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Maybe. Though not the U.S., of course.

Okay, Canada should be more like the U.K., with the possible exception of the case of the comedian who went to jail for teaching his dog to do a Nazi ...

The U.K. is a member of the U.N. We're a founding member. So you must be cherry picking, instead of giving a full picture. Hate speech is obviously an...

Okay, so Canada should be more like the U.K. :up:

Yes, you're absolutely right. It irritates me when people do that. Do you think that they think that they're being clever or inventive?

I can't take you seriously at all, either, because you say things like this: And this: And this: And this:

I agree with Boris. I'd rather him dead in a ditch than seek an extension from Brussels.

I have to admit, the cover of The Sun (Corbyn-chicken) is hilarious.

Only when it is ceded in excess. I don't believe that restrictions on hate speech are an excessive restriction on the freedom of expression. It's too ...

I'm not insulting you, I'm just given you honest criticism about your expressed thoughts, and apparently you don't like that. You're actually the one ...

I wholeheartedly agree.

It's not normative. It's obviously just the default. That's why it makes sense to say that a cat isn't a giraffe. If you interpret it that way, then y...

That's implicit in saying that this or that interpretation is right or wrong. Your earlier interpretation was wrong. It's true to say that it's a fact...

No, exceptions include explaining how language works.

You're expressing your thoughts and so am I. That's what we do here. It goes without saying. And my thoughts are that your thoughts on this topic are ...

It's irrelevant when it commits the fallacy of appealing to the masses and not otherwise. The exceptions have been explained to you. As far as I'm awa...

So I haven't said otherwise. At least not without qualification. It's not irrelevant, it's just ineffectual against people who block out reason.

In cases where the crowd is right, like the case under discussion regarding hate speech, why wouldn't I go along with them? I'd be a fool not to. Your...

I'm a moral relativist in ethics. I'd say that there are correct judgements relative to whatever, whether that be a consensus, an individual, whatever...

I don't know about you, but I want to be understood, and you seem to be deliberately and childishly putting obstacles in the way just to make a point.

Yes, there are. Surely you're capable of figuring out the appropriate context in which it is true to say that there's a right interpretation. Try hard...

Yes there are. That's absurd.

It is if you interpret it right.

That's the problem, then. It's a problem to do with your poor judgement. You're like the 1 + 1 = 3 guy. Not only are you wrong, you're overconfident a...

We don't speak Terrapinese, only you do. In ordinary language, it is true to say that there are facts about whether something is a benefit. You're jus...

So, if you were the 1 + 1 = 3 guy, you wouldn't care, so long as, in your assessment, you're meeting your own goals?

A mental gym? Well, it isn't working. If I went to a maths forum claiming that 1 + 1 = 3, and I was reasonable, then my view would change to 1 + 1 = 2...

The conclusion that it's not a fact that such-and-such is a benefit is unacceptable, so you're making your own reduction to the absurd there. The obvi...

The purpose of pointing out that your opinion won't matter? Well, why do you bother to come here? Just to do the equivalent of declaring that you thin...

We don't have a burden to constantly satisfy your unreasonable doubts and denials. Why should we care what car-giraffe guy thinks?

It just means that you'll disagree, while the rest of us agree, and your disagreement won't really matter in the bigger picture, just like car-giraffe...

Yeah, if that's what he meant. People speak that way all of the time. People call a "car" what's generally considered to be a car, as in that metal th...

You know that you could interpret that statement more charitably, right? There are facts about what's generally considered a benefit. That's what he m...

Oh god. Who let him in?

Well, yeah, it will say "may" because it's not a sure thing. Would you expect it to be any different? And yeah, as the analysis states, it isn't easy ...

Just doing a little research.

I'm not the least bit interested in what you have to say on the matter.

I can't put a number to it, and I don't need to. I'm not going to guess. All that matters is that measures are in place to prevent potential terrorist...

No. Too many people try to be novel and poetic, but it just doesn't work. It might be boring, but examples of workable descriptions are the ones that ...

Sounds like you have too much of a conscience.

Yes, otherwise it's just a redundant label, and it would fail to distinguish theism from atheism. That I believe that the universe exists does not imp...

This I would classify as the worst kind of response to the question. Vague, unconventional, subjective, arbitrary, renders theism indistinguishable fr...

It's probably a pipe dream, especially here of all places. But you might get some or even general agreement on some key aspects. It'll have to be acce...

That sounds boring. I think I'd rather you were mean every once in a while. That would then make you human. I prefer humans to empty shells with prist...

What counts as an acceptable risk would include risks that are out of our control, risks that are too impractical to act upon, risks which are conside...

Poking fun at someone can be mean. I never suggested that it always is, and I never suggested that it's the same as being mean. It's just one form amo...

Yeah, that'd be a great analogy, if slavery and the average life were even remotely alike. The rest of your post is just more of the usual deliberatel...

It had some great moments, like the rare clapping across the opposition benches in response to an MP calling for an apology for Boris's remarks about ...

Jeremy Corbyn had a strong showing in PMQ's, I thought.

It can be, yeah, so long as you don't go overboard. There's a difference between, say, poking fun at someone and stabbing them in the liver.