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Helmets are a barrier to people picking up a bike and going for a ride to the corner store or to other short neighbourhood jaunts. Doctors have been making the argument that any physical exercised gained from more people riding their bikes outweighs the statistically low number of head injuries. Helmets make normal ut... | There are no good reasons to not wear a helmet while riding a bicycle | 0 | 2015-05-27T10:45:51 | 149 | 2 | null |
I just wanted to point out that your idea of this "outside area of land" is itself essentially predicated on the existence of society, as you seem to want the society in question to essentially cordon off this land as protected and stateless. This is still relying on society though if you want this land to have protect... | Modern society and laws exist without consent because of a lack of alternative scenarios in which one can live self-sufficiently without assimilating, this makes us all at least temporary and limited slaves at one point in our lives, thereby making modern society unjust CMV. | 1 | 2014-01-19T02:06:09 | 313 | 1 | 54 |
This constant extraction of cash from the lower income section of the economy hurts us all, and all of us at the same time, because healthy consumer economies only exist when people purchase goods and services. John Doe pays 20% interest instead of 5%, and that 15% difference over all subprime auto loans in the economy... | Subprime auto loans are a necessary evil | 0 | 2016-08-16T23:10:33 | 31 | 1 | null |
This is more in agreement with you but this is something I worked out a few months back when having this exact same discussion with some of my friends. Keep in mind I hold no judgement for or against any category, I'm just making some definitions for everyone's clarity. Category 1 - Games Non-Active, Competitive, Vario... | I don't think Golf is a sport, more of a hobby. CMV. | 0 | 2013-04-12T05:04:05 | 47 | 2 | null |
Ideally, everyone would cooperate and act in the public good without any governance at all. People would naturally coordinate and act to solve issues from the goodness of their hearts. If that seems unrealistic and foolish, well, then you should see why benevolent dictatorship doesn't merit being called the ideal form ... | An Enlightened Dictatorship is the form of governance that results in the happiest populace that is the most well off, and thus is the ideal form of governance. | 0 | 2017-05-05T02:58:15 | 60 | 1 | 57 |
Part of living in a free society is being able to exercise your right to not participate. It is incredibly undemocratic to require people to vote, and is very much against the US mentality of freedom. | Voting in the general election should be mandatory in the US. | 0 | 2016-09-24T22:31:22 | 54 | 1 | 55 |
First, Reddit is more tolerant of shitty attitudes than most places on the internet or real life. I read somewhere that this site has 'six anti-subs dedicated to a subreddit about social justice (SRS) and no anti-subs dedicated to /r/niggers.' Whether or not you like SRS, that's pretty depressing. On Reddit, you have a... | I've become so jaded from Reddit and other parts of the internet that I truly fear that the vast majority of white people around me either hold racist views or prejudge me/my white girlfriend for dating me. (I'm black) CMV. | 1 | 2013-05-15T18:25:40 | 220 | 120 | 12 |
It obviously depends on the circumstances. My friend came out as gay and his mom was devastated since she realized that she couldn't have grandkids and I guess she was more homophobic than she led on. This was a pretty bad experience for him. He is also not religious (maybe atheist) but neither is his mom so she doesn'... | I believe that coming out as gay pales in comparison to coming out as atheist CMV | 1 | 2014-02-15T19:29:33 | 29 | 3 | 12 |
move to what amounts to ghettos It really doesn't. A typical refugee camp doesn't have nearly the population density of a European Jewish ghetto. Even Gaza still has open space, and the West Bank is obviously more roomy. Assuming you're talking about Nazi ghettos, Israel also lets much more food and medical care in. li... | I don't believe the state of Israel should exist. CMV | 0 | 2013-06-17T22:56:56 | 98 | 7 | 5 |
I think that a few things need to be taken into consideration before we even get into the thick of it. 1. - You MUST consider the fact that we are living in the age of instantaneous information. The moment that anything happens in the world, there are 5+ articles written about it. Unvetted, unsupported, pure conjecture... | Impeachment or removal of Donald Trump from office would have no downside and really would be best for everyone. | 0 | 2017-02-04T23:21:36 | 79 | 20 | null |
Okay sure, so where do you make the leap from it apears the majority of Muslims, on r/islam, do [support killing gay people]. to Islam is Evil. ? What about your interaction with those 15 or so users on r/islam indicated that every other Muslim, or at least a majority of them, felt similarly? | Islam is Evil. | 1 | 2016-09-01T21:36:55 | 198 | 17 | 11 |
I believe you are generalizing the response from the anti-PC crowd. I think we can list 4 different kinds of responses: 1. A positive reaction occurs - "Hey that's pretty funny! Catholics DO have generally more palatable views to the public than Evangelicals do." 2. The speech is ignored. - "I don't really think that's... | The reactions to the Clinton e-mails about Catholicism proves the anti-Political Correctness crowd is insincere about their goals | 1 | 2016-10-15T05:16:00 | 50 | 14 | 1 |
