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This seems much less like a class "war" and much more like class "domination," but I digress. I think you may be sensationalizing a bit. The people who control money are seriously messed up and are waging a merciless and savage war on the people This implies that there is some cohesive organization between these people... | I believe there is a very real and ongoing class war. CMV. | 1 | 2013-06-18T17:32:26 | 167 | 96 | 1 |
The best argument in support of nuclear energy is shown here https://xkcd.com/1162/ Energy demand is only going to increase and no other source comes close to being able to supply that energy. And waste isnt really that big of a problem. France generates over 90% of its electricity from nuclear and all its waste is kep... | We need to develop alternative energy capabilities, but that shouldn't include an expansion of nuclear power. | 1 | 2015-05-21T02:35:37 | 20 | 7 | 1Δ |
You're placing a lot of importance on that one lyric, the rest of the song the guy is suggesting and a little assertive but never anywhere near the classification of rape. Its clear at any point in the song if she actually wanted to leave, she could have. Basically he just lists reasons *not* to go and hopes if she sta... | The song "baby it's cold outside" is about rape | 1 | 2014-12-02T21:25:53 | 60 | 12 | 2 |
By this standard, attempted murder wouldn't be a crime. If you shoot at someone and miss, no problem. If let's say you drive drunk, there's only a penalty if you hit someone? At the end of the day, a lot of law covers behaviors that create risk, but not necessarily harm every time. The difference between risk and harm ... | People should be allowed to do whatever they want unless they harm another human with their actions. | 0 | 2017-03-26T15:37:18 | 103 | 37 | 5 |
OP, what do you think the difference in potential for dependence between the two drugs is? Do you think cannabis has the potential to be as physically addictive as nicotine? With that in mind, how much do you think the average cannabis smoker consumes? How much do you think the average cigarette smoker consumes? Do you... | I think the mainstream's acceptance of marijuana and rejection of cigarettes is delusional to the degree of insanity. - CMV | 0 | 2014-02-11T00:41:24 | 223 | 2 | 1 |
If anyone's a Mary Sue, it's Hermione. Her intelligence is frequently used in a deux ex machina manner ("How are we going to get through this? Ah, Hermione knows a spell never mentioned before".) She's allegedly average-looking, but transforms to the belle of the ball by smoothening her hair and putting on a dress (pla... | JK Rowling is bad at writing male characters | 1 | 2017-02-08T03:27:47 | 32 | 15 | 8 |
Pope John Paul II was shot in 1981, so clearly God lets that happen. I think Francis isn't keen on sharing the same fate. | The Pope driving around in fireproof glass is an admission of lack of faith | 0 | 2015-04-27T21:12:20 | 337 | 3 | 7Δ |
Let me compare and contrast two bars I've been to/frequented in the past. One of them catered to a more classy clientele, lots of suits and dresses in the bar, and there were lots of those sorts of cocktails. I could get a blue motorcycle, zombie, or a whiskey sour. But if I asked them for a Jagerbomb (literally just a... | Any bartender at a bar that serves cocktails should know how to make a high quality Manhattan, old fashioned or a whiskey sour. If they can't they shouldn't be a bartender. | 0 | 2014-05-23T10:09:59 | 76 | 1 | 50Δ |
Firstly, there are _many_ types of corporations. For example, a non-profit, the now-popular [b-corp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation) that by definition exist for benefit to the public entirely or to substantial degrees. So...at least your statement is over broad. Secondly, it's definitional that the ... | Corporations almost never act in the interest of the public and would pursue extremely unethical and illegal practices to increase profits if not prevented from doing so by government regulations. | 1 | 2016-12-07T01:25:22 | 265 | 6 | 46 |
War, more and more dangerous weapons, corporate greed, government corruption, global warming, mass extinction, these are all issues that other alien species would likely encounter. This view seems to reflect a sort of carbon chauvinism. Why should we expect aliens to have similar physiology, mental capacity, etc. as us... | It is the nature of intelligent life to destroy itself. | 1 | 2014-12-10T10:05:05 | 58 | 6 | 2 |
Yeah, same province. I'm no fan of Wynne either, I'm certainly not here to try and change your view on that. If anything, the news has been telling me Sometimes it's good to step back and remember the biases that news specific organizations, which are businesses themselves, have. On the other hand, many of the small bu... | A $15/hour minimum wage is a disastrous proposition which will accelerate youth unemployment and automation and increase product prices. | 1 | 2017-06-01T03:46:29 | 526 | 146 | 7 |
Well like... you *do* have to murder and feed on people regularly... Also What We Do in the Shadows brings up a very good point when Nick eats a french fry and it cuts to him vomiting gallons out back by a dumpster. He's so sad that he can't eat chips anymore. He loved chips. And if you're saying that "Oh well I would ... | Fiction that portrays vampires as burdened is off-base. For the most part, being a vampire would be awesome. | 0 | 2015-04-10T17:03:38 | 93 | 1 | 9Δ |
