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I am reminded of a supposed Stalin quote, **"Quantity has a quality all its own."** The point being that sometimes having a lot of something is itself a things of value. Certainly with something like soldiers, land mines, or fuel, quantity is generally the most important thing. I would extend this to most societal nee... | Quality is better than quantity. | 1 | 2014-10-03T03:55:23 | 35 | 6 | 43Δ |
Fair enough, I agree with one caveat: only if the "new procedure" does not place a higher physical/medical burden on the woman than current abortions. Otherwise, it's still an issue of bodily integrity: she should at any point have the right to go for the procedure that is least demanding on her health and well-being. | When artificial wombs are viable, abortion should be outlawed and replaced with moving the fetus to the artificial womb. | 1 | 2016-08-02T13:45:10 | 162 | 12 | 20 |
Okay, a few things: First, I'm not going to be able to change your mind about money. More expensive lawyers are probably going to win more of the time. Everything's easier if you're rich. But I will say that in my experience, there are smart lawyers and dim lawyers at every price. Probably the best advantage to the us... | The idea of looking to precedent or case law in our legal system is just another way of saying "I can be wrong as long as someone else was wrong before me." | 0 | 2016-03-12T20:12:10 | 25 | 1 | null |
The main problem with this reasoning is that you're looking at the Beatles from our current perspective as opposed to looking at what they did from the perspective of someone who was around at the time. Other posters have discussed the technical advancements they ushered in, so instead I will try to explain the cultura... | I don't think the Beatles were so great. CMV | 1 | 2013-08-18T22:46:41 | 95 | 6 | 1 |
I think you misunderstand the phrase. nobody says child abuse makes a child happier, or that war makes us happier. You cannot truly experience an emotion without experiencing the opposite emotion at some point in time. imagine a video game like mario. if you complete every level flawlessly the first time, it turns bori... | The phrase no happiness with out sadness is bullshit. | 0 | 2016-08-07T13:08:17 | 25 | 1 | null |
Your view is fairly easy to disprove. I consider myself liberal, but I would never spit in the face of a veteran (Vietnam or otherwise), nor would I accuse all military service members of being a murderer. So, I'll happily serve as the official evidence to disprove your thesis. What more can I say to convince you? | Everyone who is either liberal or on the left wing side of politics is either a anti war hippy that spits on the the face of veterans and abuses them or a condescending annoying insufferable 'SJW'. | 1 | 2017-02-21T03:29:54 | 46 | 7 | 182 |
I'm sure you're familiar with the phrase "this is why we can't have nice things." One argument is that we don't want to live in a culture that's so hostile toward people who share nude pictures that they stop sharing. That may not be important to you, and that's fine. It's certainly not something necessary, but it's a ... | I think people who send nudes or save them in a non-secure manner and expect them to remain private are deluded idiots who deserve any grief they get because of that delusion. | 0 | 2015-09-02T04:52:58 | 47 | 5 | 20 |
I think it's **very** easy to underestimate the effect of simply reading different sources of news, even within the relatively high quality, low bias section of the media. I'm a NY Times subscriber. I'd say their articles tend to be pretty thorough and well researched, but they definitely tend to *lead* with the contro... | Although not everyone who voted for Donald Trump is a racist, the people who still support him are. | 1 | 2017-02-27T05:29:58 | 194 | 10 | 1 |
a good solution to this problem is to require that both sides in a lawsuit or court case contribute equally to their own legal team and their opponents You're always going to get an imbalance of rich vs poor, even when doing something like this. I can see this going at least two ways: 1. The rich side pays nothing, and... | The fact that rich people can afford better/more lawyers than poor people is a fundamental miscarriage of justice. In order to combat this problem, each side in a legal battle should be forced to contribute equal money to their own counsel and their opponents counsel. | 0 | 2014-11-06T21:10:55 | 98 | 97 | null |
I'm not even against this idea, but a few thoughts: * All of the urinals would either need to be in stalls or just plain old toilets. * The stalls can't have gaps in them (like they do in the US) so people feel like they don't have people of the other gender looking in there. * Although I have experienced a lot of pee... | All non-lockerroom restrooms should be Co-Ed | 0 | 2017-03-30T23:17:15 | 304 | 57 | null |
Obese people don't need outside pressure to lose weight. They already have a bunch of pressure coming from themselves. I don't know any fat person who likes being fat. Every fat person I've ever known has acknowledged being fat sucks and at some point attempted to do something about it, whether that's going on a 3 day ... | When people are overweight there should be much more pressure to change. | 0 | 2015-03-29T20:52:03 | 421 | 25 | null |
"Personally I think her actual mistake was asking the courts for permission" What? You encourage the mom to break the law and move the kids out of visitation range of their father? Quick way for her to lose the custody she probably fought hard for. | a divorced mother in Illinois can't move out of state because father has visitation rights. I disagree because she has full custody, and should have just left. | 0 | 2015-04-14T22:23:55 | 325 | 6 | null |
