argument large_string | topic large_string | delta int64 | date_published timestamp[us] | num_comments int64 | score int64 | author_flair_text large_string |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Would you also expect these pro lifers to be anti-war as well? Or anti-guns since guns are for killing? As we know, they aren't any of those things and you might want to use that to help your argument. The difference between all of those examples and killing fetuses is that the fetus is the only one who isn't guilty of... | I believe those who are "pro-life" but support capital punishment don't care about the sanctity of life, just controlling people's sexuality. CMV. | 0 | 2014-03-09T23:01:53 | 102 | 2 | null |
Maybe I'm just paranoid. Maybe everything will get better in the near future. saying that we are doomed would imply that there's no chance of it getting better, if it's still up in the air we're not really doomed. Extremist nut jobs are everywhere you look. Extreme left wingers forcing their PC bs on everyone, Extreme ... | Humanity is Doomed | 0 | 2016-01-20T16:38:30 | 45 | 2 | null |
As a former server I can attest that I loved high tops. They were much easier to get around. Not everything is for every body. Bar tops are not handicap accessible, and typically not easy for overweight people to sit at either. So....so what? | Restaurants shouldn't have high-top tables. | 0 | 2016-05-07T09:05:39 | 51 | 2 | null |
Black Lives Matter is a disgusting hate group which kills cops Source? What cop was killed by Black Lives Matter? To my knowledge, it is a slogan, not a group. Has a cop ever been killed in the name of BLM? | I'm a Liberal, but I hate BLM to its rotten core. | 1 | 2016-09-25T12:59:35 | 647 | 108 | 3 |
C'mon bro! Be a true commie and give me the delta for the labor rather than the outcome. I can't change you view if you we reach a deadend. I at least changed you from being 100% sure on your view. | Socialism is superior to capitalism. | 1 | 2015-10-02T00:35:40 | 126 | 2 | 4 |
Devil's advocate here, but anyways... We have those laws that protect us from discrimination on select things. Race/Religion/Sexual Preference/etc. We decided those were important not because they're any more sacred than anything else, but because of the degree of discrimination that we've seen in the past, and because... | Religion should not have any legal protection from the government beyond free speech. | 0 | 2015-02-14T23:10:09 | 76 | 31 | 11 |
Thank you for giving something for me to think about. Honestly I have(and sometimes do still) think about suicide. I mean, as a student who's planning to go into Med school, some days I just feel like crap when I've been studying and working hard for 12 hours a day. When I go to sleep I think, what's the point of all o... | It is MY right to decide my fate, and that right should extend to suicide as well. | 1 | 2015-04-06T03:57:14 | 147 | 1 | 2Δ |
While I don't know much about the Idaho Stop law in particular, I know the following is true on why cycles are treated the same as cars. 1. Predictability. By making cyclists have to follow the same laws as cars, there is no question on how a cyclist is going to behave. This makes both the cyclist and the driver safer,... | All states should adopt laws similar to the "Idaho Stop Law" with regards to people riding bikes | 0 | 2015-06-17T20:53:28 | 235 | 59 | null |
"Love the sinner, hate the sin" comes to mind here. You should feel sorry for someone who has died. You don't know why they were in that situation in the first place, and they are, after all, humans worthy of dignity and respect. Someone has died, who likely had people who loved them regardless of their problems. You c... | I see nothing wrong when someone dies of drug overdose or a gang member gets shot. | 0 | 2016-11-11T20:25:18 | 138 | 3 | 5 |
You are definitely allowed to feel whatever you feel no one is saying you shouldn't do that, its just about how you should respond to those feelings in a mature way. If you are ever jealous because of something your partner did you essentially have 3 options. 1.You can accept it 2.You can tell your partner you're not o... | Being occasionally jealous or uncomfortable with scenarios involving your SO isn't unhealthy, nor does it deem you "irrational" nor "insecure" | 1 | 2017-06-20T04:45:23 | 127 | 165 | 18 |
Well lets look at the points that the article brings up. However, these ideals were not as successful as had been hoped... ...crime was not eradicated... Okay so nobody here thinks that rehabilitation will eradicate crime so we're good here. ...reformatories had the same problems as prisons regarding politicization... | Punishment, if not for the purpose of rehabilitation, is morally wrong. | 1 | 2015-10-04T07:41:41 | 325 | 1 | 1 |
Well audiobooks aren't exactly trying to replace books, it's just simply another format. For example, I work a 12 hour shift so it's more feasible to listen to an audiobook vs. reading a book and I find I get the information the same way as if I was reading it. Now, I'm an avid reader so I prefer reading to an audiobo... | Listening to an audiobook isn't anything like reading a book, never mind better. | 0 | 2017-04-22T12:09:37 | 25 | 5 | null |
No other company has ever restricted their platforms such that escaping their ecosystem is impossible the way that Apple has. Is this mistreating their customers? The Apple ecosystem is one of the best things about apple. You can plug an Iphone into an IMac and sync it with an Ipad and it will just work. I have a macbo... | Apple is a horrible company that abuses its userbase more than any other company | 1 | 2017-05-30T02:48:30 | 44 | 2 | 32 |