A lot of your arguments boil down to opinions, which you can't really change by stating facts. You may not think Chrome looks good, but others would say that it does. It really comes down to personal taste. You also have to give Chrome a lot of credit for pushing the state-of-the-art in Web and Web browser development.... | Google Chrome is currently the most overrate browser and it continues to fall further behind | 1 | 2015-05-12T20:50:53 | 383 | 208 | 2Δ |
The issues come from when "gamer" is used as misnomer. What is being abbreviated and conflated is the terms "casual or simple games player" and "hardcore or enthusiast games player". There are exceptions and middle grounds to those two categories but most game players and the games that they play will try to appeal to ... | Identifying as a "gamer" is meaningless | 1 | 2015-02-05T08:42:56 | 103 | 16 | 1 |
What if you want power as a means to an end? What if you do "believe everyone should be equal" and you think our government and society are doing the wrong things to make that happen? How would you change it but to become more powerful yourself and change people's minds and the government's policies? | I believe those who want power shouldn't have it. CMV. | 0 | 2013-02-16T18:04:05 | 14 | 2 | null |
I'm going to refute your view in a different way. I'm not going to say that either side is right or wrong, I'm just going to say that both sides are equally stupid. I don't mean that their views are wrong or that either side is uneducated, but rather when there are two sides of things neither side is more stupid. This ... | The Anti-Anti-Vaccination brigade on the internet is stupider than the Anti-Vaccination movement. | 1 | 2015-03-02T06:53:57 | 54 | 1 | 1 |
I am a woman, and I accept that I am a woman, but is not something I feel, it is just something that is. But what if someone feels they are the wrong gender? Shouldn't they be able to act on it if they feel strongly enough about it? Also, I do not see why trans people like Caitlyn Jenner are celebrated and labelled her... | I do not believe trans/nb people are valid | 0 | 2017-01-04T08:45:29 | 218 | 14 | 19 |
However, an electrical system like that is also a lot more prone to breaking down and costs for fixing it are often unreasonably high. I'm not convinced of this. The thing that usually breaks is the motor, and that is pretty rare. Replacement motors can be had for around $60. The labor would be roughly the same. The sy... | Electric windows on cars are mostly unnecessary, do more bad and good and shouldn't be standard equipment. | 0 | 2016-09-26T21:56:26 | 46 | 3 | 58 |
I read the title and thought "this should be easy". Then I read the body and thought, "well that was reasonable". I think the weak point of your argument is [what feminists want](http://i.imgur.com/xjCkkRq.png). There are so many types of feminism, and two in particular are not interested in creating a unisex world. Th... | I oppose feminism, and I don't think women are equal to men. CMV. | 1 | 2013-03-28T01:55:43 | 121 | 16 | 19 |
Obviously, there is a level at which younger people need to be protected. In a perfect world, we would be able to set levels that perfectly match the individual and the circumstances. Unfortunately, when dealing with a legal system for millions of people, you have to deal in abstractions. This means you need to set th... | I don't believe that "minors cannot provide consent" is a legitimate argument in support of statutory rape laws. | 1 | 2014-08-10T08:30:15 | 139 | 5 | 51Δ |
Something I feel like I'm missing in your post is some description of what exactly is so dogmatic of the "New Atheists"? All I really noticed was your example of the "Reason Rally". The link you gave didn't give much immediate information on their purpose in Washington so [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_Rall... | The "New Atheism" is a religious movement. | 1 | 2015-02-15T22:14:09 | 159 | 28 | 1 |
Yeah, and some of those ancient deeds were fairly heavily due to religion and were pretty large goods in our lives. And yeah, deltas are good for all changed views, even minor ones. If there's less negative in religion's book, then it's less clear that without it the world would be better. | The modern world would be better without religion | 1 | 2017-03-03T11:40:21 | 143 | 1 | 107 |
It sounds to me like you have oversimplified several things. 1. Innate impediments do exist. Being tone deaf certainly makes it incredibly hard to be musical. Being colorblind makes it incredibly hard to be visually artistic. (Being fully deaf or blind also cause problems, but I'll assume you exclude them.) 2. Innate *... | Anyone can get amazing at anything through hard work and practice. People who say they aren't musical or artistic or clever enough are either making excuses or haven't practiced enough. | 0 | 2016-06-17T13:55:41 | 98 | 9 | 14 |
I agree with your premise that automation will certainly cause tremendous strain on both the economy and civil society. Where I part ways and is that the outcome is an inevitable "ism." /u/sluiceanon covered this pretty well in their comment. I firmly believe that the trend-lines showing glimpses of the near future, (... | Civilization will culminate in either socialism or feudalism | 0 | 2017-03-02T01:46:16 | 130 | 1 | null |
Regarding point #2: As someone who got sprayed by a skunk just before starting a new job... I would've preferred the dog bite, too. You can't always control when these things happen to you, and most people have something going on in the next few days at any given time. | Getting sprayed by a skunk wouldn't really be that bad, and humans overreact to it way too much | 0 | 2017-04-11T18:54:33 | 36 | 1 | 16 |
