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The idea of income taxes is that your taxed when you earn the income. Rarely are you double taxed because the government wants to encourage people to economically contribute. The idea of the inheritance tax is that you pay taxes on when you earn the income. The dead person paid taxes on part of that money too yes, but... | Inheritance tax is ridiculous. | 0 | 2015-05-10T19:34:07 | 205 | 1 | 2Δ |
Let me give you every reason that Kanye West is nothing but an undeserved scapegoat, who had provided nothing but top-tier music since his debut. Let me school you with some straight facts: Kanye, despite his publicity stunts, is regarded by many as a kind, compassionate individual. He often talks to his fans, and from... | Kanye West is overrated and mediocre. | 1 | 2015-04-19T22:47:51 | 522 | 51 | 1Δ |
As a driver, the main concern is safety. And that comes from predictability. Having separate rules for different vehicles makes it significantly harder to judge how safe an action is in a given situation. If bikers can run red lights, do I slow down significantly just in case one does so, slowing down other drivers and... | In a city, bicyclists should not have to follow the same rules as cars | 0 | 2015-05-28T11:34:09 | 64 | 2 | null |
People are vulnerable to a mass shooting when there are no "good guys" around who are armed. So as a resident of Texas, I generally feel safe in public knowing that 1/10th of the people around me have a concealed weapon, and if anyone tried a mass shooting, they'd get taken down pretty quick. On the flip side, every ti... | I believe civilians openly carrying a gun for the reason of 'crime deterrent' does nothing of the sort, and only creates fear and compromises the public's sense of safety. CMV. | 1 | 2013-09-26T15:42:16 | 191 | 5 | 1 |
Allowing only one international army would lead to globalism under a new world order. End of Story. | I believe that no country should have its own army. Rather there should be an International army. CMV | 0 | 2013-12-13T04:56:55 | 52 | 1 | null |
Some might say 'They're still better than cigarettes' but how would we know? Well, importantly, much of the harms from cigarette smoking come from inhalation of combusted organic matter. You would see many similar chemicals in campfire smoke, or the burning of just about any organic material. These materials are known ... | I believe that E-Cigs are just as bad as cigarettes. CMV. | 0 | 2014-03-17T03:10:47 | 35 | 4 | null |
You will find evil in any culture. Yes, there is a long history of mistreatment of black people by white people in America. But slavery is no more and Jim Crow is a thing of the past. Segregation, which is one of the things MLK and other activists of the time fought to end, is no more. Yes, there are still a ways to go... | Almost all white people are inherently racist/evil and blacks should segregate | 1 | 2016-10-19T07:43:52 | 232 | 2 | 2 |
The chart on this page is what changed my mind: http://www.vox.com/2015/4/10/8382457/police-shootings-racism Lets see if I can figure out how to make a table... (the answer is... no. I cannot make tables it seems) Black White Hispanic US Population 13% 63% 17% All Victims ... | American police kill an excessive amount of civilians, but not with any particular racial bias | 1 | 2015-12-09T17:16:21 | 250 | 8 | 2 |
I think this is an example of defending someone who is on your team. Zoe Quinn is a feminist so feminist feel the need to defend her. Just like people will defend family members even when their family is in the wrong. | Zoe Quinn is in the wrong. | 0 | 2014-08-25T04:38:45 | 312 | 19 | null |
Indie film director and student of film history here. You're talking about a very large gray area here, the relationship between directors and screenwriters can vary so vastly that trying to generalize like this doesn't serve a great purpose. Take Scorsese films for example. Arguably the two screenwriters who have matt... | Screenwriters deserve far more credit for films than they get, directors deserve less | 1 | 2016-08-10T00:05:39 | 99 | 68 | 1 |
After all; inductive reasoning is making predictions of the future based on the fact that we expect a pattern to continue while an appeal to authority is a specific form of the same thing. Am I right to equate the two? No, you've made the classic mistake of reversing the direction of property inheritance. The generalis... | Inductive reasoning is the ultimate appeal to authority, and if one rejects any appeal to authority, one is rejecting inductive reasoning | 1 | 2014-07-03T13:45:23 | 56 | 1 | 64Δ |
the effect it has had on me is just taking up space in my brain This is not how memory work. You didn't lose anything. If there was no commercials, do you think you would have went learning the name of the states instead? Probably not, you would have been watching cartoons anyway. And even if you did, no reason to thin... | Children should not watch modern television, specifically commercials. | 0 | 2014-08-14T20:41:13 | 29 | 4 | 11 |
Your second scenario already disproves that the outcome of a crime should not matter in sentencing. In this situation Bob is already a murderer He's not though. The word murder is an Old English term that means killing. Specifically **unlawful** killing. That's why executions aren't murders, and calling them such is an... | The outcome of a crime should not matter in sentencing | 0 | 2017-05-06T16:51:48 | 51 | 15 | 13 |