You say that US soldiers have not defended freedom because we have such a powerful military presence that no one would dare attack us. How does such a military presence by a standing military not constitute it's members defending our freedom? This includes cyber security. Marines don't deal with cyber attacks. [They do... | No soldier has defended U.S. freedom since August 15 1945. | 0 | 2015-11-23T23:36:59 | 381 | 4 | 47 |
I can't change your view because I agree with it but you have a few premises that you need to wonder about: crimes like these are a perfect display of the human nature in it's most basic state. Systematic abuse is not a perfect display of the human nature in it's most basic state. Beating each other with whatever obje... | CMV - I believe that the crimes committed by the Nazis, even though they were terrible, are a display of human nature | 0 | 2013-10-10T16:35:31 | 62 | 2 | null |
FPS games also ust the LCtrl button, which is the easiest to reach using your pinky is the keys are WASD. Moreover, most FPS games have key remapping, so what's the problem? | ESDF is better than WASD for playing first person shooter (FPS) games. | 0 | 2016-05-05T10:07:49 | 43 | 1 | 2 |
I was reading *Spook* by Mary Roach and in an attempt to find the human soul a man named Norman Ford postulated that the zygote can't have a soul until after two weeks because prior to that it has the potential to split into twins. The argument was that if the zygote was ensouled during that time then it would be split... | I believe a fetus has rights worth protecting. | 1 | 2014-05-25T05:22:51 | 149 | 1 | 1 |
I'll dispute that Janeway is a single character, which is implied by your CMV. She's actually several characters, battling for control much like multiple personalities inside the same mind. You see, the writers of Voyager are famous for not liking the show that they were writing very much (understandably) and not agree... | I think Kathryn Janeway of *Star Trek: Voyager*, was the worst Trek captain, by a mile. CMV. | 1 | 2013-10-07T17:42:07 | 180 | 73 | 7 |
So I think something important to remember about English is that there are a lot of conventions, but nothing is really "official" when it comes to grammatical rules. There was no great English conference of whenever that sat down and said, "days and months are proper nouns because of X, Y, and Z but seasons aren't!" Mo... | Given that days of the week are considered proper nouns, the names of seasons should also be proper nouns. | 0 | 2017-03-10T21:18:41 | 121 | 5 | 106 |
It's certainly a form of neglect, but I don't see that it fits the legal concept of abuse. The parent is failing to meet a reasonable standard for their child's nutrition (neglect) but they aren't starving them or forcefeeding them (abuse.) The other part of this is that if this were criminalised, the state would have ... | Allowing a child to be obese should be considered child abuse. | 1 | 2016-03-30T21:11:07 | 278 | 329 | 1 |
Every food you eat, every apartment you rent, every garment you wear, every car you drive was provided by a corporation. They are so woven into the fabric of life that you don't even notice that they act in your interest every second of the day. That is how they make money - by acting in a way that pleases you, the con... | 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. | 0 | 2016-12-07T06:04:59 | 265 | 2 | 2 |
There's plenty of room to advance in phone technology. You're thinking too narrowly. First off, VR is just starting to take off - *finally*. More than that, Augmented Reality is starting to become popular. Pokemon Go was a HUGE example of how strongly AR can take off, and if it had been better developed may have paved... | The cellphone industry is stuck, since a big screen that completely covers the device is their maximum potential. | 0 | 2016-12-28T22:55:22 | 47 | 2 | 2 |
What parents fall in love with during the nine months of pregnancy is the possibilities of their child. I have had two children born healthy and loved them from the beginning of my pregnancy. I loved them the same the minute they were born as I do today. The difference with today is how many amazing memories we have to... | You don't love your kid, until you start to form an actual relationship with him/her. | 1 | 2014-12-10T19:01:16 | 35 | 30 | 1 |
I'm a homeowner and a landlord in London. Rents are about 1/3 more expensive than owning. The value of the house has gone up 300k in 3 years, the value of the flat 150k in 7 years. There's no shame in only owning a portion of the property, say part ownership with a developer, but property's just a smart investment. The... | There is nothing wrong with never owning your own home. | 0 | 2014-09-23T23:20:02 | 341 | 2 | null |
I'm just starting out hunting, and I've taken some small game, but I don't do it just to see something die, and I hope I never do. I do it because I like the food, I like being outdoors, I like knowing my meat was harvested as painlessly as possible, and in the U.S. it helps prevent habitat destruction by both funding ... | People who hunt have a sadistic trait | 1 | 2015-08-08T17:08:08 | 32 | 1 | 1 |
The problem with any system of voting that disenfranchises some and not others is that it grants political inertia to the voters. That is, it almost necessarily must lead to accruing unfair advantages. As an example, imagine two groups of people, A and B. A have a quality education system, B has a bad one. A law is pa... | People shouldn't be allowed to vote just because they're over a certain age | 1 | 2016-12-06T21:32:56 | 150 | 3 | 7 |