It's all about abuse of power. That's why teacher-student relationships are also gross to people, and that's why employer-employee relationships would get you fired. The main problem with pedophilia is that it has the ideal conditions for a very dangerous power dynamic to develop. Children ubiquitously see adults as me... | I think pedophilia becoming socially acceptable is a plausible scenario. | 1 | 2016-04-16T02:17:58 | 176 | 463 | 1 |
Though she did refer to the fact that she was a woman many times, she never indicated that it was the *sole* reason she be elected, more of an added benefit. But, more to point of feminism. You say that a woman cannot be a feminist if she uses her womanhood as a weapon. But that's totally wrong. An extreme example, str... | Hilary Clinton's repeated reminders of her womanhood are, perhaps ironically, counter to the feminist philosophy and is the equivalent of "playing the race card". | 0 | 2015-10-14T17:58:02 | 425 | 0 | null |
I explained in my original post but ok Basically if a girl is very attractive, from a young age she'll almost certainly receive the impression that her looks at super important. People telling her how cute she is constantly, being pushed towards roles like cheerleading, being pursued physically once she gets into that ... | I believe that attractive white women lead easier lives than the rest of society - CMV | 1 | 2013-08-09T07:08:40 | 1,317 | 11 | 1 |
Isn't it a bit racist to generalize a race for being... racist? The problem with racism is that it generally just fosters more racism. A [majority](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-poll-majority-harbor-prejudice-against-blacks) of people have explicit racist views against black people, and there has obviously been a s... | I believe black people are more racist than white people. CMV. | 1 | 2013-04-20T04:09:12 | 69 | 104 | 11 |
Oh, it helps for sure. But in large swaths of cases there is nothing god's gift to the legal profession can do about the facts and law simply not being on their side. If the police dash cam video shows you get out of the car, stumble around a bit, then puke all over the road, you're going to be convicted, no matter how... | I believe that our legal system is built on a capitalistic model which removes the fairness factor. | 1 | 2014-11-25T00:27:55 | 72 | 1 | 4 |
I'm gay, and I don't have a super strong opinion either way, however I do think there are significant differences between LGBT and asexuality that makes the LGBT community, perhaps, not the best fit. I see the LGBT community (and LGBT rights movement) as originally born out of necessity in order to have fellowship, pro... | Denying asexuality from the LGBT community is discriminatory and shouldn't be tolerated. | 1 | 2017-06-18T12:15:24 | 179 | 12 | 22 |
Do you support modern industrial-scale farming and slaughtering practices as an alternative to hunting? | Hunting is only ethical if done out of necessity | 0 | 2014-11-24T20:20:04 | 179 | 1 | 1 |
Suicide is basically murdering yourself. You aren't allowed to commit murder either, even if the person you're murdering wants you to do it. | It is MY right to decide my fate, and that right should extend to suicide as well. | 1 | 2015-04-06T04:49:31 | 147 | 0 | 2Δ |
these people are by no means extraordinarily smart, talented, or even **particularly business savvy.** Consider that 70% of rich families lose their wealth by the Second Generation, and 90% lose it by the third generation. http://time.com/money/3925308/rich-families-lose-wealth/ So the ones who hold do to their wealth ... | most rich people have done nothing extraordinary to remain rich. | 0 | 2015-09-18T22:03:57 | 313 | 382 | 65 |
The company may potentially be moving "dangerous" people into the house. I live in a very quite residential neighborhood, and the thought of drug addicts being housed near me is disturbing. Even if the residents are well behaved, there is going to be traffic of their "friends" who I'm assuming will be similar in nature... | A group home may be opening near me, and I'm afraid that is will be bad for the neighborhood | 0 | 2014-07-18T20:06:22 | 47 | 7 | 24Δ |
Here's a pretty popular comment about why you should care I live in a country generally assumed to be a dictatorship. One of the Arab spring countries. I have lived through curfews and have seen the outcomes of the sort of surveillance now being revealed in the US. People here talking about curfews aren't realizing wha... | Why should i care if i get tapped by a company such as NSA if i dont have anything to hide? | 1 | 2013-12-21T06:29:22 | 98 | 6 | 1 |
You're missing critical features of how an economy works and how UBI would work. Everyone would not be solely on UBI: people would be making real wages and paying taxes on those wages as well. Wage earners and businesses would be taxed even more progressively as their increasing earnings would make for more to redistri... | Universal basic income is unsustainable | 0 | 2017-06-22T23:06:12 | 44 | 1 | 26 |
I think you are going in the wrong direction here. Since bourgeois democracy and its malfunctions are merely an extension of capitalism and class society, why not vouch for the abolition of class society and everything built on top of it instead? If you want to go back to the ancien régime you're just a naked monkey sc... | I believe that authoritarianism is preferable to democracy, CMV | 0 | 2014-03-13T14:55:53 | 80 | 2 | null |