PR, the preferences of the stores customers, is a very good reason to prohibit firearms. It directly translates to the store losing money. Liability is another one. If an altercation happens, the location can be (very) liable. Even if a well-intentioned good citizen tries to stop a robbery, he's escalating the situatio... | There is no good reason for a store to ban the concealed carry of firearms unless they have their own armed security (USA) | 0 | 2015-02-23T21:45:12 | 54 | 1 | 11 |
It seems as though if you lowered the drinking age to 18, you would shift the college problem to high school. Now half of high school seniors can buy booze, so why wouldn't they just start buying it for THEIR younger friends and siblings? I don't believe that's a solvable problem. No matter what the drinking age is se... | The legal drinking age should be 18 | 0 | 2015-10-15T18:28:37 | 171 | 0 | 51 |
What do you mean when you say these are useless art forms? What is the difference between a useless and a useful artform? If you thinking art should exist for beauty, then photos and paintings are useful as they can be beautiful. If you think art should try express emotions, then painting and photography are useful bec... | I think that still visual art (photography/painting), on it's own, is a useless art form in this point in time. CMV | 1 | 2013-07-09T14:25:08 | 32 | 8 | 5 |
Someone can have an idea of who they would like in office without having an informed position on every single topic. People prioritize what is important to them, and often choose their candidates based upon those positions. The items that are less important to them, they might not bother finding more about, because the... | Not everyone should vote. | 0 | 2014-11-04T22:22:04 | 36 | 1 | 5 |
Racist thoughts can lead to racist actions. Racist actions however do not necessarily imply that the acting agent is a racist? Yes. Performing an action that has a negative impact on a person who happens to be a different race does not necessarily mean the actor is a racist. The person is a racist if they performed tho... | Knowingly voting for a xenophobic bigot makes you a xenophobic bigot yourself. I don't want to think half of the US-Population is like that so please CMV | 1 | 2016-11-14T16:42:35 | 145 | 1 | 8 |
White guy here. I think one of the really confounding factors specifically in black-white race relations is that white people in America have something of a collective guilt complex about slavery, even though people born today had nothing to do with it. It's always going to be the elephant in the room. In light of tha... | I've become so jaded from Reddit and other parts of the internet that I truly fear that the vast majority of white people around me either hold racist views or prejudge me/my white girlfriend for dating me. (I'm black) CMV. | 0 | 2013-05-16T00:50:43 | 220 | 1 | 1 |
"There are ten birds in a tree. A hunter shoots one. How many are left in the tree?" What if the hunter used a bow-and-arrow? Then other birds would not fly away. So the answer would be 9 or 10, depending on if the bird that was shot falls out or not.. | The real answer to the 10 birds in a tree and 1 is shot riddle is not what people say it is. | 1 | 2016-11-27T23:22:24 | 31 | 3 | 131 |
who are already receiving great money from a simple task Citation needed threaten to sue anyone who dare scans the image If someone steals your intellectual property why wouldn't you sue to defend it? Particularity because if you fail to defend your copyrights when they are first breached it becomes harder to defend t... | Photography shouldn't be copyrightable. | 1 | 2016-11-16T05:03:46 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
There are several factors at play here, the most important of which is that two wrongs do not make a right. However despicable the actions of your enemy, there can be no excuse to stoop to his level. This is especially important in a counter-insurgency operation where a force must maintain legitimacy in the eyes of the... | I believe that american use of chemical weapons in Vietnam is perfectly justified, CMV | 1 | 2013-12-08T21:49:22 | 30 | 1 | null |
I don't believe that strict gun control laws would prevent organized religious extremists from obtaining weapons. I wonder why you use that particular example. Why not just say "people who shouldn't have guns"? First off, I want to know if you are talking about how effective a law can be in practice or in theory. If y... | Stricter gun laws would not have prevented the San Bernardino shooting, as California already has the strictest gun laws in the country. | 0 | 2015-12-04T01:52:57 | 1,043 | 1 | null |
Let's take your two examples, global warming and the wage gap. Do you think that if all the effort that was being put into the wage gap was transferred into global warming that anything would change? It might raise some more awareness, but that's not really the issue, it could put a small amount more political pressure... | If you aren't being denied services or being beaten then I think you have enough equal rights that you should shut up and focus on other issues. | 1 | 2017-05-07T04:26:13 | 47 | 4 | 14 |
If you call some people "normal" then you are calling the others "abnormal". And the word "abnormal" has a negative connotation. Dictionary definitions are one thing, but to my ear, the closest synonyms are: * normal = nothing's wrong with it * abnormal = something's wrong with it 55% of all people has brown eyes, but ... | There is a 'Normal' state and Homosexuality and Autism and the like are irregular states. | 0 | 2015-08-17T02:08:51 | 62 | 2 | null |
