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To me three points are necessary to believe that global warming is an issue. 1. Show that greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere. You say that you are already familiar with the mechanism behind global warming, so I won't go into this. This has been understood by scientists for over 100 years: http://en.wikipedia.... | I am not sure if global warming is a real issue. CMV either way. | 1 | 2013-04-23T19:27:55 | 76 | 15 | 6 |
I am going to try and deconstruct your arguments one at a time so bear with me. First, Batman is more heroic because a hero is someone that risks their life to save others and is someone who is brave and courageous Depends on your definition, personally I think there are more factors, but for now, let's assume you're ... | Batman is more heroic and a better crimefighter than Superman | 1 | 2016-08-13T05:25:36 | 50 | 5 | 1 |
Many men told stories of being raped by women here: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/v73r4/men_who_have_been_raped_by_women_can_you_tell_us/ There are statistics on this. According to the latest CDC (US government) survey, 4.8% of all men have been "made to penetrate" and 79.2% of the perpetrators were women... | I believe a woman cannot rape a man. CMV! | 1 | 2013-05-07T02:55:05 | 76 | 11 | 1 |
"choice" is an equal gender option. the fact that this choice today is "gendered" is product of history. Randomness is also a gender neutral option. creating a new name is gender neutral and doesn't create a problem for children since if it "how we do it", then children would be getting married and creating a new name... | There are no adequate gender equal options when it comes to changing your surname in marriage | 0 | 2016-12-05T17:12:04 | 180 | 1 | 46 |
Your argument seems to hinge on the willpower of Batman and the assumption that Batman is an intrinsically good guy or hero. Abandon those assumptions for a second. Batman is an intrinsically bad guy, damaged, as he was, by the murder of his parents. His willpower, therefore, is not preventing him from slipping into vi... | Batman's justification for not killing the Joker is illogical, irrational, and irresponsible | 1 | 2016-03-28T02:44:24 | 81 | 172 | 1 |
Rather than focusing on censoring "fake news" -- we as a society should aim to educate one another on how to live in this age of information-saturation. While that is an ideal goal, it does nothing to change the fact that it takes energy to evaluate potentially false information. As humans, we are wired to be efficien... | Misinformation, or "fake news" is only on the rise because information as a whole is becoming more accessible. | 0 | 2017-01-03T22:10:34 | 62 | 3 | 4 |
The problem here is that the nature of the word conservative explains some of the biases that have when people are explaining it. As things change, there will always be many things which are referred to as conservative which seem to be outdated. That does not mean that whatever changes are happening are automatically g... | I believe Conservative stances and policies are harmful to progress in society. CMV | 0 | 2013-08-19T05:19:23 | 34 | 9 | 1 |
While disappointing, I cannot say your view is unique here on reddit or anywhere else in the country, so I'm glad you're here on CMV. As I grew older, my classmates and I were bombarded with racial messages during school and everywhere else. We were taught that white people were somehow inherently racist. We were taug... | Talking about race, racism, and racial issues along with racial preference programs actually makes any existing problems worse, creates new problems, and divides people rather than unifying them. In my opinion "not seeing color" IS the attitude we should cultivate. | 1 | 2015-08-18T00:28:45 | 87 | 105 | 4 |
The point of a debate is not to benefit the debators or change their mind. The point of a debate is to benefit the *audience,* to make the *audience* think and possibly change the *audience's* mind. If you have a few hours, check out this intelligence squared debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCH2NG9qTSw&noh... | I think debating religion is a fun game, but ultimately pointless. | 0 | 2016-04-08T21:30:02 | 139 | 1 | 5 |
Religions only hinder scientific progress? I won't argue at all that religion can often times hinder scientific progress, but do you really think that's all it does? That it has never, not once, helped it in some way? That it never inspired someone to find more about the world, that they believed god created? | Religions only hinder scientific progress. | 0 | 2014-06-08T10:55:12 | 43 | 2 | 1∆ |
Why do we have to show pictures? Why not just use words? But the far better question, is your real intent to inform them or to convince them to change their mind by showing them graphic pictures? When it comes to abortion, what do they need to see emotional images when mere words can say the exact same thing? | Requiring people to see emotional images of the consequences of their actions is good. This includes abortion. | 1 | 2015-09-10T07:18:38 | 89 | 4 | 28 |
So, may i have a delta if I, like others, have changed your view? That would mean people could test for particular passwords much more easily. Ideally people will have a limited number of times they can access password systems and test them out, this would give them more tries. | websites should not have password restrictions besides length of password. | 1 | 2017-04-21T06:01:53 | 88 | 1 | 118 |