I think it reasonable to assume that we have worked our way down to the point where only stupid people refuse to wear seat belts. As such arguments and advertising that attempts to convince should attempt only to convince stupid people. Thus calls to authority, though rhetorically weak, are probably effective. | "Buckle up, it's the law" is an appeal to authority, and therefore not a good slogan to get people to put on their seat belts. | 1 | 2015-06-01T23:26:29 | 157 | 5 | 19 |
Western society stifles men's ability to acknowledge their emotions. This inevitably leaves men starving for deeper connections with others. http://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2011/0822-males-believe-discussing-problems-is-a-waste-of-time-mu-study-shows/ Men, when questioned, don't actually have a great need to d... | Either women have equal rights, leaving most men socially unfulfilled, or men have assured intimacy, meaning women have fewer rights. There are no compromises. | 0 | 2017-01-04T01:28:06 | 74 | 1 | 92 |
As the person who posted the Columbus Day CMV, I'll say a few things. First, I don't think there are ever only two sides to an issue. So if I have any view, I'm curious about the arguments against it or orthogonal to it, because there are always other perspectives. So even if my "view" isn't completely flipped, the pro... | I think many people posting CMVs don't actually want to be convinced of anything but just want an outlet to make an argument/rant that they are proud of. | 0 | 2014-10-14T22:38:45 | 181 | 2 | 2 |
I think it might be helpful to preemptively teach them about religion instead of hiding the concept from them until they encounter it in the wild. 1. I believe that you also make the assumption that they will raise it with you and that it will come from peers. Children don't tell their parents lots of things. I would w... | As an atheist, if I have children it is in their best interests not to be taught about religion as anything other than as a false curiosity. | 1 | 2016-09-29T13:04:38 | 407 | 415 | 6 |
Do you see a problem if you are basing your argument on failing to see other people's perspective? Just because you don't value privacy or comfort as much as other people doesn't mean its no longer an issue for anyone. Do you think people are asking for an unreasonable amounts of privacy or comfort? Because the only th... | Public Restrooms/Washrooms/Toilets should be genderless | 1 | 2015-10-08T02:03:27 | 79 | 4 | 2 |
As a heads up, this is an extremely difficult, if not impossible, view to change. In order to change this view we would have to argue that there is either: 1) not a single liberal who holds this view 2) your logic about this view doesn't hold The second one looks a little plausible, but the purportedly held view is pre... | Using the same logic of some liberals, anyone who voted for Obama supports the killing of innocent civilians by drone strike | 1 | 2016-11-11T05:14:56 | 38 | 1 | 13 |
The first thing you must do is recognize that terrorism is, by definition, political in nature. Where it gets murky with Islamic terrorism is in the fact that Islamic terrorists have political views which are inspired by their religious views. So, it becomes very easy to make the jump that it is a religion which is pro... | Islam is to blame for terrorism. | 0 | 2016-07-24T04:18:32 | 79 | 2 | 3 |
I believe that gender is a social construct. Not really. Gender is the description of typical characteristics and behaviour of one's sex. It's a biological reality that is true in roughly 99% of people. But not in some. Which is why we have this issue. Most people couldn't believe a female can be born with male's body.... | The notion of changing and identifying as a different gender doesn't make sense at its core. | 1 | 2016-12-08T07:35:39 | 489 | 4 | 18 |
The first counter-argument that springs to mind, is that the primary purpose of the ISS is not pure science. As a feat of engineering, international cooperation and all-round awesomeness it is probably unparalleled in human history. Right now, one Japanese and two American astronauts, as well as three Russian cosmonaut... | I believe the ISS has been a complete waste of money. CMV | 1 | 2014-03-17T12:36:57 | 38 | 30 | 7 |
Of course, the real problem for me is that it is impossible to monitor what students are actually doing on their laptops during class. A student may insist she needs her laptop or tablet to take notes, but how in the world can I stop her from surfing the web and distracting not only herself but the rest of the class? W... | I don't see any reason to allow cellphones, laptops, or tablets in my classroom. CMV. | 0 | 2014-02-12T23:20:21 | 66 | 6 | 3 |
Part of what made them more trustworthy to the general public before was a combination of a lack of information and the idea that in order to be a police officer there was more risk and responsibility due to the power held. If a police officer were to shoot me on camera for walking with a paintball gun (for example) o... | People should learn proper etiquette when dealing with police. | 1 | 2014-10-11T21:43:31 | 107 | 4 | 2 |
They would identify their gender as agender, even if agender is the lack of a gender. It's similar to how "atheism" isn't a religion, but it's a stance on the topic of religion. The pronouns you'd use would be up to them. You can be agender and use "he" or "she". However, some agender people could prefer "they" as a ge... | There are only two genders. | 1 | 2016-01-21T01:41:19 | 788 | 57 | 1 |
