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This isn't as much a criticism of libertarianism as it is a dismissal of it. I think a libertarian would be content if you acknowledged his views logi...
September 28, 2016 at 17:50
It applies equally to men and women. The question is what is in the best interests of the child period. To the extent the cheating parent's ability to...
September 26, 2016 at 18:50
The legal trend, as I understand it, is to provide less alimony to divorcing spouses. This trend is the result of women being largely equals in the wo...
September 26, 2016 at 14:11
When one is divorced, the marital assets are equitably divided. Equitably means fairly, as opposed to equally, which means cut in half. Sometimes equi...
September 25, 2016 at 12:16
Then you simply fail to see a key element of capitalism and why it's preferable over other systems. Financial incentivization is very effective. Robot...
September 23, 2016 at 18:23
Much like the difference between God and god, the former suggests that there is but one and the latter that there could be many. One who believes in G...
September 22, 2016 at 21:00
It's handled efficiently as is evidenced by the never ending innovation and increased productivity. In fact, it is this very system that is producing ...
September 21, 2016 at 14:18
The requirement of labor is a reality of existence, not a decision made by coercive elements to cause pain to the masses. Someone has to pick the frui...
September 21, 2016 at 13:13
Well, first off, my point was that what you envision is some sort of teenager utopia where you reap all the benefits of labor without having to do any...
September 21, 2016 at 00:11
I like this idea, but instead of #1, I'd replace the robots with a money tree. Assuming the tree flourishes (which I'm sure it will), 2, 3, and 4 will...
September 19, 2016 at 14:10
I don't know what we're supposed to be arguing about in this thread. Assuming I provide an honest response to the OP, can I be wrong?
September 17, 2016 at 20:11
Trump has had no gaffes. It's all intentional and his supporters like his politically incorrect shooting from the hip style. The pundits have been rid...
September 17, 2016 at 10:54
The consequence of godlessness is an inability to assert universal rights and wrongs. This is the case despite the fact that the godless do in fact as...
September 16, 2016 at 20:41
All our cops are Irish.
September 16, 2016 at 15:46
You are the cop hater I'm arguing with.
September 16, 2016 at 15:14
I'm not on the pro-police bandwagon. I don't walk around thinking that cops are always great and make no mistakes. I just think there's this trend whe...
September 16, 2016 at 14:34
As long as you start with the premise that the only type of justifiable police shooting is one that is necessary, you don't end up in shock when you h...
September 16, 2016 at 13:43
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I don't know what to make of this either. He's been declared dead, his estate distributed, life insurance benefits handed out, eulogies said, wife rem...
September 16, 2016 at 00:43
"While almost every news outlet is using this situation to further divide law enforcement and the community and claiming that Officer Mader is a victi...
September 15, 2016 at 21:24
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The things what you say are mean and if I had the knife that went through the interwebs, I would stab each of everybody here. I'm talking stupid so yo...
September 14, 2016 at 18:28
I really wish they'd show the puppy moments after the fall so that we would know if he sort of just got up and ran away or whether his neck was snappe...
September 14, 2016 at 15:08
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The question isn't why some haven't come over, but it's why some have. Oh no! That was mean. I take it back.
September 14, 2016 at 13:07
So like how do they trick the sperm? Do they use slight of hand, use false information to persuade them, play on their sympathies, or what?
September 14, 2016 at 13:06
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So predictable.
September 13, 2016 at 22:11
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Since it's clear Banno will not be coming back, let us on this day hereby consider him dead. A eulogy is in order, but I am too emotional to begin. I ...
September 13, 2016 at 20:44
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Trump? Yes, yes I do. Our wall is going to be fantastic. Suppose you heard Banno was run over by a train and that he was definitely not ok, what would...
September 13, 2016 at 20:03
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I say we call him. I believe Tiff has his contact information. Of course, once he returns we will wonder why we summoned him. In the meantime, I'll be...
September 13, 2016 at 19:33
A hummingbird came inside my screened-in porch and couldn't get out. I named her Stuckey. I got a tennis racket and she climbed on the head of it and ...
September 13, 2016 at 18:18
It is hard to know what Hanover is arguing. Asking him will do no good. He even talks about himself in the third person, as if he's larger than life.
September 13, 2016 at 18:12
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Which old bastard?
September 13, 2016 at 18:10
This sounds correct, although Adam and Eve had no parents, so it's not clear where their propensity to have children arose from.
September 13, 2016 at 14:13
Not sure what you meant here, but my position is that the concept of being swayed by argumentation is meaningless without free will. You would not be ...
September 12, 2016 at 18:22
To the extent that attitudes are passed down by parent to child, the attitudes of those who do not want children and who do not have children will not...
September 12, 2016 at 17:07
Belief in free will is a necessary precondition for any meaningful understanding of the world. To deny it is to admit you deny it because you are comp...
September 12, 2016 at 17:03
I embrace Cartesianism. He was right that there is something distinct between mental states and physical states and we aren't really any closer to fig...
September 12, 2016 at 13:18
Enough of this shameless encouragement to have me create a video.
September 12, 2016 at 13:15
/uploads/resized/files/of/l8lretzmml7chnk0.jpg Aww. Who can stay mad now?
September 09, 2016 at 18:04
The question of how much authority a current Supreme Court gives to its prior rulings (stare decisis) depends upon the personal ideology of the Justic...
September 09, 2016 at 12:34
It wouldn't require an Amendment. Just like the Court ruled that abortion was a Constitutional right, they could rule it's not. You make an interestin...
September 09, 2016 at 12:13
Can you guys come up with a better brouhaha? This one is boring.
September 09, 2016 at 11:58
I find that Republicans and Democrats are generally the same when it comes to self preservation. One isn't any more moral or selfless than the other i...
September 08, 2016 at 17:55
The irony is that the media believes it is responsible for the outcome of elections, the very objection Trump supporters make against the media. The t...
September 08, 2016 at 17:26
I can't help but feel that you meant me. Thanks! You're cool too.
September 08, 2016 at 17:00
Multiple accounts is an interesting idea. I've always thought that I'm the only one fully qualified to debate against me.
September 07, 2016 at 15:04
I see some distinctions here, though. Germany as a nation was the enemy in WW2 and they were officially Nazis. So, to hate those Germans and those Naz...
September 07, 2016 at 12:53
If there is no meaning, then how can I know what you mean? Are we even talking to each other?
August 30, 2016 at 22:06
A complaint I've heard from academic philosophers is that the field is vicious, with everyone cutting each other down, criticizing one another for the...
August 29, 2016 at 21:27
If someone asks me who I am, I tell them my Social Security number (345-90-7843), date of birth (6/27/66), bank account number (Wells Fargo 392820411)...
August 29, 2016 at 17:39
A few things: I have no doubt that nuns choose to be nuns and therefore choose to wear the clothes they do. I'm not sure the average Muslim woman has ...
August 28, 2016 at 02:33
You watch different porn than me then.
August 26, 2016 at 23:41