I'm definitely anti-Trump, but my sympathetic take is this. We are worried that Trump would usher in a horrifying era that would be a national embarassment, who will pull us back into a dark age, that would lead the country to be run by corrupt morons who are pocketing all the cash they can, and this would require deca... | I think Trump is a horrifying choice, no matter how bad you think Hillary is. | 1 | 2016-11-01T22:38:25 | 735 | 122 | 11 |
I believe I would have agreed with you in the past, but after spending 5 years with my stepdaughter, I have a different opinion. Kids certainly do go through phases while trying to discover their identity, but I've personally witnessed a more gradual progression with her. At eight years old, she emphatically told me th... | A child's nontraditional gender identity can be written off as "just a phase" | 1 | 2017-03-15T17:19:15 | 239 | 11 | 2 |
"I'm 91, they just called 71 so I have time to go to the restroom real quick, or they just called 87 so I should stay put". If the orders aren't filled in a first come, first served basis, then numbers aren't a good system. It can make customers angry. For a restaurant where the different options have different cooking... | Eateries where everything is take away should call out numbers rather than names. | 1 | 2015-01-28T18:50:17 | 36 | 16 | 29 |
The problem you are encountering is simply that people have conflicting definitions of male and female. Regardless of perspective, there is no need to change your definition. You might look like a jerk to overly sensitive people, or a moron to non scientific types depending on your opinion, but there is nothing morally... | I don't believe that identifying as a gender actually makes you that gender | 0 | 2015-02-03T01:39:17 | 348 | 1 | null |
Why would anyone purposefully *want* to be convinced of anything? That doesn't make any sense. People can be *open* to changing their view, but if they go into it *wanting* their view to be changed, that would mean they didn't have a very substantial view in the first place. That seems inauthentic to me, even more inau... | 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 | 2014-10-14T21:39:17 | 181 | 2 | null |
When an incident occurs and people demonstrate prior to facts being determined, I believe their actions risk the legitimacy of the movement because the incident may end up being justified. It depends on whether the rioteers have faith in the justice system and investigation team to be unbiased. So, in this case, it bec... | Persons who demonstrate/riot prior to the facts of a police shooting being known risk de-legitimizing the cause. | 0 | 2016-09-23T05:31:46 | 76 | 2 | 2 |
I voted for Bernie Sanders because he made solid, evidence-based proposals and referred to examples of countries in which the policies he's proposing worked, and didn't try to push any of the bullshit that Clinton, Trump, and Cruz were all spewing. "Bullshit" and "evidence-based" being the key words here. I will not vo... | The democratic party should ask Hillary Clinton to step down for health reasons and choose a new candidate to run as the president on their ticket or everyone who voted for Bernie Sanders should vote for Jill Stein. | 0 | 2016-10-24T04:32:18 | 102 | 2 | 4 |
I just want to add a 4th point that makes sense out of both the claims of efficiency and your logic 4 - The efficiency of a car is a function of how much energy is extracted from the engine and used to power the car. This differs between hybrid and non-hybrid cars, but is well below 25% in either case. See this explana... | I believe that the fuel economy benefits offered by hybrid cars is a myth due to a basic understanding of physics. | 0 | 2013-08-16T17:48:15 | 69 | 2 | 6 |
This is just silly. First of all, I wouldn't say "It's not dangerous to listen to and audiobook while bicycling", because just riding a bike obviously increases your risk of being injured when compared to a baseline of just standing. Now, obviously the less distracted and aware of your surroundings the less the risk. S... | It's not dangerous to listen to audiobook while bicycling. | 0 | 2015-09-09T02:19:37 | 30 | 2 | 1 |
Ah you're FUTURE sins are forgiven, that makes more sense. Yea, it used to be that if you sinned, you needed to kill like a goat or sheep and had some requirements to it(like being 1 year old or some other things) to gain forgiveness, and you had to keep doing it to forgive the sins you make the next day or so. Most pe... | If the Christian God does exist, he should not be worshiped. | 1 | 2015-04-20T01:23:59 | 430 | 1 | 2Δ |
Are the taxpayers who are funding these people's free income really responsible for the actions of men who lived hundreds of years ago With your example of the Native Americans, wasn't it the same *government* that did a lot of these things to them, that is now providing some sort of benefit to them? Taxpayer money is... | I think it is ridiculous for one ethnic group to be indebted to another based on the actions of people who've been dead for hundreds of years. | 0 | 2013-12-05T23:49:44 | 127 | 4 | 3 |
Is the relationship abusive, or is a consensual BDSM relationship being portrayed as abusive to provide talking points? I'm legitimately curious, as I've never read the book, and know very little about it outside the BDSM theme. that it is okay to objectify your body for the sexual pleasure of men. It is? It's your bod... | Am I a hypocrite for watching Fifty Shades? | 1 | 2015-02-14T04:43:28 | 31 | 3 | 3 |
