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1) There are many [philosophical arguments in support of the existence of gods](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existence_of_God#Arguments_for_the_existence_of_God), and philosophers who believe them. We might not think they're good arguments, but there is no universal, final consensus that they are definitely wrong. 2) ... | One can't do philosophy and still believe in god. | 0 | 2017-02-25T14:47:05 | 55 | 1 | 27 |
You have a view that Microsoft should not be used, but say that even an education in VBA would be more useful than in Word. Is it possible that your problem is with general curriculum choices more than with Microsoft? | Microsoft Windows should not be used in schools | 1 | 2016-09-19T23:48:32 | 67 | 5 | 1 |
* Ultimately, gender dysphoria is not a physical problem. It is a psychological disorder. Women who "feel" like men should not receive treatment to "become" something physically resembling a man. They should receive treatment that allows them to accept what they in fact are -- a woman with extensive masculine sensibili... | I have ethical concerns regarding gender reassignment surgery because I think gender dysphoria should be treated as a psychological issue, not a physical problem. CMV | 0 | 2014-03-20T23:53:12 | 225 | 3 | null |
The White Stripes/Jack White had almost single-handedly brought blues music back to young people in the early 00s. Not to mention he was basically the first and only one to successfully combine punk and blues on a massive scale with songs like seven nation army and icky thump. The Black Keys would have never become pop... | There hasn't been a truly culturally significant band/ singer out of America in the last 15 years. | 1 | 2015-07-30T20:19:31 | 240 | 88 | 5 |
So...this is awkward. Because I'm not single. And for the past 8 years or so, I've been horrible at remaining single, despite several sacred oaths to stop dating. But I'm also short, poor, unemployed, a few rare shades of mentally ill, a few common types of physically ill and I'm certainly not making up for it in look... | I believe a lot of people will never find "love", CMV | 1 | 2013-09-29T09:25:33 | 33 | 8 | 45 |
Would you hold the same view if Clinton won? | Trump's victory proves that Americans on average are racist, ignorant, and/or sexist. | 0 | 2016-11-09T15:36:03 | 307 | 4 | 2 |
Many of your points (corporations will pay higher taxes, they will not leave the US, they will pay out more money in capital gains) has not proven true up to this point. Corporations will not have any incentive to raise wages. Corporations are sitting on record profits, have over two trillion dollars sitting around, a... | The United States should lower or even abolish the corporate income tax. | 0 | 2015-06-09T04:19:05 | 64 | 2 | null |
That isn't a fair justification for having double standards in the slightest. Especially as it seems that it revolves around allowing them to do it out of respect for their religion and what is "required" of them, but because atheists don't follow a set or agreed upon guideline they should stay quiet. Some people who h... | Atheists do not have the right to voice their opinions on religion to those who have faith. | 1 | 2015-06-10T13:02:02 | 53 | 46 | null |
Say someone is being sued by someone else who has a lot of money and they hire a lawyer who has won 95% of his cases and with the first person who can't afford such a high caliber lawyer, wouldn't the odds be slightly in favor of the more seasoned lawyer with a proven track record? Not really. I've worked for lawyers w... | I believe that our legal system is built on a capitalistic model which removes the fairness factor. | 0 | 2014-11-25T00:41:11 | 72 | 2 | 3 |
One problem is that education is strongly correlated with social class. In the US, for example, white people are *much, much* more likely to be educated than black people. This would mean that the vote of a white person would count more than the vote of a black person. Now, I'll concede it's *possible* that white peopl... | I live in Pakistan, after seeing the rampant destruction of my country by politicians, I have come to believe that voting should weighted according to education, not 'one man, one vote' TCMV | 0 | 2013-05-06T00:57:37 | 116 | 2 | 6 |
I'd like to play devil's advocate and elaborate on the Ford quote argument, that Apple is pushing the market forward and even though it might be painful it's for the best. Removing USB A ports and replacing them with USB C ports isn't moving towards having no cables though. That's embracing the new standard of cable a... | Apple are falsely equating simplicity with minimalism in their hardware design | 0 | 2016-10-31T18:35:46 | 191 | 7 | 4 |
I know this would be a bitch to implement and it's near impossible to actually do, but I'm just looking at the concept The problem is, this is really the main reason not to do it. How do you prevent people from having more than the allotted number of children? Forced sterilization? Forced abortions? Prison? Fines? Taki... | Eugenics isn't all that bad... And we don't even have to kill anyone for it | 0 | 2015-01-07T04:29:38 | 132 | 1 | 31 |
The main issue with your argument is that ability isn't solely determined by gender. Sure, on average men are stronger than women, but certainly that isn't always the case. That's like saying that because, on average, 17 year olds are stronger than 15 year olds, 15 year olds shouldn't be allowed to play on varsity spor... | Female students shouldn't be allowed to play on male sports teams | 0 | 2014-07-25T08:04:24 | 49 | 2 | null |
