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""HA! That's what Stand Your Ground is for!" "Not every jurisdiction has that law"" I assume that the original quote may have been a little tongue in cheek given the ...

"Certainly, but it is very easy for the prosecution to cast doubt on a claim of self-defense, especially if the defendant was already armed before the incident." This is a ...

4. Defendants don't carry the criminal burden of proof for self-defence. They carry an evidentiary burden (very low, their client's testimony is enough), the prosecution bears the burden of proof ...

"That's why children don't usually get another cat after Fluffy dies" Really? My family have had 5 cats in the last 15 or so years, and most of my friends ...

Transubstantiation.

This is essentially a debate about human exceptionalism, framed fairly interestingly against a backdrop of animal rights and personhood. In regards to the question of the soul: 1:26 of Genesis ...

Draknghar "A human baby has the chance of becoming better than the cat, but there is an equal chance of the baby becoming a worthless drug addict" There is a ...

The main conceptual difficulty for me is that this baby just seems to have popped into existence. But yeah for me it's a no brainer, save the kid. I love ...

"I find it odd people want to perform a reproductive act while not wanting to actually reproduce." I'm pretty suspicious of this remark as it's almost certainly bait for a ...

"The law is reason free from passion" Aristotle probably wouldn't pass a modern day bar exam. Just because he said it doesn't make it true. If you ever attend court ...

"But morality and legality should not be synonymous. Religion and philosophy are things I believe should stay separate from the law, in any ideal modern civilization." Morality is not neccessarily ...

Yes. A good portion of the Christian Old Testament are the books of the prophets. Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah and such. Keep in mind that Jesus isn't really identified as a ...

1. Climate change exists. 2. Climate change is a natural occurence. 3. Climate change is exaccerbated by human industry (such as industrial farming and an overreliance on certain kinds of ...

"Many historians believe, for instance, that the people who built the pyramids were devout religious followers and not Jewish slaves." Be careful not to convince the historical claims of the ...

Surely it's more of a case of the graduating class vocalising religious views, and the school affirming their right to do so. Surely to remove the banner would be an ...