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t3_181jmd | Here's what I would change about American gun regulations. CMV | Stipulated: improving the way we regulate guns is not the only way to reduce the frequency at which we're violently killing each other. But it is a way.
Let me also say that I'm reasonably sure that something needs to change about the way the 2nd Amendment is viewed. I'm less sure about exactly what should be done. Her... | 650 | 2013-02-07T03:18:24 | 9 | 30 | Interestingly enough, they did exactly this in the U.K. about thirty or so years ago. It all seems logical and practical and like it should work. Then they decided that legally, ownership was satisfied if you could own something at all. So handguns were turned in in huge numbers and you were allowed to keep rifles and ... | 3,745 | 828 | 6 | 0.8019 | I agree that SOMETHING needs to be done.
However, what you suggest is not a "Win / Win" scenario, nor is it a compromise, it is a blatant retraction of the Second Amendment Rights (and if someone can vote to take it away, is it truly a "Right?") There seems to be no "Give" on the "Anti-Gun" side of the equation, just ... | 1,446 | 335 | 2 | 0.7088 | 0.104895 |
t3_189t2t | I don't understand what people find wrong with bestiality. CMV. | First, some context: I was having a discussion with a friend about homosexuals, he, being a very religious guy, was adamant that though homosexuality is real, and he could be best friend's with a homosexual, at the end of the day, there's a moral code that should be followed, where it should just be a man and a woman. ... | 263 | 2013-02-10T23:08:57 | 18 | 62 | tl;dr: Nobody is arguing for the right to marry (or have sex with) animals. It's a red herring, and it might be at least as interesting to explore your differences about morality before getting into the weeds on sexual politics.
I think this argument frequently arises from those who are stridently opposed to homosexual... | 1,682 | 343 | 8 | 0.6642 | Principally it is because an animal can't consent. Yes, they can take the initiative in a sexual act or they can choose not to kick you in the balls/run away. That does not mean they consent. Much like you can make a child do what you want by manipulating it. It's still not consent and you are using a creature for your... | 1,171 | 257 | 1 | 0.5858 | 0.077626 |
t3_189t2t | I don't understand what people find wrong with bestiality. CMV. | First, some context: I was having a discussion with a friend about homosexuals, he, being a very religious guy, was adamant that though homosexuality is real, and he could be best friend's with a homosexual, at the end of the day, there's a moral code that should be followed, where it should just be a man and a woman. ... | 263 | 2013-02-10T23:08:57 | 18 | 62 | There are three main arguments against bestiality, and I'm going to list them below in order from most reasonable (in my opinion) to least reasonable:
Bestiality is inherently harmful to the animal since the animal cannot give consent, and it can sometimes be harmful to the human as well. The first half of this argumen... | 4,447 | 916 | 4 | 0.7294 | Principally it is because an animal can't consent. Yes, they can take the initiative in a sexual act or they can choose not to kick you in the balls/run away. That does not mean they consent. Much like you can make a child do what you want by manipulating it. It's still not consent and you are using a creature for your... | 1,171 | 257 | 1 | 0.5858 | 0.095238 |
t3_18dj9h | I believe there are no valid arguments for eating meat, other than "I like the taste" - CMV | I'm a vegetarian, and have been all my life, so I'm well aware i might not have chosen to be if my parents hadn't brought me up that way. I'm fairly sure of my beliefs that eating meat is wrong for various reason including animal welfare, environmental impact and inefficiency/inhumanity of the process, but I'm also not... | 168 | 2013-02-12T13:24:36 | 53 | 383 | While I would agree that it is just as possible for a vegetarian diet to be healthy for most people, there are some that are physically required to eat meat. I have a friend that has an admittedly rare issue with anemia. While most anemics are able to take iron pills or consume plants that are rich in iron, her body do... | 495 | 104 | 2 | 0.5197 | I completely agree that many if not most of the processes by which we treat our animals for meat is inhumane. However, there is nothing inhumane about eating animals, simply look to biology for that, all animals eat different animals for various nutritional reasons.
If you're staying healthy than being a vegetarian I b... | 958 | 204 | 2 | 0.6204 | 0.10101 |
t3_18fnmc | I get internally furious whenever girls/guys in a relationship (including my girlfriend) comment on the attractiveness of anybody else, especially celebrities, simply because I think it's wrong for a significant other to think about that sort of thing. CMV. | I can probably think of where this all comes from, but I feel so justified whenever I get angry. I just want to stop associating watching movies with constant thoughts of "I hope she isn't staring at his abs" or something. | 48 | 2013-02-13T07:43:06 | 7 | 33 | Let me pose you a question: Do you simply accept as your significant other the most attractive person you can find? If you were with someone for a long time, then a more physically attractive person came along, would you just discard them because the next person is more physically attractive?