Do you have a problem with ADHD in particular? Or which diseases do you mean? I understand your pov but if this is how you see things you could question other diseases which are more subjective, or even pain itself. Biomarkers are all great fun but we need solutions in the meantime too. If a person who is diagnosed wit... | The pharmaceutical industry fabricates mental illnesses for profit | 1 | 2017-05-10T02:20:53 | 37 | 1 | 2 |
There are three reasons for cancellation fees: 1) There are actual costs connected to cancelling, like sending a technician, being required to keep your records for some time etc. 2) It's a disincentive for customers quitting 3) It generates income One, two or all three may be the reason why a company has a cancell... | cancellation of service fees are bullshit and should be illegal | 1 | 2017-06-26T16:10:43 | 160 | 293 | 1 |
This hypothetical is fascinating to me for some reason. So why are dogs wearing pants, is it like pets that people are dressing up? If I actually wanted my dog to wear a pants and top outfit, what I would do is have the pants be a onesie with a butt flap and then a sweater/shirt over the top. If a dog wore pants like i... | If dogs wore pants, they would wear them on their hind legs only (not on all four). | 0 | 2015-12-29T21:49:21 | 98 | 3 | 22 |
You say that there is no way to know anything. But how can you know that, really? Couldn't you stumble across a way to know things some day? You can say that you know nothing at the moment, but to say that you never knew anything, or that you will never know anything, seems awfully overconfident. So, if there is no nee... | [CMV] I believe the reality around me does not exist, and there is no way to prove it does | 1 | 2013-08-06T20:11:47 | 34 | 4 | 1 |
I know people like you. Some of them keep their attitude and never drink. Most of them eventually start drinking at a later age, after they're out of college, and go fucking *nuts* because they didn't realize what they were missing. Since they're out of college and they don't have a safe venue to socially learn about d... | I have no desire to drink alcohol or partake in its associated culture, even at legal age. | 1 | 2015-01-18T22:08:59 | 446 | 1 | 1 |
Why does the threshold for having the mental ability to consent begin at 16-18? I understand it in a legal sense, minors can't legally consent until they turn a certain age, but the justification for that seems to be the same argument, and it becomes cyclical. Because some line needs to be drawn. 16-18 is reasonable, n... | I don't believe that "minors cannot provide consent" is a legitimate argument in support of statutory rape laws. | 1 | 2014-08-10T08:25:39 | 139 | 18 | 66Δ |
In some ways like abortion and SSM But the liberal agendas on gun control and hunting, for example, is very knee jerky and based on emotion. For example, I hear the the "deer are too cute to kill" or "how can you kill bami?" more times than I can count. | Conservatism Is More Emotional Reaction, Liberalism Rational Analysis | 1 | 2016-01-04T05:45:39 | 142 | 37 | 1 |
Besides the fact that she gave *no* active resistance and was in fact doing what he asked when he chose to smash a 14 year old 90lb girl's face into the ground. Let us remember the situation here: A group of kids were invited to a pool party at a community pool and were given guest passes a large number of them were bl... | The actions of the McKinney TX police were not over the top | 0 | 2015-06-08T19:06:20 | 134 | 10 | 16Δ |
Modern cards have a timer and if the engine has been off for 10-15 minutes they shut off. That is the automatic setting unless you manually switch it for them to always be on. Having lights shut off immediately would be dangerous for many people. If you have to pull off to the side of the road at night you need to be a... | Auto manufacturers should make their vehicles' headlights shut off when the car shuts off | 0 | 2015-08-02T01:16:22 | 58 | 1 | 16 |
But why read the comments on /r/news, at least on a BLM story? What are you thinking you'll learn? It's a bit like going to the Library of Congress and being upset that there are books about Hitler and George Wallace. Every book is there, including toxic ones. But that doesn't mean you need to read them. You didn't ans... | Reddit is a toxic racist, sexist, website and I would be right to leave. | 1 | 2016-01-03T01:25:48 | 48 | 9 | 147 |
I think the correct scientific approach is that they don’t exist. Does the "correct scientific approach" have to be either they do or don't exist? Why can't the "correct scientific approach" just be that we don't know yet, we haven't observed any aliens, but here are some other facts we know about the universe and life... | Strong belief in the existence of alien life (intelligent or otherwise) is currently unscientific | 0 | 2015-07-18T17:00:01 | 125 | 4 | 48 |
Just because you put the tobacco in the paper doesn't mean you know what additives the manufacturer put in the tobacco. You can trick yourself into thinking that you're smoking less, but soon you get good enough at hand rolling that you're back to where you were when you started. Failing that, you could get a cigarette... | I think rolling my own cigarettes is healthier than buying cigarettes, CMV | 0 | 2013-08-27T19:30:40 | 50 | 4 | null |
