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There are a lot of things that aren't proven because the studies haven't been done or publicized. That doesn't mean they don't work. For example, through three pregnancies, my wife and I weren't told about Fenugreek by one person. Not the doctors, not the nurses, not the lactation consultants. Eventually we saw informa... | I believe that "alternative medicines" and treatments are useless. CMV | 0 | 2014-01-12T13:33:58 | 62 | 1 | 3 |
I think the simplest way to describe it, is an arrogant person is only happy in being right if the other person is wrong. Simply knowing the correct answer is not enough, they have to prove that you DON'T know it, therefore making them bigger, better, more intelligent, etc. Their self worth and value is only in purpose... | I believe that arrogance and confidence are the same thing. CMV | 0 | 2014-02-12T13:53:30 | 28 | 2 | null |
I don't think it's a matter of being ignorant or even really being "surprised" that it happened. I think it's a matter of being surprised that it happened "again." We generally assume that after a listeria outbreak, food safety standards will be increased. After an oil well explodes or a mine collapses, safety inspecti... | The people 'surprised' by Wells Fargo, both the illegal accounts that were opened and the golden parachutes for those involved who are being let go, are incredibly ignorant and the reason its possible for WF and other companies (not limited to banking) can do illegal things like these. | 0 | 2016-09-20T20:37:19 | 73 | 74 | null |
You seem to be against snitching when it is motivated by a general desire to uphold ethical norms that are generally harmless when broken on a small scale. For instance, if I turn in a guy for cheating on a test because I think it's unfair of him to do it, that's something you'd be against, right? If so, what if the s... | "Snitching" or being a "tattle-tale" on people (not institutions) is highly unethical. | 1 | 2016-12-06T08:00:39 | 92 | 5 | 20 |
these religions of having "one god," bring nothing but violence and negativity into this world. I understand that there are those miracle moments and churches do good things for communities. I can't speak to the positive effects of Judaism or Islam, but the western world as you know it would not exist without Christian... | The world would be so much better without Christianity, Islam, and Judaism | 0 | 2016-11-22T09:57:27 | 312 | 1 | null |
Don't let others define what is successful to you. If you feel fulfilled through your job I promise you, You will be happier than if you go into what might make some of your Highschool classmates think you are honorable. Honestly once you are in college you are going to see less and less of your classmate. Dont spend t... | I don't want to go into an "honorable" career, and I feel bad about it | 1 | 2016-07-19T22:00:44 | 26 | 12 | 2 |
Metric is a better system for most people, because of the base-10 thing. It makes the math far easier. For most people, this isn't something that's going to come up often, and it's probably not going to ruin anyone's life, but if everyone was starting from scratch, it would definitely be the preferred way. Here's a sma... | Either metric or imperial measurement is fine. Just pick one. | 1 | 2016-01-27T16:02:24 | 129 | 26 | 58 |
"There is no rule of nature that says just because a planet is like Earth, life must arise. That is just our own intuition. CMV" I'd like to direct you to a theory I ran across that speaks to this point. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-new-physics-theory-of-life/ It essentially says that life is a really go... | CMV It is possible that life only exists on Earth | 1 | 2015-10-30T05:30:55 | 117 | 4 | 1 |
if feelings of being uncomfy with members of the opposite sex in there - explain reasons because if it's that someone who would see you as a sex object is in there you're forgetting about gays/lebsians. Laws don't have to be 100% effective. Something like 5% of the population is LGBT. A member of the same sex will prob... | All non-lockerroom restrooms should be Co-Ed | 1 | 2017-03-30T20:30:10 | 304 | 139 | 79 |
If you understand the evolution from wolves to seals/sea lions to dolphins/whales, the parallel is obvious. What in the complete what? That is not how evolution works. Wolves did not evolve into seal lions - they are not Pokemon. It is possible there is a common ancestor somewhere, but that common ancestor was neithe... | The Aquatic Ape Theory Pretty Much Has To Be True | 0 | 2017-06-08T05:14:45 | 79 | 11 | 12 |
Let us ignore the quesadilla makers because a proper quesadilla is not made on a dedicated unitasker and also because an O shape permits either to be made, and therefore is the correct shape for a manufacturer to produce if there is any controversy amongst people silly enough to want a unitasker. A quesadilla is better... | A Proper Quesadilla involves 2 tortillas to make an O-shaped 'dilla, not 1 tortilla to make a D-shaped 'dilla | 0 | 2017-02-08T16:30:07 | 50 | 2 | null |
They did say it was because of sales, but I doubt Trump believes them. And you're right Trump doesn't care about freedom of speech, he cares about the silencing of his views and those who share them. I'm just trying to get you to see from his point of view, as messed up as that may be. As far as I can tell, he thinks h... | Donald Trump's blatant use of his position to promote the businesses of himself and his family/punish those that go against is unethical and should be an impeachable offense. | 1 | 2017-02-09T17:32:03 | 521 | 39 | 3 |
