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I am a gay guy a similar age to you. I am more the opposite I am fairly "out", sexually active and I am in a loving relationship with another guy. I know this isn't what you want to hear, but life is too short to be thinking about life that way. No offense but one day when you are older you will regret this, you will t... | I am a young gay but I don't think I should ever act on it | 1 | 2014-09-21T12:04:18 | 78 | 1 | 1 |
I am a lefty who talks to a conservative pastor every day - just to figure out how we can all come together on the meaningful issues | I don't have any Republican friends, I don't want any Republican friends, and I don't see anything wrong with this. | 1 | 2017-06-01T02:07:30 | 118 | 3 | 1 |
**As a trans woman I do not believe that I am biologically female and I dont believe that I should have to be to access women's spaces.** I think this is a situation where you have to pick where you're pitching your battle. Are we biologically female? If we pick chromosomes, then no, XY is not XX and it won't be. On th... | As a trans person I believe that current trans activism has completely lost the plot. They will lose much of the public debate they choose to engage in due to their overly radical agenda. | 0 | 2017-02-19T17:30:41 | 568 | 43 | null |
[This TED Talk Video, "The Sexy Lie"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMS4VJKekW8) is definitely worth a watch because it makes some very powerful points, some of which I'm going to steal to explain why I disagree with you: 1. Sexual Objectification is the process of treating or representing a person as a sex object--th... | I don't think sexual objectification is abnormal or disgusting. I believe that admiration of another person's physique is not hurtful but rather complimentary, and I believe that people who lash out against those who do need a reality check. CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-24T07:35:53 | 168 | 13 | 1 |
Just to be technical here - a lot of people *can* be that ignorant. Therefore there can be "true" atheists (meaning, those who believe God doesn't exist). | I'm convinced no one can be completely Athiest, because denying that there MIGHT be something out there is just as ignorant as a lot of Athiests claim religion is. | 1 | 2015-02-16T06:28:18 | 83 | 5 | 5 |
"the most moral action is the one that causes the least possible amount of grief" this sounds closer to utilitarianism-ish views -- for example killing ten people to save eleven would not be considered moral by most people, but fits your definition of morality. | Morality is objective | 0 | 2015-05-15T00:10:49 | 99 | 1 | 5Δ |
I don't think the "property" distinction makes any difference. Even dogs that aren't property are protected by animal cruelty laws. You can't just torture a feral dog that you find on the street. Several states have passed laws to prevent unowned dogs and cats (shelter animals) from being used for scientific research. ... | I believe that animal testing should be without any restriction for any animal that is considered a plague and killed routinely, such as rats, flies, birds, cochroaches and such. | 1 | 2016-08-05T19:57:21 | 58 | 6 | 37 |
Economists debate many things, but there are also things they agree on. Have you looked at things like the [IGM survey panel](http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel)? To take the current most recent result, economists disagree with the idea that import tariffs would help (93% disagree, 7% no response, 0% ... | People who study complicated subjects like the economy and American foreign policy for a living are unable to agree on important policy questions, so it's pointless for me to try to develop an opinion on those policies. | 0 | 2016-10-17T04:12:23 | 167 | 1 | null |
Many US citizens believe that executions should be banned, and would never vote in favor of executing a defendant if they were on a jury in a capital case. This is a bias that will interrupt the decision - just like a juror who says he will never convict a white man. Just because there is nobody on the jury who is stro... | Requiring that jurors are willing to impose a death sentence creates an inappropriate selection bias on juries | 0 | 2015-04-22T15:02:54 | 138 | 2 | 5 |
The first and most important issue I have with your view: Treating a child as if they have the emotionally maturity and stability of an adult will cause a lot of emotional problems with said child. Tiger parents essentially think they're dealing with little adults, which has been proven to [not be the case at all](http... | The tiger mom parenting method is the best | 1 | 2016-10-23T18:23:29 | 21 | 7 | 1 |
I think this works differently from county to country. In the United States, as the first comment explained, the racist thing is to assume that only white Americans are 'real' Americans and others must come from somewhere else, while obviously the white people could face the same question (because they are not native ... | Asking someone "where are you originally from" is totally fine and not a racist thing to do | 0 | 2017-05-02T23:07:35 | 174 | 1 | null |
Good, so have I changed your view? If so, may I have a delta? And I hope you can find some new friends in time. Do you have any cool hobbies that you can do with other people? | I am starting to wonder whenever transgenderism is a real thing | 1 | 2017-01-12T17:53:25 | 94 | 1 | 93 |
