 |
Think about what enforcing a law involves. Maybe some people wouldn't like women walking around topless in public, but is it worth using force against women who walk around topless? It would still be illegal to grope women in public, but just looking at someone is not a crime, and being undesirable to look at is not a ... | I don't believe that shirtless laws (or lack thereof) should be allowed for both sexes, CMV | 1 | 2013-06-02T04:16:36 | 95 | 6 | 7 |
This should really be in a relationship advice subreddit or something. This might be breaking the CMV rules, but I have to use this space to express that you shouldn't be asking people to convince you that having kids is the right idea. We're not talking about buying a car, but creating a new human life. If you are not... | I don't see any reason to have kids | 1 | 2015-11-06T17:11:22 | 105 | 199 | 3 |
Here are two points to change your view: First, as with most of our biology, there are feedback cycles at work that can impact behavior to different degrees for different people. This feedback loop of overeating may prove to be an impulse that is greater than a person's available willpower to deny it, and may be acerb... | People who have gastric bypass surgery are taking the "easy" way out. | 0 | 2016-06-20T18:36:55 | 95 | 1 | null |
The sexism, ethnocentrism and other problems you see are no different than the science you lauded in your post. The science is good because it encourages people to pursue science, to be excited by it, to make science exciting and normal. But analyze Star Trek science too closely and it is utter shit. A lot of the scien... | Star Trek is a show that shouldn't be shared with future generations. CMV | 1 | 2014-02-12T05:05:49 | 22 | 10 | 18 |
Most people do not have the either the time, inclination, intelligence or multiple of the above, to personally analyse each and every scientific finding that may be relevant to them. A typical individual might need to know the answer to questions such as: How many calories do I need to eat in a day? What does a health... | Assertions that "a majority" of scientists have a particular view undermines the nature of science and its role in understanding the world. | 0 | 2015-11-12T05:17:03 | 198 | 1 | null |
If I ask if my cheesecake tastes good, lying may help with my ego and give me a false sense of achievement, being honest on how I can improve it helps me make better cheesecakes which is EXACTLY what I wanted to know. Hell if I know how to improve your cheesecake. I just know it tastes like shit. You have to realize th... | People shouldn't have to lie, even white lies. CMV. | 0 | 2014-03-20T03:58:51 | 31 | 10 | 1 |
I want to see any boundary conditions. I know a particular person plans to come to my town and give a speech. This speech will be about how a particular friend of mine, Bobby, is evil and to blame for all the recent problems in this town. The speaker is extremely compelling and eloquent, he has researched plausible sce... | Infringing on Free Speech rights is indefensible. | 1 | 2017-03-14T10:18:48 | 125 | 3 | 66 |
Before facebook and tweeter, maybe. Now, the internet is a place where everybody can read something about somebody easily, and it's way easier to do defamation. Bullying can be physical or psychological violence from people you can't avoid, usually at work or school. Cyber bullying is different, it's not really violent... | I think cyberbullying is BS, CMV | 0 | 2013-10-17T21:35:37 | 121 | 1 | 1 |
Purely anecdotal evidence. Literally all of this is anecdote. When a man cheats, it's pretty much always because he finds another woman hot. It's not emotional, but based on appearance. Maybe his SO doesn't fulfill his sexual needs, maybe his SO has been emotionally distant from him and he wants to feel like he matters... | it's fine for women to cheat. | 1 | 2014-11-10T07:31:33 | 28 | 3 | 1 |
Warning, anecdotal story ahead: While it's easy to assume that violence is the easiest answer to a conflict like this, I have a recent personal example (where violence was encouraged) that worked out better bonviolently. A fried I'd made at school thought I stole weed from his house. He'd recently discovered the onlin... | The only way to change the ignorant is with violence. | 1 | 2015-07-29T21:37:38 | 42 | 3 | 1 |
Is this about 13 reasons why? Seems like it might be. If you had said that the rape the main character suffered didn't seem like it was worth suicide, I'd heartily agree with you. Why are the two choices in your OP 'not a big deal' on one end and 'worthy of suicide' on the other? Surely there is some middle ground the... | Rape is not a big deal | 1 | 2017-04-27T20:50:28 | 107 | 5 | 1 |