My thinking is: you should only get a say in how the government is run if you're going to be materially supporting those decisions. What if the government policy is responsible for your joblessness or low-income? You have the potential to be a net tax payer, but can't because you can't vote. This means that rich people... | People who are net tax payers should have a vote. Everyone else, including government employees, should not get a vote. | 0 | 2014-10-20T22:44:40 | 60 | 6 | 18Δ |
I guess I don't see why the two are mutually exclusive. Can't people advocate for development of a women-based game development market and call out people for, frankly, dubious claims about present development? I'm pretty sure that there *are* women developers out there trying to get their projects off the ground, but ... | I Believe a Sustainable Market for Video Games Oriented Towards Women Exists, and that Feminism Would Be Better Served to Develop For It Than Merely Complain About It | 1 | 2014-06-12T00:01:45 | 103 | 19 | 66Δ |
It's just easier. I'm a trans guy. I was assigned female at birth, and I transitioned and now I have a beard/dress as male etc. Really? I don't give a shit. I could wear a dress, wear make-up, none of that would personally matter to me as I don't see the point in gendering pieces of cloth and shit that you put on my fa... | Transsexual people reinforce Genders and Gender Stereotypes. | 1 | 2016-05-11T12:26:18 | 93 | 55 | 1 |
Your argument only holds if discrimination is bad for business, which is not always true. If a large enough portion of your customer base are pro-discrimination, then an anti-discrimination business model will actually be bad for business. The customers you gain by not discriminating is offset by the customers you los... | I do not believe there is any problem with the discrimination laws passed in AZ. CMV | 1 | 2014-02-24T21:05:45 | 91 | 11 | 43Δ |
Religious belief is less fluid than you think. It is usually based on a holy book/texts that don't change much. Yes - with time some passages will be ignored or interpreted differently, but this is actively resisted by the religious authorities and by the believers themselves - as it is seen as "heresy". Belief itself ... | Religions should not frown upon pre-marital sex. | 0 | 2014-09-14T18:09:55 | 92 | 2 | 8 |
The question needs to be fleshed out better, but in a way it already works. When you vote at the city/county level, you're participating in a direct referendum. Skilled lawmakers draft a proposition and you vote on it. We lack in the US what they have in Canada, which is the ability to vote on a national referendum, s... | A direct online democracy where people vote on issues instead of candidates would be better than always having to vote for the less bad of 2 candidates. | 0 | 2014-12-12T01:05:55 | 165 | 1 | null |
that's possible, sure, though i don't think there's any studies that have specifically followed up on that particular reasoning. as i said, i'd like to see a citation. because in the research *i* have done, nowhere does it say that 1/5 regret transitioning at all - at least, in reputable studies where the results aren'... | transgender individuals should not be able to start hormone treatment until they're at least 16 and you should have to be diagnosed with gender disphoria. | 1 | 2017-04-13T04:25:30 | 108 | 1 | 5 |
ISIS is not a nation like Iraq, its a fluid terrorist organization which is active in more than one country. So to target ISIS, which nation would you attack? | NATO should carry out a large scale "boots on the ground" attack on ISIS | 0 | 2015-11-14T17:37:44 | 120 | 34 | 75 |
I won't try to convince you that you're wrong about tax rates because I don't know enough about it. Just consider: doesn't it ever bother you that people just pick up and leave for the sake of a little more money? These people have no ties their location, or they have ties that they're willing to throw away for a cheap... | I feel that wealthy should pay a flat tax rather than the current progressive US tax system. | 1 | 2014-05-18T17:05:04 | 144 | 1 | 2 |
Knowing the identity of the killer/bad guy makes me want to know how/why he did the thing. It creates an urge to know more about this character. And I come back to my original argument: This works for you. But it doesn't work that way for a LOT of people. I'm not saying that you're wrong or that they're right. Differen... | Spoilers don't ruin stories. | 1 | 2015-09-21T07:44:03 | 126 | 6 | 132 |
My poor sister would starve. She is, from what I can tell, a good teacher. But she works in a very poor, inner city school district. Her students have pretty sub par performance and she struggles to motivate them. A great deal of learning is on the student to actually learn. The teacher can do a lot, but they have to m... | Teachers in America should have incentive-based salaries | 0 | 2016-09-12T09:15:46 | 101 | 1 | null |
What do you think we should do when the public school (using the US meaning of the phrase) and the local government that runs it are homophobic and transphobic? When the teachers and administrators are not merely indifferent, but outright hostile? In an atmosphere like that, you're not going to have some way that the b... | LGBT-only schools are not a step in the right direction; they will not help tackle discrimination, only create a sense of "otherness" | 0 | 2015-01-26T19:25:02 | 274 | 3 | 3 |
The best arguments against polygamy aren't moral-there isn't anything morally wrong with multiple spouses if everyone agrees-they're practical. Marriage is a major status change that you choose to enter with another person. It means the law acknowledges who can visit you in the hospital, make decisions for you if you'r... | I don’t see anything wrong with the legalisation of polygamous marriage | 1 | 2015-06-28T20:11:40 | 161 | 2 | 6Δ |