You think you aren't addicted, but in reality I'd say you just aren't *physically* addicted. The fact that you rely on cigarettes to calm down means that you are dependant on them to some degree, which is not healthy. I have severe anxiety with panic attacks, and the *most important* thing you have to be able to do is ... | I'm 17, I've been smoking less than 6 cigarettes a week for 3 years and I don't think its bad. | 1 | 2014-09-12T11:53:24 | 66 | 11 | 16 |
This seems like strange reasoning because it's not like it hurts a chicken to take its unfertilized eggs or a cow to take its milk to turn into butter or cheese. The chicken will continue to lay eggs weather we collect them or not, and a cow will keep producing milk as long as we keep taking it. I understand perfectly ... | Having a vegan diet seems pretty pointless. | 0 | 2017-01-19T19:39:34 | 385 | 5 | null |
Assuming a single office and no limit to the number of potential candidates, a STV (Single Transferable Vote) system would prevent the type of "tyranny" (two party system with no reasonable chance to elect a third-party) we see in modern democratic systems. It fully allows voters to rank every candidate that they want ... | No voting scheme prevents tyranny. | 1 | 2016-12-08T23:30:28 | 100 | 1 | 9 |
It's a bit hard to judge your experience when you haven't been specific at all. Did she say you excell at Math, or bio-chemical engineering? Is the health problem something like cholesterol or acute kidney failure. If the latter, the predictions would be much more impressive. The thing to keep in mind is that good Mag... | Astrology is real. An astrologist told me SPECIFIC things that are accurate, based on my exact time of birth, down to hours and minutes. No, it’s not newspaper horoscopes. | 0 | 2015-09-16T05:35:48 | 45 | 2 | 18 |
Setting my other comment aside: how do you know that we will be drawing attention away from women's issues? We can focus and work on both sides of the coin. There's no reason why the existence of feminists should stonewall the existence of men's rights groups, and vice-versa. Public attention, and by extension public ... | Men's suffering is a necessity | 0 | 2017-04-19T05:30:31 | 81 | 10 | 9 |
There are two big issues with PEDs IMO: * They can cause a ton of negative health effects. * Those who don't want to use them can't compete with those who do, meaning any kind of competitive athlete would be forced to use them. So basically by legalizing PEDs you're forcing anybody who wants to compete to basically de... | Steroids and Other Performance Enhancers Should be Legal for Athletes | 0 | 2014-08-08T20:44:55 | 207 | -1 | null |
What about people with allergies? In addition, not all people can digest meat very well. | I think choosing to be vegetarian or vegan solely for health reasons is not very rational. CMV. | 0 | 2013-12-26T21:53:43 | 67 | 2 | null |
I very frequently travel between a pair of cities which are about 8 hours apart by car, and I nearly always fly unless I'm going for a week or more. First, I travel solo, as such, it makes flying often more economical. Especially so when I can get a good deal on the flight. I've paid under $150 round trip in the best c... | When a location is 8 hours or less away in drive time, driving is superior to flying | 1 | 2015-09-23T16:45:37 | 43 | 26 | 147 |
[Here] (http://feministing.com/2015/03/26/photos-of-the-day-swedish-dads-on-parental-leave-with-their-kids/) is an article from Feminist.com advocating for paid paternity leave. [Here] (http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0423a.html) is an article from iFeminists.com advocating against the inequalit... | Feminism is longer needed in Western Society because they won decades ago. | 1 | 2017-04-03T01:56:01 | 83 | 13 | 2 |
they've actually done studies that showed people were able to pretty accurately judge aspects of someone's personality based off just a handshake (or even just watching them walk). so whilst a firm handshake doesn't necessarily indicate masculinity, a handshake does give a wealth of information to judge a person by edi... | Someone's handshake is a terrible criteria for judging character. | 0 | 2015-12-26T10:47:51 | 299 | 1 | 1 |
It's because of situations such as in Denmark where people are refusing to register because they are seeking to move to Sweden which have better benefits for asylum seekers. It doesn't create the image of desperate people who just want to live and survive, but economic migrants who are out to achieve a specific goal. ... | I think calling the situation in Europe a "migrant crisis" is purposefully misleading | 0 | 2015-09-16T02:29:48 | 95 | 2 | null |
I agree with your questioning of moral relativism - it is wrong for us to impose Western morals blindly upon other cultures, but there are clearly also moral absolutes. For instance, genocide is clearly morally reprehensible on a universal scale. And then issues can be slightly grayer, depending on your opinion or reli... | I believe that there is no moral difference in eating cat, dog or horse than there is in eating other meats. | 1 | 2014-04-16T09:01:19 | 402 | 2 | 1 |
They don't produce goods, they don't create art, they aren't involved in political movements, there is literally nothing useful they could possibly do aside from maybe paying taxes. You're adding in a LOT of assumptions here about the common criminal, to the point where you're just making them out to be the least produ... | Whenever a violent criminal (burglar, thief, murderer) dies, even if the circumstances surrounding his death are shady (police brutality, vigilantism, etcetera), society didn't lose anything of value and might have even gained from the event. | 1 | 2014-12-11T15:34:20 | 54 | 56 | 1 |