I think free speech is an important right and that allowing free speech is an important tool in guarding against totalitarianism. However I think we need to understand that free speech doesn't have a special place among rights, it's not more important than other rights. It is, at most, *as* important. I'm a firm believ... | Twitter was wrong to ban Milo Yiannopoulos after the Leslie Jones incident | 1 | 2016-07-20T19:10:06 | 636 | 112 | 5 |
whenever a company gets a new CEO, they implement a bunch of new goals, initiatives, metrics and plans they want to see accomplished. Reps would be the same way. Do you think major companies would be as efficient and successful if they had to fire the CEO, the board of directors, and all the senior managers every few y... | Representatives should be limited to only one term in office | 1 | 2016-06-29T06:30:34 | 27 | 6 | 124 |
The truth of this relies on people being dishonest in arguing their point or side of the story. While people being assholes is not a guaranteed constant, its pretty damn close. | "The truth is always/usually somewhere between the two sides" is a false and irresponsible generalization. | 0 | 2014-11-28T07:21:21 | 123 | 1 | null |
While there certainly may be some correlation, there is absolutely nothing that would prevent a person from holding the belief that a fetus has a right to life while also enjoying and promoting sex. Orthodox Jews are generally pro-life but have a sex positive attitude. While things like driving a car or doing work are ... | There's no such thing as a person who's both sex-positive and anti-abortion | 1 | 2014-04-25T04:41:59 | 64 | 2 | 51Δ |
This is a very interesting topic. And, to be true, though superficially I claim to be on the opposite side as yours, I think that my view is too short sighted. I know this is not how CMV works, but I would like to give you even more reasons for your opinion and some against it. Edit: and provide a (pseudo) solution :D ... | There should be limits to free speech | 1 | 2017-07-03T21:45:32 | 63 | 1 | 2 |
Reddit just hate minority's except the LGBT community. | Reddit is full of people who generalize entire groups of people based on sensationalized news | 0 | 2016-08-19T01:42:31 | 119 | 1 | null |
In 2013 6.5% of new cars had manual transmission, where do you expect people to find a car to learn on? Also forces you to understand more about how a car actually works, thus making you a better drive Knowing how a car works does not make you a better driver Furthermore, driving a manual forces the driver to be more... | People should learn how to drive a manual transmission (stickshift) car as part of earning their drivers license. | 0 | 2016-03-21T03:18:22 | 123 | 9 | 35 |
As someone who hasn't been anywhere near a relationship in a long time, this is kind of hypocritical, but here goes. The risk only exists *because* it is worth it. If ending a relationship left you feeling indifferent, and thus there was no risk, then there would be no reward for being in the relationship. The fact tha... | I believe that relationships are not worth the risk of them ending. | 0 | 2016-10-20T20:48:37 | 60 | 1 | null |
Does it similarly make sense for a person to be willing to die for a cause they believe in? That's essentially what assimilation is. In addition, do you think you have nothing to offer as an individual? Are you so worthless as a person as to be worth more in parts than as a whole person? I can't really understand why a... | I find assimilation into the Borg more enticing than membership in the Federation. CMV. | 1 | 2013-07-21T00:06:50 | 39 | 1 | 3 |
Recently citizens have been fighting for an income tax increase on the rich but I believe that should be applied to corporations not persons Some citizens not all citizens For example person A makes $35,000 a year where as person B makes $500,000 a year, while they make a substantial difference in income they are both ... | The US should increase the top marginal corporate tax rates and offer tax incentives for companies that keep the minimum wage of their employees over a certain amount | 0 | 2016-06-28T06:14:30 | 136 | 2 | null |
I personally was anti-abortion and was sex-positive for most of my teens through early-mid twenties. My stance on abortion has since changed, but I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have about my previous stance. Technically speaking this doesn't rebutt your argument since it applies only to the current sta... | There's no such thing as a person who's both sex-positive and anti-abortion | 1 | 2014-04-25T05:11:45 | 64 | 1 | 1 |
While I agree that low voter turnout could result in a Trump Presidency, I think it goes a bit far to say that any given absent voter "might as well count for Trump" because you simply can't generalize all non-voters like that. Especially in this election, where a lot of Republicans have been turned off by Trump's rhet... | An absent vote may as well count as a vote for Trump | 0 | 2016-10-11T20:23:04 | 42 | 6 | 99 |
You're arguing definitions, which means you aren't actually arguing. See; http://lesswrong.com/lw/np/disputing_definitions/ Relevant section; Albert: "The tree produces acoustic vibrations. By definition, that is a sound." Barry: "No one hears anything. By definition, that is not a sound." The argument starts shifting... | If a tree falls in a forest with no one around to hear it, it DOES make a sound. | 1 | 2016-05-11T19:20:13 | 51 | 1 | 14 |
