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If you are holding onto high value data, and there are people out there who want to get hold of it, I agree with you. Biometric passwords are all but useless. However, the average cracker is just looking for low hanging fruit, and a very large number of people will have very simple passwords, while a fingerprint passwo... | Biometric authentication is fundamentally insecure and should not be replacing passwords | 0 | 2015-12-24T02:51:45 | 51 | 7 | null |
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3072945/t/army-one-carries-high-price/#.VoAaa1KvJDo Figures vary from 30k to 350k in searches I've done, I chose a very middle ground. They aren't producing a product. They arent building railways or resurfacing roads. A very small percentage of the military (engineers) can do that, and they ... | From an economic perspective, conscription is a good thing. | 1 | 2015-12-27T19:16:47 | 35 | 5 | 1 |
So your view is changed? Awesome! It was an honor. | The 10th Amendment to the US Constitution means that federal laws with regard to health insurance, drug prohibition, and abortion legalization are illegal and should be left to the states | 1 | 2017-02-01T18:14:41 | 59 | 3 | 145 |
The bathroom policy seems a bit ridiculous, but the cell phone thing is absolutely not. The premise of your argument seems to use a "the customer is always right" mentality, but as some people have pointed out, this isn't the way the world works. You are not supposed to use your phone in movies and other events where t... | College professors should not be able to dictate rules of the classroom that go beyond normal procedure | 1 | 2016-04-13T17:06:56 | 73 | 20 | 1 |
Hi! Nice to see you again. Right, let's get to changing your view. The only problem I see with your view and how it relates to reddit is that reddit has to host the speech on its servers. You used letters to make a point, I'd like to use a similar example. Let's say I used FedEx, a private company, to deliver a message... | The idea that free speech doesn't apply to private entities is ridiculous | 0 | 2015-08-07T00:11:39 | 74 | 1 | 79 |
If that was the case, every woman would just go through with the pregnancy and give the child up for adoption to avoid the "unwanted child" scenario. | The Pro-Choice fixation on bodily autonomy is a smokescreen. The true underlying motivation is not to get stuck with unwanted children. | 0 | 2017-03-31T16:17:13 | 294 | 1 | 2 |
If the morality of a person's actions determine how acceptable it is to harm them, then shouldn't criminals be able to get lighter sentences by proving that their victim was of tarnished moral character themselves? | I believe the death penalty is appropriate. CMV. | 1 | 2013-07-25T05:50:55 | 77 | 2 | 5 |
I am assuming you have never been divorced, because a woman would still get half of the assets even if she is working and even if she is making more than her husband. The idea of the 50-50 split is not to compensate a woman who is not working, or who quit her job to support her family/husband so he could further his ca... | I don't feel bad for men who lose HALF of "their stuff" in a divorce. I think they are idiots and bear full responsibility for what was, in effect, a stupid business decision. | 0 | 2014-09-09T20:16:04 | 87 | 1 | null |
I'll put it this way: **Supreme Leader Donald Trump**. A dictatorship sounds like a good idea, if your side gets to be dictator. Because while you might view Republicans as stupid, there are nearly as many who view Democrats that way. The fact that you call them welfare queens kind of proves the point, considering the ... | The American political system is a huge failure. We need one person who has absolute power in order to advance. | 0 | 2015-11-04T21:02:42 | 156 | 3 | 12 |
You can't really say for sure that these three incidents would have definitely resulted in the deaths of everyone had the passengers not taken action. But let's do the math. We have 15 hijackings after 9/11 according to that page. 4 of them didn't just land safely, 1 crashed and with 3 the passengers took action. That'... | If an airplane is hijacked by terrorists, the only sensible behaviour in a post-9/11 world is for the passengers to attempt to subdue them | 1 | 2016-03-30T15:48:09 | 97 | 119 | 84 |
I have two points to contest: Subclaim: Anti-intellectual values are not taught in schools While I agree that teaching itself implies some intellectualism, what is taught and the style of instruction does discourage intellectualism in the form of independent thought. For example: - **Basic philosophical concepts and ... | The problem with the American educational system is a culture of anti-intellectualism | 1 | 2015-11-25T23:59:17 | 155 | 8 | 2 |
I dealt with a similar problem. Administrators at the school district made us jump through so many hoops that a bully would never get removed. Instead, they'd be on "behavior plans" and other rubbish. I think a far better solution than automatically expelling them would be to give teachers more autonomy in their classr... | I believe bullying should be an expelable offense at first evidence. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-15T03:38:15 | 55 | 1 | 2 |