I would argue that feminism is a battle that's never over. Take a look at [this speech](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZIqdrFeFBk) by the Egyptian president in 1958. The very idea that woman would be required to wear a headscarf was ridiculed. It was a crazy idea that wouldn't be taken serious by anyone, yet look at ... | Feminism though once a powerful movement that better the lives of millions, has devolved into a movement without a point and now causes more harm than good. | 0 | 2017-04-10T15:19:32 | 480 | 4 | null |
I believe that the next group to demand legal marriage rights will be polygamists, and that the same arguments of "love is love" will still apply. I think this is unlikely, simply because polygamy is not a one-size-fits-all arrangement. Even if polyamorous individuals want their three, four, or five-person relationship... | In light of the recent Supreme Court ruling, the most logical extension of this policy is the eventual legalization of Polygamy and other non-standard marriage arrangements, which will have a negative effect on society as a whole due to the difficulty of defining "marriage" or a "family". | 1 | 2015-06-26T21:13:00 | 142 | 19 | 25 |
Look at the definition you provided, if we remove the exclusion of things which humans create: existing in nature ~~and not made or caused by people~~ So essentially, by this definition, "natural things" are "things that exist," which is frankly rather meaningless. If one wanted to discuss the results of human activit... | Anything that is man-made is natural. | 1 | 2015-01-08T00:04:52 | 31 | 21 | 17 |
I disagree that there was a minimal chance of being exposed to a different point of view. Look at the ways people consumed information in the past: * There were usually two newspapers in town; the liberal one and the conservative one. Liberals aren't going to pop up in your conservative paper. * You listened to talk r... | The world is becoming more politically polarized. | 1 | 2016-08-19T18:27:37 | 23 | 2 | 57 |
Well to get to this type of system, you have to look at how you'd answer the question "Who owns your body?" For the state to be able to mandate organ donation, it would have to own your body. If the state can claim ownership of bodies, it then becomes possible for the state to force people into a lot of different polic... | I believe that organ donation should be mandatory. CMV. | 1 | 2013-07-02T17:31:55 | 203 | 36 | 1 |
I think that people who are African-American or Asian-American don't identify themselves strictly as such. The African/Asian part is there to indicate their race, not to indicate their place in society. It isn't a title people use in place of nationality, it is something used to indicate race when necessary. For examp... | Racial labels should not be encouraged (e.g. African-American, minority) as it actually encourages division instead of equality; to promote equality and a just society we should be referring to all members of all races by their nationality | 0 | 2014-10-10T00:14:05 | 302 | 3 | null |
The US Census Bureau defines a Hispanic or Latino person as "a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race." By the definition you cited, Hispanic and Latino refer to an individual's cultural origin. All good so far. Much of the Southwest Uni... | People from parts of the US that were primarily colonized by Spain should be considered Hispanic. | 0 | 2015-09-11T21:56:48 | 61 | 1 | null |
I have also been dismayed by the insipid ignorance that is the internet. No matter where you go, there will always be stupid people. I've worked with PhDs who go to acupuncture and do cleanses. Almost all of these 'problems' look like 'problems' that you will have no matter what you do, and some of them don't look like... | I should quit reddit forever | 0 | 2015-03-04T23:54:20 | 47 | 2 | null |
I am not making any arguments other than "There *IS* a Muslim agenda to take over the West". That is the CMV, so I don't really have any solutions or defensive opinions on it. Only that it is an Agenda. | There isn't a Muslim agenda to take over the West. | 1 | 2017-03-13T20:52:13 | 65 | 10 | 4 |
There's two issues you deal with here: 1) Life is, objectively, meaningless. 2) We should all independetly choose to kill ourselves. The problem with both of these notions is that you are dealing with very subjective issues. Life is meaningless? Really? To who? You? There's people that find lots of value in their liv... | Life is meaningless and we should all commit suicide | 1 | 2015-06-29T01:52:47 | 110 | 1 | null |
From what I can see in the thread, your issue is stemming from your lack of understanding that the pro-life argument contends the fetus is a human being (with all the rights of an already born child) from day one. That's why people have been associating the argument with euthanising living children - a pro-life advocat... | Pro-life activists/advocates should all sign up to become caretakers/foster parents to the fetuses they fight so hard to protect. Not doing so makes the whole movement the epiphany of hypocrisy. | 1 | 2015-02-04T04:58:00 | 456 | 5 | 1 |
The biological effects of caffeine are [well documented](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/016501739290012B). And personally, I love coffee and drink it black (as long as it isn't scalding hot) but I've known people who prefer coffee-flavored sugar-milk over black coffee because they find it too bitter. ... | Coffee is overrated, the effects received are negligible and often a placebo, and people who say they like the taste are lying to themselves. | 0 | 2015-05-16T02:17:19 | 51 | 1 | null |