i would also add we do not have a free market we have a mixed economy at best. when you have insane amounts of regulations that only large companies can navigate and afforded this is what you should expect. | the fact that IKEA is pretty much the only place most people can afford to buy furniture is a sign that capitalism is a failure. | 0 | 2015-10-07T05:06:59 | 363 | 4 | null |
The "superdelegates" argument was cited by Hillary Clinton supporters in 2008 as well, when she had a substantial lead early on. However, by the end of the campaign, Obama had gained the majority of superdelegates. I think it's unlikely that there would be ever be a scenario where any candidate wins a clear majority of... | I don't see any possible danger in voting for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary. | 1 | 2015-12-22T12:33:37 | 610 | 99 | 3 |
You've pointed out examples of pain as bad, and I have of pain as good - both are true. Again, the evaluation of pain (as with pleasure) - as good or bad, useful or useless, worthy or pursuit or aversion, as tragic or worthy - depends wholly on context. It's not bad in itself. And pleasure is not good in itself. And bo... | Benatar's asymmetry can't be countered or attacked logically because the majority of prolife arguments are a victim of supporting the biological fallacy that life is worth it and we are destined to pass our genes. | 1 | 2017-03-28T04:15:15 | 55 | 3 | 87 |
Your view sounds pretty similar to the approach used in Germany. All children go to the same elementary school. Afterwards students are separated into university geared high schools, vocational high schools, and something in between. All of these last slightly different periods of time. The vocational students finish f... | When children display low intelligence, we should be training them to enter low-income jobs, not preparing them for college like everyone else. | 1 | 2017-01-13T08:59:24 | 437 | 16 | 1 |
The reason tesla wont touch genetics is because of the Hitler problem. You think your idea is different, but so did the guy who attempted to explain how Nazi Germany's study of eugenics benefitted modern economics. I get where youre coming from, I really do, but this IS the whole reason tesla wont touch it. Part of lif... | If a "gay gene" could be located it should be eliminated from the gene pool. | 0 | 2015-06-22T18:57:48 | 230 | 1 | null |
Americans that are neither Hispanic/Latino nor Muslim that choose to abstain from voting this election rather than vote for Hillary can do so because they have the privilege of not having to worry about how Trump's policies could negatively affect them and their families. This simply isn't true. Trump's economic polici... | It is out of privilege that non-Trump supporters can abstain from voting in this year's presidential election. | 0 | 2016-06-30T23:23:24 | 27 | 2 | 246 |
You hit a lot of points in your main statement and I don't really have the time to go paragraph by paragraph, disagreeing or agreeing. But what I will tell you is that you're missing the bigger-picture: *democracy*, not just the American populace, has the fundamental issue of ill-informity. The intention of our system... | I feel that the fundamental problem in American politics is a dangerously ill-informed populace | 1 | 2014-08-20T23:17:43 | 158 | 1 | 1 |
This seems to be a debate where the more well-informed person always wins no matter which side they pick. Almost a century of research on race difs now and a multitude of papers claiming to prove or disprove hereditarianism all of which are fiercely contested. I will just leave my critique of Spearman's hypothesis here... | The races aren't equal. | 0 | 2017-03-21T15:44:30 | 248 | 1 | null |
I'm a smoker. Pack a day. (Ugh I know I suck I do want to quit). Because of this, if I don't smoke I can't focus, I get Andy, I get a headache, and I turn into a bitch. Basically, if you want me to be productive, I need to smoke during work hours. Part of the reason I'm having problems quitting is school and work (I'... | I don't think smoke breaks should be allowed at work, CMV | 0 | 2013-11-06T05:42:15 | 331 | -1 | null |
You know, places in Indonesia and those surrounding areas have millions if not billions of people that are Muslim. That area of the world is extremely technologically advanced and get along with surrounding non-muslim countries like South Korea, New Zealand, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia and Japan without much issue. Tr... | I believe Islamic culture is incompatible with modern society. CMV. | 1 | 2013-06-28T22:26:38 | 94 | 49 | 2 |
The main reason people say they are protesting Trump, that I have seen is because he is racist/sexist/xenophobic... Lots of -ist's and -phobic's. These are things that divide. No. Racism divides. Sexism divides. Homophobia divides. Transphobia divides. Islamophobia divides. Calling out perpetrators of those *is* fight... | The Trump Protests are Counter-Productive | 0 | 2016-11-11T20:58:45 | 349 | 4 | 6 |
Petitions are just one tool used as part of a political strategy. They're effective when they are used this way. They both demonstrate support of a proposal by the public and allow the organization running the petition to collect contact info so they can contact signees in the future for other actions. However, petitio... | Online petitions are useless | 1 | 2015-02-01T01:03:26 | 60 | 6 | null |