3.) I'll preorder whatever the fuck I want, and here's why. Development doesn't start when the game goes on preorder. There's this notion that if you preorder a game, they say "oh, pack it up boys. We've made our money, sell the game with half the levels missing." No. That's not what happens. When a game goes on preord... | The gaming community, specifically on reddit, holds unrealistically high standards on games and developers. | 1 | 2015-09-09T16:25:48 | 161 | 147 | 10 |
Booby traps are illegal in most places, and for good reason. This is most likely illegal, definitely immoral, but mildly humorous in a disgusting way. Good thing it didn't really happen. | My friend isn't wrong for letting someone at work drink his juice which he masturbated into. | 0 | 2016-07-14T21:31:05 | 63 | 0 | null |
So do you believe in souls at all? If you do or you don't, can you at least realize not everyone agrees with you? Some people see humans on equal footing as animals as far as souls or soul equivalents go. So can you see why someone who does think animals have an equal amount of soulness as humans would view it as une... | Vegetarianism/Veganism are illogical lifestyles | 1 | 2014-08-26T01:54:29 | 95 | 5 | 4 |
One problem is that neither Facebook nor humans have ultra fine ways of filtering their content. You might have a couple groups that you limit access to, but even that's quite a bit of effort and not very effective. Say you just become friends with someone. You likely weren't part of their lives in any meaningful way ... | It's not "creeping", "snooping", or "being a creeper" to browse social media content that presumably was put there for exactly that purpose. | 0 | 2015-05-23T00:25:31 | 199 | 3 | null |
I feel like there is no way to actually know anything whatsoever. What do you say to Descartes' famous *cogito* argument? This seems to prove that certain knowledge is possible. Your comments about maths misunderstand what that field is. It's not inductive, it's axiomatic, pure. 1+1 can only ever equal 2, given precise... | [CMV] I believe the reality around me does not exist, and there is no way to prove it does | 0 | 2013-08-06T19:53:33 | 34 | 1 | 2 |
A: It could help our economy. If we start selling these drugs, and taxing them like crazy, we can make money off of them, and an industry might grow. This is what we have done with cigarettes ... we can tax them, and build an industry around them. The existence of a taxed-and-regulated drug economy does not necessaril... | Legalizing many (if not all) illegal substances could help the country. | 0 | 2016-11-11T22:50:19 | 25 | 0 | 3 |
Its such a con that 'Allowing gays to marry' is the put up as the pro-religious position. Even if gay marriage becomes completely legal in any and all states that doesn't compel any churches to allow gay marriages, they can and do decide who is allowed to get married in their churches for whatever reasons they want. C... | Religious people don't need to let gay people get married in their church. However, they shouldn't be allowed to influence their rights for any form of legal marriage outside of that religion. | 0 | 2014-11-10T16:01:00 | 117 | 11 | null |
Sex is physical. Gender is abstract. Humans invent genders. Not all cultures have just two genders. Some have three. The Navajo culture has/had four. Because gender is made up, there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to identify as a gender that you feel best fits you. Most people feel strongly about gender, inclu... | Can someone have multiple genders, or no gender at all? | 1 | 2014-12-23T23:02:32 | 40 | 10 | 1 |
I go on a lot of trips. I love skiing and ultimate frisbee, and both of those activities involve a lot of travel. Sometimes, the destinations are awesome. In the last few years, I've been to Las Vegas, Vail, Santa Monica, Wildwood, and Seattle. Sometimes, the destinations are less glamorous. Either way, the experiences... | I think we should be mediocre, so people don't miss us painfully when we're gone. Maybe CMV? | 0 | 2013-08-23T18:39:01 | 27 | 2 | null |
I would argue that empathy is the only way to end intolerance. We can preach and spew data all we want, but until people see the repressed and ostracized people as people worthy of the same rights and liberties as the majority of people. equality for any oppressed group can only logically happen if enough of the oppres... | Education is the only way to end intolerance | 0 | 2014-07-08T06:08:08 | 109 | 3 | null |