Wouldn't our memories also be altered if reality was so changed? That is, f reality has retroactively set all references to *Berenstain*, from books and the Internet to author and publisher, wouldn't our memories be included in those references? | I believe the spelling of "Berenstain Bears" was always "Berenstein Bears" and we are now living in an alternate reality. | 1 | 2016-10-19T23:08:36 | 50 | 15 | 3 |
No, they should not be taught in high schools. By high school, a person should have a strong grasp on these ideas already. This should start in elementary and by high school it shouldn't be needed anymore because everyone should master it by the end of 8th grade. | Learning how to do your taxes, budgeting and finance, emergency medical training, and leadership skills should be required to be taught in high schools. | 0 | 2014-10-04T21:57:57 | 250 | 1 | 1 |
My father has a lung condition. On bad days, he can walk perfectly fine in 200 ft stretches. Then he need to rest and build up his oxygen. There is nothing wrong with his legs, back or anything else. OP, would you argue that my father and you are on the same level of ability and thus the rules should be the same? Woul... | When I see a Corvette (or similar) with a handicap license plate, parked in a handicapped spot, these words invariably cross my mind: If you regularly get in and out of a vehicle with bucket seats 6" off the ground, you're not handicapped. | 1 | 2014-08-24T04:29:04 | 94 | 75 | null |
I don't trust her as a president. You could always go on her voting record and platform. If you think she doesn't believe in her platform, how do we explain her liberal voting record? I would still rather stay true to my morals than vote for the "lesser of two evils". Considering the consequences of our actions is ... | As a democrat I hate Trump, and don't trust Hilary. I want to vote third party. | 1 | 2016-08-05T02:52:23 | 79 | 15 | 2 |
As long as we're talking just sort of dumb, and not something distinctly missing or messed up, you have to remember that intelligence is on a continuum (I'm going to ignore the multifaceted nature at the moment as it complicates things, but does not change the general principle.). A very dumb person is pretty smart com... | If I were born mentally retarded, I'd prefer to not be born at all. | 0 | 2014-06-27T05:59:31 | 274 | 1 | null |
Corporations exist to turn a profit. My problem with private prisons is that prisons should be run with the goal of rehibilitation not turning a profit. | the problem isn't *that* prisons are privatized, it's *how* prisons are privatized: all we need to do is restructure the contracts. | 0 | 2016-04-23T02:23:35 | 44 | 0 | null |
All of the metrics you use to decide that rock is no longer culturally relevant are defined by third parties, who would have a vested interest in making certain easily-produced genres be the forefront of "mainstream" music. | Rock music is no longer culturally relevant | 0 | 2015-08-02T23:09:22 | 78 | 1 | 10 |
Disclaimer: I'm an American and my perspective is very strongly libertarian. So while I can't comment on any specifics of the difference between British and EU law/policy, I do have some relevant views on the centralization of government generally. As a general premise, I think that the more centralized government powe... | The UK should remain part of the EU. | 0 | 2016-04-14T19:15:14 | 170 | -6 | 1 |
Although people can misuse the argument regarding privilege, the way it is discussed in an academic sense of the word is not an attempt to shame or belittle people. It is an attempt to acknowledge that there are structural advantages that some groups have, and that these advantages in and of themselves can end up shiel... | I believe anyone who uses "x privilege" in a discussion is a horrible person and a parasite on society. | 1 | 2014-04-14T05:00:24 | 460 | 1 | 4 |
I think robotics (AI and prosthetics) are just a middle step for us and won't last, therefore we are more likely to meet advanced organic life. As someone else said, a more advanced robot will become more and more like an organic life form as it increases in complexity and redundancy; it would be easier to just start w... | It is much more likely for humans to come into contact with alien robots than sentient organic life-forms. | 1 | 2015-05-30T05:46:30 | 221 | 20 | 2Δ |
Suicide is nearly always the result of mental health issues such as depression, or in response to severe abuse. Is it your view that people who suffer depression or abuse are victims? If so, the fact that nearly all suicides are a result of those conditions should change your view. | There is no such thing as "suicide victims". It is an oxymoron. | 1 | 2017-04-10T20:16:23 | 54 | 1 | 2 |
I have been waiting for this. One episode showcases very well why he shouldnt. The one where Peggy finds out. See she was in your shoes or the shoes any of us would be in: she is angry and wants Nancy to get her comeuppance because not only was it moral, but she sort of would enjoy seeing what would happen. Now, I am s... | Hank should have told Dale about his wife's affair with John Redcorn. | 0 | 2015-03-24T15:45:33 | 52 | 2 | null |
FYI there are some courses/schools that offer take-home exams. For instance, I had an advanced algorithms course where we were given 4 complex problems, and required to turn in the solutions a few days later. Using notes and class materials was fine, and we were trusted by honor not to try Googling the solution or gett... | I think university level testing should not be timed, at penalty to the test taker. CMV | 0 | 2013-12-07T03:54:51 | 101 | 7 | 5 |
