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I could take that argument to an absurd conclusion: everything you've said could also be said about people who simply don't want kids: assuming you're child-free, why would you not adopt? After all, isn't it a bit egoistic to not adopt while there are so many children out there in need of a loving parent? The key word... | It's egoistic if you want children but are unwilling to adopt. | 1 | 2017-06-28T17:51:30 | 82 | 2 | 2 |
It's discrimination based on sex. Is it OK to discriminate against a natural born male who takes testosterone? Or a natural born female who gets breast implants or wears skirts or takes estrogen? If we're discriminating against all people who wear skirts, that's one thing. But by discriminating against only people bor... | Transsexuals don't deserve legal protection from discrimination. | 1 | 2017-06-12T20:58:05 | 94 | 34 | 1 |
Well, as for me, I don't view non-sapient, non-companion, non-human animals as moral agents equal to humans. For me, they are resources, same as plants. They shouldn't be carelessly ravaged or wasted, of course, because that's unsustainable, but I don't see any issue with using them for their products. No more than I h... | It is wrong to eat meat unless other foods are scarce. The meat industry should end. | 0 | 2016-02-16T23:55:44 | 72 | 17 | null |
but for a select few, they're completely desensitized to the notion that violence is (usually) wrong, and that crime actually hurts people. How many "fuck the police" tags have popped up on walls? Its far too many artists have taken the "fuck the police" mentality and put it into their music. This is mostly a chicken/e... | I think that violent video games, violent music, and other forms of media that glorify violence DO contribute to real world violence. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-27T18:07:39 | 219 | 29 | 1 |
I'm not going to argue that a hijab is necessary, only that it's not inherently oppressive and that there can be legitimate reasons to wear it. The hijab does not determine if you are a good girl. I've seen so many girls who wear hijabs and wear tight jeans and so much make up and act "promiscuous" then act like Allahs... | The Hijab oppresses/is unnecessary for women | 0 | 2017-02-26T04:29:20 | 55 | 6 | 23 |
There are many reasons to be a vegetarian and not particularly care about animals. I personally am a vegetarian because I was raised as one and find meat to be disgusting, and I enjoy the health benefits of lower heart disease and a slimmer waistline. I have no real urge to be vegan, and whilst I would probably prefer ... | All vegetarians will either eventually become vegans or they are lying about how much they truly care for animals' welfare. | 0 | 2016-01-30T16:13:35 | 315 | 2 | null |
I think that your outlook on atheism, nihilism and naturalism is unnecessarily bleak. They are actually pretty amazing to think about if you have the right mental state. I learned about nihilism, atheism, existentialism, what happens after death, that we are just computers, emotions aren't real, just by-products of br... | I cannot return to "normal" after an existential crisis. | 0 | 2015-06-20T20:50:20 | 62 | 4 | 1 |
With some exceptions that you've already acknowledged, there might be a reasonable argument in favor of the generic *concept* of BBQ sauce, as a broad category of condiment. I.e. that for any (savory) food, it is possible to find something that we would call "BBQ sauce" that would improve that food. However, I think i... | Barbeque Sauce is a valid condiment to put on anything | 0 | 2015-06-19T22:52:35 | 65 | 2 | 96Δ |
Many feminists do believe in equality but the vocal few who give everyone else believe that men have it easy and women have it hard. The minority is looking to lower men and raise women for equality while most of the world is just trying to allow people to break their gender role (this includes men being stay-at-home d... | I think that if Feminists are so much about equality, they should rename themselves to Equalists, and should encourage healthy discussions with men and include men in their groups as well. They should also stop trying to change every word in the dictionary that has "man"/"men" in it. CMV | 0 | 2013-05-10T07:47:56 | 410 | 3 | null |
I would rather deal with the 28 Days Later zombies. Because they're not undead, the 28 Days Later zombies have a point where they'll pretty much just start dying on their own from starvation (which is like a month). So all you need is a reliable safe house and enough resources to last long enough - something you'll als... | I think, in zombie taxonomy, Walking Dead zombies would not be that hard to deal with once the post-apocalyptic dust settles. | 1 | 2015-10-30T16:25:48 | 237 | 239 | 68 |
Your point of view seems to be thus: 1) Zero experience with being bullied 2) Zero experience with being a bully From your experience you have come to the following conclusion: I just feel that bullying is one of those things that is self-correcting. and the way it works itself out is by bullies developing "a true, nat... | I don't think school bullying is a problem worth fighting. CMV | 1 | 2013-10-01T20:46:53 | 36 | 13 | 33 |
It is all about the cost vs. benefit. The cost of sterilizing space craft make up a small percent of the overall cost. Especially considering we need to make sure stuff like dust and microscopic particles don't damage the sensitive equipment anyways. I mean the last thing you want is to turn on your space craft for th... | Planetary Protection (the concept of protecting other planets from Earth life) is a flawed concept. | 1 | 2016-04-29T15:44:57 | 74 | 26 | 4 |