For almost all of us, the ... | 936 | 184 | 10 | 0.3185 | my boyfriend and i are actually pretty open about who else we find attractive. it's not like we/either of us outright, frequently state "oh she's hot!" or "mmm look at him". but we have talked about other people (i think mostly just celebrities) we find attractive. i think it's a healthy thing to be this open with your... | 1,529 | 334 | 1 | 0.3626 | 0.117188 |
t3_18fnmc | I get internally furious whenever girls/guys in a relationship (including my girlfriend) comment on the attractiveness of anybody else, especially celebrities, simply because I think it's wrong for a significant other to think about that sort of thing. CMV. | I can probably think of where this all comes from, but I feel so justified whenever I get angry. I just want to stop associating watching movies with constant thoughts of "I hope she isn't staring at his abs" or something. | 48 | 2013-02-13T07:43:06 | 7 | 33 | Here's how I look at it. Just because you're in a relationship doesn't mean you suddenly stop finding anything besides your SO aesthetically pleasing. We are built to appreciate beauty, whether it's in the form of a sunset or a brightly colored bird or an attractive person. You're not going to become blind to all that ... | 1,641 | 356 | 2 | 0.426 | Man, I feel you. I used to be kinda the same way (still am, to an extent)... Like you and other commenters have said, it's probably rooted at least somewhat in your own self esteem issues, so it would probably help you significantly to address those with the help of your gf if you feel.comfortable talking to her about ... | 2,637 | 550 | 3 | 0.474 | 0.150685 |
t3_18n2uc | I believe those who want power shouldn't have it. CMV. | In my opinion, the people who would be the best in power are those who don't want it, and those who do want it shouldn't have it.
People who don't want it: This reflects on their character and suggests they believe everyone should be equal.
People who do want it: They are hungry for the power alone, and just wish to be... | 92 | 2013-02-16T15:56:12 | 12 | 14 | What you are referring to is called adverse selection- the people who you want to do business with you are the exact kind of people you don't want to do it with. Some people make convincing arguments that randomly selecting a president would lead to better policy than the current systems.
My only counter is that it rea... | 742 | 145 | 6 | 0.6389 | What if you want power as a means to an end? What if you do "believe everyone should be equal" and you think our government and society are doing the wrong things to make that happen? How would you change it but to become more powerful yourself and change people's minds and the government's policies? | 301 | 63 | 2 | 0.585 | 0.15625 |
t3_18n2uc | I believe those who want power shouldn't have it. CMV. | In my opinion, the people who would be the best in power are those who don't want it, and those who do want it shouldn't have it.
People who don't want it: This reflects on their character and suggests they believe everyone should be equal.
People who do want it: They are hungry for the power alone, and just wish to be... | 92 | 2013-02-16T15:56:12 | 12 | 14 | The person in power needs to have at least some motivation to do what their office requires. I am currently a part of a committee in which no one wants to be the "head" who calls meetings, makes agendas, etc. Someone reluctantly stepped into the role and agreed to be head of the committee for a year, and guess what? No... | 1,536 | 334 | 3 | 0.5831 | I've worked with a lot of other powerful people, at local, national, and international levels. If there's one thing I've learned from observing those kinds of people, it is that wielding power is a difficult job that not everyone are made for.
No, I think the meek would be real shitty leaders. While the same things mak... | 1,305 | 270 | 2 | 0.6071 | 0.09816 |
t3_18nf32 | I do not love my parents. CMV | I have caring parents. They supported me for a long time. But when I look at them objectively, they are average human beings. I am 25, and at this stage in my life, they add little value to my life. Why should I keep up with them just because they invested in me? The past is a sunk cost.
This extends beyond just parent... | 123 | 2013-02-16T19:18:14 | 15 | 24 | Unfortunately there may come a point, were your life will get fucked up. Maybe it's an accident, maybe something else. Maybe financial problems, or a psychosis, everything is possible. Who will stay with you, support you, when they get nothing in return? Even if you have really good friends it would surprise me. Probab... | 974 | 211 | 7 | 0.5867 | I kinda have the same problem, I guess. But like Doctor_Candy said; it's probably a stage in your life and you may get over it soon. You may not, I don't know. Your views and decisions on life, relationships and most things are more likely based on them (Unless you somehow changed yourself to the point where aren't lik... | 551 | 127 | 2 | 0.4585 | 0.119565 |
t3_19avin | I believe that intelligent design (not necessarily the six-day creation as Christians believe), but the idea that the universe did not happen by accident, is a valid theory, and should be taught alongside evolution. CMV | * I am not what you would consider a Christian. I believe that there is a God of some kind, and he created the universe, but beyond that, I don't know. I do not agree with most things involving the Christian religion, especially their bigotry, but I do agree with more than a few things in the Bible. The issues I have a... | 434 | 2013-02-27T02:39:30 | 23 | 97 | * We have lots of evidence that shows how the Earth was created. None of it points to being created by another being of supreme intelligence. Refer to the Watchmaker Analogy.
* There is no evidence at all that a Supreme Being exists. We have Hubble Telescopes, and electron microscopes and particle accelerators, and sti... | 724 | 168 | 11 | 0.5068 | What's the song lyric "Isn't it strange that we're anything at all?" I find it just as preposterous that we would not have existed as much as the fact that we do.
I also don't see order in the universe, I see chaos. I see random mutations that managed to be passed on at random.
Evolution, in my humble opinion, has been... | 330 | 79 | 1 | 0.4763 | 0.216495 |
t3_19n9ak | I think most atheists are better people than most religious people. CMV | I know a lot of nice guys, both atheists and christians. However i found that most atheists think a lot about morals and therefore are often better people. Many people how are religious never realy thought about morals. Also many just follow the moral code "because god wants us to". | 58 | 2013-03-04T16:55:58 | 24 | 58 | Ironically, you're thinking about this in a stereotypically Christian way instead of a stereotypically atheist way.
You believe that most religious people act a certain way because that matches up with how you want the world to be. That's more or less what blind faith is. If you really had a science-based viewpoint, yo... | 959 | 193 | 53 | 0.5981 | I submit that knowledge of morality (and the tendency to act in moral ways) is an innate human characteristic, and that the only difference between atheists and Christians for purposes of this discussion is a disagreement about where morality actually comes from. Many Christians may say that their morality comes from G... | 569 | 104 | 2 | 0.6594 | 0.097826 |
t3_19sqh6 | I see no logical reason to spend more money on a Mac opposed to a PC unless a college class requires one. CMV. | When I hear that someone bought a Mac all I think is "Cool, you spent more money for something that does less than a PC." I see no benefit from owning a Mac over a PC.
