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Actually, he went to China and Russia; two of the USA's biggest economic and political competitors. Why did he go there instead of somewhere else that was more friendly? And as far as pardon is concerned, what happens if we learn more of the story during the trial? Are you so sure that his truth is the only truth? Gra... | Edward Snowden should be pardoned. | 0 | 2015-06-09T12:33:34 | 306 | -1 | 3 |
Hey OP, I see there's already a delta here, but I just wanted to add something in as it hasn't been mentioned by others that I can see. In the context of the kind of security threats you're talking about (terrorism), I'm not sure that giving the government the ability to decrypt phones would be beneficial anyway. Terr... | Central intelligence agencies should have access to encrypted information on cell phones that may threaten the security of a nation. | 1 | 2016-05-11T04:08:33 | 31 | 1 | 3 |
You get to vote your conscious... whatever that is. Fact: On November 8th, either the RNC candidate or DNC candidate will be elected the next President of the US. If it is important to you that it's not the RNC candidate, then you have to take action to help make that happen. If it is more important to you to send a ... | As a democrat I hate Trump, and don't trust Hilary. I want to vote third party. | 1 | 2016-08-05T02:48:44 | 79 | 5 | 7 |
The thing is, you obviously had parents (or another caregiver) who were able to raise you. We all did, or we wouldn't be here. Caring for a child with special needs is usually more difficult than caring for a typical child- there is a lot of unchartered territory, more emotional hardship, difficult decisions to be made... | I feel that people who believe in aborting or euthanizing babies that would/were born with mental illness are inherently terrible people. | 0 | 2014-03-30T04:18:38 | 105 | 24 | null |
OK why, in your opinion, was Howard forced to resign? You say it was "isolated fuckup. An isolated fuck-up based on what? Without the term "political correctness" you can't explain why Howard was forced to resign. And there are other examples in the article I cited of people getting in trouble over the word "niggardly.... | "Political correctness" is a harmful and disingenuous term | 1 | 2016-02-18T19:25:57 | 62 | 9 | 101 |
There is no global right and wrong. It's subjective. I have no moral compass. But I know that sometimes when j do things, people react badly. I internalise these actions as 'wrong'. And vice versa. Right and wrong at a personal level is comprised of all those little things growing up you internalise. But there is no ri... | I have failed to rationalize objective or inherent Right and Wrong | 0 | 2016-07-13T16:32:03 | 126 | 2 | null |
Teacher here. We need to be clear about some terminology. If by 'source' you mean 'something that you read in the process of doing research,' then by all means, use Wikipedia. Why not? the object is learning. If you're trying to convince someone using evidence, you convince better if you have the *best possible witnes... | In certain circumstances, Wikipedia should be allowed as a source for papers. | 1 | 2015-12-17T10:26:54 | 51 | 1 | 1 |
Interestingly enough, they did exactly this in the U.K. about thirty or so years ago. It all seems logical and practical and like it should work. Then they decided that legally, ownership was satisfied if you could own something at all. So handguns were turned in in huge numbers and you were allowed to keep rifles and... | Here's what I would change about American gun regulations. CMV | 1 | 2013-02-07T20:18:47 | 30 | 6 | 1 |
Sections would better than the current process. I never said it would be more efficient than boarding the back first Did you read the study I linked above? They tested a variety of methods, including boarding the back first, and found that the sectional method was faster than your strategy of boarding back to front. D... | Airplane boarding is backwards | 1 | 2015-06-24T05:15:48 | 53 | 2 | 43Δ |
A similar comparison to this is when bathrooms were segregated. During that time period, no Black people were allowed to use White bathrooms, and White individuals would not want to use Black bathrooms. Also, the White bathrooms on average were far nicer than Black bathrooms. This was perfectly legal under the law. Onc... | Protections enabling transgendered people to choose the bathroom of the gender they identify with removes that protection for other people. | 1 | 2017-02-23T15:35:01 | 401 | 20 | 2 |
The major flaw in your argument is that it assumes too much. It seems as though you suggest that all, or at least a vast majority, of parents want kids because they are taught to want kids and that they are fulfilling some social pressure in doing so. You also assume that all kids will end up feeling lonely and empty i... | The typical rationales for having children are either narcissistic or self-serving and therefore unethical | 0 | 2014-06-11T16:36:40 | 45 | 1 | 1 |
All definitions of personhood are pretty much an arbitrary line when we are talking about a point before birth. There's a simple argument in philosophy about what constitutes a mound. Say I have a mound of sand and both of us agree that the amount of sand and it's stacking is a mound. Then I start taking away sand. At ... | I think Definitions of person-hood are arbitrary. | 0 | 2014-10-11T05:50:56 | 36 | 1 | 2 |