but we cannot say for sure that we know everything about our own existence. I've never heard any atheist say anything along these lines. Even the minority of atheists who identify as gnostic atheists (those who claim knowledge that god doesn't exist) would still accept that there is much about the universe that is stil... | I believe that Atheism is hypocritical and just as narrow-minded and dogmatic as religion. | 0 | 2014-08-20T23:14:13 | 66 | 1 | 2 |
I think your heart is in the right place but you're attacking the wrong target. Firstly, I take issue with your notion that women are to blame for shitty attitudes towards them. Do you really think the answer to societal sexism is to force women to dress and act in a specific way? Why can't society be the one who chan... | Femininity promotes societal sexism | 0 | 2017-01-19T14:54:39 | 28 | 9 | 103 |
I'm of the opinion that when we are born we are born with a citizenship to planet earth. Citizenship is a man made concept. We are not inherently born with citizenship to anything. We are just born. We, as humans, defined citizenship to mean "recognized under the custom or law as being a member of a state". Therefore c... | The idea of immigration controls is ridiculous. | 0 | 2015-10-09T20:18:54 | 42 | 2 | null |
The problem with vertical videos is that they are always formatted back into 16:9 videos with [pillar boxes](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillarbox) no matter how you orient your device while watching the video. Your argument would hold more water (and pixels) if that weren't the case. The concern with the natural fi... | People angry at vertical videos are ignoring the trend of technology to move to mobile formats | 1 | 2014-09-22T18:02:54 | 38 | 2 | 1 |
Reverse racism is not a thing. Racism is judging one race as superior to another, and discriminating against someone due to their race. Using the term "Reverse Racism" feeds the very concept that someone who is in privileged position cannot be treated in a racist manner. Ethnic Minorities can be racist, and Ethnic Ma... | Reverse racism is a real thing. | 0 | 2015-05-13T05:38:46 | 75 | 9 | 11Δ |
The problem Gotham faces is not that it can't be saved, but rather that Batman is the one trying to save it. While Batman is amazingly badass, he is still a man. He can make badass machines and concoct incredible plans to get him out of trouble but ultimately he is limited by the laws of physics. For all his thinking, ... | I don't think Gotham can be saved. | 0 | 2014-06-09T18:37:16 | 44 | 4 | 2 |
You have a point, however where does one draw the line between an ideology and religion? Isn´t religion a form of ideology? Wouldn´t extreme nationalism be just as ideological as religion? In some of those cases their consider their leader a deity, which gets really close to religion. I agree that religious ideologies ... | I believe religion is the main cause of homophobia and a strong factor in other forms of discrimination. | 1 | 2014-09-21T02:26:27 | 45 | 4 | 15 |
There's nothing shameful about being fat (by American beauty standards), either, and yet fat shaming definitely exists. Sure, it's often unhealthy, and some people don't like the look, but that doesn't mean there is any justification for "shame". Similarly, there's nothing shameful about being homosexual or black, and... | "Thin Shaming" (of women, by women) is not a thing because, in American society, there is nothing shameful about being thin. It is a desirable trait and those who criticize it are just jelly. | 1 | 2015-08-04T00:43:07 | 81 | 3 | 112 |
It is a way to get personalized, on the spot information, especially as I've said that the person in question is more than likely an expert on the subject at hand Actually, this is not so obvious. Just because someone *feels* something is offensive, does not mean they can explain *why* and *how*, let alone teach someon... | "Not my duty/responsibility to educate" is a cop-out tactic that is ultimately harmful to social justice pursuits. | 1 | 2017-05-10T11:57:03 | 81 | 0 | 5 |
Because then some people wouldn't be worth servicing (Little usage) while some people might be paying horridly high amounts because torrents, downloads, videos. The cost of internet mainly stems from the infrastructure and not so much from the data transfer itself while water and electricity have much more cost on what... | Internet access should be charged on a per usage basis, similar to electricity and water bills. | 0 | 2014-11-01T12:20:53 | 50 | 9 | 6 |
I won't debate whether or not such a system would produce a government with "better" policies. Others have already done so. The problem with your plan is that is unsustainable. The democratic system is not in place because it selects the most effective leader, but because it prevents popular violence i.e., revolts and ... | I live in Pakistan, after seeing the rampant destruction of my country by politicians, I have come to believe that voting should weighted according to education, not 'one man, one vote' TCMV | 1 | 2013-05-05T20:25:30 | 116 | 2 | 1 |
Taking a photograph is quite easy. Seeing the world and imaging what would look good does. Think of it as similar to drawing an image in front of you. You have a limited amount of subject matter, but what you do with it is what determines if it's just an okay photo, or an exceptional photo. And in regards to holding a ... | I do not believe photography takes a lot of skill. CMV | 0 | 2013-08-21T17:44:04 | 33 | 2 | null |