As a gay man, I know many other gay men who are christian and many christians who are both observant and pro-gay. Their rationale is that the brief references to homosexuality being a sin are sandwiched between a bunch of other archaic rules which Jesus makes specific reference to as being invalid by the new covenant h... | I have nothing against Christians, I also have nothing against homosexuals. I think my ethical views are contradictory because of this. | 1 | 2016-06-23T16:56:27 | 73 | 3 | 1 |
Tough circumstances is a bit broad. Homeless fit largely into a few categories. 1. Temporarily homeless. Usually not for more than a few months. There's a loss of a job and then one is regained. People fall back on friends and family to get back on their feet in most circumstances. 2. Long term homeless. You're looking... | Laziness is not the main cause of homelessness in the U.S. | 1 | 2017-01-06T00:50:37 | 290 | 8 | 1 |
Here's something I can attest to as a guy who spent a good bit of his younger years in a private school. A lot of good teachers quit from the public schools due to red tape and excessive amounts of paperwork involved. These teachers, the ones of talked to (who are some of the best I've ever had) argue that they much pr... | I think that private schooling and homeschooling should be made illegal, and everyone be forced to attend public school. | 1 | 2015-08-24T19:10:55 | 148 | 5 | 1 |
I like the idea- it already exists in the real world, in fact- but I think that making it mandatory is a bad idea. For starters, financial barriers like this could be seen as a way to prevent people, especially the poor, from practicing their otherwise Constitutionally-guaranteed right to bear arms. Secondly, enforceme... | Gun owners in America should be required to insure their weapons | 1 | 2015-12-16T23:26:05 | 146 | 4 | 2 |
You're approaching this from the position that if there is no present loss of happiness, then there is no harm done. But--and I want to say this with as much respect and concern as I can--from a more deontological point of view, you've betrayed the trust of someone who really cared about you, which is immoral regardles... | If you cheat on your SO, and he/she never finds out about it and your behaviour doesn't change, there is no harm done. | 0 | 2015-07-05T06:44:19 | 114 | 1 | null |
The main downsides I see are losing the ones I love. Nobody else important to me wants to live forever right now so I would have to do it alone | I would want to live forever if I had one wish. I see no downsides to it. | 0 | 2016-09-12T01:24:05 | 95 | 2 | 2 |
I see from the thread that you've had your V C'd on what mostly appears to be the question of whether welfare programs are "worth the money" (for lack of a better summation of all the discussion). I didn't really see whether you CYV on the idea that people who are using welfare programs are "people who cannot handle mo... | Social programs are no substitute for a good financial education and throwing money at people who cannot handle money is a waste. | 0 | 2015-04-20T19:42:48 | 93 | 2 | 7 |
I am not convinced the wealthy will want to share. Why not you ask? Well, why should they? Corporations don't give a damn about their employees now (even though they need them), so when they dont need employees anymore, guess who's gonna get kicked to the curb? You'll get to a point where the government will step in an... | Automation will ultimately cause a dystopia | 1 | 2015-11-17T00:20:52 | 35 | 3 | 2 |
Thank you guys for all the excellent ethics argument-related comments. It's true; if a vegetarian commits themselves to buying only/mostly ethically raised dairy and eggs, they are making much more ethically aware food decisions than the average meat-eater (and by average meat-eater, I mean someone who eats mainstream ... | With the exception of a "I just don't like the taste of meat" argument, it is impossible to justify a non-vegan vegetarian lifestyle. | 0 | 2014-07-19T20:42:30 | 80 | 1 | null |
For several thousand years it has been the duty of clergy and religious institutions to formalize monogamous relationships into marriage, which is still the case in several countries. Only recently, with the advent of supra-religious states brought about by the French Revolution has it been made into a secular issue. L... | Marriage should not be a responsibility of the State | 0 | 2014-09-01T17:07:57 | 116 | 1 | 6 |
Let's start off with premise #1 Everything that is observable in the universe follows laws of nature. All laws of nature follow the universal law of causation, which states that everything in the universe has a cause and is thus an effect of that cause. This is backwards. The laws of nature are formulated to explain w... | It's impossible to believe in free will without also believing in the supernatural. | 0 | 2015-07-29T18:00:04 | 103 | -1 | null |
I will agree that TFA was not *great*. In fact, TFA is the 7th best Star Wars film. (meaning it holds the place for number last.) For anyone who would even think that this movie is better than the first 6 is absolutely and totally wrong! The original Trilogy (Episode 4, 5, and 6) had some of the best characters (Han So... | Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the 3rd best Star wars film. It's good but not great (spoilers a plenty for the whole series) | 0 | 2015-12-25T05:05:11 | 115 | -9 | null |