If you can't handle guilt think about how poorly you'll handle retribution. People who cheat have no problem dealing with traitors. The smartest thing you can do for yourself is to keep your mouth shut and ride it out. Treat this as the important life lesson it is: the world isn't composed of the black and white morali... | I should expose my classmates and I's cheating during our final semester of university. | 1 | 2014-04-13T08:52:04 | 54 | 13 | 4 |
Most of them are from his personal flickr account. http://imgur.com/gallery/abwEBMO/new If someone wears Nazi jewelry, proudly carries Hitler books, spouts Nazi ideology and looks like the results of a failed eugenics experiment, then he’s a Nazi. Milo Yiannopoulos is a neo-Nazi. When called on this, he’ll claim to be ... | I don't think it's accurate to describe Milo Yiannopoulos as a Nazi | 1 | 2017-02-13T05:36:00 | 369 | 1 | 1 |
Live albums certainly serve some people (like me!) very well. If I'm listening to a musician for the first time, usually on Spotify, I try to find their live albums *first* so that I can get an idea of the music away from its pre-packaged, glitzy studio version even if the studio version sounds really good. I feel like... | Live versions of music albums are nothing more than a cash grab | 1 | 2016-04-22T22:05:13 | 42 | 1 | 244 |
This would create a system where I as an average height person am paying more for your comfort. If the extra cost seats with more legroom aren't sold for extra profit, everyone on the plane will have to pay more so the airline makes more money. It's not fair to me as a consumer to pay for your knees. | In many airliner configurations, a portion of extra legroom seats should be reserved for tall people at no extra cost. | 1 | 2014-10-21T18:36:42 | 57 | 1 | 16 |
So, I say this as a person currently staring at the forlorn I'm With Her sticker still stuck to his fridge: Hillary is/was a skilled statesman, but a pretty shit national politician, for two primary reasons: * She has, and has largely maintained post-election, low favorability ratings, relative to the generic democrat,... | Hillary Clinton isn't that bad | 1 | 2017-07-01T11:09:20 | 214 | 23 | 7 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_and_gender_distinction Biological sex is one thing, gender is another. Gender dysphoria is a condition whereby a biological male's brain aligns with a traditional feminine identity, and vice versa with biological females. It's really just as simple as that. When you call a transgender ... | Transgender people will never really be "men" or "women" | 0 | 2015-09-11T08:36:02 | 131 | 2 | 1 |
But the physical processes that happened moments after the big bang inform us a lot of why the universe has formed the way it has. For example, the reason why there is an abundance of helium and hydrogen, the fact that the Universe is expanding and the formation of galaxies etc. With regards to what is and isn't possib... | There is no educational benefit to teaching the Big Bang theory in schools. | 1 | 2017-01-30T18:26:33 | 91 | 5 | null |
It is possible to make things "better" (from your point of view - and I think I probably agree with it) by digging in and participating like never before. [The conservative dominance of America is the result of a decades-long strategy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States#1970s). People didn't... | I want to leave America and move to another country, because I hate the direction I think we're moving in, and I want to get out now. | 0 | 2014-07-07T20:50:07 | 205 | 4 | 7 |
I would argue that religion is nonetheless an unusually convenient and wide-ranging excuse. In practice, if people are religious enough you can get them to do pretty much anything based on "God said so." If nothing else, remove it and the justification would likely be split between dozens of other things. It is. Howeve... | I believe that religion is the single most destructive invention in the history of humanity. CMV. | 1 | 2013-06-29T03:14:24 | 59 | 1 | 3 |
What if the income-earning spouse starts gambling? I think the non-income-earning spouse would have a right to be very concerned about expenditures that have the potential to grow into *very large*, very addictive expenditures. Hobbies that initially seem cheap - aviation, climbing, horseback riding, and other high-cos... | As long as all household necessities and a few luxuries are taken care of, a non-income earning spouse shouldn't concern themselves with expenditures made by an income-earning spouse. | 1 | 2015-09-26T02:20:18 | 83 | 2 | 27 |
This is a strange discussion to argue but to not go into too much depth, you can take into account rape that involves reefers or intoxication. We normalize it to the point where many people get away with it, particularly young white boys in college. It's considered so normal that other boys do it thinking there is noth... | Western Culture does not normalise or excuse rape. | 0 | 2016-08-17T07:29:54 | 1,013 | 1 | 1 |
I'm not saying political polarization is good, but this "OMG the world is ending etc. etc." is a bit dramatic. There has always been political polarization since the first humans disagreed with each other. It is natural for humans (whom hold different views) to argue and attack each other in order to support their idea... | Political Polarization appears to be killing progress on pretty much every issue and we are doomed if we don't reverse course | 0 | 2017-02-25T09:54:54 | 155 | 2 | null |
