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. So why can't we allow them to fly in the United States. I mean, I think I know why - it's because of protectionist policies. Not really. Its more because of a few different things. First is the profitability of Airlines. Airlines just aren't profitable at all, and most foreign airlines are highly subsidised as part o... | The US should let Foreign Airlines fly Domestic Routes | 0 | 2017-04-22T04:00:08 | 67 | 1 | 87 |
It's true that we have very little data to work with, but we can still make some reasonably educated guesses about certain aspects of what they'd be like. By and large, your CMV seems to be talking about *intelligent and interstellar-capable* alien life, so let's talk about that. In my mind, they could very well be LE... | I think any speculations about alien life are baseless and arrogant. | 1 | 2017-03-13T20:38:33 | 56 | 8 | 8 |
In growing circles, if the girl wakes up the next morning and suddenly wishes she hadn't slept with that guy, she has now been raped and is a victim, regardless of the fact that she consensually engaged in sexual activity with her partner. I don't know of anyone who shares this view - consent can not be rescinded _afte... | Consent feely given while mildly intoxicated should still count as consent | 1 | 2016-12-14T17:20:14 | 413 | 72 | 83 |
I don't agree with this at all. The first thing to accept is that you're making a generalization. That's fine. There can be some conversational merit in generalizations. The problem is, I don't even agree with the generalization. I'd like to put forward one of my own, which I think is much more accurate. Having said ... | Every straight girl out there secretly wants to date a rich guy | 1 | 2016-09-28T19:02:31 | 50 | 2 | 1 |
I am not even sure you want to go down the "numbers route." How many Popes need to get shot before we would consider the risk "very real?" it's a silly question. So that brings us back to the original question: What is relevant distinction between Pope taking reasonable precautions against starving to death, and Pope ... | The Pope driving around in fireproof glass is an admission of lack of faith | 1 | 2015-04-28T00:36:02 | 337 | 1 | 47Δ |
I honestly agree with you pretty wholeheartedly but I can see one (mostly) rational argument that gives me pause: *NOTE: Forgive the massive generalizations I am about to make but I think they are both reasonable and warranted* ___________________________________________________ **There are many people who would object... | Organ donation should be "opt out", not "opt in", in the U.S | 1 | 2017-04-30T07:21:45 | 365 | 95 | 2 |
The problem is not that ludicrous views get airtime; the problem is that ludicrous views are not exposed as being ludicrous by conscientious journalists. In the past few decades, journalism has undergone a dramatic transformation. Staff has been cut, and so has the time that could be spent on any one story. News report... | Being "fair and balanced" isn't necessary--especially when one of the sides is in direct conflict with actual scientific fact. | 1 | 2015-02-04T02:11:21 | 89 | 1 | 1 |
I think the reason that we do this is to recognize the person, remind us of our progress towards equality, as well as remind us that there was a time when that would not have been possible. Jackie Robinson was the first black player in Major League Baseball. It was something that was revolutionary in American sports an... | Labeling people as the "First African-American" or "First Woman" to do something does more to separate us than bring us together | 0 | 2015-06-01T20:48:12 | 50 | 2 | 1Δ |
now that I've gotten a little older and understand more about the world, I finally get the message Brave New World was trying to make, and now realize that the book was a masterpiece. This is why they make you read classics in high school. If you had never read that book then, you would have never decided to read it la... | I think forcing kids to read classic novels in high school is counterproductive and turns people off reading again in the future. CMV. | 0 | 2014-01-25T10:50:25 | 338 | 2 | null |
I am going to take a different approach in attempting to change your view. Firstly, I think the other posters are right in that you talk about "studies" a lot in your post but don't really bring them up. But let's ignore that for a moment and let's assume that what you're saying is true. The fact of the matter is skin ... | The depressing okcupid/dating studies tells black women we should use skin bleaching creams to lighten our skin if we want to find a date. | 1 | 2016-02-25T15:26:45 | 168 | 5 | 81 |
This is a harder question to address because it deals with not just your perspective by itself, but your perspective about society's perspective. Society's perspective, however good or bad it may be, is a fact, so in order to change your view, I have to convince you that society really doesn't view bisexuals those ways... | I believe it is harder to come out and be accepted as bisexual than it is to come out as gay. CMV. | 0 | 2013-06-07T01:11:07 | 136 | 2 | null |
Here is the first paragraph of the continent entry on Wikipedia: A continent is one of several very large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, with up to seven regions commonly regarded as continents. These are (from largest in size to smallest): Asia, Afric... | We should be taught there are 6 continents instead of 7. | 1 | 2015-04-22T13:00:13 | 28 | 7 | 39Δ |