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. Superman only risks his life if Doomsday, kryptonite, Darkseid, or another Kryptonian is involved. Batman is always risking his life when he dons the cape and cowl, whether he's stoppi... | Batman is more heroic and a better crimefighter than Superman | 0 | 2016-08-14T01:31:59 | 50 | 1 | null |
Do you know anything out ISIS? They are a doomsday cult trying to provoke an invasion from the west to fulfill their prophecy. If this is exactly what's going to happen, then it shows they are 100% correct. If we show them we're not evil (Meaning we first have to stop being evil when it comes to funding 'revolutionarie... | Genocide is the only way to win the war against ISIS. | 0 | 2015-12-04T22:05:01 | 44 | 4 | null |
Personally I kind of agree with you if we are talking about the mainstream. But I w poo uld also say that there is plenty of great hip hop music made in the modern age and if anything many of these artist have gotten more intellectual and moral. If I were you I wouldn't look up thr blue scholars self titled album (on m... | I hate Hip-Hop culture | 0 | 2015-12-11T06:39:25 | 34 | 1 | null |
The vast majority of voters don't know or care about economic policy of the candidates, beyond, perhaps that the Republican says he'll "lower taxes", and the Dem says that he'll "make the rich pay their fair share". If you look at the staggering amount of ignorance recently around, say, Obama's religion or how [most Am... | Bernie Sanders is unelectable because of his economic policy | 1 | 2015-11-05T05:27:06 | 32 | 0 | 137 |
Water is globally fully renewable, but locally often quite limited. It takes time for reservoirs, aquifers, and other stores of water to be replenished and if you use faster than your local area can replenish then you will run out of water. You are correct that your use has very little effect as well, but in aggregate ... | Water is a reusable resource, so it doesn't matter how much I use. | 0 | 2016-06-18T07:33:34 | 23 | 1 | 39 |
OK, I don't disagree that a Pence administration would be scary for those of us on the left. What I do disagree with is that it's worse than a continued Trump administration. You seem to be familiar with the situation, so with all that Trump has done, don't you think it's possible setting a precedent for presidents to... | As a liberal, impeaching or otherwise removing Donald Trump is a bad idea and will only result in a stronger and harder to oppose Pence administration. We should want Trump to remain for the duration of his term and hope for a strong showing in 2020. | 0 | 2017-05-19T09:53:38 | 159 | 8 | null |
You're equating a man saying "dude, I so wanna bang her" with an organization making a broad statement to campus. Let's draw a parallel or two. The dean of a college saying "she's so hot" to one of his friends would draw little to no scrutiny. The dean of a college saying "I hope your daughters are wild" to a group of ... | It is neither derogatory nor a promotion of sexual assault when heterosexual males express their desire to have sex with females. | 1 | 2015-08-25T06:39:54 | 100 | 90 | 9 |
A universal basic income sounds great on paper but for people who are against socialism and welfare, you think they will be cool with everyone getting a basic salary from the government? At least with a federal minimum wage increase, you can argue an economic benefit and it can't directly be tied to a form of welfare b... | A federal $15 an hour minimum wage is disproportionately damaging to small businesses; a Universal Basic Income is better as both a solution for society and platform for the Democratic Party | 0 | 2016-10-15T10:31:42 | 53 | 1 | 3 |
Deltas- up to you. [Official guidelines are here](https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/wiki/rules#wiki_rule_4) in case it helps. Unfortunately invisible Internet points don't pay the bills, so you are welcome to Delta or not Delta as you see fit. ----- Here's one more thought to consider: what about times where peop... | Net Neutrality is Garbage | 1 | 2015-12-06T15:53:24 | 82 | 2 | 4 |
Do they want to see the nation crumble? No. If you ask his supporters, you'll find that they desire the entire political system to be crushed and replaced with anything other than what we have now, on the basis that what we have now is betraying them and their future to corporations, elites, and political correctness. ... | I think Trump is a horrifying choice, no matter how bad you think Hillary is. | 1 | 2016-11-02T06:47:59 | 735 | 89 | 202 |
The term is massively overused in my opinion but it does have utility. There is a distinction between doing something because it is morally and ethically correct and doing something because you are institutionally expected to. Under ideal circumstances those two things overlap 100%, but circumstances are not always ide... | "Political correctness" is a harmful and disingenuous term | 0 | 2016-02-18T19:24:28 | 62 | 25 | 14 |
Since you you don't consider a highly redistributive welfare state the answer, consider that cultural diversity has historically been one of the most consistent safeguards against government overreach. Communism and fascism, for example, become extraordinarily difficult to implement when a population doesn't see itself... | There is nothing inherently good about "diversity" or “multiculturalism.” In fact “diversity” is almost purely detrimental to societies. | 1 | 2016-12-29T05:54:25 | 175 | 1 | 87 |