This is a subject i have been thinking about a lot. I would have to agree that Ted Cruz scares me. He puts across a mega Church pastor vibe ( i could go into that more but i wont). The problem with trump is I don't think he is dumb. I don't think he believes half of what he says. I do believe he will want a second te... | I'd rather have Donald Trump as President than Ted Cruz | 0 | 2016-03-24T02:37:57 | 48 | 1 | null |
If people perceive you are shouting, they will perceive that you are out of control. Arguments are not always won by being 'right' (actually most arguments aren't about that at all) - they are about who can get their point of view accepted. Next time you are in argument - try a different technique. Be calm - not matter... | Raising your voice during arguments is fine (when there aren't, e.g. children around). | 1 | 2015-08-16T12:29:48 | 26 | 31 | 1 |
The problem with your plan comes down to the impact it will have on businesses. First profit is a concept that is difficult to nail down. There are a million ways to manipulate a company's profits (look at amazon which chooses to invest in itself instead of booking a profit). If you tried to cap company profits you wou... | I believe society can put a cap on company profit percentages without being communist. | 1 | 2014-10-31T15:45:04 | 45 | 2 | 16Δ |
Grass fed may be more resource intensive. But it involves *different* resources. Resources that have both have little other possible use and can offer multi-use opportunities for wildlife in ways that corn-fields cannot. The deforestation may an issues in some parts of the world but no one is cutting down forest for ra... | I believe that we should stop eating beef. CMV | 1 | 2013-05-07T01:58:21 | 140 | 2 | 2 |
As someone who had a similar awkward - cool transformation thanks to the PUA community there are two main problems. The first is from what I've seen TRP on reddit is often retarded. I look at posts there and they are insane to extremely negative. When you go on actual PUA forums like RSD's forum you see posts like "is ... | People keep dismissing TRP, but it's the best path to take for a man's self-improvement. | 0 | 2014-11-11T16:30:12 | 94 | 2 | null |
I think I already linked you a couple of studies in previous comments but sure. [Here is a neuroscience of language textbook](https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=OiL__xi--9QC&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=neuroscience+and+language+&ots=iGXNGOsuLn&sig=8AhVNB8ZmsT4yAMuJ8wPNZ43OV4#v=onepage&q=n... | Our superior ability to communicate with each other is the only thing separating us from other animals. | 1 | 2015-03-07T07:52:43 | 52 | 1 | 7Δ |
Despite being similar in many respects, these two games are a bit strange to compare, since they appeal for such different reasons. Skyrim is about presence (immersion) and grandeur. The beauty of the environments and the landscapes are meant to make you feel like you're really there. You're supposed to have a big, fre... | Fallout: New Vegas is better than TES: Skyrim | 1 | 2017-06-22T06:35:21 | 29 | 49 | 83 |
I can imagine the shelters that start doing this failing. There will be protests, threats from animal rights organizations, employees leaving because it doesn't feel right and donations that just stop coming in. It's risky and has a good chance of destroying the shelter. Euthanizing is supposed to be necessary, so peop... | If a dog shelter is having trouble adopting out a dog, they should humanely amputate one of the dog's legs. | 1 | 2016-09-09T20:41:42 | 28 | 10 | 6 |
Why do you need an AR-15 with 40 rounds? Wouldn't a 6-shot revolver suffice for a "trained," "responsible" gun owner? What is the rationale/justification seemingly always used by Texans for owning several of these highly lethal weapons? How is this position defensible simply under the 2nd Amendment, a document written ... | There is no reason for anyone to own handguns or other semi-automatic firearms, and we'd all be safer if they were restricted (USA). | 0 | 2015-12-10T19:04:06 | 222 | 0 | 2 |
Many people I've met are very unwilling to go outside their musical comfort zone. In particular, I've met lots of people who refuse to listen to hip-hop/rap and/or country (usually different people) Oh yeah that's me. It's because I have never heard a hip-hop, and or rap that sounds at least okay to me. I just don't li... | People who refuse to listen to certain genres of music are missing out | 0 | 2016-12-22T12:26:22 | 35 | 1 | 19 |
This CMV requires you to change your views on one category. A majority of the people who voted for Trump fall into what you call "The Incorrect Voter", yet you spend no time really letting us know why they're incorrect. It is my opinion that these people are just wrong. I believe the most successful countries, some I... | Trump voters basically fall into three categories. | 0 | 2017-03-27T22:47:53 | 143 | 3 | 2 |
I'm really not sure how to add to this. You yourself already gave an example of how bias in the industry keeps some women out (Belushi's comment). You've also been shown evidence in the form of a study that when people don't know who wrote a joke, they consider men and women about equally funny. It's entirely clear fr... | Women aren't as funny (successful as comedians) because they don't have to use humor to attract a mate. | 0 | 2015-02-19T00:20:45 | 359 | 2 | 89 |