Right, by that definition we could call video games a sport (and some might). I thought about making a case earlier for golf filling the role of physical prowess as well. I think if you require at least some physical prowess to exist to call it a sport that you can as golf does require this. At least, to be good at ... | I don't think Golf is a sport, more of a hobby. CMV. | 1 | 2013-04-12T02:31:55 | 47 | 3 | 1 |
If everyone disagrees with you, do you think they should downvote this post? Personally I think that means they should upvote you, so that more people had a chance to refute it. | I should use the "upvote" as an agree/disagree button. | 0 | 2016-02-29T10:08:57 | 94 | 1 | null |
First, let's get this out of the way: Twitter is a private company, and like Reddit and every other website, they can ban who they want to for any reason because they are not bound by any law or contract to provide a platform to any person or group. Of course, I'm sure you'll agree that this alone isn't really a reason... | Twitter was wrong to ban Milo Yiannopoulos after the Leslie Jones incident | 1 | 2016-07-20T18:46:19 | 636 | 38 | 1 |
People generally have less free time the older they get, be it school, sports, work, children, general responsibilities etc. You've already alluded to this. So You will be able to utilize your ps4 less than you would have hoped. Furthermore is the increase in "fun" value from ps3 to ps4 more than the increase in value... | I should trade in the PS3 and upgrade to PS4. | 1 | 2015-11-18T21:04:15 | 25 | 5 | 11 |
While I agree with most of the points you present, I really don't like the idea of encouraging teenagers. 1. **Sex creates emotional bonds between people.** Even if the school is encouraging casual sex, that doesn't mean there isn't an emotional bond between people when they have sex. As discussed on another CMV, I th... | Sexual education should not be limited to safety. We should also be encouraging sexual experimentation and teaching how to improve one's own sex life. | 0 | 2015-02-06T18:42:17 | 132 | 4 | null |
It is basically an is-ought problem, but... While one shouldn't "expect" is as a matter of technological fact (here or anywhere else... the best you can do is try)... It's entirely reasonable to be *upset* when reddit's cultural norms are violated in this particular way. | You should not expect to remain anonymous on Reddit. | 1 | 2017-07-05T20:59:37 | 155 | 2 | 252 |
Firstly, when was this mythical time when we were "cave men and women and men would typically have multiple partners in order to pass their lineage on?" What ancient world cultures are you referencing, from where, who were they - that entire thing is a variation on a golden age myth. Ancient humans had complex relation... | I don't believe humans are meant to be monogamous. | 1 | 2014-11-12T20:50:58 | 375 | 20 | 1 |
I don't believe that it is ever right to kill someone. I have a gun pointed at your significant other's head. Or your child's head. Any minute I could kill them, and I don't care about the morality or ethicality of it. You have a gun. Is it right to shoot me? What if my gun is pointed at your head, is it right to shoot... | I believe that nobody has the right to kill another human being. | 1 | 2014-04-13T23:43:17 | 79 | 36 | 50Δ |
It's not about sexism or advantage for women; it's about attracting customers. More comfortable customers yields more revenue. It is assumed that many women may be uncomfortable working out in front of men for fear of being judged, oggled, whatever, so women's only hours are established to attract these potential custo... | I believe that women's only hours at gyms are sexist and shouldn't exist CMV | 0 | 2013-07-06T03:38:54 | 685 | -1 | null |
The desire to reproduce is a basic biological imperative. It lies at the core of everything we do as a species. Our social norms, universal taboos, everything - comes down to the instinctual desire to procreate. It isn't vain or narcissistic to obey biology. Moreover, though, just because adoption happens doesn't mea... | I believe there is no good reason - other than vanity and narcissism - that an infertile couple should opt for IVF over adoption. Please CMV. | 1 | 2014-01-26T15:42:54 | 143 | 9 | 4Δ |
Agnostic and atheism deal with two different things. Agnostic's opposite is gnostic, and the terms refer to the certainty of knowledge. Atheist's opposite is theist, and refers to a belief in god(s). So you can have a agnostic Christian who believes in God but isn't sure, a gnostic Christian who is certain that God exi... | The majority of atheists are actually agnostics. | 0 | 2017-03-16T21:10:11 | 73 | 1 | null |
Ah, I see the problem. We're talking about different things. When I say morality doesn't exist, I mean that moral *claims* aren't true, or that, as you put it, morality doesn't exist on a metaphysical level. The *concept* of morality still exists obviously, but that doesn't matter. My contention is that the concept ex... | Moral relativism is the only true moral principle. | 1 | 2015-06-16T12:34:46 | 98 | 3 | 8Δ |
A democracy is less efficient than a centralized form of power, yes, but less polarized in its outcomes for its country which is a good thing as well. An ideal authoritarian leader may be great for a while, but what happens when you get a corrupt one? Quality of life would fluctuate from utopia to dystopia in that rega... | I believe that authoritarianism is preferable to democracy, CMV | 0 | 2014-03-13T02:09:53 | 80 | 1 | null |