First of all, the creation of Israel in the early 20th century was the original spark of conflict. The British brutally conquered the native inhabitants in the [first](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Gaza) and [second](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Gaza) Battles of Gaza. The land was then s... | I believe that Israel are the definitive 'good guys' in the Middle East. | 1 | 2014-05-30T09:20:57 | 70 | 23 | 1 |
Here's why I won't be voting for Sanders. - Even at a conservative estimate, if he were to somehow implement all of his policies, the national debt would double, and quickly too. - He opposes immigration and free trade, both issues that I and a majority of economist and politicians/people in the nation do. - Transactio... | I want to vote for Bernie Sanders. | 0 | 2015-09-18T15:31:44 | 555 | 22 | 4 |
My old school was 80% turks/muslims/guys from eastern europe, which seriously lead to germans being made fun of, for being german, in their own damn country But that's not the only example, when I go out, I see as much, if not more, foreigners on the streets. So at least four out of every five people you see on the st... | (too much) Immigration hurts a country's culture | 0 | 2015-07-18T23:24:28 | 52 | 6 | 40 |
Another thing you might want to consider is who actually benefits from Wikipedia. Anyone able to use wikipedia has both internet access and literacy. I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that areas where people can't use Wikipedia due to lacking one or both of the above are the people who are most likely to ... | Wikipedia is the best education based charity to donate to. | 0 | 2015-10-12T19:55:26 | 44 | 2 | 1 |
Giving cash and being happy to receive cash is getting a lot of discussion here, I would like to address why I don't think it is ok to ASK for cash, and then more specifically why it's a problem to respond to someone that you want cash. Gift giving is not about practical exchange. A gift exchange is not more or less su... | "Cash" or "Money" should be acceptable responses for when asked what one (adult) wants for Christmas. | 0 | 2015-12-15T02:40:32 | 65 | 7 | null |
However, I think that a family should have a family name, because otherwise you are choosing to make everyone else's life difficult. One small example is if you work in an industry where you deal with a lot of names and families and meeting people blind (like I do). It's helpful to know in advance who is related to who... | People who give their kids two last names are inconsiderate | 0 | 2015-08-01T00:08:11 | 40 | 6 | 23 |
I cannot offend you without your consent. Consent implies active thought, decision and/or action. Getting offended by something happens on a subconscious, emotional level. Your argument would hold up if every time we talked to people, we actively analyzed their words and then decided how we feel about them. That's not ... | Words only have as much power as you give them and I cannot offend you without your consent. | 1 | 2015-01-31T00:42:11 | 46 | 5 | 11 |
As I said, a legal possibility of a pre-fact waiver sounds acceptable to me. Although I'd rather live in a society where a father can come back into the life of a child without any other considerations than the child, so I would vote against it if there'd be any aspects of the law influencing such a decision. I'd also ... | I believe that the logical corollary of being pro-choice for women is that men should be able to "opt-out" of fatherhood. CMV. | 1 | 2013-07-09T01:31:37 | 1,169 | 2 | 2 |
Whether there is an afterlife is not unanswerable - there's plenty of ways that evidence of one could be provided. If we could bring someone back from the dead a long time after they died (for example, cryonics) and they were able to give us a meaningful description of what happened between then and now, I'd say that w... | The question of the existence of an afterlife is unanswerable. On this topic we must remain agnostic. | 1 | 2016-08-11T20:31:09 | 80 | 3 | 1 |
I think your premise that people *"want to convince themselves that they are smart"* is flawed. People see things happen and go, "that doesn't seem right" and start questioning it, and once you've opened the door to the *idea* that the government is lying about one thing, you're more likely to believe it's lying about ... | I believe that most skeptics are simply jumping on bandwagons. | 1 | 2014-03-28T16:55:45 | 93 | 0 | 4Δ |
Hey I can help here. I've lived and worked in the South/Midwest and the Northeast, as an adult, for 3+ years each. (Texas/Northern Florida + Maryland/DC). I feel like this puts me in a unique position to give some insight here. There is a culture in a lot of the South and the Midwest that leads people to believe in the... | I think that Northerners are smarter and more educated than Southerners (in the United States). CMV. | 0 | 2013-04-14T21:08:18 | 103 | 5 | null |
I have been frequently called "anti-gay" but I personally do not see my opinion being against homosexuality. Please let me explain: I believe that specific advantages given to married couples are wrong already. For example lower tax rates. Actually I believe that taxation in its own is a crime but I have to accept bein... | I believe that all arguments against gay marriage come from religious beliefs. | 0 | 2015-09-21T22:57:03 | 67 | 1 | 2 |