I mean I do get what you're saying, but I do feel that knowledge is power. You will never have perfect knowledge of how a car was treated before you bought it. Maybe the owner never changed the oil until right before you bought it . Maybe that owner liked hitting bumps hard jut for fun or liked to rev the engine for no... | There is no good reason for the average person to ever buy a new car | 0 | 2015-05-14T04:32:00 | 34 | 3 | 32Δ |
What if someone goes and lives completely independently in the woods? Let's say they built their own shelter, hunted/planted their own food, and lived completely off the land without help from anyone else. Let's also say that this person did not contribute to society (for the sake of argument). Does this person deserve... | If able, people should have to contribute to society in order to have a comfortable life. | 1 | 2015-02-13T04:53:00 | 48 | 26 | 9 |
Believing that no gods exist is also a religion. Should everyone admit that that is wrong? | I believe that religion is wrong and everyone should just admit it. CMV | 0 | 2014-03-25T01:10:44 | 347 | -5 | null |
I'm going to go for a different take on this. For some jobs, social skills *are* the qualifications. Salesmen, managers, retail/food service, and many others are fields where the qualification for the job is having social skills. Other jobs have qualifications that *don't* include social skills to a great degree... mo... | Social skills are more useful than qualifications | 0 | 2016-03-11T23:21:46 | 26 | 2 | 173 |
Turkey controls the bosphorus strait, the single most important strait for a war with Russia, the principled reasons agaisnt Turkey being kicked out are made redundant by the bosphorus strait. | Turkey should be removed as a NATO Member State | 1 | 2017-04-29T16:24:08 | 83 | 394 | 10 |
Yet, even though, when all is said and done, it can be agreed that the Civil War was started because of slavery, not everyone who fought for the CSA agreed with slavery. And none of them is so well-known as being pro-CSA as the General of the Army of Northern Virginia, and later the entire forces of the Confederacy, Ro... | I think the Confederate flag should be banned from flying at any public or school related event. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-08T06:10:05 | 233 | 1 | 2 |
So I think this position has a lot of merit, but I do think there are some reasonable rebuttals, too. I will list a few. The first is that the primary argument against Pelosi is that *Republicans really hate her,* not that she has necessarily done anything wrong or that she's hated by her own party. I think there is a ... | Nancy Pelosi should retire from Congress for the benefit of her party. | 0 | 2017-06-21T23:59:07 | 186 | 8 | null |
Okay, to start: If all schools were free to attend then eventually, I predict all schools would become much more equal Why, exactly, is completely equal schooling good? Say you're a high-performing student in the US. You don't want Stanford and MIT to be like your local state school. You don't want to receive the same... | I believe that all schools in all stages of education should be free. CMV | 0 | 2013-08-18T22:38:59 | 445 | 7 | 2 |
The premise of my argument is this: I did not sign any social contract, and until I consent to such a thought, I hold no obligations to the society I am "in" at the time or the government that claims to represent them, simply because I have a natural right to decide to not give my consent to something or not. But you ... | I think that any theory defending social contract is false, and its advocates justify it primarily to legitimize their own power through government action. | 0 | 2014-10-14T00:21:54 | 221 | 2 | 5 |
Its interesting, that some view feminism as a movement that isn't just allowing women to be what they want, but telling them what they shouldn't be. Telling them to shun the idea that they need to be the primary caregiver of the family, and cook dinner, etc. I agree with you, to an extent. The feminist movement can be ... | Gender roles are ingrained in who we are, and dismissing them is causing societal discord. | 1 | 2016-07-11T18:04:15 | 97 | 4 | 4 |
I don't think anyone's carried out anything that specific, but empirically there are correlations between MBTI dimensions and things like [personality disorders](http://www.uccs.edu/Documents/dsegal/An-empirical-investigation-Jungs-types-and-PD-features-JPT-2.pdf) and the [Big Five](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science... | MBTI is Pseudoscience, and Deserves the Same Ridicule as Horoscopes | 1 | 2017-05-03T16:05:03 | 180 | 10 | 1 |
For mr snowden, returning to the USA would be the worst thing for him. When he arrives at the airport in the USA ( or possibly where ever us Marshals have any form of legitimate jurisdiction) he will be arrested. He will then become a ward of the state in federal prison. He will sit there for a few months in a minimu... | The best thing for Snowden to do would be to return to the US | 1 | 2014-06-15T15:48:34 | 134 | 10 | 3 |
Vulnerability to sunlight is a pretty major deal. What do you want immortality *for*? What is enjoyable about life? If you just like playing video games indoors, maybe it's a fine thing, but what if you like going camping? Have fun climbing Half Dome only in darkness. What if you like surfing? A lot of businesses are o... | Fiction that portrays vampires as burdened is off-base. For the most part, being a vampire would be awesome. | 0 | 2015-04-10T18:52:08 | 93 | 1 | 1 |