Peer pressure is a stronger force than literally anything else to a teenager. The struggle to fit in is almost unbearable, and as a personal testimony I will tell you why I started smoking. I made some friends going to a new school, and had already been smoking weed for 6 months. Avoided cigarettes like the plague, my ... | Anybody who has taken up smoking tobacco since the year 1990 has made a proundly stupid decision and has nobody to blame but themselves. CMV. | 1 | 2013-08-26T05:55:56 | 924 | 12 | 1 |
Racism - the US, USSR, and Nazi Germany all deported or even exterminated ethnic minorities during the war. Japan never did. Uh...you may want to look into Japan's activities in Asia more carefully. They may not have done anything to other ethnicities domestically (in what we now call Japan), but in the territories th... | Among the Allies, Nazis, and Japan, Japan was the least bad during WW2. | 0 | 2016-07-15T20:18:51 | 71 | 37 | 8 |
Yup, that's the delta, though I dunno if it works when you quote it as you did (maybe it does?). You're also supposed to include at least a brief explanation of why your view was changed (which I know you did in your other post, but for the bot to work it has to be in the same post). I think the bot is usually delayed ... | I believe that there should be unlimited (or as close to unlimited as is practical) retakes for all tests given to school children (k-12) within the duration of each particular course. | 1 | 2014-10-09T08:11:35 | 74 | 1 | 6 |
Well, that's your opinion. Potatoes are possibly my single favorite food items on the planet. So yes. Potatoes rice, always. Your opinion of the taste of potatoes shouldn't be the guideline for all of industrialized society's eating habits. | There is no reason to be eating potatoes in the developed world. | 1 | 2017-03-05T23:14:10 | 54 | 4 | 1 |
1.The Russian ambassador did not even order airstrikes in Aleppo. 2. ISIS have killed way more civilians then the Russians have, The man who shot the Russian ambassador WAS a terrorist. (Terrorism is the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims). What he did was terrorism. | Today's shooting of the Russian Ambassador isn't an act of terrorism | 0 | 2016-12-20T03:54:09 | 37 | 1 | null |
To call someone who committed suicide, selfish is very tautological. It's quite rare that people suicide in a way to not garner attention. In other words, suicide in any way or form is selfish, in the sense that you will be inflicting pain to those that are close to you. Maybe a better way to phrase your concern would ... | People who commit suicide by jumping in front of tube trains are selfish. | 0 | 2016-03-31T19:38:56 | 25 | -4 | 2 |
I looked in the most recent comments to see if this had been addressed, and I didn't see it, so here are my thoughts. Also, I am gender-neutral (agender). I'll discuss that in a bit.   .1. You use "sex" and "gender" interchangeably, which confuses me. To me, "sex" refers to male, female, or intersex: basically... | There are only two genders. | 0 | 2016-01-25T06:31:42 | 788 | 1 | null |
Question: you seem to assume that we must have *either* a safety net *or* a basic income. But I think everyone party to this debate (whether they think the safety net is inherently good or bad) would accept that you can have *both* a basic income and a safety net at the same time, and that you do not need to put 100% o... | We should strengthen the traditional safety net rather than replace it with basic income | 0 | 2015-03-29T11:53:17 | 75 | 7 | 23Δ |
If a woman can't take care of herself or doesn't have the means to raise/support a child then she shouldn't be having kids in the first place. If she does indeed have kids but lacks the money or support to care for them, then the state should without a doubt take the kids from her. | A negative paternity test should exclude a man from paying child support and any money paid should be returned unless there was a legal adoption. | 0 | 2016-09-03T22:10:57 | 1,414 | 1 | null |
This is because the value of art comes from its creation rather than how people interact with it afterwards. That still doesn't give you an objective scale to measure the "value" of art. It only says that the origin of that value (regardless of how you might define it) comes from the person who created a work of art. ... | Art can be objectively measured and its true value is devoid of any human interpretation. | 0 | 2016-03-14T21:21:03 | 74 | 5 | null |
I'm a physician and I've worked in a couple hospitals in big cities with lots of celebrities. A few years back I was at a hospital that saw a ton of celebrities, and one particular 20 something A list female celebrity (you definitely know her) happened to be in the hospital, in the psych ward. The press got wind of thi... | Bruce Willis' character in "The Jackal" is an overpriced and incompetent assassin. | 1 | 2016-08-01T07:26:47 | 18 | 7 | 1 |
1. Degree field is not statistical significant within the default rates. Institution type, GPA, and family income are the three things that do seem to have a relationship to default rates. 2. In Florida specifically, they used differential tuition (lower tuition rates for fields where they wanted to grow the number of... | Federal student loans should not be given for students pursuing degrees with no economical return to the state. | 1 | 2017-03-05T18:59:52 | 30 | 11 | 3 |