There are 4 million articles in the English wikipedia, and 31 million total articles. Meanwhile, the US Library of Congress (the largest library in the world, according to Google) holds 23 million books with 158 million total items, with numerous primary sources and rare items that are hundreds of years old. It contain... | Wikipedia is the single most impressive collection of data mankind has ever put together. | 1 | 2014-06-05T01:04:47 | 63 | 95 | 3 |
Getting a piercing constitutes an "act of violence against a living human organism" too. I'm not sure what you're trying to prove with your wording here. | Surgical abortion constitutes an act of violence against a living human organism | 0 | 2017-04-11T21:25:39 | 58 | 9 | 206 |
Yeah this has been a tough one for me to try and figure out myself, I've had to talk to a lot of people and think a lot about it to come to the decision. I lean left on a lot of things, but I can't agree with the anti death penalty. Remember what Orwell said "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because r... | Capital Punishment is never justified. | 1 | 2016-08-03T03:15:31 | 128 | 1 | 16 |
So a humanitarian rapist will murder their victim first before raping, and this will spare people from their suffering? That's insane and it's also the slippery slope from hell. The many problems with constantly pushing for more punishment of sexual crimes in my view are as follows. 1.) These people have no idea and no... | I think that in the scheme of things that rape is as bad of a crime, potentially even worse, than murder. | 1 | 2016-09-13T02:05:26 | 56 | 2 | 1 |
I am looking at this from the perspective of the individual student and employer - why are they hiring college grads or going to college instead of straight to work out of high school. Thanks, that answers my original question. My bet is most students don't do it to signal. They probably do it because they've been told... | College is mostly about signaling. | 1 | 2014-09-18T07:39:08 | 74 | 2 | 60Δ |
The crux of your argument is that /r/relationships gives is poor because they only see one side of the issue. The problem is that they are only presented one side of the issue, and because of this, they can only give advice based on what they are given. The same is true for anyone. Even the best therapist in the world ... | The advice given to people on /r/relationships is abysmal and should not be taken as gospel | 1 | 2017-05-24T09:05:42 | 41 | 14 | 16 |
I think there are a few different reasons you might not want to increase the penalty. Typically, violence from the state is a bad thing. Giving an organization (group of people) exclusive rights to kill someone is questionable already, but giving it the right to torture people is another thing entirely. Is torturing so... | Extreme Crimes should be dealt with extremity. | 1 | 2017-05-05T16:49:55 | 27 | 2 | null |
Knowledge of the potential consequences isn't the same as intent, though. I went there with good intentions to win them more money. But even if I did win, my actions were reckless and anger toward them would still be justified - even when you're lacking intention or negative outcome. | Anger is never justified unless imposed harm is the intent of the subject aggressor. | 1 | 2015-05-31T11:18:31 | 55 | 2 | 3 |
A pound of male muscle isn't stronger than a pound of female muscle...but men do have longer arms/legs, even when compared to women of equal height/weight. That gives leverage, reach, and so on. A punch might not be as strong from a man with equivalent arm muscle (or it might, I'm not entirely sure about it, to be hone... | As long as they're both in the same, non-unlimited weight class, men and women should be allowed to compete against each other in combat sports. | 0 | 2016-11-19T02:11:24 | 101 | 1 | null |
More than a little. I think you agree that online apps can be good in theory but some need a little work. I hope I have changed your view on this. | Online job applications are just about the worst thing to happen to the world | 1 | 2014-07-16T18:41:02 | 63 | 1 | 50Δ |
No, they're necessary for a school to protect their budget. Most people like lawsuits. 15 yrs ago parents sued my district over SpEd services. I fucked our budget. So we diverted resources, increased class sizes to let go of content FTEs and replace with aids and SpEd FTEs. It's all window dressing. Our admin is so b... | Zero Tolerance policies in schools are a necessary part of keeping our children safe during school hours. | 1 | 2015-10-14T20:53:38 | 34 | 6 | 8 |
Over the last few years, the US (and the rest of the world, particularly Europe) has seen an uptick in the visibility and political activism of far-right groups with racially-motivated agendas. We're generally used to open racists being either closeted with their beliefs or living on the fringes of society, and my gues... | The violent form of direct action used by the antifascists against neo-Nazis in Sacramento was justified. | 1 | 2016-06-28T18:10:25 | 154 | 14 | 13 |
I was making a short list last night. Trump will have power and influence over the Senate, Congress, and very likely the US Supreme Court. On a federal level, that means enacting or endorsing: Overturning gay marriage Overturning roe v wade (trump has made both of these political goals) Return of dadt Return of st... | I think those who say they are "genuinely fearing for their lives" now that Trump is President-elect are over exaggerating the severity and reach of his authority. | 0 | 2016-11-10T07:31:21 | 136 | 2 | 6 |