But it's a false distinction. Music weaves in and out of the movie, popping up at the appropriate moments. Similarly, the laughs on the laugh track aren't going continuously throughout the show; they pop up whenever a joke is made. | Laugh tracks in television shows are annoying and hide the show's flaws. | 1 | 2015-09-15T01:31:21 | 219 | 1 | 2 |
How would you calculate when there is no direct link from you to sales? For example, what would a doctor's commission be? How many patients he sees? Wouldn't he be motivated to just rush through everyone and get them to come back again? How about the President? He gets 0.1% of the GDP? Government workers in general? Wh... | I think that all employees should be paid (at least partially) on commission. CMV. | 1 | 2013-10-22T03:40:02 | 37 | 2 | 52 |
I know that your view has been changed, but i just wanted to share this http://www.animalvisuals.org/projects/data/1mc . Animals raised for food have to eat too. It takes around 13 pounds of grain to produce a single pound of beef, and that grain has to be harvested too. This study found that to produce a million calor... | I believe an ethical vegetarian or vegan diet is morally indefensible and delusional. | 1 | 2014-05-06T19:35:01 | 353 | 521 | 1 |
In this instance, yes. That would be the context behind "Pilsen is becoming less Latino" as an argument against gentrification. I think the important thing to realize is that, while Mexicans living in Pilsen may argue that they are losing their Mexican neighborhood, it's just as valid for someone who is not Mexican or ... | Fighting gentrification on the basis of "watering down minority communities" is in direct conflict with "valuing diverse communities." | 1 | 2016-08-23T19:56:57 | 225 | 19 | 9 |
I appreciate you giving a second thought to these issues, so please don't think I'm trying to be rude here, but: if it's "very hard to predict," then it's probably not a good idea to make outlandish claims like "Trump would eviscerate Clinton," right? | Donald Trump would eviscerate Hillary Clinton in a general election | 1 | 2016-03-01T00:55:33 | 86 | 3 | 2 |
Let's say we're running a sim of "Russia has done a covert invasion of Estonia a la Ukraine" and you need to get Germany on board to not veto invocation of NATO. And without NATO, you get a card come up on the screen that a lot more American troops are going to die in your planned operation. Going hard line just cost A... | Crisis simulations would be better than debates. | 1 | 2015-08-01T03:08:53 | 62 | 3 | null |
You're making the assertion that an individual owes society everything he owns and earns above a "comfortable living". Why? If you're holding a gun to someone's head telling them to be good, are they really good or oppressed? And why would anyone bother working if they knew a comfortable life would be given to them and... | Anyone who has the means to help the poor but does not do so is immoral. | 0 | 2016-06-23T01:35:17 | 66 | 1 | null |
This seems like a thing specific to you, rather than universal. I think it's due to your age, your minimal experience with romantic relationships, and the fact that you go to an all-boys school. I'm a lesbian. Nearly all of my friends are women. I'm also attracted to some of them. I'd probably date and/or fuck a few of... | The highest form of relationship between men and women doomed to be romance | 0 | 2014-12-29T20:51:30 | 32 | 1 | 6 |
Racial profiling creates more criminals by alienating a race. (This would be a very strong argument if someone can cite a study that can show this is true. I am having a hard time submitting the idea that seeing your race being targeted by a stereotype, your response is to go commit some more crime to reinforce that id... | I believe racial profiling works. CMV | 0 | 2013-07-23T20:06:53 | 237 | 1 | null |
The kind of people that would be impressed aren't the kind of people I would want around me anyway First impressions mean a lot and they undoubtedly are influenced by things like dress, physical fitness, and the other "primal" or "cheap" things you're categorizing. The role that these things play in society as a way fo... | Finding enjoyment in more "primal" outlets (working out, self-grooming, gossip, etc.) is a waste of time in today's world. | 0 | 2016-02-25T01:04:00 | 35 | 1 | null |
I'm curious what makes you think we aren't moving towards renewable energy. It's not like we can just flip a switch and have renewable power everywhere all of the sudden. There's a ton of research going into solar cells, nuclear power, and I assume the others. They're expensive because they're relatively new production... | If solar power comes from a source that lasts about 5 billions years, and oil resources last about 500 years from now, why aren't we moving towards solar power as a planet? | 1 | 2015-12-10T09:08:40 | 75 | 1 | 5 |
You are assuming that people always do what they want to do, but there is an exception - addiction. Addicts often do things they don't really want to do. What about a person who is physiologically addicted to giving to charity (similarly to how one can be addicted to gambling). Imagine a guy like this, but more extreme... | Altruism is self-serving. | 1 | 2014-07-15T02:48:43 | 53 | 1 | 49Δ |