It's a solution to MANY commonly encountered problems in tech support. I worked in tech support long enough to know. Probably 50% of the "issues" people called in for were fixed with a restart. Restarting your computer clears it's cached memory, and also causes it to load updated versions of any software that has been... | "Turning it off and on again" does not solve a problem | 1 | 2017-06-13T17:33:20 | 42 | 26 | 3 |
Polar bears are not polar bears. Polar bears are a symbol. A barometer to measure a general problem of species loss and diminishing biodiversity. A cute face to put with a large and complex problem that is difficult to connect with without a specific example. Kind of like those feed the starving children campaigns that... | the potential disappearance of polar bears, caused by global warming, would have zero effect on my life. | 1 | 2014-07-09T10:33:55 | 117 | 22 | 1 |
Don't forget to account for the potential eternity in hell for being selfish. | It is logical to commit a crime if the expected outcome is positive. | 1 | 2014-08-02T21:25:27 | 170 | 2 | 1 |
What you said is exactly correct. Not everyone is capable of doing the good paying STEM jobs that the world is raving about. To this point I want to expand the scope of what we actually mean when we talk about retraining. There are many "blue collar" STEM jobs that are in shortage in America. [Plumbers](http://www.phcn... | It is unreasonable to "retrain American workers for higher skilled tech jobs" | 1 | 2016-11-28T22:16:26 | 98 | 35 | 1 |
The inverse of your pet peeve - which I also find particularly annoying - is getting so caught up debating ideology or nuanced detail that you cease to see the forest for the trees. I can't tell you how many times I've heard self-proclaimed data/logic driven social-political arguments that completely ignore human natur... | I hate anecdote in cultural discussion. I get irritated when, in a debate of some social issue, people chime in with their own stories and experiences. STFU about yourself and let's discuss the ISSUE objectively. | 0 | 2015-04-18T16:24:31 | 51 | 5 | 15Δ |
High schooler here. I stare at yoga pants and leggings all day, everyday. I can't think of one time it's actually distracted me from anything important though. It mostly happens walking through hallways, not sitting down in class. And if you really think I can't look away from a honey, no matter how fine she is, to pay... | Yoga pants and leggings should be banned from all high-schools and middle-schools | 0 | 2014-07-06T10:22:50 | 173 | 2 | 8 |
It all comes down to[ super delegates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate) The key line to note here: "unpledged delegates can potentially swing the results to nominate a candidate that did not receive the majority of votes during the primaries." **It's not just down to the public.** He has to win these gu... | It is all but certain that Donald Trump will win the Republican nomination. | 0 | 2016-01-05T20:09:34 | 584 | 1 | null |
I don't think I understand. Are you saying that you disagree with men legitimately being feminists because there are a few bad eggs that abuse the term while acting like the complete opposite? I don't see anything wrong with people outside of a group supporting the rights of that group. It's a good thing for straight m... | I really don't like men calling thenselves feminists and take men engaging in feminist activism with a grain of salt. | 0 | 2016-12-12T08:18:38 | 53 | 1 | 9 |
1) Too much configuration. by that argument everyone should be driving a van. it's the most fully featured vehicle that covers the most use cases. customization is a good thing because no two people are the same. 2) Shortcuts are inconsistent. vim shortcuts are consistent across all operating systems. Sublime has diff... | Vim is a bad text editor. CMV. | 0 | 2013-06-29T02:31:07 | 72 | 3 | null |
I don't have a strong position on this, but for argument's sake, I argue that free public education will be a good investment for the society--you and me--if students who are capable of the education. (I've heard Sanders and others talked about the German's educational system, but I don't know much about it; maybe we s... | I'm a moderate conservative, and cant see how Bernie Sanders would benefit me. | 0 | 2016-02-08T23:06:22 | 133 | 0 | null |
Some issues with this: 1. Who's to say what is reckless driving? Where do you draw the line? Speed is the standard that ensures we know what is considered to be reckless. The idea of driving any speed you want creates a totally subjective law. 2. How do you judge whether to pass other drives and such? There are a lot ... | I believe that you should be allowed to drive at whatever speed you wish as long as you aren't driving recklessly or under extenuating circumstances CMV | 0 | 2014-02-16T04:28:30 | 42 | 2 | null |
When my children were born, I wanted to bring them up without ever lying to them, and managed to do it, so I agree with you to a certain extent, *but* I think there could be exceptional circumstances where it would be in the best interests of the child to lie: for example if a young child was due to undergo major surge... | Parents lying to their children is unjustifiable. | 1 | 2014-10-23T10:58:56 | 46 | 17 | 29 |
Maybe some questions about the content of a book That would be testing knowledge, not skills. some reading comp from a random passage That's *exactly* like the SAT (or at least exactly like the ACT). and then maybe a short writing piece about a book they read That's really what you'd want to be testing. But, it's going... | Teachers in America should have incentive-based salaries | 1 | 2016-09-11T22:13:16 | 101 | 12 | 7 |
