James Riley

I disagree. Whenever someone (including life) gives you two choices, pick the third.

Fear. Donald Trump. Some Republicans are on board with their base. Some Republicans disagree with their base on principle, but subordinate that disagr...

My opinion, my wants, my hatred of my enemies, have all had what I perceive to be as an undue and dominant influence on my life, and I tire of it. So,...

I think respective opponents often fail to take their arguments to a logical conclusion and then go for it from there. This leaves them open to ongoin...

I'll go a step further and say it's not a potential human: It's a human. But she can kill it, carte blanche, as far as I'm concerned.

I personally believe life begins at conception, if not before. So yes, abortion is homicide. But it's not murder unless we say it is.

Yes, you did. And I said the comfort of the fetus, cold or otherwise, does not matter. It directly answered your question. Mother's choice; fetus does...

Because the mother was deprived of choice. Because the mother was deprived of choice. Because it would have been the mother's choice. You should not l...

I've always felt uncomfortable with the word "deserve". To me, I think that, in order to deserve something, it must be earned. And, to be earned, ther...

Having said it out loud seems to have helped. While I still have opinion, I am certainly less enamored of it, it's easier to ignore it, and it's been ...

Lest anyone think this is "off the hook" they should consider that we provide such status to estates, corporations, trusts and other non-blood-pumping...

Yes. And updated periodically as situations change.

They are for people with no brains. True. There are many people with no brains, so they need laws. On the other hand, we could ostracize, consequence,...

I stopped reading there, and did not continue in consideration of anything else you had to say, or in contemplation of any questions you may have aske...

I emphatically disagree. Whites need to clean their own house. We don't need blacks telling us we need to put the crazy uncle back in the basement. We...

I don't know what to make of your response to my post. I have been arguing the exact opposite of having anyone in the non-oppressed community trying t...

I think I'm being facetious here, not sure, but I toss this out because you should be ready to answer this when the opposition throws it at you: When ...

BS. They are an oppressed minority regardless of any lies the majority tells itself about those they oppress, and regardless of any anecdote (Obama?) ...

HA! Good one. And it explains the appeal of some charlatans. Their followers might call it "brute honesty" and "political incorrectness" or "common se...

True. I wasn't suggesting you'd get angry or enraged. I was suggesting that you might be afraid. Very afraid. Now, if you had nothing to be afraid of,...

Agreed. Some might say "Know yourself." That way, when the moment comes, you can remain centered and respond in accord with your morality.

In my opinion, the answer takes the work that the academic professes to enjoy, but I'm not so sure he/she really wants to do the work. The work is in ...

You are never alleviated of moral responsibility. I tried to draw that distinction between ethics and morals on the thread about that subject. Moral r...

I wrote the following about intuition vs cognition, but it could be applied to learning: The mode of travel can matter. I used to be jealous of those ...

You said "Sure - don't forget, but also don't base your whole mentality around it." Where did you get the idea that anyone anywhere of any consequence...

He could have said that, but he did not. Instead, he opened himself up to questions that he damn well could have put to bed (pun intended) back in his...

Straw man. Nobody is saying to base their whole mentality around anything. But in might make you feel like they are because, well, I don't know, Bitco...

Agreed. Besides, I don't understand the rest of what you said. I'd ask if English is your first language, but I guess I don't much care since none of ...

Maybe they are all about forgiveness, but I often hear their statement "never forget." And, whether they agree with it or not, I think it's a good ide...

We teach history, not with stupid statues venerating the enemy, but by telling them of the horrors inflicted upon the bones under the very feet they s...

Human beings have evolved to take care of the sick, lame, lazy, stupid, and merely unlucky (including those intelligent and wise who dare). It is our ...

They not only take more time to explain, but it's a hard row to hoe when those your are trying to explain it to don't want to hear it (truth is inconv...

Because it's a tone-deaf dog whistle used by morons who couldn't read a room if their lives depended on it. No one said only BLM. They said BLM. They ...

"Good" is subjective, whereas "true" is objective. I use "true" capitalist to distinguish from the lying POS who socializes his costs onto the backs o...

Agreed. That often has something to do with insurance. The idea of motorcycle helmets and seat belts in cars sounds a little intrusive, but the requir...

I call myself a push-back socialist, which is really just a true capitalist who is fed up with the self-described capitalist who deceive others (inclu...

Sally Hemmings?

I always believed ethics to be the purview of society, and morals to be the purview of the individual. I always believed ethics are something that cou...

Whatever justice deems necessary to do should be paid for by those who object. And then some. You know, just to teach them a lesson; and so they can s...

Yes. I was specifically pointing out Amity's quotation of the poem "Wisdom and Follies Haikus by George Bruce". It was making the point, in poetry, an...

I just read a post on Green New Deal: "Slavery really got these capitalists messed up. The fact that there's a minimum wage means they'd pay us less i...

Nailed it. As usual, it's the Democrats election to lose. Never underestimate their ability to lose.

I evoked the guilt by association to show there was no light between those who associate. It absolves you from being a Republican but it does not abso...

We are all All, but while we are alive we are All separately perceiving itself. When we die, we are All, as All, perceiving All as such, and blown awa...

Normally I would say that even Trumpsters aren't that stupid. Then I remember. I think they'd rather float Ivanka because she's hot and you know conse...

:100: I was pretty sure it wasn't vericundium so I looked it up again and found ad populum is what I meant; tellingly appropriate for this discussion ...

I am unfamiliar with Aphantasia and do not know what it would be like to be incapable of creating visual images in my mind. I have physical memory to ...

Later I am going to take your post, copy and paste into Word, then edit it down to what I think it is you said. I will then try to provide my insight....

And that is itself a fallacy: ad vericundium (?). Populum, sorry. Not true: I associate you with Republicans, not one or two fascists or racists. As p...

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