One of the original purposes of the Second Amendment was to allow the people to fight against a tyrannical government. With current technology that the government has access to, this is completely unfeasible unless we find a way to give the people tanks and the like. It doesn't have to be a guarantee, and if the past f... | Ideally, the United States Would Ban All Guns | 0 | 2017-03-21T22:32:26 | 120 | 12 | 28 |
I live in Australia, so understand that my statements come from a position where gun ownership is heavily restricted and normal people agree with that. Gun ownership and gun violence are not the same thing. There are many examples of highly armed countries with less gun violence than you'd expect based on the American ... | If you outlaw guns and only outlaws will have guns. I'm fine with this. | 1 | 2014-05-26T10:43:51 | 1,232 | 2 | 4 |
I agree that there are actual biological differences between men and women at least from an overall statistical perspective, though you'll always find exceptions. But consider that most of the original computer programmers [were women](http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/10/06/345799830/the-forgotten-fem... | The reason science and math are very male-dominated is in fact due to 'innate differences' between the sexes. | 0 | 2016-10-25T23:43:44 | 137 | 9 | 4 |
Make the music that works for you man. Or lady. No one can really argue with that. It's not bad or good in any authoritative way, it's just that it's kind of cliche. Well, really cliche. In the best music, in my mind, a lot of what makes it special is not what it is on paper. It's not "Play this chord, then this chord,... | There is nothing wrong with using the I-V-vi-IV chord progression | 0 | 2015-03-11T16:16:36 | 23 | 1 | 2Δ |
Let me use OKC as a point of reference because it is what I am most familiar with. I agree with you that when someone is ONLY looking for friends, it feels disappointing. I mean, why are you here, then? But, OKC lets you select "new friends" **as well as** "long-term/short-term relationship/casual sex/etc." I've been o... | Dating Sites Shouldn't Have a 'Just Looking For Friends' Option | 1 | 2015-07-31T19:24:45 | 48 | 41 | 56 |
Given that we don't actually know what consciousness is, let alone how to replicate it, the idea that machines will take over all jobs is ridiculous. Of course, menial jobs that can be performed by anyone will be automated; but things such as art, design, literature, poetry, music, and such will almost definitely remai... | In the far future, AI will become so ubiquitous that humanity will lose its meaning and purpose. | 0 | 2015-12-29T14:33:35 | 35 | 3 | null |
I won't tell you that the divide between Europe and Asia is cultural. Firstly, Africa is connected to Asia and North America is connected to South America. There does not have to be an ocean separating them, but obviously there is much more land connecting Europe and Asia. When we look at a map of the world, we see the... | We should be taught there are 6 continents instead of 7. | 0 | 2015-04-22T14:52:21 | 28 | 2 | 4Δ |
Unless I go halfway across the nation, I can't really campaign. Uh, Georgia literally touches one of the battleground states, and is close to a few others. I've no idea where you specifically live, and it might be a few hundred miles, but it isn't anywhere near halfway across the nation. I'm also still a student, so I... | Living in a red state, I will have 0 effect on the 2016 general election | 1 | 2015-09-22T04:07:43 | 28 | 1 | 19 |
All of what you say should be true, theoretically, but remember the difference between theory and practice: in theory, there's no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there usually is. As a practical matter, in the world we live in, calling it innate has advantages because people are more willing to ... | I believe emphasizing that "being gay is born rather than a choice" is irrelevent and gay rights should be the same no matter if homosexuality is born with, nurtured or chosen. | 1 | 2014-09-09T01:47:04 | 433 | 444 | 90Δ |
Don't waste your vote. [Trade it.](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/opinion/anti-trump-republicans-dont-waste-your-vote-trade-it.html?_r=0) You basically find a third party supporter in a state that matters and tell them to vote for Hillary Clinton. Then you agree to vote for their third party choice. That way, you ge... | 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 | 2016-10-01T01:58:39 | 77 | -1 | 94 |
Butter first, then peanut butter, then jelly. | When using one utensil to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, you should spread the peanut butter before the jelly. | 0 | 2015-11-20T23:26:26 | 42 | 1 | null |
On aggregate the quality of life has diminished fairly continuously for the last hundred years. Now human quality of life has improved, but more animals are experiencing death by pollution and extinction than ever before and at a faster rate, deforestation the destruction of coral reefs, now is not the best time to be ... | We live in the best of all times to be alive | 1 | 2015-01-29T18:35:12 | 309 | 2 | 1 |
This whole post is rather naive. I love economics, but one unfortunate principle is that everyone is trying to exploit the markets. An example would be the stock market: everyone wants to find a cheat code for it. Do some reading about the [efficient market hypothesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficient-market_hyp... | I believe America needs a new Constitution | 1 | 2015-09-20T00:01:35 | 51 | 7 | 3 |