Claiming the earth is flat is *less* reasonable. The less abstract the subject matter, the closer facts are to your senses as being immediately perceivable - the *more* unreasonable and irrational it is to deny them - because the contradiction generated are more severe to the rest of your knowledge, and require greater... | Denying biological evolution is exactly as reasonable as claiming that the earth is flat. | 0 | 2017-03-23T03:57:19 | 95 | 4 | 87 |
Your opinion depends on what you mean by "World Peace", and how you want to measure the probability. It's an empirical question that's kind of unknowable, because it's hard to estimate the probability of events that have never happened. Here are some thoughts anyway. People are very violent, but people also really wan... | self-induced extinction is infinitely more probable than world peace. | 0 | 2016-10-11T20:57:00 | 38 | 0 | 14 |
As a professor, I will say that class attendance is one of the key factors correlated with passing the class. Students who show up to every class and listen to the lectures rarely fail, whereas students who skip many classes often fail. Of course, there are always outliers on both sides, but the statistics are pretty s... | College classes that require attendance dull the minds of their students. | 1 | 2015-10-20T20:24:16 | 25 | 25 | 76 |
It might seem like a semantic difference, but I would argue that "It is inconsistent to claim to be 'pro-life' and not desire increases in access to quality health care."   It is possible that someone opposes a certain method of ensuring health care or socializing its costs for other reasons. Perhaps they th... | It is hypocritical to call oneself pro-life yet not support healthcare as a basic human right | 0 | 2016-02-14T22:17:29 | 466 | 1 | 2 |
I think you're confusing "immoral" with "a bad idea." rape is wrong because the rapist is using the victim as a means to an end (sexual gratification, feelings of power, etc.) as opposed to treating them as an end in and of itself. Rape is not wrong because the rapist is using the victim, rape is wrong because it happe... | I think sex outside of marriage is immoral. | 0 | 2017-01-17T04:41:14 | 34 | 3 | 18 |
Yeah, and to be frank, that's my point of view as well. It's what I called the ideological point of view in my comment. Basically, I don't want someone to peek into my privacy. It's my privacy after all, it's none of the observer's business. If you don't want others to look into your private letters: That's the exact s... | If you are unaware of your privacy being breached, why is it a big deal? | 1 | 2016-06-12T23:16:07 | 26 | 1 | 3 |
Have you seen a cat or a dog? They don't have much meat on them. We never bred them for that like we have pigs and other farm animals. Eating dogs/cats from the shelter is a bad idea, because they are often host to plethora of diseases and parasites. As for growing cats and dogs in farms for meat : it's not worth it, b... | Eating dogs and cats is completely acceptable | 0 | 2014-12-01T00:24:52 | 79 | 1 | 8 |
If an ambulance drove past a man dying on the street, it would be murder False equivalence. It's an ambulance crew's job to look after people who are injured. i.e. They have a duty of care as per their work contract. Even then, it wouldn't be murder, as that involves the premeditated killing of someone. If you have the... | If taxation is theft, being rich is murder. | 0 | 2017-01-23T14:26:53 | 35 | 4 | null |
Every time someone says 'studies show' my spider sense starts tingling. Have you considered the possibility that unstoppable, runaway global warming with its catastrophic effects on humanity is actually not even remotely likely? That we might instead benefit from some warming, even to the point of holding off an ice ag... | Climate change is the biggest global threat than other issues such as terrorism | 0 | 2015-10-30T21:55:51 | 63 | 0 | 1 |
Well, I would note that the CSA padded its ranks with conscripts, just as the Union did. A small, but significant portion of its army consisted of soldiers who never *chose* to fight in the war, and therefore were not necessarily "criminals who took the law into their own hands". | At the conclusion of the American Civil War those who supported the Confederacy and committed treason should have been stripped of their citizenship, sold into foreign slavery, and had their lands forfeited and given to the newly freed American slaves as reparations. | 1 | 2016-06-02T18:18:39 | 258 | 6 | 1 |
This isn't explicitly defined as a "would change my view".. But the concept of a third (or more) gender is very old and spans many non-western cultures. So your idea that: "and that the concept of Gender and Sex being different is unheard of outside of SJW bullshit" Is misinformed. Anthropologists, Historians... | There are either two genders, or zero. No more, no less. | 1 | 2016-12-28T19:13:05 | 54 | 34 | 12 |
Legal precedent is a big deal. Throwing out the Constitution (and thus all legal precedents based on that) every 20 years would create all sorts of chaos and uncertainty. Imagine if the new Constitution was more vaguely worded than the last one, suddenly you don't know if what is legal and what isn't. Whenever a new la... | Thomas Jefferson was right. The constitution should be re-written from scrap every twenty years or so. | 1 | 2016-12-30T23:16:34 | 52 | 62 | 165 |
Hi! I'd be happy to change your view based on your post. Obese people, let's just call them fat, face a number of challenges, and finding clothing that's appealing on them should not be added to the pile. You see, obesity as an actual disease has symptoms, such as an increased tendency to become lethargic, depressed or... | Plus size is unhealthy and all of its support encourages obesity in children. | 1 | 2014-04-05T08:18:00 | 148 | 6 | 1 |