It's not more justifiable to give weight to factors that affect the **very existence of the nation** over factors that don't? Not even a little? Without electoral power, entire regions of the US will be entirely at the whims of a few cities hundreds / thousands of miles from them. Over years, decades, and centuries, de... | Giving "smaller state residents" more voting power is no more justifiable than giving just about any other minority group more voting power | 1 | 2016-12-08T16:48:20 | 708 | 0 | 2 |
I feel like your view is a little bit self-defeating. You're talking about changing the wealth gap as though it's a one-time action that for some reason needs to last forever, while you acknowledge that time will go on, and people will accrue more wealth. There's no reason why there shouldn't be systems to reduce the w... | The "wealth gap" is always going to be inherently too big or too small for most people. | 0 | 2017-01-16T19:01:57 | 226 | 4 | 1 |
I would say that both are correct. The person who commits suicide and the person who expects someone who wants to commit suicide not to do it are both thinking about themselves and their own values. More importantly, their actions are chosen. I personally think that everything people consciously choose to do is inheren... | People who say victims of suicide are selfish are the ones who are actually selfish | 0 | 2015-08-13T02:31:54 | 212 | 3 | null |
Everyone tells their children about Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy etc, but what good does this do them in the long run? In the short term, I understand that many parents want their children to 'believe in the magic'. This makes very little sense to me, and is small comfort for a child who finds out that his ... | I believe that lying to young children about Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy etc. is negative, and probably creates huge trust issues for some down the line CMV | 0 | 2014-02-04T19:51:31 | 43 | 1 | 57Δ |
He comes from a pretty influential family in chicago. I dont know if hes wealthy but hes definitely not poor. Hes never said hes poor. His father works for rham emmmanuel in his office and he grew up with spike lee. He mentions working on obamas campaign. These arent things hes ever tried to hide. It doesnt make him an... | Chance The Rapper is an industry plant | 1 | 2017-02-13T15:55:40 | 172 | 584 | 1 |
I am a LE officer in South Carolina and I was taught in the Academy that we better be sure that our arrests are legal because our law reads that a civilian may use deadly force to resist an unlawful arrest. They spent a lot of time making sure we knew the ins and outs of what makes a lawful arrest for that reason. | I believe civilians should be allowed to resist arrest | 0 | 2014-12-06T09:01:04 | 265 | 5 | null |
1. The sort of "pain" receptors the study you cite finds in fish are specific ones called nociceptors. In humans, these send a signal to the neocortex (part of the brain) to indicate that there is pain. There is no neocortex at all in fish. At that point, there's strong evidence that fish reactions to pain are entirely... | Fishing should be illegal, and fish should protected by animal cruelty laws. | 1 | 2015-10-23T07:50:28 | 79 | 5 | 3 |
I actually really appreciated the fact that I could use reddit to read unfiltered conversations from people with opposing viewpoints. If I understand correctly, this is a choice. You don't have to filter anything, or you can filter a ton. If you want to see everything, this change doesn't affect you. At all. I'm an ad... | the ability to filter subreddits like the_donald from r/all is bad | 0 | 2016-12-01T00:45:12 | 51 | 4 | 4 |
One simple reason is that when the Army is needed to fight a war, all the jobs they were doing domestically will be left unfilled. For example, if you depend on medical airlift teams to save people who have heart attacks in remote villages, then whenever a war is being fought and those teams are deployed, there won't b... | In peacetime, the military should be used as a government workforce [read details] | 0 | 2015-02-01T23:33:34 | 44 | 1 | 29 |
Most people hate the public school system, but are very happy with their own local schools. It turns out that if you omit schools with high poverty rates, our schools are actually doing pretty well. That said, if you are ideologically opposed to the public school system, you are free to opt out. Every state in the U.S.... | I think it's economically and socially irresponsible to have children right now. Please CMV. | 0 | 2013-08-11T21:01:20 | 102 | 4 | null |
Do you eat jelly beans by the handful, or one at a time? One at a time is ideal for controlling portion size and savoring each individual flavor, and it makes it easy to pass the black ones (which are clearly and consistently marked for your convenience) onto some licorice-loving friend. The exception is Jelly Belly,... | Liqourice should not be included in variety packs of jelly beans. | 0 | 2014-09-23T23:02:18 | 39 | 2 | 18Δ |
It would not become a criminal or civil offense to strike, but the NJ transit authority would have the freedom to fire any individual employee on the spot with cause, without appeal and without benefits to the employee. I don't think this is a change in the law, unless NJ has a special law which protects public employe... | New Jersey transit union workers should not be allowed to shut down commuter train service as part of collective bargaining | 0 | 2016-03-09T21:26:09 | 164 | 1 | 213 |
Animals in zoos serve many purposes. They serve as ambassadors for their wild bretheren. Every time a zoo animal makes an emotional connection with a patron that is a chance to promote conservation initatives. They are also genetic back stops or firewalls for their wild bretheren. And yet people who are so adamantly ... | Zoos are immoral | 0 | 2016-02-09T02:54:50 | 45 | 1 | null |
