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He has trained himself mentally to peaks most humans could only dream of. The idea that Batman's will is so shaky that killing the Joker would lend him to an unstoppable killing spree is ridiculous. There's an ocean of difference between mental strength and mental *health*. The fact alone that Bruce Wayne is willing to... | Batman's justification for not killing the Joker is illogical, irrational, and irresponsible | 0 | 2016-03-28T15:47:42 | 81 | 1 | 2 |
What do you mean by "unite"? By your context, you simply mean to peacefully get along. That is a much easier achievement and we've been well on our way toward that but have run into some problems. First, you need to understand why we run into these problems in the first place. The source of these problems is out innate... | The only way to unite all humanity is by creating a universally hated enemy (and this cannot be done) | 1 | 2017-05-16T05:56:19 | 81 | 5 | 18 |
[Live Science has this to say](http://www.livescience.com/32195-what-happens-if-you-eat-dog-food.html): If you just eat a little bit of dog food, probably nothing will happen. But you don't really know that for sure because dog food is not subjected to the same health and safety regulations that human food is required ... | I shouldn't stop my baby from eating dog food. | 0 | 2014-09-29T23:41:44 | 52 | 2 | 90Δ |
I think it's evidence that supports my position. "Edge cases" such as who started a fight are controversial. Those things are particularly vulnerable to biases. But the vast majority of the human experience is learned based on observation and facts, and these things are not controversial. What game were they playing? F... | Most people don't change their views based on facts and evidence. | 1 | 2017-01-17T08:08:18 | 209 | 1 | 2 |
I think the best argument that I've seen for not taxing churches is that if churches do not generate revenue directly for a government then that government does not have a strong incentive to encourage churches, and therefore it helps keep the relationship between church and state more neutral. If churches were a signi... | I think churches should pay taxes. | 1 | 2014-06-04T00:10:32 | 83 | 54 | 4 |
You seem to be implying that poor teachers are, in part, a result of teaching not being as respected/honored as it should be. My personal hypothesis is that the anti-intelectualism you describe is passed from the culture to the kids, and so they, generally, value education/teachers/school institutions/grades less, and ... | The problem with the American educational system is a culture of anti-intellectualism | 0 | 2015-11-26T07:55:08 | 155 | 1 | null |
My grasp of Roman history is not the greatest, but I've always seen the assassination as an oligraphy that's trying to maintain the status quo. Basically, the Senate was filled with patricians who didn't care about the needs of the common man, the plebian. The Senate didn't even represent the plebians. The plebians had... | On this date 2058 years ago, in an act of shocking betrayal, Brutus and his co-conspirators killed Julius Caesar. However I believe Brutus is more worthy of celebration than Caesar - CMV | 1 | 2014-03-15T21:19:37 | 73 | 30 | 5Δ |
They participate in a global capitalist economy in which the vast majority of natural resources and consumer goods manufacturing are done by severely undercompensated laborers in third-world countries. It's just to say that rich and poor in the world are connected and that some cannot be very wealthy without others be... | I consider the Nordic model the best socio-economic model to base a country around & the best compromise between the right and left | 1 | 2014-10-24T18:53:36 | 537 | 2 | 1 |
Strangely, I think your argument both proves and disproves itself at the same time. Because it's a matter of perspective of the people making the claims. To many people, 2016 may just have been pretty bad. I mean, David Bowie and Prince dying are huge if you're into music; moreso than any other year in memory. And if ... | There was nothing special about 2016, bad events happen and people die every year. The internet just exaggerates everything. | 0 | 2016-11-28T05:29:24 | 336 | 3 | 1 |
In the US, bail is not a debt that is owed. Instead, it is an invitation to provide collateral to guarantee that you will show up to your trial. If you show up, you get the ball money back. A bail bond is an agreement you take out with a private company. That company pledges to pay your bail, in exchange for a fee(whic... | Jailing someone for the inability to pay a bail bond is a form of debtors imprisonment and should be illegal | 1 | 2016-05-27T14:10:14 | 158 | 409 | 1 |
There is an objective difference between living a life full of mostly good times and fulfillment versus living a life full of pain, worry, and strife. The difference between these two states of being is profound for me and based on my experiences, it is profound for most people. It is highly preferable to experience jo... | Life is pointless because we die. | 0 | 2016-12-02T06:11:07 | 83 | 20 | 36 |
It's because you're too arrogant to find a proper argument against those people who use the x-privilege argument. They exist for a reason and just because you can't find a way to defend yourself doesn't make them wrong. Get over yourself. White, male, female-privilege exists and it should be discussed and not taken as ... | I believe anyone who uses "x privilege" in a discussion is a horrible person and a parasite on society. | 0 | 2014-04-14T03:10:42 | 460 | -5 | null |