As a former Republican, now independent and Liberal, I would say that many republicans are not simply "bad". They just lack information and understanding of the issues affecting society and the most efficient ways to solve them. It's very easy to hear the basic ideology of the right and agree with it until you have hea... | I don't have any Republican friends, I don't want any Republican friends, and I don't see anything wrong with this. | 0 | 2017-06-01T00:46:59 | 118 | 0 | 14 |
Tax Evasion? Or do you consider the government to be an "individual"? | Any law that can be broken peacefully is not a law worth having. | 0 | 2014-04-24T23:03:48 | 114 | 6 | 1 |
I agree that the direct effects of global warming that you describe probably won't be a problem for developed countries. However, note that they are ALL big problems for developing nations that do not have the resources and infrastructure to handle them. And problems for all the developing countries translate into prob... | I'm not very concerned about the consequences of global warming | 0 | 2014-11-04T01:13:58 | 100 | 4 | null |
The major weakness of your case is that you've provided no possible means of subverting or cancelling elections. If that isn't done, a change as large as what was seen in this election (or even more extreme) would be the natural result of domestic suppression. Despite all the whining from the eventual winner, our elect... | The Trump administration has a clear path to an indefinite authoritarian rule | 1 | 2017-01-10T14:10:01 | 30 | 94 | 131 |
So, I am someone who was more or less surprised by what Wells Fargo has done. I understand the logical premise that if you're not actively solving a problem, you are probably at least in some small way contributing to the problem. But in this case, I don't know what I could have done differently. I'm an engineer; I'm ... | 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. | 1 | 2016-09-21T00:44:34 | 73 | 68 | 1 |
I hope I helped change your view. | It's a good idea to marry my best friend of two years, (dating for only 3 months), in order to save 195K pounds (301K US dollars) in tuition | 1 | 2015-09-14T13:16:47 | 55 | 1 | 28 |
the pee can only go one place IDK about other guys, but every time i've tried peeing sitting down, the pee has gone through the crack between the toilet seat and the toilet bowl and gotten all over my pants. EG. not the toilet bowl like you say. Might just be the way my dick hangs or something but thats why I never pee... | Peeing sitting down in the best way to do it, for both men or women, in a home setting. | 0 | 2016-12-02T09:59:56 | 39 | 2 | null |
Philosophy about how we should live has shaped how we deal with the real world for centuries. Science came from natural philosophy and what we count as science still relies upon standards set by philosophical thinking and arguments. I think it's unfair and a mistake to separate them and call philosophy useless when we ... | Philosophy as made by philosophers is unreliable for living life and for public policy, except as an artistic diversion. | 1 | 2017-05-13T23:40:58 | 137 | 5 | 81 |
There hasnt been a real secession movement since the civil war. My own state has rumors of a secession from itself. MI the upper and lower peninsula there is once in a while talk of them separating in the media. Often its a minority group though who also often has no real power to even start that kind of thing let alon... | The United States should split into than one country. | 0 | 2017-03-18T02:03:47 | 193 | 9 | 2 |
On a nationwide scale, decreasing population means available work While I don't have time to respond to everything, I just want to point out that you've committed the lump of labor fallacy. A decreasing population, in the long run, will not mean a lower unemployment rate or high incomes. | A shrinking population size is a good thing | 1 | 2015-07-23T19:38:32 | 68 | 13 | 3 |
Honestly, just watch [Last Week Tonight from this Sunday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnpO_RTSNmQ) to see how easy it is for Democrats to make "Drumpf" look stupid. 1. I don't think that's true at all. Most Sanders voters will vote for Hillary, Trump stands for too much stuff that they don't support. A lot of Sande... | Donald Trump would eviscerate Hillary Clinton in a general election | 0 | 2016-02-29T22:47:10 | 86 | 5 | 1 |
First off, 14% is fairly likely - 5% is usually used as the cutoff. Secondly, any other distribution would be even less likely. Thirdly, even if it was a quota, that doesn't preclude choosing based on ability. It's likely he had a large pool of qualified candidates with insignificant difference in ability between them... | Cmv: Statistically unlikely Trudeau optimized for ability in his cabinet | 0 | 2015-11-05T21:03:20 | 50 | 3 | 29 |
And the rangers just happen to realize that they were a deficient fighting force while there was a political push for women in combat roles? Any source for that claim? Well, first there's the fact that my sister has gone into combat with the Rangers and has told me first hand how receptive the combat units in Afghanist... | The physical requirements for Rangers should not be altered to accommodate women. | 1 | 2015-09-29T21:41:19 | 427 | -6 | 11 |
It has been estimated that over 90% of all music is lost to time or simply not being written down. He don't know what the greatest band of all time is because most bands never could record anything or even write down their music. As for mass distributing? Yes. But the best music? We can't know that | We are living in the best generation ever for music. | 0 | 2015-03-09T03:09:34 | 64 | 1 | 3 |