What I'm here to challenge is this idea that there's 63 genders and that we should expect people to learn them and apply them to non-binary folks correctly, in real-time. 63 is an unsustainable number to me, even if it jives correctly with the latest research. It feels like you're getting caught up on a number. 63 seem... | non-binary people must conform to a third or fourth gender - not one of 63. | 0 | 2017-05-03T20:37:25 | 101 | 5 | null |
as someone who just got married a few days ago, I will say that there is a difference when you're married. Marriage is a longer commitment. It does change things. There are lots of benefits to being married. If either of you get into an accident the other person is just a person. You get no special treatment. You have... | There is no rational reason for me to get married (28/M/grad student) | 0 | 2015-07-07T18:28:28 | 72 | 1 | 3 |
1 - You yourself admit that 90% of the time people experuenced no bad trips. It should be banned because 1 in 10 people get anxious? 2 - Yes, marijuana can cause mental and physical problems. You know what else can? Smoking anything, drinking alcohol, eating junk food, etc. Should all of these be banned because they ha... | Marijuana is dangerous and should not be legalized. | 0 | 2017-04-26T23:56:42 | 54 | 2 | 48 |
You're completely missing the benefit of having less of a paper trail. Tax is a significant expense that can reduced by under reporting revenue. You have a lot more flexibility and opportunity to do that if all of your revenue is in cash. | Businesses that don't accept credit cards are losing money by doing so. | 1 | 2015-04-27T18:17:03 | 161 | 107 | 4Δ |
A purpose to life would divide it into binary categories, which at that scale, would be a moral framework. Therefore that which supports the cosmic objective would be what's "good", and that which subverts the cosmic objective would be "evil". Therefore the existence of broader good and evil would be indicative of a co... | Life, in general, has no point | 0 | 2017-02-06T08:12:41 | 41 | 2 | 16 |
[Here's a link](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4261554/) to a study on the success rate of treating gender identity disorder with reassignment surgery. It's a limited sample size (119 patients) but it tallies with other research on the topic. 90% of respondents said they were satisfied with the results. I... | Trans Men/Women Are Experiencing a Form of Mental Illness | 1 | 2017-05-02T00:23:06 | 81 | 7 | 1 |
There are already some great answers in this thread. I have seen both psychiatrists and psychologists myself. I am currently doing group therapy. I have been very positively surprised by the usefulness of discussing my mental health with a professional. I was very good at identifying my problems myself but got stuck on... | A psychologist or psychiatrist can't do anything for my issues, other than prescribe medication. | 0 | 2015-06-04T11:51:55 | 20 | 4 | 7 |
It seems to me that metric is nothing more than yet another way to say large (or small) numbers. Without metric prefixes, I can say "(22 * 10-9 meters)", or "22 billionths meters", or, if I'm masochistic, "point oh oh oh oh oh oh oh two two meters". There isn't really any benefit in saying "22 nanometers": scientific n... | Metric conversions (e.g. kilo- to centi-) are just silly; we should just use the units without prefixes. | 0 | 2014-09-17T17:46:24 | 60 | 1 | 40Δ |
Film is not a monolothic enterprise with a single goal. There is plenty of room to house creative endevours to satisfy multiple needs. A lot of people enjoy the big blockbuater movies that put $$ over exploring the art of filmmaking. Theres no problem with that, entertaining the masses is a noble goal. There are still ... | Disney (and similar large, multinational entertainment businesses) ruin the spirit of filmmaking by putting profit over creativity. | 0 | 2017-02-20T15:11:33 | 28 | 1 | null |
You're making the classical mistake a lot of liberals make by assuming your values are universal. 1) Many Republicans believe that taking money from others to get ahead is immoral, even if it's self-beneficial 2) Many Republicans put strong emphasis on personal accountability. Wherever they end up in life, they'll get... | The vast majority of poor Republicans are not voting for their own best interests. | 1 | 2016-04-12T05:44:04 | 264 | 39 | 1 |
I'm not saying this is my stance, but I think it's somewhat consistent: First we can look at arguments for eating meat. One big one is that if animals are being raised solely for being killed for meat, then they otherwise wouldn't have lived, this is assuming everything is done in a principled manner and there are no b... | I believe there is no moral framework in which it is permissible to eat meat but not to have sex with animals. | 0 | 2015-05-20T21:29:31 | 81 | 1 | null |
The main difference, as I see it, is that vegans look to scientific findings to determine if and how much animals suffer, whereas pro-lifers believe that all fetuses have value. For instance, some vegans believe that [it's fine to eat mussels](https://sentientist.org/2013/05/20/the-ethical-case-for-eating-oysters-and-m... | Pro-lifers who vote to criminalize abortions would be no different from a vegan voting to criminalize meat consumption. | 0 | 2017-03-10T05:46:27 | 144 | 2 | null |