I think the best argument to consider is the point AccidentallyMyAccount makes. - reddit claims to be the front page of the Internet and user generated and controlled (mostly).... If they removed sub-reddits based on personal preference it would defeat the purpose. now from a personal note - I'm a woman and not at all ... | I think the over sexualization of women on Reddit is repulsive and detracts from the quality of Reddit. CMV | 0 | 2014-02-05T23:06:22 | 449 | 8 | null |
There is just not enough room on the roads. I live in a large British city and cycle often. I always try to be aware of the door length rule but if I was always that close to the centre of the road I would be holding cars up for hundreds of meters as it would be impossible for them to pass safely the majority of the t... | Being "door-prized" is the fault of the cyclist, and cyclists should ride out of the range of doors. | 1 | 2014-10-30T04:27:52 | 77 | 3 | 1 |
I think that oversensitive liberals are unintentionally preventing their (good) ideas from becoming mainstream. That makes people say "Millenials/SJWs are pussies" Well, not "people".... you. Why do YOU react this way to these ideas? Why do you care who's a pussy and who's not? I don't have any connection between wheth... | The liberal ideology won't be widely accepted in the near future. | 1 | 2017-02-13T00:00:54 | 41 | 4 | 59 |
Yeah, I'm familiar with both actually. Have you heard Pinker's Audioboom interview? Realize I'm not arguing that all grammar critiques are useful, I agree that quite silly and superfluous. BUT there are also still rules that are not unfounded, especially in different types of writing. If I'm writing directions or giv... | The people who complain about bad grammar online are wrong | 1 | 2017-06-04T18:27:03 | 64 | 2 | 108 |
There are many excellent arguments in this thread already, but I will add my own thoughts. The regret that we feel about abortion derives from a feeling of wasted potential. We know perfectly well that the fetus has no knowledge, no consciousness, no experience, no accomplishments (other than growing, something a veget... | I believe that abortion is only morally permissible if the mother's life is in immediate danger. I believe that it should be criminal in any other circumstance. CMV | 0 | 2013-12-06T20:10:43 | 404 | 11 | 9 |
They're quite happy now, but you do realize that these things come in cycles? For instance, Scandinavia and Finland was quite poor at the turn of the 20th century, whereas Japan was rapidly developed, powerful, and increasingly wealthy. [For most of human history](http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/06/mi... | The great success of the Nordic and Germanic countries, along with Canada, has very awkward racial and cultural implications. | 1 | 2016-06-19T20:38:05 | 38 | 12 | 20 |
What about on a local level? Here are some initiatives on local ballots that effect raising or lowering the income tax in local areas: http://ballotpedia.org/Local_income_tax_on_the_ballot Now 1) the odds of you effecting a local vote is much higher. 2) the raising of income tax in your area would easily cost you more ... | The benefit I get, or might get, from voting is not worth the time it takes me, individually, to do it. CMV | 0 | 2014-02-03T18:29:41 | 48 | 2 | 1 |
I assume you're asking to have your view changed that you should be happy? Well you shouldn't be happy. There are at least 2 things terribly wrong with this view. 1. As a liberal I doubt you think AIDS is a joke, yet almost the exact same phenomena is happening in Africa. We send aid workers there, they inform people, ... | As a wealthy liberal, I will take delight in the event of the repeal of the ACA aka Obamacare. #MakeAmericaSickAgain | 1 | 2017-01-05T22:08:15 | 63 | 17 | 1 |
People have mentioned Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism, all famously religions that focus on freeing the mind from worldly vanity and transcending violence & revenge. But there were western religions that practiced very similar ethical principles. For example, in Greek culture the repression of revenge impulses was ... | Christianity's call to turn the other cheek in the face of personal insult or violence sets it apart from other religions, it's a revolutionary moral call. | 0 | 2017-02-15T21:40:39 | 90 | 3 | 36 |
I think it impairs my critical thinking skills. Since information is so easily accessible, I always just instantly look things up instead of just thinking about for awhile first. The valuable kind of critical thinking isn't about *facts*, though, it's about the relation of ideas. Being able to look up facts more easil... | I think I would be better off without a smartphone. | 0 | 2016-03-24T04:19:10 | 134 | 1 | 1 |
I just was at some point and whenever that was, it happened. Non-existence came to an end. That will never happen again, though. This is an assumption. You got here once, and have not the first clue how that happened, yet you can definitively say that it couldn't happen again? You're quite sure? Ultimately, what I defi... | I'm terrified of dying because I will stop existing | 1 | 2015-03-27T20:36:19 | 150 | 1 | 1Δ |
Like animals, a fetus is made up of animal cells, moves on it's own and has a sensory and nervous system. Basically it is just as worthwhile to defend it as it is to defend an animal. A fetus is not its own thing, though. An animal can survive on its own (for some time), but a fetus is completely reliant on its host ... | If somebody refuses to eat meat because they don't want to support killing animals, then it is hypocritical for that person to be pro-choice. | 0 | 2016-03-03T18:59:05 | 75 | 4 | null |
