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My counter argument is to ask, do we ask the same of any mother of a child 1 day to 18 years old? Women don't get abortions to kill embryos/fetus/infants, they do them to get they it out of their bodies. If the embryo could survive in an artificial womb or be frozen for a later use, no pro-choice would be against it. | A human with rights is made at conception | 0 | 2016-11-16T18:04:17 | 329 | 6 | null |
My understanding of being a police officer is there is never a time when you are not a police officer. Off duty just means you are a non paid police officer. If this is true it is important to me to *know* that the security guard I am talking to is in fact an officer of the law. I will treat them differently, it matte... | Police should not be allowed to wear their uniform and city-issued equipment when doing private security work. | 0 | 2014-09-17T19:08:55 | 163 | 3 | 1 |
By the death rate, eating unhealthy is the most dangerous thing that you can do. Cellular reproduction is up there are well. Then there's realizing your worthless and life is futile, then taking your own life. Looking at the CDC, suicide isn't on there. But breathing shit other than oxygen and nitrogen is up there. So... | Driving a car is insanely risky and probably the most dangerous thing you do in your everyday life. | 0 | 2015-01-07T01:24:36 | 204 | 12 | 4 |
The fourth way would have been to negotiate a peace that did not demand "Unconditional Surrender". Though it's well known that the Japanese stubbornly refused to surrender, it's less well know that they were desperately trying to start negotiatons for a peace that did not include "unconditional surrender". On July 26 t... | The US was right to drop the two atomic bombs on Japan in WWII | 1 | 2016-12-20T03:39:57 | 76 | 46 | 5 |
I could talk about the study where Daniel Kahneman and economist Angus Deaton concluded that happiness doesn’t really increase above incomes of $75,000 a year. Which implies that once your basic needs are met, money doesn't have much to offer in terms of happiness. But I'm going to take different approach. You're imply... | Money does buy happiness, maybe not directly for some but indirectly for everyone. | 1 | 2017-06-10T02:02:17 | 55 | 177 | 18 |
So I have CYV? | VR is a fad that will suffer the same fate it did in the 90's | 1 | 2015-03-15T02:20:53 | 62 | 3 | 1Δ |
Yes, pizza fresh out of the oven is a wonderful thing. But so is cold pizza for breakfast the next day. Since I enjoy and appreciate both, it's clearly not a taste issue. I would never choose to eat hot pizza for breakfast, even if it were fresh, so it's not an issue of being lazy. It's just not a breakfast food to me.... | Cold pizza is a tragedy and people who claim it is as good, or better hot pizza have poor taste. | 0 | 2014-08-03T09:44:22 | 34 | 0 | 1 |
Japanese for "car" I think this is a particularly inept example, because while most people do not understand math very well and so have trouble understanding what sorts of mathematical knowledge might depend on being able to do arithmetic (or algebra, or calculus, or geometry) quickly, *everyone* is fluent in their nat... | Education should be based less on learning facts, and more on effective research and use of information | 1 | 2015-03-06T00:39:56 | 51 | 2 | 18Δ |
In the case of physical/sexual abuse and neglect, children SHOULD be taken away and can be legally. That leaves indoctrination. 1) Losing your parents and being raised by another family is traumatic. Furthermore, where do you plan to put them? In the foster care system? In the United States the foster care system come... | I do not believe that the raising of children should be seen as an innate right, CMV | 1 | 2013-12-15T15:22:35 | 67 | 30 | 7 |
I'll play devil's advocate for Bond. Would a black Bond offend me on a visceral level? No. Would a black Bond make sense within the character's biography? Not really. Bond is supposed to have come from the upper crust of British society, which has been historically white and historically closed to blacks. Furthermore, ... | There is no reason to be offended when a fictional character is gender or race swapped. | 1 | 2014-07-17T22:18:50 | 225 | 104 | 15 |
Foreign aid can prevent extremism. What if we aided the reconstruction of Afghanistan in 1985ish? If another country comes in, like Russia, and aids a country Russia just made an ally. So you're spending money on defense. | The U.S. spends too much on foreign assistance; this may feel compassionate but could be better spent domestically or on defense | 0 | 2017-01-26T03:53:34 | 81 | 1 | 9 |
Good, healthy, honest long term relationships seem to be rare. That might indeed be the case, given that about 60% of marriages end up in divorce. A good observation is that both partners tend to become boring and washed out versions of themselves. There is a problem of causation and correlation. Just because a lot of ... | Monogamy is outdated, unnecessary and causes mental health problems. | 1 | 2017-05-24T00:10:58 | 34 | 2 | 1 |
Birth control is not medicine. It doesn't treat an affliction Yes it does. I use it for a hormone condition. I know a lot of people who use it and something like 10% of them use it for health reasons primarily. | Birth control shouldn't be covered by health insurance. | 0 | 2014-06-28T02:11:37 | 113 | 6 | null |