*edit: I could make this less broad by saying that I see no reason to by a prebuilt Mac over a prebuilt HP. | 69 | 2013-03-06T20:54:13 | 35 | 52 | You're not the sort of person a Mac is targeted at. I finally figured this out: Macs are computers for people who don't like computers (and graphic designers).
If you run a *nix box, you love tinkering with stuff. If you run Windows, you're happy to change some settings, learn about your computer, download the extras t... | 1,326 | 302 | 62 | 0.6459 | I remember when we were shopping for my wife's computer in fall 2011, the employee at Best Buy showed us an email he'd gotten from his supervisor about failure rates for laptop's made by different companies. I remember that Asus was the highest PC on the list, but I can't remember if mac was on the list or if he just t... | 967 | 221 | 1 | 0.5988 | 0.104895 |
t3_19umvm | I don't understand why many Americans deify their founding fathers, and I feel as though I'm missing something obvious. CMV. | The founders were obviously ahead of their time in many ways, and I think that they should be admired, but I don't understand why what the founders would have wanted (with regard to modern policy and government) should be considered. For reference, I am Canadian. | 53 | 2013-03-07T16:15:57 | 21 | 46 | Gonna attempt the simple answer.
Really don't know if this is going to help or change your mind, but here it goes. Maybe the reason is that we glorify our Founding Fathers the same way many cultures glorify their roots. It's a simple story that establishes us as a people, which we all can find common ground in. Think o... | 573 | 133 | 15 | 0.4225 | Can't really change your mind, most of it is pure propaganda. (#2 in the article).
So the obvious thing is that we were all told that our "Founding Fathers" of the State were the "smartest people alive," so that it can be beaten into our little minds during school never to question the type of government that we have, ... | 811 | 178 | 1 | 0.5115 | 0.1 |
t3_19x40l | I think the saying "A good key can open many locks, but a shit lock is opened by many keys" has some truth to it. CMV. | "A good key can open many locks, but a shit lock is opened by many keys"
For those who haven't heard this before, it means its okay for a man to get lots of woman, but shameful if a woman gets many men.
I'm not sure why, but I feel there is truth in this message. A man and a woman have different hormones, different soc... | 168 | 2013-03-08T16:52:59 | 1 | 25 | I see it like this, it's a bit weird but, here goes:
The lock and the key aren't really referring to vagina/penis. What they refer to is the chaser and the chased.
What I mean is this, the lock is guarding something, it's always there, and you know there's something good behind it, but you don't know what. It could be ... | 836 | 195 | 21 | 0.638 | Isn't the saying "A good lock is opened by one key, but a good key opens more than one lock"?
ANYWAY, more importantly, the "is a woman a slut for sleeping around question/should we applaud men for being player?" question. Basically, I want you to ask yourself two questions: What's wrong with a woman having sex with mu... | 626 | 142 | 1 | 0.685 | 0.153846 |
t3_1a823k | I don't believe men can be raped by women. CMV. | In the sidebar it says "for people who have an opinion on something but accept that they may be wrong or want help changing their mind". Well, I definitely know I'm wrong and that's why I'm here. This post is going to sound terrible and I really want to apologise if I'm offending anyone. I'm trying to change my view he... | 502 | 2013-03-13T16:45:10 | 41 | 44 | From two days ago.
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 don't understand what it is you're trying to convey. Do you just want to know how it's possible?
Rape, as... | 4,157 | 948 | 8 | 0.7842 | I hate to sound like a jerk but um...do you actually know what rape is?
Rape is any time that one person, through force or coercion, engages in sexual activity with someone that did not specifically of their own free will and of sound mind consent. Pain has nothing to do with it. Pleasure has nothing to do with it. It'... | 2,397 | 533 | 37 | 0.7441 | 0.201149 |
t3_1are2i | I think pirating movies/TV shows/music/software is theft and should continue to be illegal. CMV. | People made the product - how else will they get money back from making the product? From a financial staindpoint, what's the point of making entertainment if it's not going to make revenue? Who will want to do it, yet people still demand it, just free? | 56 | 2013-03-21T22:05:24 | 10 | 29 | The record/movie/entertainment media business has a serious problem. The fact is that they used to sell something that was tied to a physical product. A vhs tape, DVD, etc. Much of their money came from selling these things. But the landscape has changed dramatically. Now their content is available anywhere by anyone.
... | 2,356 | 471 | 2 | 0.552 | The question here is "Does piracy cost replace sales?"
The answer is apparently no. Using modern methods it's normally easier to get something legally via digital download than it is to pirate it. So, why should I waste my time? Most of the things that people pirate are things that they wouldn't buy anyways and if they... | 1,251 | 256 | 21 | 0.4318 | 0.093897 |
t3_1are2i | I think pirating movies/TV shows/music/software is theft and should continue to be illegal. CMV. | People made the product - how else will they get money back from making the product? From a financial staindpoint, what's the point of making entertainment if it's not going to make revenue? Who will want to do it, yet people still demand it, just free? | 56 | 2013-03-21T22:05:24 | 10 | 29 | I am going to disagree with half of your statement and agree with half of your statement.