First off, when Trump was elected voters had no idea that Devoss or Sessions would be in his cabinet. They announce the cabinet picks after the election is finalized. Second, the term "Nazi" is very harsh. The only group you could possibly be referring to when you say that, is the alt right. Not only is the alt right ... | If you voted for Trump, you willingly endorsed a theocrat as VP, a racist as AG, a billionaire runining education, and practical Nazis having a voice. | 1 | 2017-04-13T00:39:09 | 254 | 39 | 3 |
Made a throw away for this one. My argument for why traps aren't entirely homosexual is this, I am not gay. I have absolutely 0 sexual or romantic attraction to men, and never have. However, I find traps and trap porn pretty hot sometimes. I think it stems more from an attraction to the penis, and not the aspects of a ... | Traps are gay. | 0 | 2017-04-08T22:13:48 | 53 | 1 | null |
Capitalism allows for people to do whatever they want. It just doesn't dictate I ought to value whatever it is you chose to do. If your lifes meaning is to sit on the couch and play video games, nothing under capitalism prevents you from doing so. Of course, I'm under no obligation to feed you. I wouldn't say it's fai... | Life is meaningless | 0 | 2016-09-19T01:22:38 | 48 | 1 | 5 |
A lot of people are giving responses as to why innocent people have a reason to worry, but remember, you have a constitutional right to privacy. It's guaranteed to you. I am against government snooping because it violates my rights, and I'm not alone in my sentiment. It doesn't matter whether you are innocent or not, i... | Only criminals should be worried about government snooping | 1 | 2014-07-13T01:51:09 | 77 | 2 | 1 |
I don't really think I've got a cohesive argument as much as just something to think about. In the bisexual community, a commonly-discussed problem is the pervasive idea that bisexuals don't actually exist. Interestingly, what's usually asserted by people who believe this is that bisexual men are actually gay and in de... | Being attracted to transgender woman as a male makes you homosexual. (and vice-versa) | 0 | 2016-09-19T03:36:04 | 49 | 1 | null |
You're all over the place with your view so I'm not sure how to change it. I'll take on this... Why don't we just declare open borders and put an end to all this paranoid protectionism? If you removed all immigration restrictions, the population of the US would likely rise to 1.5 billion people within five years. I obv... | A Mexican Border Fence Would Be an Ineffective Deterrent, and a Colossal Waste of Taxpayer Money and Resources | 1 | 2015-04-21T19:46:13 | 23 | 12 | 2Δ |
If you think drugs don't happen at private school then I don't know what to tell you. I have yet to see that. Your argument here is pretty much, "this isn't true because it's not what I experienced." Sounds like you went to a bad school, but to just say "my Christian school was bad so all private schools are overrated... | I believe that private school success is over-hyped | 1 | 2014-07-18T17:03:03 | 77 | 2 | 3 |
I'm clearly a moron but I want to know how is my reasoning wrong? | There are four kinds of people in this world: cretins, fools, morons, and lunatics… CMV | 1 | 2014-03-14T08:28:27 | 56 | -1 | 22Δ |
The thing to understand about the illegitimacy of piracy is that it's *not* a "theft" of the actual media. The part of it that is "theft" is taking of the copyright, itself. I.e. the legitimate government protected *right* to control the copying and distribution of a creative work. This right is property. It can be sol... | Buying used books/games/records is no better than pirating them. The original artist still doesn't get a cut. | 0 | 2015-11-27T23:46:45 | 43 | 0 | 140 |
The ocean is not what you think it is. The ocean, for the most part, is incredibly sparsely populated. A vast portion of ocean life lives along the coast. In pelagic ocean, there's nothing much there. Phytoplankton and zooplankton do their dance and there are associated predators with them. But the density is not enoug... | Any argument in favor of space exploration is even more valid for exploring Earth's oceans. CMV | 0 | 2013-12-05T07:03:56 | 35 | 5 | null |
Assuming there is no god, do you think you have free will? Because technically any choice you make follows a very strict deterministic logic. It should be possible to analyze your brain and predict what you are going to do next. If you still think you have free will despite of that, what makes you believe God "omnisci... | There can not be an omniscient all-knowing God if humans have free will. The two can't coexist. | 0 | 2014-08-17T23:07:54 | 131 | 2 | 11 |
While our constitution merely protects the free exercise of religion, not the ability of religious people in positions of power to discriminate against people they don't like, I don't think it was written with the intent of forcing religious people to do things that violate their beliefs. It was written with the intent... | I don't think Kim Davis should be forced to issue marriage licenses to gay couples | 0 | 2015-09-03T18:08:21 | 74 | 4 | 37 |
Really though, the single biggest reason to put a criminal in prison is to keep society safe from them. Simply keeping people who have proven themselves capable of hurting others away from those whom they could hurt is maybe the best reason for incarceration. | Punishment, if not for the purpose of rehabilitation, is morally wrong. | 0 | 2015-10-03T03:06:28 | 325 | 2 | null |