"a bunch of Golf TDIs and the like aren't the problem with our collapsing ecosystems" The VW scandal affected *11 million* cars. That resulted in "nearly 1m tonnes of air pollution every year, roughly the same as the UK’s combined emissions for all power stations, vehicles, industry and agriculture, a Guardian analysis... | Volkswagen cheating on US emissions makes me think more highly of them as an automotive manufacturer. | 1 | 2015-10-21T17:40:11 | 41 | 4 | 1 |
My guess is that it's because of the war between the Shia and Sunni. If Catholics and Christians were in the middle of a war in the US, and choosing not to pick a side would mean certain death, I think people would adhere much more closely with the tenants of their side even if they weren't fundamentalist about it. | Christianity is under attack in the western world | 1 | 2017-06-04T18:33:27 | 219 | 1 | 2 |
Would you make an exception for students with a physical disability who can't pass an arbitrary physical fitness test for reasons that aren't their fault? I've met some pretty smart kids who are confined to wheelchairs and it would be unfair to tell them that they can't get a high school diploma because they can't pass... | Students should need to pass a Physical Fitness test to graduate High School. | 0 | 2015-12-16T02:12:41 | 121 | 0 | 1 |
Religion is taught in some schools, I had a class called "World Religions" in high school. It's just not taught as necessarily being true and students aren't assumed or encouraged to believe. Kids can of course take an interest in any of the religions they're exposed to in that class and seek more elsewhere. Most of t... | I Believe that Religion Should Be Taught In School | 0 | 2017-03-11T20:24:06 | 47 | 1 | 69 |
Would you rather someone made an uneducated vote or not vote at all? Also, whether you voted for Trump or not he *is* your president now and you have every right to complain about him. You might as well say that Trump voters have no right to complain because they put him there in the first place. | Eligible voters who do not vote, ought to refrain from complaining or commenting about election outcomes | 0 | 2017-03-01T21:44:16 | 83 | 1 | 1 |
Before ISIS was called ISIS, it was just called ISI—the Islamic State of Iraq. Before that, it was the Mujahiadeen Shura Council, and before that, Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn. Or "al-Qaeda in Iraq," as they were known in the US media. They actually originally started off in Jordan, but capitalized on th... | ISIS isn't about the US or the invasion, it isn't about Bush or Obama. ISIS was created because of internal forces within the middle eastern Islamic world. It isn't about us, and to think it is is just arrogent and self centered lazy thinking. | 0 | 2015-05-15T00:31:44 | 18 | 1 | 19Δ |
I think it's important to draw a distinction between pride and patriotism. I agree that's it's foolish to be proud of something about yourself that you have no control over, such as where you were born. But patriotism is loyalty to your country. I didn't choose which family I was born into, but I'm loyal to them. I fee... | Nobody chooses his/her country of origin, so it is foolish to be proud of it/patriotic. | 0 | 2014-05-03T17:15:30 | 126 | 64 | null |
I have seen too many young programmers who can code, but who have no understanding of the environment their code lives in. They don't know how to properly install their own code or how to tell sysadmins to do it. They don't know what system tools are available to them. I knew a guy who spent a week writing this great p... | There is no need for programmers to use a command line; in fact, doing so makes them *worse* programmers | 0 | 2017-02-09T16:56:58 | 54 | 3 | 1Δ |
I recently visited a prominent, high-end night club in Las Vegas (my group had immediate entry, bottle service, VIP treatment, etc., so best case scenario) Given the dick to pussy ratio in Las Vegas, I wouldn't exactly call it a best case scenario. But sure, the rest is pretty swell...I guess. I am still mesmerized by... | I don't understand how anyone enjoys night clubs. | 0 | 2014-04-29T17:15:56 | 108 | 2 | 8 |
There's a bit of a spectrum between proper touch typing and "hunting and pecking". I never learned proper touch typing (I'm 21; I tried using some software to teach me as a kid, but it never stuck), but I type with around 4 fingers, and only occasionally need to look down at the keyboard. Furthermore, in my college exp... | Touch-Typing should be a required skill for university. | 0 | 2015-07-27T18:07:53 | 77 | 7 | 4 |
1. A united Empire would be a stronger bulwark against Dominion aggression. Also, the Empire is generally good for Skyrim. But clearly the Empire is not united as it appeared to be. If it were this dissent for it wouldn't have started in the first place. There is only one party to blame when it comes to this scenario ... | It is morally and practically unjustifiable to join the Stormcloaks. (Spoilers) | 0 | 2014-08-03T14:47:25 | 207 | 2 | 1 |
You make a strong case, and what you say is certainly true for some black people who date whites. But I don't think you have the right to judge **all** black people who date white people. A lot of white people prefer to date a specific race not their own. Are they subconsciously prejudiced against white people? There a... | People of color who have a preference for dating white people probably have issues with internalized racism | 0 | 2016-10-22T17:17:28 | 75 | 5 | null |
The antitheistic example in particular seemed to make no sense at all. You seem to really have to bend the rules of this principle for it to make any sort of sense in certain examples. IMO, it completely breaks down in several others. All the homophobes that are no where near homosexual. I really dislike the use of ha... | What we most hate in others are traits we have, and hate, in ourselves | 1 | 2015-07-23T18:42:06 | 38 | 4 | 2 |