My view is the exact opposite of yours. I think whenever possible a child should be in daycare. You said it yourself. You don't have a dog in the fight. If I were a freakin' billionaire I would still send my kid to a daycare. Not a in-home nanny. Many day cares are very education-based. They learn songs, letters, colo... | I think mothers should stay at home with their children until they are in elementary school, in lieu of day care | 1 | 2016-08-29T00:42:51 | 127 | 10 | 1 |
But how money is collected and spent is what the "fiscal" part of fiscal policy means. Also how does answering that question give an answer to what should be done about the federal deficit, or what should be done when the budget isn't balanced? | You can't be a "Social Democrat, Fiscal Republican." | 1 | 2016-07-07T09:23:00 | 56 | 8 | 13 |
I am not defending pursuing a fleeing intruder who runs after being confronted by someone, as a fleeing intruder no longer poses a threat to yourself or those in the home. This seems to be based on the knowledge or suspicion of there being a threat, and *not* merely intruding on property. What if the person flees as th... | Lethal Force is morally justifiable if someone breaks into your home. | 1 | 2015-09-04T20:46:15 | 84 | 7 | 37 |
In feudalism, you were generally tied to your land with restrictions that made it very very difficult to change farms, even if you had wanted to. This is not really the case in capitalism. Especially in the US, relatively few people have skillsets so specialized that they're only useful to one or two employers, and al... | Capitalism is a psuedo-Feudalism | 0 | 2017-01-21T17:19:14 | 433 | 1 | 3 |
replace it with Indigenous Day which highlights the history of the Natives that once roamed the same land we live on We actually have a [whole month](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_Indian_Heritage_Month) dedicated to NA History and Heritage. So what's the point of changing a current holiday to something t... | Columbus day is unjustified as a National Holiday and thus should be removed and replaced with Indigenous Day. | 0 | 2014-10-09T00:49:10 | 118 | 28 | 19 |
In the eyes of the law Murder and killing someone are not the same thing. A charge of Murder requires that there be malicious intent behind the incident. The burden of proof is on the state to prove this, and it becomes very hard to prove malicious intent in the case of an accident where the victim may have no connecti... | Drivers who cause a fatal accident while under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs should be charged with murder. | 1 | 2016-08-18T21:25:36 | 30 | 25 | 22 |
Considering its prevalence and the way it is done, I would wager it is done purposefully. Essentially they take some of the most mind-numbing course that could totally be omitted or simplified, AND WILL BE SIMPLIFIED LATER, but put it into the first semester. Now, it does bear fruit for actual students who pass by imp... | While an attempt to make positive change, free college education while ultimately lead to extreme market saturation making a college degrees valueless | 1 | 2017-04-11T23:50:02 | 92 | 2 | 1 |
In the case where the person C is unaware of the relationship between A & B I would agree. However, when person C *is* aware of a pre-existing relationship, even though he does not directly know person B and does not therefore have a meaningful connection to "owe" him anything, he is disrespecting person B by knowi... | It is not immoral to be ''the other person'' with whom somebody in a relationship cheats. | 1 | 2014-12-07T05:43:02 | 122 | 9 | 25 |
"I do believe that you were probably lacking some important parts of your diet when you were not eating meat." That sounds as close to a valid argument for eating meat as I think I'm going to get out of you. To not accept that it could even be possible that some people actually need some level of meat in their diets t... | I believe there are no valid arguments for eating meat, other than "I like the taste" - CMV | 1 | 2013-02-15T07:17:01 | 383 | 2 | 1 |
In my mind, they could very well be LESS advanced than us in many ways. Not once have I ever heard someone consider that they might not have invented guns, or that they might not even know what radio waves are. Interstellar travel would require knowledge of chemistry and physics far more advanced than ours. Therefore, ... | I think any speculations about alien life are baseless and arrogant. | 0 | 2017-03-13T18:06:36 | 56 | 23 | null |
I think while it may not be the "strongest" argument, it's actually among the strongest options. When we're dealing with moral arguments, objective arguments can really only target consistency, not truth. Core moral foundations can't be derived from objective facts. You can't get an ought from an is. People have a grea... | The "born this way" argument is not the strongest argument, but the one with the least bad repercussions | 1 | 2017-05-07T08:03:53 | 60 | 2 | 11 |
How would a government use the information selectively against them? Is this like, the entire government, or who would actually use it and why? Okay, that's a good question to ask. The answer as to who gets that information will be the one in power. In america, this is the NSA but this doesn't just apply to america. Th... | The supposed loss of privacy due to public (police) surveillance cameras is morally acceptable in return for improved security | 1 | 2016-05-03T20:29:26 | 73 | 2 | 11 |