I think it's completely rational. "It is illegal, therefore I will not do it", is certainly logical. It might not be your personal choice, but there is nothing irrational about it. What is irrational about this logic: * I believe that the world functions better with laws * The laws of my country were passed in accordan... | Refusing to try marijuana over the entirety of your lifetime (on principle) is irrational. | 1 | 2014-09-12T23:44:53 | 203 | 5 | 98Δ |
My logic is as follows; I, nor anyone else can claim to be or to feel like the opposite sex because one cant have that understanding, this goes for everything not just gender, just as equally I cannot claim I feel like a wolf or a rock etc. because that fundamental empathy just isn't there. Often the comparison is draw... | You are the Gender you were born as because it is impossible to have understanding of something of which you are not. | 0 | 2016-04-19T05:11:16 | 565 | 0 | 1 |
This isnt a racism issue it's an economical issue. So I'd like to change your view by having you reconsider the racist aspect. Most people aren't pissed that people of another ethnicity are making their products because they hate that culture, they're mad they potential american jobs are being outsourced to people will... | Insisting that your company/product is "American-made" is inherently racist. | 1 | 2016-08-29T20:09:41 | 52 | 1 | 1 |
I found that while rich kids tend to do better, rich blacks are outscored by poor whites so the gap is much larger than can be explained by income [1] "Rich-ness" is more accurately defined by "wealth" and not "income". Wealth includes not only generational money and property, but also both parental wisdom as well as s... | The races aren't equal. | 1 | 2017-03-22T10:01:42 | 248 | 1 | 6 |
This is somewhat similar to the notion that people have that crime is becoming an even huger problem in the United States. In fact, crime has been decreasing more or less continuously since 1990, in spite of the increasing hysteria about it that started near the same time. That's not because crime is increasing, it's b... | I almost never complain about food in a restaurant for fear of retaliation | 1 | 2014-10-02T03:00:46 | 142 | 16 | 90Δ |
Ohh I see where you're coming from now. I never thought from a perspective of redefining success-- I was thinking mainly of the whole "get a job right out of college" plan. ∆ because I do agree that once they better alter their path and put their skill set to use, they can find success | I am over 10 years out of college and have a great career. I have a hard time accepting that a driven, intelligent person would fail in finding success. | 1 | 2015-07-04T01:08:20 | 62 | 2 | 3 |
I think you make some good points. I actually had no idea it had a gasoline engine too! I thought it was all electric and limited to like 200 miles without a charge. GM just doesn't seem to like electric cars. | With Better Marketing, The Chevy Volt Would be the Most Popular Car in America | 0 | 2014-12-09T20:48:35 | 96 | 6 | null |
Being introverted-extroverted is a spectrum that describes how you recharge your "emotional batteries" with most people clustered toward the middle of said spectrum and the population split roughly in half at the dividing point of the spectrum (as it is with most spectrums.) Introverts gain energy by being alone or wit... | I believe social interactions are overrated and a person could live just fine seeing people once a year or once in a decade or only when they go get their supplies. | 1 | 2016-08-03T19:01:35 | 40 | 3 | 51 |
I am taking the position that if one disorder should be treated by mutilating and/or restructuring part of the body You started out with mutilating, and then tried to sneak in "restructuring" as if they were at all similar. If you are born with a horrible deformity, would you still oppose "restructuring"? Generally th... | Gender dysphoria should be treated the same as body integrity identity disorder | 0 | 2015-10-01T21:59:04 | 56 | 13 | 40 |
The issue I see is that for the issues a president might face, a simulation won't really help. This is because for the most part it's not a question of "can the candidate perform a task?" It's a question of "what will happen if they do?" Consider the following possible scenarios: Republican and democratic candidates ho... | Crisis simulations would be better than debates. | 0 | 2015-08-01T03:24:56 | 62 | 1 | 51 |
The "liquid luck" potion My best argument about that is that it's really hard to brew and toxic if not made correctly. Time turners Hermione gets it so she can study more subjects. We know of that one and we know that there is a shit ton of them in the Ministry of Magic. I don't think they're that easy to make and I do... | Harry Potter is actually made fairly poorly and often doesn't make logical sense | 0 | 2017-05-16T00:19:32 | 93 | 2 | 2 |
In that specific example, no, you wouldn't want to count on not getting cancer. Lung cancer only kills 1/7 of people who smoke two packs a day or more, so if there were 15 people in your family, you should expect a 10% ( (6/7)^15 * 100) chance of none of them dying of lung cancer anyway - so if people thought it was OK... | I like anecdotal evidence. | 1 | 2015-08-27T07:09:23 | 54 | 4 | 1 |
All this being said, I still want to embrace the Libertarians. Please CMV. Well this seems positive :). As a disillusioned citizen, fed up with the antics of Republicans and Democrats alike, I embraced the Libertarian movement during the last Presidential election. Granted, my enthusiasm for Libertarinanism was fueled... | I believe that Libertarians have no idea how their dogma, especially the "non-aggression principle" would actually work in a real society. Please CMV! | 0 | 2013-08-13T23:17:22 | 96 | 2 | null |