Since there is not satisfactory evidence of them being harmful, I will try another angle of challenging your view, specifically in women's sports: women's sporting events were created to give women a chance to compete in sports, because of course men are generally stronger and faster than women ... if women use anaboli... | I think there is no reason why anabolic steroids should be illegal or banned in professional sports. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-03T20:06:51 | 104 | 2 | 29 |
I found [this article](http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a3752/4291566/) that I think is pretty good. Here's a relevant 2 paragraphs: "Aluminum, for example, requires 96 percent less energy to make from recycled cans than it does to process from bauxite. At the other end of the spectrum, recycled gla... | Recycling doesn't make any real impact on the environment | 0 | 2017-04-10T22:41:03 | 17 | 1 | null |
The delta bot rejected this delta comment. 😞😟 | CMV : Freedom of speech includes freedom of "hate speech" | 1 | 2016-07-02T00:20:16 | 194 | 2 | 12 |
I'll suggest you to watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsqKH_VIrng (If you don't like the music at least watch from 2:30) The point is that a drum machine will be technically be able to be more perfect than a human, but so far lack the intelligence and talent to improvise and work with the masses and the mood ... | There is no longer a need for traditional drummers. | 0 | 2014-09-18T23:11:43 | 23 | 1 | 2 |
Well, it all depends on what parts of the internet you use. I agree that in some places, people do nothing but complain about stuff. Yet there's plenty of places where people actually do things. Let's take these as examples: Youtube duo h3h3productions (/r/h3h3productions) started a gofundme last year for a semi-celebr... | The Internet is suffering from a problem where people complain about everything yet don't actually do anything about it. | 0 | 2017-01-22T14:08:58 | 35 | 1 | null |
That harms debt buyers but not the consumer. According to Wikipedia That assumes that the consumer is versed in debt collection law. The onus is on the consumer (the less educated party) which is somewhat unfair. If people don't know their rights without professional licencing or standards board why would they know the... | John Oliver's show on Debt Buyers is misleading and makes a lot of false claims. | 1 | 2016-06-07T21:07:15 | 114 | 10 | 42 |
I'm sick of seeing the "donate now" button because it wears down on my soul. I have so much respect for them as a company but I really don't think a donation model works. If it doesn't work, then how is the site still in operation today? most people don't appreciate or respect the level of ethics and impartiality that... | I think Wikipedia should just begin running ads. | 0 | 2015-12-14T16:27:29 | 280 | 94 | 56 |
How do you know if you're going to be attacked at home? Robbed? You don't. I prefer to not be a victim and if that means keeping a gun in the house, then so be it. There are plenty of lives saved by firearms yet the media rarely reports on these so, you get people like the OP who have an irrational fear of firearms. I ... | It's irrational to keep a gun in your home for self-defense | 0 | 2015-08-24T14:46:57 | 140 | 0 | null |
Most vegans actually are opposed to eggs because of the fact that you are imprisoning chickens and stealing their eggs (and often treating them horribly in the process), not because an egg is a potential life. Most eggs that are consumed are not even fertilized, so they are not a potential life. Additionally, vegans al... | If you are a vegan, you have to be pro-life. | 1 | 2016-11-28T18:50:01 | 49 | 33 | 6 |
Seatbelt laws exist so you don't fly out of your car window during an accident and kill someone. There are thousands of things that pollute the environment, like every packaged food ever that gets its plastic on the ground, should plastic packaging be outlawed because some people throw them on the ground? Not every pe... | I think all tobacco products should be illegal. | 1 | 2015-05-29T04:04:38 | 312 | 2 | 1Δ |
Lots of people enjoy photography itself as a hobby. So, often the goal is taking the pictures and trying to improve your skills and technique as a photographer, even if someone out there might already have taken a similar picture. | There is no reason to take pictures of famous sights. | 1 | 2016-08-02T20:29:30 | 38 | 4 | 136 |
You might want to consider looking into different perspectives on time. If you understand time in a way other than linear, it might help you rethink the part where death is eternal. There are a lot of arguments for thinking of time in a non-linear way, coming from physics, psychology, philosophy, and religion. If you s... | I'm terrified of dying because I will stop existing | 1 | 2015-03-27T05:31:03 | 150 | 3 | 1Δ |
You're making a very strange way of judging countries. By your standards, one has to assume you think Canada is the lowest of the low. Comparing Russia to England isn't that good of a parallel. First, English civilization is far older than Russian civilization (Moscow in 1450 reached the size of London in 100). Also En... | I think Russia has chronically under-delivered as a nation of it's size in contributing to the progress of the human race. CMV | 1 | 2014-03-25T07:19:58 | 41 | 11 | 1 |