Furniture is EXPENSIVE. [Here is a source](http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/20sfurniture.html) for prices of furniture almost 100 years ago. Bear in mind that the dining room set is walnut veneer and not actually walnut. That would have a significant effect on the price today as well. The twin bed would cost almost $300... | the fact that IKEA is pretty much the only place most people can afford to buy furniture is a sign that capitalism is a failure. | 0 | 2015-10-07T17:16:01 | 363 | 2 | 1 |
The Civil War should be recognized as the greatest civil rights movement in the history of the US. Over a million Americans died. The Civil War and the Reconstruction Period are some of the darkest parts of American history. Why would you want romanticize that? | There should be a national holiday commemorating the ass-kicking of the racist traitors of the South. | 1 | 2015-07-02T05:16:15 | 63 | 27 | 2 |
Something about MtF hormone treatment that you may not be aware of: Before I went on HRT, I weighed 77 kg. A month later, I weighed 72kg. My body was analyzed with a fancy machine at the hospital, and they could tell me that this happened because I lost 6kg of muscle, and gained 1kg of fat. When you go on proper HRT, y... | Transgender (specifically MtF) athletes have an unfair advantage in strength-based sports and should only be able to participate in their biological gender group. | 0 | 2017-03-22T14:46:19 | 1,595 | 1,388 | 6 |
We just need to accept ourselves as we are Maybe that is what your friends are doing. Just because someone identifies as a certain gender doesn't mean that is how they truly feel inside. Perhaps they didn't even realize that there was a term for how they felt. Perhaps they spent their entire lives thinking that there w... | Trans types such as non-binary and gender-fluid are becoming trends with many people identifying as them only doing it for "special points". | 1 | 2014-07-27T00:10:46 | 68 | 75 | 6 |
Going after sex makes you a better person in many ways. In other for a female to want to have sex with you you gotta have certain initial requirements, like a good social stand, health, means of survival and provision, sense of security and so on. Achieving all this things gives you purpose. Moreover, on the emotional ... | I believe my sex drive is a scam designed to benefit the continuity of the species at my expense. | 0 | 2016-05-03T00:21:26 | 49 | 1 | null |
You allow at the beginning that we exist to reproduce, and go on to say that that drive becomes pointless once we've found a safe set of circumstances to ensure that our numbers won't dwindle off, right? Well, part of survival is adaptation to changing world circumstances. As explained with the theory of evolution, gen... | From an individual standpoint, human life is pointless. | 0 | 2014-11-25T09:26:34 | 44 | 2 | 1 |
The part where a child is brought to term is unequal, I agree. And I think that in an ideal world, after this occurs, neither the mother nor the father should have an obligation and that the child would be raised communally by those who were best suited for the job. But we don't do that. Currently, parents are responsi... | If Women have the right to be Pro-Choice then Men deserve the right to decline fatherhood. | 1 | 2015-05-28T00:55:02 | 1,980 | 23 | 31Δ |
This argument has been made a lot since that video came out. A lot of men have said things along the lines of "I would love it if people complimented me like that!" I'd say that's because a lot of men have never been in that situation, so for them it would be refreshing. It isn't just a matter of a one time compliment... | I don't feel bad for attractive people who complain about being 'holla'd" at | 0 | 2015-02-20T00:05:55 | 108 | 32 | null |
I've been to psychologist. She failed to change my view. She's trying to do all the emotional, esoteric approach, which is bullshit. My pattern of thinking is very logical. It's funny how you think her approach is bullshit, because to be honest I think your "logical thinking" is bullshit. What you're doing sounds very ... | I think binging and purging is an effective way to maintain my weight. It's killing me on the inside. Please someone CMV. | 1 | 2014-10-13T20:43:05 | 48 | 2 | 1 |
Something that I've been trying to find is the total energy that the earth absorbs from the sun each year, shown against the total energy released from human activity through things like fossil fuels. The ratio of the two would be a very decisive factor in whether or not I CMV If only you knew a programmer with a exten... | Global warming is a rounding error | 0 | 2016-07-28T08:34:00 | 57 | 1 | 1 |
I agree that giving the brightest more chances is a good idea. In particular, shoving them into a class with 30-35 people of mixed abilities is a bad idea. There should be some kind of tiered education, especially for maths. I'm surprised that Canada does not do that. You can't teach the highest level of mathematics to... | I think gifted kids should receive more attention than special needs children | 0 | 2015-06-22T03:11:51 | 94 | 2 | null |
I don't work on an airline, but I work in hotels. Airline and hotel travel are very rarely on the spot purchases like going to the grocery store for milk. It is planned out days, weeks, and months ahead of time. People book their flights or rooms and (as people have mentioned) may not arrive..But they could also cancel... | Overbooking should be illegal. | 1 | 2017-04-10T20:52:26 | 803 | 10 | 1 |
I subscribe to the idea that dreams are a manifestation of random neuron firing that don't reflect any unconscious motives or thoughts, which seems to be as accepted in the academic community as other theories of dream interpretation. Well, this is simply untrue. My wife suffers from regular nightmares and they mostly ... | I don't see any benefit in psychological analysis of dreams - CMV. | 0 | 2014-02-03T20:14:59 | 38 | 3 | 4 |
