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Suppose the fetus is 8 1/2 months old?

My take, for what it's worth, and I realize dangers for attempting to speak for an entire community, especially one I am not a part of: Southern Afric...

Generalized label - Common sense conservative. Form of government - Constitutional democracy limited to what the Constitution actually says. Form of e...

Here's a link to the good old days of civil political debate: http://articles.philly.com/2012-08-25/news/33367841_1_jefferson-presidency-presidential-...

I always thought "cat" was a euphemism, which means you could screw a bitch in the cat, but not a cat in the ass. That just makes no sense.

See world, this is what happens when you think the elite are entitled to rule the world. Who's the joke on, the idiots you call Republicans or the Dem...

Can't say I read through the entire OP, but from my perspective, if people want to gamble or engage in other forms of self-destruction, I'm generally ...

This is the very nonsense I've been trying to avoid. Of course anyone can sit around and hypothesize a possible situation where a Marxist government w...

So I endured a day long meeting at work that I thought useless, but now am excited because it contained information I can now use, if only here. They ...

No, there are some governments that hold that certain principles are self evident and that derive from nature and cannot be infringed upon. The govern...

I've not suggested that there be a democracy without a constitution of sorts to designate the powers of government, and I've also not suggested that t...

There's no distinction between revolution and refinement. I'd say it was as much a refinement when the first guy was able to tame a horse enough to ri...

There would have to be a limitation placed on such a democracy which would require that it adhere to the principle that each must contribute to the be...

Well, I've not argued for the Randian wet dream of complete government elimination of all services with the expectation of private enterprise replacem...

This is a complicated question that might be the subject of a dissertation. The earliest forms of government redistribution were referred to as a pala...

No doubt there is a south Georgia accent that is very distinct from the north Georgia twang that is different from the coastal accent. Savannah seems ...

Much of what you said I agree with. The ethical imperative of charity is not unique to Christianity and it largely explains why the religious (who are...

Why? I think that characterizes most people at a basic level. We first care about ourselves, then about others. I'd say the immoral person is the one ...

Who cares as long as poverty is reduced? Would a homeless person really care if his bagged meal was in generic paper or in one with a Nike swoosh? By ...

Well that sure is the laziest solution. You can't help the poor because if you do then your government representatives won't force the rich to help th...

Sure, and we can have a committee that oversees his bank account and governs all the money that he earns to determine what is and isn't a frivolous ex...

@"Sapientia" The rich already are paying a disproportionate share towards helping the poor. As I've cited many times before, conservatives give more t...

At least I'm searching for a port and not the hard drive.

It's a bit of a straw man to suggest that his position has been accepted by any meaningful group, so have at it in defeating it. You're not going to g...

Right, exactly what I thought you thought. You are arguing for equality, but I'm arguing for merit based wealth. To the extent you object that wealth ...

It depends. How large is the USB port?

In need of a good gastroenterologist?

We have different definitions of fairness, with yours weighing toward equality and mine merit. That would be my guess if this discussion will follow a...

Say crude things about your mom. That really pisses me off.

I trust that Trump will make better decisions than Sanders, not because either are truly crazy. I just disagree with Sanders on just about everything....

I'd vote for Trump over Mr. Magoo and Mr. Magoo over Hillary and Trump over Hillary.

And yet many of his supporters are blue collar Democrats (and Republicans). This old "everyone just votes for self interest" just isn't true. If it we...

Well, ok, not any Democrat. I suppose if you found me a conservative southern Democrat (like Zell Miller), then I'd vote for Zell even though he's rea...

The thing about computers is that they can be sexually arousing upon demand, but never sexually aroused or demanding, making them the perfect companio...

The Very Hungry Caterpillar. @"Michael" recommended it, and although very thick in parts (because the pages were made of sturdy cardboard), I really e...

I get that the tradition argument is pretext, but so is the argument that Obama was elected, so the Senate must honor his wishes and vote as soon as p...

I don't want to find common ground. It only humanizes my opponents and makes their destruction that much more draining. Favor has no u.

Sure, they're both equally inconsistent. There is some tradition, though, about not making lifetime appointments during a lame duck period, so it make...

There's no more reason to look for blame for the existence of Trump than there is for looking for blame to explain the existence of Sanders or Clinton...

The argument submitted by the Republicans was that typically Presidents don't appoint Justices in the last year of their term. The Dems responded by s...

Has a decision been reached on what we are to read? I hate when I read the wrong thing because I was only half way paying attention.

I can't say I followed your post or all the transitions you made from one subject to the next, but I will say that if your position is that civilizati...

Reagan nominated Robert Bork in July 1987 and he was rejected by the Senate. He then nominated Douglas Ginsburg who withdrew for personal reasons. The...

I think the Republicans will try to block whoever is nominated in the hopes that a Republican president will be elected. The Reagan precedent will hol...

Whether it's a rebellion, a coup, a civil war, or a war for independence is all in the eyes of the beholder. All I know for sure is that you and your ...

If one performs mathematical processes without any understanding of the meaning of the symbols or of the reasons behind the processes, then that perso...

I don't really see how this is as much a twist on the Chinese Room thought experiment as it is a restatement of it.

I'm sort of wondering of what practical relevance is there in calling one's self a natalist or an anatalist using your definitions? Let's say a 10 yea...

Anatalism can either be the belief that you don't want to there to be kids or it can be the belief that you do want for their to be kids, depending up...

Here's why your position is nonsense: 1. You wish to redefine "assent" to mean "acts in a way that requires a specific result." What this means that a...