Well, I suppose if you look at a hierarchy of 'intelligence' in animals (Which is obviously pretty arbitrary), you have basic emotions like fear in almost every animal, but as you move up you get more complexity. Dogs exhibit some complex emotions, but [supposedly cannot feel guilt or shame](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/... | Emotions outside of an evolutionary context do not make sense | 1 | 2016-07-27T11:51:40 | 40 | 1 | 1 |
Venezuela is, as of today, a capitalist country with a strong public sector and social policies. From what I understand, socialism is supposed to be democratic and acknowledge the point of view of the middle class If you want to go for the misrepresentation typical in the US, then yes. But if you scratch even a bit, an... | Venezuela is not a socialist country but a communist country. | 0 | 2015-05-07T15:35:58 | 55 | 2 | 14Δ |
Quality over quantity hardly stands up as a "general rule." Certainly a "rule of thumb." For example the 100 dollar bill is clearly of higher quality than the 1 dollar bill. It has more security features, and freaking ben frankie! However, I would rather have 1,000,000 (quantity) 1 dollar bills than 10 100 dollar bills... | Quality is better than quantity. | 1 | 2014-10-03T03:36:15 | 35 | 1 | 1 |
The need for moral guidance in life - to need guidance from religion to know the difference between right and wrong is also a sign of weakness in that it shows a lack of judgement and wisdom for one to decide for themselves what is right or wrong. Furthermore, the need of a consequence by eternal damnation as persuasio... | The widespread belief of religion is a sign of human weakness | 0 | 2015-08-28T03:48:24 | 50 | 2 | null |
I would strongly disagree with your definition of liberalism. Liberalism has nothing to do with being pro-legislation, that's just a plainly silly ideology. Legislation is, to all political stripes, a necessary evil. Almost no one on Earth disagrees with that. For example: rather than saying 'Effective Jan 1 2017, ca... | I am an antiliberal. | 0 | 2016-12-22T06:59:08 | 95 | 11 | 1 |
Everyone else has already done a good job of pointing out that funerals are about the living, not the dead, etc. What I want to emphasize is that writing an honest eulogy won't stand to gain anything, for you or for anyone else. Even if it makes you feel better, it would be at the cost of making his loved ones feel wor... | I want to write an honest obituary. | 1 | 2016-01-05T23:53:53 | 29 | 2 | 59 |
It is impossible to treat animals as morally equal to humans, mostly because they are incapable of responding. A lot of moral treatments of humans requires that the people concerned can take part in the discussion. Treating animals as moral equals to humans would also require that they face greater responsibilities. T... | Animals deserve equal moral status to humans | 0 | 2015-07-28T00:14:58 | 159 | 1 | 2 |
Edmund Burke and Mary Wollstonecraft had this debate in the 18th century. To assume "non-traditional" values are inherently superior is to take a teleological view of history. To assume "traditional" values are better because they consist of the combined wisdom of generations is also fallacious in that you assume the m... | Conservative 'traditional values' are inherently flawed due to them being traditional, that is, of the past. | 1 | 2016-04-17T17:02:06 | 172 | 359 | 1 |
I'm a very observant Catholic, and something of a liberal, too, so allow me to moderate some of your views on the Pope. For the record, I'm trying to change your view that he's "radically transforming" the Catholic Church, as you stated in your submission title; as you say in your body of your post, he is handling the ... | I think Pope Francis is doing a great job as Pope and is radically transforming the Catholic Church for the better. CMV | 1 | 2013-11-11T22:40:53 | 589 | 1,751 | 28 |
I totally with /u/RustyRook as he says vaccines are one of the single greatest medical interventions that human beings have ever developed. The only reason I think that so many people distrust vacinnes is due to the Lancet article of Andrew Wakefield. Which been [retracted](http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/arti... | There is not enough evidence of the safety/efficacy of vaccines, especially in the face of controversy and conspiracy | 1 | 2015-08-09T02:21:15 | 26 | 4 | 1 |
It could be argued that knowing about the gentleman's history would help readers decide how much to side with him. In a criminal case for example if someone is accused of arson and they have been convicted three times in the past of arson that is information the jury might want to know. In this case, the story that he... | A man who didn't asked to be victimized, should not have his past brought into the public spotlight | 0 | 2017-04-12T15:54:10 | 592 | 3 | null |
How exactly are we dying here? I mean if we mass produce food production that just means there is more food than there was before. I mean, not looking at if your economics are good or not, but how does everyone die off? Starve to death? There is more food now than has been produced ever, at any time. There is no way... | Humans are going to die out because of an economic collapse | 1 | 2015-01-05T05:42:57 | 45 | 1 | null |
One way in which WASD is superior has to do with an effect called [ghosting](https://www.microsoft.com/appliedsciences/antighostingexplained.mspx). Roughly speaking, ghosting is a phenomenon that occurs when some combinations of three or more keypresses are misinterpreted as others. This can be a serious problem when g... | ESDF is better than WASD for playing first person shooter (FPS) games. | 1 | 2016-05-05T09:59:28 | 43 | 12 | 10 |