I believe it's a combination of things in and out of ones control, and how they act in such situations. Surely luck is just things you have no control over going in your favour? | I don't believe in Luck | 0 | 2014-10-22T21:38:00 | 31 | 1 | null |
Hm, okay, 40% unemployment is pretty compelling in terms of what these individual's options are, so fair enough. Lots of others have approached this topic from the point of how cruel the hunters are to the animals, and have addressed your morality argument, so I won't. Instead I will try and approach this from a biodi... | Westerners have no right to be angry at poachers who kill endangered animals | 1 | 2014-08-16T22:19:34 | 74 | 5 | 1 |
An example would be [this study](http://www.nber.org/papers/w9873) comparing the difference between "white-sounding" and "black-sounding" names in eliciting responses to resumes submitted to help-wanted ads. It found that "black-sounding" names require 50% more submitted resumes to get a callback, after controlling for... | I believe in rich privilege rather than white privilege | 0 | 2016-11-06T06:19:02 | 185 | 7 | 34 |
I think you are using a definition of "great" that most people will find fault with, since having good goals is often one aspect of greatness, and Hitler's goals were megalomanaical and evil. Moreover, Hitler's megalomania brought about the downfall and partition of his country by conquering armies. He engaged in an in... | Hitler was a great leader. | 0 | 2015-10-20T20:45:31 | 29 | 10 | 158 |
One in 3 women are victims of sexual assault. To come pare that statistic with the influence of Islamic radical terrorism is deeply faulty and precisely the problem. It would be more appropriate to compare deaths by elevators per year (27) or death by cattle (20) to the influence of Islamic Terrorism on Americans. What... | There is a huge inconsistency between the ways the left treats male rapists and muslim terrorists. | 0 | 2016-07-31T05:28:49 | 263 | -4 | null |
Wearing something that covers your entire face, including your eyes, deprives you from normal human communication. We rely heavily on non verbal communication, and things like smiles and eye contact are subconsciously very important. You also cannot be recognised whilst wearing a burqa, and in a sense it robs you from ... | It is hypocritical to criticize the use of burqas in the Muslim religion while ignoring the inability for women to expose their breasts publicly within most countries. | 1 | 2014-07-02T21:28:19 | 193 | 220 | 10 |
the majority of the population is christian, the government purports itself to be representative, their views/preferences should be reflected in the laws that are passed. if you are against that, please explain how your position is any different from simply wanting to suspend democracy when the end result doesn't suit ... | I believe that when people say "america is a Christian nation" what they really mean is "I'm in the majority so I don't have to be fair." | 0 | 2015-09-24T16:09:27 | 272 | 0 | 1Δ |
1. How is it any of your business? 2. People drink to excess all the time and openly celebrate it and booze is way more dangerous to themselves and others. 3. We all have different metabolisms. I eat like a pig and im thin. My gf eats like a canary and she's fat. We just process food differently. 4. Its a free country.... | Normalizing being fat is a huge societal issue in the United States | 0 | 2016-08-31T22:50:52 | 149 | 2 | null |
I feel as though overall porn is a fine means of sexual expression for both the youthful and the lonely. I'm not sure you can qualify the consumption of sexual content as 'sexual expression' for the viewer. It could count as sexual release (since masturbation is usually involved), but I don't think that's a form of exp... | I believe that the porn industry, as it exists, is a beneficial part of society and that the world is a better place for it. | 1 | 2015-10-21T20:11:57 | 183 | 13 | 2 |
The cameras can only really see what is in view of the public. This means that the only information available for surveillance is information from the public. Is it really mass surveillance if they are surveilling things in public? I could understand not wanting a camera filming the interior, but then there is always d... | Self-driving cars are too likely to become a tool of mass surveillance, therefore their development should be stopped as soon as possible. | 0 | 2017-01-02T04:02:04 | 51 | 1 | 24 |
Let me come at this from a completely different angle: killing animals is generally wrong because to kill an animal dehumanizes you. You seem to hold a [contractualist](http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/contractualism/) view of morality, which excludes animals from moral status because they can't in any reasonable sens... | There is nothing inherently wrong with killing a non-human animal. | 1 | 2015-09-07T00:05:59 | 48 | 5 | 35 |
The idea that you can come into the country illegally and have free services for everything is largely a myth. People coming here don't get the on board the gravy train. It's harder for them to get services than it is for someone with an SSN and a birth certificate. They most often come to this country trying to e... | Why do people defend ILLEGAL immigration… | 1 | 2017-01-23T00:17:07 | 49 | 48 | 14 |