Piracy is not and can not be theft. Theft requires depriving someone of realized goods or money. Piracy does not deprive the copyright holder of goods. Piracy does not deprive the copyright holder of realized monetary gain. The ha... | 2,713 | 522 | 17 | 0.3747 | The question here is "Does piracy cost replace sales?"
The answer is apparently no. Using modern methods it's normally easier to get something legally via digital download than it is to pirate it. So, why should I waste my time? Most of the things that people pirate are things that they wouldn't buy anyways and if they... | 1,251 | 256 | 21 | 0.4318 | 0.08547 |
t3_1b0gcx | I think that couples that do not have kids are selfish, CMV | To me, it just seems that if they have all the resources in the world, it is kinda selfish to not utilize them on children | 27 | 2013-03-26T01:06:22 | 9 | 13 | What if you don't have the resources to support a child? What if you know any child you have would have a high likelihood of carrying a genetic disease present in you and/or your partner? Is it selfish not to want to bring a child into the world knowing they would only face hardship?
What if you just never wanted kids?... | 713 | 152 | 20 | 0.5618 | Having children only creates more people to demand resources. If you desire to see a couple with significant resources do good for the world, the best option would be to use those resources on kids without the need to bring more into the world. If a couple is certain that they have the resources, time, capability, and ... | 666 | 122 | 2 | 0.6586 | 0.164179 |
t3_1b532g | I oppose feminism, and I don't think women are equal to men. CMV. | Feminists believe women are the same as men, except for some slight biological differences in the genitals. They don't merely want equal rights for women, they also want women to be treated the same as men socially and culturally.
I think this is bogus.
Feminism grew big between the 60s and the 80s, when people strongl... | 384 | 2013-03-27T22:53:41 | 70 | 121 | I read the title and thought "this should be easy". Then I read the body and thought, "well that was reasonable". I think the weak point of your argument is what feminists want. There are so many types of feminism, and two in particular are not interested in creating a unisex world. These are individualist/libertarian ... | 788 | 158 | 16 | 0.637 | I think feminism is not so much about pretending that men and women are alike in every way. It's more about fighting the idea that the differences make men superior to women, and fighting the fact that women get treated as inferior people because of that.
The last sentence in your post seems to sum up the disparity bet... | 776 | 164 | 3 | 0.6513 | 0.087379 |
t3_1b757j | I don't believe wearing a seat-belt in a privately owned vehicle should be enforced by law, CMV | I obviously have a bit of a libertarian streak. Also, it's worth noting that I wear a seatbelt 100% of the time I am in a car, and always have.
That out of the way, I feel that forcing people to engage in an activity which at face value only serves to protect them from themselves is overstepping reasonable government r... | 204 | 2013-03-28T20:24:23 | 29 | 33 | It's not just personal safety, though. It's also other people's liability.
Say you don't wear your seatbelt. What if another car accidentally hits your car from behind. If wearing a seatbelt, you would have survived, but instead you hit the windshield and, with the harsh impact, die. Instead of a smaller insurance issu... | 483 | 105 | 51 | 0.6146 | I also don't think it should be enforced by law, but I think it should be enforced by insurance premiums.
If you don't wear your seat-belt, it increases the likelihood that you'll get seriously injured in a car crash. Therefore, insurance companies should be able to charge more for people who don't wear there seatbelts... | 686 | 145 | 3 | 0.6596 | 0.171429 |
t3_1bc54q | I hold a deterministic view on life CMV | After thinking about it over and over again, I'm convinced that life is deterministic. My chemical composure along with every bit of influence that has ever acted upon me predetermine everything I do. Any decision I make is the result of the infinite variables acting upon me at any one instance and the infinite amount ... | 102 | 2013-03-31T02:19:07 | 54 | 200 | One thing to consider is that free will and determinism are not the same thing. I agree that it seems unlikely that free will exists for the reasons you said, but I don't believe it's possible to determine the future due to quantum uncertainty.
Basically, I believe that things happen on the quantum level in an non-dete... | 395 | 79 | 1 | 0.6153 | Determinism can't be true if you look at quantum physics, but this still says nothing about free will. If you want to be convinced that determinism is wrong read some books about the quantum world, if you want to have free will I can't help | 240 | 52 | -1 | 0.5359 | 0.125 |
t3_1bc7uw | I don't believe that "cop killers" are any worse than regular killers. CMV | I live in the United States, and I believe that people who murder police officers are not any worse than regular murderers. Sure, they are both scumbags, but equally. The general media makes people who kill police officers off as way worse people. I don't think that's the case, so, CMV. | 65 | 2013-03-31T03:01:34 | 131 | 143 | The reason for this is not that police officers have a greater value (if they do is not the question here) the reason is that police officers are more likely to to be killed. For example, if a criminal is being apprehended by the police, if he thinks that it would be possible to escape by killing the officer making the... | 492 | 102 | 31 | 0.5201 | The reason the justice system elevates peace officers, and therefore the media imitates this notion, is because there would be an open season. Open season for cop killers. What incentive do criminals have for not murdering a police officer when they receive the same punishment when killing a regular person? We have to ... | 358 | 67 | -1 | 0.5408 | 0.152174 |
t3_1bc8lk | I don't believe depression is a real illness. | I think that if a person wants to change enough, they can be less depressed. While it may be true some people have lower seratonin levels which causes a proclivity to depression, to some extent being sad becomes a cycle that could be broken. | 51 | 2013-03-31T03:13:33 | 73 | 134 | I am currently experiencing unmedicated depression.