Hey there! Like your son, I have Galactosemia, and have done quite a bit of research on the subject as a result. I think you shouldn't let the disorder (which only has a 25% chance of appearing in a second child anyway) hold you back from having the family size you want. There's only a 12.5% chance of having an affec... | Being the carrier of a genetic defect, i don't think i should have a second children. | 1 | 2014-08-02T20:37:13 | 91 | 6 | 7 |
Fair enough, but given this connection, can we say that fireworks are at the very least rooted in something authentic? | Fireworks are really boring, have little to do with celebrating independence, and are not worth the risk. | 1 | 2015-07-06T09:26:56 | 57 | 3 | 1 |
So there are a few things to note with dress uniforms. Dress uniforms are the equivalent of a suit or any other civilian clothing for dress occasions. They are simply a different style that is specific to the military. When you are in the military you cannot wear civilian dress clothes to work so in some cases (if they... | Wearing your military uniform to a wedding or funeral is highly narcissistic. | 0 | 2017-05-16T16:41:35 | 111 | 17 | 96 |
The most basic laws are that you can do what you want with your body as long as it doesn't affect me. You can swing your arms around wildly as long as you don't come near me. If you hit me in the face, I'm entitled to a recourse. But there is a middle point where both of us are at odds. Say you are within striking dist... | Government Mandated Vaccination On Citizens Is Never Right | 1 | 2016-02-04T16:51:21 | 146 | 1 | 73 |
This is just the opposite in my view. Fan art is a great way to provide a context for practicing the actual act of art and to practice the craft itself. In addition, fan art often adds *more* to the original work and artists become well-known for their personal touch on fan art. Notable fan-art: Here are some successfu... | The rise of fan art in geek culture (from paintings to music) is keeping people from developing into artists in their own rights. | 0 | 2014-08-05T02:02:28 | 33 | 8 | 82Δ |
A benefit you're missing: (Or, alternately, a cost to having the religious symbols): The symbols placed there/supported by gov't are alienating those that don't share those beliefs, especially if the gov't says "yes, religion X can have its symbols there, but not religion Y, and definitely none for atheists" A school t... | I absolutely despise atheist organizations that attempt to remove public religious symbols. CMV | 1 | 2013-04-09T08:21:45 | 70 | 1 | 1 |
Not all reactors are alike. The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) has incredible safety compared to that of other reactors. It doesn't require high pressures like those used in pressurized water reactors such as the plant in Fukushima Daiichi. [Link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_fluoride_thorium_reactor#Saf... | Nuclear energy is terrifying! All nuclear facilities ought to be shut down. | 1 | 2014-08-04T07:28:44 | 83 | 12 | 1 |
When you buy a house (unless it's a brand new house) you aren't paying for the construction of the house, you're just paying the previous owner. But it's still your house to live in! Just the same as with a publicly traded company. A company is free to pay above-market wages, sell at below-market prices, and give the ... | I do not believe that pleasing shareholders should be the priority of a company. CMV | 0 | 2014-01-07T20:23:55 | 67 | 1 | null |
Try looking at school from a different perspective. High school isn't intended to teach you things that will be useful in life. It's intended to expose you to information and topics that you are unlikely to encounter in the "real world." This isn't necessarily for your benefit, or even for the benefit of most students.... | In-depth classes in high school for "core courses" (math, english, science, etc) should be optional and replaced with mandatory classes on political systems, home economics (mortgages, tax, jobs, benefits, healthcare, etc). | 0 | 2017-05-04T18:46:03 | 49 | 6 | null |
So google defines classical liberalism as "a political ideology that values the freedom of individuals — including the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and markets — as well as limited government." This is incompatible with several beliefs. For example strong leftists don't believe that nazis and/or fasc... | Everyone should be liberal. | 0 | 2017-01-24T16:17:25 | 93 | 1 | null |
How does religion impact our first world nation? From [this source](http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ihe/article/viewFile/7967/7118): In part to placate the religious fundamentalist wing of the Republican Party, in August 2001 President George W. Bush set limits on federal funding for stem cell research. And t... | I don't think there's significant evidence against religion being generally detrimental to modern society. Change my view, please! | 1 | 2015-09-16T11:23:42 | 46 | 6 | 131 |
So, I think there's a couple things to consider with your arguments: 1) It would be a gross overgeneralization on your part to say that disabled folks cannot be productive. It would take a *profound* level of impairment (much more severe than what you are imagining) for that person to be incapable of doing something e... | Aborting fetuses that would be born with debilitating diseases is good for society | 0 | 2017-05-31T02:06:00 | 276 | 1 | null |