I understand that there are still many places left that have blatant racism, but for the most part, in modern society, it is more about how you treat people. People with white sounding names get more callbacks for interviews than African American sounding names according a study from [2003](http://www.nber.org/papers/w... | For the most part, in America, it is less about skin color/race and more about how you present yourself to society. | 1 | 2017-05-17T20:42:48 | 138 | 10 | 24 |
Hypothetically, even if we managed to reverse the scales and have men's issues brought up to the spotlight, all that would really do is switch the roles. Now women are languishing in misery until they put a bullet in the own skulls while men occasionally get the help they need. The situation hasn't been fixed, only rev... | Men's suffering is a necessity | 0 | 2017-04-19T08:34:37 | 81 | 1 | null |
First off, as per rule E of submission rules, you need to reply within 3 hours of posting the thread. I immediately disagree with the statement in your title. Where are your sources for the claim that most people that post are uneducated? I've seen some fascinating discussions here and some posts that couldn't have be... | Irony aside, most people that post in CMV are uneducated, and changing their view on one point won't solve this overall problem | 0 | 2015-01-07T02:34:03 | 69 | 1 | 12 |
Well, it seems to me if one is very concerned about life then one must be against abortion. I think we could improve on this statement a bit. One motivation for being vegetarian or vegan is that you are concerned with the rights of others, even when those others are non-human. The question then is "what rights do peop... | Vegetarians (and the like minded) are being hypocritical if they are Pro-Choice. CMV | 1 | 2013-04-13T19:10:26 | 55 | 12 | 127Δ |
Being coerced is one thing. That's not what the Nuremburg Defense is about. Those at the actual Nuremburg trials were not forced to be high officers in the Nazi regime. If someone were coerced into committing atrocities, *that* would be their defense, not the "Nuremburg Defense". The Nuremburg Defense is much more akin... | The Nuremberg defense isn't that bad | 0 | 2015-08-10T21:02:00 | 148 | 34 | 112 |
Your argument rests on the fact that the measure our representatives support are far too complicated to understand. However, if you look deeper at the bills, and do your own research, even these seemingly inexplicable bills aren't that hard to understand. Of course, everyone does have a bias, which makes doing that res... | The only people who really understand political decisions are educated economists and political scientists. The rest of us are voting on rhetorics and good looks. CMV | 0 | 2013-12-04T04:05:24 | 48 | 2 | 1 |
What's the point of creating busy work? That's a pointless goal. There are two reasons we have jobs. They allow for wealth creation and wealth distribution. As technology progresses, we find that we need fewer people to create wealth, but why should we stick to the model of employing people to distribute that wealth? W... | Jobs should be created to counter technological growth. | 1 | 2014-09-20T03:35:26 | 53 | 12 | 121Δ |
What sorts of marriages have you come into contact with? Are they from lots of different cultures and backgrounds, or from similar ones? Think about friendships - what is the point eh? The point is that they are fun, you get to enjoy another person's company and to share experiences. They might bring fresh new ideas to... | I don't see marriage or having children as anything but an end to my life as an individual. | 0 | 2015-02-03T16:25:03 | 92 | 8 | 6 |
This one depends on the person I would think. Personally, I hate cliffhangers. They're great for suspense, but nothing is more annoying for me than an ending an episode on a big cliffhanger. Not only do you have to wait a week to find out what happens, but depending on how big of a cliffhanger is is, you may get stuck... | Binge watching is not the best experience for watching television. | 0 | 2015-11-30T21:51:25 | 64 | 2 | null |
[From two days ago.](http://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1a23kl/cmv_i_dont_believe_man_are_able_to_be_raped_by/) I'm not calling it a repost, but you might find it a useful resource. Firstly, I want to know what you mean when you say you don't believe men can be raped by women, but that you *know* they can. I... | I don't believe men can be raped by women. CMV. | 1 | 2013-03-13T19:11:15 | 44 | 8 | 13 |
First of all I **strongly recommend** [this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8UlTygCYjo). But also, by "White man" I assume you mean people in first world countries. I don't see it as saving people, we're helping them. It's not like they're just sitting in the dust all day kicking rocks and waiting for charity. T... | I believe we should leave the poor parts of Africa to their own devices. CMV | 0 | 2014-03-22T03:09:40 | 87 | 1 | null |
If you don't think that's "rigged," in my opinion, you're either delusional, or the propaganda you call "news" has killed your ability to think critically. You're conveniently ignoring the fact that the generally accepted definition of "rigged" is not your definition. That is, if people believe something someone told t... | The election truly is "rigged" because of the media's collusion with the Clinton campaign. | 0 | 2016-10-23T19:44:30 | 95 | 16 | 3 |