If you move into an apartment building, lolwhocares. If you move into the country you've got a ton of people who have a new neighbor that they wanna get to know and everything. Even if you abstain from social interaction, you become "that weird neighbor that abstains from social interaction." This isn't necessarily so... | City life is hugely preferable to country/small town life | 1 | 2015-07-15T21:21:51 | 26 | 2 | 8 |
So here's my problem with this. I have lots of conversations with people who are doggedly insistent that they have a great deal of education on a given matter, and yet say things that I believe to be entirely misinformed. On occasion, I can make it apparent to the person I'm talking to that s/he is totally wrong and ne... | I think that if you are not informed beyond the basics on a topic your opinion is not valid and should have no weight. CMV | 0 | 2013-05-03T21:15:58 | 40 | 8 | null |
Recently I have been looking into Jordan Peterson and his rejection to address his students by their preferred personal pronouns, and I cannot see a single reason to for him to do so. Jordan Peterson has a simple reason for doing this that you are not considering: self-aggrandizement and financial gain. Dr. Peterson's ... | Refusing to use someone's preferred pronouns (within reason) is being pointlessly combative | 1 | 2017-06-13T23:24:34 | 166 | -1 | 22 |
-There will always be limited resources and people will always not want to divide them equally. -As cool robots start replacing more people making things, more businesses will realize this is a valid business model and will try to hire more people to make cooler robots that make things rather than hire more people to m... | There will be a point soon when unskilled workers will no longer be required for industry to profit. At that time, every unskilled worker will just get to kick back and drink piña coladas until forever, and robots will do all the work while corporations will happily share the bounty. | 0 | 2015-11-21T07:07:07 | 32 | 1 | 3 |
Headcanon: OP can teleport and is pre-empting attacks on his alter ego by trying to convince us that he isn't a threat. In all seriousness, it would be relatively easy to avoid the second issue of going public. Some people might not have very many family members or weak points to begin with (think Batman), and some mig... | Teleportation would be an very overrated superpower in our world | 1 | 2015-10-24T19:41:49 | 317 | 13 | 3 |
The condition is "if these two premises are true, then this is the answer", in the manner of a metatheory. I contend that those premises are default positions You mean you claim that about the materialism premise. The other ones aren't really premises of anything so much as a they are categorizations (x is a prototype,... | Philosophical questions become trivial when dissected. CMV. | 1 | 2013-06-19T16:56:54 | 58 | 4 | 54 |
If the religious aspect of "bless you" bothers you, you could always say something like "Gesundheit" , which is also a common response. It's not necessarily a choice between "bless you" or saying nothing. | Bleasing people after they sneeze is an outdated practice and should be stopped. | 1 | 2016-11-20T23:13:17 | 29 | 4 | 160 |
I don't know about other countries but in Sweden libraries have to pay the author a fee for every time a book is borrowed | I believe anyone who supports libraries has no grounds to oppose filesharing. CMV | 0 | 2013-08-18T14:49:23 | 468 | 1 | null |
But who chooses the panel? And how do you *scientifically* decide whether abortion should be allowed, gays should marry, or Iraq should be invaded? | I believe we should be governed by specifically trained scientists, CMV | 1 | 2013-12-09T17:27:43 | 202 | 31 | 103Δ |
Very seldom do I find games that hook me on the demo or, upon buying it, give me a good or accurate impression of what the game holds in store. I don't think a demo is as accurate an indicator of the quality of a game as, say, peer or professional reviews and opinions, which are already available and free for all to ac... | All video games should have playable demos | 1 | 2014-11-04T01:51:15 | 34 | 3 | 27 |
looking at these leaked photos As you should probably know if you were around that subreddit, people there did *much* more than just look - they rehosted, mirrored, redistrubuted, etc those photos in addition to literally *bragging* about masturbating to them. That's a whole lot worse than 'just looking'. But I don't ... | While those involved in originally leaking the celeb photos clearly invaded privacy, the same can't be said about those simply viewing the photos | 0 | 2014-09-03T19:32:14 | 38 | 8 | 16 |
Also worth noting that a good amount of homeless people struggle with addiction but are unable to get help for it and, therefore, feel like they must spend their money on drugs/alcohol/etc | I do not see a reason to give homeless people money who is smoking or drinking | 0 | 2017-01-05T05:15:00 | 39 | 1 | null |
P1 Murder is worse, since we (rational humans) would wish all cases of murder were only cases of attempted murder. P2 There are a couple ways for a murder to only be attempted: bad murderer, changed mind during the act before any harm (due to emotional issues, or personal issue resolved before murder happens). P3 Motiv... | murder and attempted murder should be the same crime and charged the same. | 0 | 2015-12-02T02:01:28 | 95 | 0 | null |
