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Yes, well - all that said, it's not very nice to run over *anyone* with a bulldozer, idiot or not.

Patriotism is fine, but Lieberman frightens me: the man is a fundementalist and a manic - any politician who wants a pledge of alligence to the state religion is walking ...

Just as a person can be a brother, father, uncle, son, student, employee, husband, lover etc, so they can be many nationalities. I'm British, English, Canadian, Scottish, Irish, Welsh and ...

Wrong: what we are saying is not that your point of view is invalid. Rather, we are saying you have no right to force your point of view on anyone, ...

Somehow, this seems to have turned into an eastern mindset verses western mindset debate: we're not here for that. Let's take a look at the basic facts: what the law ...

there's the possibility that some 'values' and beliefs are more just or more natural. So are murderers not to be imposed upon to stop murdering? It's an example that's used ...

Both sides of the coin can be argued. While we believe in freedom of religion, there is obviously a majority in that country who don't. The question is, do we ...

@girlwhofateloves: the simple fact is that, with anything, if you hush it up and don't talk about it, people are more likely to get into it. Not only will it ...

Stereotypes are, effectively, the way the mind has of dealing with the overflow of information attacking it: just as we form 'rules' about how things will react (ball will fall ...

Aye - think about it, fategirl: we raise awareness of the Holocaust (some places even have laws against denying it) so that people never forget how destructive it was, and ...

Conventional liberal ethics - drawing mostly on Mill - would say, as Brad does, that as long as you are not directly harming someone else, you have a right to ...

We studied the Milgram experiment. There are some problems with it - sample/validity etc. - but the conclusions are fairly damning. You have to look at it in wider context ...

The problem is getting an unbaised account out of the child - Samuel and Bryant (amazing people, truly - everyone should read their stuff, it's useful all over the place) ...

Quite right: whether we like it or not, and however important we think footballers etc. are, they are paid that much because they do something that lots of people like, ...

Alright, Qi, that kind of language isn't necessary. There will always be certain people who cannot understand the consequences of their actions - namely, some mentally ill people and young ...