That single wish is pretty flawed. Here is why: VULNERABILITY So you have achieved eternal life. Watch out for your body because it is still relatively weak and can be physically hurt. SICKNESS Even if you were invulnerable, a malady could make your eyeball life to hell. AGING Last but not least you would still age as ... | I would want to live forever if I had one wish. I see no downsides to it. | 0 | 2016-09-10T12:04:35 | 95 | 2 | null |
You use a sponge (and dish soap) to clean off the food and debris from your plates and silverware. You then rinse the plate with water. It's the same concept as hand washing, unless you use anti-bacterial handsoap. edit: My point is that the sponge and soap's purpose isn't supposed to kill bacteria or "clean" your plat... | Sponges are not a sanitary way to clean dishes and are the equivalent of rubbing germs all over them, even with soap. | 0 | 2015-09-16T18:42:42 | 151 | 19 | 8 |
Money becomes analogous with power when the amount of money being generated exceeds the cost of living for that particular individual Money is not power. Power is the ability to compel, to force. Money can only entice. You can't throw someone in jail with money. You can offer to pay them to go to jail, but you can't ja... | Libertarianism fails to meaningfully address that government is not the only potential mechanism for tyranny to flourish and thus fails to protect individual liberty in the manner it desires. | 0 | 2017-03-06T22:55:47 | 697 | 11 | 6 |
First of all, I want to say I was *exactly* like you a year ago. Same thoughts and ideals. My only comment for you is to just try it. Based on your post (and I could be wrong) it sounds like you haven't drank very much, or have never gotten drunk. I think in order to understand the issue, you need to have experience o... | I have no desire to drink alcohol or partake in its associated culture, even at legal age. | 0 | 2015-01-19T03:51:04 | 446 | 2 | null |
You could 'not vote', and the politicians will ignore you because you obviously don't care. They don't see it as 'I don't like any of you'. You could vote for who you actually want to win. If everyone did this, instead of tactical voting, the 'minor parties' would get a hell of a boost, and send a message to the 'major... | I don't want to vote in the upcoming UK General Election | 0 | 2015-04-21T16:11:04 | 111 | 25 | null |
Is there any sort of restriction to this? Can someone sell a drug that kills the user instantly in 1 out of 10 cases? Will all poisons and toxins also now be legal? Are we talking literally no restrictions to what can and can't be sold? | All drugs should be legal | 1 | 2016-07-01T23:07:00 | 43 | 6 | 13 |
You're better at suicide. A gun is the most common and obvious way to kill yourself quickly and painlessly, but isn't the only way, and we have the internet. Also might be relevant to point out that Japan and S. Korea have higher suicide rates than the U.S. despite very strict gun control. you'll most likely do the sma... | Owning a gun doesn't actually makes you safer. | 1 | 2017-05-13T21:00:35 | 143 | 15 | 1 |
The term "vegan" was coined by the Vegan Society. They define it as: Veganism is a way of living that seeks to exclude, as far as possible and practicable, all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing and any other purpose. The same definition can be found in the sidebar of /r/vegan. Whether... | Vegans who eat Honey should have no problem eating unfertilized chicken eggs. Vegans who don't eat honey, shouldn't partake in pollenated fruits and vegetables. | 0 | 2016-12-24T21:06:42 | 212 | 146 | null |
If conservatives are underrepresented in academia (specifically the sciences), that has more to do with their lack of interest in it then anything else. I don't think any college application asks "are you conservative or liberal?" and then awards more points if you are liberal. I can understand wanting scholarships for... | I believe that there should be a form of affirmative action for academics that is based on (conservative) political views CMV | 0 | 2014-01-21T01:33:00 | 75 | 17 | 6 |
I actually agree with this to a certain extent in that there are not many Christians that embody those principles that make you a firm believer in Christianity. However, those people are still Christians as long as they believe in Jesus (I think, I'm not Christian myself). There are sinful Christians and there are righ... | Large number of people who call themselves Christian can not be considered Christian | 1 | 2017-02-13T19:17:00 | 124 | 2 | 1 |
Funny, I think he's the reason the show was good. After his death it went downhill enormously, S04E01 was one of the worst episodes of any series I ever watched, although I think they savaged it more or less for the finale Now, you'll have to be more specific with "He's a cartoon. He's one dimensional, just pure Saturd... | BBC Sherlock's Moriarty is a terrible, cartoony character | 1 | 2017-01-18T19:23:09 | 127 | 29 | 19 |
First, speaking as a man: Fuck that! Women are filthy and they take entirely too damn long in the bathroom.   Merging the genders for the public restrooms will facilitate things for parents when a kid is at the age 6-8 when they're kinda too big to go to the washrooms of the opposite gender, but also too smal... | Public Restrooms/Washrooms/Toilets should be genderless | 0 | 2015-10-08T01:25:51 | 79 | 21 | 3 |
I'm probably not taking the stance you're hoping for, but imo SRS is definitely not a good thing *for the Reddit community.* SRS simply doesn't target the demographic they're ridiculing. They don't want to educate and make the website prejudice-free (although that would be neat). They want to form a little minority-cli... | I think SRS is kind of a good thing CMV | 1 | 2013-05-14T06:07:44 | 318 | 54 | 2 |