What's the point in joining the party, when it's structured so that the party establishment can specifically *resist* the party being changed from within. Learning about that "Super Delegate" BS back in '07 is why I left the party in the first place. | Independents who want to change the Democratic party should join the party. | 0 | 2016-04-25T06:46:04 | 72 | 19 | 7 |
How will you stop people from creating usernames that aren't their actual name? Like you said, people can use VPNs (or proxies) that hide their location, giving them anonymity. Honestly, that is the great thing about the internet IMO. | At some point, a law stating that people must use their real names in all online communication will be seen as a good thing | 0 | 2017-05-01T19:35:33 | 42 | 1 | null |
I have memory problems! In fact, I can't remember people's names. In particular, I have trouble remembering people, objects, and things if I have emotional feelings about those things. I think it is the opposite for most people, but it seems to be true for me. To be frank, if you were my girlfriend, I would struggle t... | Often forgetting = not caring enough about it | 1 | 2015-12-27T09:37:50 | 81 | 2 | null |
I'm an undergrad in CS, however I've done undergrad research and significant self study in the areas of ML and AI. I think machine learning is basically the process of throwing a bunch of statistics at the wall and seeing what happens to stick. Machine learning can do great things because statistics can do great things... | The singularity is just the rapture repackaged for techies. | 0 | 2015-11-28T00:55:49 | 69 | 0 | 13 |
I would still have more sympathy for the child because they had a shorter amount of time on the earth and got to realize less of their potential. | Whenever I hear the phrase "Women and children", all I really is hear is "Fuck men". | 1 | 2017-04-25T08:02:02 | 116 | 12 | 11 |
(btw I live in Canada) Google has the same problems: [gizmodo](http://gizmodo.com/6-simple-things-googles-self-driving-car-still-cant-han-1628040470) [and ford](https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/see-where-self-driving-cars-are-being-tested-in-the-snow/63700) It seems that the only way they can do it so fa... | It's not worth it getting a driver's licence since self-driving cars will likely be available in less than 5 years | 1 | 2016-07-22T18:50:52 | 97 | 1 | 7 |
As far as pesticides are concerned bananas are awful for the environment. They literally soak big sheets of paper or cloth in chemicals and wrap bunches of bananas in them to keep them safe. Then it rains and washes the chemicals if not the whole sheet into the forest. | The banana should be the fruit winning gold medal, while the strawberry has no place on the podium at all | 1 | 2016-08-21T19:03:08 | 148 | 51 | null |
Let me pose you a question: Do you simply accept as your significant other the most attractive person you can find? If you were with someone for a long time, then a more physically attractive person came along, would you just discard them because the next person is more physically attractive? For almost all of us, the ... | I get internally furious whenever girls/guys in a relationship (including my girlfriend) comment on the attractiveness of anybody else, especially celebrities, simply because I think it's wrong for a significant other to think about that sort of thing. CMV. | 1 | 2013-02-13T17:11:27 | 33 | 10 | 1 |
I think it's opposite. Look at gay marriage. Look at people like Bruce Jenner. I mean there is so much anti bullying or anti this and that going on if you have a different opinion from the tolerant people you are strung up. I think the US is breaking its back to show how overly tolerant the people are. | The world has become more intolerant today | 0 | 2016-06-28T19:14:35 | 66 | 1 | null |
You are massively underestimating the difference in muscle power between women and men. As somebody else already mentioned here, Men have up to a third more skeletal muscle mass. Most women can not imagine the difference in physical strength between men an women. These are physical differences, not social gender inequa... | Professional sports should be segregated based on weight class and not gender | 0 | 2014-09-13T03:13:01 | 72 | 1 | null |
Two things: 1. Is-ought problem. Just because someone is capable does not mean they should necessarily do anything. Nothing requires a nation to police the world, no logical necessity. Your argument is based on the intuition that most people would agree with such an idea, and I would counter that by saying it invalidat... | I believe that a "world police" is basically a good thing, and that if America has the resources to take that role, it should. | 0 | 2014-07-26T21:28:37 | 86 | 3 | 1 |
You might not have noticed that this CMV does not ask whether something is for the best, or what the world is like, but what the phrase "living your life by the bible" should mean. If you find that you disagree on this with someone else, you can eliminate the problem by unpacking the phrase with disputed meaning into t... | CMV I think that if you "live your life by the Bible" then you should follow all of the rules laid out for you, not just the ones that sound nice or are convenient. | 0 | 2013-12-07T04:18:12 | 204 | 1 | null |