Toothpaste all over my gym bag says otherwise. It's a little *too* easy to open. | Fliptop toothpaste caps are universally better than screwtop caps | 1 | 2017-03-19T16:02:40 | 128 | 1,047 | 1 |
I am pretty sure my mood and stress levels can change my test results. But doesn't mean they change the type. First benefit it has had is knowing what I think of my "peculiar habits" aren't that peculiar and in general are repeated across the population. (in terms of mbti, the types intj, intp, infj and infp are "rare"... | MBTI is Pseudoscience, and Deserves the Same Ridicule as Horoscopes | 1 | 2017-05-03T16:11:43 | 180 | 5 | 1 |
I understand what you're saying and there is certainly a huge issue with the social stigma that should be addressed, but that isn't a "right". but so much as smoking a joint near my own house can have my children taken away. That is partially because what you're doing is illegal, and partially because, inarguably, man... | Addicts should be a recognized, protected minority group. | 1 | 2016-06-15T19:06:17 | 63 | 3 | 12 |
The standard excuses: the system is crooked I think what you mean by this is the system *of government* is crooked. If so, I can understand your dismissal. Consider this, what if the *voting* system is crooked? Are you familiar with [the street con "Three Card Monte"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2kO_5cNF5k)? You'l... | Eligible voters who do not vote, ought to refrain from complaining or commenting about election outcomes | 0 | 2017-03-02T03:52:53 | 83 | 1 | null |
The porn industry as a whole is fine, but it needs to be better regulated. Currently, it's way too easy for *some* filmmakers (not all) to film taboo/illegal content and post it online. Many free porn websites aren't fully regulated and as long as there's a space online to access the market for child/incest/rape porn, ... | 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. | 0 | 2015-10-21T16:30:54 | 183 | 6 | 1 |
To address your point about fear, I'm afraid of Republican political goals because I'm a minority - I'm a transgender man engaged to a man. Trump, Pence, and the Republican party have stated goals that will almost certainly prevent me from accessing some fairly basic things. If FADA is passed, I'm concerned about my ab... | I think people who live in the "blue" counties need to check their privilege | 1 | 2016-11-09T18:45:21 | 74 | 11 | 1 |
The whole concept of "natural rights" is, as Jeremy Bentham described it, "nonsense on stilts." All of our legal rights are social constructs, no more and no less. The fact that they are social constructs does not make them any less meaningful or important. I don't really know why this reality is so discomforting to so... | The claim that gun rights are derived from nature rings as hollow as the claim that gun rights are granted by God. | 1 | 2015-08-30T19:34:20 | 107 | -1 | 1 |
Western civilization (and most other civilizations, for that matter) rest on a fundamental principle: violence MUST be restrained. We don't kill each other, we don't break each other's things, we don't beat one another. Violence is controlled and managed by the state that answers to us collectively, and in that way, we... | Black people should be rioting right now | 1 | 2016-07-08T01:58:11 | 22 | 7 | 107 |
Not in the way you were intending, no. But I did follow the rules. Top level comments must either ask a clarifying question or disagree with an aspect of the initial premise. And I disagreed with one aspect of your initial premise, and did my darndest to convince you of it. CMV doesn't force a binary system. You can c... | Five-star-ism is converting all ratings to binaries and is making the world worse. | 1 | 2014-07-21T15:25:53 | 47 | 18 | 3 |
But since humans don't act rationally, they can be hard to predict from a psychological standpoint. That doesn't lead us to do away with psychology as a discipline of thought. We use it and work to perfect it while also striving to understand its shortcomings. The same could be said of economics. It's far from perfect,... | Economics is an illegitimate and largely pointless discipline | 1 | 2016-08-11T01:04:14 | 51 | 1 | 16 |
Because one set of stats has to do with prejudice, and one set does not as much. I understand where you're coming from with the similarities, because in both cases you're making inferences on an individual based on population trends. But the crime & insurance scenarios are not really comparable. The prison populati... | I believe that, if pulling over vehicles based on the race of the driver is profiling, so is charging more for insurance based on gender. CMV | 1 | 2013-07-27T20:22:54 | 259 | 184 | 5 |
Do you think the quality of service and ambience that you receive at a sit-down restaurant where you tip is equivalent to the quality of service and ambience at a restaurant where you don't tip (say, McDonald's)? Most people would agree that a sit-down Malaysian place is much more enjoyable than a McDonald's, and not j... | In places where waiters and waitresses are paid minimum wage, I should not tip said waiters and waitresses. | 0 | 2017-02-28T18:37:36 | 187 | 3 | 10 |
These debates are often proxies for larger, inter-group disagreements. For someone not obsessively invested in a particular subgenre or franchise, the distinctions seem arbitrary and silly, but they often represent larger philosophical or cultural differences. Yes, there is a spectrum between soft and hard fantasy, but... | The "science-fiction" vs "science-fantasy" vs "space-fantasy" vs "space-opera" debate is useless. | 0 | 2016-03-22T20:01:07 | 41 | 6 | 6 |
