Benkei

You're doing everything backward man, you need to get with the program! I was raised a Catholic by the way. There's actually a fun read of Genesis as ...

Ah. You just hit puberty. Explains a lot. :P

If you ascribe to a utilitarian type of ethics the above makes some sense. But let's say we have a mathematical problem and 20 students give 20 differ...

Awww. I got under your skin. Cute.

Except it isn't. It's state sanctioned in about half of US states, it's illegal in the Netherlands. There's a significant difference there.

Well. Considering your excitingly inconsistent views in some areas and total lack of being horrified about child marriages covering up rape in the US ...

No I didn't. You can read can't you? And thanks for the ad hom. Really mature. I suspected you interpreted it incorrectly, which is why I followed up ...

I never said that; I said it is all equally bad because they're all false. Period. Then I listed a series of things various practioners of different r...

What was my original statement? Try again. Obviously not intelligent enough. And that's not just my opinion that's the conclusion of too many centurie...

What's your point? Because Muslims are worse (in your view) the rest isn't wrong? You know that's a fallacy right?

I know this because it's my value judgment. Yes, I'm intolerant to religious bullshit. I know it because no argument for the existence of God holds wa...

My point was that you're not interpreting what he said correctly. Read the article and read his comment again. Charitably this time. Or be angry and d...

You didn't answer my other question, whether you had read the article I linked. So I'm assuming you haven't, otherwise I don't understand why you're s...

Which comment(s) are you referring to? Did you read the NY article I linked to that started this discussion?

If you control someone's head, you control his movement. A thumb in the eye is a good start but is easily wrested away from. You're better off putting...

True. I remember trying out holds on a friend who was a very decent swimmer and not much heavier than I was, only about 15 kg. Except for a few specif...

Does Krav Maga have a flying knee into the groin? I think not. :D

Double waste of time. First the waiting and then the lies.

I'm sure they have all sorts of reasons. Perhaps they don't want to be involved in a lengthy court case or are happy the rapist has to provide for the...

Yes, which is why such marriages are often used to cover up rape. Also, I just noticed that the minimum age of 9 in the Qu'ran is quite a step up from...

His or her thumb? Isaac did marry Rebecca when he was 37 and she was 3. (N) EDIT: sorry, 40.

Usually statutory rape requires a minimum age of the offender and a maximum age of the victim, so it shouldn't be possible to sue in the event of a 12...

Except some parents don't press charges but press their daughter into marriage instead. And we all know that rape in a marriage isn't possible... For ...

@"Mongrel" Just to avoid you missed it. Florida statute states: That doesn't seem to require any parental consent either.

The NY Times article I posted on page 312. EDIT: found the difference: (2)?The county court judge of any county in the state may, in the exercise of h...

Without parental consent yes. With parental consent it can be 1.

I'm not a big man myself (1.67 m) and did Judo at a very high level, including all the locks and throws that weren't allowed in tournaments. I can tel...

Just to put that into perspective, the UK has a minimum age of 16 requiring parental consent if they are below 18 years of age since 1929. In the Neth...

True. Obviously I'm jaded. In any case, I was surprised at the prevalence in the US. It's one thing to disagree about policy; it's quite another when ...

child marriages in the US I was surprised reading that.

Precisely why I'm against intellectual property. We had an industrial revolution without intellectual property but all of a sudden it became indispens...

A man in a hot air balloon is lost. He lowers a bit and sees a woman walking on the road. He calls her: "I have promised to my friends to meet them in...

Can't you center somehow with the "code" option? And do other stuff? EDIT: I just tried but couldn't manage.

Yes, and my initial answer was an explanation as to why there is no interest but your usual recalcitrant nature interpreted it as an argument. To whic...

What opportunities? This isn't a business, in case you hadn't noticed. We're not looking for converts either as you seem to imply. It's a hobby for a ...

This forum doesn't intend to cater to the lowest possible denominator.

Not with Kant you will.

No, I'm not familiar with that reference. Can you share?

All sorts of people commit all sorts of crimes identifying with one group or another (white on black violence and vice versa, men on women violence, e...

Unless the "other" is a bunch of hot girls... oh wait, that still turns abusive due to the objectification involved.

I can recommend Nioh. Just finished it. Pretty tough but not as tough as demon souls or dark souls 1. It's also more fun that I can play together with...

Apart from the fact this has little to do with what I said, this is a caricature as well. That said, what is "the right" in your opinion? The alt-righ...

That's not what I said. And you forget the paragraphs before that on the issue whether we should accord everyone with respect and whether we should ex...

How is this different from what I said? Struggle and sacrifice now weighed against the abstractions of global warming, pollution and honest wages? Yes...

This assumes that everyone agrees Pence should be accorded respect. People can respectfully disagree on that matter. Pence is maybe less clear but how...

People can easily deal with the here and now and with concrete events. 3 dollar pants? Yay! The abstractions behind it, all the different steps of cau...

Do you pay for him to listen to Mike Pence? Wouldn't that be a waste of your money? Why is not listening to Mike Pence an end of "your" day as a famil...

Why?

The longer hair suits her better I suppose but this works. Glad she's free.

You don't even get that much; only the assertion that this is the case. Meanwhile Muslims disagree on what the Qur'an has to say about this all but lu...