Well, in comics I don't think this is really a discussion, it's a fictional work that isn't bound by any logic, we have numerous examples it defying it own rules, so it's kinda pointless to argue on that regard. It can be and it can not be, depends on the writer However, in the real world, a true omnipotent being could... | The word "Omnipotent" is never accurate, and is only as useful as the phrase "Strongest Currently Known". | 0 | 2016-11-21T15:17:25 | 30 | 2 | 16 |
Liberalism thrives in times of prosperity, right wing mentality thrives in times of competition. Donald Trump is a result of the great recession, rising global population, and declining American prosperity. The "worst" in people is what they will do to survive. Donald Trump is not the cause. | Donald Trump Brings Out the Worst in Almost Everyone | 1 | 2017-02-08T01:41:58 | 122 | 1 | 1 |
My only problem, which you have addressed in your post by saying Thor isn't really Thor, is that this fundamentally changes a pre-existing character. Make Spider-Man a woman? Cool. Make Iron Man a woman? Awesome. My problem is that Thor exists outside of Marvel's influence, and is decidedly male. As others have said, t... | I don't think that there's anything wrong with the new Thor being a woman | 0 | 2014-07-17T10:08:16 | 195 | 1 | null |
Popular social movements often find their ways onto easily accessible venues. There is a very important philosophical dialogue that exists around and about feminism. I think it is super important and worth exploring. However, it isn't always very accessible. The language can be difficult and the concepts can be high le... | 'Buzzfeed Feminism' does more harm to feminism than good. | 1 | 2015-02-17T02:25:27 | 57 | 13 | 2 |
I think that is a good reason not to have children too early, when you are still finding your own way in life, but once you are settled in a career (hopefully making a difference in the world), it's not necessary (or productive) to spend every waking minute dedicated to a singular job or mission. That may not be true f... | There is no unselfish reason to have biological children | 1 | 2015-03-24T20:23:49 | 295 | 1 | 2Δ |
Surely you recognize that devastating climate change is possible, in principle? Or that it's possible, in principle, for major collective-action problems to emerge that require significant public policy measures to avert well in advance? You lay out reasons to be skeptical that don't touch base with how the debate woul... | Global warming predictions are epistemologically flawed, and should not be the basis for public policy. | 0 | 2015-06-06T14:58:35 | 534 | 1 | 12Δ |
What morals can be taught only through religion? If a student does "not develop a strong moral or ethical center from their home environment," then I agree that the school would be a good place to work towards giving this student a moral/ethical center, but why is religion necessary for that? Morals and ethics can and ... | I Believe that Religion Should Be Taught In School | 0 | 2017-03-11T20:40:30 | 47 | 2 | null |
[Squibs are born to parents where at least one parent is a wizard] (http://web.archive.org/web/20120208051328/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=19) There is no evidence that we know of that says a wizard and a muggle are more likely to have a squib than a wizard and a witch. The only way to pr... | It Is Immoral for a Wizard to Reproduce with a Muggle. | 0 | 2017-05-09T22:42:02 | 116 | 3 | 31 |
Sex is solely determined by the sex chromosome, and there isn't anything else to it. Even before we get to the whole "man in a woman's body" thing, this is demonstrably not true. Your chromosomes only contain the instructions. I can buy a lego set with instructions on how to make a race car and end up with a space ship... | There is no such thing as a man born in a woman's body | 1 | 2014-07-25T12:23:03 | 418 | 1,054 | 127Δ |
Companies that provide demos are showing off a small portion of their game, usually the opening areas. They will be judged on these areas and those will drive sales not only for those who try the demos but elsewhere as well. In order to have a good demo, you need to provide the player with an incentive to purchase the ... | All video games should have playable demos | 0 | 2014-11-04T17:32:30 | 34 | 1 | 13 |
It's a far more complicated problem, many believe the party is too far gone to be saved. Others believe if enough people leave the party, the party will have to competitive to bring them back. There is no handbook on how to fix a broken political system. So saying they're right or wrong to not joining the party is kin... | Independents who want to change the Democratic party should join the party. | 1 | 2016-04-25T15:44:42 | 72 | 1 | 4 |
If you take a random person off the street and give them an order that they don't want to carry out, they are likely to object. They will say they don't want to, they will question the need for the order, they will refuse the order. With very few exceptions, that is absolutely unacceptable in the military. When I was i... | Military bootcamp is basically brainwashing. I don't belive it is needed, and frankly immoral. | 1 | 2014-09-17T02:05:22 | 58 | 13 | 82Δ |
All of your measures of "value" seem to value women as commodities. I would agree that this is true in most all societies. I'm not sure how that translates to anything useful for women, rather it promulgates increased rates of subjection, degradation, humiliation, body issues, etc., etc. Your idea of "value" seems ra... | I believe women are more valued than men in western society. CMV! | 1 | 2013-06-25T06:04:22 | 368 | 48 | 96Δ |
