Jeez Louise. Yes, I think that you've taken it the wrong way. It clearly wasn't the most diplomatic statement, nor I suspect was it intended to be. It...
Ironically, in both cases, it has lead to further discussion on those subjects. There is a meta-ethical discussion about what sorts of things can be r...
Seems like a bit of a false dichotomy. No, it's certainly not a democracy. Neither was the old forum, nor most forums, to my knowledge. You shouldn't ...
The two different senses can certainly be linked, can correlate, and even perhaps be conflated by some people in some cases... but most people, I thin...
No, it's not that black-and-white. There can be a combination of the two, and varying degrees of each. For example, I take responsibility for some of ...
It was implied. That was the point of your discussion, was it not? You titled it as "By many definitions of 'racism' it is not a bad thing'. But more ...
Okay, perhaps not that guy. :D I wasn't even aware of that guy. I had in mind the candidates from the two main political parties. I won't be voting fo...
That isn't true. All of the candidates that entered the contest have the capacity to be a leader. Hilary Clinton has plenty of experience and easily f...
We've only just put up the guidelines, which includes the following part, which you obviously read: You then decided to submit the following comment: ...
So you think that ignorance is always excusable under those circumstances? I don't. I think that some people should know better. There are at least so...
Why can't it be about both? If beliefs play no part in your conception of morality, then all the worse for your conception of morality. It's not a cat...
That is what I was hinting at when I said that it is clear enough. It is clear enough to separate the wheat from the chaff. (Even if the wheat is stil...
It's not impossible, but as clearly stated, these are general guidelines. They're clear enough, in my opinion, and it sends the right message: homopho...
Agreed. Everything is god, death is an illusion, capital punishment, time goes backwards, the law of Conservation of Energy, torture is wrong, mathema...
I got to play with a barn owl yesterday. It was like playing with my cat. I love triggering that predatory response by imitating the movement of their...
I think that you are getting way ahead of yourself, and that you should go right back to the beginning of your dissertation and slowly piece together ...
I was going to mention what Michael said about a dedicated armed response unit. But my other point was that arming cops with tasers is also not withou...
Atheism is the disbelief in the existence of any god or gods. You seem to be against other things which might or might not correlate with atheism in m...
I know, but you've said other things which fit that description. In this discussion, for example, you imply that you want to return to a time before a...
The word "reactionary" primarily denotes views critical of modernity and progressivism and favours a return to the status quo ante. It is also a word ...
Are you being serious? Comparing your sort of conservatism to more extreme sorts doesn't make your sort any less reactionary. You do realise that in t...
Madness. He's like a mini-Trump at times, with his agreement with the ridiculous claim that Obama is the founder of ISIS and references to "Crooked Hi...
Yep, wrong interpretation. I could have been clearer, and you could have asked for clarification before making that assumption. Next time I'll use two...
Blimey. You could've just said "objective". You're describing its primary function or purpose, and unusually calling it a story or meaning. It sounds ...
You question whether meaning exists, yet you also seem to acknowledge that meaning exists. And even if you refuse to acknowledge its existence, you'd ...
No, I barely read your response. I only glanced over the discussion between you two. I only copied you into my reply because I thought you might find ...
Everything comes at a price. If this is achieved by a reduction of the state, then that can have detrimental consequences. But the devil is in the det...
@"darthbarracuda" @"TheWillowOfDarkness" This aspirin analogy is hilariously inappropriate. Aspirin is used to treat headaches. We'll still be alive a...
Too late in the sense that there is already a multi-sided armed conflict going on in Syria, and international military interventions have already take...
Thanks for reiterating it in a way which is easier for me to grasp. Perhaps I overlooked it in your last post. Yes, it certainly is a bloody mess. And...
You might find this hard to believe, but you yourself can be irritating at times, as well as irritable, it would seem. Sometimes it doesn't take much ...
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