It would make it less of a taboo to have one, and seen less as someone expecting their marriage to fail from the beginning. The problem is that keeping finances separate [increases the likelihood of divorce](http://crcw.princeton.edu/workingpapers/WP07-03-FF.pdf): A National Center for Family and Marriage Research stud... | There should be a law, requiring prenups for every marriage | 1 | 2015-12-31T00:18:12 | 54 | 9 | 143 |
The primary purpose of modern zoos is not to cage an animal for patrons to gawk at. The primary purpose is conservation and scientific research. In the utilitarian perspective, it may be better that one or two individual animals "suffer" (debatably) in a zoo than the rest of their species be misunderstood by mankind or... | Zoos are immoral | 1 | 2016-02-09T01:26:17 | 45 | 1 | 36 |
First of all you can't decouple an economical system from a political system if you want to be fully consistent. The fact is, if you want communism, which is the collectivizing of means of production, this will require the use of force (which is in itself immoral because it's the initiation of violence) to redistribute... | Communism isn't that bad. | 0 | 2017-05-22T21:10:21 | 83 | 1 | null |
For most of the movie WW is being dragged along by Steve Trevor. He wants her to wear a dress, she wears a suit instead. He tells her to stay outside when he goes to report to his superiors, she goes in with him instead. He tells her to stop arguing with them, she calls them all cowards instead. In the alley, he steps ... | Wonder Woman is not a good movie. It's dumb and deeply flawed. | 1 | 2017-06-08T04:06:34 | 69 | 8 | 2 |
All forms of nationalism, patriotism, and 'national pride' are inherently racist. I absolutely and completely agree with this. And so is anyone who believes in any of these things. This part, I don't agree with. Yes, they take part in racist activities, but this does not necessarily make them racist. They could be raci... | I believe all forms of nationalism, patriotism and 'national pride' are inherently racist and so is anyone who believes in any of these things. CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-16T17:02:49 | 48 | -2 | null |
I visit that subreddit from time to time and have a good laugh because there is truth with their criticism. However you have to realize that is is a circle-jerk and that alone carries some drawbacks to it. I assume you specifically mean r/ShitRedditSays and not any of its variations. 1) It can be hypocritical. There wa... | /r/ShitRedditSays is a good thing | 1 | 2014-12-19T02:11:22 | 70 | 10 | 1 |
Even feudalism and socialism haven't culminated in feudalism and socialism. | Civilization will culminate in either socialism or feudalism | 0 | 2017-03-01T19:46:16 | 130 | 4 | null |
https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/eligible-food-items USDA, which administers SNAP, addresses this on their website. Basically, Congress has considered it, but the administrative cost of implementing and maintaining this designation was prohibitive. People buying junk with food stamps doesn't really cost the program any ex... | Food stamps should be heavily restricted on what you can and can't buy. | 0 | 2017-06-10T17:36:54 | 65 | 13 | 4 |
The confederate flag is literally the symbol of a power which waged war and tried to destroy the United States. Actually it was the north who waged war against the south. Lincoln couldn't let all that juicy tax money get away, he said so himself. | Flying the Confederate flag on American soil is just as unpatriotic as flying the Mexican flag. | 0 | 2017-03-03T18:34:13 | 120 | 1 | null |
The Constitution is updated through amendments and case law. It would be a waste of tax payers money to go through the process you are describing. If it aint broke, don't fix it. I worked at the State Bar of California and can tell you that California has been trying to rewrite its Rules of Professional Conduct for 15 ... | The US constitution and its amendments need to be re-written or updated and should be every 100 years or so. | 0 | 2015-08-20T23:54:29 | 307 | 2 | 1 |
Why not simply make it illegal for non-black people to say the word? This would provide legal recourse rather than simply beating anyone who uses the word. | If a non-Black person in the US says the N-word, a Black person should not be charged with a crime if they respond violently, unless it results in that non-Black person's death or permanent injury. | 0 | 2017-04-03T20:59:12 | 325 | 1 | null |
What J. K. Rowling was able to do with these books was take the age-old themes of hate vs love, discrimination vs inclusion, and greed vs self-sacrifice and package them in a well-written, engaging, and extremely relatable fantasy story. We get to experience the wizarding world through the eyes of a boy who is both spe... | Harry Potter is overrated | 0 | 2016-04-23T22:23:26 | 342 | 35 | 1 |
I believe Trump supporters [lack kindness, empathy, etc...] There's your problem. You have a religious approach to generalizing and viewing people- you automatically seem to view the people that don't hold your beliefs as immoral, and dare I say 'unworthy' of your time. This would be slightly more forgivable were it do... | There is nothing morally wrong with ending a friendship with someone due to their political beliefs | 0 | 2017-02-28T15:52:09 | 166 | 0 | null |
