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That's an intuition I share but I don't think we can fairly assume this. A higher universe might operate under different universal constants making th...
September 03, 2022 at 14:45
Guys, guys, I think we just have to conclude the USA is basically a fascist country regardless who you vote for.
September 03, 2022 at 14:38
A ridiculous ahistorical statement. Women didn't get to choose and still often don't. And in the instances they do get to choose, they've been molded ...
September 02, 2022 at 05:11
What is a secular tyranny?
September 02, 2022 at 05:01
Based on what? I still see Republicans defending him or arguing that prosecuting him could lead to violence, which in bait-speak is saying people shou...
September 01, 2022 at 07:06
Btw, I was interested in figuring out who kept breaking the ceasefire of the Minsk accords. I've searched for about an hour and I can't find it. You'd...
August 31, 2022 at 06:20
Always "Slavs"?
August 30, 2022 at 20:09
That's not really relevant. I'm sure the average woman doesn't play chess either. Obviously chess playing women are devilish heathens.
August 29, 2022 at 13:53
Your reply was a blanket denial of the conclusion of the research. Of course anyone normal would assume you had read it. So I have you the benefit of ...
August 29, 2022 at 05:35
Maybe next time just say you haven't read it, or better yet, don't reply as if you have, instead of this nonsense where you're now pretending it's my ...
August 29, 2022 at 04:58
The point of the research is that a lot of policies that seem economically effective, like tradeable carbon credits, are hated because people consider...
August 28, 2022 at 11:36
Did you look at the research I shared? Your reaction seems to indicate you haven't. A ban on combustion engines is an actual proposed climate policy i...
August 28, 2022 at 10:10
It's useless without dndbeyond.com but I assume you had that? We were positively surprised with the ease of setting it up, although I admit I do not s...
August 27, 2022 at 15:16
Not sure if this is true but your tax comment reminded me of this clip a friend shared: https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChfCepjP-sN/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y...
August 27, 2022 at 07:37
This is actually not true. A majority of people are fine with making sacrifices if they apply to everyone and you can't just buy your way out (rich bu...
August 27, 2022 at 05:06
Quiet or you'll startle the nerds. 5e D&D. A bit by necessity, because it's what all the players already knew and we're now playing online (everybody ...
August 27, 2022 at 04:56
Working on another story in between. Had a stomach flu. Life happening. Writing up adventures for D&D because I is nerd. :nerd: I'm afraid finishing t...
August 26, 2022 at 19:05
Worse for whom? In any case, two wrongs don't make a right. Just because other former Presidents were terrible too, isn't an argument not to do someth...
August 26, 2022 at 18:52
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/543213 https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/543238 Before we get into prejudice, racism...
August 25, 2022 at 14:00
I wasn't aware your attention span was that long. You're improving. :kiss:
August 25, 2022 at 13:24
Correct. She can always become a background dancer for Beyonce.
August 25, 2022 at 11:39
:up:
August 23, 2022 at 09:43
They're still going to have to agree if they want to pass laws but at least we'll have decent representation instead of power coopted by political par...
August 23, 2022 at 08:48
Very little, I'm sure. But when given a choice between a booksmart goody two shoes and someone with life experience, I will go with the latter. In fac...
August 23, 2022 at 08:28
Life experience beyond the gilded cage most politicians grow up in seems to me essential to even conceptualise what's going on in society. Truss still...
August 23, 2022 at 08:08
Pretty much. I'd trust a social worker with an actual drug history more to solve drug issues than someone that read it in a book. There's no replaceme...
August 23, 2022 at 07:20
I hadn't put it in such a context but that's certainly a fascinating take. I assume you have a background in Islamic or Middle Eastern studies?
August 23, 2022 at 06:42
There's millions of people who do drugs and never die. There's millions of people who don't drown when swimming. There's billions of people who don't ...
August 23, 2022 at 06:38
Personally, I'd be worried if a 36 year old woman couldn't dance like that, didn't drink and didn't do drugs. It would mean she has no idea about life...
August 23, 2022 at 05:57
You're not answering the question. Why is it unprofessional to dance?That you don't think she has a right to a private life (which I think is nonsense...
August 22, 2022 at 20:03
What's unprofessional about dancing at a private party exactly?
August 22, 2022 at 19:21
Not what I said. And let's not pretend you actually now how Sharia works. You raising straw men every post is tiresome so I'm done here.
August 20, 2022 at 17:00
Not my problem you don't understand the harm principle. I'm not deciding anything, I'm explaining you're not applying the principle correctly and that...
August 20, 2022 at 16:55
Ah, I see your mistake where you confuse legal accountability with moral accountability.
August 19, 2022 at 14:59
That's demonstrably false. Just look at most governments. :razz:
August 19, 2022 at 10:53
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/19/salaman-rushdie-attack-was-unjustifiable-says-pakistans-imran-khan The anger is "understandable". Is it ...
August 19, 2022 at 05:49
I can but making shit up as if those ayatollahs considered the harm principle has nothing to do with seeing a different perspective.
August 19, 2022 at 05:05
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you don't need to ask him to tone it down because those were reasonable replies in the umpteenth anti-natalism thread offered as one of the options fo...
August 18, 2022 at 19:13
Rhusdie's account is historically more accurate than what is now considered truth among Muslims. The prophet is dead, he can't be harmed. Respect for ...
August 18, 2022 at 19:09
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/13/iran-lebanon-reaction-to-salman-rushdie-attack Interestingly, the "denouncements" in Iran focus on the detrim...
August 18, 2022 at 11:47
Didn't original muslims scholars (back in the 600s-700s) actually refer to them as inspired by Satan? Rhushdie's version sounds at least as historical...
August 18, 2022 at 07:24
I don't know where to start. This quite frankly sounds insane.
August 18, 2022 at 06:31
Ending it with "predicated on violence and coercion" doesn't sound like seeing it both though but I'll take your word for it and think that you probab...
August 18, 2022 at 04:57
That's too much to write online, particularly at this time, but it's already interesting to me that what is obvious to me, isn't to you. At the same t...
August 17, 2022 at 14:03
They are unprecedented reactions to unprecedented actions by Trump. Hillary provided access to the entire email server and there was no issue surround...
August 17, 2022 at 06:05
No, it isn't. Depends on whether a given country recognises is as such. So it might have been law in Iran but it certainly wasn't in the US. Point me ...
August 17, 2022 at 05:03
Equivocating a fatwa with a rule of law is just plain wrong. A fatwa isn't law and in this case the rule was also intended to have retroactive effect,...
August 16, 2022 at 20:00
https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlagschennis#:~:text=Vlagschennis%20is%20het%20verbranden%2C%20verminken,de%20nationale%20vlag%20strafbaar%20stellen. ...
August 16, 2022 at 19:26
I'd hope not! :rofl:
August 16, 2022 at 19:06
Nothing happens. It's not considered criminal behaviour.
August 16, 2022 at 19:05