You don't believe what for a second? Please give me something to work with with regards to what you're disagreeing with my comment, mach11, and simply dismissing things without giving any reason isn't productive to an exchange of views regardless the topic, and it shuts down any chance of changing one's view, which is ... | I think the decision to allow women to serve in frontline combat is dangerous, foolish, and made for the entirely wrong reasons. CMV. | 1 | 2013-06-29T23:22:42 | 188 | 1 | 1 |
I'm maybe the most stupid person by your define, I hate spoilers to my bones, so I'm taking a shot to change your view. ---SPOILERS FOR FIGHT CLUB AND HARRY POTTER BELOW--- . . . First of all, spoilers change your experience. I'm assuming you watched Fight Club, I did with knowing Norton and Pitt are actually the same ... | I believe people who complain about spoilers stupid [CMV] | 1 | 2013-10-01T14:49:43 | 25 | 4 | 1 |
I can tell you from personal experience that many states are much like, if not worse than NY. I grew up in upstate NY, spent 4 years in Southeast VA, and have now been in Seattle for 3ish years. Northern VA (basically greater DC) is a 100% different state than southern or western VA, ask anyone who lives in either ar... | The (US) state of New York should be split into two states. | 0 | 2014-07-16T10:14:50 | 99 | 6 | null |
Oh we got us a poll battle! :) Okay, so I'm actually very familiar with the Pew poll you reference and want to point out a few things: - Some pedantry: the question of stoning was asked only of those who supported Sharia Law. In the case of Malaysia, it's 60% of the 86% who support making Sharia Law the law of the land... | I don't want more Muslims in the United States | 1 | 2015-12-17T00:33:59 | 84 | 4 | 1 |
Discrimination isn't good for anybody - the people being discriminated against (for obvious reasons) and the people discriminating against them (because they are cutting out a large portion of the workforce for no good reason) Freedom shouldn't include freedom to discriminate, because it's a total negative for all invo... | An employer should be allowed to discriminate against anyone for any reason. | 0 | 2016-08-17T21:41:40 | 107 | 1 | null |
Blocking a cyberbully doesn't change the fact that they are there. That's the most painful thing about cyberbullying - it's not the very words, it's knowing somebody dislikes you enough to say them. And the bully will still be able to keep going. Just because I can't see it anymore doesn't mean (s)he's stopped, and I ... | I think that a simple solution to cyberbullying is blocking bullies or simply powering down the device. CMV | 0 | 2013-12-15T02:01:27 | 210 | 1 | null |
This arguments holds up for vegetarianism, but not vegan. Lots of animal products are produced with out causing suffering. My Unckle raises chickens. They are well cared for and happy animals. They are not suffering. Eating the eggs causes no suffering. It is similar for well tended milk cows and such. Consuming these ... | I'm a vegan. Change my view. | 1 | 2016-07-19T01:43:52 | 144 | 1 | 13 |
Is tumblr in action not satire? I thought those were all jokes? That's so scary if those people are serious. Do people really believe they are like werewolves? They need help. And what the fuck is cis? Sorry I'm derailing from the point of this sub. I completely believe it is all satire anyways and the fact that you'r... | I don't understand why so many people like /r/tumblrinaction | 0 | 2014-07-12T18:27:28 | 84 | 1 | 1 |
The media trying to "deflect the allegations against the DNc" would imply that anyone actually cares about those allegations. No one does, and there's no reason to at this point. It's simply not something that anyone is bringing up to be deflected. The election is done, and political scandals *traditionally* all die of... | There is no proof that the Russian government is behind the DNC hacks, and there is currently a deliberate propaganda effort by the mainstream media to make people think it is. | 1 | 2016-12-15T07:36:56 | 316 | 108 | 208 |
Where do you see this "default"? When people ask in an office if you'd like coffee, you usually get asked "How do you take it?" and you can reply "Black". You walk into a Starbucks and order exact what you want. You go to a grocery store and grab the bag of coffee you want... I've never had the assumption that I'll wan... | Coffee should be default to black, not cream and sugar. | 0 | 2015-02-02T15:43:41 | 64 | 5 | 23 |
You might agree that women are not the only identity group that have recently been successful at claiming victim status and its associated public attention. Even granting some of your premises (though I wouldn't say I fully understand where they come from), we might still be able to envision men-centred policy change c... | Men's suffering is a necessity | 1 | 2017-04-19T07:50:06 | 81 | 1 | 4 |
So to clarify, nothing is worth being concerned about unless it wipes out *all of humanity*? So to shift to alternative scenario, if Russia were to launch a global nuclear war tomorrow... that's fine.. nothing to worry about.. some pockets of humanity will probably survive. All I can say is, that your level of concern... | I don't believe we should be concerned about global warming. CMV. | 1 | 2013-04-24T20:58:11 | 89 | 5 | 1 |
