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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Truth about Republicans, Democrats, and 2A...? |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2023, 4:28 pm
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| Here is the UN's global study on homicide: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/global-study-on-homicide.html It just says the Americas. I am having difficulty navigating that website, can you bring me the link where it says USA America and not the Americas? https://dataunodc.un.org/dp-... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Politicians in my state are looking to ban same-sex marriage |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2023, 4:08 pm
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Replies: 11
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Tim_Tex wrote: I thought SSM was codified into law last year.
It was - one of the many reasons why this is stupid.
(Others being that this is already unconstitutional, that this wouldn't pass the Iowa congress anyway, and that banning same-sex marriage is morally wrong) |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Politicians in my state are looking to ban same-sex marriage |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2023, 3:37 pm
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Replies: 11
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| First up, it's important to remember that a couple of nutjobs who are even being denounced by the Republican Party is very different from there being any actual threat. Wingnuts are constantly proposing bills they know will fail as a way of "virtue signalling" to their base. The procreatio... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Truth about Republicans, Democrats, and 2A...? |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 05 Mar 2023, 11:57 am
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| It is slightly safer to be in public in the US than the UK and Australia. No it isn't. You are much more likely to be murdered in the US than in the UK or Australia, or indeed France. Numbeo is also a crowd-sourced website. It is therefore generally less reliable than the sources Wikipedia tends to... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Unmasked in class! |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 04 Mar 2023, 4:57 pm
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Replies: 10
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| I'm happy to hear unmasking has worked for you. My only concern is that your very obvious stimming such as flapping and rocking may attract the attention of bullies. I don't really mask anymore not for any particular reason other than I am burnt out. University is fortunately a much better place in... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Toxic Masculinity versus Manning Up? |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2023, 7:58 pm
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Replies: 33
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| If a man wants to play football, join the army, and be king of his castle then he should not be shamed for that. Or if he wants be an artist or be the househusband that should be ok too. Yes, the attitude that there is a "wrong way" to be masculine is exactly what "toxic masculinity&... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What medication helps you? |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2023, 5:15 pm
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Replies: 23
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| As others have said, there aren't medications for autism as such. I have been on the following antidepressants: - Pregabaline - Fluoxetine - Mirtazapine (still on) - Sertraline (still on) - Venlafaxine Pregabaline I wasn't sure had any real effect. Fluoxetine worked quite well at first but I think t... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Astral Projection |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2023, 4:07 pm
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Replies: 13
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| It's generally better not to try and look for deeper meaning in your dreams. They're just hallucinations, they don't mean anything. The equations you saw were just garbage half-remembered from pop culture. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Ron DeSantis’s Illiberal Education Crusade |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2023, 2:06 pm
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Replies: 37
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| Personally I fully suport any anti-woke action. Wokeism is dangerous to society and to liberty. We'll need to destroy freedom in order to save it. http://www.narusaku.com/public/style_emoticons/default/indubitably.gif Wokeism equals freedom to you? Freedom includes the freedom to be "woke"... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Ron DeSantis’s Illiberal Education Crusade |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2023, 12:42 pm
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| Personally I fully suport any anti-woke action. Wokeism is dangerous to society and to liberty. We'll need to destroy freedom in order to save it. http://www.narusaku.com/public/style_emoticons/default/indubitably.gif Wokeism equals freedom to you? Freedom includes the freedom to be "woke"... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Political Indoctrination of Children |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2023, 12:29 pm
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Replies: 36
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| Nothing wrong with teaching comparative religion or philosophy of religion in classrooms. It is, however, a disservice to students to indoctrinate them in any religion. Similarly with politics. There is nothing wrong with teaching basic civics (here are the different levels of government, here is ho... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Ron DeSantis’s Illiberal Education Crusade |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2023, 12:12 pm
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| The below post is a meme, in which "small brain" is the most sensible option and "galaxy brain" is the stupidest. The increasing size of the "brain" represents the increasing contortion of the anti-woke lunacy. Small brain: Banning teaching of collective guilt. Large b... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Putins concept of War ? |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2023, 4:25 pm
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Replies: 7
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| So am thinking as any competent leader might do , he maybe holding his more seasoned troops and equipment in reserve That doesn't seem to actually be the case. Putin committed all his best forces early on. His strategy was to conquer Kyiv very quickly and overthrow the government. Russia has strugg... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Who Funds And Controls The Online Right? |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2023, 4:19 pm
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Replies: 16
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| I think it's fair to point out that the video has a particularly strong bias - I haven't even got to the point of the video and it's already complaining about how liberalism is bouregoise - but that doesn't seem particularly relevant to the claims the video makes. I only got halfway through because ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Truth about Republicans, Democrats, and 2A...? |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2023, 1:48 pm
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Replies: 56
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| "B..but wikipedia said Australia is more safe" And literally even mainstream education says not to use wikipedia as a source. The source I used was numbeo. Do you know why Wikipedia should not be a source in academic writing? Wikipedia is a crowd-sourced encyclopedia. While that has advan... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Could need for voter ID affect the next UK election result? |
| The_Walrus |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2023, 8:48 am
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| In my state, a photo ID ordinarily costs $24.00 but is free if you're disabled and $1 if you're homeless. https://mva.maryland.gov/about-mva/Pages/fees.aspx I thought that in some European countries, e.g. Germany, having an ID was mandatory. Yes, the UK is a bit of an outlier. After the war, there ... |
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