While I love the idea of a simulation, making it be of a "crisis" is rather strange. The likelihood of a serious crisis happening is low. Instead, I propose a political simulator. Even a game like "Democracy" would work. It would show what kind of policies the candidate would implement, balancing the budget, how they w... | Crisis simulations would be better than debates. | 0 | 2015-08-01T11:58:47 | 62 | 1 | 5 |
The only places I've visited which don't have queues are ones which deliberately try to cultivate a casual atmosphere. So it's not that the establishment thinks queueing is not a fairer and superior method of serving people, it's that they think it imposes formality which would be undesirable to their clientele. Take b... | I believe queuing is an important tool, and not queuing is rude. | 0 | 2014-06-27T22:06:04 | 47 | 1 | null |
Accountant here. Let's assume that the waste and safety issues for nuclear power are solved (and I firmly believe that they can be solved!)- even then, they are insanely expensive. Governments and firms will have to sink billions of dollars into facilities, employee training, extensive security measures, and many other... | Nuclear reactors *if handled correctly* should be used more openly as a power source. | 0 | 2014-09-17T05:35:47 | 142 | 0 | 1 |
Couldn't you simply define a religion by its core holy text? Judaism and Christianity aren't the same because Christianity adds a significant new holy book. Similarly, Mormons add a significant new book atop that. To my knowledge, most other branches of Christianity don't have any significant holy books atop the Bible. | Mormons are Christians, and any definition of Christianity that excludes them is problematic in some way. | 1 | 2016-04-08T06:35:41 | 89 | 4 | 108 |
I think that a lot of Charlie Hebdo is taken out of context. That said; there are a few of their cartoons which are unapologetically racist. Most of it is "shock value" type stuff, and some of it is actual incisive critique - aimed to inflame - but it's actually very important commentary on the issue of these oversensi... | We should mourn those killed in France, but should not be so eager to support Charlie Hebdo | 0 | 2015-01-12T09:34:40 | 187 | 4 | null |
That is, I think that monetary value is inherently subjective and that we don't usefully understand the systems that determine the price of a good, or an appropriate salary for work performed. You're correct, we don't fully understand how things are valued, that's why we don't try to control it. What you describe here ... | There is an ethical limit to the amount of money a person should receive as direct compensation for their work and this number is significantly lower than what executives and athletes are currently paid. | 1 | 2014-05-15T10:10:18 | 679 | 3 | 1 |
Anyone who's expecting a Δ in this thread from this particular OP is crazy. | Drawing Mohammad for no other reason than Muslims don't want you too is no different than saying nigger for no other reason than black people don't want you to. | 1 | 2015-06-08T05:21:31 | 815 | 2 | null |
If you only have one wish, you wish for 3 more wishes. I thought everyone knew this. By wishing to live forever, you're done. You might be right, and it might be awesome. But if you changed your mind after the first 80,000 years, there's nothing you can do about it. But if you used that wish to get 3 more wishes, then ... | I would want to live forever if I had one wish. I see no downsides to it. | 1 | 2016-09-10T05:40:08 | 95 | 4 | 13 |
I had to write this while I was offline for a couple of hours, so apologies if it deals with something that you’ve addressed elsewhere since I read your posting. I’ll start with your premises, which I would argue present an incorrect—or, at best, an incomplete—view of the history and policy rationale(s) of copyright. T... | Copyright protection should last 15 to 20 years at most. | 1 | 2016-07-14T01:25:47 | 557 | 5 | 1 |
The First Amendment isn't the only thing in the Constitution that protects us from religion interference in government - Art 6 Sec 3 says "...no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." Under the First Amendment, religious zealots enacting religiou... | The Constitution prevents the State from interfering with religion, but does not prevent religion from interfering in government. | 0 | 2017-01-23T22:40:09 | 68 | 2 | null |
I agree that from a modern perspective, the originals are not quite as enjoyable as the hype leads them to be. The acting and the special effects are average by today's standards. Jabba is a giant puppet and the blaster fire and space ships are somewhat poorly added in. Nonetheless, the characters and the story are top... | Star wars series, even originals, are overrated. | 1 | 2015-12-22T23:25:28 | 255 | 25 | 6 |