I honestly believe that joking about tragedy is mean-spirited. Joking is a good thing because humour brings happiness, but if you are joking about an event that cut innocent lives short, you are laughing at the deaths of people and in doing so, mocking them. It makes you look unsympathetic, even if you believe you are.... | Joking about tragedy is cruel and insensitive and makes you look very unsympathetic, even if you actually are underneath. | 0 | 2017-01-20T06:13:19 | 51 | 1 | 3 |
Regarding your basic point, it's hard to argue with, because it begs the question. Insults aren't part of a rational argument. If you're having a rational argument there won't be insults flung around anyway. The power insults have is in getting through someone's thick skull who is steadfastly avoiding a rational argume... | Insults should be avoided in a rational discussion, no matter your opponent, CMV. | 0 | 2013-06-06T18:50:50 | 132 | 1 | 96Δ |
You make so many sweeping generalizations that I agree with others in this that people probably are not changing your opinion. But yeah, he isn't making any money for anyone other than himself. If he's a plant, he isn't a very good one. He's cashing out on it while nobody else does. You seem to be missing the big key t... | Chance The Rapper is an industry plant | 0 | 2017-02-13T16:06:21 | 172 | 8 | null |
you seem to be talking about multiple things. Slavery was practiced by people of all colors. Saying all the evil is the world done to a group of people is fine since it resulted in someones salvation is a bit off. According to christian belief it only saved those who converted. All those who didn't accept foreign gods ... | It doesn't make sense for black Christians to complain about slavery/colonization | 1 | 2016-06-05T00:33:16 | 56 | 3 | 1 |
In principle, I agree. However, one drawback to that is that it limits the competitive advantage an entity can gain from the spoils of that research, and thus often the technology isn't commercialized. In that case, it doesn't provide a public good through creating jobs or getting the technology into the hands of consu... | Taxpayer funded research should be freely available to any citizen upon first publication. | 0 | 2014-11-10T00:19:39 | 141 | -3 | null |
Ooh... so who gets to decide what hate speech is? Do we ban /r/mensrights because there are anti-feminism threads and if you don't like feminism, you must hate women? Do we ban /r/ShitRedditSays because they very obviously hate men? Do we ban /r/funny because there's racist and sexist posts every now and then? I mean..... | Reddit should ban subreddits and users that promote hate speech. | 0 | 2014-12-07T01:05:18 | 121 | 3 | 8 |
Foundational premise: Conservative movements are galvanized by the scapegoating of the other. The rhetoric of the right props up a stereotype and hatred of a group of people and uses that hatred to mobilize, spread fear, and enforce group mentality. Unlike you, who would never stereotype half the country by saying they... | Conservative movements are reaching their final scapegoat. | 0 | 2017-02-24T22:33:34 | 110 | 3 | 5 |
I don't disagree that there isn't a way to get a special election, which I've seen several people post, but I've seen articles saying there are several congressional committees looking into our President who won "fairly" so maybe you'll get part of your wish, I only hope Pence goes down him if that's the case. | Donald Trump and the current Republican legislative branch has not done a single positive thing for the United States and should be removed from office | 0 | 2017-06-07T07:29:27 | 67 | 1 | null |
A surgeon stays up at night partying, then goes to work tired and with a hangover. Whilst performing surgery the surgeons hand slips and the patient dies as a result. A partygoer, during a drunken altercation, punches another partygoer in the head. The second partygoer falls backwards, hits their head against the pavem... | I believe that motive shouldn't be taken into account in murder trials. CMV | 1 | 2013-11-26T02:03:45 | 43 | 8 | 5 |
Painful arthritis in the leg joints is extremely common, [according to government statistics](http://www.cdc.gov/arthritis/data_statistics/arthritis-related-stats.htm). * Almost 16% of under/normal weight adults report doctor-diagnosed arthritis. (I mention this statistic because overweight can also contribute to arth... | I believe the majority of mobility problems of the elderly is self inflicted. | 1 | 2016-08-29T20:22:03 | 66 | 4 | 5 |
Elon Musk gets [billions in subsidies](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-20150531-story.html) and companies like Tesla and SolarCity have actually continued to post net losses. Additionally, the whole reason why SpaceX is even able to exist is because government entities like NASA and the Air Forc... | Elon Musk is proof that private companies will outshine government advances. | 0 | 2015-12-27T02:20:07 | 32 | 17 | 17 |
Law Enforcement today is typically much easier than it was back then. Today you have methods of near instantaneous communication along with the ability of many LEOs to get to a single location in record time. You didn't have that in the middle ages. It was much easier for crimes to go unnoticed, and much more difficult... | I don't believe that free will exist and therefore I think we should not punish people | 1 | 2016-02-29T16:24:45 | 60 | 2 | 10 |
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