Alt-right subs? | Donald Trump Brings Out the Worst in Almost Everyone | 1 | 2017-02-08T00:06:50 | 122 | 2 | 13 |
Most people aren’t really single-issue voters, though. They may say they are, but in generally gun nuts are also conservatives whose ideologies lineup neatly with the Republican Party. Conversely, I would never vote for a candidate who was opposed to reproductive rights, but it also happens that nearly all Democrats at... | I'm a single issue voter and I think that's OK. | 0 | 2015-03-22T02:17:47 | 58 | 6 | 1 |
Do you think the kids that get a participation trophy don't know they did not place 1st, 2nd, or third? | Children who do not get 1st-3rd place DO NOT deserve a trophy for simply participating | 0 | 2015-06-26T03:52:32 | 244 | 1 | null |
They timed the release to distract us from focusing on the officer. When we judge whether the officer used excessive force, we should limit ourselves to what the officer knew. If the officer had no information about what Brown had been doing before he saw Brown, then the information isn't relevant to judging the office... | The release of the CCTV footage of Michael Brown is not character assassination, but a vital component of the incident that helps all parties understand the context of the shooting and the state of mind of the individuals involved. | 0 | 2014-08-19T16:28:19 | 350 | 6 | 1 |
So, first off, Reddit is super fucking racist. Full stop. There are many subreddits and communities explicitly dedicated to racial hate, and that goes all around. Muslims, Jews, Blacks, Romanis, etc.. I really feel like it's unfair to say that *most* of Reddit's bigotry is towards Muslim. Plenty, sure. There's plenty t... | Muslims are the most discriminated against in general (on Reddit and in the UK) | 1 | 2015-03-18T15:53:29 | 63 | -1 | 2Δ |
What you're saying is synonymous with "never being satisfied is *good*". | Power is good. Greed is good. | 0 | 2013-08-18T06:12:36 | 61 | 5 | null |
In my experience, refrigerators and washing machines already work like this. I've never moved and brought either of those items, and they've always remained installed in my new house/apartment. I don't know if it counts as arguing against your stated view (per rule #1) for me to point out that it is already the case, b... | Our culture should consider large furniture and appliances as something that comes with the house and that you leave with the house | 1 | 2014-06-28T06:31:00 | 79 | 1 | 7 |
Many people view the hijab as a sign of wealth. In many countries where the hijab is more common, you can see plenty of female street merchants not wearing it because they cannot afford the luxury. Many often save so one day they can wear a hijab. So many women wear it as a sign that they are a little higher class/from... | Women who voluntarily wear headscarves or hijabs for cultural/religious reasons are perpetuating sexism. | 1 | 2015-11-30T21:56:46 | 200 | 67 | 2 |
I actually think that our advanced organ systems demonstrates the opposite. It would be more likely for us to have been intelligently designed if we were animate, magic beings of clay with no complexity whatsoever. But as it stands we are a bunch of really complicated systems that came together over a long period of ti... | Humans didn't evolve, we were intelligently designed by extraterrestrials. | 0 | 2016-04-17T04:51:34 | 50 | 2 | 76 |
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/nail-biting-standardized-testing-may-miss-mark-college-students/ This link states a prediction of 0.6%. Our own unpublished data had the predictive value within the margin of error. | Standardized testing (ACT/SAT) is actually a great way to judge college readiness. | 1 | 2015-02-18T23:16:12 | 170 | 1 | 4 |
It should be noted I wouldn't discriminate against someone who admitted to feeling attracted to the same sex, as I do not believe it is a choice for people to be attracted to who they are attracted to. Its only an issue when someone chooses to act on it. It is a choice to be in a gay relationship, so its fair game to d... | Transsexuals don't deserve legal protection from discrimination. | 0 | 2017-06-12T21:09:45 | 94 | 2 | 39 |
I agree about the shittiness of desert as a criterion of distributive justice. (For my reasons, see J. Wolff's chapter in [this book](http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199204250.do#.UdUYvxZU5Hw), which I agree with entirely.) But I don't agree about the correctness of utilitarianism. Besides the objections others ... | I believe Utilitarianism is the only valid system of morals. CMV. | 1 | 2013-07-04T09:35:18 | 316 | 14 | 1 |
The KKK, WBC, ect. can discuss anything they want, any philosophy they want within the confines of their own church, meeting hall, ect. The instant they bring their views outside the confines of their place of meeting and vocalize their views, they are open to criticism by society. They can also ban people from their m... | Reddit's policy allowing hate subreddits to remain in order to preserve free speech actually does the opposite in practice. | 0 | 2015-04-07T04:58:25 | 51 | 1 | null |
You're not really focusing on the "creepy" part of "creeping." Simply because something exists and can be viewed, doesn't imply that viewing it is not creepy. Going through the half-decade or more of someone's internet history, just for kicks, is eerily voyeuristic, and frankly, makes someone genuinely ask: "Why the he... | It's not "creeping", "snooping", or "being a creeper" to browse social media content that presumably was put there for exactly that purpose. | 0 | 2015-05-22T19:39:35 | 199 | 1 | null |