I have not been awake for more than a 90 minute period today. I have an exam in a subject I love on Monday, but studying for even a few minutes instantly results in a wave of crushing fatigue. I cry every time I wake up, both because I can't bear the thought of moving... | 4,511 | 1,025 | 208 | 0.4512 | Well, I mean, I was you two years ago, before a crushing battle with depression which I ultimately lost completely, as per my previous definition of winning and losing vs mental illness.
I am a previously healthy person who maintained a 4.0 through five semesters of school. Over the three semesters following that, I go... | 4,966 | 1,052 | 5 | 0.4661 | 0.13347 |
t3_1bcaat | I can't stand flamboyant gay people. CMV | I am perfectly fine with gay people, and want them to have equal marriage rights. However, I really, really dislike gay culture. That is, rainbow colors and talking with lisps. Walking around in leathers and acting like a girl. It irritates me and I feel that it is damaging to gay people as a whole. Convince me that th... | 90 | 2013-03-31T03:40:50 | 61 | 59 | Don't attach rainbows and lisps with gays. These attributes aren't exclusive to gays. A lot of gays are nothing like that. A gay person acting like a fool should disgust you no more than a straight person acting like a fool. They are both fools. A straight man walking around in leather, acting like a girl, talking with... | 963 | 216 | 52 | 0.6706 | It depends which component of it annoys you.
Are you annoyed by the perceived attention-seeking component of the behavior or is it the fact that they're not "acting like real men" according to you ?
And when you say "acting like a girl", are you talking about acting like a stereotypical drama queen teenager girl scream... | 665 | 135 | 1 | 0.579 | 0.152941 |
t3_1bggat | I don't think its a good idea to treat illnesses that are genetic because we are increasing their rate in the human population CMV | By treating people with heart problems are we not just allowing them to make more babies who will then have heart problems? I realize that as a doctor it is your obligation to treat the patient and it would be absolutely unacceptable to let them die on this premise, but in this situation it seems like the human populat... | 169 | 2013-04-01T21:14:14 | 80 | 45 | If we can (relatively) cheaply manage or cure a genetic disorder in a person, how can we deny them the chance at a better life (or even life, period) on the basis that their future descendants will suffer from the same affliction, which by all estimates will be as easy or easier to cure by the time they are born. At th... | 884 | 197 | 45 | 0.5839 | Genetic variation is important, it is the fuel for evolution that makes species robust. Human species is still lacking variation thanks to population bottlenecks and almost going extinct.
The patient you are about to kill may hold mutation that would allow our species to survive in the future.
Thanks to sex and genetic... | 1,869 | 400 | 1 | 0.5247 | 0.098485 |
t3_1bitj0 | I think that fraternities and sororities are wastes of time and are full of partiers. CMV | I'm excluding some professional frats that focus on people of a specific major/career goal. The social frats tell me that they do some good things but I have yet to see any evidence of it. Everyone I know who has joined a social frat has developed a serious drinking habit.
I feel bad about feeling this way because I tr... | 79 | 2013-04-02T16:17:00 | 52 | 65 | I struggled with (and still do, to some extent) buying into this stereotype. I couldn't possibly see the appeal of frat life other than for drinking, partying, and sexing.
When my best friend rushed his freshman year I was astonished. He wasn't the frat "type" by any stretch of the imagination. We were (and still are) ... | 2,163 | 486 | 48 | 0.6675 | Story of a guy who joined a frat, then decided to leave.
My freshman year of college, I rushed a fraternity. It was something I never thought I would do. Here is the sequence of events that led me to do it:
First, as a freshman looking for the college experience, I went to a couple of their parties. I am not a big drin... | 5,073 | 1,135 | 0 | 0.5907 | 0.194888 |
t3_1bljky | I don't see how being drunk and in "promiscuous" clothing, doesn't increase the chance of rape | I am talking about woman and the "slut walk"
but if woman wanted to decrease the chances of being raped, not getting black out drunk and acting promiscuous would at least lower the chances of a rapist thinking he could just go and rape her.
I'm not saying they deserve it no one deserve to get raped, but If i walked in ... | 332 | 2013-04-03T17:07:59 | 35 | 72 | Let's say it does.
Drinking raises your chances of being raped, considering the high percentage of rapes which involve intoxication or doctoring of intoxicating drinks. Should people stop drinking in order to reduce their chances of being raped? If someone gets raped, is it their fault because they drink?
The conclusio... | 685 | 133 | 3 | 0.6486 | There are a couple things wrong with the way this is worded, as well as how rape is discussed in general.
* Women do not "get raped." Men rape women. Phrasing it the other way implies that the woman is partially at fault, when in actuality it is a man's responsibility to not be a terrible human being and take advantag... | 1,820 | 389 | 2 | 0.7009 | 0.092199 |
t3_1bodtx | I don't think it's wrong for a girl to be slutty and promiscuous provided that she practises safe sex and birth control. CMV | I don't see why women that have lots of sex (usually not with the same person) are looked down upon. Sex is something that all enjoy and that can be simply practiced for pleasure.
As long as she or her partner use a condom,and she isn't cheating / sleeping with a person already in a relationship, I really don't see ... | 75 | 2013-04-04T18:33:54 | 95 | 167 | A problem is that use of a condom is risk management, it doesn't remove risk. All the risks that are present without condoms are still present with them, just to a lesser extent. So, promiscuity is a potential health hazard, even with safe sex.