Apologies in advance for wall o' text: TL;DR @ the bottom Kind of divided. In general, I support the idea of more being on the states, but then you went and listed a bunch of things that pretty much have to be centralized. abortion, voter IDs, healthcare, education, and taxation Starting with voter IDs and the most obv... | Most of the issues in American politics should be taken care of by the states instead of the federal government. | 1 | 2015-02-03T10:13:36 | 91 | 1 | 2 |
Government regulation and insurance companies fuck up the free market. Let's also remember, that when talking about healthcare, it's not all emergency care. Yes, there needs to be a catchall system for heart attacks, etc., but the free market would lower the costs of preventative health care. We need to be able to go g... | I believe a private, market based healthcare system is superior to a tax payer funded one. CMV. | 0 | 2013-04-19T20:10:03 | 66 | 1 | null |
I think there are three issues which haven't been covered below yet.   1) Privacy for the everyday citizen. As we watch our privacy quickly disappear this is adding one more avenue for the government to have complete access to our lives. Many states don't currently allow recording of another party with audio w... | I think police officers should be required to wear body cameras | 0 | 2015-11-24T19:47:15 | 268 | 11 | null |
The first thing I would point out is that radical/extremist Islam as an ideology doesn't flourish *in spite* of Western intervention. It's a *response*. Western powers have meddled in North and West Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the rest of the middle east for the last two centuries. Things like [the Great Game](... | The West should fight Islamism by supporting the academic study of Islam and the religious education of Sheiks worldwide. | 0 | 2015-08-04T17:11:26 | 42 | 2 | 3 |
I'd challenge your view that it's "devolved", WikiLeaks has *always* been involved in editorializing content and pushing their own narrative. Despite the name, it's never really been a "wiki": the editors at WikiLeaks have always had tight control on what gets published and how. For example, their first release that re... | WikiLeaks has devolved into a political organization with an agenda beyond freedom of information | 1 | 2016-08-11T08:26:57 | 135 | 23 | 5 |
People don't want discourse for the most part. They want to hear their own views parroted back to them. Having a constructive discussion takes effort and changing your views can be difficult - people are lazy. The people who actually want discussions seek them out: like here on CMV. It does irk me that /r/politics a su... | Political subreddits are becoming echo chambers, and there should be a way for liberal posts to have a change on r/T_D, and conservative posts on r/politics | 0 | 2017-05-16T13:26:16 | 74 | 0 | 7 |
Why should I use fancy words that barely anyone understands if I'd get my message across faster by using normal, day-to-day language? Depends on who you are talking to. There are words that take much longer to explain to a person who doesn't know of that more esoteric word. I like philosophy and it's full of its own j... | I shouldn't learn more advanced vocabulary if barely anyone would understand me. | 0 | 2017-01-21T01:56:39 | 19 | 2 | 25 |
The few times I see them occupied, EVERY TIME, I see a completely able bodied person leave the car. As in both are legs made of meat that are fully functional. They have the handicap badge in the car but they don't seem to have any sort of physical ailment. this is a common theme, and it is incorrect. there are more di... | Cruel as it may seem, I do not see the point of handicapped parking spots. Based on what I have seen in my surroundings. I am actually willing to have my mind changed about this but hear me out first. | 0 | 2015-06-09T22:42:36 | 76 | 2 | null |
Even in the MCU, Cap just laid the smackdown on Tony Stark. In the ultimate comics he also absolutely demolishes Giant man in a similar fashion. Even without his leadership abilities, he is absolutely formidable. Also, keep in mind that he is the greatest soldier who ever lived, and basically tipped the scale of WW2 to... | Captain America is the worst avenger. | 0 | 2017-02-02T22:30:25 | 60 | 1 | null |
Well as long as cutting taxes is infinitely sustainable, what's the problem? Oh. They're not. We had a far better deal when WAGES went up, which IS infinitely sustainable and creates far more growth that a sliver of a sliver of your paycheck back. | Tax cuts can increase output in the economy | 0 | 2017-01-03T19:00:57 | 93 | 1 | null |
What we *shouldn't* have is discrimination. But since we DO have discrimination, we need to combat it. You said you don't think these groups should be denied housing, etc, so it seems you agree doing nothing is worse. do you have a proposal that you think works better than the current one? If you agree protected classe... | We shouldn't have any protected classes of people. | 1 | 2017-05-23T18:13:30 | 43 | 9 | 11 |
I'm glad that Mark Wahlberg has turned his life around. But what's the purpose of him getting a pardon from the government? It's not like he's serving a sentence. Does his criminal past prevent him from working? Doesn't seem like it. Mark Wahlberg should only be asking for personal forgiveness from his victims, that's ... | Mark Wahlberg doesn't deserve a pardon. | 0 | 2015-01-22T23:53:28 | 87 | 1 | null |