It seems like nearly every single one of the "Trump Voters" who are expressing regret are not actually Trump voters. They are nearly all Clinton voters who are concern trolling. Every Trump voter who I've talked to is thrilled that he is doing exactly what he said that he would do. I feel bad for them, because they are... | I should feel bad for the Trump voters feeling Trumpgret, reach out, and empathize with their pain... | 0 | 2017-01-30T21:04:48 | 159 | 15 | 5 |
Income tax in the U.S. is *progressive*, so it's a little like a wealth tax . . . | A carbon tax and a wealth tax would be more rational than income, payroll, capital gains and sales taxes | 0 | 2015-07-07T11:36:02 | 79 | 1 | null |
He was a 12 year old child playing with a toy gun. The 911 caller stated that there was a child playing with a "pistol that was probably fake." There was no attempt at threat assessment. There was zero attempt at deescalation. The officer who shot the child has a negative performance review from his last job as a cop... | All of the Famous Black People Shot by Police Officers Were Justified | 1 | 2016-08-22T05:44:39 | 157 | 10 | 9 |
Everything we need should be given to us through our right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The first thing I take issue with is the premise of the argument. Because we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness you are positing that all of our needs should be met. I don't see how that l... | Everything we need should be given to us through our right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. | 1 | 2016-06-06T17:24:51 | 156 | 11 | 1 |
The problem is you created a false dichotomy here. Getting a dog from a breeder is not equivalent to adopting a child from an agency/attorney. A dog breeder specifically breeds dogs despite there being plenty of homeless dogs. If you want a specific breed there are plenty of ways to get one through specific adoption ag... | It's arbitrary and hypocritical to judge people who get dogs from breeders, but hold a different opinion about adopting human infants. | 1 | 2016-07-19T19:59:42 | 33 | 21 | 4 |
It is not in your best interest to get divorced. It is definitely in your best interest to get married. | As a man, it is not in my interest to get married. | 0 | 2016-12-05T00:35:34 | 112 | 3 | 2 |
The point is to bring awareness to an issue. Here's an example, you, right now, wouldn't be having this discussion had the womens march not happened. One of the important function of a protest is to get people thinking about and talking about the issues. The real work could be done in these interactions *after* the pro... | There is little to no point to protests in the streets. It can often just be ignored. | 0 | 2017-04-20T18:22:57 | 109 | 4 | 2 |
Memorizing facts that you can simply google nowadays is a complete waste of time. I'm in IT, and just about every IT problem has a solution you can google. The reason I get paid so much is because *knowing what to google* and *understanding the result* is more important than it being available. Remembering even a part ... | Schools, to some extent, are absolutely useless. | 0 | 2017-04-20T16:31:12 | 73 | 4 | 80 |
I understand your point, but disagree. Terrorism in the United States comes in many forms. There is domestic right wing terrorism, left wing terrorism, terrorism from outside forces, and terrorism from Islamic extremists in the US. The purpose of terrorism is not to kill people. It is to effect cultural, political, g... | Terrorism in the US is not a big deal and Trump's ban will have no impact on it | 0 | 2017-01-29T18:37:37 | 837 | 572 | 1 |
I honestly don't care if I seem creepy or not, I try and compliment everyone I come in contact with. Some people might get all TwoX on me, but the vast majority usually smile and say thanks. Men are a lot better at taking compliments than women from what I've seen. I don't think that telling a person they are pretty o... | Talking to and complimenting strangers isn't such a terrible thing. | 1 | 2016-07-31T17:30:43 | 68 | 17 | 1 |
I've done a lot of advocacy work with rape victims over the years, as well as am one myself, and let me tell you - none of those things would have prevented the rapes I have been told about over the years. The vast majority of rapes occur in the home of the victim or the rapist, and the rapist is someone that the victi... | Anti-Victim-blaming culture is suppressing the spread of helpful information that can prevent rape. | 1 | 2015-08-05T18:33:19 | 391 | 42 | 5 |
Well, since Scrooge sequestered all that money, prices are lower, so wages don't have to rise, products are more affordable, the impact of other investment is greater and in greater proportion. Second, he's not hoarding sufficiently enough to take money out of it's optimal role, otherwise something else, something he ... | Scrooge McDuck is ruining Duckburg's and the world's economy. | 0 | 2014-05-16T12:14:32 | 82 | 1 | 2 |
Part of the reason they don't pay minimum wage is because it's seen as a duty rather than employment. Is the reason you think that because you see it as a job rather than a duty of citizenship? That's okay and understandable, but part of the reason it's random and they don't pay is in order to keep it fair. If people w... | Jurors should be paid at least minimum wage, and reimbursed fairly for expenses when serving on a jury. | 0 | 2014-12-24T09:23:07 | 98 | 2 | null |
