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Does the veil have both a slit for the eyes and the vagina? I'm not fully familiar with the design, so I wanted to withhold judgment until I understoo...
August 26, 2016 at 23:38
Lack of family funds, insufficient political contacts, and a 2.3 GPA kept me out of Harvard.
August 26, 2016 at 23:36
So you know how things go down in the US of A: The drinking age is 21 in all states ever since Reagan said he'd withhold highway funds if a State didn...
August 26, 2016 at 18:58
Apparently once you get 1000+ posts, it just says 1k. That's not really fair because it suggests someone with 1,000 posts is just as good as someone w...
August 25, 2016 at 20:06
And here's where it gets confusing. /uploads/files/4w/cbkqe9uu9q280qj5.png
August 25, 2016 at 19:05
I wasn't being personal. What I was saying was actually consistent with Baden's remark that Israel wasn't under threat of extinction because the US su...
August 25, 2016 at 15:28
Sometimes it's hyperbole and sometimes it's true. As they say in the US, "The Constitution is not a suicide pact." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C...
August 25, 2016 at 14:30
60% want the total elimination of Israel. http://www.timesofisrael.com/poll-palestinians-backing-2-states-become-minority/. I seriously doubt the othe...
August 25, 2016 at 14:26
I'm curious as to what practical effect the JNF leases have on the non-Jewish public. Are non-Jews actually having difficulty finding suitable housing...
August 25, 2016 at 13:57
I didn't read the article this way. I read that only 7% is private and that it could be sold to anyone. The rest is in the hands of the government or ...
August 25, 2016 at 13:47
I've not looked up all of the claims you've made except this one, mostly because I'm at work and can't spend the time. This one in particular isn't ex...
August 24, 2016 at 19:13
It's not really arguable. The Reform Jews define Jews one way and the Orthodox another. It's a matter of fact. If you convert through the Reform synag...
August 24, 2016 at 15:56
Well, this makes the point of why the question of who is a Jew so significant, or maybe more generally, what makes the concept of Jewishness so signif...
August 24, 2016 at 15:45
Except that there isn't any consistent political view shared by Jews. In fact, the primary source of the debate on who is a Jew are the debates among ...
August 24, 2016 at 01:16
It's just really complicated. To an Orthodox Jew, once a Jew, always a Jew, which would mean that a Jew who coverts to Christianity remains a Jew. htt...
August 23, 2016 at 21:14
Americans aren't pissed off by the Dutch. They don't even know where Dutchland is.
August 23, 2016 at 18:15
Since we can't even determine when a chair is a chair, how do you expect we'll be able to determine when a Jew is a Jew? The word "Jew" (like all word...
August 23, 2016 at 18:06
This really is just evasive and not even responsive. We must assume there is some object out there that we've identified as Pluto and there is another...
August 23, 2016 at 17:30
There is something similar between the various objects. That is, objects A, B, and C all orbit the sun (for example). As such, we put A, B, and C in b...
August 23, 2016 at 13:55
This isn't really clear, especially with your hedging word "might" thrown in there. "Michael" is not descriptive, but it's just a random group of lett...
August 23, 2016 at 13:12
And since you know this, it's obviously prudent to limit your public behavior (which includes your internet behavior) to only what you wish others to ...
August 21, 2016 at 11:27
Guys, I can read between the lines. You're asking me to create a video series offering a comprehensive discussion of Hanoverian philosophy. Please, st...
August 20, 2016 at 22:49
The right to privacy obviously does not extend to public information. If you decide to publish personal information about yourself on the internet, on...
August 18, 2016 at 18:52
I think we should only have dislikes, which would result in better posts through negative reinforcement.
August 17, 2016 at 12:51
I want the thumbs up/thumbs down thing that PF had. I feel like I say really important things but I can't hear the applause.
August 17, 2016 at 00:05
A catbird smiles silently.
August 17, 2016 at 00:02
Well, I can see where stoves will become "planets" if we call stoves "planets," but I can't see how a stove can become a planet. An object can't morph...
August 17, 2016 at 00:00
Was the morning star the evening star before it was known they were both Venus, which is a planet, and not a star? It's clear that "morning star" refe...
August 16, 2016 at 21:23
I find that I waste a lot of time on this Forum that I should be spending doing work. So, yeah, it affects my life.
August 16, 2016 at 14:00
You've posited that the murderer is uncatchable, so I think I have to do whatever I can to limit his murdering, right?
August 16, 2016 at 13:40
I think the people should sort of roll off the track. It just doesn't look like they're secured to the track itself, so I think they ought to get out ...
August 16, 2016 at 13:35
The OP was a hypothetical stating that "they can't catch him." Your response of "the killer would be caught in no time" violates the given hypothetica...
August 16, 2016 at 13:29
I would suggest that a fairly high form of racism is to deny the existence of the race altogether. Two things are obvious: (1) the specific demarcatio...
August 16, 2016 at 13:21
That would be correct. If Pluto = x, y, and z and a planet = x, y, z, and a, then Pluto was never a planet. We just thought it was because we didn't r...
August 16, 2016 at 13:13
Stroking cocks? At least accuse me of oral and not just a lowly hand shandy.
August 15, 2016 at 19:37
If "planet" is a definition, a purely abstract, non-physical set of criteria, then an object is classified as a planet if those criteria are satisfied...
August 13, 2016 at 21:51
Speaking on behalf of all of those of us who left at the time of the initial PF takeover: I told you so. I so love these moments.
August 12, 2016 at 12:42
I'll be so bold as to ask the current financial state of our fair forum as I see there's been a recent appeal for more subscribers. I do wish to be su...
August 05, 2016 at 20:32
I am truly enlightened as I failed to read the OP. That's what wise people do bitch.
August 01, 2016 at 22:13
If intelligence were that simple to replicate, AI wouldn't be nearly as limited as it is, especially with regard to the Turing test. As it stands, I t...
July 30, 2016 at 11:32
Your post posted 2 minutes after mine, so I'm first saying that you read quickly. I'm saying that the distinction between property and substance duali...
July 29, 2016 at 16:01
I disagree with your summation of substance dualism as "there are souls," because that suggests it's a theological position. It strikes me that you've...
July 29, 2016 at 15:56
Alas, here's how I learn we're not friends. Sigh. Honestly it is the least that can be done for the Jews considering their mistreatment. Sometimes whe...
July 28, 2016 at 14:37
I'll acknowledge that the mat is both an external thing and we impose our subjective evaluation on it. The problem though is that you speak of flux, b...
July 28, 2016 at 14:30
Then why do we keep calling it the same thing? Or, are you suggesting that the world is completely recreated every millisecond and what was bears no r...
July 28, 2016 at 13:28
Since a central question of philosophy is "what is truth," it's hard to know if philosophy has arrived at the truth, considering we're not even sure w...
July 28, 2016 at 12:58
Einstein said that if you keep correcting people over and over over minor details you'll have no friends. The text of Ecclesiastes indicates it was wr...
July 28, 2016 at 12:37
If the word "I," which describes self identity makes no sense, then any identifying word makes no sense. Why is my cat (or my hat or my mat) the same ...
July 28, 2016 at 12:33
My point only was that you can't blame the rash of terrorist violence we're now seeing on the lenient gun control laws in the US, considering Munich i...
July 28, 2016 at 12:25
I don't fully understand this comment. We are seeing terrorist acts in the US where there are limited gun restrictions and in Germany where there is s...
July 27, 2016 at 18:05