TGI Fridays is a family chain. I doubt most parents want to take their children to places full of people on drugs. Therefore, smelling of weed may likely reduce TGI's profits. Therefore, in this instance smelling of weed is definitely worse than smelling of a horrible perfume. | Smelling of weed is no different to smelling of a horrible perfume. | 0 | 2016-12-30T17:24:17 | 64 | 7 | null |
Superbad was good but since i have found these movies funnier: Bridesmaids, Horrible Bosses, Tropic Thunder, I Love You Man...And my all time fave also released in 2007 - Knocked Up | There has not been a funnier movie made since Superbad (2007) | 0 | 2017-06-03T05:24:53 | 50 | 1 | null |
Hi /u/DXGypsy. Did I not respond to what you're saying in my comment? It looks like I did. I responded to the claim that one is better. Do you see that. | Emotion is more important than Logic | 1 | 2014-04-03T09:24:01 | 58 | 1 | 42 |
Don't live in America, am pretty much neutral, but follow a lot of the politics. If you really want change, then voting for another establishment puppet is pretty much the least effective way and practically opposite of doing so. Trump won't do half the crazy shit he says he would because despite his antics he's not a... | Trump would be a disaster, Hillary is our only option, third-party “protest” votes are indefensible, but I should cast a protest vote because I live in a state where my vote doesn’t matter. | 0 | 2016-10-01T03:37:21 | 77 | 3 | null |
To be clear, people can have drug problems (even with "non-addictive" marijuana). If he spends a large portion of his free time high there may be something to be concerned about, but it doesn't sound that way to me. Instead, it sounds very similar to my relationship (I'm him in this scenario ;)) I'm happily engaged at ... | I am against my SO's use of marijuana. CMV | 1 | 2013-11-30T12:21:50 | 54 | 10 | 1 |
It's not just America, also Australia, parts of Southern Africa, and the Pacific rim don't use 'football' : https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/06/why-we-call-soccer-soccer/372771/ And you can blame the British: But that wasn't where the controversy ended. In 1871, another set of clubs met in London ... | America should stop calling football "soccer". | 1 | 2017-03-05T21:09:02 | 20 | 6 | 51 |
I have a final for my evolutionary biology class in two days and optimal sex ratios are a pretty big component so thanks for the studying opportunity! You can't actually compare humans to bees because bees are haplodiploid, which essentially is why it skews their sex-ratio to favour females. Basically, the female offs... | A society that is advanced enough to control the sex of the baby, other than reproduction has no use for males, just like the bees or the ants. | 1 | 2017-04-25T01:58:22 | 58 | 17 | 2 |
There are a couple of things to think about. 1) Removing the assistance is not likely going to affect the birth rates of those in poverty. First of all, because the birth rates between those on welfare and the general population aren't that different. And second, because that isn't the case around the world. For exampl... | I believe that allowing people to have as many children as they want while continuing to give more and more assistance is hurting society. CMV. | 1 | 2013-10-20T12:24:12 | 318 | 6 | 2 |
I agree. But the odds of that happening are very, very small. Considering our system isn't set up to judge candidates on their individual merits, I believe an age restriction is a means by which we can manage the total risk. Considering the odds, we're better off with an age limit than not. In fact, I'm kind of surpris... | The requirement for a president to be 35 years old is ridiculous and singles out a large part of the population | 1 | 2014-09-12T08:47:23 | 147 | 1 | 3 |
Troy, Missouri? The entire time you acted like you were going to be living in inner-city Detroit, and you say you're going to live in a town in Missouri with 11,000 people? Dude you're gonna be fine. Lol, thanks for the laugh. Seriously, I'm dying right now. In a more serious note, the dangers of living in the US is WA... | Me moving to USA from the UK is a bad idea | 0 | 2015-10-02T23:47:59 | 68 | 4 | null |
Even on phones, videos are supposed to be watched in horizontal mode. Compare the experience you have while watching a video vertically and horizontally op your phone's YouTube app. | People angry at vertical videos are ignoring the trend of technology to move to mobile formats | 0 | 2014-09-22T16:24:39 | 38 | 12 | null |
I appreciate that. I think you see those words used a lot because of how easy it is to lose sight of that, which is probably why so many feel like they need to stress that point. Statistically a revolver probably would be sufficient for most cases of self defense. But, thinking back to what I talked about earlier, the... | There is no reason for anyone to own handguns or other semi-automatic firearms, and we'd all be safer if they were restricted (USA). | 1 | 2015-12-10T22:37:58 | 222 | 3 | 2 |
I posted my first [CMV](http://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/2pagsg/cmv_i_believe_that_cookie_and_popcorn_sales_have/) recently. I did it because I felt that I had deep rooted feelings that may be a narrow personal perspective and perhaps outdated at this point. I definitely wasn't looking for a soapbox. I was... | Most posts to CMV are a bid to be heard, not a request to "change my view" | 1 | 2014-12-17T01:45:26 | 174 | 16 | 1 |