While I agree with you that safe-driving cars will likely eventually become mainstream, I'm not sure where you got your time line from because it seems grossly exaggerated. There is no way that self-driving cars are going to replace human-driven cars in 16 years. Even if the technology advances that quickly (very unlik... | Our current generation will be the last drivers. My 6 month old nephew will never need to learn how to operate a car. | 0 | 2015-06-23T23:38:58 | 57 | 1 | null |
This is a bit of a weird example, but Naughty Dog and Insomniac Games used to work in the same Universal Studios backlot. They pretty much worked in the same cubicles. The games they created, like Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon, were better games because of the constant chatting between members of the two compani... | In software development; and in other fields involving extended thought-work that depends on focus and concentration; there is no value in having coworkers to interact with face to face - and in fact, distractions created that way are counter-productive | 1 | 2015-08-04T05:13:21 | 33 | 7 | 3 |
I'm not convinced that even you know how bad these programs are, because there are things much worse than these. My research has been cited in briefs for lawsuits fighting the NSA programs. I can assure you I know the details. And remember that there is way more to the story than the slides leaked by Snowden. The legal... | I think a direct democracy would work if people could only vote if they didn't avoid the facts | 1 | 2014-08-27T20:42:23 | 78 | 2 | 11 |
We seem to have set the minimum standard of living as not living in poverty. Now how to define what is or isn't poverty is different depending on who you ask, but most developed nations have created safety nets in an attempt to keep people out of poverty as this is considered to be the minimum standard of living. Aside... | If able, people should have to contribute to society in order to have a comfortable life. | 1 | 2015-02-13T05:01:25 | 48 | 8 | 26 |
I'm going to take a different angle on this. Children that don't eat lunch have several problems that are relevant to the school's primary mission. Here are 2: 1) Low blood sugar will make them more likely to be moody and disruptive to other students. 2) They are likely to have worse concentration, making it more diff... | I do not believe that schools should be responsible for providing lunch for every child. | 1 | 2014-05-22T00:47:01 | 89 | 2 | 96Δ |
Certainly, people that earn high wages have earned a fair degree of what they earn, but the question that's really being asked is "how much did they earn?" People don't just make money out of thin air, and despite what many will tell you, they certainly didn't make it "on their own". Public infrastructure and employees... | The top 1% have earned their money and they deserve to keep it | 0 | 2014-10-05T06:58:00 | 76 | 2 | 3 |
Here's something along a different axis than most people here are arguing. From your post and your comments, it seems like it is your belief that exposure to what is considered "adult content" in various media is not intrinsically harmful to children because their parents should be able to provide proper context and ex... | Children are never too young for things. | 0 | 2017-03-15T18:33:51 | 52 | 2 | 2 |
The most populous Muslim country is Indonesia, which is not Arab. The second-most populous Muslim country is Pakistan which is also not Arab. It's insulting to Arabs to tar them all as Muslims. There are plenty of perfectly intelligent Arabs who don't hate women or science. | I think Sam Harris' argument against Islam is logically inconsistent | 0 | 2017-02-12T04:36:11 | 68 | 0 | 1 |
Put an !<delta except without the brackets | In the coming decades we need to answer the Incel Question, and I believe I have the solution | 1 | 2017-04-25T20:34:51 | 161 | 1 | 18 |
How is this significantly different from the current ability to track everyone everywhere they go via cell phones - possible with both cell towers and the active GPS frequently on with location data stored by Google and/or Apple - carried by almost everyone? I'm not saying you're wrong exactly, just that the ship has... | Self-driving cars are too likely to become a tool of mass surveillance, therefore their development should be stopped as soon as possible. | 1 | 2017-01-01T23:29:13 | 51 | 12 | 1 |
The American people are not going to stand up and revolt against the government for Snowden. It would be news for a week and then he would fade into obscurity as he lives out his days labeled as a terrorist in a max security prison. | The best thing for Snowden to do would be to return to the US | 0 | 2014-06-15T18:10:50 | 134 | 1 | null |
This position isn't wrong so much as a sad, self-fulfilling prophecy that's exactly as right as you and others allow it to be. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you presumably want other people who think like you to go out and vote. You want such people to be as large a presence as possible in any given election and behave ... | For the educated middle class, voting in the U.S. is a useless waste of time. | 0 | 2016-03-01T17:06:13 | 33 | 25 | 38 |
EDH just like all other games (and formats of magic) are usually played to have fun or gain enjoyment out of it. Different people find enjoyment in different ways, some people find more enjoyment in fast paced competitive games and others prefer the "battlecruiser" style of play. Everybody has fun in different ways. As... | EDH should not be "competitive". | 0 | 2016-12-09T16:51:49 | 120 | 1 | null |
