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I like the idea of a full time notifier. The problem with notices is that everything is electronic these days and we get hundreds of filings and plead...
August 25, 2022 at 14:41
I don't agree with this. You're not immoral just because you're factually wrong. Morality is judged largely, but not entirely, upon intent. So, if you...
August 25, 2022 at 14:35
A question for you guys: So a lawyer here in my office missed a hearing, claiming never to have received the notice from the court. His instinct was t...
August 25, 2022 at 13:38
Well I can say that if asked to name another Finnish PM, or actually Finnish legislator, or actually Finnish woman, or actually Finnish person other t...
August 25, 2022 at 12:33
Discriminating on the basis of race is a moral wrong that results in greater harm to some races more than others. Was that so difficult to say without...
August 25, 2022 at 01:34
Maybe for some I guess. I work around enough people involved in politics that I have no greater expectations of them than anyone else, and they have n...
August 25, 2022 at 00:32
As if you're not in love too.
August 24, 2022 at 21:09
The three most difficult things to say: I'm sorry I love you Worcestershire sauce
August 24, 2022 at 19:51
As if being the PM of Finland is such a pinnacle of success that losing that position will mean ruin. She's now an international celebrity, who will n...
August 24, 2022 at 19:47
Nice
August 23, 2022 at 22:34
I know little about drug treatments, so I guess I'd do whatever it is that I do when I'm asked to do something I don't know how to do, which is fairly...
August 23, 2022 at 20:56
My two cents: I think the issue here is a bit over-intellectualized. That Marin danced with her friends means nothing to me, either in terms of it pro...
August 23, 2022 at 13:29
Have been thinking about this, and just now got around to answering... I changed jobs, but it applies to everything. It's that feeling of hollow succe...
August 23, 2022 at 03:52
Well yeah, it would be a bit prying to ask the question, but you needn't conduct interviews to explore the question. You can just ask yourself what it...
August 23, 2022 at 03:18
Stupidest question of all time finally gets asked: https://www.yahoo.com/news/squatting-more-154212532.html
August 23, 2022 at 02:52
No, that's exactly what I am saying. That it is screamingly obvious to you that she acted inappropriately doesn't have any persuasive power over my op...
August 23, 2022 at 02:46
I said clearly that her behavior is fine. That's what I think. I also agree with @"Benkei"'s comments that if you do believe her behavior is substanda...
August 23, 2022 at 02:16
That's a strawman. I didn't say she should get a pass because Trump is worse. I pretty clearly said her actions were fine under any standard. She seem...
August 23, 2022 at 02:03
The real crime is European music. It's just flashing lights and electronic beats that take place in discotheques, which is a word that hasn't been sai...
August 23, 2022 at 01:55
I disagree because I don't see anything negative about dancing and singing and I see no reason to take a drug test because I don't see anything negati...
August 23, 2022 at 01:46
I think that politicians should walk stiffly upright, always look serious so that we know that our troubles are always on their minds, wear clothes th...
August 22, 2022 at 21:27
I am aware of the peculiarities of Judaism, but I think that has more to do with prescriptive, legalistic definitions more than what we're talking abo...
August 22, 2022 at 18:23
So I've thought way too fucking much about this, and this is what I've landed on. Your comments resort to a mysticism that I'm not fully able to decip...
August 22, 2022 at 14:03
The issue is complex because it both demands recognition of traditional gender roles and rejects them at the same time. A classic liberal perspective ...
August 21, 2022 at 01:57
I get your carefully crafted example where you had an internal unexpressed feeling that revealed itself after the fact through behavior, with the beha...
August 21, 2022 at 01:33
I'm not going to argue the position I don't hold, but I think the general sentiment of the opposition isn't anger or a desire for physical interferenc...
August 21, 2022 at 01:10
What you describe as not having occurred in your particular case does happen though. That is, I realize my emotional, spiritual, recreational, occupat...
August 20, 2022 at 18:53
I get that, but what makes you a fan? Fanhood isn't immutable. From point A to Point B, what causes you to change into a fan?
August 20, 2022 at 17:41
And now I question whether you're actually a fan. Something makes you a fan. Your love of the team, your undying commitment to your land, the exciteme...
August 20, 2022 at 16:33
Animal examples have applicability as analogies, but not as direct examples. A male goat could act (as evaluated by humans) in a female way, resulting...
August 20, 2022 at 15:16
I get that language is an expression of intent and not an actual tangible mental state. Language is a behavioral manifestation of belief. You tell me ...
August 20, 2022 at 14:53
Then part of your identity links to your appearance. If not, why the discomfort?
August 20, 2022 at 14:30
But this presumes a common objective, which as you've presented it, is the promotion of fairness. Not a bad objective, but not a necessary one. Commun...
August 20, 2022 at 13:43
I didn't read what @"Michael"said that way. I read him as denying any discernable definition of gender other than generally thinking himself a man, of...
August 20, 2022 at 13:03
It's up to the community to use a term and from there its meaning can be derived from those seeking definitions. Community Right defines woman based u...
August 20, 2022 at 01:43
I get that animal sociology is less complex than human sociology, but it is accurate to relate animal behavior to their social function. I would also ...
August 19, 2022 at 18:37
Why can't there be sociological functions assignable to biological sex within a non-human animal? Billy goat behavior is different from nanny goat beh...
August 19, 2022 at 17:43
Title 9 is a well known law, arising often in the context of college athletics, which is obviously a very large US interest. For many years men domina...
August 19, 2022 at 14:05
Yes. For the Australian counterpart, see: https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/legal/legislation We even have laws against murder and rape, despite the...
August 19, 2022 at 13:53
No doubt complaints arise from those quarters, where the objections are simply that they don't want a status quo disrupted, but an equal argument is m...
August 19, 2022 at 13:03
In short, because you would be eliminating CIS women from the sports marketplace. Those measurements you reference do correlate generally to biologica...
August 19, 2022 at 12:41
Sure, it's a broad based theory that requires some tinkering, but I'm not in agreement that the power of speech and its special status can only be tra...
August 19, 2022 at 01:43
No, now I see my initial assumption of the bad faith basis of your question was correct. You weren't confused, and I regret attempting to clarify. I d...
August 19, 2022 at 01:35
And I think that's the gist of this whole thing, which is that the West holds speech as holy, both in the right to offend and duty to protect. It's pr...
August 19, 2022 at 01:29
From the OP: The OP was clearly about the Muslim reaction, later focused to Shias, then some reopening it to Sunnis as well. I'm confused why you're c...
August 19, 2022 at 01:11
7 So you asked what I meant earlier and I didn't respond because it was clear to me you did, and this is the point I was making. Is there a duty to sp...
August 18, 2022 at 23:10
OK, but I was thinking you were arguing fluidity of meaning based upon usage, which I would subscribe closer to, but I guess I don't know what you mea...
August 18, 2022 at 23:04
So in terms of meaning being use, I rely upon what usage to know if you're a man? That you tell me you are? Is that the only public usage manifestatio...
August 18, 2022 at 22:09
Is this peculiar to internal states, or does it apply to cups too?
August 18, 2022 at 21:58
I also deny essentialism, but I don't think that amounts to an inability to itemize characteristics of a term. That a term's meaning is derived from u...
August 18, 2022 at 21:39