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Very true. But once a racist does not have to stay a racist. I used to be extremely prejudiced in my teens, twenties and thirties, then I grew out of ...

Did you take down the Caller Id of the Creator when he called you? Or did make a note of his email address? This could be valuable information for, am...

"The single biggest obstacle to make progress in the war efforts in Viet Nam is presented by the public resistance at home", the White House announced...

I could look at your books, but I must warn you, that though I used to work in the audit department in a major bank, I am not an expert in accounting ...

The movies that made a real difference for me were where the students made a real difference in their teachers' lives. Don't ask me, please, for the t...

I skimmed over your essay. I'll give a more thorough read later. It seems to me that you reason your preference well, supporting it with your rejectio...

I apologize. I did not mean to scorn you. I just quoted an old song by Ray Charles, and I used your name instead of the one, "Jack", which was used in...

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Mine is "The reason why limp social questions without philosophical content or argument pass for thought-provoking opening posts which would normally ...

Very convenient, BCC. You conveniently use your example, because it fits your way of thinking, and discount other examples that go against your way of...

Thanks, Athena, for the clarification. I both agree with you and not agree with you. I agree that people must learn how to think for themselves, and t...

Why people cheer at more work? Because they are Americans. It is a deeply rooted moral, social and economic reality for Americans to work. Even the ri...

There are lots of other issues in prison than testosterone. If you were correct, then conditions of prisoner relations in female prisons would not be ...

Oh, dear @"Athena", just one more thing: and when I try to come up with something how my opinion relates to education, is that in relation to all subj...

thanks, Athena! This is what I got you found beautiful: "Good point. I have to choose between "acceptable to society" and "useful for society". I choo...

You also did not reply to my challenge. I have no problem with that. You refused to quote your own self, fine, but then don't give me a hard time for ...

I did not say any of this. You may have had Qwex in mind when you complimented me. I shall disown the compliment, as it clearly does not apply to me.

Thank you for your compliment, Athena. What did I say that relates to education? I can't be held responsible to guess other people's thoughts. Please ...

Easy. Quote me the paragraph. It is obviously beyond me to find it. You are capable of it. Why stall the discussion with such technicality? Go, quote....

Michael: the Gallup poll uses a statistical technology that employs an "expected" answer. This, I believe, renders the statistics very approximate, no...

If you want me to reply to a specific paragraph, @"DingoJones" , then for my ease of reference, please quote it again. I can't go on a wild goose chas...

Good point. I have to choose between "acceptable to society" and "useful for society". I choose "Whatever is useful," because it is acceptable. Whatev...

Is this the paragraph you demand I respond to? If it is, okay. In our morals, cannibalism is out. Eating people, dead or alive. In another society, ca...

Statistics actually don't lie... people lie. It's like guns don't kill... people kill with guns. Both should be banned for use by the laymen, and only...

So... I'm the gov stats person. Mr. Michael: How happy did you feel on March 22, 2019, the whole day, and on April 14, the same year, and on September...

You're right. But what if I lend you five bucks, you don't pay it back because you lose your job and your house burns down. I take you to court, and t...

The world happiness report is COMPARATIVE. You can compare how happy Hungarians are at one point, compared to how happy Norwegians are at one point. B...

Hehe. (-: This is flattery enough to make me go through the day with a smile. Canada: +0.00000001 on the happiness scale for the day.

Aside from Michael's response, your being factually incorrect, there is no measure of the "well-being" of a society. You took suicide rates to be the ...

What would be the alternative, I wonder... "My death did not work out the way I planned." (-:

Right on, Michael. We can't mix ethics with sexual preferences and lifestyles. There has been a lot of that, and it leads to strife, but not to "rehab...

Justice for one man is injustice for the other. How can the welfare of the community be in opposition to both?

Right. I agree with your second approach ("what is good for society"), and disagree with your first approach (axioms are the guidelines for morality) ...

You should get some beer, man. You're spinning out on withdrawal. Either that, or you're getting slushed. I sense a lot of anger and lashing out in yo...

If you can't see the difference between republicants and democrats, then I can see your point. But if you admit that the lives and lifestyles of a gre...

Most of my life I used to think that there is no way that two individuals could be compatible for marriage. Humans are extemely diverse, and problems ...

You're right on hitting a wall. But I still have to give you a point, for thinking I am conflating law with culture with morality. Because I am not, b...

Right on. (The sarcasm.) Case in point: "Arbacht macht frei." ("Work liberates", in German. The slogan on the entrance gate to Auschwitz.)

No, I don't agree that morality starts with axioms and definitions and categorical truths. Instead, I am convinced that the categorical truths follow ...

My guess would be that a Republicant president would appint Republicant-leaning judges, and a Democratic president would appoint a Democratic-leading ...

Is the presidency overrated? I'd give it a "5". Of course without a scale this is meaningless, but so be it. I carry to my grave the little secret of ...

I think the ancient Greek saying went something to this: One that hailed from the Parnassus asked: "How deep is your love?" The other, standing on an ...

Homosexuality. That takes care of 15% of the overflow of testosterone. Natural homosexuality.

I think, all of the above. Of course, what you don't know, does not hurt you. People who got married at seventeen and lived a lifetime together, will ...

Good for you! I've been with my beautiful girl for four years now, but then again, I've grown old. It's good to warm my bones beside the fire.

I also concur with @"Nooberforlife". The basic problem with morality is its complete transformability of what is moral and what is not. I would abhor ...

I did not say all social customs are moral. I meant (but did not say) that some morals come from social customs.

From societal perspective, monogamy is preferred, for it promotes stability. Of course andriarchies are stable too, when the ruling male has a stable ...

Has anyone ever heard of contraception, introspection, full suspension, and resurrection? I have enjoyed both a promiscuous and a monogamous lifestyle...

A sure sign of genius is that once the same thing is tried over and over but in vain, one has the foresight to stop doing it and to look for a differe...