A lot of people don't change their minds on the spot and do a complete 180, but people are swayed by things like debates and discussions. How many atheists do you know that were religious at some point in their life? Or even devoutly religious? Something like a debate might not turn someone, but it can spark an interna... | I think debating religion is a fun game, but ultimately pointless. | 0 | 2016-04-08T22:35:51 | 139 | 2 | 1 |
Most if not all of the "scientific" data promulgating these hysteric hypotheses about humanity dooming the planet lack (legitimate) consensus and are overblown; moreover, many of the institutions and individuals who stridently insist upon the allegedly "indisputable" veracity of these hypotheses monetarily benefit from... | Earth is too environmentally damaged for me to have children. It's wrong to subject children to this planet as it becomes poisoned. Since overpopulation causes environmental problems, it's irresponsible to create more people who will pollute and strain Earth's dwindling resources. CMV. | 1 | 2013-07-26T05:07:31 | 192 | 4 | 1 |
"Isn't it vastly more likely that we have misunderstood some basic fact ... ?" Well, we already know that our current model of physics is wrong at some point (see the attempt at creating the M-theory; quantum mechanics and general relativity produce bonkers results when used together). And we already admit that we do n... | I believe dark matter and dark energy are bunk. CMV | 0 | 2013-08-07T03:37:04 | 69 | 18 | null |
I know this has been tackled already, but one thing stuck out to me: I understand that there is a very real and well documented psychological benefit to working out and being physically active, but to me that seems "cheap", like I'm making my body happy at any time in the same way you can make a dog happy at any time ... | Finding enjoyment in more "primal" outlets (working out, self-grooming, gossip, etc.) is a waste of time in today's world. | 0 | 2016-02-24T20:57:36 | 35 | 1 | 2 |
These "corroborations" don't really mean much, since they all are either non-credible, explainable, or simply mis-interpreted. Your first source is heavily biased, and basically first arrives at the conclusion that 9/11 was a controlled demolition, and then finds evidence to support it. This is how most conspiracy theo... | On 9/11/2001, controlled demolitions brought down the World Trade Center buildings, not commercial airplanes. | 0 | 2016-04-26T04:02:55 | 149 | 2 | null |
So, teleportation is definitely my favorite of all possible super powers. Ideally if I got to pick anything I'd want the cleansed *saidin* from *The Wheel of Time,* since it includes teleportation, portals, and all kinds of useful powers. But let's just focus on teleportation. First let's lay some ground rules so we're... | Teleportation would be an very overrated superpower in our world | 0 | 2015-10-24T20:16:32 | 317 | 27 | 2 |
The best way of explaining this, is that Mormons are to Christians what Christians are to Jews: They branched off and added another holy text in the religion. The Book of Mormon is enough to separate LDS from mainstream Christianity, and place it as it's own religion that exists as an offshoot of Christianity. | Mormons are Christians, and any definition of Christianity that excludes them is problematic in some way. | 0 | 2016-04-08T06:48:33 | 89 | 3 | 18 |
The majority of Americans don't actually care about their privacy. Actually people do care about their privacy. It's just that they feel powerless to do anything about it: The likes of Google et al would have you believe that this is a willing exchange, that users are happy to make a small sacrifice to gain access to ... | The majority of Americans don't actually care about their privacy. | 1 | 2017-04-06T00:31:08 | 42 | 2 | 35 |
That they would have done the same if they were following any other ideology. Yet again, why do those religions happen to be the ideology used the most in those cases? 1) Plenty of non-religious ideologies have been responsible for evil as well. People who are evil or crave power (which tends to make people evil),will ... | Abrahamic Religions are generally evil | 0 | 2017-05-17T15:52:18 | 75 | 1 | 2 |
One person saying, "no, I won't buy that" isn't enough to affect the demand. This is rather blatantly fallacious for a number of reasons. There are currently millions of vegetarians, so are you going to honestly propose to me that if every one of those individuals all of a sudden accepted your reasoning here and start... | I believe vegans and vegetarians who choose their diets for ethical reasons rather than simple taste or health reasons are irrational and misinformed. CMV. | 0 | 2013-12-26T19:56:13 | 49 | 106 | 54 |
What am I not seeing? The fact that there is a specific judicial analysis involved for different classifications under the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection ("E/P") clause. It's not simply "Oh, well, this law discriminates or is unequal in some way so phhhhbbtt." Then we wouldn't have any laws, which might be more inte... | I think the DOMA ruling today was badly decided. You cannot draw the connection from equal protection under the law to the unconstitutionality of a uniform definition of marriage. CMV | 1 | 2013-06-27T08:08:51 | 39 | 5 | 63Δ |
The exact same reason I can't "refuse service to anyone" for being black, Mexican, female, etc. | Why should small business owners have to server the LGBT community? | 0 | 2016-03-30T21:38:28 | 83 | 7 | null |