I understand I'm supposed to try to change your view, but perhaps a counter suggestion might help: what if we take your theory, and instead of have selection criteria for people to prove being good enough to be parents, what about an age limit? Say - 21? No teenage parents. That might start to take care of some of the ... | People should earn the right to have children. | 1 | 2017-05-22T23:35:06 | 461 | 3 | 1 |
Your problem is that you have accepted the lie that selfish motive is evil. The truth is that "benefiting the self" is good or bad depending on the means and ends - and judging a motive divorced from such context is itself irrational and immoral. Compare earning versus stealing, learning versus cheating, deserving vers... | I think it's a selfish motive to purposely try to have children. | 1 | 2015-06-17T06:02:55 | 28 | 1 | 64Δ |
I want to write something here but I'm not entirely sure what is it precisely I'm responding against. Are you opposed to a belief system or what? In tangible terms, could you elaborate a little more on the tangible policies and behaviour associated with your view of elitism? | Elitism should not be tolerated in any kind of way | 0 | 2015-11-20T19:08:06 | 96 | 1 | 1 |
Let's examiner A) the reasons why someone becomes pregnant, and B) the reasons why someone would put a baby up for adoption. A) Someone gets pregant i) because they want to have a baby, or ii) because they've accidentally become pregnant after intending to merely have sex for pleasure. B) Someone puts a baby up for a... | Putting a baby up for adoption should have a monetary reward | 1 | 2017-02-20T19:46:35 | 80 | 5 | 11 |
With gender identity I do not mean gender role as in one's behaviour as subjectictively placeable—or not—within the general social expectations of men and women respectively in the relevant culture; nor do I obviously mean biological charactaristics. ..... Essentially by definition is it not gender identity if it is ... | A person's gender identity or lack thereof is incredibly uninteresting and irrelevant | 0 | 2017-04-25T05:56:21 | 88 | 13 | 72 |
The draft is still in place, and I have always understood that in the event of a full scale war it will be utilized. There really isn't much point in maintaining a super massive standing army at all times. People already bitch enough about how much we spend on defense, and I'm not sure how they would justify the cost i... | Reinstating the draft is the best way to prevent unnecessary wars for the US | 1 | 2017-04-14T20:11:06 | 33 | 8 | 10 |
And before you accuse me of subtley targeting one group behind algebra....this could be applied to anything: Men are more likely to rape Women are more likely to shoplift clothing Teenagers are more likely to be the one at fault in an accident A poor person driving away from a 711 in a beater is more likely to be the r... | Ignoring the fairness of it, stereotyping would reduce crime. | 0 | 2015-10-18T18:06:17 | 152 | 3 | 44 |
if a company refused to serve or allow access to black people that would be considered a violation of their rights despite it not being the government. In the same way, you couldn't claim a country has gender equality if women can't be get a job, despite there being no law against hiring women. Unless freedom of speech... | The idea that free speech doesn't apply to private entities is ridiculous | 1 | 2015-08-06T23:56:02 | 74 | 3 | 3 |
I'm an atheist, and further, extremely suspicious of the catholic church, so you might want to take my conclusions with a pinch of salt, but: -Pope Benedict is still alive. Whatever coalition of Vatican factions put him in place almost certainly also put Pope Francis in place. You don't get turnarounds in institutional... | I think Pope Francis is doing a great job as Pope and is radically transforming the Catholic Church for the better. CMV | 0 | 2013-11-12T17:10:07 | 589 | 0 | null |
I have so, so many passwords that I don't even bother trying. I have one password I remember to get into my password manager, which generates random passwords for me. | Websites should relax their password policies. (X-post GUE) | 0 | 2015-01-25T22:07:37 | 247 | 1 | null |
This is yet another "which came first, the chicken, or the egg" argument. Who caused what: liberals causing the alt-right to be stronger, or the alt-right causing hostile liberals. So, let's first off establish that too many on both sides are boorish and immature. From my fellow lefties that do go way too far on things... | Liberals are responsible for the rise of the alt-right | 0 | 2016-11-11T19:25:28 | 130 | 1 | 5 |
Well, first off, no matter what you eat, you're killing something. Plants are living as well. That is how humans have always survived, buy consuming other life. Second off, I'm assuming that you mean it's wrong to kill an animal to eat it. It seems like the consuming of the meat isn't the problem, it's ending the life ... | Eating animals is morally wrong. | 1 | 2015-01-18T09:33:31 | 146 | 19 | 11 |
1. Actually, it's not debatable. I'm not referring to one job, but many. I can't seem to link this one - its a pdf - but search for "The Economic Value of Child Care - OISE - University of Toronto" Or even http://www.childcarecanada.org/publications/other-publications/98/11/benefits-and-costs-good-child-care-economic-... | I think mothers should stay at home with their children until they are in elementary school, in lieu of day care | 1 | 2016-08-29T06:39:14 | 127 | 2 | 4 |
