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There's a lot in that most recent post to reply to, but I figure Karz has it mostly in hand. I never argued that you should be a bystander. However, ...

Zolen, do you have a problem with the NYtimes article that's been referenced or the studies discussed there, or are you content with your Ad Hominen/Poisoning-the-well broadside, that discussions base

Posting your video descriptions verbatim and then linking to the videos themselves is not an appropriate use of this forum. You have raised no topic for discussion, no particular idea ...

Things Fall Apart is excellent, as is Arrow of God. Other great authors include Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, who, in A Grain of Wheat, explores (among other ideas) the impact of ...

I don't think the characters fighting each other so often is the problem, it's that they're fighting each other without resolution so often. Part of this is that you're bringing ...

It's also worth noting that the more detail that goes into the explanations, the more troublesome they can become (the explanation for the Force and midichlorians in Star Wars episode ...

Overarching moral alignment (Good/Evil, Jedi/Sith, Selfless/Selfish). Structural ethical positioning (Order/Chaos, Individualist/Socialist) Elements (Water/Fire, Earth/Air, Blood/Mana) Otherwise look

hmmmmmm, you do know, a flawed legal system does not a rape culture make. Not on its own, but its a pretty key component of one. In Australia, the high ...

Calvinn First off, I cannot abide the 'my body my rules my life' argument. By using an analogy, you could justify anything you physically achieve, the justification for which it ...

To the Question: I don't think our current system of politics (domestically or internationally) could possibly give us the capacity to use a nuclear weapon "justly", even if such a ...

I’ve seen this kind of question/argument posted on Men’s Rights sites and I think it generally boils down to the idea that women are property. We tie the idea of ...

Karzkin is positing a categorical difference between profanity generally and slurs in particular whereby slurs are a form of insult "that are meant to insult someone because of who they ...

Zolen Hmmm....Dr. Margo psychology teacher makes fun of someone with that name for making up statistics. Remember to check peoples history, got to be careful. Granted she does some good ...

I'll begin with a grammatical point which will hopefully segue into something more substantial. Subjugation is generally understood to mean to "bring under domination or control, especially by conques

I agree with most of what's been said by karz and Audy, but I do have to take issue with this: This is another one of those things where an ...