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  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Phil Robertson and Duck Dynasty

    On "Homophobia". The word is nebulous, as it is generally used outside of a clinical context and for polemical purposes. It carries a stigma and so will often be used ...

    Dec 24, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Abortion: should the father have a say?

    Right. Even corpses have bodily autonomy. The organs of a dead person cannot be harvested unless the person specifically said they could be (before their death, obviously). Are you seriously ...

    Dec 22, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Evolution vs. Creationism

    Can we stop saying we 'believe' in evolution? No one says they believe the grass is green and the sky is blue; they know the grass is green and the ...

    Dec 18, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Why is it OK for Colored to say the N word?

    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, ...

    Dec 18, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Because cracked.com is a great place for philosophy...

    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

    Dec 13, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: What is in the name of Jesus?

    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 ...

    Dec 13, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Unwanted sexual advances

    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 ...

    Dec 9, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Abortion: should the father have a say?

    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 ...

    Dec 5, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Nuclear/Chemical weapons.

    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 ...

    Dec 2, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Abortion: should the father have a say?

    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 ...

    Nov 30, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Why is it OK for Colored to say the N word?

    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 ...

    Nov 29, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Unwanted sexual advances

    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 ...

    Nov 27, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Why is it OK for Colored to say the N word?

    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

    Nov 27, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Why is it OK for Colored to say the N word?

    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 ...

    Nov 27, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Feel the need to get angry?

    Did anyone else notice the accounts with female names with no pictures that were unwavering flattering of the article, often with immediate replies from Damien etc about how great their ...

    Nov 26, 2013


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