1: Institutional Theft: Hackers have already stolen millions of dollars worth of bitcoins from large/institutional holders of bitcoins. "Joe Consumer" can't adequately protect his money from this kind of targeted hacking. Right now banks and other financial institutions are charged with protecting traditional money. A ... | I think Bitcoins will never be a widespread consumer currency that rivals traditional money. CMV | 0 | 2013-12-05T08:55:07 | 208 | 1 | null |
For this to work, you would have to willingly admit that there is an age at which ALL people become too mentally senile to make a solid judgement. This is putting a very cutting edge line in the middle of an issue that has lots of grey areas. What acctually defines someone as not mentally stable enough to vote? Their I... | There should be an upper age limit on voting age, too | 0 | 2017-05-14T00:42:01 | 60 | 1 | null |
I'll address two of your arguments. Re: dating, you may be basing your view on the gay experience in smaller towns and cities. Nearly everywhere in the world, there is a much higher percentage of gay people in big cities and many more places to meet them. Apps and bars aren't the only places, either. In my city, there ... | being homosexual is a terrible curse. | 1 | 2016-02-28T08:09:14 | 32 | 3 | 2 |
Here are some counter opinions: * **A third party candidate won't have as much Congressional support.** Merely electing a third party president wouldn't guarantee any real differences being made at a policy level, unless Congress also changes accordingly (which is terribly unlikely). * **There's no way to verify the o... | There is a solution to the Hillary v Trump dilemma: | 1 | 2016-07-27T03:49:22 | 73 | 6 | 8 |
The interior of your car is not sealed regardless, and various insects and arachnids can still get in through things like the air vents and imperfect seals between the engine compartment and the cabin, such as the access to your cabin air filter. This is how crawling critters generally get access, so windows up or down... | It's better to leave the car windows up when parking in the sun. | 1 | 2017-06-12T22:09:01 | 33 | 6 | 25 |
Nobody is 100% right so who's to say you should tell others their wrong Yes, but some are more right than others. For instance, Isaac Asimov once wrote how one person may think the world is flat and one person may think the world is a sphere and both are wrong, but if you think they're the same level of wrongness, you... | Trying to change people's views on controversial topics is not only a waste of time, but detrimental to society. | 1 | 2017-03-16T03:25:25 | 48 | 1 | 1 |
lets just look at all possibilities in this scenario. door A = car door B = zonk door C = zonk first well assume that the contestant does not choose to switch, no matter which door he picked. 1. case: contestant chooses door A. door B gets opened. contestant stays at door A and wins a car :D 2. case: contestant choose... | To suggest that the Monty Hall problem has a solution better than 50% is the Gambler's Fallacy. | 0 | 2017-01-22T18:49:03 | 43 | 3 | 1 |
Does the fact that perfection can't conceivably be achieved really excuse us from closing the gap as much as we can? No, but we can't conflate doing only what is possible with settling for something less than we want. I wasn't posting to say you are wrong in the effects you said, only that they will not sufficient for... | I consider safe shelter , nutritious food, and quality education and healthcare universal human rights. | 1 | 2014-04-08T03:33:10 | 53 | 1 | 4 |
Starting about 50 years ago politicians figured out that you give the people what they want in America. Believe it or not, previous to this politicians would actually try to tell Americans what they wanted. Something like, "Good jobs are important to your well being. My campaign will increase capital gains tax to impro... | Ted Cruz is not a serious candidate, he's just being used by republicans to make the actual candidate seem less extreme | 0 | 2015-03-27T00:44:54 | 50 | 0 | 1Δ |
So I'm going to preface this comment a bit. I grew up living in southern New York, and spent my childhood eating good pizza. I'm not talking any of that deep dish, 10 meat, stuffed crust mumbo-jumbo; I loved a good Neapolitan pie and, when feeling daring, a Sicilian slice. So with this in mind, know that I spent the ma... | Pineapples do not belong on pizza. | 1 | 2017-04-03T02:59:25 | 24 | 1 | 19 |
Even if Uber, Tesla, Google, Lyft/Ford, etc. accomplish their goals in building fully functional self driving cars within 4 years, the quantities and areas they're allowed to operate in are likely to be limited until at least 2025 or so. In addition, not learning to drive is a cost in and of itself. You'll have to weig... | It's not worth it getting a driver's licence since self-driving cars will likely be available in less than 5 years | 1 | 2016-07-22T15:42:31 | 97 | 2 | 12 |
"Money in the government budget is a bit like piss in a pool. You can try to aim for a corner, but in the end its going everywhere." -half remembered quote from John Oliver. In practice your proposed system will not change anything. The government will just wait to see how the 25% is distributed and use its 75% to supp... | I believe that taxpaying individuals should have some form of control over where their taxes go. | 0 | 2015-05-07T16:30:34 | 61 | 1 | null |
