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I provided you with evidence when you asked for it, and I can assure you that I've been "informed" by many sources prior to our discussion. It does no...
August 18, 2018 at 19:27
No, sometimes it - "we" (the people) - simply must. I would say no, because we don't actually need to. We can incarcerate him physically and financial...
August 18, 2018 at 18:24
I almost don't know what to say: this is one big silly ad hominem attack: I'm uninformed, incapable of being persuaded, and grasping at lofty truths b...
August 18, 2018 at 17:55
It's reasonable to stop responding whenever. Each of our posts and responses is meant to be a contribution to "philosophical" discussion. Making any s...
August 17, 2018 at 20:43
I think human happiness doesn't quite work this way if only because it would be a terrible evolutionary strategy to have individuals take their own li...
August 17, 2018 at 20:12
Oh god please let it be so! :groan: Trump knows his way around a crowd and camera, but that's the extent of his genius I would say. It is truly a stro...
August 15, 2018 at 18:38
Some things will return to normal, but it will be a long time before we forget about Trump and the many reasons he was elected. Trump appealed to cons...
August 15, 2018 at 18:26
I think Trump is teaching us all some valuable lessons by dragging us around his unhinged world (and home again?). I've been saying it for quite awhil...
August 14, 2018 at 22:01
There's something priceless and magical about an incorrigible gun nut being tricked into performing fellatio on national television. These macho Ameri...
August 14, 2018 at 17:55
Admittedly twitter doesn't interest me much, nor do I know its grand workings, but are you averring that twitter isn't all about deep discussion of su...
August 11, 2018 at 22:48
But shirley, it's not just like cat-calling for one of the most popular conservative pundits to solicit a debate from one of the most popular progress...
August 11, 2018 at 22:42
She used Shapiro's identity as a male against him by framing his invitation as typical sexually motivated male behavior. In the #MeToo era it's quite ...
August 11, 2018 at 20:18
If Ocasio was a man, could he have accused Shapiro of "dick-calling"? We may never know... But it does reek of lazy minded identity politics to charac...
August 11, 2018 at 19:49
All rational nations want nukes, if they can afford them, out of healthy fear alone (except maybe nations such as Canada who are comfortably nestled i...
August 10, 2018 at 03:37
If there were no more nukes then nations of all stripes would be bereft of a major incentive to avoid the escalation of open and direct warfare. NATO ...
August 09, 2018 at 19:22
Where have all the flowers gone? Young girls have picked them, every one. When will they ever learn? Where have all the young girls gone? Gone for hus...
August 08, 2018 at 21:31
Arpiao's astonishment when Sacha told him he has 43 guns almost humanized him for a moment, but then nodded in understanding when he explained they we...
August 06, 2018 at 18:38
I don't know the origin of the quote, but I can tell you it's pompous tripe, and here's why: "Truths" don't belong to churches. Truth was around long ...
August 06, 2018 at 18:22
It seems much more plausible and likely that the Trump campaign just colluded of its own accord. Proposing that it's actually a Dem conspiracy sounds ...
August 06, 2018 at 17:53
So you're saying that Trump's collusion with Russia is actually one big trap that was set by Obama and Hillary in order to try and get him impeached o...
August 06, 2018 at 17:03
:up:
August 05, 2018 at 18:57
It's undemocratic, to be sure, but we must at least acknowledge the normative argument that typically justifies censorship. "The greater good" and all...
August 05, 2018 at 18:56
If you ban the speech of one crackpot, you're inevitably going to create additional crackpots. If we let the crackpots have their freedom of thought a...
August 05, 2018 at 18:41
Some among us would tell you 'because if we don't censor people then people like Trump can get elected", which on the surface seems to have some merit...
August 05, 2018 at 18:28
Around a year ago Glenn Beck did an interview with Anderson Cooper. The power couple "Glanderson Booper" was instantly born. I couldn't resists making...
August 05, 2018 at 16:23
you're joking!? Hew's going to be in the next season of Star Trek Discovery? A series of his own! Amazing!
August 04, 2018 at 23:57
Sometimes I do silly things like transcribe the ramblings of lunatics just to see what it looks like. Here are the results of my most recent such ende...
August 04, 2018 at 18:49
I looked for my favorite female Fox anchor, but I can't actually tell them apart... http://www.stevedennie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/foxnewsblond...
August 04, 2018 at 16:17
Heh. I tried to think of a better known American villain than Jeffery Dahmer to make it more obviously satirical, but I couldn't think of anyone. Agai...
August 03, 2018 at 22:46
So for instance, a lifestyle clause in a marriage contract or prenup which stipulates incarceration as penalty would be unenforceable and voidable. Th...
August 03, 2018 at 22:44
I should probably have made it a bit more obvious, but I edited an image for satirical purposes :blush: Scary how hard it is to tell the difference th...
August 03, 2018 at 22:21
The capitalization of words which have no earthly business being capitalized bugs the shit out of me. I see it quite often in writing that veers towar...
August 03, 2018 at 21:00
How is "failing to achieve 100% intimacy" actually harmful? You've equated "not actualizing one's full potential" with "irredeemable harm". If I'm gat...
August 03, 2018 at 20:23
:rofl: I demand a re-shake!
August 02, 2018 at 19:37
If a couple has an "open marriage" and allows each other to fornicate with third parties, are they doing irreparable harm to one another? If so, pleas...
August 02, 2018 at 17:56
Oh mysterious 8-Baden, do you think Trump will be impeached/resign after all? *Shakes Baden violently*
August 02, 2018 at 16:25
Why do adulterers need punishment beyond being divorced though? I've asked you why such a harsh punishment is needed, and you've said because existing...
August 01, 2018 at 18:37
Adultery being cheating is already quasi-legal (you can get a potentially lucrative divorce if your spouse cheats on you), but incarceration is going ...
July 31, 2018 at 19:07
Lots of things very seriously negatively affect other people. When a father goes to work in a mine, or on an extended military tour, the wife and chil...
July 31, 2018 at 17:50
Distinct things must consist of more than the same fundamental constituent in order to be distinct from one another. The different arrangements themse...
July 31, 2018 at 17:23
How can incarcerating someone for such a long period of time possibly be an appropriate punishment for engaging in consensual sex? How is imprisonment...
July 31, 2018 at 17:08
I'm starting to think the polls have become meaningless, or broken. Something has certainly changed. There's only a 13% difference between Trump's all...
July 31, 2018 at 16:04
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1024263146008207361
July 31, 2018 at 15:30
I'm saying that X consists of more than just Y, it consists of specific arrangements of Y. The arrangement itself is a part of what constitutes X.
July 31, 2018 at 02:41
Nope. Your forum password consists of 1's and 0's, but your password is more than mere 1's and 0's: it's information contained in the arrangement of 1...
July 30, 2018 at 16:50
I like how Sacha kept it simple. There's no way for Moore to spin the "interview" as fake news without juxtaposing himself with pedophilia. Pretty sur...
July 30, 2018 at 04:03
Tonight's episode of "Who is America" is definitely the best yet. It's becoming clear that aside from comedy, the show actually is in pursuit of some ...
July 30, 2018 at 03:48
An apple would be a specific arrangement (or series of arrangements) of floom. It wouldn't be mere floom.
July 29, 2018 at 23:15
I'm also a global learner. I was told so as a child, I believed them, and it's been a self-fulfilling prophecy ever since... What exactly is global le...
July 29, 2018 at 21:42
It's fairly exciting, but not uncontroversial. The first ten minutes of this News video encapsulates the trepidation and complaints coming from many F...
July 29, 2018 at 01:36