http://www.salon.com/2016/06/13/overcompensation_nation_its_time_to_admit_that_toxic_masculinity_drives_gun_violence/ http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/05/when-masculinity-fails-men/ This one's slightly different, but it raises related points: http://www.salon.com/2016/07/04/toxic_masculinity_doesnt_just_target_women_th... | In the western world, rape is not a problem relative to other violent crimes. | 1 | 2016-09-06T19:53:09 | 184 | 3 | 27 |
So it's transphobic to not want to date a trans person? Being "phobic" of something means you don't like something or are totally against a certain thing. Now I don't care much for trans people, they can do whatever they want I really don't care. So therefore I'm not transphobic. However because I'm not sexually attrac... | It is transphobic to categorically reject trans people as sexual/dating partners | 0 | 2017-07-05T19:51:23 | 129 | 1 | 1 |
But the whole equal wealth thing has been done before, and it sucked because the people in charge were corrupt as hell That wasn't the only reason the whole system went bad. The problem was that _everyone_ ended up getting corrupt - which is why equal pay for everyone doesn't work. Let's say that you and I are working ... | Our wealth and professions should be governed by socialist/communist robots. | 0 | 2016-03-16T20:24:10 | 22 | 2 | 13 |
I can think of one counterexample: rather than accept Lincoln's election, several Southern states declared their secession from the Union before he could be inaugurated. As far as I am aware, this is the only time in US history that any state or federal body has formally rejected an incoming president. That's what the ... | The fact that people are making a big deal about the "peaceful transition of power" is extremely alarming, and I think that the peaceful transition of power is something the US and other developed countries SHOULD take for granted. | 0 | 2017-01-22T15:47:20 | 54 | 2 | null |
Most of the time our base was attacked, it was by mortars or rockets fired by small Taliban teams. They would go into the nearby towns, force their way into someone's backyard, and fire five or six shots before disappearing by blending into the local population. Even though we had our mortar and artillery crews locked ... | Civilian gun ownership should be banned. | 1 | 2017-01-29T04:02:11 | 147 | 7 | null |
[US has been about equally split on abortion-on-demand issue and it doesn't seem to be changing](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/is-public-opinion-changing-on-abortion/), [while people generally support exceptions](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/07/yes-americans-strongly-support-legal-abortio... | A pro-life position with an exception for rape victims isn't realistically possible. | 1 | 2015-09-14T17:04:32 | 146 | 1 | 2 |
Most public schools in the United States and Canada are deeply underfunded This isn't really true. The United States public schools [spend more per student than almost any other country](http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2015/apr/21/jeb-bush/does-united-states-spend-more-student-most-countri/). The problem i... | Chalkboards in School Classrooms Are Wasted Prime Advertising Space | 1 | 2017-06-15T00:43:11 | 40 | 6 | 15 |
My argument is that almost every aspect of someones life can be used against him in terms of bias: religion (muslim), gender, sexual orientation, profession etc. And actually, it works both ways for the defendants. Imagine a man accusing a woman of sexual harassment in their work environment and the other way around. ... | It was right for a judge to order a neo-nazi's face tattoos to be covered to prevent Jury bias. | 1 | 2016-07-28T15:40:57 | 49 | 26 | 5 |
So then to you, trading card games are ABOUT being the richest kid? I don't play those types of games, but many games rely heavily on investment. Being a rich kid may just be a prerequisite for the game. At a certain level of money, you can't buy anything more that will help you play better. That is the level of money ... | I don't think trading card games are fair at all. | 1 | 2014-04-24T20:18:22 | 35 | 5 | 24Δ |
Given that maybe their children will be successful in life but from what I have seen, they most likely are not. That's exactly what the nobility said in the 17th century about the commoners, and you should hear what they said about the criminals, religious fundamentalists and nutcases they sent off to the colonies. How... | I am a strong believer in eugenics. | 1 | 2015-03-26T18:26:01 | 105 | 6 | 1Δ |
First I think it is worth saying that this is obviously an extreme situation where the guy is trying to prove a point about the ability of any common citizen to royally screw up the system by making these types of public information type requests. I do not know for sure, but I believe that many cities, states, the fede... | Police should be required to use dash cameras and wear body cameras at all times. | 1 | 2014-11-26T20:36:16 | 474 | 1 | 1 |
One thing to consider is that a growing body of evidence shows that [willpower is limited](http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/willpower-limited-resource.pdf). So, if a person has to spend all of their willpower on surviving in a crappy situation like working a bad job so they can feed their family, they will be less able to... | I think everyone who uses or cannot resist drugs/alcohol/tobacco... is weak and has no willpower. CMV. | 1 | 2014-01-02T17:29:48 | 24 | 11 | 2 |
I don't disagree with what your trying to say, but based on experience the assumption is that adults deserve more respect than children. Now whatever the adult does or doesn't do relative to a child will either bolster that assumption or defeat that assumption. Think of a basketball team two 2 guys. 1 guy has been with... | Adults and the elderly don't automatically deserve more respect than children | 0 | 2017-04-10T06:33:55 | 90 | 1 | null |