Depending on the laws of a particular state, this might or might not be legal. California specifically prohibits even police officers, much less automated systems, from operating a "speed trap", which is defined as measuring the time it takes someone to travel between 2 fixed locations to infer their speed (and also u... | If a redlight camera is enough to give a ticket for running a red light, then automatic toll systems should be able to give fines for speeding | 1 | 2015-08-18T07:50:44 | 76 | 7 | 119 |
My problem with this is that you seem to provide japanese culture with a "discrimination raincheck" for beig homogeneous.. what about america? Do you think the same kind of discrimination, against non-english chinese immigrants for example, would be totally acceptable? They have clearly failed to assimilate even into t... | Korea and Japan do not have a moral imperative to accept foreigners or multiculturism | 0 | 2016-11-20T21:01:39 | 116 | 1 | 4 |
Until we invent time travel, your view is physically impossible. This isn't a legal matter. It's just not possible. It's like saying "let's make the milk fresher by changing when it was manufactured." It doesn't work like that; it was manufactured on a certain date that cannot be changed. Similarly, you can't just chan... | I think it should be legal for people to change their birthdate. | 1 | 2015-01-20T22:01:58 | 37 | 1 | 8 |
The trial isn't living or not living. The "trial" involves humans as a whole. I can't explain to you why bad things happen, or why kids die from cancer or accidents, all I can do if explain it scientifically. Just because that seems so tragic and unfair now, doesn't mean that its part of some overbearing "plan". Bad th... | I don't see how God could let so much horrible stuff happen, and the free will argument doesn't make sense to me. CMV | 1 | 2013-04-16T04:51:13 | 55 | 1 | 31 |
I think you have a choice in these types of leadership - please your underlings, or secure your power. I've got no doubt the joker was either still hiring dudes and could play it off as "something went wrong" without causing too much fuss. After that point he was pretty much "Come with me and you'll get paid, just don'... | Killing your henchman to demonstrate a point is poor leadership. | 0 | 2014-08-14T08:10:06 | 65 | 1 | null |
OP, it sounds like you are applying opportunity for abuse unequally here. You seem to agree that consenting adults should be able to marry who they please, so I think we've already passed the hardest part, now we're only discussing the number. Being forced or coerced into marriage is not only in violation of your litmu... | I strongly support legal gay marriage, but I wouldn't support legal plural marriage. | 1 | 2017-01-25T02:17:22 | 41 | 9 | 2 |
A lot of women do not find out they are pregnant until several weeks into the pregnancy. If I go out drinking while unknowingly being 4 weeks pregnant and my child ends up having FAS, why should I be prosecuted for this? Should all women who are of childbearing age be forbidden to drink? Not everybody who drinks while ... | Drinking while pregnant should be illegal | 0 | 2014-11-08T08:27:52 | 54 | 1 | null |
There are many good reasons to use checks still. Most of our tenants pay their rent with a check. We pay certain bills with a check. When we pay off a debt to a family member we use a check. When we send money to the school for our kids expenses we use a check. Local fundraisers such as gift wrap we use a check for. Al... | Paper checks are a pain in the ass for everybody, and should be discontinued | 1 | 2014-08-08T23:58:46 | 18 | 8 | 20 |
Having open carry isn't so much about preventing crime from happening to the environment around you. It is about preventing crime from happening TO you. Mugger eyeballs two people walking down the street. Person A is openly wearing their sidearm in a clearly visible manner. Person B is unarmed. Who do you think the mu... | I believe civilians openly carrying a gun for the reason of 'crime deterrent' does nothing of the sort, and only creates fear and compromises the public's sense of safety. CMV. | 0 | 2013-09-26T13:48:05 | 191 | 2 | null |
I cannot be sure that I am not inherently designed in a way that forces me to believe falsehoods and misinterpret experiential data. As a matter of fact, you are. Try explaining colour to someone blind from birth, or sound to someone deaf from birth, and you will fail. You might be able to explain the concepts (light, ... | Knowledge is impossible | 0 | 2014-11-28T23:34:56 | 48 | 2 | 3 |
One way I think about it is this: Say you're eighteen and female living in the United States. You're not political. You don't give a fuck, really. Up until now, your life has been dominated by guys and school and you don't watch the news because your parents do and that's boring as shit. Should she vote? Your answer ... | I believe that if you aren't sure about who to vote for, it's better to not do it at all. CMV. | 1 | 2013-05-08T19:47:10 | 81 | 3 | 30 |
It's a matter of compassion and a desire for the human race to prosper in the future. If you don't feel empathy for future generations or care about the continuance of humanity after your death, then I guess you have no reason to pay attention to global warming. But...that's a very alien way of thinking. Most people j... | I don't find anthropogenic global warming an interesting issue. | 0 | 2014-06-29T00:26:26 | 37 | 1 | null |