The way I look at it, things are pretty much always changing - society doesn't really stay totally static in very many areas. If that is true, thing are either getting worse or getting better. Obviously those aren't objective categories but if we decide that more or less of certain things are better or worse, we can s... | Some people are, for lack of a better word, "destined" to suffer irredeemable lives of misery; and furthermore, these people will always exist, in non-negligible numbers, until and unless there is some radical and (presently) incomprehensible paradigm shift in technology and/or human culture | 0 | 2014-10-26T04:59:01 | 89 | 2 | null |
The role of an education system should not be to create skilled employable individuals rather it should strive to create polymath intellectuals. To strengthen your argument, let us assume that we re-organize job skill training so that job specific skills are sufficiently developed outside of "The Academy," and in The ... | Education should create intellectuals not employees | 0 | 2017-02-17T08:43:40 | 51 | 2 | null |
Here's my perspective, as a man, and as someone who has gone to great lengths to understand situations like this from other people's point of view: To me, it seems to be about basic safety and comfort. A lot of women feel uncomfortable being physically vulnerable in front of men, especially men that may be more physica... | I believe that women's only hours at gyms are sexist and shouldn't exist CMV | 1 | 2013-07-06T05:22:39 | 685 | 20 | 1 |
How would you remove the profit motive and still incentivise companies to compete with each other? The risk of what you're suggesting (government control of companies, regulated profit margins) is that you end up with less efficiency, consumer choice, and higher prices. All the downsides of Soviet-style communism. Also... | If businesses are people, they are sociopaths, and must be harshly controlled. | 0 | 2014-09-09T22:50:51 | 284 | 3 | null |
Something I haven't seen mentionned in this thread is the different social and working conditions in different countries. In some countries where companies like to outsource, workers may not have the same rights as the workers in your country. No holidays, no week ends, obligation to work a lot of hours/day, bad hygien... | I don't think it's wrong for companies to outsource tech jobs to India or other similar countries. | 0 | 2014-11-16T10:39:19 | 131 | 1 | null |
I'd like to start with saying that in a perfect world, I would agree with you completely. If every baby born could be guaranteed a good home with loving, financially stable parents, I think adoption would be a clear cut option. Although on that same note, I would hope that in a world where that was available, the resou... | Adoption is almost always better than abortion if the sex was enthusiastically consensual and no permanent harm is posed towards the mother. CMV. | 0 | 2014-01-06T00:32:35 | 106 | 4 | 1 |
When you walk like a duck and talk like a duck, it doesn't really matter if you didn't intend on having other people think you're a duck or not. They're going to think you're a duck. Humans have a tendency to judge others by their actions and themselves by their intent. And I can understand why we do this, it feels bad... | The intent on what I say is more important than how its interpreted | 0 | 2017-01-31T13:01:40 | 26 | 4 | 104 |
Why does Bruce even need to fight The Joker, Superman could fly in, beat him up, and fly out and be back in time to make Lois Lane pancakes. First of all, you contradict yourself in answering your own question. The title of your post is "Batman would be an astronomically better character if he didn't exist within the c... | Batman would be an astronomically better character if he didn't exist within the context of the DC universe, CMV | 0 | 2014-02-19T06:09:44 | 166 | 1 | null |
All activities, every conversation you've ever had...heck everything you've ever done has altered your "state of mind". Everything is dynamic, nothing is static. You strike me as a person who has serious principles, follows them, but is now finding some of them to be without real substance. What brought this thought u... | It is NEVER a good idea to partake in recreational drug use. CMV | 0 | 2014-02-12T14:52:38 | 58 | 1 | 1 |
I would posit that there's probably *some* reason that she gets offended easily. Whether or not it's logically sound, I can't say, but I wouldn't discount how peoples' individual experiences shape our worldview; just because one Jewish guy in class doesn't mind doesn't mean he speaks for all Jewish people. Also, I'm gu... | An artist's personal views do not change the value of their art. | 1 | 2016-09-22T00:53:50 | 37 | 1 | 14 |
1) Productivity losses: These could occur if there is too much social conflict between people of different races, rather than working. If there were racial issues in the workplace, you can bet your ass someone is going to get sacked or sued. Businesses have an obligation to protect their employees from harassment on th... | The idea that businesses or the government should ever be allowed to outright ban employees from dating each other has no place outside of totalitarian countries like China or North Korea. | 0 | 2016-10-16T20:18:04 | 217 | 3 | 9 |
How about this argument: why should anyone have to prove they need one? I'm not in favor of government bans of anything, really. Citizens souls have the right to buy what they want, and no crime be committed until such point as they commit a crime with it. I don't need chocolate cake, and arguably sweets are worse for ... | The AR15 style rifle has little purpose for the average American, other than for fun. | 0 | 2014-11-28T18:11:04 | 169 | 1 | null |
