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I might be interested in the real thing, but I have no interest in purchasing a pale imitation. You don't strike me as a con artist; more like a Jehov...

I see what you did there, but it makes no sense.

My god, it's so silly that I have to explain the difference between present tense and future tense. You really should know the difference already. To ...

More of an Aristotelian, here. Although, could always play devil's advocate. So, there's a toothbrush, and an ideal form of a toothbrush, and the form...

I've learnt a lot from that video. Thanks. The next time someone's nice to me, I'll kick 'em and say "boom", because they must be an undercover gay.

You may have died of suffocation, all covered in mud, but at least you'd have been virtuous. Or would you have been? No. :D

Don't hold your breath. :D I will at least read what you've said and think it over. At some point. When I feel like it.

@"Agustino" "throws mud*

And I know that you didn't just make it up, and that it's not without precedent, but it's also hardly a standard or commonplace interpretation. I for ...

Well, it's a bit hard to judge when you haven't actually spelled out what you mean or given any examples. Even grown guys seek a sort of affection fro...

My thinking in that regard is closer to someone like Hume, who said things like "Reason is the slave of the passions", "Morals excite passions, and pr...

I thought that that might be your tactic: to define "gay" or "sexual" loosely - so loosely that people might understandably find your usage odd or ina...

I doubt it would be much of an investigation, and I doubt it'd boil down to rationality. I suspect that it would rather be a debate over preexisting b...

This is a Shoutbox. It's not part of the philosophy section. Philosophy here is optional, and the same standard doesn't apply. :)

I love how you start out talking about nothing gay whatsoever, and then you just throw it in there at the end as if it's an inevitability! :D Nothing ...

Well, I don't think that ALMOST all of them are idiots, either. But that doesn't mean that their judgement in the very specific respect that we're dis...

No, not all of them. And I'm not arguing against restraint, I'm arguing against restraint that I consider to be excessive - and I'm not just arguing a...

It's not a video. The link above the video. Watch the video too, though. :D

Did you miss that link I posted earlier? There's loads of evidence out there. Do your own research into the mistreatment or oppression of women throug...

Yes, they have implications, both social and moral. That was my point from the beginning. Their implications are objectionable.

Capitalising the word "or" won't make your interpretation more plausible. :D No, I haven't forgot about them. I intentionally chose one which, today, ...

Expectation alone doesn't suffice when we're talking about morality. We're not just talking about sociology. There has to be more than that. It's abou...

No, I don't think that he was using the two terms interchangeably. I think that he knows full well the difference between a trait and a virtue, and th...

They're more than expectations. There's a normative element to it. There's a big difference between expecting a woman to act a certain way and thinkin...

See, this speaks for itself. Is this an example of the kind of reasoning I'd be up against? :)

Ah, I see, you have to add that qualification. Well, now that you've done so, your accusation loses much relevance. Many perfectly acceptable things w...

No, not contra Sapientia. I didn't say that it was a virtue, so that isn't contrary to what I've said. Again, you're not arguing against me here, you'...

How do you know whether or not I have an argument of the sort that you expect? Just because I haven't presented one? And yes, I've chosen to draw atte...

I completely agree. I was only criticising the notion of gender roles, e.g. the role of the woman is to stay at home and cook, clean, look after the k...

I'm not uninterested in argument in general. I just don't care enough to rigorously argue against your claptrap. Forgive me for wishing to spend my ti...

How does the answer to that question explain why your use of "gay" is acceptable? Can you skip to that part, please? Because it fails to distinguish b...

Explain how you think the context can salvage your comment. However you try to wriggle out of it, to not be interested in women, and to instead be int...

It doesn't seem that way to me regarding each and every one of those traits enough to make that generalisation. Independence, for example. I can think...

That isn't gay in any sense of the word.

Yes, there is a teeny, weeny, little, minute, insignificant grain of truth amongst all the claptrap. It's evident that conquest isn't valued as widely...

Right... so, the fact that modern Western society generally no longer accepts certain traditional conceptions of 'male virtue', has rendered modern me...

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en-GB&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=mistreatment+of+women+in+history+&gbv=2&oq=mistreatment+of+women+in+history+&gs_l=heirlo...

Wow. Please excuse me while I pick my jaw up off floor. Did he really just say that? Why do people (typically Americans) say it that way? It's like sa...

Yay! Arkady's back. Or at least was back five days ago. I've been guilty of this for a long time, and have only recently realised. And I'm from Englan...

Yes, but the way things seem to you clearly cannot be relied upon if an accurate reflection is sought after. If I want some feedback, I'll seek it els...

Are you two high? Or is it just that you can't grasp the logic of what I said? Because noting that we can both talk about a hypothetical someone witho...

Oh really? Thanks for pointing that out yet again. You should keep on repeating these comments ad nauseam, rather than actually address my points. Oh ...

Heroin.

No, because it's such a waste of time and energy. Now, come away from that screen and eat your dinner.

Oh no! We're now 7th. :o

See? This is why it's not all about birth, and why your earlier dismissal of my comment on that basis was unjustified. The alternative sentiment is al...

Cheerleader.

Horror video games are like horror films, but can be better in various ways. For example, they're usually longer and more intense. Soma, Outlast, Cond...

Instrumentality means nothing other than a means to an end. Anything other than that is what you're reading into it.

Ha. I was like that when I first bought my headset, and am still often like that now, at least when playing with strangers. When playing with stranger...