The genies powers are governed by rules, 1 he is a slave, 2 cant make people fall in love, 3 no bringing people back from the dead. It does not specifically state it in the movie but its obvious he is trapped in the lamp until someone rubs it, they get 3 wishes and he is back in the lamp. Now he does magic and sings ... | The Genie's powers in Aladdin don't make logical sense. | 0 | 2014-07-16T02:19:51 | 23 | -1 | null |
I don't think there is any kind of huge oppression going on, but I do think that attitudes and behaviors are keeping women out of this field, just not all women. A confident woman can still succeed, because she will be able to jump over the barriers with less issues, but I don't think that means we shouldn't try to r... | There is no systemic sexism against women in the games industry, and the frequent articles about it is detrimental to women. | 1 | 2017-04-19T17:24:08 | 127 | 38 | 15 |
A bank robbery that goes well is not a victimless crime. The bank is a pretty obvious victim there. You mention FDIC insurance: Well, taxpayers ultimately foot that bill (as well as the bank's customers, who have to pay slightly higher interest rates / receive slightly lower interest rates on their savings, in order to... | A bank robbery that goes well is a victimless crime | 0 | 2014-09-13T22:48:35 | 150 | 28 | 2 |
Most of Reddit's bigotry is aimed at Muslims which is incredibly unfair. Why is it unfair? If anything I would say the Islamic world view is bigotry in action (disagree/be different than what Islam says and pay a price) and as such is NOT compatible with a westernized world view. So the intolerance they have with each ... | Muslims are the most discriminated against in general (on Reddit and in the UK) | 0 | 2015-03-18T17:08:59 | 63 | 8 | 1 |
We know that actual data says a circumcised male gets the benefits of better cleanliness... May I ask what data this is from? If we're talking cleaning a newborn, it is much easier to clean an uncircumcised child (the foreskin does not retract, so you simply wash the outside), than it is to care for a surgical wound th... | I should have my newborn son circumcised | 1 | 2016-08-14T10:19:41 | 75 | 19 | 1 |
when I think of a liberal, I think of taking a newer stance on controversial issues Depending on your point of view, being pro-Israel is the new stance. Just because Israel is the "establishment" doesn't make it an old stance. That's like saying liberals should be pro-life because legal abortion is the status quo. | I believe that being pro-Israel (the state) and calling yourself a liberal is inherently contradictory. | 1 | 2014-03-30T20:30:57 | 49 | 2 | 15Δ |
And there are plenty of great ways to do that for someone in a way that doesn't call into question the legitimacy of their victory or risk getting them murdered. If he were a plant, he would have unlimited opportunities to sabotage himself in ways that do not have the unintended consequence of harming or hindering Clin... | Trump has just PROVEN himself to be a Clinton Plant. | 1 | 2016-09-27T23:40:22 | 35 | 2 | 16 |
If an industry is dying out because it is failing, why are you so intent on saving it? Car dealerships are on the decline because there are better, more efficient ways of buying and selling cars. Why not let efficiency win over instead of supporting an industry that will likely fail anyways? | I agree with Michigan in regards to banning Tesla from selling cars directly to consumers. | 1 | 2014-10-26T12:13:52 | 25 | 2 | null |
Existentialism (including Nihilism and Absurdism). Are you going to disregard Kirkegaard, Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky, Camus, Sartre, Beauvior, Heidegger, etc as a comparable movement? What about post-modernism? Heidegger (again), Foucault, Derrida, Baudrillard, Pollock and the Ab-Ex Painters, Warhol and the Pop Art Painter... | Human civilization reached a high point during the Enlightenment, and has been on the decline ever since. | 0 | 2014-11-24T03:00:18 | 25 | 2 | 6 |
I still think your interpretation of moral statements is too strict. Suppose I make the following statement: "It is immoral to post on reddit while in a state of akrasia and while all other agents are trying to prevent you from doing so." On what basis would you, using your interpretation: I interpret the statements as... | There is no morality | 1 | 2017-02-05T08:59:07 | 67 | 2 | 17 |
I believe the real hindrance is their monetary position, but the great thing about America and its written laws are equality and oppurtnity The performance of many America social welfare programs have been influenced by racism. Take the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program from the New Deal, which gav... | It is frustrating to hear people in America blame their failure to succeed on their race/ethnicity/skin color. | 0 | 2014-04-16T19:51:49 | 168 | 2 | null |
You may want to look into this. Under the ACA the annual premium increase is capped at 10%, for an increase higher then that the company must publicly justify their increase. https://www.healthcare.gov/health-care-law-protections/rate-review/ However this does not apply to plans that are grandfathered in.... Also did y... | Wasn't the ACA (Affordable Care Act) supposed to be affordable? A 25% increase of premium for next year isn't affordable. | 0 | 2015-10-23T19:42:17 | 61 | 3 | 5Δ |
That made me laugh. And you're absolutely right. The first year of marriage is the hardest of all years (IMHO) because that’s the point at which you are both reestablishing the norms of behavior. Things that were acceptable when you were not married may become unacceptable once you are. And in this case I mean “involv... | Marriage isn't worth it. | 1 | 2017-02-28T20:02:43 | 44 | 3 | 27 |