In addition to the humans aren't ideal factor which has already been covered, communism is inherently a bad system because, just as all humans don't have equal capabilities, not all jobs require equal effort/skill. For instance, in a communist system, why would anyone take on a dangerous/disgusting/difficult job when t... | I think Communism can be successful with a very democraticly-setup government system. | 0 | 2014-06-21T06:02:01 | 174 | 12 | 3 |
I see awarded Deltas and plenty of comments about functional use of chopsticks, but I read your CMV literally: "Chopsticks are in no way superior to fork & knife." Other than anecdotal evidence by chopsticks users that their very use provides health benefits there are many documented experiments and findings about ... | Chopsticks are in no way superior to fork & knife. | 1 | 2015-05-21T20:09:10 | 431 | 51 | 1Δ |
No one actually walks into an office and starts guessing randomly based on books on the wall (looking at you, Watchmen/Sherlock), and actually gets it on the twelfth try. Many people use passwords based on personal information. Allowing 50 password guesses will let someone else run through likely combinations (birthday... | Any password service that "locks you out" should do so after fifty or so false tries, not five. | 0 | 2014-10-22T20:26:05 | 212 | 8 | 18Δ |
Shane's wife was a 'dumb bitch' for not making a sandwich properly one guy physically beat his wife *Slight spoilers* Those aren't the characters you're supposed to like. The goal of showing Shane saying sexist things and Ed beating his wife is to make you dislike them as people. If you're worried about there not being... | The Walking Dead is not worth watching. | 0 | 2015-10-09T03:13:42 | 41 | 3 | null |
I don't think it can be the root of the world's problems because so few people are capable of strictly adhering to ideologies. Mostly people use it to justify what they already want, but often ignore it when it's not so in line with that. I'd take bad ideology, misinterpretation of ideology, and motivated reasoning to ... | Strict Adherence to Ideology is the Root of a lot of the World's Problems. | 0 | 2017-04-04T07:33:44 | 89 | 2 | 76 |
How can you simultaneously assert that Esperanto represents an "attempt of cultural genocide," and concede that it is not "being forced unto" anyone? How do you suppose most genocides happen? By polite invitation? Or by force? Or by some other means? As I understand Esperanto, it was created to allow individuals of dif... | Esperanto and Lojban are attempts of cultural genocide under the guise of providing easier communication. | 0 | 2017-03-02T05:05:47 | 42 | 15 | 1 |
Sometimes we still need relationships with these countries, China and Turkey are both strong allies dispite their questionable democracies. And certainly countries we don't want to cut all ties with | Democracies should not cooperate with authoritarian regimes before they embrace democracy | 1 | 2017-04-24T16:13:22 | 23 | 7 | 39 |
This is relatively straightforward. It seems to be very muddled, to me at least. There are a bunch of factors to consider: 1) Do we want to separate sports 'leagues' by sex at all? 2) If so, why? And what factors contribute to their being an effective difference between men and women? 3) Is testosterone the dominant... | A trans woman (male to female) should not be allowed to compete in women's divisions in sports. | 0 | 2016-06-12T14:58:07 | 151 | 4 | 4 |
There are obvious reasons why we don't want people to drive drunk, or drive recklessly, or intend to commit murder. We make these things illegal to discourage people from doing these things, because as a society we've decided it would be better if these things didn't happen at all because of the harm they could cause. ... | I believe that crimes that have no victim besides "society" or "increased risk of harming" are inherently wrong and are part of an oppressive society in which freedom is permissive, instead of assumptively permitted in the absence of an obvious victim CMV | 0 | 2013-12-27T08:12:12 | 367 | 1 | 1 |
Meanwhile, among democrats, I cannot think of any major policy or ideology points that are directly contradicted by science. Seems like you are not trying very hard at all so why should I bother? Democrats oppose oil pipelines even though they are scientifically safer than other shipping methods of moving oil. | on the whole, the Republican Party is far more willing than the Democratic Party to deny or disregard science-based evidence in policy-making. | 0 | 2016-12-29T23:41:02 | 706 | 4 | 1 |
There are a lot of places across the US where there is limited or no public transit. The only way to get to and from work/class/doctors/whatever is with a car. I wish it was an exaggeration, but it's not. It's a massive alteration of people's daily lives and will more than likely ruin a lot of people's lives. My husban... | it should be way harder to get, and keep, your driver's licence | 1 | 2015-04-15T16:31:12 | 153 | 79 | 5Δ |
I think the problem here is that the issue with trans people is about them (using a bathroom that matches their gender identity) and your issue is about others (you don't want women who are transitioning, or men who have fully transitioned to use the same bathroom as you) Those aren't the same thing. If you are in a b... | Protections enabling transgendered people to choose the bathroom of the gender they identify with removes that protection for other people. | 1 | 2017-02-23T14:23:07 | 401 | 411 | 7 |