The grading is qualitative, rather than quantitative This is certainly not entirely true, at all. Look at a standard grading rubrick for art or music and you'll see a whole load of objectivity. LOTS of objectivity. . How can you grade someone who has played an instrument or acted in plays since they were a small child... | Fine Arts credits should not be required to graduate high school. | 0 | 2014-12-10T20:01:07 | 50 | 2 | 5 |
All common colds are potentially lethal. Sailing as a sport is potentially lethal. Racecar driving can kill you and others. Intent is literally everything in this argument. I own a baseball bat. And I fully intend to use it against an intruder with lethal force. That makes it a lethal weapon. People should not be allow... | Handguns are for killing people, and no one has a reason to own a handgun unless they intend to kill someone | 0 | 2014-05-26T17:40:14 | 155 | 3 | 1 |
People do acknowledge it. Usually when there is rioting there is a plethora of [black public figures](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/29/us/politics/events-in-baltimore-reflect-a-slow-rolling-crisis-across-us-obama-says.html) who come out and condemn the violence. I have yet to see someone come out and say, "no, violenc... | Accepting riots in the black community as part of social change is wrong. | 1 | 2016-07-07T22:46:33 | 137 | 18 | 84 |
First of all let my say that I'm sorry for your medical problems. I wish you the very best. The problem is how do you determine if they caused their own illness? Somebody with type2 diabetes did not necessarily develop this illness because of bad diet. Most of the time they did, but not always. You can't prove 100% th... | I believe those who cause their own illnesses should have to pay for their treatment on the NHS (UK) CMV | 0 | 2013-12-02T17:52:36 | 42 | 11 | null |
Your exactly right, its a societal issue wherein people are putting these symbols above their better well being. I'm of the belief that we don't need to be enabling that with anyone regardless of income, but I still believe in trying to help those who will help themselves. If that means making them better themselves by... | People getting government support should have a spending limit on non-necessities. | 1 | 2017-05-15T00:02:36 | 157 | 5 | 1 |
Looks aren't everything. There are people who I find very attractive who I can't stand for any length of time. or who aren't intelligent or have a matching personality. Looks are the only important quality in a partner. If a person is with someone who is he happy to be with he isn't settling. he is just using a diffe... | Men who date average-looking women are "settling" for her looks | 1 | 2017-03-13T05:41:42 | 29 | 7 | 35 |
The reason women have the right to abortions in the first place is because they have the right to use their body however they want. You can't force someone to undergo a medical procedure they don't want. What would you do if the woman refuses? Force her into a surgery she doesn't want? You'd be making medical decisions... | Abortion should be an option able to be chosen by the father. | 1 | 2015-12-02T00:47:11 | 87 | 21 | 133 |
A lot of people have already made strong arguments I won't rehash. I will add this: depending on locale, there is one wrinkle that you may not have considered in terms of consent to a particular ideology. As an American, I'll use a US-centric example here, but it can be parsed similarly in other cultures. When we talk... | I don't think indigenous people have any more right to their land than anyone else. | 0 | 2016-12-06T08:13:53 | 159 | 2 | null |
There is a very specific way that English is taught in many high schools across America, and that is with predetermined symbols and metaphors and whatever else a teacher expects his/her students to get out of each book. However, this way of teaching English causes the same problem that you are having for many students.... | I believe that actively reading novels, required in high school English classes, detracts from the overall value and ruins reading for students. CMV | 0 | 2013-05-19T00:27:03 | 167 | 1 | null |
I agree with your view, broadly. But I want to point out an important distinction between being anti-abortion and being in favor of government prohibition of abortion. So an atheist person believes in fetal personhood (which I agree is certainly a tenable atheist belief). But they also observe that there are large numb... | An anti-abortion stance is not incompatible with either atheism or libertarianism. | 0 | 2014-07-02T17:18:38 | 62 | 1 | null |
This isn't a deal where you kill a bunch of people and then everything is cool from now on. New people are born every day. And if suddenly the world is so safe that nobody locks their doors, that just makes it all the more tempting to break into houses. This is an ongoing process you're proposing. You're effectively ra... | Humans who will not contribute to humanity in any positive manner should be put to death. | 1 | 2014-06-29T10:52:34 | 52 | 3 | 3 |
But if 99% of deaths from terrorism fall into the hands of Islamic perpetrators; is it so absurd to think our laws should adapt and change to better suit the realities of this? Yes, it's absurd. You'd have to interrogate people about their belief system. Would a terrorist lie about being a Muslim if it meant getting ac... | I believe the laws of our time should reflect the state of our time | 1 | 2017-01-13T17:59:58 | 52 | 12 | 71 |