A system like this allows for too much abuse. In an ideal world, an investigation works as follows: John had motive, opportunity, and means to commit the crime. We found some fingerprints at the scene. We now have probable cause to fingerprint John and see if he is a match. Oh look, he was a match. Conviction. In the s... | Every American should be fingerprinted and entered into a government system | 0 | 2016-03-02T18:13:44 | 53 | 1 | null |
You bring up an interesting point, but in my opinion there is a clear demarcation between the two concepts. No one will ever be able to present a reasonable argument demonstrating that interracial or gay couples pose any inherent risk to themselves simply by existing that is in any way greater than an otherwise equival... | I think pedophilia becoming socially acceptable is a plausible scenario. | 0 | 2016-04-16T02:25:57 | 176 | 0 | 3 |
There's a couple of reasons. I'll do my best to do them justice: 1. Liability. I'm assuming you are an American, but if not I apologize for the assumption. America is a very litigious society. In an eatery, for example, businesses are obligated implicitly or explicitly to do their best to keep the customers from harm. ... | The requirement to wear shoes in public (in nonformal settings) is arbitrary and should be lifted | 1 | 2017-04-17T04:01:55 | 67 | 16 | 4 |
And from the Lithium mining i've seen so far, it does a horrible amount of damage to the environment It's a common misconception that the lithium in an electric car's battery accounts for a disproportionately large contribution to its lifecycle environmental impact. It is, in fact, very minimal, with [one lifecycle ana... | Electric Powered Vehicles are a Horrible Idea for the Environment. Instead, we should look into using Hydrogen Fuel. | 1 | 2016-10-14T00:50:13 | 39 | 9 | 1 |
Is this statistically significant? I am not really sure on this. The fact that all-cause mortality tends to increase after age 40 is absolutely statistically significant. There's a reason why we screen people in their 40's and 50's for heart disease, cancer and diabetes - because that's the age when those things tend t... | For a man, having a child in his 40s is not a problem. | 1 | 2016-09-12T05:00:21 | 57 | 2 | 2 |
There are a multitude of reasons people are vegan, not all having to do with the killing of animals. One reason, which I personally subscribe to, is to avoid eating animal products because of the amount of water that is used to factory farm animals. By consuming fewer animal products, there will be less factory farming... | It's extreme hyprocisy to be a vegan and have an "on demand" lifestyle-dictated abortion | 1 | 2016-10-24T22:44:16 | 95 | 1 | 1 |
I see what you're saying about lying for benefit, but I feel you're missing the point I was trying to make. I suspect that religion makes it far harder for him to bear the death of his son because his religion tells him that not only is his son dead, but his son is now going to be tortured for eternity on top of being ... | Although I'm an Atheist, I believe religion to be an overall positive thing for a society. CMV | 1 | 2013-12-27T00:45:51 | 68 | 3 | 3 |
This is always a tricky one because people get so upset about religion. So to discuss this, I am going to change your words around a bit. Christian: "I believe that ~~god~~ Yahwey exists." Atheist: "I don't believe that ~~god~~ Yahwey, Allah or Vishnu exists. Agnostic: " I don't know if ~~god~~ Yahwey, Allah, Vishnu ... | True atheism, not agnosticism, and Christianity are both equally illogical theories. CMV. | 0 | 2013-06-28T23:51:35 | 90 | 2 | 1 |
I'm going to take another approach to this: Are you planning on making traditional student loans *illegal* in order to get to this state? Because if you don't, people that reasonably can expect to make a lot of money with their degree would be *strongly* incentivized to simply accept a traditional student loan, because... | A system in which students offer "shares" of their future earnings is preferable to the current student loan system. | 0 | 2015-06-14T21:19:09 | 138 | 1 | 96Δ |
The threat of prosecution undermines peaceful transition of power. Peaceful transition of power between political adversaries is the defining feature of a democracy governed by the rule of law. If you do not peacefully transition power, you're not a democracy. ... If the opposition makes clear they intend to imprison y... | Democracies should not prosecute ex-leaders for crimes in office. | 0 | 2015-05-06T20:51:45 | 50 | 1 | null |
There are certainly F2P games that work like you describe: deliberately making the game less fun in order to force the player to play. I consider that low and avoid those games like the plague. However, that is not a *requirement* for F2P games. Some games actually do it right, and I think one example is the esthetics-... | I believe that "Free to play" games are complete scams and are never justified. CMV. | 1 | 2013-11-08T13:39:44 | 49 | 5 | 1 |
If you had an illness that was not depression would you feel bad about taking medication to cure it? Or, in some cases, to just be able to live without having to many problems? Do you see a diabetic who has to depend on insulin as a drug addict? Depression is actually a pretty complex illness. You might have the same s... | I believe that antidepressants mess you up and addict you in the long term because without them you are back to the "reality" goggles. CMV | 1 | 2013-04-26T02:38:06 | 63 | 36 | 10 |