The general idea that this is a bad habit that people should avoid is correct. The specific idea that if you don't use blinkers, then you *must* be a terrible person is wrong. You could, for example, be a wonderful person who picked up the bad habit from someone else, or a wonderful person who simply has never heard a... | people who regularly don't use blinkers are selfish, self absorbed, and lack the empathy required to be a productive part of society | 0 | 2015-09-24T09:04:27 | 382 | 1 | null |
You don't have "pay at the pump" gas pumps in Canada? I don't remember the last time I had to walk into the gas station to pay for gas. Also, in U.S. we have lotto machines, like these: http://imgur.com/a/8B4RU that free up clerks. I think the best solution to your problems is technology: pay-at-the-pump and lottery ve... | People should not do their Lotto at Gas Stations | 1 | 2017-02-16T19:28:20 | 73 | 6 | 145 |
Imagine we stop investigating any form of science that doesn't give immediate results. Skip forward 200 years. What are engineers doing? Well, pretty much what they're doing right now, because there's no new physics understanding for them to work with (you first have to develop the physics before you can work out the r... | NASA, LHC, etc are a waste of resources in my opinion. CMV? | 1 | 2014-01-08T22:28:30 | 76 | 2 | 13Δ |
To say you have contempt for it doesn't answer my argument, but more importantly it doesn't address the question of what would you do instead, given the situation. Here's the thing. We all live inside these arbitrary power structures we're born into. They are arbitrary, often ludicrous. But to imagine there's anything... | I am an antiliberal. | 1 | 2016-12-22T05:51:38 | 95 | 5 | null |
Your energy concerns are unfounded. The sun is a far better energy source than oil. We are just now reaching the level with solar and battery technology to even begin to harvest a fraction of the sun's almost limitless energy potential. Oil is really just a grain of sand in comparison to the massive desert of energy th... | We will never travel space in any meaningful way because we'll use up all of our resources long before that | 0 | 2015-01-19T09:50:10 | 41 | 1 | 2 |
Survivor is still running? Well, that's news. Guess the publicity stunt worked. So long as Zeke is ok with it, why would would the show doing something for ratings be any different than their previous seasons? Or any reality TV show really. It's all about giving people a reason to watch, and apparently, to make people ... | Zeke Smith being outed as transgender on Survivor is nothing more than a cheap PR stunt to get people to watch the show again. | 0 | 2017-04-14T00:10:33 | 41 | -1 | 1 |
If EVERYONE lived in an HOA, it would negate the benefits of an HOA because you'd have neighbors who didn't care about their property (and many of them wouldn't care about the tickets or fines they received, so it would continue until their house was foreclosed on, which would affect everyone in the HOA). HOAs work bec... | I think Home Owner Associations (HOAs) are good and everyone should live where there is one. | 1 | 2014-08-08T18:17:55 | 117 | 4 | 4Δ |
I won't deny that some men are inherently mean to women but, mostly it is just petty insults thrown at people. Visit r/creepyPMs sometime or look at the massive campaign of online harrassment towards Anita Sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn or look at revenge porn websites. Oftentimes, it is a lot more than just petty insults. T... | feminism is the notion that women should be absolved from all responsibility and criticism. | 1 | 2017-02-01T02:03:46 | 35 | 7 | 27 |
I understand that Donald Trump has said many, many outrageous things early on, and I was vocally against him for that. But as the months passed, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that he did all that for attention. The problem with his statements is not always their outrageousness. When he does speak on issues of ... | Trump is the better alternative to Clinton | 0 | 2016-07-16T19:52:40 | 86 | 5 | 1 |
Well first off, there are online organizations that coordinate 'antifa' activity, especially through Facebook, and a simple YouTube search will prove their existence. I don't understand how there can be confusion as to whether they exist or not. Secondly, I don't think many people call them terrorist because they don'... | Antifa (anti-fascism) is basically a non-entity in the USA, and the alt-right and white nationalists use it as a bogeyman to legitimise far right wing thought | 0 | 2017-05-31T05:05:25 | 176 | 56 | null |
what a great life that will be, fresh air and a tranquil and idyllic farm life, since I will only work to sustain myself until retirement, surely I'll have a great time...no stress from bosses, no one bothering me... Well, firstly, as /u/Ansuz07 says, this life would not be nearly as easy as you think. Farming is hard ... | NO! I won't work for others until I am 70 years old, before this, I'll build my own farm/homestead, I hope to build one and get money from the land in order not to slave away before retirement. | 1 | 2016-09-08T17:43:49 | 84 | 18 | 8 |