Have you heard of the [Chinese Robber Fallacy](http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/09/16/cardiologists-and-chinese-robbers/)? The TL;DR goes something like this: Someone brings up an anecdote about a Chinese person robbing someone, and then a second anecdote, and a third one, and so on until they have brought up literally o... | The plural of anecdote *is* data | 1 | 2016-02-18T03:38:06 | 36 | 1 | 29 |
Chopsticks are more versatile in a family style environment where you don't want to touch every piece of food with your utensil when you go to pick something up. Not only does it work for both hard and soft items without needing to scoop (i.e. push all the food around the plate), but it enhances your reach since everyo... | Chopsticks are in no way superior to fork & knife. | 1 | 2015-05-21T17:13:59 | 431 | 401 | 2Δ |
I appreciate that this is what a lot of people think, but that's not how the funding works. No federal dollars go to abortion services. The only thing that happens is that people on medicaid are allowed to go to planned parenthood for health services, and the Republicans want to take away that ability. Sure, but they c... | I literally cannot understand most Republican social views. | 1 | 2017-02-10T21:10:56 | 250 | 2 | 2 |
1) There are tons of silly regulations out there that can be gotten rid of, like all the taxi and hotel industry regulations that try to keep companies like Uber and AirBnb from bringing competition to the industries they are in. This is rather silly, since many, if not most, such regulations are local, at least when i... | Trump's 2 for 1 regulation order is a good idea | 0 | 2017-01-31T17:32:10 | 45 | 2 | 3 |
That every woman I meet has turned out to have a crazy job and that myself and my friends are no different. But people have crazy work schedules under non-capitalist regimes. Peasants worked around the clock and somehow they found the time to get married. Some of the socialist republics were marked by laziness (which b... | It's futile to tackle extremism without fixing or replacing capitalism. | 1 | 2015-03-02T21:12:01 | 54 | 2 | 18Δ |
Composer Gustav Holst wrote a seven movement suit "The Planets." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHVsszW7Nds Each planet is represented by a moment. The last movement "Neptune" ends in a fade out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rErPKeZmn5w It sounds amazing and proper, giving the impression of a boundless silent spac... | Ending a song with a fade-out is generally inferior to giving it an actual musical conclusion. | 1 | 2014-08-22T21:14:32 | 111 | 297 | 37Δ |
The most successful people I know have never worn them There is a point in success at which one's skills are so in demand (or he is simply self-employed) that it is unnecessary to wear a suit. But that kind of power play only works when you actually have power. but overall a lack of regard for convention in general is ... | Suits are Tryhard, their use is unnecessary in the modern age, and everyone that wears them regularly are projecting insecurities | 0 | 2016-12-30T18:42:25 | 48 | 3 | null |
Using the example from the comic, continually showing someone the door is the same as standing by the pillar box and shredding the letters as I post them. Let's say you write me a letter and call me a "motherfucking asshole and no good bastard." I make a note of that, and shred any letter that you send to me in the fut... | The idea that free speech doesn't apply to private entities is ridiculous | 1 | 2015-08-07T00:21:47 | 74 | 3 | 59 |
Are you saying that multiculturalism in European countries are causing their root cultures to be *replaced* by foreign influence, or *altered*? Your comment about a problem with integration is indicating that you believe European cultures are being replaced by ultra-conservative ethnic groups. This is of course a two-... | Multiculturalism is slowly destroying European cultures | 0 | 2015-01-13T07:45:58 | 138 | 2 | 2 |
The bottom line is we don't know how CO2 effects the planet. Yes, the greenhouse effect makes sense, but there isn't any clear connection to why/how CO2 effects climate change. Yes, there is a clear connection. That the greenhouse effect occurs as a result of certain gases in the atmosphere has been understood since th... | Climate Change Is Not Possible For Mankind To Control | 1 | 2017-06-03T23:10:24 | 50 | 6 | 10 |
This doesn't involve the consent of the mother. It's basically a forced abortion, which is dramatically far removed from the idea of pro-choice. No form of contraception is 100% effective, and it seems as though if this one were to fail, the result would be some pretty terrible birth defects. Compounding that, if the m... | If abortion is morally acceptable to you, then a male form of contraceptive that doesn't prevent pregnancy, but instead causes a miscarriage between the 8th and 10th week of pregnancy should also be morally acceptable to you. | 1 | 2017-02-10T03:05:40 | 149 | 23 | 3 |
a way to think of it maybe, since objectively you know it's wrong, is to think that by being ok with a rapist getting raped - you're ok with another person being a rapist. Even if you can't muster any strong emotion towards the first criminal there is a second person who has committed a crime. The first criminal (crimi... | I do not feel sorry for them when a vicious murderer, rapist or child abuser is raped in jail. | 1 | 2014-04-24T22:46:51 | 94 | 81 | 22 |