Years later, I’m STILL on the ground floor. I work in IT and have been passed over for promotion many times now. One person who was promoted ahead of me had a culinary degree. My management tells me often how valuable I am to the company, but working in a fortune 500 none of them apparently have any clout to get me int... | I believe the United States is rotten to it's core and beyond saving. CMV | 1 | 2013-06-27T04:47:48 | 62 | 7 | 3Δ |
The point of a vote is not linked to whether it will have an immediate effect on the outcome; if that's the way you think about votes, then the "best outcome" is actually just having one person vote from the side that would have otherwise won (that's, surprisingly enough, the game theoretic Nash equilibrium). However, ... | My vote in an election doesn't matter | 1 | 2015-05-30T18:14:02 | 58 | 31 | 2Δ |
The whole notion that trans people are deceiving others is really just a way of saying that you don't believe that trans people are really their gender. But that's just not true. Even if you make some argument about chromosomes, sex chromosomes mainly say what genitals to grow and what hormones to produce, both of whic... | a trans-person should face criminal charges is they fail to disclose their biological sex prior to engaging in sexual activities with another if that person wishes to push charges. | 0 | 2016-06-12T00:50:38 | 81 | 21 | 5 |
If there is no opportunity for loss, then gain is meaningless. Suffering allows us to be compassionate. Any situation that creates fear in one person also creates the opportunity for heroism, self-sacrifice. If a heroin addicted HIV+ baby is born into this world, as horrible as that is, there is an opportunity for some... | Even if the Christian God existed, it would not be worthy of praise and worship | 0 | 2014-06-03T17:34:34 | 1,142 | 1 | null |
Men must pay up at parties, bars, and other social settings while women get in cheap or free. Women are simply more desirable to have at social settings than men are. That's doesn't make women "more valued" in society as a whole. It just means guys want to get laid. If you're arguing that straight men in social setting... | I believe women are more valued than men in western society. CMV! | 0 | 2013-06-25T05:54:14 | 368 | 23 | 31 |
Wait until you have grey hair, then you'll get crazy good sex... From a swedish study: "The quality of the sex lives of senior citizens has improved as well. A total of 62% of women and 71% of men report being highly satisfied with their sex lives, as opposed to 41% of women and 58% of men in the 1970s." http://www.gu.... | Sex and relationships are best in high school | 1 | 2017-02-23T20:27:47 | 80 | 1 | 5 |
End the drug war? Trump is for that It doesn't look that way. http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Donald_Trump_Drugs.htm He made some statements a couple decades ago that were pro legalization but all of his recent comments have been standard Republican stuff | I'm probably going to vote for Donald Trump | 0 | 2016-06-19T05:56:00 | 136 | 1 | 2 |
It changes your mental state into a looser one, makes having fun easier. I don't really like the taste of alcohol, its just to get me in that mental state. When go out I drink quite a bit, sometimes just below the threshold in which it'll make me feel bad, and its awesome. Also, honestly, the times in my younger day wh... | I should not start drinking recreationally. | 0 | 2014-10-12T05:45:28 | 53 | 1 | null |
Gotcha. So, let me just tell you some of my own semi-organized thoughts about the relative value of Science vs. Not-Science. This is building slightly off of a comment I left in another post a few weeks ago. I am also not a Philosopher, so I'm sure that what I write below has a fancy -ism name that I don't know and ha... | Empiricism is the only way which we can actually ever know anything and rationalism and mysticism are no longer relevant forms of inquiry | 1 | 2017-07-06T21:42:25 | 61 | 6 | 16 |
To paraphrase Churchill's quote about democracy, capitalism is the worst economic system except all others that we've tried. It is hard to argue against results. And empirically, capitalism has done extremely well. Hundreds of millions of people in dozens of countries have been lifted out of poverty because of it. It i... | I believe that capitalism is flawed, and that if we do not reform it soon, it will fail. | 0 | 2015-10-19T00:54:30 | 39 | 5 | 1 |
P1: Some states of things are better than other states of things. It is worth it to achieve such better states of things. Attacking premise one. Sometimes such state simply isnt worth it. Economically it doesnt make sense, sometimes even morally. Or even from survival perspective. This is a problem with blanket stateme... | Eating meat is not morally justified. | 0 | 2016-08-29T03:15:07 | 86 | 1 | 8 |
You still seem to assume that parents add nothing to a child's education outside of school. They can, and these courses won't stop them. These courses will stop them if they require lengthening the school day because they would absorb the most valuable resource parents have in their ability to parent: time with their k... | Teaching life skills should be the core function of high school, and not general education. | 1 | 2015-03-09T20:50:42 | 75 | 1 | 16Δ |
Except there is no evidence that terrorists come to the West as refugees. What you are doing, along with a lot of the governors and other people calling for exclusion of Syrian refugees, is racial profiling. Just because the terrorists are from the Middle East and are Muslim doesn't make all Muslims from the Middle Eas... | Blocking Syrian refugees is a reasonable measure by state governors, in the interest of national security | 1 | 2015-11-17T20:42:09 | 84 | 129 | 2 |