You are looking too long term. 5 years is a very long time. Yes, in 5 years self driving cars will probably be on the market. What will you do for the next 5 years with out a license? If you are in a position that you don't need a car (student at a university or living in a city center), then it doesn't matter if self ... | It's not worth it getting a driver's licence since self-driving cars will likely be available in less than 5 years | 0 | 2016-07-22T16:42:39 | 97 | 1 | 13 |
If it needs to be legible I need to write slower so I do tend to lose my train of thought. For writing notes I don't care if it is legible because it is always legible to me. I don't lose my train of thought but I do still write slower than I should. I would also advise not teaching your son cursive because that only... | I believe that in today's digital world, handwriting is of little importance. CMV | 1 | 2014-03-25T17:46:38 | 52 | 2 | 20 |
But I believe capitalism works and has worked in America because we allow the choice of "The Market" so businesses will be subject to "The Market" or the people who buy stuff instead of being regulated by the government. So in the case of corruption people won't buy or support things that "hurt" the market The underlyi... | CMV : I don't believe socialism has every worked for the betterment of a country. | 1 | 2017-03-27T18:43:47 | 93 | 1 | 32 |
I think point I'll try to make is this. Every school everywhere has a large part of the student body cheating. That's sort of just a way of life. How well your school performs in the workforce is simply relative to other schools. Employers (who have the only opinions you should care about when it comes to your degree) ... | My classmates' cheating devalues my degree | 1 | 2014-05-10T21:58:44 | 145 | 17 | 2 |
So, firstly, there are technically differences between beliefs and opinions (which in your post you seem to bring together). A belief is an idea that someone accepts as true. An opinion is a statement that tells someone how they feel about something - a small, but important difference. With that hair split, let's get ... | Religious beliefs are essentially opinions and should not be given more weight than any other type of belief or opinion. | 1 | 2017-02-04T00:22:42 | 312 | 5 | 6 |
The conditions that were true in the 80's are not true today. The main point is that while the supply may be glutted, the demand is still very high. Take the pharmacy industry for example, the number of pharm students are outgrowing the number of pharm jobs, but the industry will never die. Many indie devs may have to ... | I believe the game industry will crash relatively soon (within 10 years) | 0 | 2016-09-29T23:55:13 | 41 | 1 | null |
I think that if someone wanted to die, they wouldn't commit suicide on an impulse in a moment of crisis; they would do research and try to carry out suicide in the most effective way possible with the least chance of error. The desire to die doesn't necessarily negate the fear of death, although it may push it deeper i... | People who are "saved" by suicide hotlines aren't legitimately suicidal; they just have poor crisis management. | 0 | 2015-05-29T03:41:19 | 157 | 3 | null |
Sometimes it is better to have an ineffective President than an effective one. Trump's policies have almost all been bad in my opinion. Some of them are popular, but they all lead to economic stagnation and increasing the national debt boat loads. Even his populist policies are crazy expensive, inefficient, and don't a... | The President needs to go back to what got him elected...populism. | 0 | 2017-03-26T20:07:56 | 55 | 1 | 1 |
I believe that I misread your post and I apologize. However my point still stands that the general area of the United States is more culturally homogeneous than the general area of Europe. You can find more similarities to Floridan, Californian, Oregonian culture than you can to say Spanish, Russian, and Greek. They're... | I think that the view of Americans as lazy people who don't want to travel is unfair. I believe that traveling within the USA counts because it is so large and varied. | 1 | 2014-06-17T03:59:02 | 271 | 8 | 1 |
In terms of your point about comparing cheaters to murders on whether to report them, it is like comparing apples to oranges to me * My intention was not to compare cheaters to murders. My intention was to take the reasoning to the extreme case to show that it is not a valid argument for not reporting either. There a... | Students should not report other students in academic cheating in tests | 1 | 2017-04-21T20:36:12 | 48 | 1 | null |
There are some problems with the notion that Islam is a solution that as a group straight white western males should see as solving the problem of SJWs - and that's aside the issue that they're not all perceiving SJWs as a problem. Even if we're being generous and limiting ourselves specifically to anti-SJW straight wh... | Cis gendered straight males should be supporting Islam | 1 | 2017-03-23T06:45:39 | 45 | 1 | 70 |
If the world was thrown back to the stone ages then yes, black people would be the most fit. However we no longer live in a world of physical survival. In our world survival is determined through socioeconomic means. Europeans and Asians were shaped through these factors and that is why they dominate today. Africans ar... | Black people are the best of all Humans | 0 | 2016-08-04T06:16:46 | 40 | 2 | null |
Mass extinction isn't as concrete of an event as some people make it seem to be. Extinctions happen all of the time, but occasionally there is a period of time when the rate of extinctions seems to spike. While this is over a short period of time on a geological scale, it might actually take place over the course of mi... | I'm not convinced of the mass dinosaur 'extinction' event. CMV. | 0 | 2013-12-18T06:11:39 | 25 | 2 | 28 |