Additionally, it's easy to wind up with different goals with sex partners, ... | 1,338 | 268 | 9 | 0.6072 | When you think about the roles sex plays in our society, it's usually like this: girls fuck to get close to someone; guys just fuck to fuck. So when a guy says "I've fucked 7 or 8 girls before," that's just what it means. But when a girl says "I've fucked 7 or 8 guys before," she's seen as trying to fall in love with a... | 786 | 189 | 1 | 0.525 | 0.083916 |
t3_1brihl | I absolutely despise atheist organizations that attempt to remove public religious symbols. CMV | For me, it's a simple cost-benefit analysis:
-Arguably upholding the constitution (letter of the law which no one really cares about, and doesn't affect any individual's rights or group's rights)
-They manage to severely piss off, alienate, unify, and reinforce religious people against them
-They give atheists a bad na... | 216 | 2013-04-05T22:39:31 | 14 | 70 | A benefit you're missing: (Or, alternately, a cost to having the religious symbols): The symbols placed there/supported by gov't are alienating those that don't share those beliefs, especially if the gov't says "yes, religion X can have its symbols there, but not religion Y, and definitely none for atheists"
A school t... | 662 | 157 | 1 | 0.7039 | Public religious symbols can mislead religious people, who have the ability to influence public policy, about the separation of church and state. Many times I've heard the argument that this is a Christian nation, and that it was founded on Christian values to push policies that violate this separation.
Also, if you ca... | 485 | 91 | 5 | 0.684 | 0.093333 |
t3_1buffw | I don't think that any social drinking (alcohol) is justifiable. CMV | I am unaware of any positive effects of drinking alcohol even as a social lubricant. At various levels of intoxication, it lowers inhibition, reaction time, focus, vision, and decision-making capability. I put more emphasis on the last one listed, decision-making, since the lack of judgement due to alcohol is what caus... | 109 | 2013-04-07T08:53:24 | 28 | 49 | The fundamental flaw with your reasoning is that you assume that an action has to be justified. Do I also have to justify my love of pepperoni pizza? How about my coffee in the morning? Do I have to justify buying a BMW because, "I find it baffling that anyone would consciously choose to ~~drink alcohol~~ buy a BMW for... | 1,178 | 260 | 88 | 0.5457 | For the simple reason that many people find the effects of alcohol enjoyable. That in no way means you personally should drink. But the fact that you don't enjoy it is not enough of a reason to deny it to anyone else. | 217 | 46 | 2 | 0.5231 | 0.130952 |
t3_1bxgut | I think private schools should be abolished. CMV. | I live in the UK and would prefer a British perspective on this, if possible - I'm not familiar with the details of the US education system.
My problem with private, fee-charging schools is that they help to sustain inequality. As they charge fees they have more money per pupil, which should mean that the quality of th... | 188 | 2013-04-08T17:34:07 | 44 | 80 | Not all private school pupils are from rich families. I'm well aware I've been lucky in life; my parents are not rich, but they're not poor either. My Mum went back to work to pay our tuition fees (about 1.5k per term - low by comparison to most private schools) and we did without the big yearly holidays other people h... | 2,362 | 486 | 8 | 0.7623 | Are you saying a step up for society would be to abolish those better schools, meaning everyone's left getting the same (which you've admitted is worse) public education?
If a parent wants to spend money investing in their child's future, you would stop them from doing this because it challenges the ideal meritocracy? ... | 577 | 114 | 1 | 0.6594 | 0.122905 |
t3_1bxgut | I think private schools should be abolished. CMV. | I live in the UK and would prefer a British perspective on this, if possible - I'm not familiar with the details of the US education system.
My problem with private, fee-charging schools is that they help to sustain inequality. As they charge fees they have more money per pupil, which should mean that the quality of th... | 188 | 2013-04-08T17:34:07 | 44 | 80 | Assuming in the UK pupils are assigned to schools based on where they live, and the funding of the school depends on the tax income of an area, this still perpetuates inequality. Schools in poor neighborhoods will remain poor.
This is generally true. Parents would not pay for a worse educational experience for their ch... | 1,123 | 218 | 6 | 0.7703 | Are you saying a step up for society would be to abolish those better schools, meaning everyone's left getting the same (which you've admitted is worse) public education?
If a parent wants to spend money investing in their child's future, you would stop them from doing this because it challenges the ideal meritocracy? ... | 577 | 114 | 1 | 0.6594 | 0.243902 |
t3_1bxgut | I think private schools should be abolished. CMV. | I live in the UK and would prefer a British perspective on this, if possible - I'm not familiar with the details of the US education system.
My problem with private, fee-charging schools is that they help to sustain inequality. As they charge fees they have more money per pupil, which should mean that the quality of th... | 188 | 2013-04-08T17:34:07 | 44 | 80 | Hi, this is my first answer to a CMV post so I hope I can be of some use. There are actually a great many things I would like to point out, so I'm sorry for the incoming wall of text.
1) You claim that private schools are bad because they disproportionately aid the rich. However, I think you would agree that they do no... | 4,506 | 918 | 3 | 0.6608 | Do you also believe that private microwaves, cell phones, food, cars should also be abolished, since they all cost money and richer people get better ones, thus increasing inequality?
Private schools are actually different from the above because they have more financial aid that public schools, so they actually allow s... | 1,125 | 225 | 71 | 0.6835 | 0.162264 |
t3_1c3zls | I have no problem with homosexuality or bisexuality, but I think anything beyond that is just a desperate cry for attention. CMV | Like I said in the title, I have no problem with gays, lesbians, or bisexuals. However, I get increasingly frustrated with terms like "transgender," "pansexual," "genderqueer" and things like that. acronym gets longer and longer every time I read it. I think my frustration comes from misunderstanding, but so far, no on... | 168 | 2013-04-11T02:49:56 | 56 | 77 | In order to understand transgender people, you need to understand why it occurs.