This is true, but your view is that we are all racists. You're suggesting that our factory zero setting is one of negative discrimination toward other races. That we have these biases at birth and we unlearn them later. I don't think this is true, because racism is cultural as you've suggested and culture is learnt as ... | We are all racists, but some of us can control it | 1 | 2016-11-14T18:14:04 | 156 | 50 | null |
Women, for whatever reason, just aren't interested in chess enough to have a large contingent of capable players. Think of it this way; if you take a small group (maybe 10 at a time) of random people and ask, "How good are you at chess?", you're most likely going to get a lot of "Well, I know how the pieces move" and ... | I see no reason why men's and women's chess are separate events. | 0 | 2014-06-23T01:58:13 | 658 | 3 | null |
Use verbal descriptions, use other paintings, use your imagination, use your skill. Why could a skilled artist draw a photograph-like image of Napoleon? For example,here, is a hyper-realistic sculpture not based on a photograph: http://www.madametussauds.com/wien/en/unserefiguren/historischepers%C3%B6nlichkeiten/napol... | Hyperrealistic paintings/drawings are vain, narcissistic, and pointless. | 1 | 2014-09-03T23:40:30 | 78 | 2 | 35Δ |
It is incorrect to say that education has not changed in the last 70 years. Numerous court cases such as Brown v. Board of Education and San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez have changed the extent to which schools are permitted to segregate and favor particular students. The Individuals with Disabiliti... | Education system is impossible to change. | 0 | 2017-04-25T22:24:18 | 43 | 1 | null |
Lawyer here! There's a lot to break down in this post, so let me know if I miss anything. Based on your comments, and with due respect, I'm going to assume you aren't a lawyer, so if it seems like I'm being condescending in explaining things you feel you already know I apologize in advance. I see her as a puppet to hug... | Hillary Clinton avoids criminal prosecution because of a corrupt FBI, and her presidency would be the epitome of a United States that is owned by corporations and foreign donors, and much of what she proposes is against our Constitution or a threat to national security. | 0 | 2016-08-10T18:06:56 | 407 | 83 | null |
With free access from first publication there would be very few Journals who could survive. This would effectively remove the peer review aspect of publication. Would you consider this trade-off worth it, or is there some other business model that you had in mind? | Taxpayer funded research should be freely available to any citizen upon first publication. | 1 | 2014-11-10T02:12:45 | 141 | 1 | 1 |
I mistakenly believed there was a rule against giving the OP of a thread a delta. I edited my post to add it. Do you think this would make up for the other restrictions in their lives? It's subjective, so no one could really say. You could just as well ask if having a less restricted life makes up for risking poverty, ... | Interstellar travel is unfair to the children born during the voyage | 1 | 2015-11-26T12:04:55 | 52 | 1 | null |
I wonder whether you are focusing too much on little details (yes, the Christian bakers who refused to bake a gay wedding cake are being heavily fined while Muslim bakers who refused to bake a gay wedding cake are not) and not enough on the big picture? Liberals aren't clamoring to eliminate all blue laws or hold schoo... | Islamic religious freedoms are more supported by Liberals than Christian religious freedoms. | 1 | 2015-11-09T14:46:14 | 45 | 9 | null |
While white people will never be able to understand what it means to be a minority I have to protest that first off. Why would a white person be unable to understand what it means to be a minority? White people have been a minority in the global sense for years. There are also many white people who live in majority non... | While white people will never be able to understand what it means to be a minority, that doesn't mean we cannot be critical of their actions. | 0 | 2015-08-14T20:45:00 | 142 | 1 | null |
I think you're trivializing what it means to be transgender when you use phrases like "they 'think' they're a man." AFAIK transgender people begin to feel like they are in the wrong body when they are still very young children, even before a complete understanding of gender occurs. This doesn't seem like a case of envi... | I do not believe that it is possible to change one's gender via surgery or any other method, and that transgender people remain their original sex despite all bodily modifications. CMV | 1 | 2013-12-18T01:28:17 | 73 | 5 | 1 |
I think abortion comes down to a person's own personal moral code, rather than debating over the definition of fetus. We kill people "acceptably" all the time, be they criminals, soldiers, or for something slightly more progressive, when euthanising the ill. While there are those that argue all of these cases are murde... | I believe that debate over abortion eventually comes down to whether a fetus is a person or not, cmv. | 1 | 2013-12-07T21:20:30 | 152 | 10 | 1 |