Do you have the right to only use bathrooms with people of the same sex? Here's the issue. When a transgender mann is made to use a women's bathroom, he is put at the risk of assault and his rights as a man (which he has under the law) are taken away from him. When you see a transgender man in the bathroom, you're jus... | Protections enabling transgendered people to choose the bathroom of the gender they identify with removes that protection for other people. | 1 | 2017-02-23T14:56:51 | 401 | 44 | 8 |
Yes, every marriage either ends in divorce or death. My grandparents were married for 55+ years before death separated them. My own parents were married for 25+ years before they divorced, yet it was an amicable divorce and they are still friends. I have been married for just over 7 years and I don't think that I have ... | I don't see marriage or having children as anything but an end to my life as an individual. | 1 | 2015-02-03T16:33:04 | 92 | 12 | 2 |
It might make you a horrible person but it is self consistent. The idea is people should be forced to have children they conceive as life is sacred or something, the child should have a high standard of living which you should provide at the cost of your own happiness, not money from the state. | Being "pro-life," but also supporting the scaling back of social programs to support the poor, is hypocritical | 1 | 2017-06-17T23:21:04 | 201 | 1 | 1 |
You say that but people flock to the U.S. by the thousands to get in better situations for all the reasons you say they shouldn't and many more. The U.S. has such a low emmegration rate and such a high immigration rate even from countries you view as good. It's like saying, "Look at Sweeden, we should be like them with... | The US is not the greatest country in the world, and at least in 2009-2010 there were multiple countries that were unambiguously better. | 0 | 2015-11-10T06:43:54 | 68 | 2 | 2 |
Selling a product which entitles the owner to a chance to obtain some desired good or service, but which does not guarantee attainment of that good or service, is a raffle. The more accurate perspective is that you are buying a voucher for a flight to your destination. You are guaranteed to get to your destination, but... | Airline tickets are actually raffle tickets and should be regulated accordingly. | 0 | 2017-04-11T20:41:26 | 28 | 2 | 80 |
A little late to the discussion, but here's how I see it. Lots of people talked about being turned on by the big blue aliens in avatar. One day in the future, I pretty much expect people to have sex with robots. Maybe aliens. If animals became as intelligent and able to converse as humans people would be into all sorts... | Pansexuality Makes No Sense | 1 | 2017-04-07T18:37:38 | 71 | 1 | 1 |
No one really seems to be attempting to change your view, so I am going to give it a shot (throwaway because I don't want to be arguing about vaginas on my main). Since the reasoning you present is more an anecdotal causal history of how you came to your current preferences I won't really challenge any of the content o... | As a man, I find it odd that "shaved" has become the norm for female pubic hair. I don't think it's a fetish that I prefer women with "hair down there." [NSFW] | 1 | 2014-04-30T18:48:20 | 301 | 2 | 1 |
Fake news isn't about mainstream media it's about online media. Some people/organizations create often deceptively similar site names as real news, put made up stories on them, and these have had some action taken against them by google and facebook after the election. It's a very real thing, it's just not what you see... | Fake news doesn't really exist. And people's distrust in the media is unwarranted. | 1 | 2017-03-16T05:24:58 | 41 | 19 | 69 |
Football is a sport, its just mere entertainment. I would agree, it doesn't provide anything massively beneficial to society, but that isnt its purpose and it never will be. Its perfectly fine to not enjoy or even dislike it as a sport, or even an institution, but at least recognise that whilst people are willing to pa... | Football is an institution which causes more problems than it solves, and receives far more money than it deserves. | 0 | 2015-02-23T01:01:40 | 34 | 2 | null |
I agree that taxes on structures are a bad idea, but taxes on *land* is something I can really get behind. The reason is because "property ownership" is a state creation. Who owns a piece of land? The real answer is whoever can trace back superior chain of title to the original owner, the state. And part of this mainte... | Property Taxes are Inherently Unjust and Should be Abolished | 1 | 2015-04-11T20:17:50 | 35 | 2 | 3Δ |
First off, this is coming from the perspective of a straight black man (technically Black American/West Indian American) raised in a two-parent household who hasn't committed any form of crime or gotten in any trouble with the law, and who is in no way chauvinistic or homophobic (far as I know, anyway). Secondly, I was... | Black Americans need to change their own culture if they want to experience more equality. | 1 | 2016-08-13T23:03:20 | 290 | 104 | 1 |
Tranquilizer guns are incredibly technical, and the size of the dose is precisely calibrated in advance based on the animal you're going to use it on. The right dose for a 200lb person could kill a 120 lb person, or barely irritate a 300lb person. Plus you might shoot someone twice or have two officers shoot at once; t... | Instead of firearms, police should use/carry tranquilizer guns. | 0 | 2015-08-09T20:26:41 | 48 | 1 | 8 |