You should change your view because it is based on poor reasoning. It seems to me that killing is part of the animal kingdom. Animals kill other animals for sustenance or to assert dominance. More broadly, every animal requires ingesting other organic materials in order to survive. This is the only argument you give f... | There is nothing inherently wrong with killing a non-human animal. | 0 | 2015-09-06T23:16:59 | 48 | 1 | null |
Do we have to be the world police force? Like, who asked us to be everyone's big brother? Well we've got three options: The US gets to play Big Brother, we accept a power vacuum, or someone else takes the mantle. In today's world there really aren't any countries other than the US and maybe the combined EU that can hol... | The USA spends a ridiculous amount of money on our military. | 1 | 2015-01-22T02:38:59 | 121 | 9 | 17 |
So what can I do to change your view? Do you want me to link songs with a moral or ones that go against the image you have of hip-hop culture? Do you want me to explain why popular rap music seems to all be about women, money, and drugs? Do you want me to explain how hip-hop got to this point? | I hate Hip-Hop culture | 1 | 2015-12-11T04:01:55 | 34 | 2 | 21 |
Software Engineer here. In your ideal world, how do I get paid? I write software, which is then sold to a client. Do you expect that large corporations solicit donations to support their internal (and therefore, hidden) product development? Writing a new technological platform takes a ton of time and money. Relying on ... | All software should be free/libre | 0 | 2017-05-31T05:04:14 | 51 | 23 | 9 |
Well, I'm just trying to argue from a purely practical standpoint. Practically speaking, why should the rich bother with helping the poor? The frank, rather crass, answer to this, is that if the rich don't do anything to help the poor, the poor will kill them and take their stuff. It has happened many times in the past... | The rich have no obligation to help the poor. CMV | 1 | 2013-02-28T04:36:34 | 92 | 63 | 3 |
The first thing I really feel a need to address is the seat belt issue: I'm driving down the highway, behind your car. In Scenario 1, you have a seat belt and you're buckled in. In Scenario 2, you aren't wearing your seat belt. Now, in each scenario, the car in front of you stops short, so you stop short. I was maybe d... | I believe all victimless crimes, including prostitution and drug use should be legalized. CMV | 0 | 2013-04-14T23:48:28 | 253 | 274 | 1 |
1. The F-35 is one of the worst planes ever made. Russians using F-35 blueprints to design their own plane is like cheating off the stupidest kid in class. 2. It's better for America if Turkey uses the F-35 becuase then they will rely on the US for maintenance, upgrades, etc. It's kind of like how buying a PS4 means So... | The F-35 should NOT be sold to Turkey | 0 | 2016-08-25T03:26:15 | 54 | 0 | 90 |
I'd love to have someone share what they believe is a funnier movie made since 2007. Tropic Thunder made me laugh much more than Superbad, and I absolutely loved Superbad when I first watched it. Have you seen that one? Also, repeat viewings of TT have just let me notice even better details I didn't realize the first t... | There has not been a funnier movie made since Superbad (2007) | 1 | 2017-06-02T21:31:58 | 50 | 13 | 34 |
UBI could be as cheap as we want it to be, the budget is much more controllable than with hundreds of targeted welfare programs. So, if you're argument is that both liberals and conservatives should support a UBI, this is a major point of tension. If the UBI is too low, you're going to get liberals opposed to it (espec... | I can't understand why both conservatives and liberals wouldn't both be equally in favor of a UBI (as opposed to a welfare state) | 1 | 2017-02-10T04:02:16 | 45 | 1 | 3 |
I'm not in the Military but as I understand it sometimes those guys are coming directly from being deployed. So it makes sense that they would have on Military garb. I don't think you deploy with a casual black business suit. When my friend died suddenly one of his family members showed up in his formal military wear ... | Wearing your military uniform to a wedding or funeral is highly narcissistic. | 0 | 2017-05-16T16:09:21 | 111 | 2 | 2 |
I don't think it's a good idea to use the word "normal" for that. "Normal" tends to have the connotation of good, or at least common. But there's nothing wrong with using birth control and plenty of people do. Yet by your definition, it's not "normal". | CMV : Homosexuality is not "normal" | 1 | 2017-03-04T08:23:43 | 70 | 2 | 3 |
I would IMMEDIATELY quit my job and live off government benefits for the rest of my life. What's the point of busting my ass 8 hours a day to bring back 5% of my normal income? Everyone would stop working, the government would go bankrupt and the country would go to hell. Your argument is communism but you can claim it... | I think a ridiculously high flat tax could save the USA | 0 | 2017-03-31T05:43:40 | 61 | 2 | null |
If I've changed your view, you should give a delta. | Being gay is a choice | 1 | 2016-11-13T08:06:26 | 158 | 1 | 3 |