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left ... | people shouldn't speak on behalf of a demographic group to which they do not belong. | 1 | 2017-06-19T23:16:42 | 31 | 5 | 3 |
IANAL, but it seems UAL was not in a position to bump passengers in the first place. The flight was not oversold (employees would replace the passengers, not other customers), and the passengers had already boarded the plane. The [Refusal of Transport](https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/contract-of-carriage.aspx... | The ugly scene that played out on United 3411 was the fault of Chicago PD and the passenger himself, not the airline | 0 | 2017-04-12T18:39:43 | 57 | 2 | null |
I get and understand that Math is not your strong point, that's great and fine, however it is mine. I got my undergrad in Math and I am working on my Masters in Stats, but just because I don't see myself as needing reading or writing that does not mean that others feel the same way. My personal opinion of the SAT and A... | The SAT should not include trigonometry in their math section. | 1 | 2015-08-23T06:42:43 | 58 | 3 | 1 |
But working harder is part of your environment and can then change the outcome? | Intelligence is fixed at birth and there is no point in studying hard in high school to get good grades | 1 | 2014-12-15T03:13:41 | 35 | 6 | 3 |
Imagine you are in combat. It can get pretty tense, and then you decide you need to drink a potion or some shit. You hit i/esc/start to open up your inventory and everything just stops. All the tension of the battle is released every time you open your inventory. No matter what happens in combat, you always have a fall... | Opening your inventory in games should not freeze time | 0 | 2016-12-06T02:00:44 | 48 | 1 | 18 |
high intelligence leads to an increased rate of depression high intelligence is associated with drug addiction I assume that this would be because of the pressure put on some intelligent individuals to meet the high expectations of the people around them. When I say this, I'm primarily thinking of students but it does... | High intelligence is a negative trait | 0 | 2017-05-25T00:57:31 | 180 | 1 | null |
You're basically making Pascal's Wager, but the problem is...(trust me, there are PLENTY of things wrong with it, but I;m going to use a more unique twist on it) once you've recognized it, you've pretty much condemned yourself to hell. You sit there and weigh the good and the bad of belief vs non-belief and existence o... | Atheism is not a smart choice because you gain nothing by being right | 1 | 2014-10-21T04:48:28 | 96 | 2 | 1 |
It seems to me that the pursuit of procreation is a basic human right. Why not instead make birth control completely free for everyone and then have some kind of incentive for people to use it correctly until they reach a point in their lives when they are ready? Possibly a tax benefit for people who don't have childre... | I believe that birth control should be mandatory until you can prove that you can support a child, CMV | 1 | 2013-07-04T20:37:04 | 116 | 5 | 1 |
In my view, this is creating a norm, and unless you can glean or are otherwise told it's not okay, why frame it negatively? It's not that I want to frame it negatively, it's that setting boundaries and having them forcefully expended, or needing to enforce them consistently, is stressful for many people. It also decrea... | For salaried employees, it's a good thing to be able to take your work home with you (e.g., receive work e-mails on your phone, have the work laptop at home, etc.) | 1 | 2015-10-20T16:53:12 | 71 | 2 | 28 |
Guitar teacher here. You are definitely not taking into account what it is like to be a beginner with no prior music experience or natural aptitude. The difference between tab and standard notation is the difference between a new student being able to learn a song in their first lesson (not to mention being able to pra... | Guitarists reliance on understanding music visually through tablature and shapes is a crutch, isolates them musically, and stunts their musical growth. | 0 | 2016-02-19T04:47:25 | 126 | 9 | 2 |
Concerning **belief 4**, this is more of a tangential point: As long as women fight for privileges, their voices will be heard more than men's will for historical reasons. It is more likely that history has nothing to do with it but biology. Men have always been under greater evolutionary pressure to reproduce. The ma... | Gender equality will never be achieved because men will never be allowed to solve their problems | 0 | 2017-03-01T01:47:01 | 113 | 1 | 3 |
A second-hand market adds value to books, music, etc. A person might be more likely to buy a new $60 game, for example, if they understand they're buying something with resale value. You've probably justified a few purchases you wouldn't have otherwise made with the knowledge that you can get some of your money back la... | Buying used books/games/records is no better than pirating them. The original artist still doesn't get a cut. | 1 | 2015-11-27T15:43:48 | 43 | 6 | 27 |
Certainly. What I'm trying to do is compare the available password pool for each scheme. The bigger the pool of possible passwords, the harder it is to try all possible combinations to see if you've found the right one. All else being equal, the bigger the pool, the better the scheme. So, let's look at the "correct hor... | Websites should relax their password policies. (X-post GUE) | 1 | 2015-01-25T23:51:15 | 247 | 2 | 29 |