Because terrorists simply aren't refugees. Not a single refugee from the middle east post 9/11 has been a part of a terrorist attack. It's unfair and racist to assume that the terrorists are refugees and vice versa | Blocking Syrian refugees is a reasonable measure by state governors, in the interest of national security | 0 | 2015-11-18T01:11:43 | 84 | 2 | null |
I have a hard time accepting that a driven, intelligent person would fail in finding success. How about people whose life situation is completely out of their control? Maybe someone got a brain injury or became paralysed or there's some circumstances that prevent him from finding a job at all (care for a family member ... | 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. | 0 | 2015-07-03T22:06:46 | 62 | 5 | 3 |
People saying "bless you" aren't actually wishing a blessing upon you from God. For the most part it is just the phrase that we use to say "I hope that you feel better" or "I am sympathetic to having a cold" hence why "Gesundheit" is also a common phrase, it literally just means "good health" in German. | Bleasing people after they sneeze is an outdated practice and should be stopped. | 0 | 2016-11-21T03:33:55 | 29 | 1 | 17 |
They could wish to kill, rape, or seriously injure the people inside. Given the number of burglaries that result in no harm to people, it's reasonable to believe someone is there to steal shit and not do you harm. I also feel it's pretty obvious if they intend to do harm -- if they pull or have a gun out, shoot them, ... | "Stand Your Ground" laws should be permitted in all states and countries, especially inside your own home. | 0 | 2017-06-22T19:54:29 | 93 | 8 | 23 |
Hi, I'll try to take this on the best I can. 1. So first, wizards have these "unplottable" locations so they can keep largely populated areas safe from both Muggles and other wizards. Like you've already pointed out, there are dangerous creatures in the wizarding world like minotaurs and dragons that could kill muggles... | Harry Potter and Friends are Evil, or at the very least certainly not good | 1 | 2017-01-16T22:02:32 | 79 | 1 | 1 |
Although it is true that there is still plenty of suffering around the world, you cannot deny all the progress humans have done to improve their condition. Due to our success in food production and medicine, the total number of humans on the planet has increased a lot. This skews the statistics and makes you think some... | Some people are, for lack of a better word, "destined" to suffer irredeemable lives of misery; and furthermore, these people will always exist, in non-negligible numbers, until and unless there is some radical and (presently) incomprehensible paradigm shift in technology and/or human culture | 0 | 2014-10-26T02:01:48 | 89 | 52 | 8 |
I believe that people in low income areas may take this and use it as their main income and not be MORE encouraged to work, but less. I fail to see how this is a problem really. UBI is meant to be a solution to unemployment, not a way to get people to work. You have to accept that unemployment will always exist and it ... | UBI would not be successful in the United States because of various reasons. | 0 | 2017-01-17T20:00:12 | 150 | 1 | 10 |
With a statement like "Love doesn't exist", would it be sufficient to provide just one counterexample? I have an SO. We've known each other for oh, maybe 15 years now. I had some issues earlier in my life, so he threw away his career for a couple of years to take care of me. Our "love" isn't flashy and romantic like it... | Love doesn't exist. CMV. | 0 | 2013-12-05T19:08:19 | 154 | 1 | null |
I would argue that humans already do this. Take [retirement homes](http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/opinion/sunday/emanuel-sex-and-the-single-senior.html) as an example. Single people often act this way after they go to bars to socialize. I think the biggest difference is the job of the Parent. Parents found/find a... | Humans had a bonobo style sex life at the start and we should have it again. | 0 | 2016-12-20T18:54:43 | 86 | 3 | 2 |
"I look good" I think has a tinge of being looked down upon, but "I feel smart" in that scenario again comes back to "I think I'm better." If, on the other hand, you posted your high SAT scores and said "Crushed it! FLEX EMOJI FLEX EMOJI" nobody would think that was douchey. Intelligence isn't looked down upon, someone... | There is nothing wrong with being outwardly proud of your own intelligence. | 1 | 2017-06-12T21:45:03 | 153 | 3 | 14 |
* effeminacy being linked to being gay is pretty much uniform across all cultures, including certain tribes which consider gay males to be a third "gender" and don't even really stigmatize it * many kids act like this from the day they're old enough to have mannerisms. This shows at the very least that gay kids pattern... | I don't think that flamboyant, over-the-top behaviour is a real characteristic of homossexuality and people who do that are faking or insecure. CMV | 1 | 2013-07-10T23:05:02 | 89 | 52 | 42 |
I used to think the way you do, until I met some smart people overseas who never had the opportunity to go to school. There is a strong difference between an educated person and a person with intuitive intelligence. The absence of both education and intuitive intelligence makes for a rough life. However, having one or ... | Schools, to some extent, are absolutely useless. | 0 | 2017-04-20T16:55:19 | 73 | 1 | 1 |
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