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Isn't this informed by the assumption that all political debate is ideologically motivated or decided along partisan lines? How would that apply to Ba...

I think, coming from a European country, this fear is probably exaggerated. Currently, most every criminal is carrying a gun because it's legal. If it...

The argument from self defense is false. That merely states you are allowed to repel force with force. It has exactly zero to say about gun ownership....

I haven't, I made an actual argument before.

It's pretty selective to agree with Heller in light of the history of supreme Court interpretation of the 2nd amendment. It was pretty much stare deci...

high school chemistry terms in the Netherlands.

(lifted from cracked.com)

Well, to be honest if I read USA vs. Miller, the language of the 1st amendment and the dissenting opinion of Columbia vs. Heller I have to agree with ...

I'm not an expert but the study I read is from 2015 and refers specifically to fibres having a positive effect against the carcinogenic effects from h...

ah... I thought an ar-15 is a fully automatic. Goes to show how much I know about guns. What's the difference exactly between fully and semi - automat...

True. I'm only 1.50 after all.

whoosh. Over my head. :lol:

As I said, tough crowd. I just googled #translol and those came up. I thought they were funny. This one too: How many trans women does it take to chan...

Also, my transgender jokes aren't getting any traction. Tough crowd. :cry:

I'll make an exception just for you Hanover. It's Popes, muftis, imams and geckos.

Yes and no. In large quantities certainly. Up to 500 gr of red meat a week does not produce a significant correlation between red meat and colon/recta...

Based on the interpretation by the Supreme Court, let's get on with actual laws: 1. prohibition on concealed weapons; 2. felony and mental health chec...

In particular social conservatists like you. Let's take away your ability to vote just to make you safe.

I heard a lot of transgender people need to get things of their chest. Having an orchiectomy really takes balls.

I already killed the Islamists in my previous joke - you're way too late. You're on your own with the trans right activists though. Also, my joke was ...

Quite obviously I wasn't serious. And if you had really been paying attention to my posts over time, you'd know I'm against almost all types of violen...

It's the institutionalisation of belief I have an issue with. Popes, muftis and imams; the whole lot should perish in a big conflagration and leave pe...

:rofl: I was just pulling your leg. I know you're French. But I must admit I thought banlieue was specifically related to the unsafe suburbs. That mov...

I dislike every religion equally.

are you living under a rock? I saw this documentary Banlieue 13 Get informed!

Research has been shared in this thread that an increase of 1% in guns results in an increase of .9% in gun related deaths. The number of guns has a c...

You can assume that most areas in Western Europe are safer than the US. Notable exceptions are French banlieus and Belgium's Molenbeek. Also, not much...

I mean since the birth of my daughter. :wink:

The amount of time singing without the song in the background has dramatically increased since the birth of Vesper. I'm actually considering taking up...

Unless that person was black, that would probably win him votes. :vomit: I think that will be my new favourite emoticon.

Cue Republican rationalisations why we shouldn't take the opinion of these students seriously. :vomit:

Exactly. That makes andrewk right.

That makes no difference I'm afraid. If it's random it becomes constant at the time of payment as well.

So you're telling me there aren't any politicians who are against opiate use, heroin, cigarettes and guns that you can vote for?

What threats?

Meanwhile, children are dying.

See my earlier posts on gun control laws. This might *gasp* require you to vote for a Democrat who's pro gun control if there's no Republican option f...

That's a bit silly. Yes it's chosen by the customer but he can choose any time. I'm not sure what the purpose is of this thread. Is it to show that th...

I bet you have a file on everyone.

I agree it's hard work to be good at it but the "luck" factor is the deciding factor for most success. In this case, lucky genes!

So I was scrolling through my Instagram and one of my model friends posts a picture of herself in the stairs with the caption "there's no elevator to ...

you're solutions aren't tackling the source of the problem, only symptoms. I'll pray for all the US children that will die for years to come because g...

3 million extra guns sold is another 155 persons dead according to the correlation. So stopping the sale of guns can save lives. Of course, that's con...

He's fingering the wrong anatomical part if his bus-bragging is anything to go on.

Thanks, but I don't deserve to be on that list. I hardly contribute philosophically anymore these days. ;)

Strictly you're correct, Kant (in his own terms) was of course an empirical realist and transcendental idealist. I opted for idealism because of Kant'...

I'm pretty much a Kantian, so that one was easy. ;-) EDIT: interestingly enough you didn't opt for a correspondence theory of truth.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b0/f1/50/b0f1508e128aeb2ae9170c310c1eb260.jpg

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3828709/

Cool. I had to eyeball a few questions based on summaries because I haven't really given a few subjects much thought before.