It's and all volunteer force, you need the idea of a career in the military to be something people aspire to. most soldiers aren't very talented people either yeah their not all spectacle opts it's no different than the work force in general. What exactly are we thanking them for? A job they don't want to do. our m... | The American military shouldn't receive the praise and glamour they do. | 0 | 2015-07-31T05:06:25 | 188 | 1 | null |
The space races was never really won. The USA landed on the moon and the Soviets knew they couldn't out do that. But, the space race ended when the USA and USSR succeeded in the Apollo-Soyuz mission. | America did not win the Space Race | 0 | 2017-04-20T07:58:19 | 38 | 1 | null |
[5 of the Most Influential Protests in History](http://time.com/3741458/influential-protests/) The March on Washington By 1963, African Americans had been freed from slavery for a century yet continued to live lives burdened by inequality in every realm of society. The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was inten... | Peaceful demonstration does not affect government policy | 0 | 2017-02-16T23:08:25 | 43 | 4 | 20 |
The case is concerned with doing business with organizations or individuals on the "terror list". The specific charge was against a group called the Humanitarian Law Project. They were charged with having given material support to a terrorist group. The material support in this case consisted of their giving advice to ... | The United States has never regressed on social issues at the Federal level and it isn't going to happen now either. | 1 | 2016-11-10T22:50:31 | 130 | 5 | 4 |
alcohol is pretty damn normal in society, and I can't grow up sipping cola always and everywhere. Sure you can. Lots people do. I don't drink and I have a kick-ass life. In fact, I get to feel all superior for being able to enjoy myself without needing to drug my brain. I tend to think, if you are with people that you ... | Alcohol is bad, please don't let me grow up boring | 0 | 2013-08-23T21:11:22 | 45 | 2 | 1 |
I haven't seen this argument, let me try a different track. You are not forced. You can call anyone by any pronoun you want to. You can refer to every man you meet as she for the rest of your life and no one can stop you. You will likely face consequences sometimes, but that doesn't stop you from doing it. It would ta... | Do what you want to do with your life, but if you are trans gendered, I shouldn't be forced to role-play with you. | 0 | 2016-03-31T23:35:14 | 318 | 3 | 12 |
Thanks for the clarification. You might be interested to know that you are saying something very close to the Rare Earth Hypothesis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Earth_hypothesis Life forming in early earth wouldn't be so much someone rolling a die, but more like a die rolling around a shaking bowl. It's bouncing ... | I believe that intelligent design (not necessarily the six-day creation as Christians believe), but the idea that the universe did not happen by accident, is a valid theory, and should be taught alongside evolution. CMV | 1 | 2013-02-27T07:05:02 | 97 | 11 | 2 |
This view while something I agree with at its core I think your elaboration is not quite right. You say they should mourn and grieve, but not complain. What do you mean by "complain" in this instance? Are you referring to when people cry and shout to the heavens "Oh God why did you have to take them away!?" is this not... | People who believe in a higher power that gives people a predetermined destiny/fate have no right to complain about a loved one's death (or any other negative event). | 0 | 2017-02-15T19:29:55 | 31 | 2 | 2 |
So, I'll preface this by saying that I've never hunted. I don't really have a strong desire to, either, because I don't like the idea of killing something that isn't threatening me. However, I would not hesitate to hunt if I needed the food or skins, and I have no objection to people who hunt for sport, as long as they... | People who hunt have a sadistic trait | 0 | 2015-08-08T09:20:39 | 32 | 2 | 2 |
James Rolfe (best known for his Angry Video Game Nerd character) made a video explaining that he didn't plan on seeing it because the trailer made it look bad. [He got a ton of backlash because of it](http://i.imgur.com/wA0Jdoh.png). | The Idea that Anyone Criticizing the Ghostbusters remake will be branded a misogynist is a fabrication, motivated by people's desire to feel persecuted by feminists. | 1 | 2016-07-11T09:25:54 | 325 | 45 | 4 |
and have 9/11 be unbalanced towards the civilian aspect? I'm curious about which news sources you use. The ones I frequent most often did focus significantly on the civilian aspect of the attack. Could it be as simple as differing perspectives of the media we consume? Not acknowledging the enormous military response af... | September 11th Should not involve or include tributes to troops, the military, etc. | 1 | 2015-09-16T06:44:14 | 201 | 8 | 131 |
A bachelor's degree isn't supposed to just be a jobs program. It's supposed to give you an education. Each academic department has different manners of thought when it comes to issues. A philosopher thinks of a rubik's cube differently than an engineer. An artist thinks of the Iraq War differently than a historian. A s... | There is no reason people not studying a science major should have to take science courses at a four-year university. | 1 | 2017-02-15T05:34:20 | 77 | 15 | 33 |