What that page lists is basically cis male, cis female, transman, trans woman, and intersex. Those are just the closest approximations you can come up with. With your background you're probably always going to see genders through the filter of male/female/other, but that doesn't mean that's the only way to see them. T... | There are only three genders | 1 | 2015-05-19T00:14:39 | 156 | 0 | 4Δ |
Think that even if it's 4 of you, the wedding dress has these advantages: - it's different to anything you'll ever wear again, enhancing he unique ess of the day. - the photos you take that day will be unmistakeable with any others later on in life. - other people that see those photos will immediately recognize the... | Spending money on a wedding dress hardly seems worth it if we’re having a small wedding. | 1 | 2014-08-14T16:37:18 | 31 | 22 | 26Δ |
I think you lost me at the statement, "...the relatively small differences between the parties." You basically have a choice between (1) science-denying, white, theocratic, union-hating, war-mongering, gun-loving, deficit-increasing, tax-on-the-rich slashing, anti-women's healthcare, torture-promoting, minority disenfr... | Both Republican and Democratic political parties are corrupt. They are two sides of the same coin. | 1 | 2016-02-15T06:11:25 | 179 | 3 | 4 |
The standard arguments, I am sure, you have already heard and considered. But maybe it might interest you to know that President Obama was going to apologize but the Japanese government stopped him. They did not want one. https://cablegatesearch.wikileaks.org/cable.php?id=09TOKYO2033 | USA was unjustified in bombing Japan to hasten the end of World War 2. The government of USA should apologize from the nation of Japan. | 0 | 2015-08-10T17:07:15 | 102 | 19 | 14Δ |
It is fairly clear that society will change drastically within any lifetime, but it's not necessarily in response to some major disaster. Look at the past 20 years. Such massive technology changes have lead to a completely different society. Obviously society changes over time. I think the debate lies in the length of ... | I believe that a catastrophic event that will change the face of humanity will occur in my lifetime. CMV. | 1 | 2013-08-15T20:45:17 | 48 | 2 | 1 |
Going a little out of order here, but: The gender identity in fact is irrelevant. I mean, I get what you're saying, but tell that to all the people trying to keep trans people out of bathrooms. Just telling people how you identify is enough to get people to treat you poorly, regardless of what you actually do or what y... | A person's gender identity or lack thereof is incredibly uninteresting and irrelevant | 1 | 2017-04-25T05:33:32 | 88 | 54 | 18 |
Unless they talk about making political moves based on those things, it really doesn't matter. I 100% disagree. What they **say** their policies will be is pretty much irrelevant to me. Because, in my experience, what they claim their policies will be turns out to be irrelevant - either because they're lying, or becaus... | Deciding on who to vote for based on a presidential candidate's personality or anything other than their policies is unintelligent. | 0 | 2016-07-20T18:15:45 | 48 | 1 | 7 |
Life is meaningless I mean, sure. We create meaning, but life is inherently meaningless. This isn't really the core of what you're arguing, though, so I'll focus on the claims you're making about life after secondary school ends. Previously human action was purposeful, if you didn't work you died or your children died.... | Life is meaningless in the modern world and as a result life ends after high school | 0 | 2017-06-14T10:32:38 | 100 | 19 | null |
It's just an example to motivate why there's resentment toward the 1% | The 1% is unfairly hated | 1 | 2016-12-28T09:27:37 | 86 | 3 | 3 |
If you're asking if Clinton would adhere to a platform that aligns with a Republican platform rather than a Democratic one, no. Will Clinton be okay with not getting any Supreme Court picks through, or would she try to pull a FDR? I refuse to hand our state back over to the Democrats and we have several cases in the l... | As a lifelong Republican opposed to Trump, I cannot vote Clinton | 0 | 2016-06-08T03:00:25 | 245 | 2 | null |
Yes, you can tell the support for Snowden by the myriad of changes that have been made by the people of the US to their gov't, their laws and their lives. Revolt is just around the corner....way down there... no not that corner the other corner way down there.... no farther..farther... wait for it. Ummm no, no revolt h... | The best thing for Snowden to do would be to return to the US | 1 | 2014-06-15T14:32:04 | 134 | 176 | null |
As a woman born and raised in the US, I just can't imagine voluntarily wearing something that symbolizes such oppression. Do you cover your breasts when you're lying on the beach or are in a pool? If so: why? Isn't it just like women who wear headscarves? You don't want that men are able to see your boobs, they don't w... | Women who voluntarily wear headscarves or hijabs for cultural/religious reasons are perpetuating sexism. | 0 | 2015-12-01T01:43:08 | 200 | 24 | null |
They aren't my go-to snack at home, but they're amazing in the car, especially for long drives. Once you can crack them, separate the shells, and eat the seeds without needing to use your hands, they're a life saver. The constant chewing forces you to stay alert at the wheel. Try that with any other snack for longer th... | Sunflower seeds are not worth eating | 0 | 2016-05-11T02:09:00 | 23 | 1 | 6 |
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