A lot of people have already mentioned blind artists like Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder, which I think is probably the best argument, but I also want to add a little something. It seems that the point you are trying to make is that a musician must understand music theory to be legitimate, and to understand theory you ... | I believe that in order to be a truly great musician, one must be able to read musical notation. | 1 | 2014-05-23T23:27:35 | 62 | 2 | null |
I'll first say that while there are many different schools of thought and interpretations, any Christian who says that the Bible mandates the killing or punishment of gays has their head up their ass. **It is akin to saying that the Constitution (as it exists today) outlaws alcohol because of the 18th amendment;** sure... | I have nothing against Christians, I also have nothing against homosexuals. I think my ethical views are contradictory because of this. | 1 | 2016-06-28T19:16:27 | 73 | 1 | 6 |
Some cancer patients sign up for and try out new treatments that haven't been fully tested yet. In those cases it isn't just the status quo it is a person opting in for something not fully tested that takes bravery. Fighting in a war a person chooses to go to fight back against a force that is trying to kill them, canc... | Bravery is only recognizable when one who otherwise wouldn't have been in danger subjects themself to that danger. People battling cancer, then, aren't brave because they have to fight the fight regardless, they have no other realistic choice. | 0 | 2016-05-04T23:20:38 | 40 | 1 | 3 |
I wanted to challenge one assumption you made -- that families get more and more assistance the more children they have. In about half of the states in the U.S. (I'm assuming you live in the U.S.), you don't get more children from welfare (now called TANF federally). There's what's called a [family cap](http://en.wikip... | I believe that allowing people to have as many children as they want while continuing to give more and more assistance is hurting society. CMV. | 0 | 2013-10-19T22:14:37 | 318 | 1 | null |
It's a protest that has broken the law. That makes the participants criminals. Terrorism generally is used to refer to acts that put the public at grave danger or target the public or government for extreme violence. Bombings, mass shootings, flying planes into buildings, that sort of thing. This seems to be much more ... | The Oregon "Militia" are Terrorists, and if they were not white but instead from a brown/middle eastern ethnicity, doing the same thing, same reason, they'd be called Terrorists immediately | 1 | 2016-01-14T02:33:31 | 144 | 86 | 203 |
What if there is already a comment response that makes your point for you? It seems silly to have to say "I disagree. See response above." Your comment doesn't add anything to the conversation and it clutters the comment tree. | You should not be able to downvote a comment without leaving a response to said comment. | 0 | 2017-06-06T19:56:54 | 60 | 1 | 17 |
You didn't give an example of something she has done for women's rights. Is there anything besides speeches? Also, as far as making women and men equal, she supports women getting even less prison time than men: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/feed/us-has-5-worlds-women-30-its-women-prisoners-these-are-consequences/. Wo... | I believe women should vote for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. | 0 | 2016-09-23T04:53:44 | 69 | 2 | null |
Sort of. Because it's such a large tent, the Democrats can't really afford to offend many people. Socially conservative beliefs are accommodated to an extent within the Democratic party (Latinos and black churchgoers, for example are fairly conservative on social issues). On the other side of the aisle, Republicans are... | on the whole, the Republican Party is far more willing than the Democratic Party to deny or disregard science-based evidence in policy-making. | 1 | 2016-12-29T23:34:06 | 706 | 80 | 20 |
The problem isn't with teenagers having sex with each other - that's perfectly normal and acceptable. There's also Romeo and Juliet laws that protect kids who are close enough in age, but would otherwise normally be charged with statutory rape without these laws. That's not the issue people are talking about when disc... | I don't believe that "minors cannot provide consent" is a legitimate argument in support of statutory rape laws. | 0 | 2014-08-10T08:00:06 | 139 | 53 | 13Δ |
Of course a huge difference between a restaurant and a university asking a customer to leave is the consequences. You can always just go to another restaurant, but being kicked out of a university can have a life-long impact on your career. So, we need some safeguards in place and need to hold a competent hearing befor... | Universities Ought to Conduct Rape/Sexual Assault Investigations | 0 | 2017-06-30T19:02:07 | 96 | 1 | null |
How do you pronounce "xe"? It could go several different ways with English phonetics and I don't see any of them as being an obvious winner. Beyond that, as people have said, singular "they" is already used this way (and seems to be gaining popularity both to exclude gender when it's irrelevant and because it saves the... | Common usage of "xe" or other gender neutral pronoun would improve/make English language easier. | 0 | 2015-05-22T10:10:52 | 67 | 10 | null |
The Christian slave owners used the scriptures to support their claim of being able to own slaves. Ephesians 6:5 & Titus 2:9 specifically. So I firmly believe that a people subjugated with the approval of the Bible shouldn't worship the god of their oppressors. The people who abolished the slave trade and fought fo... | Black people shouldn't be Christians. | 0 | 2017-03-03T11:09:03 | 96 | 1 | 18 |