So, I've attempted to clear up your misunderstanding my position as being in favor of "empty accusation" by directly quoting one of the first lines in it explaining my process for "calling out", and you insist on making your point dismissing empty accusations. The proper way to say this would include some acceptance of... | Calling out fallacious arguments rarely provides a positive effect, but must occur. | 1 | 2017-04-17T22:09:02 | 80 | 5 | 138 |
There is just way too much hate on feminism these days. I don't see any problem with that. Ideologies ~~aren't~~ shouldn't be protected from scrutiny. Feminism was formed to create a harmonious environment for men and women. That's completely uninformed. Just look at the vilification of men that feminists have been sp... | Feminism Is Being Given Way Too Much Hate Than It Deserves | 0 | 2017-04-05T17:57:08 | 152 | 2 | 3 |
While simulating a human brain on a computer might be like birthing a human child. It has to experience things and learn, otherwise it wouldn't really be "human". It may learn things faster but without the process of learning the computer-brain would just be another computer being told what to do by a pre-determined pr... | 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 | 0 | 2013-07-12T11:18:03 | 81 | 1 | null |
First post on CMV, but US Constitutional Construction Theory is something I love, so thought I'd give it a try. Please note my entire comment will be pretty much based on US jurisprudence, as that is where my knowledge lies. The whole debate in the US about what the Founding Fathers would think of the world now just s... | I don't think we should really care what the original writers of a constitution thought. CMV | 1 | 2014-01-05T04:24:05 | 123 | 1 | 1 |
It's easier to avoid seeing yourself as responsible for your decisions I would consider myself religious, but this is not at all how I think. I believe that I have free will and that I am fully responsible for my decisions. If I decide to drive drunk and kill someone that is my fault. I made that decision and I am resp... | Highly religious people are unfit to hold public office | 0 | 2016-11-20T19:50:12 | 112 | 9 | 20 |
I personally don't think one can be so guilty as to recieve periminant punihment, acid attacks, execution, mutilation etc. Also if the state was to act in the same way they are just as bad as the criminal. | The punishment should fit the crime. | 0 | 2017-03-08T00:55:32 | 61 | 1 | 7 |
You should not ignore the opinions of people you dislike, because they may provide avenues of thought that are different than yours and frame problems in a way you may not have thought of without a radically different perspective. So what they said libtard or sheeple? That does not make what they are saying any more or... | I think that anyone who uses terms like "sheeple", "libtard", or others throughout the left-right spectrum has opinions not worth reading or considering. CMV. | 0 | 2013-06-24T22:14:46 | 99 | 7 | 23 |
When a woman chooses to have an abortion, there is no longer a child to support. If a man chooses to sign away parental rights, there is still a child to support. The decisions should not be treated as equal because the results are not equal. | If abortions can be unilateral, then unmarried men should be able to sign away all parental rights & financial responsibilities for their unborn child | 0 | 2016-11-20T01:27:18 | 179 | 6 | null |
'REAL' grammar is the deep rules that make our language intelligible I agree with this part, the purpose of grammar is indeed to ensure we can understand each other when we talk. There is no central authority, so if someone were to write "color" and a "grammar nazi" would correct them saying "nu'uh, it's spelled colour... | The people who complain about bad grammar online are wrong | 0 | 2017-06-04T16:15:02 | 64 | 2 | 6 |
You may say you want us to change your view, but you aren't being honest with us or more probably with yourself on what it is you're really concerned with. You want control. You don't want children, you want robots. Children are not robots. Robots are programmed by their creator to respond very narrowly to specific s... | There is no point in having kids if you can't ensure they'll share your values. | 0 | 2016-03-05T19:16:38 | 104 | 2 | null |
It takes a great deal of privilege -- education, time, money -- to become politically sophisticated. Limiting the vote to the politically sophisticated would effectively squelch the interests of those who are not so privileged living on the lower end of the socio-economic spectrum. But their interests shouldn't be un/u... | I don't think everybody deserves the right to vote. | 1 | 2016-02-24T16:08:09 | 108 | 7 | 5 |
when sports like Cricket, Bowling, and Chess are not in it which are all really popular, perhaps even more so than shooting. I don't have solid numbers, but it seems like shooting is far more popular than those. It may be a regional or cultural thing, but most people I know regard bowling as a thing to do with a group ... | Shooting should not be a sport in the Olympics | 0 | 2016-08-08T02:41:35 | 30 | 1 | 71 |
As a person accused of a crime you are not entitled to walk free until the trial. Bail is a privilege granted you where you are given the option to turn over collateral to guarantee that you will show up to trial in return for freedom till trial. Bail bond is a loaning system that allows you to hire someone to pay for ... | Jailing someone for the inability to pay a bail bond is a form of debtors imprisonment and should be illegal | 0 | 2016-05-27T15:38:37 | 158 | 5 | 42 |