I'll use an example that's personal to me, if you don't mind. In the early 1900's, the first of several gay rights groups in the USA was founded. Despite their attempts to educate the public, as well as research published by Kinsey and others, very little changed until 1969. On June 27, 1969, police raided the Stonewal... | Education is the only way to end intolerance | 1 | 2014-07-08T08:47:50 | 109 | 5 | 18Δ |
This is the second (that I’ve seen) OP you’ve authored that indicates an irrational fear of adulthood and, I’m speculating, the responsibility that comes with it. High school is a fun time, but a blip of your life. College is typically better because you’re beginning to understand yourself. But people tend to start to ... | Sex and relationships are best in high school | 0 | 2017-02-25T19:35:50 | 80 | 1 | null |
While there are some topics that economists haven't come to a consensus on, you might be surprised at how much agreement there is. [This Link](http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel) is a continuing survey of economists. They take a policy proposal and ask the economists to respond, strongly support, supp... | People who study complicated subjects like the economy and American foreign policy for a living are unable to agree on important policy questions, so it's pointless for me to try to develop an opinion on those policies. | 1 | 2016-10-17T00:57:29 | 167 | 123 | 14 |
If you're covering 115 miles in Wyoming - any 115 miles - a good solid 105 of it is going to be rural. | Cars should be banned and replaced with public transportation and bicycles. | 1 | 2016-08-26T20:09:47 | 89 | 7 | 11 |
Then starve to death, fuck if I care. How does them living harm you? Why do you care? Can't afford medical bills? Sorry, go get a job. What if you have a job, but still can't afford medical bills? can't find a job, look harder What if there are more people than there are jobs? as I said, I'm 16, I've found 4 entry l... | I think that we should imply 'survival of the fittest' more often. CMV | 0 | 2014-01-09T06:14:47 | 33 | 1 | 10 |
Career: Attractive people can get a promotion easier, due to the fact that we find trust attractive people easier, they have a higher charisma without having to change anything in their personality. There are some careers where less attractive people are preferred. Personally I like having an unattractive doctor, for ... | Being attractive makes life easier in everything. | 1 | 2017-04-28T14:31:47 | 41 | 11 | 76 |
Do you think it's the ideal outcome? In a perfect world, we should get these people help and save their lives. What if a mother overdoses, dies, and leaves a baby helpless? Is there nothing wrong with that? The consequences of someone dying go far beyond the person that died. | I see nothing wrong when someone dies of drug overdose or a gang member gets shot. | 1 | 2016-11-11T20:24:41 | 138 | 1 | 65 |
The premise of your argument seems to be that there are different levels of emotion with "happy" and "sad" at opposite ends of the spectrum. There's also—presumably—a range of emotions between those two ends that would include a relatively neutral or "normal" state. (For the remainder of the post, imagine a scale of -5... | The phrase no happiness with out sadness is bullshit. | 0 | 2016-08-07T03:44:17 | 25 | 3 | null |
You'll have to pardon me, i haven't read it in ages To say that in the end Winston was happy is a fair conclusion. But if you look deeper than that, i think you'll see why this ending is actually more depressing because of that fact. Winston had to live in Oceania, which was a dictatorship to the cruelest form. History... | I think 1984 has a happy ending. | 1 | 2014-06-08T06:54:17 | 330 | 2 | 1 |
Homeless people with experience know where to go for free food and clothes etc, but it's possible that the person on the street is totally new to being homeless. If you were in that position you would take advantage of free food and institutions, but you would need more money if you were going to turn your life around... | Giving beggars or people on the street money is wrong, rather give it to helping institutions. | 0 | 2015-01-28T09:32:56 | 93 | 16 | null |
I think you're looking at one side of the picture & comparing it to the result. In general the thesis seems to be *'Women go out of their way for to be seen as attractive, and therefore are responsible for the byproduct'*. Let's consider men: Men (often) work hard on their appearance as well. Even if appearance isn... | Femininity promotes societal sexism | 1 | 2017-01-19T15:04:17 | 28 | 20 | 23 |
Well, as a moral nihilist, in a way I think all life forms have equal moral weight; that is, no moral weight at all. I think when being really honest with myself, the real reason I make "moral" decisions is just that I was socially conditioned to, and that I have empathy. For both reasons, I tend to make decisions that... | I find it hard to value humans above all other forms of life. CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-08T10:14:18 | 50 | 2 | 1 |
A few problems with your argument that perhaps will compel you: 1. the police and the military are citizenry. If it's "people vs. government" at least many of the people who are _working for the government_ will or at least could become aligned with the people. This has been true in essentially every revolution. 2. you... | "The right to bear arms is needed to protect the people from an oppressive government" is a bad argument. | 0 | 2016-10-25T19:07:00 | 136 | 2 | 14 |
