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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Do you consider animals more important than people? |
| donnie_darko |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2017, 8:01 pm
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Replies: 47
Views: 1,930
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| I've read a couple threads on here and most people were saying they prefer animals to people. However, would you actually value an animal life higher than a human life? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why do men commit most of the crime? |
| donnie_darko |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2017, 7:35 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,808
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| Doesn't the fact men commit most crime sort of disprove free will? If humans were truly in control of their actions beyond their natures and instincts, you would find men and women committing crimes at fairly equal rates. Does it have to do with testosterone making certain men (and a much smaller pr... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Is it weird that I don't hate "evil" people? |
| donnie_darko |
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Posted: 28 May 2017, 11:25 pm
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,329
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| Someone could be a murderer, a racist or just a terrible person and I don't feel any hatred towards them. I still regard them as a human being with value, not a worthless "piece of crap". It doesn't mean I'd want to hang out with them, but I'd still wish them well in life. I actually get d... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is autism a man's disorder? |
| donnie_darko |
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Posted: 24 May 2017, 7:49 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,264
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| I've heard that autism is 4 times more common in men than in women, though I wonder if it's because of certain stereotypes that prevent women from being diagnosed, for example the false premise that autistic people lack empathy which would lead to fewer women being diagnosed. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: My problem with the male brain theory |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2015, 11:49 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 893
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| I don't think Aspergers can be considered an extremely male brain because if that were true, Aspie males would be "jockish" and stereotypically macho and if anything, most Aspie men seem passive and more feminine than most NT men. It would also mean Aspie females would tend to be "but... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: If a former bully of yours got cancer, would you be happy? |
| donnie_darko |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2015, 2:46 pm
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Replies: 54
Views: 2,730
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| Think about the person who tormented you the most at school. If you found that they had a painful cancer that would kill them in a few years, would you feel more pity or vindication? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: America's victim-blaming mentality |
| donnie_darko |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2015, 3:52 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,504
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| Is it just me or do Americans strongly believe in karma and just-worldism? Someone on Reddit said that Americans are no more advanced than Indians were several thousand years ago, because we hold people entirely responsible for all of their misfortunes. Are you homeless or poor? You must be lazy, th... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why are liberals suddenly so pro death penalty? |
| donnie_darko |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2015, 3:50 pm
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,171
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| sociopathic types generally don't have the fear response to punishment the way normal folk do. that is a big reason why recidivism is a thing. and I would wager there are no "cushy" American prisons, unless one's definition of "cushy" is perverse. I think when they say "cus... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why are liberals suddenly so pro death penalty? |
| donnie_darko |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2015, 3:49 pm
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,171
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Kraichgauer wrote: Flaming liberal here.
While I personally think there are way too many people on death row today, I also think there are some crimes that are just too terrible that there is no other fitting punishment.
Would you say you're somewhat of an authoritarian liberal? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Guns as the great equalizer |
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Posted: 20 Jun 2015, 12:34 am
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Replies: 280
Views: 7,875
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| Strength is more than just physical though. I'm a bumbling 6 foot 1 and 250 pounds, but I'm NOT a fighter and I'm sure someone much smaller than me could kick my ass. I'm a lumbering 6 foot 3 and past 400 pounds, and really I'm just a big teddybear, but nobody has threatened me physically, in perso... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Guns as the great equalizer |
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Posted: 20 Jun 2015, 12:12 am
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Replies: 280
Views: 7,875
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Strength is more than just physical though.
I'm a bumbling 6 foot 1 and 250 pounds, but I'm NOT a fighter and I'm sure someone much smaller than me could kick my ass. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why are liberals suddenly so pro death penalty? |
| donnie_darko |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2015, 8:55 pm
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,171
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| First they embrace capitalism, then they embrace "identity politics", and now the death penalty? While what Dylann Roof did is horrible, I think it's hypocritical to oppose the death penalty in most cases but to make an exception for hate crimes. Is murdering someone for money any more for... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism-chronic pain connection? |
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Posted: 15 Jun 2015, 11:22 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 688
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| Is there a link between autism spectrum disorders and chronic pain such as headaches and stomach aches? Generally if I go without eating for more than a few hours I will feel ill, and I regularly (multiple times a year) suffer intense headaches, especially following a cold. I've heard that autistic ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is history about to repeat itself? |
| donnie_darko |
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Posted: 09 Jun 2015, 11:22 pm
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Replies: 60
Views: 2,302
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| While I'm not a yank I'd say thinks are not going well here in Scandinavia either. Finding a job is getting harder and harder, I hardly know anyone who has a job, aside from those who got positions from friends or relatives. There's political corruption, more crime, mass Immigration and outsourcing... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is history about to repeat itself? |
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Posted: 09 Jun 2015, 11:13 pm
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Replies: 60
Views: 2,302
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| When I was reading this about the way the mentally ill are dragged through the criminal justice system due largely to lack of community supports and came across this sentence, I realized this country is run by evil people: The cyclical nature draws most of his ire. “Just think about how financially... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: "Poverty is moral failure" |
| donnie_darko |
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Posted: 02 Jun 2015, 7:27 am
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,296
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| Poverty is absolutely not a moral failure. |
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