And arguably a well-justified fear. Can I assume you aren't disagreeing with their response -- censorship? Within the current context - absolutely. However if we as a society feel that a search engine cannot exist in a for-profit structure & must serve the public good then I would also be in favor of socializing se... | Liberals, particularly younger ones, are at least as intolerant as their conservative counterparts. | 1 | 2017-07-04T02:47:42 | 538 | 2 | 25 |
Christians believe God is omniscient. That removes all choice from all forms of decision making. Not at all. Most Christians very much believe in the idea of free will. God is quite clear in what the rules are, but you very much have a choice in whether or not you choose to follow them. Also, your correlation on secula... | Christians should morally support public welfare | 1 | 2017-05-16T17:39:34 | 134 | 4 | 125 |
Ununpentium and its ilk are not elements if they can't be found outside the lab, cannot exist as more than a few atoms at a time, or last more than a few microseconds. They are interesting experiments to be sure, but they are not new elements. Existing in nature isn't an aspect of the definition of element. Forgive me,... | Elements created in a lab that cannot exist in nature or in quantities greater than a few atoms for microseconds at a time have no place on the periodic table | 0 | 2015-06-17T21:19:02 | 88 | 15 | null |
This would punish people for whom life emergencies get in the way. | I believe that OPs in this subreddit should be banned if they ignore serious top-level replies to their posts. CMV. | 1 | 2013-05-15T12:53:40 | 42 | 2 | 2 |
If the argument over the definition of a word can't be settled by a dictionary, how can it be settled? Experts in the relevant field. Sociology in this case, and the idea that white people cant be victims of racism comes from sociological academic thought. * My second point is that regardless of how you define the word... | The argument of whether or not you can be racist toward white people is completely pointless. | 0 | 2015-12-01T05:50:31 | 376 | -2 | null |
Bitcoin cannot be printed like a traditional state-run currency. That's just one constitutional amendment away from being true in any country that wants it. I'm not an economist, but since this hasn't happened, I must assume that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. Bitcoin is more secure. I'm not completely famili... | Bitcoin is the future of money | 0 | 2014-04-05T10:47:36 | 45 | 1 | 21Δ |
In what way can a concept be a social construct if it has its roots in biology (in this case, sex differences) and is perpetuated by biology (the genetic tendency toward ingroup-outgroup distinction)? That's just ridiculously reductionist. Things can have both biological and social components. The existence of one does... | There are such things as 'social constructs' | 0 | 2017-05-16T17:38:52 | 72 | 3 | 47 |
But Businessmen...They study how money functions in a populated system. Actually, that sounds more like macroeconomics. Have you looked at a business course list? It's usually stuff like accounting, business law, some econ, ethics, management, marketing, technical writing, etc. Basically, it teaches people how to opera... | I think the study of business contributes little to nothing to the progression of society. | 0 | 2014-04-25T08:35:13 | 33 | 2 | 15 |
Entirely subjective. But I'll name 5 people I think are genuinely honest: 1. Ron Paul 2. Chris Christie 3. Bernie Sanders 4. Rudy Giuliani 5. Cory Booker (actually one of the reasons I thought of this was because I heard this story and thought "yeah... he's a good person) http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/stor... | There will never be a goodhearted, honest politician in our system. | 1 | 2015-06-29T21:59:05 | 32 | 1 | null |
there were something like 50,000 people living in the mexican territories when the US annexed them after the mexican american war. They were almost instantaneously overwhelmed by american settlers. Nearly 100,000 people arrived just in california by 1850, and 200,000 more would come in the next few years. Pretty much a... | People from parts of the US that were primarily colonized by Spain should be considered Hispanic. | 1 | 2015-09-11T06:16:05 | 61 | 1 | 3 |
1. I don't think other people's preference should matter. You may not like sitting next to someone who snores, whose overweight, who talks a lot. 2. I don't think kids can really play very well on a plane and even so, I don't think 4 year olds and up are much of a problem, it's infants that are usually the ones that ar... | Children under the age of 6 should be seated together in the same section on the airplane (together with their guardian(s)), at the back of the plane. | 0 | 2015-09-10T17:40:31 | 269 | 1 | null |
Sugar is sugar, it does not matter upon which vessel it journeys into your body on, sugar by any other mode of transportation would smell (and taste) as sweet. In a single medium-large apple, there are 20g of sugar (this is about 1.5 tbs). Now, the assumption with diet is that people are going to eat something sweet ev... | The sugars in natural fruits and fruit juices cannot possibly be bad for me. | 1 | 2014-10-29T15:33:23 | 62 | 9 | 2 |
I see that your view was changed already, but I'd like to respond. I think you are misusing the term "forced". A business is not forced to stay in business. They make the choice to advertise and sell their services to the public. If they advertise that they will sell some service for some amount, then that option shoul... | Why should small business owners have to server the LGBT community? | 0 | 2016-03-30T23:21:11 | 83 | 1 | 1 |