it's that the meaning behind the word is completely different. Whore, in that context, no longer means whore, and slut no longer means slut. That's kind of the point of the joke. You may have missed something here? To me, the point of the joke is that whore still means whore, and slut still means slut, but it's funny b... | The mere use of sexist/racist/homophobic slurs is not inherently offensive. | 1 | 2017-01-16T03:41:12 | 61 | 1 | 1 |
Can you clarify what you mean by "using it for the most possible personal gain"? When people talk about checking your privilege, nobody is saying you shouldn't make the best possible use of whatever opportunities are available to you. The argument is more that you shouldn't try to get ahead by stepping on other people,... | I believe that privilege is something that should be used and exploited for maximum benefit, contrary to the ideals of most SJWs. CMV | 0 | 2013-08-10T07:32:20 | 76 | 5 | 12 |
I disagree with you, but this sounds like a personal opinion on taste than an actual viewpoint. Sometimes little ceasers "hot and ready" Pizzas are not exactly fresh, I have had some shitty pizzas from there (and some amazing ones). I would say that the delissio rising crust when cooked properly and fresh out of the ov... | There is no such thing as good frozen pizza. | 0 | 2015-06-26T10:24:44 | 50 | 4 | null |
I do think the outrage is a little overblown, but the commercial itself was a little patronizing. I mean it was an incredibly stereotypical protest containing people of every single one of the United Colors of Benetton rallying for...something to do with peace and conversations. And then to top it all off Kendall Jenne... | The Pepsi commercial is not a big deal | 0 | 2017-04-11T22:14:16 | 67 | 10 | 18 |
I will preface this with the "I am a dude" now personally I like gendered bathrooms because I like urinals, they're nice. I also dislike waiting on lines. Regardless, I think your fear of gender neutral bathrooms is a little out of place. In regards to transgender people and bathrooms, [very few](https://www.google.com... | I don't believe that there is a practical solution for non-binary trans people regarding bathroom use beyond "use the restroom you're least likely to cause a ruckus for using. | 1 | 2017-02-26T16:29:42 | 399 | 844 | 1 |
In the automotive case, automation has made cars cheaper, more reliable, longer lasting, and more plentiful. The alternative industries that the increase in efficiency of car manufacturing creates are what the consumer would have had to spend on the car otherwise. Let's say a car costs $20,000 that would have cost $35,... | Automation, i. e. eliminating jobs with technology, can only make everyone better off in the long term. | 1 | 2014-09-23T21:03:57 | 111 | 1 | 4 |
It is the decision of each State to choose which flag(s) they will fly. Particularly with the States which joined the Confederacy it is indeed a source of pride that they were willing to give up so much for their freedoms, to remain sovereign. So yes there is in fact regional and cultural pride which comes from that. ... | I think the Confederate flag should be banned from flying at any public or school related event. CMV | 0 | 2013-08-08T10:10:06 | 233 | 1 | null |
In my mind it's asking "is it worth a gamble on your life to be lenient with a criminal?" But not everyone who will be killed under a stand-your-ground law **is** a criminal, and this is the concern people have with these laws. I think most people will agree that it is permissible to kill an aggressor as a last resor... | "Stand Your Ground" laws should be permitted in all states and countries, especially inside your own home. | 1 | 2017-06-22T22:14:21 | 93 | 7 | 11 |
The test timing isn't just for students - it's also supposed to be a guide for teachers, to dictate how much work should be put on a given test. If students had 4 hours to take their tests, teachers would likely just give them work they expect to finish in 4 hours. And if students had no time limit, God only knows that... | I think university level testing should not be timed, at penalty to the test taker. CMV | 1 | 2013-12-07T22:19:13 | 101 | 1 | null |
You don't seem to have applied any criticality to your own arguments for or against. In defense of your argument, a [study about asthma rates](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11597666) or the [hygine hypothesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis). But you present only your personal feelings. Having g... | The best place to raise kids is in a farm. | 1 | 2016-08-06T19:58:34 | 84 | 5 | 1 |
There are some great rational view points here, and as I can't add to them I am going to speak personally. I was reluctant to have kids, and some of the arguments I put forth to justify this were versions of your views, just maybe not as well thought out! But, it came down to the fact that I loved my wife and it was ... | I believe that having children is morally wrong | 0 | 2016-10-22T23:02:43 | 375 | 1 | null |
It seems the crux of your problem is the definition of "in a tree." The conventional definition of a bird in a tree means that the bird is likely perched on a branch within the area that the tree's branches and leaves cover not, as you argue, nestled within a nest or inside a hollowed out portion of the tree. I've neve... | The real answer to the 10 birds in a tree and 1 is shot riddle is not what people say it is. | 1 | 2016-11-28T04:50:38 | 31 | 2 | 1 |