Like it or not, when you adopt there is a good chance you are getting "damaged goods". There's a reason that couples are willing to pay out the nose for a healthy baby, and grabbing a random baby from China isn't necessary going to work out. Yes, you could have an unhealthy baby naturally or through IVF, however when ... | I believe there is no good reason - other than vanity and narcissism - that an infertile couple should opt for IVF over adoption. Please CMV. | 0 | 2014-01-26T19:38:02 | 143 | 3 | 4 |
I like musicals. When I was little, I watched High School Musical and loved it. I sing, I dance I've only seen the first five minutes of it Its not about the music, its about a extremely interesting historical time period; and the music helps bridge the huge cultural gap. The book its based on is supposedly quite good,... | Les Miserables is Boring and I Will Gain Nothing From Watching It | 1 | 2015-05-07T01:43:35 | 33 | 12 | 22Δ |
So I would love to chime in with my two cents here, because the idea that we need to focus on our differences to *prevent* bigotry sounds kind of illogical. However, while trying to be blind to group differences works well in theory, it ends up sucking in practice for people in minority groups. So, why does a color/gen... | I believe that the way to ultimately defeat racism/sexism/bigotry is to build a society where identity categories don't matter. | 0 | 2017-02-28T08:01:13 | 103 | 9 | 15 |
An 80s movie that is good and still timeless is Trading Places. You could review Blues Brothers in the context of racial relations and an 80s time bridge to the 60s. Its a somewhat interesting aspect. It was responsible for some music revival. The point is that you can write a review in the context. If you think there ... | I believe movies on imdb with more than 20 - 30 years should not be open for rating, CMV | 0 | 2013-07-29T02:25:40 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
In my first post I tried to stick to fact. Here, I will veer into opinion- where reasonable people can disagree. In general I support action by the government to support "the people" (broadly speaking) against "the corporations" (broadly speaking). I think far too many people who say "just let the market sort it out" ... | Employers shouldn't pay for employees vacation time or sick days; if you're not at the jobsite working you shouldn't get paid | 1 | 2015-03-27T20:54:41 | 92 | 28 | 2Δ |
That doesn't really solve the problem just makes it a bit more complicated. There are proper mathematical solutions that remove all human judgment from drawing district lines. | To prevent gerrymandering we should require congressional districts to be convex. | 0 | 2017-02-22T22:31:19 | 107 | 1 | 31 |
To become a physician in the US, one has to 1) finish an undergraduate degree, 2) finish 4 years of medical school, and then 3) finish 3-10 years of residency at a fairly low pay (especially if calculated on an hourly basis). To become a teacher, one has to finish an undergraduate degree. An additional masters degree w... | Teachers should have a comparable salary to doctors | 1 | 2015-03-07T19:45:25 | 188 | 3 | 2 |
Donald Trump is, by challenging political correctness, changing the landscape of Western politics for the best. You mean Trump, who has revoked press credentials from an unprecedented number of papers who disagree with him? You mean Trump, who wants to change libel laws so that he can sue dissenters? You mean Trump, wh... | Win or lose, Donald Trump has positively altered the political landscape of the West. | 0 | 2016-09-27T08:07:49 | 40 | 31 | 7 |
Comparing death from guns to death from sugar or tobacco are different, because people choose to use sugar or tobacco (or choose not to use them), whereas somebody shooting you is not your choice. Furthermore, as somebody already said, the economical advantages of cars significantly outweigh those of not having cars. I... | Arguments in favor of increased gun control coming from the direction of "saving lives" are flawed | 1 | 2016-08-09T06:03:05 | 177 | 12 | 1 |
but that does not warrant discriminating against every individual in the group. Rather than looking at it as discrimination, I want to illustrate that it's part of an elaborate game. To try to change your view, I want to start with a casino. Ultimately, a casino is taking a risk with every bet it takes; it has to handl... | I think that charging different demographics different rates on car insurance is unjust. CMV. | 1 | 2013-06-07T04:54:30 | 40 | 1 | 3 |
I'm going to focus on suicides, where the data is clear. The data for homicides is more mixed. First of all, just eyeballing your own graph you can see a ~20% decrease in suicides since the mid-late 90s. And at that time only about 15-20% of suicides were by firearm. That appears to undermine your point. [Here](http://... | 1997 Gun Confiscation didn't work for Australia | 0 | 2016-02-01T20:41:20 | 153 | 20 | 1 |
One point you may not have considered: [your state legislators are responsible for redistricting](http://redistricting.lls.edu/states-IL.php) both state legislature and Congressional districts, which have a big influence on which party wins seats in Congress. You can look at the map of [Illinois Congressional District... | I vote Democrat in Federal elections and Republican in State and Local elections | 1 | 2015-04-04T17:02:35 | 65 | 16 | 20Δ |