In the womb, sex differentiation as well as brain differentiation occurs. Sex differentiation leads to either a male or female body (usually. About 1% of the time it's something in between. This is called intersex). Brain differentiation l... | 2,607 | 569 | 14 | 0.5146 | First off, human sexuality is a vastly understudied science. There's a lot we still don't know and are still learning about. There's three main sub-fields to human sexuality: biological/anatomical, psychological/behavioral, and socio/anthropological. Each are immensely understudied, and it's reflected in the culture as... | 6,539 | 1,379 | 2 | 0.5206 | 0.12848 |
t3_1c9lan | I believe people should not be allowed to bring babies in a movie theater except if it's a special "everybody can bring their babies" showing/theater. CMV | People pay a lot of money ($30+ for two tickets and a pop to share for me and the wife) to have a bit of an escape from day-to-day life for a few hours. The experience is is enjoyable when someone so much as texts or talks during the movie...it is a downright miserable experience if someone brings their baby and it eit... | 269 | 2013-04-13T12:43:59 | 288 | 133 | When my twins were a week and a half old we took them along with us and our older two kids to see Cars 2. They each fussed for about a second when it was feeding time, but then we gave them their bottles and they shut up, ate and slept through the movie. When the movie was done the people that we were near said to us t... | 806 | 180 | 7 | 0.7359 | So this is the real problem. The part about babies is a red herring - if anyone is being disruptive, they should leave the theater. You don't need any sort of ban beyond that. Annoying people who talk through movies don't need a special ban. Slightly older kids that still throw tantrums don't need a ban. Everyone just ... | 972 | 217 | 86 | 0.7404 | 0.19469 |
t3_1c9rnm | Vegetarians (and the like minded) are being hypocritical if they are Pro-Choice. CMV | People are going to think I'm Vegan/Vegetarian bashing. This is just an outgrowth from another thread.
It has come to my attention that vegetarians (and like minded eaters) do so to protect life, the life of an animal (not clearly defined as per the honey thread).
Well, it seems to me if one is very concerned about lif... | 298 | 2013-04-13T15:09:03 | 12 | 55 | 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 people and animals have?"
You could then argue that people and animals have the right to bodily a... | 1,166 | 249 | 12 | 0.6612 | As many others have mentioned, pro-choice != pro-abortion. I'm pro-choice because my grandmother was an OBGYN nurse who helped deliver high-risk pregnancies. She also saw many, many DIY abortions gone wrong, which can result in two deaths. I'm pro-choice because I value a woman's life more than a potential life and I w... | 935 | 203 | 5 | 0.6825 | 0.133858 |
t3_1cbyg8 | I think that Northerners are smarter and more educated than Southerners (in the United States). CMV. | The reasons why I believe this are that the great majority of creationists and religious fundamentalists are from the South, and many of the horribly stupid politicians that we've seen over the past ten or so years have been propped up by their Southern supporters. Racism and homophobia also seem to be much more promin... | 177 | 2013-04-14T16:45:34 | 44 | 103 | I see two "flaws" with your argument, and would like to ask one clarifying question.
You're making the assumption that all creationists and fundamentalists are dumb. If that's the claim you want to make, then that's fine, but I could also argue that, if you like. I will grant you that there are a lot of religious peopl... | 3,274 | 733 | 64 | 0.7382 | Hey I can help here. I've lived and worked in the South/Midwest and the Northeast, as an adult, for 3+ years each. (Texas/Northern Florida + Maryland/DC). I feel like this puts me in a unique position to give some insight here.
There is a culture in a lot of the South and the Midwest that leads people to believe in the... | 1,127 | 234 | 5 | 0.7096 | 0.132813 |
t3_1cbyg8 | I think that Northerners are smarter and more educated than Southerners (in the United States). CMV. | The reasons why I believe this are that the great majority of creationists and religious fundamentalists are from the South, and many of the horribly stupid politicians that we've seen over the past ten or so years have been propped up by their Southern supporters. Racism and homophobia also seem to be much more promin... | 177 | 2013-04-14T16:45:34 | 44 | 103 | You ever beamed a Nutria with a .22? That in and of itself is pretty hard, but you ever killed one with a .22? Do you then know how to dress and clean a nutria so that it can be food?
Can you service a tractor? do you know whats wrong with a diesel engine simply based on its sound? Do you know how fucking hard dynamite... | 2,067 | 477 | 5 | 0.5409 | Hey I can help here. I've lived and worked in the South/Midwest and the Northeast, as an adult, for 3+ years each. (Texas/Northern Florida + Maryland/DC). I feel like this puts me in a unique position to give some insight here.
There is a culture in a lot of the South and the Midwest that leads people to believe in the... | 1,127 | 234 | 5 | 0.7096 | 0.103286 |
t3_1cbyg8 | I think that Northerners are smarter and more educated than Southerners (in the United States). CMV. | The reasons why I believe this are that the great majority of creationists and religious fundamentalists are from the South, and many of the horribly stupid politicians that we've seen over the past ten or so years have been propped up by their Southern supporters. Racism and homophobia also seem to be much more promin... | 177 | 2013-04-14T16:45:34 | 44 | 103 | I think a flaw in your argument is that you are presuming that 'Southerners' are voting for Republican candidates solely due to the moral/religious aspect of the party while not taking into consideration the economic ramifications. Despite the stereotypes of poor rural southerners they do not all simply vote based on s... | 4,715 | 953 | 6 | 0.5935 | Yeah, we're much more progressive socially overall, better educated, and less godly on average. Most of the republicans here are intelligent and have good rationales, and maybe even are more libertarians (liberal on social issues) sometimes. I honestly can't disagree with you, I can't really change your view besides po... | 1,335 | 275 | 2 | 0.5896 | 0.096419 |
t3_1cc8uk | I believe all victimless crimes, including prostitution and drug use should be legalized. CMV | First let me lay down some examples of victimless crimes
* individual purchase and consumption of recreational drugs (provided one does not hurt anyone else due to the effects)
* prostitution and/or soliciting for prostitution
public nudity or fornication (providing there are no witnesses that have not consented)
* the... | 369 | 2013-04-14T19:11:41 | 360 | 253 | Not wearing your seatbelt does not just impact you.