the main thing here is there must be an axis at a 90 degree angle to another axis to be an additional dimension. so you take an infinite array of points you get a line, take an infinite array of lines extending 90 degrees in the other direction you get a plane, take an infinite array of planes going 90 degrees in yet a... | The Super Mario Galaxy games are 4D platformers. | 0 | 2016-06-04T18:38:12 | 29 | 8 | null |
saying "partner" instead of "husband"/"wife" so statements like "are you bringing your boyfriend/girlfriend to the work party?" should not be seen as attacks on the LGBTQI+ community but rather a representation of the fact that 95% of the population is heterosexual/cisgender. Do you mean in cases where you don't know... | Gender and sexuality should not be discussed at all in a professional atmosphere. | 1 | 2017-04-07T07:28:35 | 39 | 5 | 35 |
Others have already given you some great answers, but here's some more: First, you're right-- it's *really* difficult to make a Superman story interesting, in the classic superhero fights bad guys sense. So yeah, a lot of Superman stuff falls flat on its face. But there's still a lot more there. The best Superman stori... | Superman is too perfect and because of this his stories aren't compelling | 0 | 2015-04-07T18:20:57 | 33 | 1 | 5Δ |
White privilege doesn't mean that your life will automatically be better, it just means that there are advantages that being white offers that other races do not have. White privilege isn't the only kind of privilege either. Rich privilege exists as well and as a result rich people don't have to worry about problems th... | I believe in rich privilege rather than white privilege | 1 | 2016-11-06T05:26:18 | 185 | 27 | 16 |
I really think that due to the circumstances that have surrounded essentially every colonization by a greater power unto a weaker one, the definition of colonization should just be changed to involving the capital gain by the colonizers. While that's not necessarily a good argument about the nature of colonies, you rea... | Colonization isn't that bad. | 1 | 2017-03-13T23:41:20 | 78 | 1 | 1 |
Why can't she be a role model to trans people that are also conservative? Just because someone is transgender doesn't mean they are liberal. | Caitlyn Jenner is a terrible spokeswoman and role model for Trans people | 0 | 2017-04-27T07:14:44 | 99 | 4 | 5 |
A sex drive is not something you do, it's something you're subjected to. It can lead to pleasure or to pain. This is true of all things. You do not "need" food any more than you "need" sex. If you do not eat, you will die. That is your choice. If you do not seek sex, you will not have sex. That is also your choice. If ... | I believe my sex drive is a scam designed to benefit the continuity of the species at my expense. | 0 | 2016-05-02T19:36:13 | 49 | 2 | null |
I'd say you are wrong because plenty of girls aren't very secret about it. | Every straight girl out there secretly wants to date a rich guy | 0 | 2016-09-29T00:24:46 | 50 | 0 | null |
You're viewing it from the lens of what you previously said: "I'm a boy that likes girly things." not the idea of being in the wrong body. Like I said before, I don't really feel a strong connection with my gender. I am male and rather aware of it, but at no point am I thinking "I am male" unless I'm writing it in a c... | I do not believe trans/nb people are valid | 1 | 2017-01-04T09:22:01 | 218 | 11 | 44 |
There is a reason I have a Subaru, enough snowboard gear for myself, girlfriend, plus a couple friends, and a nice fireplace out on the deck. I enjoy all the seasons for different reasons, and to accuse me of lying about enjoying winter is just silly. No, are there plenty of people around here (Chicago) that aren't too... | Winter, in regions where there is significant amounts of snow and cold weather, is clearly the worst season of the year. People claiming to be happy about winter are in denial. | 1 | 2015-12-29T18:19:09 | 23 | 4 | 1 |
I buy bottled spring water because it tastes better than the tap water around here. I don't understand the hate environmentalists have for people that buy bottled water. It's not like I'm taking a bath with bottled water. What's the difference between buying bottled water vs bottled soda, or bottled tea? Water in this... | Under normal conditions, there is no logical reason to prefer bottled water to tap water in a first world country. | 1 | 2015-12-25T02:35:33 | 59 | 9 | 1 |
We're very long past the point where number of people with HIV was low enough for such quarantine to work. Right now it would require mandatory testing of absolutely everyone at least once a year over the entire world, otherwise gaps in your quarantine are too big. And what would we do after we got universal test cover... | I think the only currently available way to get rid of HIV/AIDs is to start quarantining people who have the disease. CMV. | 1 | 2013-06-22T16:48:16 | 45 | 1 | 1 |
No, it generally only really works the other way. There are certainly cases of white-passing people who successfully identify as white, but it's not the norm. It's a profoundly bigoted concept of race steeped in a history of white supremacy used to legitimize slavery and discrimination that still plays out in our socie... | I am in no way attracted to black people. I am not racist. | 1 | 2017-05-30T17:51:37 | 150 | 3 | 16 |