Full disclosure, I consider myself slightly left of centre economically, and pretty far left socially, and am from the UK. whose biggest draw is his actual polices rather than superficial characteristics. Other than his policies, which I will go on to, this is a huge pet peeves of mine about the Sanders' campaign. I be... | Bernie Sanders is the best candidate of the major parties. | 1 | 2016-05-07T17:49:25 | 59 | 59 | 1 |
One point that I have heard made is that there are far more vaccines given today than there were 10-20 years ago. Children are now getting 10-12 vaccines per visit when you used to get 3. The "big pharma" conspiracy being they want to save money with less visits. The end game for these folks tends to be to just spend ... | Vaccinating children is completely safe. I want to hear arguments from the other side that aren't just "Celebrity A says this." | 0 | 2016-12-26T08:22:29 | 87 | 1 | null |
I **never add a tip on top** of the included tip, even if the included tip is below 20%. but now: For "the best service I ever had", **I would add a tip** to get to at least 20% Is your view changed? | I always tip 20% for restaurant service. However, if I'm paying for a large party and the tip is "included", I never add a tip on top of the included tip, even if the included tip is below 20%. | 1 | 2016-05-11T21:12:20 | 57 | 15 | 113 |
The estimate that 96.4% of the population is straight is rapidly being pushed back since there's an increased acceptance of bisexual folks who would have previously self-reported as straight. From just a personal anecdotal perspective, I find it really hard to believe, because I live in one of the most religious and ba... | being homosexual is a terrible curse. | 0 | 2016-02-27T20:56:42 | 32 | 2 | 3 |
Part of the problem here might be your only experience is with big name games. Almost every game I've played for more that 100hrs is an indie title.... I think 'AAA' titles in general don't have very much replayability as they usually focus on 'flashier' sides of the game like graphics. So in that respect in would make... | I believe that CS:GO, LoL, and Dota 2 are "Drying up" the gaming industry | 0 | 2015-07-25T16:08:50 | 43 | 1 | null |
And how are we constituting something being logical at this point? Regarding fear i would say fear is logical if it motivates you to avoid something bad in a proportionate manner. Fearing unavoidable death has no purpose, its just a sideeffect of the process that also makes you fear avoidable death. But I still think ... | I'm so scared of dying and I feel like everybody who isn't is living in a state of perpetual disbelief | 1 | 2017-04-26T14:06:47 | 135 | 1 | 28 |
I am a man who was a virgin until age 20, and I feel it was psychologically damaging to spend my adolescence craving something so much and feeling that I would never be able to experience it. You knew you could experience it by going to a brothel. Why do you need to lower the age that men could go to a brothel? If anyt... | Most adolescent boys would enjoy and benefit from sex with a 18+ woman | 1 | 2015-10-21T23:13:24 | 42 | 15 | 1 |
This is an unpublished survey done at the engineering department at my current university and they presented these results to justify why they're trying to maintain a 50/50 ratio of men and women. What they tried to identify in the survey was: 1) What did the women who applied for undergraduate engineering have in comm... | Women being underrepresented is not a real problem. | 0 | 2015-07-01T18:56:52 | 449 | 2 | 1 |
Language is one debate that is not exclusively grounded in structure. The *English* language slaps structure in the face and laughs. The pronunciation or acceptance of a new word just come down to use. How many people say one *vs* how many say another. While the original, intended pronunciation for the word by it's cre... | .gif is pronounced like the peanut butter | 1 | 2015-08-02T07:21:31 | 64 | 29 | 31 |
Alright so, keep in mind here as I attempt to CYV that the way you expressed it is every extreme. You use the terms "absolutely" [def: with no qualification], "ANY" [def: to a non-zero degree], etc. In less extreme terms, I think I agree with a similar position that might be expressed more like, "America-2016 mass med... | It's absolutely ridiculous the amount of time we spend worry about who's genitals the president wants to touch. | 1 | 2016-10-13T17:16:40 | 58 | 15 | 2 |
You should look at it more as being a sign of recognition of their efforts, and respect for their position in society. Not to say they are necessarily above or below anyone else, but they have attained a position which society has largely agreed commands a certain respect. After all, it's not exactly the easiest thing ... | The use of titles/honorifics is arrogant and there should be no social obligation to abide by them. | 1 | 2016-01-12T19:45:31 | 37 | 4 | 1 |
A Pokemon with Sturdy who knows Trick Room could beat him. | THe Flash (Wally West) could beat just about any superhero in a fight | 0 | 2014-12-23T10:52:40 | 147 | 3 | null |