Who knows if I'll say something here that hasn't already been said. There are 21 comments here, most of which are probably good... You are talking about an investment. Debt is fine if you can expect it to give you a good return. For example, I'm locked into a mortgage on my house right now, but it's still a great inves... | Borrowing Money To Pay For College Is Harmful | 0 | 2017-04-28T18:38:26 | 64 | 1 | 89 |
In many ways it's racism, prejudice and the historical legacies of slavery and colonization left behind the overarching ideology that is the influence of white supremacy. When I say white supremacy, I mean the ideas that go out into society via t.v./music/media, the way the educational system shapes us (ex. which side... | Black people need to begin accepting their own responsibility for their problems; it is black criminality/culture that is causing the black community's problems, NOT white racism. [Serious] | 0 | 2016-05-02T20:34:07 | 802 | 2 | null |
I don't see why it should matter very much to me if a person decides they would rather eat those pizzas (because they enjoy it) than lose the weight. It doesn't really affect my life. Many people just want to bully others. Fat people are targets for bullies because there are excuses that a bully can use that bystanders... | Normalizing being fat is a huge societal issue in the United States | 0 | 2016-08-31T21:09:22 | 149 | 13 | 3 |
Your issue with random encounters seems to be that they are tedious in your experience. That doesn't sound like a inherent problem with the mechanic, but rather it's implementation. You could have a game with sparser, more interesting random encounters, and perhaps you'd enjoy that more. | Random encounters, like in the Final Fantasy series, are a bad game mechanic. | 0 | 2015-08-31T18:00:15 | 58 | 1 | 5 |
That's for the university to decide, not you as a customer. Let's say you go to a pizza place and you order a pizza. The person behind the counter goes and grabs a pre-made pizza and hands it to you, and asks you for $10. You could say that you feel ripped off because that person didn't actually do anything, but it's t... | Students should be able to receive a refund for a class of the professor does not teach. | 1 | 2016-10-27T21:21:36 | 71 | 1 | 77 |
In terms of domestic policy, I agree that Trump would be largely ineffectual and the damage would be contained; however, in terms of foreign policy, Trump would be far more destructive, and the blowback and long term damage to the US could equal or surpass the damage Cruz would have done solely through domestic policy ... | Ted Cruz would be worse for the US than Trump | 1 | 2016-04-16T20:50:30 | 144 | 21 | 2 |
I personally give to Room to Read http://www.roomtoread.org There's a ton out there though, so just do a little research to decide what you believe in more so. Some are more devoted to girls, some believe in building facilities, some are more focused on hiring teachers, some donate supplies, etc. Edit: I also remember... | Wikipedia is the best education based charity to donate to. | 1 | 2015-10-12T02:44:41 | 44 | 8 | 14 |
Well, I can only give you my experiences with cheating, and why I think it means the end of the relationship based on what I know. I know anecdotal evidence isn't the best for an argument, but hear me out. I've had two long-term partners that cheated on me, and I'll try to address each of your points individually. It w... | People who cheat on their spouses can and should, in some cases, be forgiven | 0 | 2014-12-30T02:22:39 | 48 | 1 | 2 |
So... we're all born blank slates... and we're all programmed as we grow up, and I'll agree that we're a lot more "plastic" when we're young, but *everyone* changes their beliefs based on evidence, with a few exceptions. Heck, most of us in the U.S. probably believed in Santa Claus at one point or another in our lives.... | Most people don't change their views based on facts and evidence. | 0 | 2017-01-14T23:34:17 | 209 | 2 | 217 |
What metric do you use? For instance, all environmental laws are a balance of trying to protect the environment while trying to not to place an undue burden on business and people. Without that balance, every new business and housing development would be rejected because they have at least some impact on the environmen... | Ideology should no longer be important. Any new laws or changes in policy of any kind should be evidence based. | 1 | 2016-12-01T14:53:06 | 44 | 11 | 2 |
As with most moral issues, we first need to know what you think a valid source of morality comprises.. Personally, I think the only objectively sensible way to view morality is nothing more and nothing less than a trick that some species have evolved, most likely to gain the advantages of living in societies, as well a... | There is nothing morally wrong with choosing not to have children. | 0 | 2017-03-10T02:42:12 | 89 | 0 | 1 |
I think your point of view can be said for the Democratic's more so than the Republican's. There isn't a viable "Tea Party" candidate running but Bernie is a "Socialist Democratic" who is very farther left any democratic who has ran since Nader 20 years ago. So as far as "extreme" is concerned it's on the left than the... | There is no sound reason to vote Republican this time around. | 0 | 2015-10-25T00:33:12 | 297 | 4 | null |
This is setting off alarm bells in my head. If you enter into a relationship with these ideas in mind, you are doomed to an unhappy breakup. You're not treating this hypothetical girl as a human being with needs, wants, insecurities and faults of her own. You're treating her as someone who's *already* perfect. You expe... | Getting into a relationship with a pretty, confident girl means you are a worthy guy (Or having her admiration means that) | 0 | 2016-08-10T18:53:10 | 71 | 2 | 37 |