they deserve to get the shit beaten out of them every day of their lives until they die Feeling that someone deserves pain is not reason enough. If that were sufficient justification then we could go around beating the shit out of people all the time. They are without a shadow of a doubt our enemies And you are their ... | Terrorists should not have the right to be treated like humans. | 0 | 2016-07-24T12:16:39 | 48 | 1 | null |
What about long, transatlantic flights during night time? Why shouldn't there be a time when the main cabin lights are switched off, and everyone reclines their seats, so most people can try to sleep with the pillow and blanket provided, or watch a movie? | Airline seats should not recline | 0 | 2017-03-15T22:58:16 | 26 | 1 | 32 |
Let me state upfront that I'm agnostic, don't believe in God, and I have no interest in convincing you that religions manage to save souls. You acknowledged in your post that it is "practically impossible to quantify in any meaningful way" whether or not religion does more harm than good. I disagree. I think it's absol... | Religion does more harm than good. | 0 | 2016-10-16T23:45:37 | 114 | 2 | null |
If you can justify that, what happens when the tide turns? I don't know your background, but in some countries like France the immigrant Muslim population is increasing rapidly and France might quickly become a Muslim country. What if the law said that children shouldn't be allowed to grow up in a christian or atheist ... | I feel children should be taken away from parents that are racist. CMV | 1 | 2013-05-31T07:54:01 | 24 | 7 | 1 |
I have clear personal views on where that point should be, but I'm not arrogant enough to assume it's objectively correct. Right. So you cannot call someone a hypocrite just because they disagree with your values. You can only (accurately) call someone a hypocrite when they act in a way that is **against their values!... | Those who condemn the hunting of trophy animals and are not vegetarians are hypocrites | 1 | 2015-07-30T05:25:18 | 50 | 3 | 3 |
Hi, I'm not here to change your view. I'm here to support it and maybe change the view of a few others. I voted. I always vote. I didn't vote for Trump or Hillary. I voted third party. I couldn't stomach voting for either major party candidate. But there are others like me who simply won't vote. They don't see the valu... | Supporters of President Trump should not be mocked or ignored if Democrats want to win elections | 0 | 2017-06-05T03:35:16 | 809 | 3 | null |
It's a strangely fun thing to imagine these sorts of situations, and I think it's actually quite healthy to do in some ways. It helps us imagine the greatest risks to our society, how we can improve our chances, and what we should be sincerely worried about. While humanity is - in general - experiencing a level of heal... | Within the next 500 years, all life on Earth will be either wiped out completely or to a point where it is nearly impossible to rebuild society. | 1 | 2015-02-24T20:10:44 | 51 | 1 | 3Δ |
I'm kind of assuming this isn't serious considering the account name but... older voters have an incentive to "YOLO" as they won't necessarily live to see the consequences of their actions. But their kids and grandchildren do, and many care about that a lot. Plenty of young people are fairly "YOLO" about their life de... | There should be steps taken to reduce the power of older people in elections. The imbalance between progress and experience caused by aging populations is distorting politics. | 0 | 2017-03-07T17:21:55 | 62 | 3 | 69 |
I guess I can see how this parallels the idea of taking a morning after pill or wearing a condom - the people involved are making a decision and carrying out that decision themselves and take responsibility. These are safe, practical "procedures". That said, there are lots of things, medical procedures included, in... | I believe we should come up with an "abortion device" so ONLY the pregnant woman can terminate the pregnancy herself. CMV. | 0 | 2013-12-17T23:58:11 | 138 | 1 | 6 |
When a teacher looks at homework (or tests, or any other written work) they are trying to evaluate the level of understanding of the student. Seeing work is *extremely* helpful in this respect. How it's organized, how many steps they show, what they jot down, what they name things, etc. are all indicators that help a t... | STEM students should not be penalized solely for not showing work on homework/tests | 1 | 2016-09-19T02:56:04 | 62 | 14 | 4 |
At the end of the day, the decision made by the supreme courts has very limited application. Well, that's not entirely true. The justices that were part of the majority opinion **think** it is limited application and mentioned that in their decision. The minority, including Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg don't agree. Iron... | The Supreme Court made the correct decision about Hobby Lobby. Everyone who disagrees either doesn't know the facts, is too easily sensationalized, or is being hypocritical. | 0 | 2014-07-03T21:17:04 | 222 | 20 | 10Δ |
As someone who grew up in a similar situation to you, I definitely used to think like you do. My parents worked their way into the upper class. They grew up generally middle class, but did well in their careers, and now they probably make around half a million a year (we don't talk about money in the family, so I don't... | The 1% is unfairly hated | 1 | 2016-12-28T20:52:37 | 86 | 3 | 1 |