Short answer -- evolution. It seems clear that an organism with a conception of a coherent self-experience would have an evolutionary advantage. I don't agree with your flavor of materialism, but this is a particularly bad move. It is not clear at all that having experience would confer evolutionary advantage. It is be... | Philosophical questions become trivial when dissected. CMV. | 0 | 2013-06-20T20:09:56 | 58 | 1 | null |
Wow, I'm glad you wrote this. The most widely respected source for scientific projections of future global warming is the UN's IPCC. Some people call the IPCC too conservative, others call it too alarmist, but nobody could seriously argue that the IPCC is *way* off in it's understanding of climate science. If you downl... | I think there's a good chance global warming will cause human extinction within the century. | 0 | 2014-07-28T19:13:00 | 41 | 1 | null |
since that very notion completely invalidates the gender of trans people and reduces us entirely to nothing Well yes, but this is just basically semantics for "gender identity". But yeah, that's what a self-identified label is. Gender isn't really special in this another one is "Christian" you're Christian essentially... | If you believe gender is determined by self identity alone, then you relegate gender to meaninglessness | 0 | 2017-06-04T23:16:47 | 102 | 3 | 5 |
Some Somali orphan whose parents were killed in civil war might say, that there is absolutely no reason whatsoever for western person to be unhappy. There is no drought, no famine, nobody is forcing children to kill other people with kalashnikovs, even homeless people have infinitely better life than great amount of So... | Fiction that portrays vampires as burdened is off-base. For the most part, being a vampire would be awesome. | 1 | 2015-04-10T17:48:53 | 93 | 1 | 4Δ |
In terms of identity politics, I'm white, male, and straight, and I'm also relatively wealthy. I'm a first generation immigrant and grew up poor though. I have a few friends but not many, and I have no "connections" of any sort that would give me any kind of social advantage. Close to typical for the reddit crowd I ima... | I should be a conservative | 0 | 2017-06-13T17:17:44 | 243 | 40 | 35 |
Late term abortions would likely satisfy the qualification of what you're taking about. These procedures don't happen unless there are serious reasons to even consider it. They also make up less than 5% of abortions that are performed. Most doctors and the medical community agree with you that late term abortions shou... | Abortion past viability is murder. | 0 | 2017-06-30T16:43:10 | 126 | 2 | null |
Sure, loopholes and errors are present in the Constitution, but they'll still be present even if you wrote a new one. The better question is how a new constitution would change anything, given that the current constitution doesn't regulate how business and America's economy functions. The constitution only regulates ho... | I believe America needs a new Constitution | 0 | 2015-09-19T23:27:20 | 51 | 1 | 5 |
What you're arguing is both absolutely true, and completely misses the entire point. Imagine you're the youngest child in a big family, and for whatever reason the family has a rule that people serve themselves in order of oldest to youngest. After waiting 5 minutes for your parents and 5 siblings to serve themselves, ... | All Lives Matter | 0 | 2017-04-15T21:56:11 | 67 | 7 | null |
Both the left and right have people that follow herd mentalities that follow the party lines, each group has that, and within them you find relatively few free thinkers. but that doesn't describe all people or groups within the left well at all, on the left you have many different groups that are having their own if fi... | The left has a herd mentality | 0 | 2016-05-26T12:33:55 | 41 | 3 | 3 |
The problem is that these definitions make your view entirely circular. You seem to define "alternative medicine" as medicine which hasn't been proven to work, and "useless" as things which haven't been proven to work. So you could restate the proposition as "I believe that useless medicines are useless." How could any... | I believe that "alternative medicines" and treatments are useless. CMV | 0 | 2014-01-12T22:56:20 | 62 | 1 | 11 |
I think that if your party really blows an election that the leader should step aside and let someone else have a chance at running the party. The leader just proved that he/she cannot win an election so its time for someone to take a shot. | Political party leaders resigning after a 'failure' in a national election is ultimate proof that they were only interested in power the whole time. | 0 | 2015-05-10T19:05:06 | 92 | 14 | null |
Being in the buyer's position of power is a privilege I understand that in the united states, where prostitution is mostly illegal, you could interpret the man's position as being one of power (even though what he's doing is illegal, too...), but that surely has no bearing on the prostitution as a concept, right? It's ... | Heterosexual sex work is incompatible with gender equality | 1 | 2014-09-13T02:31:40 | 55 | 2 | 1 |
How is it the best time to socialize? Children are assholes. Bullies exist after hs as well, but there isn't the same amount of empathy. Any minor flaw you have is going to be the one thing those kids focus on. As an outsider, it's much easier to find friends because adults aren't going to feel weird about hanging out ... | Life is meaningless in the modern world and as a result life ends after high school | 1 | 2017-06-14T13:28:33 | 100 | 2 | 4 |