I'm a women. I have a big crush on a man who is transgender. This man has a lot more anatomy issues than just not having a square jaw but I like him anyway and I'll tell you why. He's fun. He and I both enjoy a lot of the same things and have the same sense of humor. He makes me laugh! He's smart. I can't link them r... | TheRedPill is very accurate about women and the reality of attraction, and the AF/BB concept | 0 | 2017-05-01T02:11:56 | 65 | 1 | null |
Your summary indicates that because gaming is a solo activity, it should not be considered a sport. As a counterpoint, consider a marathon, or better yet, an Ironman Triathalon. This is most definitely a solo activity, as much as gaming is. You might point out that running a race is interacting with a group of people, ... | Video Games shouldn't be on a Sports Channel, or considered a Sport at all. | 1 | 2015-10-10T17:01:11 | 305 | 500 | 2 |
Also, lets be clear here. Objectively we can on one hand say there is no right or wrong, but on another hand we can say that *as humans* our actions can be objectively right or wrong. As far as determinism goes? I don't think more of it than I do indeterminism. I think both ideas are interesting. I suppose if I had to ... | I have failed to rationalize objective or inherent Right and Wrong | 1 | 2016-07-10T23:12:57 | 126 | 0 | null |
What if the war doesn't end for 40 years? Then no-one could 'responsibly' have a child in Syria until then and miss out on the human need for most to reproduce. Unless people are guaranteed to die in the war, how is it so irresponsible that it means someone should give them no sympathy? | Syrian parents who have children during the war are irresponsible and deserve no remorse if their kids die | 0 | 2017-04-05T14:36:34 | 75 | 3 | 3 |
Honestly, your view of racism is highly determined by where you live. If you live in on the west coast or in general white suburbia type places, black people seem more racist and white people walk on eggshells because of it. Now, I live in a rundown industrial city in the Northeast in a poor black neighborhood. Black p... | I believe black people are more racist than white people. CMV. | 0 | 2013-04-23T06:37:21 | 69 | 0 | null |
I'm going to address your individual points. 1) there are not service jobs always available. The market will only support a finite number of these jobs and there aren't enough available to offset the people losing their non-service jobs. Plus, they are inversely connected. As more people lose their higher paying jobs,... | I think people who live in the "blue" counties need to check their privilege | 0 | 2016-11-09T17:09:49 | 74 | 20 | null |
To be honest what you want is already happening, with many languages being lost every year. Language is a part of culture. It influences the way people think about the world. And losing languages will result in people losing one of things that makes different people unique. | There should be 1 Worldwide language. | 0 | 2017-01-27T21:16:45 | 38 | 1 | 1 |
Hurdle #1: AFAIK, oil is the most energy-dense resource we have. It's not, but it is probably the most readily available. [Here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density#Energy_densities_of_common_energy_storage_materials) is a list of energy sources, sorting by energy density you'll see that there are quite a few a... | We will never travel space in any meaningful way because we'll use up all of our resources long before that | 1 | 2015-01-19T00:39:40 | 41 | 3 | 17 |
I'm unaware of what specific programs there are in Britain, but put it this way: you have to something like the equivalent of an undergraduate degree. As long as your undergraduate degree works towards a law degree and prepares you well, it's useful. | my brothers philosophy degree is worthless | 1 | 2016-08-11T02:16:33 | 57 | 6 | 56 |
No case is ever totally indisputable. In America we have executed many people who have later been found innocent, or at least there was a reasonable doubt that they committed the crime. You have to remember that DNA proves you were there, camera's can show someone who looks like you, and even confessions are extremely ... | I believe those sentenced to life in prison should simply be executed. CMV. | 1 | 2013-11-24T23:29:00 | 23 | 23 | 20 |
It's true that the marriage licensing process makes changing your name at that particular moment relatively straightforward. But a lot of people don't seem to appreciate how easy it is to change your name at almost any time for almost any reason. Why does there need to be a single process for an entire society? If the ... | There are no adequate gender equal options when it comes to changing your surname in marriage | 0 | 2016-12-05T19:32:51 | 180 | 1 | null |
We are already using solar power on a massive scale in a way that I consider to be far more efficient than solar panels. I'm talking about crops, which are used to give the energy directly to our bodies. Crops take up a lot of the surface area we would need to put the solar panels on, which means that they are in direc... | If solar power comes from a source that lasts about 5 billions years, and oil resources last about 500 years from now, why aren't we moving towards solar power as a planet? | 0 | 2015-12-10T11:53:43 | 75 | 1 | null |
Well again that's fine but you're going to marginalize the views of people in less populous regions. Why is that dangerous? Because many times we have huge industries that keep our country running in these lightly populated areas. I want their viewpoint to matter too because what they do is just as critical as what pe... | The electoral college is undemocratic and is unnecessary. | 1 | 2017-05-07T20:04:36 | 210 | 8 | 24 |