Give away all of your belongings, give away all of your money, quit your job, do nothing with your life, and cut all ties with people you love. If you truly feel the way you do, you would have already done those things but there is obviously something you are holding on to. For what reason are you holding on to those t... | Everything in life eventually comes to an end, therefore everything is worthless | 1 | 2014-10-08T17:44:33 | 59 | 1 | 1 |
I used to think exactly the same thing, because that's how I work (I'm a guy). If I become friends with someone, it's very difficult for me to be romantically interested in someone afterwards. So, for a long time, I thought that was all there was to the concept of "friendzone", and for that specific context, there's no... | The "Friendzone" is a valid concept | 0 | 2016-03-19T10:50:41 | 48 | 6 | 7 |
Drugs are a "tinkering" with our perception of reality. Reality isn't changed, our perception of it does. Since we have no ability to be completely objective, this is our only method of altering the angle through which we view life. Also, its fun. Like pop music, I'm not saying it's as edifying as classical, but in sma... | I believe people who use any sort of mind altering substance, i.e. drugs or alcohol or the like, or masturbate at all are not strong enough to handle the difficulties of life. CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-25T05:34:48 | 70 | 1 | 1 |
While I like where you're coming from (I'm gay and not a fan of stereotypes), there have been [studies that show that people are quite good at inferring sexual orientation.](http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/bering-in-mind/something-queer-about-that-face/) | The entire notion of "Gaydar" is offensive as it is based on prejudice and sterotypes | 1 | 2016-10-03T13:37:17 | 65 | 24 | 1 |
It can be comparable to in the early days of science how people said things like "if I can't see it then it doesn't exist" Just because we haven't learned much about these elements yet doesn't mean they have no significance. | Elements created in a lab that cannot exist in nature or in quantities greater than a few atoms for microseconds at a time have no place on the periodic table | 1 | 2015-06-17T21:25:42 | 88 | 3 | null |
tldr; There is no right or wrong, just what you believe is right or wrong. What do you make of Pythagoras' x^2 = y^2 + z^2 ? The truth of this doesn't rely on what you believe. It is *independent* of everyone's beliefs or opinions - you either affirm it and you are right, or deny it and you are wrong. Likewise, what d... | Moral relativism is the only true moral principle. | 0 | 2015-06-16T11:12:56 | 98 | 5 | 64Δ |
What about religious people who think: "If someone needs to die, I'd rather it be someone who has accepted God so that others have more time to do so too?" He's putting others before himself. It's a mildly similar question to "Would you save 10 nonbelievers or 10 Christians from a burning building?" where you can only ... | Atheists risking their lives are inherently less selfish than religious people. | 0 | 2015-04-24T04:37:00 | 33 | 3 | null |
Knowledge, to me, is something that could be useful to me in the future. Learning accounting, or basic economics might be knowledge, however, knowing the current president of the European Union, is not. Do you hope to retire someday? Events around the world affect markets and investments. If the European Union is going... | Keeping up with current happenings and the news is absolutely useless for a common person. | 1 | 2017-04-20T16:10:57 | 44 | 1 | 80 |
This seems to work well for deer, since they are not just non-endangered, but overpopulated! I'd add that being overpopulated would make eating meat more morally justifiable. And one small point of correction - some farm raised animals have longer life expectancies than in the wild, because of immunizations, veterinary... | I think that hunting is the most morally justifiable way of eating meat. | 1 | 2017-03-19T19:40:22 | 35 | 6 | 51 |
Actually, there is a ton of legal exceptions for the president. But it does look like he could be sued for *libel*. However, The Supreme Court's 1982 decision Nixon v. Fitzgerald found that a president is provided absolute immunity from civil damages and liability while conducting presidential acts. ' | Obama should sue Trump for defamation over wiretapping claims | 1 | 2017-03-21T19:30:11 | 101 | 1 | 9 |
In terms of a strict dub of live action and/or plot driven content, it makes more sense to watch a sub because they tend to offer a more accurate translation without being confined by matching up translations to mouth movement and voice acting to intangibles such as body language and atmosphere. With character driven c... | TV series are unrivaled better in the original language than dubbed versions | 0 | 2014-08-09T03:46:16 | 85 | 2 | 6Δ |
Negative advertising is pretty common, but it is mostly relegated to markets where there are only two options (like political campaigns). Coke and Pepsi have gotten into negative advertising over the years as well (aka the Pepsi Challenge) If Chevy makes a commercial about how crappy Ford is, they aren't necessarily co... | Harshly criticizing your competitor by name would make for quality advertising. | 1 | 2014-11-20T19:29:15 | 30 | 28 | 31 |