All I'm going to say is that from my experience gay events don't lead to people thinking we're all promiscuous. In fact, in my experience, the gay community is a lot more promiscuous than most people believe. Grindr is a hell of a thing. | I'm gay but do not attend LGBT events because I don't believe integration is achieved through segregated events, and believe these events only perpetuate the idea that male homosexuals are promiscuous. | 0 | 2015-02-17T18:14:53 | 298 | 1 | null |
Well, first, define pornography. Are you talking strictly pornographic movies? What, specifically, defines a pornographic movie to you? Are you talking works of art, which have, both currently and in the past, been labeled as pornographic? Are you talking all genres, music included? It's a bit hard to change your view ... | Pornography should not be seen as art | 0 | 2015-09-08T00:21:15 | 42 | 1 | 4 |
It's an interesting question, but there is a huge difference between a $50,000 car and a $300,000 car in the luxury market. The difference is in the quality, design, and craftsmanship. It's like the difference between a cheap suit and a hand-tailored Savile Row suit; a five-star hotel and a Days Inn; or a cake from Wal... | I feel that high-end luxury cars (Bentley, Rolls Royce, etc.) are a complete and utter scam. CMV | 1 | 2013-09-03T06:09:29 | 55 | 1 | 1 |
Yes being rich is a privilege, so is being born beautiful, so is being born smart but in western society (and maybe even the world) the most important privilege is race. A black son born to a rich family could still be a victim of police brutality, could still be accused of rape, could still be denied real estate, cou... | The only relevant privilege in Western society is money. | 0 | 2017-03-04T06:42:16 | 310 | 1 | null |
You are trying to add science to one of the core religious viewpoints. In the eyes of the courts, ID is creationism. They are the same. You can make the argument that they are same from a religious perspective. That's totally fine. There is nothing at all wrong with personal religious beliefs. But, and here's the catch... | Intelligent Design and the Big Bang are not very different at their core. | 1 | 2014-07-25T10:50:15 | 149 | 2 | 32Δ |
Did your study simply take 100 females joining the marines and compare them to 400 males, or did it control for ability? I have no doubt that women are generally inferior to men in most military tasks. If you were to select women who scored the same as men, however, and put them in a unit with men, I bet you'd see no m... | Women should not be allowed in the US Marines | 0 | 2015-09-13T17:00:06 | 335 | 7 | null |
IT is the hype of the moment. Sure, IT is important but that does not mean that our society is "based on IT". What about biotechnology? material science? robotics? health? entrepreneurship? renewable energies? governance? development? Aren't those equally important? You sound like someone in 1900, at the height of the... | I feel like math, philosophy, first and second language and IT should be the only course taught to children until 4th grade. | 1 | 2015-03-26T17:16:26 | 46 | 3 | 4Δ |
Why stop at not working and paying taxes? If the US government is a force of evil, isn't there a moral responsibility to revolt entirely? | I believe that anybody working and paying taxes to the US government is supporting immoral actions and holds partial guilt. | 0 | 2016-12-25T19:01:35 | 97 | 3 | 7 |
Forget cruelty to animals. Cecil was arguably the most famous "thing" in Zimbabwe. This crime is more similar to blowing up the Washington monument (in a controlled demolition at night, with no bystanders harmed) than it is similar to cruelty to animals. The Washington monument is "just a rock" right? | It's just a lion and I see no reason to care. | 1 | 2015-07-30T20:18:38 | 568 | 466 | 12 |
Whether FPTP is "better" or "worse" obvious depends on what goal you are trying to achieve. I would argue that the goal of democracy is not representation, it's stability and checks and balances against extremism and oppression. Minority parties that appeal to extremes do *not* make a good democracy. They actually *sh... | [UK] The First Past the Post system is a farce; it creates unrepresentative governments and prevents more modern views from smaller parties from being heard. It must be abandoned. | 1 | 2015-08-11T19:36:32 | 159 | 4 | 112 |
So while I agree with you that overall, the arguments in favor of legalizing prostitution are better than the ones against it, maybe I can at least offer a couple of points. 1) Legalizing prostitution might have a negative affect on poor women (or men, let's keep this gender neutral). With such a readily available inco... | Not only should prostitution be legalized, but it's alarming that it isn't already. | 1 | 2015-07-09T22:53:04 | 373 | 292 | 1 |
It depends which component of it annoys you. Are you annoyed by the perceived attention-seeking component of the behavior or is it the fact that they're not "acting like real men" according to you ? And when you say "acting like a girl", are you talking about acting like a stereotypical drama queen teenager girl scream... | I can't stand flamboyant gay people. CMV | 0 | 2013-03-31T07:56:55 | 59 | 1 | null |