After looking at some men on the Internet's reactions to this, I definitely feel as if this is more of a feminist issue than I did before. However, when people focus only on the feminist part of this it at first made me a bit sad. People glossed over the fact that people died to make statements about liberalism, about ... | The recent shooting in Isla Vista (or UCSB, if you will) is not about women's rights | 0 | 2014-05-26T21:08:15 | 651 | 7 | null |
Money can buy you all the fancy cars and golden toilets you want. But if you are not emotionally happy, if you give up your friends and your morals in the pursuit of money, that won't matter. Who cares if you have the shiniest shitter, or the fastest car, if you don't first fulfill the emotional need to stand by your m... | Money does buy happiness. | 1 | 2014-04-16T04:51:26 | 92 | 5 | 2 |
A photography studio is a private business that can do whatever specials they want for whatever reason they want. If this was a rule of law or regulation then you would have a perfectly valid case. Otherwise grow up. I haven't seen anybody complain that kids get their pictures taken at special prices. What's the differ... | Same-sex couples discount from a photography place. I call it discrimination, she calls it affirmative action. CMV please. | 1 | 2013-12-27T22:00:00 | 716 | 0 | 1 |
In my sort-of-uninformed opinion, the moral argument is not the only one that exists for either vegetarianism or veganism. I share your viewpoint that a person not buying the products doesn't really make a dent in the industry itself. But I'd gladly go vegetarian if it was convenient to do so right now (just finished h... | Having a vegan diet seems pretty pointless. | 1 | 2017-01-19T17:32:04 | 385 | 21 | 1 |
I used to hate the idea of Twitter, but then I got an account and started following a lot of political/social commentators, economists, philosophers, and news agencies. Now I can scroll through really easily and find a lot of links to really interesting articles. You don't have to follow random celebrities talking abou... | Twitter is a platform for people who are trying to score shallow social recognition... CMV | 0 | 2014-01-04T08:15:51 | 20 | 1 | null |
Very often people don't know that they will be addicted, and many of them are not. With drugs like cocaine, marijuana, tobacco, alcohol, or prescription medication, the percentage of people who use the drug that get addicted range from 10%-40% with repeated use. It's also not fair to assume that everyone who uses these... | I think that whoever has an addiction is weak and deserves whatever happens to him | 0 | 2014-04-11T14:54:14 | 68 | 2 | null |
There are some words that people use to sound smart that are actually very useful words. "Plethora" is the word I like to use as an example; we have a lot of words that have the same *basic* meaning of "plethora" (basically: a lot of, an excess of) but a plethora is specific in the way that it is having so much of some... | Most "big words" have no place outside of formal writing or speeches. | 0 | 2015-07-27T17:29:25 | 40 | 1 | 60 |
Because it seems that way, providing at least some evidence to the extent that we can trust our senses. Why does it seem that way? If I were to go back in time and watch myself choose to eat an apple, over and over again, do you think that sometimes I would choose orange? That seems ridiculous to me. If I hit a billiar... | Determinism requires faith. CMV. | 1 | 2013-09-03T21:30:57 | 155 | 1 | 126Δ |
If security was the reason, why was the order not done with security in mind? It didn't do anything about Saudi Arabia, which is where 9/11 attackers came from, and included Iraq. Trump seems to be drafting this order for national security reasons, not on some arbitrary hatred of all Muslims. Islam involves killing ga... | Federal Judges blocking Trump's executive order on immigration is an abuse of power by the judiciary. | 1 | 2017-05-29T16:12:27 | 101 | 97 | 19 |
I've been told that the news expands your world view. But how on earth does keeping up with the latest political bumbling in Wherever expand my world view? This view is perplexing to me - how does keeping up with the news *not* expand your world view? Having knowledge of current events helps to give you an understandin... | Keeping up with current happenings and the news is absolutely useless for a common person. | 1 | 2017-04-20T14:01:15 | 44 | 3 | 1 |
Hillary has surrounded herself with strong economic advisors who have crafted an economic platform that is well within economic confidences and consensus. Trump has created a very ill defined platform, but the major points all fly in the face of economic consensus. He has constantly advocated for increased government ... | Donald Trump is not inherently a worse candidate than Hillary, from a democratic point of view. | 1 | 2016-05-04T16:36:13 | 355 | 554 | 3 |
Any fears on the left are unfounded. Trump is a democrat and still holds key leftist positions while running as a republican. He is against free trade, wars, nation building, cronyism, and has advocated for building a wall which tends to be historically left issues. Most on the left hate him because of his of how he sp... | Fears over the possibilities of a Trump presidency are overblown. He can't act unilaterally on any of his positions, and his greatest actual danger to progressives would be to win and then quietly get in line with the GOP's advisers. | 0 | 2016-09-07T02:20:12 | 259 | -1 | null |
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