that was fucking great Thank you :) It was really surprisingly difficult to defend child slavery, but I think I did a decent job even if it didn't change your view. There is a long queue of people that want Gregg's job because they starve to death otherwise. Is there really? I do not think that the implementation of a ... | The success of a person in a libertarian society would be determinated by birth rather than drive or talent. | 1 | 2017-03-25T01:55:07 | 193 | 9 | 1 |
They've fought the Russians for hundreds of years, do you have *any* reason to believe they'll just hand over a couple of fighters to them? What's your source? What reasons would they have to do that? Sounds to me like you've just made up a scenario in your head without any prior education regarding Turkish politics or... | The F-35 should NOT be sold to Turkey | 0 | 2016-08-24T23:47:15 | 54 | 6 | null |
The problem is not whether pregnancies are inconvenient for businesses, it's that businesses see women as inconvenient because of it. In a world where women and men are truly equal, men will take just as much time off work to take care of their kids which will not make women look like they're a problem as a potential e... | Donald Trump saying that pregnancy is an inconvenience to businesses is not only fine, but true. | 1 | 2016-11-06T19:21:26 | 352 | 1,203 | 2 |
From 1975, the US took on 1.2 million Indochinese following the Vietnam war. Thats a lot of refugees, do you believe that the "US charm" has been lost over the decades to the massive immigration of Vietnamese? Did the Vietnamese culture dominate and "corrupt" the US one? Do you remember a time when the US wasnt forced ... | I believe in Eurocentrism and I think I'm a bit of a racist, please CMV | 1 | 2015-11-14T11:40:05 | 66 | 1 | 2 |
Why does that poor family deserve the car more than the other poor families? Is it because they happened to be in the right place at the right time, and were willing to break the law? Should we reward people who take advantage of dead/old people? IMO the more fair option would be for the city/gov't to sell off that car... | Steal from the Rich and give to the Poor. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-16T05:15:37 | 70 | 1 | 3 |
Sometimes you can't. Marijuana is a good example of this. There's been massive support for legalization in MA since the 90s, but for some reason politicians are outliers, personally I think it's because it's not "respectable" or "professional". Even Obama literally laughed the question off when it was the most popular ... | Referendums are almost universally a bad idea. | 1 | 2016-06-28T23:45:58 | 55 | 12 | 6 |
they aren't paying taxes Lets be clear here: *anyone* paying less than minimum wage - legal or not - doesn't pay an income tax, because their wages are too low. Illegals *do* pay all the other taxes, just like every other American. The sales tax, gasoline tax, property taxes (indirectly through rent), you name it. th... | Illegal immigrants should be deported from the USA, and we should not cater to their needs | 0 | 2015-06-12T03:13:13 | 43 | 1 | 15Δ |
For you, it may seem like the republicans have ridiculous policies on a variety of things, but those positions appeal to a huge amount of people. You admit that hardcore christians will be attracted to the republicans, and, considering that [44% of Americans consider themselves born again or evangelical christians](ht... | There is no sound reason to vote Republican this time around. | 1 | 2015-10-24T22:33:47 | 297 | 242 | 14 |
The "freedom of religion" clause you talk about IS the separation of church and state. "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free practice thereof..." This is specifically stated as such because the framers of the Constitution wanted to get as far away from the ideals... | Freedom of Religion is Not Necessary. | 0 | 2015-03-28T18:14:21 | 76 | 2 | 8 |
Because if life exists that is friendly, communicative, and helpful, then there is a good chance that life also exists that is the opposite. Let's hope it does not. Let's hope that ONLY friendly, communicative, and helpful alien life exists and that that we will get along with it and benefit greatly. Again, we are in t... | I hope that we are alone in the Universe | 1 | 2017-05-09T19:37:47 | 75 | 3 | 167 |
I did have that consideration, but that was just David...if he has to be considered a vampire then surely Max does as well, as he was their leader/father/sire, and I don't think we actually see him in anything other than a suit throughout the film | to be a vampire, you must meet certain standards or criteria | 1 | 2015-10-30T18:32:02 | 36 | 1 | 2 |
To each their own, but the 'life' you propose doesn't seem worth living, and I'm an educated person who does spend a lot of time reading non-fiction and watching docos. Should people take an active interest in bettering themselves physically and mentally? Absolutely. But what's the point of being smart or strong if you... | Consuming fiction in any form (i.e. books, comics, movies, sitcoms, video games, music, etc) is a waste of time. | 0 | 2015-08-30T12:45:11 | 51 | 2 | null |
Tell me in all good faith that [this dog](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s84dBopsIe4&list=PLky6yurD40o7-EUGU0_rjKHY6Z33b3jz7) is not a beautiful animal. If your heart doesn't melt a little watching "Chihuahua Puppy vs Peaceful Greyhound (SLOW MOTION)" on that playlist then I don't know what argument could possibly... | Chihuahuas are hideous animals | 1 | 2016-08-27T01:52:38 | 60 | 68 | 10 |
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