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<|TOPIC|>Does science justify atheism?<|ARGUMENT|>In honor to that intelligence that allow us to perceive and fear death, and therefore create gods and praise them, we can also take another step forward, banishing the institution of religion from the empiric realm of the fear of death. We are grown enough as a species to accept we are scared of the end of our lives, and that religion is a social construct.<|ASPECTS|>scared, fear death, institution of religion, end of our lives, social construct, fear of death<|CONCLUSION|>

Religion is an institutionalization of the fear of death that we, humans, have as a consequence of our deeper intelligence.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Date of this post Nov 2 2018 I define 'Toronto' to mean the City of Toronto, not the GTA. Residential homes were far cheaper in 2000. See this line chart in this Huffington Post article I crave a price decrease in the next 5 years to 2000 levels, to allow me to buy a home. But Toronto has been alleged to be in a housing market bubble, and most evidence upholds my view. The news reports support for a speculation tax but this hasn't been implemented yet. I doubt that a Conservative government like Rob Ford's will. Toronto will grow because the Canadian government supports immigration to Canada. Population growth can increase home prices. This Huffington Post article encapsulates the other reasons. A recent poll found that half of Torontonians are hoping for house prices to fall, but a new report from Royal Bank of Canada basically says don't hold your breath. While that may be welcome news to homeowners worrying that the growth in the value of their homes has come to a standstill, it's a disappointment to the half of Toronto residents who — in a recent Angus Reid poll — said they'd like to see house prices fall. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported a surprise decline in the number of new homes starting construction in August. The annualized rate of construction fell to just under 201,000 housing units, down from nearly 206,000 in July, according to data released Tuesday. Economists had been predicting a pick up to around 210,000.<|ASPECTS|>population growth, price decrease, speculation tax, housing market bubble, rate of construction, residential homes, pick, decline, supports immigration, increase, gta, grow, home prices, units, house prices, number, new homes starting construction, cheaper, conservative government, value of their homes<|CONCLUSION|>

Toronto's home prices won't decrease to those in 2000, within the next 5 years.

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<|TOPIC|>Pride organisers should refuse corporate sponsorship<|ARGUMENT|>The LGBT movement faces many difficulties in the workplace, from discrimination to lack of supports for transgender individuals. It is hypocritical for corporations to gain prestige and respect from funding pride while not supporting these members of the community.<|ASPECTS|>funding pride<|CONCLUSION|>

Often large corporations are complicit in hiring and promoting practices that discriminate against LGBTQ+ people.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Rather than list the numerous oddities that I personally perceive in Christianity, I'll mention two specific things. The religion's primary symbol is a torture device. I understand that this is far outside of its context within the religion. But to an outsider, having a torture device as the primary symbol of your belief system is strange irregardless of its context within that belief system. Christians believe in aliens God, angels, and demons . Most people shrug this off because Christians don't believe in little green men. But alien life is any life that does not originate on earth. And by that definition, approximately 2 billion people on earth worship an alien, believe that they and their home world, and everything that exists have been created by aliens, and believe that the actions feelings thoughts of themselves and others are manipulated by sentient beings that were created or in God's case have always existed in another dimension. Edit I incorrectly approximated the number of adherents to Christianity.<|ASPECTS|>oddities, context, little green men, worship an alien, number, actions feelings, angels, demons, adherents to christianity, god, alien life, aliens, torture device, life, sentient beings, manipulated<|CONCLUSION|>

Christianity is weird I recognize that "weird" is subjective. In this case I'm stating that Christianity should be considered weird in the same way that Scientology is considered weird.

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<|TOPIC|>Should We Sing Problematic Christmas Songs?<|ARGUMENT|>The song portrays all Africans as helpless and suffering with lyrics such as 'the only water flowing is the bitter sting of tears'.<|ASPECTS|>sting of tears, bitter, helpless and suffering<|CONCLUSION|>