I'm just going to go point by point with a few things I noticed skimming your argument, and we'll see where that takes us. **"[Women] generally choose lower paying careers."** What's the source on this information? I can pull up a recent study (last 3 years) where identical resumes were sent to multiple prospective emp... | Feminism in Western society is obsolete. | 0 | 2016-02-23T17:06:35 | 55 | 1 | 3 |
Similar to Electric power, Hydrogen cars emit no harmful emissions. The *cars* don't, but how do you think we get that hydrogen? Hydrogen is a very reactive atom, and the vast majority of hydrogen is *not* in the form of H2. Turns out, most industrial hydrogen is actually produced from fossil fuels via [steam methane ... | Electric Powered Vehicles are a Horrible Idea for the Environment. Instead, we should look into using Hydrogen Fuel. | 0 | 2016-10-15T00:13:58 | 39 | 1 | 4 |
First, let's remember this is a comedy skit and not a well-researched and sourced dissertation. Certain things are going to be intentionally skewed or distorted for the purpose of comedy. Second, lets remember the most *equal* and *fair* society would start everyone of all races, sexes, and creeds with nothing and let ... | This CollegeHumor film is supposed to show "diet racism", but I dont find anything racist about it. | 0 | 2015-02-23T17:50:42 | 174 | 1 | 2 |
If your problem is that some people use the term "white privilege" to talk about things that should be described as examples of "class privilege", then I can't disagree with you there. That said, while race doesn't determine class, it can affect it. For example, someone who has low self confidence due to a lack of posi... | I believe in rich privilege rather than white privilege | 1 | 2016-11-06T07:28:55 | 185 | 47 | 1 |
The way I would approach it would be for police to pick them up and take them to shelters where meals are available. This has a habit of making the areas around the shelters into horrible slums. The constant pushing of homeless people into certain locations in the city causes a distinct "This is where you belong. Now s... | I believe panhandling should be illegal, though not criminally punishable. | 1 | 2017-04-08T05:02:33 | 115 | 3 | 1 |
So direct evidence that explicitly demonstrates what you said would change your mind doesn't change your mind. You in the wrong place? | the current conversation about racial statistics and policing is misleading and will make society less safe | 1 | 2016-07-11T03:22:33 | 107 | 4 | 4 |
One of the problems I see with this is that if you asked 10 different people who voted for Candidate Martinez what Candidate Martinez's views even are, you'd probably get 10 different answers. What even constitutes "a view"? When there is a bill being proposed, it's very easy to say a candidate either supports or oppo... | Politicians should be unable to change their (public) views while in office. | 1 | 2015-04-16T01:15:47 | 37 | 6 | 18Δ |
The problem is that there's a degree of ambiguity in every incident like this. It's almost always possible to argue that the officer(s) acted within the bounds of reason (even if they made mistakes) - and even when they don't, it's virtually impossible to ascribe a motive to anything. The pattern of incidents suggests ... | Persons who demonstrate/riot prior to the facts of a police shooting being known risk de-legitimizing the cause. | 0 | 2016-09-22T19:28:33 | 76 | 3 | 26 |
I'm mixed black and white my wife is irish. My kids are as white as fresh snow. Technically my kids have "black genes" in them that would put them in the the same category that some people would never date a black person. If you would not date one of my children solely based on the fact that I am their father which I c... | It's not racist to say that you would never date a black / asian / white (etc) person because we're entitled to ANY sexual preference without prejudices. | 1 | 2014-09-25T17:28:48 | 72 | 3 | 1 |
I don't follow most of my friends from Facebook on Instagram because they post mostly selfies or food pics. That's not what I use it for. I follow amazing photographers, artists, National Geographic, NASA, etc. There are Instagram accounts that feature incredible street art, and parkour videos, and beautiful locations ... | Instagram has no purpose except as a means of propagating vanity and self-consciousness | 0 | 2016-11-18T21:48:16 | 46 | 1 | 1 |
It's been scientifically proven, that with a proper diet and a little exercise, you can eliminate the chances of basic colds and flu, as well as more complicated ailments, like cancers and heart problems. Supposing that wasn't true, and that people sometimes just get sick through no fault of their own, would that chang... | I am against ObamaCare, and free health care in general. | 1 | 2014-04-24T16:55:13 | 97 | 17 | 1 |
As far as I know innocent people still get put on death row even though the standard for getting that punishment is rather high. I don't think it's possible to avoid innocents getting wrongly convicted so I don't think we should add torture to that mix. edit: spelling | I believe torture to be perfectly ok if guilt is established beyond reasonable doubt. | 0 | 2014-11-05T21:23:06 | 55 | 5 | 7 |
I'm going to boil down your post down to 2 main points: 1 - You think it's okay to use stereotypes to create the basis for a character. 2 - You don't think you need to worry about the minority of your audience. For point 1, the problem isn't really stereotyping. Yeah, stereotyping is bad, whatever. The main thing is th... | CMV. I am insensitive to the Gaming Industry's portrayal of women, minorities, and how it deals with other socially sensitive topics. | 0 | 2013-11-15T05:40:51 | 64 | 16 | null |