These are very separate issues: (1) Ire at Russia interference in the election (2) Anger at the DNC and its leadership (3) Dealing with Clinton's electoral loss And I don't see where hypocrisy even enters into any of this discussion - are we re-litigating whether the DNC leadership was against Bernie? | The DNC, not Russia, is to blame for e-mail hacking and it's impact on the 2016 Elections. | 1 | 2016-12-18T22:05:25 | 500 | 8 | 27 |
I agree that nobody is being saved in most abortions. Honestly I am 100% against abortions...I personally do not think that people should chose to have them no matter what (except for life-threatening situations). However, I also believe that a woman has a right to control her body as she sees fit. Thus I am pro-choice... | I believe we should come up with an "abortion device" so ONLY the pregnant woman can terminate the pregnancy herself. CMV. | 1 | 2013-12-18T04:19:28 | 138 | 1 | 8 |
So let's take this point by point They do not train the player with any transferable or useful skills for the rest of life. Except when they do. Flight simulators are an easy example. Rocksmith helped me learn to play bass. Plenty of children's games are educational. They waste away the player's body. No more than a... | Videogames are always bad for humans overall | 0 | 2017-02-08T19:13:49 | 39 | 4 | 92 |
I won't argue against the fact that self driving car would be a new tool to watch over people. Car don't even need to be self driving to do that (having a GPS to locate your car in case it's stolen, having a computer memorise how your car was driven to make it sure the engine is not needing a repair, etc.) But how impo... | Self-driving cars are too likely to become a tool of mass surveillance, therefore their development should be stopped as soon as possible. | 0 | 2017-01-03T18:21:01 | 51 | 1 | null |
My thoughts were very similar to yours, but there were two points that may have changed my thoughts a bit. First, it helps to think of this new movie as a "soft reboot" of the Star Wars franchise. This was almost an origin story movie and was meant to soften the entrance into a (subtly) new universe for a new audience.... | The New Star Wars is a glossed up, fancy and lifeless UNORIGNAL CLONE | 0 | 2016-04-11T23:12:36 | 62 | 1 | null |
If I understand you correctly, your argument can be boiled down to 'We don't have a large enough data set to even guess at the probability of the formation of life, therefor we cannot determine the odds. Ergo the vastness of the universe has no inherent implication for the likelihood of life on other planets' If I have... | The vastness of space does not guarantee the existence of extraterrestrial life. | 0 | 2015-02-27T22:01:37 | 193 | 2 | null |
If the fact that it was a potential life was the reason vegans didn't eat eggs, then they would have no problem eating milk or other products that come from animals. The reason they don't is because of how the animals are farmed or the fact that they are farmed at all. It has nothing to do with the potential for life, ... | If you are a vegan, you have to be pro-life. | 0 | 2016-11-28T22:14:19 | 49 | 1 | null |
I think this is a very poor representation of the left and the right. You claim that capitalism has failed, but in reference to the free market you've also discussed, much like there's never been a fully socialist state, there's never been a fully capitalist/free-market state. A fully socialist and a capitalist state b... | having a "socialist" attitude is the optimal, rational, way for mankind to survive and thrive with no casualities | 0 | 2017-03-20T16:10:40 | 596 | 14 | null |
That's not what "Patriarchy" means or what feminism is about. You seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding about what feminism is. It's not about blaming men, it's about blaming society. Here's something my wife wrote that explains what the "patriarchy" is about: The patriarchy is a system that is propagated and enf... | I don't see the point of feminism in the West. CMV | 1 | 2013-11-13T07:05:08 | 104 | 7 | 2 |
Kudos on being open-minded enough to consider the alternatives and your fiancé's wishes; and congratulations on your upcoming marriage! There are some practical advantages to changing names. In my experience (my spouse did not take my last name), this has led to confusion with respect to our child when doctors, teacher... | I, as a man, don't want my fiancé to take my last name despite being HIS wish. Please CMV. | 1 | 2013-12-19T23:53:57 | 41 | 10 | 10 |
He was a terrible leader. To put it in the most literal terms: He turned Berlin from a city to a city of rubble by [1945](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vGZZEaJDAHQ/UyYHMuRPKdI/AAAAAAAAIz4/T_5qTukilxg/s1600/Berlin+in+1945.jpg) So let's break it down. Hitler managed to do this in an extremely short amount of time with a gro... | Hitler was a great leader. | 0 | 2015-10-21T02:47:22 | 29 | 1 | null |
Humans will go extinct in the long run. No matter how long it takes, the heat death of the universe is inevitable. Secondly, who's to say the richest 1000 people don't build a shelter in space and exterminate the population, leaving them enough resources to last until they eventually abandon the depleted earth. Techno... | The only way humans don't go extinct in the long run is if we convert to socialism | 0 | 2016-07-28T01:45:45 | 136 | 1 | null |
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