Teacher here. This is a complex issue and I personally thank you on behalf of many other teachers fr showing some compassion for our situation. However. It is not a teacher's job to determine the outcomes of tests. It is our job to teach to the best of our ability with the resources we are given and to do our best to c... | The recent cheating scandal involving teachers Atlanta is not the fault the convicted teachers but instead of high standards placed by standardized testing and thus the teachers should not be convicted | 1 | 2015-04-15T03:57:49 | 37 | 2 | 7Δ |
I can't really change your view because it depends on what you view the role of government to be in society. What about the government guaranteeing its citizens a job? What is the cut off point where what the government is providing is unreasonable? Also what's stopping these things from being provided by the free mark... | All humans should have access to food, clean water, clean air, shelter, education and the Internet guaranteed by their government. | 0 | 2016-11-25T18:45:04 | 241 | 1 | null |
I swear this isn't shopped. It showed up like this exactly: http://i.imgur.com/NQr9ysB.jpg | I am a firm believer in the death penalty. CMV | 1 | 2013-06-06T21:48:07 | 90 | 4 | 1 |
Well-planned plant-based diets are rich in protein, iron, calcium and other essential vitamins and minerals. If I want to care about my health, both physical and mental, I simply cannot rely on any diet that needs to be well-planned. Maybe if the world accommodated a vegan diet better I could do it, but I need to take ... | If you actually care about your health and the environment, you should go vegan | 0 | 2015-09-30T12:18:35 | 179 | 51 | 7 |
I would point out that if you truly know nothing about an issue and vote on it that your vote will be cancelled out by people like you. In other words it is 50/50 as to which way you vote, these people cancel each other out. So, the people that make decisions based on a believe, well researched or not, make the differe... | you shouldn't vote if you don't know a lot about politics. | 1 | 2015-10-07T18:17:32 | 50 | 2 | 1 |
Turn the tables around: you seem to need to spend time with your girlfriend. How would you feel if she got more into watching her TV shows alone, and she stopped returning your phone calls? And she can't see you much any more because she really wants to stay in and watch YouTube videos or read a book. Pretty soon you... | It's OK not to be in touch with family and friends while expecting the relationship to remain strong in its essence. | 0 | 2015-03-01T04:19:57 | 85 | 16 | 15Δ |
Firstly, this presumes that one is a vegan for the issue of morality as it relates to the life of the animal. Arguably it could also apply to the environmental motivations many have for veganism. However, most importantly, humans are animals too. We would no sooner ask a human to commit suicide than we would a cow. | The most ethically vegan thing to do is to commit suicide because human population impacts animal life more negatively than eating them. | 0 | 2017-01-11T23:26:38 | 46 | 10 | 54 |
He just had a foreign policy interview this morning and is coming out with more policy soon. http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/sen-bernie-sanders-2016-campaign-33413797 | As president, Bernie Sanders would not be a good international negotiator/leader, and U.S. interests would suffer | 1 | 2015-08-30T17:56:47 | 172 | 23 | 1 |
Certain knowledge only comes after the appropriate struggle and experiences. So knowledge about a soul might be like this. My favourite source of wisdom, Lahotar, says: 'Even if u were given other worldly knowledge u not evolved to understand it. Everyone has 1st to be fitted out n that takes aeons of time.' 'Heart kno... | There is no such thing as a soul. | 0 | 2017-03-28T00:51:53 | 97 | 1 | null |
The founding fathers did set up a system similar to what you are describing. In the original constitution the federal government had the power to regulate interstate commerce (this has been reinterpreted to basically mean any kind of commerce) and establish diplomatic relations with other countries (including wars and ... | Federalism doesn't work in modern day populous countries and the founders of the U.S. would not have setup such a system had they known the implications at today's population levels. | 0 | 2016-01-26T15:25:32 | 61 | 16 | null |