The Middle East is not a unified group by any means; there are a lot of regional power struggles and historical religious/ethnic divides. It's not all oil rich. Some of the better run oil rich states are very focused on using that money to jump start diberse high tech / financial economies. Dubai is excelling here, but... | The Middle East will erupt into war against us (the western world) when their oil is no longer required. | 0 | 2016-04-21T19:28:04 | 26 | 1 | 21 |
and if it makes you feel better to watch a movie/sitcom with black people I don't have any problems with it. I'm glad you don't have a problem with it. But I think maybe I wasn't as clear as I could be, the point that the article was making was that how the media portrays you, affects how you see yourself, and how othe... | I think feminism isn't needed in civilized countries such as USA or Poland. | 1 | 2017-05-07T20:14:07 | 137 | 2 | 2 |
Firstly, it's unlikely that it's up to him anymore. Let's look at the situation, the second he lands in Moscow, *somebody* tells the US government and he has his passport revoked, leaving him abandoned and at the mercy of the Russian government (and there are few people on Earth as interested in getting their hands on ... | The best thing for Snowden to do would be to return to the US | 1 | 2014-06-15T13:54:41 | 134 | 11 | 10Δ |
I would ask, are there any examples of successful communism? Two examples you cited, the kibbutzim and China, I wouldn't count. The kibbutzim are no longer the perfect examples of communism that their founders envisioned. They have introduced wages and can only survive by very generous subsidies from the capitalist Isr... | I've never seen Communism as a bad thing. CMV | 0 | 2013-04-26T06:21:25 | 41 | 9 | 6 |
A very thin crust pizza is great right out of the oven. But what if you are getting delivery? 30 minutes after a thin crust pizza is made, it's sad. A bit thicker crust that can stand up to some sauce can stay warm and delicious much longer. | The Thinner The Pizza Crust, The Better The Pizza. | 0 | 2017-05-27T04:00:57 | 64 | 1 | null |
Not sure if I'll change your view but I think you're mistaken in why ISIS is fighting. They aren't fighting for land, or property, or sympathy. They're fighting a holy war for their god. The only way they stop is if the West is dead, converts or comes under their heel. There is no happy truce. If we pull out and leave ... | Fundamentalist Sunni Muslims would make a much more effective political statement by self-immolating in Western host nations than they would by killing Western civilians at random | 0 | 2016-08-27T01:28:37 | 30 | 1 | null |
To be clear are we talking about public sector unions or all unions? Because I don't see how a group of private sector employees going on strike is taking anything away from the taxpayer. | Unions and their workers who goes on strikes disrupting public services costing valuable time and money of the tax payers, essentially holding innocent people on ransom and causing major financial troubles are no different than group of extremists. | 0 | 2016-12-15T21:27:05 | 30 | 8 | 86 |
Privatizing everything could have some pretty serious negative side effects. examples: 1) privatizing prisons creates a situation where the incentives are (a) for the prison owners to lobby to make more things illegal (because it's more money for them) and (b) to cut costs in a way that makes the prison experience more... | I believe we should have a basic income and privatize everything | 1 | 2014-03-26T22:08:05 | 72 | 27 | 15Δ |
Have you used Windows 7? Do you remember Windows 7? 1) The Start menu actually does something sensical 2) It didn't come pre-loaded with Candy Crush (which costs money to use, nothing pre-loaded with Windows 7 costed additional $$) 3) Updates against your will. There are times I absolutely cannot restart my computer, ... | Windows 10 was good for the vast majority of people. | 1 | 2017-03-17T03:22:11 | 23 | 5 | 22 |
Well it's clear that the main problem is that you arnt being very intellectually honest with yourself. You are looking at Europe through the rosiest colored glasses one can find, and you aren't giving non Europeans any benefit of the doubt. For instance you claim that European culture is progressive and cosmopolitan bu... | I believe in Eurocentrism and I think I'm a bit of a racist, please CMV | 0 | 2015-11-14T14:23:51 | 66 | 1 | 2 |
6) But you mentioned technocrats in your title... how does that come in? I don't particularly object to any of the specific policy changes you want to make, but leadership is a skill. If you know many scientists or engineers, you probably have also realized that many of them are terrible at managing their labs/teams/et... | I think an ideal society would be run by technocrats that heavily fund education, healthcare, and science. CMV | 0 | 2013-10-01T21:56:49 | 49 | 1 | 29Δ |
Your desire to maintain a long-term relationship with someone should ideally be based on personality, but personality is something you can only come to know through extended interaction with someone, not at a first meeting. That extended interaction comes in the form of dating. Physical attraction, on the other hand, y... | I believe it's wrong to ask someone out if looks/sexual attraction play a bigger role than personality in your desire to date that person. | 0 | 2015-01-14T21:11:13 | 29 | 1 | 26 |
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