I have an android phone (because I think it's better than the iPhone for the reasons you mention), an iPad (because when I bought it 2.5 years ago it was way better than any android tablet) and have both a macbook and a PC. I grew up using PCs, but hate using them now and only do so when I specifically require my PC (w... | Apple computers are for old people and the technologically illiterate. Anybody else that using Apple products have bought into marketing. (Not just a fanboy, please read) | 0 | 2014-08-13T23:00:06 | 172 | 6 | 12 |
'Indoctrination' is a word that really just means 'education' but of course with very negative connotations. And whereas I fully agree that teaching children about religion is a very bad thing (as I believe that religion spreads some profound untruths about the nature of the universe) - I think everyone has the right t... | The fact that religions rely heavily on indoctrinating children proves they are lies. CMV | 0 | 2013-10-16T18:48:26 | 188 | 5 | 15 |
I think there would still be a place for strip clubs. There are different levels of sexual objectification and different people are morally comfortable with different amounts. One could have made essentially the same argument you're making by saying that Hooters shouldn't have been open when strip clubs were open, beca... | If brothels were legal then the 'by-the-book' strip clubs would go out of business. | 1 | 2015-06-15T22:10:00 | 34 | 29 | 3Δ |
The best thing I can say to change view... is to point out that the statistics in America simply establish clearly, that there is such a thing as (institutional) racism in america. That you may not have experienced it personally, is another matter. For example, * In 2009, the US census bureau established that despite... | I believe racism is all but dead in modern America CMV | 0 | 2013-12-02T12:59:42 | 47 | 1 | null |
Not healthcare providers but healthcare overall... Companies who manufacture and make pharmaceuticals would be forced to negotiate with every american at once... Which would drop transactions costs (lawyers and accountants) and increase the dollar per healthcare procured. Edit: http://www.statista.com/statistics/27457... | Bernie Sanders' healthcare plan is not realistic. | 1 | 2016-01-21T20:38:45 | 197 | 2 | 1 |
A message of truth is never wrong. There happens to be racist cops who have killed many black and Hispanic men. Were it were not true, many more white people would have been killed by police officers, which rarely ever happens. This is reality. The black lives matters movement is simply bringing attention to it. | Black Lives Matter's message that police are killing unarmed black people out of racism is wrong, dangerous, and divisive | 0 | 2016-07-09T19:30:31 | 887 | 0 | null |
Let me start by asking: If hes so dumb how come he won the election? He's a demagogue who just tells people what they want to hear is the usual responce, just like every other politician ever. If you want to see trump what he looks like when he's not shit posting on Twitter or doing controversial things to distract the... | President Trump really is as incompetent and narcissistic as he appears | 1 | 2017-02-14T07:29:28 | 45 | -2 | 2 |
at its core, the dichotomy centers around whether families and communities are capable of taking care of themselves or whether the government steps in. in short, socialism is essentially the government providing things families and maybe churches normally would. both are essentially useful, but it's impractical to try... | Right-wing views are basically selfish, and left-wing views are basically not. | 0 | 2015-07-08T19:40:58 | 692 | 1 | null |
There is a common myth that the UN created Israel. What actually happened was that the UN proposed two or more partition plans which were ultimately rejected. Britain then stated that they were pulling out and would no longer administer the area. The day after Britain ended its administration of the area, Israel declar... | The Jewish state of Israel has no right to exist and should be abolished ASAP. | 0 | 2017-04-27T01:32:58 | 46 | 5 | 1 |
Life sentence is supposed to be a moral alternative to death penalty. If a person was set free at 75 it would not function as alternative to death. | Inmates under the age of 75 should be automatically paroled as they usually are of no harm to others | 0 | 2016-04-12T14:47:58 | 88 | 16 | 113 |
Although I am not 100% sure about the last one, I just find it really "selfish" to have high school sex and have a completely available family to support a baby but you dont cuz "I dont wannna!!!!!" Maybe "I don't wanna" is code for "I'm not mature enough to handle raising this baby." There are young parents arrested a... | People should only be elegible to abortion during certain conditions | 1 | 2016-09-12T18:00:46 | 36 | 3 | 5 |
Is that a delta? :) Or is your argument strictly related to explicit monetary donations? | Corporations should not be allowed to donate money to politics. | 1 | 2016-06-16T17:00:13 | 482 | 4 | 2 |
In order for UBI to become unsustainable you need for there to be a small enough people making more than the UBI that taxing those people can't cover the UBI. However, we have people and corporations making millions of dollars a year. If anything UBI would probably increase tax revenue, as more money would be dispersed... | Universal basic income is unsustainable | 0 | 2017-06-22T22:46:12 | 44 | 1 | 19 |
What about his position at the forefront of the "birtherist" movement that claims that Barack Obama was not born in the United States? What about his choices for Cabinet, including white supremacist Steve Bannon as chief of staff? | Donald Trump is not racist towards black people. | 1 | 2017-01-29T22:22:25 | 188 | 43 | 26 |