Lurker on this sub but maybe I can finally contribute to changing someones view. You describe a situation where I've been a couple of years ago. I smoked daily and I did well enough in college. There are a couple of things why I regret smoking weed every day. - You may do well now but weed does something to your memor... | There's nothing wrong with me smoking marijuana at the end of the day | 0 | 2014-05-28T23:18:40 | 654 | 21 | null |
I'm going to need several sources and bibliography, but I don't have it around me right now. I may edit this comment later so I can provide them. "Useful" sseems like an utilitarianism concept that used in a context like our globalized world it may suggest the need to produce profits, scientific validation and some fo... | There is no useful role for God/religion in modern society. | 1 | 2017-01-30T08:33:12 | 103 | 1 | 1 |
1.2. The concept is an artifact of human intuition. Any reasoning will concern human subjectivity rather than the universe around us. That's an important part of philosophy, probably the one that holds most interest to today's society. Morality is an issue intrinsic to the human society and probably thought process. Ph... | Philosophical questions become trivial when dissected. CMV. | 1 | 2013-06-19T15:47:52 | 58 | 2 | 7 |
In my experience Apple offers a "Premium Walled Garden" experience. If you only by Apple products, and only use them the way Apple intends, I can pretty much guarantee you that you will never have an issue. The Apple OS functions like a copy of Windows that has been locked down by a savy network administrator who doesn... | Apple computers are for old people and the technologically illiterate. Anybody else that using Apple products have bought into marketing. (Not just a fanboy, please read) | 1 | 2014-08-13T23:34:35 | 172 | 1 | 5Δ |
So, I want to start by saying that I agree with your assertion that the Kim regime is a threat to global security, and is just generally a bad actor. However, I have to strongly disagree with the notion of the US using military action to topple the current North Korean government. Now, other posters have done a better ... | The Kim regime should be removed as soon as possible and North Korea should be merged with South Korea before further escalation by Kim Jong-un. | 0 | 2017-04-18T17:12:17 | 54 | 3 | 19 |
A key point of your argument is not true: The fact is death camps were legal in Nazi Germany The camps in Germany were legal or at least sanctioned by the Fuhrer (see e.g. [here](http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007387) or [here](http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/concentration_camps_nazi_germany.h... | Arresting an 89 year old former Auschwitz guard is wrong. | 1 | 2014-06-20T09:59:11 | 507 | 18 | 2 |
In the case of religion, cherry-picking is fallacious when you claim to fully support or live your life according to a worldview that is made up of a set of specific beliefs, dogmas, scriptures etc. while actually ignoring or disagreeing with some of those. If you could simply pick and choose which parts of a worldview... | I don't see the problem with "cherry-picking" your views CMV | 1 | 2013-12-06T20:25:47 | 66 | 3 | 14Δ |
I'm more on your side than most posters here, but I think there is a fatal flaw in your view. Yes, I grant that if you have no idea something is done to you, it does not matter in the slightest. The catch is that it's impossible to actually *know* that you'll never find out. You should protect yourself against being mo... | If you are unaware of your privacy being breached, why is it a big deal? | 0 | 2016-06-12T23:56:20 | 26 | 1 | 2 |
I'm going to throw in one here. Esther Vergeer. Female wheelchair tennis player and the most dominant sportsperson ever. She retired in 2013 with an undefeated streak in singles of 470 matches. I'll link her wikipedia here because I can't do her achievements justice. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Vergeer | Wayne Gretzky's career point total is the most impressive record in sports. | 1 | 2017-06-13T18:46:46 | 53 | 4 | 1 |
Real love is about trust. True, deep, enduring love is a connection between two people who understand and accept each other as they are, wholly and without reservation. What Cortazar is describing is infatuation. It's a rush of hormones to the brain and...other places. It's unsustainable, and chasing the feeling is li... | I believe that falling in love can change your life, and that one shouldn't so easily "move on". | 1 | 2014-10-02T01:43:38 | 26 | 20 | 21 |
I agree with you on a philosophical level: breaking a law means that one should incur punishment. But this argument falls apart when applying it in practice, from a perspective of resource allocation. It costs the government close to [$11,000, on average, to deport each immigrant](http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/13/news/e... | As a legal immigrant, I think it is justified that illegal immigrants should be deported back to their nation of origin | 1 | 2017-05-26T00:54:11 | 390 | 547 | 40 |
Why is 'cultural appropriation' such a horrible thing to do? If a guy wants to wear a feathered headdress that's Native American-looking because that's part of goth culture, why is that so offensive? The best comparison is medals. Imagine a soldier, or even a non soldier, wearing a medal that they didn't earn. If that... | I don't think cultural appropriation is a real issue | 0 | 2017-01-23T18:34:16 | 555 | 18 | 14 |
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