The ultimate goal of government is to bring justice, promote welfare and generate prosperity. As others have pointed out, this is an ideology. I absolutely agree that governments should be evidence-based in achieving their objectives, but what those objectives are is not something that science can answer. Taking climat... | Ideology should no longer be important. Any new laws or changes in policy of any kind should be evidence based. | 0 | 2016-12-01T15:03:39 | 44 | 6 | 3 |
State funding for political parties already existed in the UK, and a prominent party can in theory get millions of pounds, although the funding is limited to administrative costs and generally does not account for the majority of party funding. You can read more about it [here](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/60... | I think that the state should bankroll political parties and their campaigns, and that private contributions should be forbidden | 0 | 2015-05-17T19:53:50 | 114 | 4 | null |
Unfortunately, there is no optimal algorithm to find a global maximum, because no one except those individual actors has access to the information about their individual preferences. Even if there were such an algorithm, it's almost certainly NP complete and thus utterly infeasible for groups of more than a few hundred... | Adam Smith's "Invisible Hand" is a greedy algorithm, and is therefore not guaranteed to be optimal. | 1 | 2016-03-26T21:24:14 | 71 | 5 | 173 |
Teacher here. I used to think this way too, but there is something I learned from my career that I never really thought about -- the essential need for the teacher to always, always be on the side of the student. When a teacher pushes a student to succeed, it is because the teacher cares about the student and their fu... | Teachers in America should have incentive-based salaries | 0 | 2016-09-12T00:00:23 | 101 | 5 | null |
Although I agree with most of your view, I have a serious problem with this part: I think a regulated, safe, and well-operated system of brothels (and only brothels, to ensure there are no dangers to streetwalkers/regulations can be easily enforced) The first problem with this is that it defeats most of the point of le... | Prostitution should be legalized, I don't feel most arguments against it hold water. | 0 | 2015-08-13T10:14:16 | 62 | 1 | 28 |
Most of that list is enabled by the fact that they're both narcissists and Frank at least is a textbook sociopath. I don't doubt for a second that Frank would leave her or even outright kill her if it were ever in his interests to do so, and not feel a moment's remorse about it. Claire might do the same, though she'd a... | House of Cards' Frank and Claire Underwood are the best possible example on how a marriage should work. CMV (SPOILERS) | 0 | 2014-03-13T17:31:54 | 57 | 3 | 5Δ |
Can you answer what the kids turn out like seeing only one gender at home? There were similar concerns about non-traditional families, such as division of tasks between wife and husband, both working and both doing housework. Isn't a "traditional" dad that goes work early and always comes back late a bigger reason for ... | I believe homosexuality is a cancer in society. | 1 | 2014-02-06T17:39:58 | 41 | 6 | 14Δ |
I am a gay man, and I experience a lot of hate from so called 'flamboyant' men all the time... they think I am self hating if I don't want to associate myself or date feminine men. I am laid back and don't like guys who act crazy and want attention to themselves... and I want someone like me. Is that so bad?! :/ What i... | I don't think that flamboyant, over-the-top behaviour is a real characteristic of homossexuality and people who do that are faking or insecure. CMV | 0 | 2013-07-11T09:58:21 | 89 | 1 | null |
Okay, that raises the bar when you mean actually talking about taking on more debt, but in some ways putting a dollar amount on it like that actually makes it a little easier. Let's assume the student is right that this far-away school will give them a much greater experience than the in-state school, that they will e... | I do not believe it is worth it to go to an out of state college which is vastly more expensive for no reason other than its location. | 1 | 2016-03-29T20:28:32 | 25 | 4 | 27 |
I went through middle school and high school without ever taking an art course You should realize that this is not an informed position that would lead to a strong belief. With that in mind, consider researching more information about your proposed policy. Some helpful guidelines: * Has this kind of policy been impleme... | Art should be required in middle school and high school | 0 | 2015-10-19T20:38:59 | 61 | 1 | 1 |
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