Im curious why you specify male redditors in the title. Many college age women share similar views that, like those of their male counterparts generally change with age. | The negative view of children that most male redditors have is unhealthy and we need to stop encouraging it. | 0 | 2014-12-19T23:10:23 | 55 | 44 | 3 |
All end of world predictions or just religious/supernatural ones? I feel there are some compelling arguments predicting climate catastrophe, or an artificial intelligence takeover to name a few. These sorts of predictions have come from some very intelligent people, and are rooted in logic and (often) scientific conclu... | "End of the world" predictions are human hubris. | 0 | 2017-02-23T16:27:40 | 74 | 1 | 16 |
I'm not going to sit here and preach the amazing health miracle that is marijuana, because frankly I don't buy it. However I'm going to bust out the classic comparison to alcohol. If tomorrow they announced that alcohol was going to be made illegal, what would your response to that be? | Marijuana is dangerous and should not be legalized. | 1 | 2017-04-26T23:01:58 | 54 | 5 | 4 |
My wife and I actually struggle with this a bit. We don't give a *lot* away but we give away far more than average in both time and money. But we do struggle with the idea of are we really sacrificing? We have a nice lifestyle and do not suffer from wanting things. But at the same time if we didn't donate our money we'... | We should stop calling millionaires and billionaires who regularly give away relatively minuscule proportions of their wealth, "Generous." | 1 | 2014-07-21T16:46:04 | 337 | 161 | 20 |
I'll give you a few examples that I think demonstrate "value". 1. My friends and I get together on Sunday and watch a game. We order a pizza, grab a few beers, and enjoy each others' company for the afternoon while leaving ample downtime during commercials/halftime/postgame to talk about whatever. It might seem mundane... | I think sports are ridiculous and carry no real value. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-08T06:20:28 | 67 | 2 | 41Δ |
I don't think you need to change your view so much as "correct" it a little with some minor tweaks. First, "time is money" should really be "time is currency". It shouldn't be taken to mean that "time spend doing things that don't earn you money -- even future money -- are wasted". It is more basic than that: your time... | My mindset of "time is money" has made me miserable. | 0 | 2014-10-02T07:04:22 | 27 | 3 | 10 |
From what I understand, seeking psychiatric help is voluntary, and requires will on the side of the patient to decide whether he or she wants/needs to seek help. However, other medical illnesses aren't treated this way; if you go to the doctor for a routine check-up and your cholesterol is high, the doctor will attempt... | I think everyone should be screened and treated for depression as a matter of routine medical check-ups. | 1 | 2014-11-17T05:19:21 | 56 | 8 | 14 |
Many people live horribly difficult lives. Many people die at 15 from cancer that could not have been found earlier. There entire lives they were in pain and could never be normal. But very few of them commit suicide. In fact most terminally ill people who have nothing but suffering left keep on living. From this we ca... | I can't help but think that some children who are born with terminal birth defects would be better off euthanized, please CMV | 0 | 2013-11-13T15:34:04 | 191 | 286 | 20 |
I think its important to remember when reviewing history, that we not use modern notions of morality and hindsight to judge the actions of those in the past without understanding the context those decisions were made, which includes the morals and norms of the day, and the physical evidence they had available. Every ti... | 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. | 1 | 2015-08-10T19:27:51 | 102 | 3 | 2 |
Political Parties are essentially Unions for voters. It's collective bargaining for ideas, among people who share at least some core values. They don't need to agree with every position the Party takes because not every issue holds the same weight with every voter. | political parties bring nothing but problems to the political system, and only serve to divide people and make government slower. | 1 | 2016-12-20T09:10:28 | 47 | 93 | 9 |
No, he didn't let Katara go, but he also didn't let that get in the way of him being the Avatar. Korra and Asami literally go on Vaca at the end of the series, letting the human world deal with its own crazy political horseshit on its own, as well as, um, letting them all do their own repairs and prevent their own crim... | (SPOILERS) The finale of Legend of Korra completely devalued all of the titular character's previous development, and canonically wrapped up the series for fans in objectively the worst possible way. (long) | 1 | 2014-12-23T17:01:04 | 84 | 4 | 51 |
This was a great response, you have nothing to apologize for haha. You seem to be comfortable with abstract thinking so bear with me here. If you can offer a plausible and persuasive alternative to the reductive materialist null hypothesis that the causal interactions of the brain cause consciousness, I might be forced... | I believe that simulating a human brain on a computer will produce a being that has the experience of being alive, and that it would be wrong to create such a simulation if we are not going to give it all the rights and protectioms that any human being deserves. CMV | 1 | 2013-07-13T00:47:02 | 81 | 1 | 1 |
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