Spencer Thurgood

Maybe I've just been lucky thus far then. For the most part when I have a discussion of politics it starts out on tired old battle lines, moves to com...

I guess a good example of the first discussion would be when people discuss things like political and are open to actually listening to different view...

T Clark Fair enough. I understand that often in the act of trying to debate something we better understand our own opinion on the topic.

I am not sure I understand the comparison. Could you explain it a different way?

I agree. Lack of freedom of opportunity such as the ones you listed were evidence of the oppression of women up until the suffrage movement and the st...

gotcha ya. We are straying off topic from your original post.

I am not sure what you mean by "picayunish/pedantic territory".

True, assumptions should not be made, but first hand information is an acceptable means of making an informed decision. Of course there will always be...

It is definitely a grey area because the standard would be up to the person's ability and their ability to defend their decision in a court of law. Pe...

I had not heard the term Supererogatory standards before. If I am understanding it correctly, it would be actions that go above the "minimum threshold...

- unenlightened That is an... interesting series of logical steps. I followed your train of thought up until the last sentence. The idea that lines of...

-schopenhauer1 I believe that it is unreasonable to hold different parts of the same metro area to different standards. This is because standards are ...