"but then would you say that something like the erotic statues of ancient cultures are more pornography than art?" That is a strange question if you substitute in something else you can see. "but then would you say that something like the video game The Last Of Us is more video game than art?" | Pornography should not be seen as art | 1 | 2015-09-07T21:45:12 | 42 | 1 | 8 |
I don't have a child. It sounds like you don't either. From what I gather, that makes a massive difference. You've birthed and prepared to raise an offspring for months - years - and while you and I can see this as an objectively arduous task with no light, a parent sees this as an arduous task *for their child*. You ... | I don't see the joy in raising a mental handicapped child CMV | 1 | 2014-03-13T15:52:37 | 330 | 294 | 2 |
I think you're making a fairly arbitrary and somewhat useless distinction between lying and telling selective truths. First of all, if you talked to any adult the way you're describing, and they found out the full truth later, they would absolutely accuse you of lying to them - and you'd have to be very pedantic to cla... | I think that when asked about something from a child (less than 10) we should try our best to not lie to them. | 1 | 2016-10-26T04:33:29 | 121 | 56 | 42 |
Different people have different hair types, and this can affect shampoo use. For example, I have an afro. If I don't pick out my hair every couple of days (minimum), it gets clumpy, frizzy, and generally looks awful. The thing is, my hair also gets really tangled, so the only way for me to brush and comb my hair is to ... | Shampoo and special body wash products are unnecessary. | 0 | 2015-07-10T14:25:25 | 30 | 3 | 3 |
I'm not exactly arguing against your point, but I'd take it even further and say that all people are racists and while some of us can restrain themselves from showing their racists thoughts openly, we cannot actually control ourselfs and will descriminate subconsciously. This argument is based on social psychological r... | We are all racists, but some of us can control it | 1 | 2016-11-14T20:03:15 | 156 | 10 | 1 |
I would say play the game more. I had a similar experience the first time I played, but I went back a few years later and the series has become probably my favorite ever. I'd need some information about your build to know why the game may be difficult. Which weapon are you using, where are you putting most of your poi... | Dark Souls isn't hard game, but rather creates illusion of difficulty with gimmicky controls and unbalanced gameplay | 0 | 2017-05-21T18:52:45 | 342 | 1 | null |
Making everyone more aware of rape does not stop rapists. In fact, spreading around the fact that 33% of women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime can be viewed by some that rape is okay because it is so prevalent in our society. So instead of fighting rape culture, making everyone hyper-aware of rape in fact ... | I believe rape alarmism harms men more than it helps women. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-20T15:52:47 | 70 | 18 | 1 |
Half of what country? Also, Ebola that 90% figure is the absolute high in countries with extremely poor medical care and infrastructure. The fatality rate of the current outbreak is around 60% while the fatality rate of ebola in the United States is currently 0%. No one has died from ebola in the United States. Killing... | The US Air Force should lock down West African airports by force. | 1 | 2014-10-01T07:46:11 | 89 | 3 | 28Δ |
You seem to be assuming that everyone knows the caloric content of everything that enters their body, and how much of that they burn, and chooses to consume too much because they can't resist. That's not true. Think how much bad nutritional information and "fatlogic" there is out there, in the media and online and from... | Fat acceptance is BS. | 1 | 2016-06-18T22:56:38 | 118 | 12 | 16 |
American Football is the most complex and strategic of all popular sports. While there is high levels of downtime, the plays that do occur are more explosive and eventful than in any other sport. Given the "play" nature of football, and downtime in between plays, each individual play is highly complex, more so that ... | American football, particularly the NFL, sucks and is boring | 1 | 2016-08-31T00:24:24 | 25 | 7 | 1 |
It becomes a problem when it's almost impossible for a person born to a parents with small income to move up to higher income. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/07/america-social-mobility-parents-income/399311/ | Income inequality is not a problem it's a result of natural consequences | 0 | 2016-02-18T20:18:44 | 39 | 6 | 101 |
I don't think that would be a bad idea at all. I'd love to have that assurance that the surgeon who is about to cut me open is not under the influence of anything that could impair his ability edit: you forgot the delta | There is no good reason to drug test any white collar worker | 1 | 2015-06-11T19:16:50 | 68 | 1 | null |
I personally do not want to risk seeing some man's penis when I'm using the bathroom. I also don't want a man in the next stall when I'm emptying my diva cup or changing a pad. It would be very uncomfortable. A lot of women feel the same way. Probably a lot of men do too. In places with unequal numbers of men and wome... | CMV - I don't really think bathrooms should be separated by gender. | 0 | 2014-11-08T03:09:46 | 175 | 4 | null |
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