The incentives are going to make this dangerous. You must remember politicians are motivated by votes and if those votes are only coming from a particular group, then policy will be skewed towards this group. Basically government positions will get better pay, benefits, and spending, at the cost of everyone else. I can... | I believe that only veterans (or those with equivalent government service) should be able to vote. CMV. | 1 | 2014-02-11T05:24:09 | 23 | 5 | 8 |
a) This doesn't seem to be any better of an argument for appeals to "a majority" of scientists than it does to an appeal to the opinion of "one scientist". The argument only works for one scientist if you only have access to the views of one scientist. For example, if you're trapped in an elevator with only one person ... | Assertions that "a majority" of scientists have a particular view undermines the nature of science and its role in understanding the world. | 1 | 2015-11-13T02:57:54 | 198 | 0 | 17 |
I'm going to respond to what you said about history classes. There's a lot of important knowledge that may not be completely relevant to someone's profession or daily life, but should absolutely persevere in the social consciousness. For example, if you never learned about Abraham Lincoln, or the civil rights movement,... | Schools, to some extent, are absolutely useless. | 0 | 2017-04-20T22:34:29 | 73 | 1 | 3 |
Hard to say, as these issues depend heavily on the size of the parade and the type of people attending. However, in my personal experience, a lot of questioning people have a tendency to become outspoken allies, since they end up pretty informed on the issues. If someone who is otherwise all about helping LGBT+ people ... | If straight and cis people attend a Pride parade, they should spend some of their time there volunteering. | 1 | 2015-07-17T18:48:53 | 64 | 2 | 8 |
Well for me, a fiscally conservative/social liberal independent like that he's Good with abortion up to 20 weeks Is for no bail on non-violent crimes Thinks treatment is superior to jail for drug users Wants to include mental health into gun background checks And he acknowledges that climate change is real unlike most... | I think all Republican presidential candidates are jokes for this election... especially Trump and Carson | 1 | 2015-11-22T07:13:50 | 141 | -1 | 27 |
I don't understand why locking someone up for life is beneficial to anyone. It gives you time to appeal if you are innocent. It's beneficial for the people who didn't commit the crime. If someone does a crime so atrocious that society deems them unable to return from it, then I believe the death penalty is justified.... | Life-long prison sentences should be banned in favor of the death penalty or shorter sentences. | 1 | 2015-04-06T19:52:43 | 54 | 19 | 24Δ |
I'm glad to hear that I was mistaken about you actively defending this view to people who are dealing with triggers. That makes a big difference in whether I think you're ethically wrong or just intellectually wrong. About your counterpoint, it's not that they use my fear of spiders against me. It's that my phobia is a... | If a person is triggered by something, they have a moral obligation to themselves to make a devoted effort to overcome it/desensitize themselves. | 1 | 2014-11-23T08:18:32 | 97 | 3 | 4 |
Try to find somebody who is not a christian who believes in young earth creationism and ask yourself what it is about being Christan that stops you in believing that earth is a billion year old and evolution is real. You're doubt about evolution doesn't come from the availability of facts, it comes from the discrepancy... | I'm a young-earth creationist. | 0 | 2015-11-04T21:14:10 | 82 | 0 | 2Δ |
Allow me to stress that they tended to prefer... you know... people not of the master races (Aryans and Japanese). So no, they were not equal opportunity. Also, you failed to address the rest of the argument. | Among the Allies, Nazis, and Japan, Japan was the least bad during WW2. | 1 | 2016-07-15T20:29:50 | 71 | 6 | 1 |
I don't think I'll suffer the same fate as VR in the 90s. But I agree it wont go mainstream. But since the point is to argue against it failing like it did in the 90s, I think I can help change your view there. There is a lot more external support going into VR nowadays, with better technology allowing for the VR sets ... | VR is a fad that will suffer the same fate it did in the 90's | 1 | 2015-03-15T07:48:12 | 62 | 2 | 4Δ |
The problem is the way you judge the quality of a government: economic growth. It's true that (some) autoritarian regimes are better at producing economic growth than democracies, but to say that you'd rather live in China seems ludicrous to me. China has huge economic growth, yes, but the value of life is rather low t... | Democracy is overrated and not a useful type of government. CMV. | 0 | 2013-06-13T19:15:15 | 121 | 2 | null |
I'm a bit confused by this CMV... it seems that you're almost defining zero-sum games to include sports. I guess I could argue that part of the goal of sports may be to enjoy playing them or to improve skill and so on. Could you maybe explain what might change your view? Or alternatively, what your motivation is for po... | All sports are zero-sum games. | 0 | 2014-07-13T09:44:06 | 27 | 2 | 3 |
One point is that many people don't see this as asking for the parent's permission so much as their blessing. So although it almost certainly comes from the historical necessity of requesting ownership to pass from father to husband, it's now a way to demonstrate a potential husband's willingness to value their partner... | Asking a woman's father for permission to marry her is a sexist and outdated tradition | 1 | 2016-06-14T21:39:05 | 101 | 77 | 1 |
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