Whoever tells you that is being irresponsible or has never taken anti-depressants. Xanex will give you that instant-calmness and serenity, and it can be addictive if you take it more than you have to. There are other drugs like it, but normal, run of the mill anti-depressants like Abilify and Prozac won't do that to yo... | I believe that antidepressants mess you up and addict you in the long term because without them you are back to the "reality" goggles. CMV | 0 | 2013-04-26T05:31:29 | 63 | 0 | 3 |
However, it seems to me that women are far less socially restricted than men when it comes to sexuality and gender roles. In terms of promiscuity, I've never heard a male friend (I'm also male) ever complain about or deride a woman for being promiscuous. Have you never seen or heard someone make the "a key that can ope... | I believe that heterosexual women have far more sexual and gender role freedom than heterosexual men. CMV. | 0 | 2014-01-27T21:40:45 | 609 | 32 | 18Δ |
My Law & Economics class recently debated prostitution, and we read a couple papers. Let me see if I can make a solid argument based on that: Prostitution isn't an object that you buy like a toy, it's a service. When you pay for a service, you are paying for someone to do something, whereas when you buy an object, ... | Prostitution should NOT be legalized. | 1 | 2015-02-17T04:17:01 | 84 | 8 | 3 |
There was actually research done: https://www.jstor.org/stable/455948?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents People were able to pick out gay males based on voice at rate higher than chance. | The entire notion of "Gaydar" is offensive as it is based on prejudice and sterotypes | 0 | 2016-10-03T14:34:36 | 65 | 2 | 129 |
Less than 10,000 people speak Esperanto at a native level in the entire world, and less than 10 million speak it at all. Despite its simplicity, it is less useful than Latin, which can at least be used to read historical documents. Ease of language is great, but what is the point of it? Its like teaching everyone to us... | Esperanto should be taught in all schools instead of other any other mandatory languages | 0 | 2017-06-03T03:16:23 | 34 | 20 | 41 |
Kind of. It's a device to ensure that everyone in our society can maintain a certain quality of life. My analysis assumes the same assumptions as your premise. I want to reiterate to you that ending welfare would not end poverty. People have been poor since the dawn of time. For most of history there hasn't even been a... | I believe we should cut welfare and let the poor either die or survive by their own means. CMV | 1 | 2013-03-11T05:39:52 | 50 | 3 | 8 |
Honestly this CMV isn't about heroin. You lay out like 10 different views that are all tangled up. It reads much more like a pro-eugenics rant than a discussion starter. So with that said let's ignore the body of your post and just focus on the question: Let's first agree on something: being addicted to heroin, in and... | It would be better if everyone who took heroin died | 1 | 2017-03-20T00:59:39 | 89 | 8 | 1 |
While I'm not among that crowd, I understand the position. Even beyond a "not hillary" stance. Many feel that our government has been hijacked, that democracy is dead, and [...they're right.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig) And we're seeing even more proof of that in this election cycle - the way the med... | Anyone who supports Bernie Sanders but who will vote for Trump if Hillary wins the Democratic nomination is completely uninformed on candidate policy (or doesn't care about it) and simply wants to watch the world burn. | 0 | 2016-03-29T15:01:40 | 469 | 1 | null |
Freedom of the press, as well as making law enforcement accountable to the public. I still fully agree with your sentiment, and I think that people being considered guilty of crimes they've been accused of committing before they've been actually proven guilty (and most of the time even after they've been proven not gui... | The Media should not be allowed to report on a trial, until the verdict. | 0 | 2015-01-26T07:27:42 | 108 | 1 | null |
Honestly, whether or not Pence would be worse depends on who you are a lot. If you are LGBT, Pence is probably the nightmare scenario. However, if you are in other social categories, Pence is unlikely to retain Jeff Sessions die to his complicity in the Obstruction of justice, which in and of itself is a huge benefit. ... | Impeachment of President Trump would not actually solve any problems, but rather cause more since VP Mike Pence would be President. | 1 | 2017-05-24T15:16:42 | 307 | 0 | 16 |
I believe that a refusal to try them (primarily, alcohol) at least once is missing out on a fundamental experience of being human How far does that view of yours span? If I refuse to ever try a certain type of food - a broad category like meat - am I also missing out on a fundamental human experience? If I had never se... | I believe that a person who has not tried drugs (including alcohol) at least once is a person who is significantly missing out on a fundamental human experience. This is barring medical issues (including a family history of addiction) | 0 | 2015-02-03T03:24:25 | 52 | 4 | 4 |
depends if its a habit or not, petty by itself is harmless, but most people tend to warp their personality with it, both becoming more easily offended and faster to react with petty. nothing is so annoying as a person who has petty as one of their character traits | It is okay to be petty. | 0 | 2017-03-14T10:22:37 | 20 | 6 | 17 |
If it works for you, that's great. I'm just pointing out that it isn't realistic for many people, so it isn't a waste of time or money. Little things add up here and there when it comes to people's impression of you. If I go to an interview, I wear a sharp, clean, well fitting suit. Yeah, I had to pay extra to get it a... | Shaving your beard is a waste of time and money | 1 | 2015-12-19T00:52:01 | 98 | 2 | 7 |