This is assuming that we *want* near-universal enforcement, but my main point is that ticketing (almost) every speeder is a *bad* thing. (We could end traffic accidents if we reduce the limit to 10 mph, but that's clearly ridiculous.) Increasing the time spent driving means that people have less time to do *other* thin... | Average speed measurments should be widely used to catch speeders | 1 | 2016-01-26T05:24:03 | 73 | 1 | 7 |
I have two answers for you on this: (a) yes, and (b) no. Or, as we science people like to say, "It depends." You are correct that MBTI and similar methods are not purely scientific. On the other hand, they aren't anything like horoscopes. Horoscopes make predictions about personality and behaviour, and even future even... | MBTI is Pseudoscience, and Deserves the Same Ridicule as Horoscopes | 0 | 2017-05-03T18:44:36 | 180 | 1 | 18 |
It seems like we are both getting frustrated, so maybe we can take a step back. I understand what you mean with A = A, I can agree that’s true regardless of humans. But do you understand that you are trying to apply materialism to something not covered by your definition? Do you think the laws of logic are: “beings, ... | Not everything is made of matter | 1 | 2017-04-18T17:26:01 | 149 | 1 | 55 |
(I mostly agree with your view but I'll attempt to make a rebuttal for arguments sake) I think that it is a necessity to continue the hunting to preserve the biodiversity, and that it would be a waste to not eat the meat as well. Morally justifying its death doesn't *necessarily* morally justify eating it afterwards. ... | As a vegan I can still support responsible hunting | 1 | 2016-12-25T16:33:20 | 50 | 25 | 2 |
Because you're need to say goodbye properly isn't worth more than another human life. Someone else may be deprived of 50 years of life with their girlfriend because your girlfriend did not donate her organs. | My girlfriend is an organ donor. While admirable, I want her to opt-back out. | 0 | 2014-04-21T18:15:09 | 49 | 2 | null |
Self-immolation means you think that the other side is capable of realizing they are wrong. In the view of many radical Sunni Muslims, the US is not capable of admitting they are wrong. They believe Western countries have tried to control Muslim countries for decades, and have very rarely shown any sort of humanity. Th... | Fundamentalist Sunni Muslims would make a much more effective political statement by self-immolating in Western host nations than they would by killing Western civilians at random | 1 | 2016-08-27T01:48:12 | 30 | 10 | 90 |
I've read trough this entire post and all of the comments as well. I'm an Economics major senior with a focus on Finance so i'm no PhD or anything. Take this with a grain of salt. When thinking about the economy on a macro level you have to make certain assumptions in order to make a model. These assumptions are built... | Tax cuts can increase output in the economy | 1 | 2016-12-05T06:46:21 | 93 | 1 | 1 |
Why be good, when you can be great? Why not set your life up as an example for your children to follow? Do you want your children to accomplish great things, or simply get through life being unnoticed? Why would you ever choose to strive for mediocracy? Sure, the pain of loss is real, and it hurts. But how does that c... | I think we should be mediocre, so people don't miss us painfully when we're gone. Maybe CMV? | 1 | 2013-08-23T18:00:35 | 27 | 2 | 1 |
https://longislandwins.com/news/national/the-immigrants-among-the-founding-fathers/ | It's very disrespectful for immigrants to express strong political opinions directed towards the governing of whichever country they've immigrated to. | 1 | 2017-04-22T08:33:11 | 110 | 2 | 6 |
You have some misconceptions about research and statistics. You are conflating some statistical concepts. First of all, numerical climate models are a tool for forecasting, but they are not used as evidence for global warming. The main evidence for global warming comes from an understanding of the radiative properties ... | Global warming predictions are epistemologically flawed, and should not be the basis for public policy. | 1 | 2015-06-04T00:14:23 | 534 | 15 | null |
This is maybe more about the activity, which I remember doing in college about 10 years ago. I was one of the people standing forward. For me, **this one thing** was not particularly eye-opening but it was part of a long process by which I became no longer unconscious of my own advantage. I wrote in a paper for that cl... | There is such a thing as privilege, but it's not as important as people make it out to be. | 1 | 2017-04-21T04:13:02 | 87 | 90 | 4 |
People never remember every single good thing you ever do, so they will always experience more good than they miss. | I think we should be mediocre, so people don't miss us painfully when we're gone. Maybe CMV? | 0 | 2013-08-23T18:58:12 | 27 | 1 | 1 |
I think you're being far too general here. Some parts (read: most parts) of the internet turn out to be echo changers void of action, but isn't that true in real life as well? When many people complain about politics with their friends, they're not actually doing anything about it. However, similar to the subset of peo... | The Internet is suffering from a problem where people complain about everything yet don't actually do anything about it. | 1 | 2017-01-21T17:29:04 | 35 | 10 | 1 |
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