Of course there needs to be a balance of power, but blm seems to have taken that lesson and run way too far with it, as you seem to agree with. As for the fear of character defamation, that seems to be more of an issue than ever. You seem to agree with me at least pertaining to your original point, that I would have su... | People that dislike Black Lives Matter are the same people who would have disliked The Civil Rights Movement | 1 | 2016-06-30T05:29:51 | 366 | 1 | 2 |
Many(Jewish) baby boomers in the US grew up with parents that were literally the only survivors in their family. Can you really say that your family history consisting of "my parents (or grand parents) came here and everyone they new and loved from before than suffered in the hands of the nazis" doesn't effect you? | If your people went through genocide a hundred years ago, you have no right to be personally butthurt about it. | 1 | 2015-04-23T06:10:01 | 70 | 48 | 5Δ |
Nassim Taleb has interesting things to say (The only book I read of him is *Fooled by Randomness*), but I'd still tend to trust economists more - mostly because Taleb is writing books for a popular audience, and so has a vested interest in telling people what they want to hear (those bankers and establishment economist... | The study of Economics is redundant | 1 | 2015-11-02T10:39:30 | 51 | 22 | 6 |
But as a father, I might not want my daughter to grow up to be a fast food cash register worker either - right? That doesn't mean I'm against the concept of fast food or the people who work there, but rather it means I want my daughter to find a career that utilizes something like her mind, rather than her physical la... | If you are not comfortable having your daughter doing porn you should not watch it. | 0 | 2015-03-30T05:48:55 | 61 | 50 | 19Δ |
This is enough confusion to require a trial, and it doesn't matter from the perspective of the Grand Jury what the outcome would be, it should still be requiring a trial. The confusion is one of the major issues at hand here. An indictment is issued when the grand jury determines probable cause. It doesn't have to be u... | I don't think it matters whether the Grand Jury thinks Darren Wilson is guilty, he should have been indicted anyway. | 1 | 2014-11-27T07:13:59 | 172 | 38 | 1 |
So if a libertarian believes life begins at conception, whether because of religious or other views, it is fine for him/her to want to outlaw abortion. No, it's not fine. They accuse women who get an abortion of murder. That's quite a serious accusation and it is not justified. Unless you think it's okay to kill newbor... | An anti-abortion stance is not incompatible with either atheism or libertarianism. | 0 | 2014-07-02T18:46:15 | 62 | 3 | 1 |
Let's imagine a hypothetical. There is a religion based on a holy book that is only one sentence long: "If you kill someone above the height of 6' you will go to paradise" Now imagine that this is one of the most widely believed religions in the world. It's easy to imagine how the existance of this religion could make... | If religion magically disappeared one day, I don't think the violence would be any different | 0 | 2015-06-06T12:52:31 | 395 | 2 | null |
I appreciate your point, but this is the information age, and keeping things proprietary has become far more difficult. China has stolen so much industry data it's crazy, and domestic industrial espionage has also become easier due to technological advances. So your system only works to the extent it is enforced (for w... | Instead of patents, give inventors the exclusive right to advertise for 10 years. Patents prevent healthy completion, but this would give the edge to the innovators and, as a bonus, it would curtail advertising (which harmfully trains us to be unsatisfied until we have the advertised product). | 1 | 2015-09-29T05:59:39 | 47 | 1 | null |
The danger is immense, and by participating in an expedition, one necessarily places their guides in danger. You act as if the climbers are placing these unwitting guides in danger. The guides know perfectly well what they are getting into, and actively work to enable the climbers. They are in a way "coerced" into th... | Climbing Mt. Everest is an exercise in arrogance, irresponsibility, and reckless futility. | 0 | 2015-02-18T22:43:20 | 54 | 1 | 15 |
So from what I've read of your comments here, OP, your pattern of dismissing every contribution of philosophy that you would otherwise concede is worthwhile is to redefine "philosophy" to not include the worthwhile thing. This makes your "argument" unassailable but also pointless. If you're defining "philosophy" as "ex... | Philosophy, as a field of formal study is meaningless. | 1 | 2016-06-18T07:12:14 | 46 | 24 | 10 |
manslaughter criminalizes the consequences of an individual’s actions rather than the actions themselves. This isn't exactly true, because the legal standard for determining manslaughter is not simply "Did the person die?" The evidence used to prove manslaughter will be used to prove your actions warrant manslaughter. ... | Manslaughter should not be a crime | 0 | 2016-02-24T22:57:37 | 125 | 3 | 1 |
Don't let recency bias fool you. Hillary's campaign may go down as one of the worst ever if she loses, but Trump's campaign has actually been pretty amazing - how else would such a terrible candidate have made it this far? Also, for worst campaign ever you have to go with Strom Thurmond who chose "Segregation Forever" ... | Clinton and Trump's campaigns represent the two worst-run campaigns in US presidential history | 0 | 2016-07-26T03:05:04 | 33 | 2 | null |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.