If addiction is a disease, why do most addictions end spontaneously, without treatment? Why did some 75% of heroin-addicted Vietnam vets kick the drug when they returned home? Please provide your sources that most addictions end spontaneously without treatment, and that 75% of Vietnam vets addicted to heroine quit upo... | Addiction is a habit, not a disease. | 0 | 2015-07-17T18:17:21 | 117 | 4 | 23 |
2) It's the duty of the members of such collective to defend it. Individuals have duties, but it would be counterproductive to assign every individual the same duties (i.e. those of defense). A country can only be successful if everyone performs different duties that the country needs. We also need doctors, lawyers, ga... | Only soldiers, police officers and firefighters should be allowed to vote. | 0 | 2017-06-08T18:17:56 | 248 | 1 | 43 |
*While that seems quick and easy, the idea of me drinking is almost unimaginable to me. Can't even picture it. * I used to be like you, OP. Throughout high school, I was straight-edge. No alcohol or drugs. I was very firm on that. I remember posting to askreddit when I was about to graduate because there was going to ... | I have no desire to drink alcohol or partake in its associated culture, even at legal age. | 0 | 2015-01-19T01:21:32 | 446 | 1 | 1 |
No one is forced to participate in the Pledge. It is a fully optional thing and if you do not want to you can opt out. But it is disrespectful to not participate, and disrespectful to not stand if you are choosing to not participate so your teacher was correct to request for you to stand. You cannot legally be punishe... | Students in the US should not stand for the pledge | 0 | 2015-09-27T01:27:38 | 195 | 1 | 17 |
I suggest that there is another option outside of either a) continue trying to find a way to contribute to politics and b) write it all off as a lost cause. I think you should continue to watch and wait. Kind of like a parent of fighting sibling toddlers. Eventually both sides will either end up crying, need some grub ... | As a Christian, I think the left and the right are both so far gone in America I should give up my interest in politics entirely. | 1 | 2017-06-27T09:05:51 | 144 | 2 | 1 |
Hi, I'm a trans man. I think your original points have been well covered, better than I could, by many in the comments, but I would like to speak to several harmful and incorrect views you seem to hold about trans people that seem to be reinforcing your arguments. Mods, feel free to remove this reply if it's not okay t... | The right to be referred to as your pronoun of choosing does not take precedence over someone's right to ignore it | 0 | 2016-11-06T01:12:00 | 198 | 4 | 1 |
Thus, I think the number one concern for the human race as a whole should be climate change, and I find it hard to justify any other causes. Climate change won't destroy the entire human race. In all probability it will cause widespread famine and kill innumerable people through hunger. Don't get me wrong, it will be ... | Climate change should be the dominant international issue for politicians and activists today. | 1 | 2015-07-19T08:51:51 | 209 | 86 | 25 |
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/what-motivates-suicide-bombers-0 They found in a study of suicide bombers that ideology and altruism was one of the most common reasons. Another common reason was that suicide bombers were esteemed in their culture. the driving force is not religion but a cocktail of motivations inclu... | Ideology has no historical explanatory power. All of history can be explained in terms of narrow self-interest. CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-16T23:29:43 | 68 | 1 | 63Δ |
Gosh i didn't know i was a west Baptist church supporter, a Scientologist, and an ISIS supporter! I SHOULD HAVE NEVER WATCHED THOSE VIDEOS!! Do you see how silly that sounds? | Donald Trump just admitted to supporting ISIS and engaging in terrorism on Fox News. | 0 | 2015-11-16T15:21:30 | 91 | 2 | null |
I'l begin by saying it has never happened to me, and you make some good points. But I'm addicted to CMV, so here we go. sex is a very important part of a relationship, but not the most important part. So it is one of the most important parts. To break it would be to break one of the most important parts of a marriage... | People who cheat on their spouses can and should, in some cases, be forgiven | 1 | 2014-12-30T16:27:44 | 48 | 1 | 1 |
They are public servants that dedicate their lives to a cause greater than themselves. Wiping their memory after their service is simply part of the gig. I don't believe MIB agents are forced into their profession; rather, it is chosen. | I don't think that retiring MIB agents should be neurolized | 0 | 2014-08-12T22:47:59 | 31 | 1 | 19Δ |
How often would it have to occur for it to be 'almost always'. Also, relationships vary in duration. [How common is cheating?](https://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2013/03/22/how-common-is-cheating-infidelity-really/) [Average length of a relationship](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2551615/Death-seven... | Cheating will almost always occur in a relationship at some point | 1 | 2017-03-08T16:53:43 | 27 | 2 | 5 |