If you're the driver I can immediately think of a couple ways in which you not wearing your seatbelt impacts a lot of other people:
- If you lose control of your car, through no fault of your own or otherwise, you're going to have a much better chance of mitigating th... | 1,094 | 230 | 1 | 0.3187 | The major issue I always have with these arguments are that you may think "victimless crimes" are always self-inflicted but they generally harm everyone else indirectly (and sometimes directly). They are to protect yourself (and others) from yourself.
I am a meth addict. I decide I want to do meth all day and I am not ... | 1,623 | 366 | 11 | 0.6038 | 0.094118 |
t3_1cdk1m | I am sexist, CMV. | Physically, intellectually, and any other category of life I believe in general men are superior. I do recognize that there are very talented women in the world, some far better than men, but if you put the best man in a field against the best female in the same field I believe the male will dominate every time, no mat... | 296 | 2013-04-15T06:46:20 | 38 | 115 | Everyone else is doing the statistics stuff, so I'll address this:
I could very easily say something like, "I have found men are rude and creepy, while women I have interacted with are far more interesting to have conversations with.
Do you know why? Because I can talk to women like we're both people, whereas men try t... | 796 | 173 | 23 | 0.5899 | I'm going to be frank about this. Most people IN GENERAL are dull, petty, and to be frank, uninteresting and unintelligent. However, your biases for some issues make you place those as of greater importance on them.
(Although this might seem stereotypical) For instance, a violence loving guy talking about the war in th... | 914 | 183 | 4 | 0.6305 | 0.147541 |
t3_1cfa2w | I think that research into wind and solar energy sources are a waste of time. Nuclear power is the only way to go. CMV. | My mother has worked in the nuclear industry my entire life. My step-father has worked in the nuclear industry for nearly four decades. Knowing the capabilities of nuclear power and the fact that it provides the greatest amount of power per unit tells me that it's more valuable than any other energy source. The media i... | 260 | 2013-04-15T23:34:50 | 28 | 39 | First of all, with this kind of background you probably have a significant confirmation bias towards nuclear energy. If we are going to change your view, you have to try and consider all information you have about both nuclear and solar energy objectively.
What it tells me is that research into nuclear energy has turne... | 3,769 | 776 | 22 | 0.75 | The biggest problem with nuclear is that it simply isn't cost effective. In the 50's it was billed as too cheap to meter. Nuclear power plants went up across the West at a startling rate, but new plants stopped being constructed almost entirely during the 70's because nuclear power is just too expensive.
The interestin... | 3,775 | 716 | 9 | 0.7604 | 0.144638 |
t3_1cgjcl | I think any pictures of someone using or possessing a illegal substance (or minors in places like bars) posted to social media should be admissible as proof for them to be arrested. CMV | Any picture posted to social media (FB/Twitter/Instagram, etc.) that depicts someone using an illegal substance or showing a minor possessing alcohol or inside of a bar with drinks in their hands should be grounds for arrest. I constantly see people posting pictures showing off their weed and high school kids inside ve... | 84 | 2013-04-16T13:24:06 | 15 | 53 | It's likely not possible to prove a substance is what the picture alleges it to be. Also consider the power of photoshop.
The amount of time and resources needed to police the internet, and ensure the pictures truly are what the allege to be, makes the idea somewhere between infeasible and impossible.
So, as my point t... | 416 | 87 | 2 | 0.3975 | I do believe it is admissible proof currently. However, a proof's admissibility does not make it also conclusive. There are multiple ways of tampering with such pictures, as well as multiple ways to reinterpret the picture as not showing any illegal act.
The presumption of innocence is strong on this one; one would hav... | 631 | 132 | 1 | 0.4555 | 0.071429 |
t3_1cgo5k | I feel that people who feel sympathy towards disaster victims are phonies, and they don't feel real pity for them -- CMV | I feel that people who feel "sympathy" towards disaster victims are fake as hell. You're telling me you feel sadness for people you literally have no idea about and aren't acquainted with at all? The accepted social norm is for everyone to present some sort of "pity" towards victims of disasters. "What's that kid going... | 303 | 2013-04-16T14:42:52 | 100 | 67 | Empathy is real, and it's incredibly important in humans. That's why people who do not feel empathy, namely psychopaths, are such aberrations. It's also why people who fall on the autistic spectrum have such difficulties in day to day life.
As social creatures, being able to conceptualize the mental state of someone el... | 1,487 | 307 | 29 | 0.6524 | Sympathy isn't always based on logic. You can be happy watching a good news story even if it doesn't have some meaningful physical effect on your life. Same thing with feeling a little bit of pain over a disaster. Something tragic happens, and the warm/fuzzy part of my brain goes "dammit". No, it doesn't have a prolon... | 642 | 143 | 1 | 0.6542 | 0.102941 |
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