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I'm mainly in agreement with @"jjAmEs". I would also add that using individuals to try to get to some utopian/heavenly realm on Earth, is still using ...

Ironic, right? I don't see procreation related to survival or innate instincts in humans. We can decide not to do it. If it is a thought-preference, i...

True points.

Well the repetition of the same. We basically understand what the human condition is. Why keep perpetuating it. If humanity can realize the absurdity ...

Yes that was my point. But a decision to be childless will affect no future person.

This seems to be true. The justifications for why don't seem to be reflected on much. Ones own vain pursuit of some goal. The next generation somehow ...

Thank you kind sir! So this may not surprise you, but I question the ethics of procreation at any time. I consider my views as antinatalist- that is t...

I'm not sure if this is possible, but is there a way to divide the screen into two sections- a bigger pane and smaller one.. The bigger pane would hav...

All the countries who have done containment well is showing a decline in number of cases, and to the point where they are going back to work, so there...

Yeah, freakn' blows...so is dying or transmitting a potential lethal virus with no cure. Hmm, how do those people get sick in the first place? How do ...

What does this have to do with the argument? That is such a red herring! The argument was civil liberties vs. federal government intervention. Oddly y...

So I had a scenario where this plays out and it turns out not well, due to employee pitted against employer and other employees. This was when the loc...

If Jefferson had the order right: Life comes before liberty because without a life, there is no liberty to be had. Without civil liberties, there is n...

The governors in most blue states actually seem to be doing the most they can.. can't say that much for the ones kissing up to Trump..

No NOS, that's what I'm saying YOUR belief in what this administration (and apparently the limits of federalism in a crisis) amounts to.

It doesn't seem enough actually, and he's only sparingly done this. I've heard that he is distributing supplies to states based on how much they are s...

Yeah I'd have to agree with that assessment as far as I'm seeing.

I guess the question is why have these qualities of care, collaboration, domesticity been associated with the feminine in the first place? Maybe that ...

No rather, the American Revolution was mainly about representation in British Parliament. The interests of the states were not represented in Parliame...

That's false.. there were battles in the Pacific in early 42.

With less technology and the government wasn't fully committed to the war until December 1941.

This is a strawman to the real point here- how much should the federal government do to help states? In general, why not have more money to help those...

Some people will never look at evidence and see what is going on. I'm not sure if it is willful ignorance, a personality thing, and upbringing thing, ...

Poor little primate..yeah ending exotic animal trade ends more than one problem, but its now imperative for public health along with things like anima...

But the circumstances of these eating practices leads to pandemics. The animals clustered in cages at markets apparently spreads viruses quickly. It's...

Clearly the hunting of the bats and such are causing mass pandemics when sold in cramped cages in busy market places. All these things make me think i...

As stated to BitconnectCarlos, this came out during a discussion with @StreetlightX who seemed to equate the notion of regulating exotic wild animal t...

There's got to be some answers to deal with the underlying, long-term issues. The crisis right now is certainly overshadowed by the many cases/deaths ...

Agreed. Agreed. Interesting. Interesting, pretty much agree. Agreed.. Trump cut funding from Obama years to disease prevention programs. He has no und...

I think trade embargoes and such can be enforced perhaps? Shut down wet markets or higher tariffs? Or, perhaps UN third-party sources monitor the moni...

So I did make a distinction for wild animals for food vs. medicinal purposes. Would there be a difference here in its import of banning? When does the...

Even @"Athena", @"boethius" and @"csalisbury" can join! Even @"NOS4A2" can join :roll:

Fair enough answer. This of course will cripple parts of the economy. Then we must ask what is more important at that point. People in both China and ...

I'll invite @"Baden"@"BitconnectCarlos" and this thread did spin off from a discussion with @"StreetlightX". Even @"Isaac" can join.

Fine, but now we have wet markets that are known vectors/originators for mass pandemics. What action should other countries and China take against the...

Well, the argument is kind of the opposite of that view. Even though toleration is generally good, it may become detrimental if one allows cultural pr...

Yes, this is often invoked for both cases. Where is the line drawn then? Who gets to draw the line? When can one culture tell another one what to do? ...

Okay, let's switch this up. In America, guns are known to be harmful. Thousands of deaths occur from accidental deaths from guns. Should they be banne...

This is a separate argument. This is about the toleration of cultural practices simply due to the fact that it is someone else's tradition and it shou...

I see no problems and only benefits in exchanging cultural ideas. Why would that be a negative? The only exchanges that would be bad would ones that l...

@"Bitter Crank"@"Benkei"@"TheMadFool"@"180 Proof"@"ssu"@"tim wood"@"Hanover"@"Punshhh"@"unenlightened" Any thoughts?

Schopenhauer seemed to imply that our normal mode is self-interest (perhaps similar to hedonistic tendencies of seeking pleasure). A test of true comp...

To me this doesnt necessarily sound positive. It sounds like we are being used by society. The greatest value is rest, peace, sleep. The work and ener...

First let me comment that your OP does not distinguish properly between anarchy and anarchism- two different things. Anarchy is a state of chaotic aff...

I consider a tribal society an institution.. so difference in terms I guess. The point is replicating a person is replicating social conventions. It i...

What chains us is our needs and wants in the first place which is rooted in being born in the first place. The first political act was for a parent to...

To understand the root of political nature, you have to understand the root of being born in the first place.

Also, on a slight tangent, others might defend the exotic animals trade and markets similar to defending coal. Shutting down the trade, just like shut...

Agreed Agreed. There's an added component here though.. Outsiders who want to embrace all cultures, may say something like "It's their tradition. Thus...

I don't know, you said But I see now you meant something along the lines of "We are all in this together" maybe. Way more jobs can be done from home t...