There are physical and mental health issues which can result from long-term use of illicit substances which are well documented. You know what best destroys this? That it's harder to become an addict because it's harder to get a hold of the substance. Yes, weed should be legal because there's nothing that's addictive i... | Legalizing all illicit substances would be beneficial to society | 0 | 2016-06-15T04:09:21 | 77 | 1 | 1 |
What if I'm extremely slapdash in my approach to eating the Reese's, and in doing so, drop part of it to the ground, despite the fact that I intend to eat the whole thing? Alternately, what if I attempt to innovate a bold new method of eating, and try to ingest it through my ear? I'd also like to thank you for shinin... | There's no wrong way to eat a Reece's | 1 | 2015-01-16T00:28:53 | 99 | 2 | 4 |
I have already responded to this (and, in all honesty valid) criticism before by saying that I see gender as having two components: first of all, your biological sex and second of all, the societal and cultural expectations of being a member of that sex. Then I think you misunderstand what it is to be trans. Being a tr... | There are only two genders. | 1 | 2017-05-03T15:10:20 | 239 | 1 | 17 |
I wouldn't say it should be considered a 'punishment' for the 'wicked' (draconian much?), rather as a warning to the average poster who comes along to avoid replying to that person. That way the punishment for not participating in the debate would be that other redditors would in turn exclude them. Ideally those so mar... | I believe that OPs in this subreddit should be banned if they ignore serious top-level replies to their posts. CMV. | 1 | 2013-05-16T11:52:41 | 42 | 1 | 1 |
I don't think it would. The gun problem in the U.S. is rooted in hate and mental instability, not in in lack of training. Gang violence doesn't happen because the gang members or the bystanders don't know how to handle guns or situations where guns are involved, it happens because those gang members hate eachother. Mas... | The only way to meaningfully address the gun problem in America is to have compulsory military training (ideally 2 years is what I feel) for anyone who turns 18. | 1 | 2016-06-21T22:08:11 | 107 | 15 | 1 |
Picking out some of your points: Even my friend stopped being friends with me because he said I was racist for disagreeing with feminism and BLM. Like do you not think of women as equals to men, and do you not think black people matter? Or are you critiquing specific tactics that these movements hold? I don't care Tr... | I used to support Bernie but now I'd rather have Trump than Hilary just because I hate Social Justice Warriors more than Trump Supporters | 1 | 2016-07-27T04:18:46 | 102 | 5 | 1 |
Or a single father. Statistically, yes. But there are plenty of single parents that do things just fine, taking advantage of childcare services and managing their money well and making sure they provide for their kids. Sometimes, if the absent parent is a bad influence, it's better for the kids to be raised in a single... | Gay people are allowed to kiss, marry, fuck, but they should never be allowed to have children since psychology tells us that a healthy individual needs both a father and a mother | 1 | 2016-02-06T21:57:52 | 107 | 5 | 1 |
And we should also use sharp rocks instead of easy to use knives to cut our sandwiches? Where does it end? I get your point that it doesn't foster grit, although some people don't know what's wrong with a PC and call someone to take care of it not troubleshoot on their own. I agree we need to foster grit in people, I'm... | If children are going to grow up learning how to use technology, it should be with a PC | 0 | 2016-08-05T00:23:15 | 22 | 1 | 4 |
I've never been a father, but I still don't see that having any weight in the matter. Why not? A fetus is also a potential child of his father. Sure, because the mother is the one carrying the fetus, she gets to have most of the choice regarding that fetus. But clearly, at some point (e.g. viability of the fetus outsi... | Men should not be allowed to vote on anything regarding abortion. | 0 | 2014-10-20T17:48:10 | 97 | 0 | 34Δ |
So is your view changed? | Your private life isn't very important. CIA spying on you or Google selling your personal info to advertisers is not a big deal. | 1 | 2017-03-08T20:52:17 | 69 | 2 | 152 |
This isn't like flammable and inflammable, where the words do mean the same thing. These words generally mean totally different things. Just replacing one with the other is overkill, and I think, impossible. That being said, it is true that the words sound similar, and they do each have a meaning that is almost the sa... | English speakers should stop using either "affect" or "effect". | 1 | 2017-01-13T20:14:37 | 36 | 2 | 5 |
Are there any specific actions that you can state are one way or the other? That said, your statement is the definition of subjectivity, with "you" being the subject. Objective means it would be irrespective of who is being asked the question. | Morality is objective | 1 | 2015-05-15T00:17:43 | 99 | 1 | 16Δ |
Animals don't have sex because they want to pass on their genes - they have sex because they want orgasms and the satisfaction of their instincts. Evolution has created these rewards as a mechanism to compel animals to reproduce in order to create a reason to pass on their genes. When I say animals, I can even include ... | I believe that passing your genes to the next generation is important. CMV | 0 | 2013-06-02T22:23:40 | 27 | 10 | 1Δ |
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