Sup, i'm posting this from my 5 year old macbook pro I feel that people pay a premium for apple products because the experience is streamlined and more safe from virus' malware etc. I paid a "premium price" for my computer because the build quality of a macbook pro is significantly better than any comparable windows la... | Apple computers are for old people and the technologically illiterate. Anybody else that using Apple products have bought into marketing. (Not just a fanboy, please read) | 0 | 2014-08-13T23:40:25 | 172 | 14 | 3Δ |
Disclaimer: I don't use Vim myself; I too have tried it and couldn't get into it. However, I understand much of the appeal. 1. On the one hand, having an editor that is perfectly intuitive out of the box is all well and good. On the other hand, some people know *exactly* what they want their editor to do all the time,... | Vim is a bad text editor. CMV. | 1 | 2013-06-29T00:37:43 | 72 | 5 | 4Δ |
So, if you have an abortion.. is that a crime against future generations, or does that PREVENT crime against future generations? Let's say 100% of humanity aborts all pregnancy for the next 25 years. have we done something wrong, or prevented something wrong from happening? | It is impossible to commit a crime against "future generations" | 0 | 2015-03-16T21:58:52 | 128 | 1 | null |
It's a compromise between 'if you trust me you don't need to see what I text/facebook/whatsapp/...' and 'if you trust me you should also trust me to see every single message in your facebook/whatsapp/...'. Where a couple is on that compromise is up to them, as long as it's previously acknowledged: you two seem to be pr... | I don't think there's anything wrong with snooping through a significant others phone. | 1 | 2016-03-30T06:17:16 | 43 | 21 | 1 |
http://www.hawaiihighways.com/kauai-metric-distance-sign-large.jpg You make it sound like having two numbers turns a highway sign into a billboard full of gibberish. But in reality they aren't bigger, and I don't think they they're that weird. | Switching to the metric system in America would be cost-prohibitive and not worth the effort. | 1 | 2016-05-06T21:27:50 | 91 | 2 | 5 |
Women should vote for whichever candidate they feel best represents their interests regardless of who that candidate is. | I believe women should vote for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. | 0 | 2016-09-23T20:59:15 | 69 | 1 | 2 |
many students Many students are not high performers. Many students are *average*. The American Dream isn't the idea that you can "accomplish great feats and follow their dreams". It's the idea that with hard work, you can build yourself a better life. And for the most part, that is true. Of poor kids that work hard, ... | The American Dream is a lie | 0 | 2017-01-08T04:55:07 | 48 | 47 | null |
Two separate responses to your opinion: Remember that to award a delta you don't need to do a complete 180 in your views. Just changed *in any way*. Maybe they brought to light some facts that you didn't know about your belief that make you add one specific exception to what you previously believed. That would warrant ... | I think anyone who's view can be changed after reading a few sentences from a stranger on the internet does not think carefully enough about the views they hold. CMV | 1 | 2013-05-26T20:27:38 | 31 | 10 | 4 |
But then what will we say when we're REALLY angry? "fuck you" has no meaning, so what should I say if I'm really fucking pissed? | I don't think there is anything wrong with cursing. CMV. | 1 | 2013-06-22T19:30:32 | 58 | 11 | 3 |
First of all, there's a lot of [criticism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient#Criticism_and_views) that suggests using IQ as the only measure of intelligence is at least simplistic, and maybe not even representative of actual intelligence at all. But even if we're just talking about general intelligenc... | High intelligence is a negative trait | 0 | 2017-05-23T02:50:13 | 180 | 2 | 33 |
From the perspective of the policies the two candidates are likely to implement, there is certainly a good argument to be made that Ted Cruz will be "worse" for the U.S. (assuming you disagree with his policies). But - policy proposals are not the only function of the President. The President is also our leader, our n... | Ted Cruz would be worse for the US than Trump | 1 | 2016-04-16T23:05:56 | 144 | 31 | 2 |
Both the NFL and MLB are unnecessarily complex in the way they play the game, and have very little actual "game" per game. "Unnecessarily complex" is going to be a matter of personal preference. Personally, I don't see many rules that could be taken out of either sport without ruining the spirit of the game. But the cl... | The sports that are the "big" sports in America (NFL & MLB) are the least entertaining sports in the world with major leagues that have any kind of significance | 0 | 2014-07-02T23:57:20 | 29 | 7 | 24 |
Many people would slowly start losing their jobs Pretty much any economic improvement in how something is done causes job losses for the people doing the old, less useful thing. That's hardly a reason to halt progress. There are many markets where we don't have laws forcing consumers to buy through a middleman. Do you ... | I agree with Michigan in regards to banning Tesla from selling cars directly to consumers. | 0 | 2014-10-26T08:39:06 | 25 | 2 | 6 |
Casually become intimate with multiple people. It doesn't make you a bad person and all those people your having sex with can still be special to you because you shared something special. Just don't drink and bone. | Sex is something intimate, to be shared in a relationship; not just something that should be done casually. | 0 | 2014-10-23T04:00:50 | 31 | 1 | null |
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