'Do They Know It's Christmas?' has been accused of reinforcing stereotypes about the African continent and its people.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>EDIT Moderators, i am going to bed. Please to do not delete the thread. Will continue responding tomorrow. I'm open to having my opinion shared. Hopefully my opinion is wrong, as i do not want it to be true. I believe that there is no way to counter the increase in social isolation which is occurring around the world. The most extreme example of this would be Japan, which according to this is the most isolated country, along with Mexico. I will be referring to Japan a lot, but keep in mind this is a world wide problem. I just use Japan as an example since i think it is is the furthest in the isolation stage I believe the rest of the world will end up like them. Using robots to make people feel less lonely and self imposed isolation Now, let me get to the part where i actually explain why i think this issue is unfixable. One of the weaknesses of technology is isolation. Now, i am not going to go into a rant about how technology has ruined society. Technology can be used for communication, to connect people. However, i believe that technology has increased the awkwardness of most people. Using social media and the internet allows you to stay in the loop, while not really participating in the loop. And if you become awkward you are already on the way to isolation. If being with people is weird then why would you be social at all? I also believe that the internet encourages irony, which adds another layer of isolation. I can no longer tell when a reddit post is a genuine sentiment, or just an ironic or meta ironic shitpost. People who are afraid of having their opinion rejected can state it ironically , then change their opinion based on it's popularity. Modern technology also encourages short communication. Of course being verbose is not a good thing, but the ability to express yourself beyond sad and okay is important for society and mental health. Not every issue is describable in a text message. In the book Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman, he talks about how Lincoln had a debate with another politician which lasted hours. We should encourage in depth conversations, but the internet makes this difficult. How often do you see redditors talk about not having friends, asking for tips on how to make friends, why is it so hard to make friends as an adult? I suppose you can blame parents, education and the government, but what can they really do? If your parents are awkward and isolated how can we expect the next generation to not be that? Should the government force people to be socially? If people are willingly isolated is there anything wrong with that? I am not only talking about physical contact here, but i will link this anyway I believe that this is a paradigm shift perhaps i am using the word wrong in the human condition. Being physically and emotionally social, considered a human need humans are a social animal , will be conditioned away. And of course there is stuff like Nihilism and existential depression. But that is not something you can counter, you just try to avoid thinking about it. Please tell me i am wrong. <|ASPECTS|>, wrong, nihilism, connect people, blame parents, isolated country, government, weird, isolation, technology, friends, express, society, issue, irony, stay, awkward and isolated, popularity, genuine sentiment, social isolation, willingly isolated, socially, ruined society, self imposed isolation, sad and okay, describable, responding, ironic, physical contact, existential depression, unfixable, mental health, avoid thinking, lonely, social, having friends, communication, paradigm shift, isolation stage, participating, awkward, debate, change, world wide problem, short communication, opinion is wrong, afraid, loop, opinion rejected, education, conditioned away, social animal, physically, weaknesses, depth conversations, opinion shared, opinion, awkwardness<|CONCLUSION|>

There is no way to counter the increase in social isolation

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>I suppose it depends on your definition of pride . Don't get me wrong. I can take pleasure in learning and taking part in my country's history, traditions and values. But to take PERSONAL satisfaction in such an abstract notion as nationality, something in which I had no choice, to me seems perverse and rather silly.<|ASPECTS|>values, satisfaction, nationality, history, learning, pride, traditions, choice<|CONCLUSION|>

I can't see any reason to be proud of your nationality and I instantly lose respect for people who say they are "proud to be american/british/whatever".

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<|TOPIC|>Should All Drug Trial Participants Be Chosen By Lottery?<|ARGUMENT|>It would be harder to avoid recruiting those with language barriers or other special needs, which would increase the representation of minorities in trial participant samples.<|ASPECTS|>needs, language barriers, representation of minorities<|CONCLUSION|>

This will eliminate the effect of various participant selection biases that can skew results.

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<|TOPIC|>Are Bitcoin and Similar Cryptocurrencies Good for the World?<|ARGUMENT|>Today illegal activities are mostly paid for using cash or anonymous bank accounts in shady places, which is costly and complicated - cryptocurrencies make this much simpler.<|ASPECTS|>costly, illegal activities, simpler, complicated, shady<|CONCLUSION|>

Cryptocurrencies make it easier for criminals to operate and be paid.

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<|TOPIC|>The Ethics of Eating Animals: Is Eating Meat Wrong?<|ARGUMENT|>Carnivores that mostly hunt in the cool of the night and sleep during the day when it is hot do not need sweat glands to cool their bodies; they therefore do not perspire through their skin, but rather sweat through their tongues. Herbivores, on the other hand, spend much of their time in the sun gathering their food, and they freely perspire through their skin to cool their bodies.<|ASPECTS|>perspire, sweat, cool, sweat glands, herbivores, bodies<|CONCLUSION|>

Meat-eating animals have no skin pores and perspire through the tongue, whereas herbivores perspire through skin pores. Humans perspire through their skin pores.

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<|TOPIC|>Whitewashing In Hollywood: Should It Be Banned?<|ARGUMENT|>If it were offensive to the majority, than people would not see these movies. That they are still being made indicates it is not that big a problem.<|ASPECTS|>offensive, problem<|CONCLUSION|>

It is likely most people are not offended by whitewashing, or see it as a big enough problem to ban.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>My SO of 5 years has recently become close friends with a colleague of the opposite sex. As I'm struggling with feelings of jealousy, confusion and hurt over the time spent with this friend, it occurs to me that perspective may be helpful. To be more specific, I don't understand what my partner is getting from spending so much time with this person, or how I might more effectively share my feelings which seem to be disregarded I'm being told that this is my own issue for which I need to seek therapy . I can give more details in responses to any replies, but for now I'm open to the possibility that most people would not have much of a problem with this situation. Or maybe it shouldn't matter what most people feel. I may be terribly old fashioned, since I wouldn't be comfortable putting myself in such situations. Any attempts to enlighten me on, or nudge me to a more helpful and healthy way of thinking, are appreciated in advance.<|ASPECTS|>helpful, confusion, situation, situations, close friends, opposite sex, therapy, old fashioned, share my feelings, hurt, appreciated, enlighten, feel, comfortable, colleague, healthy way, perspective, jealousy, problem<|CONCLUSION|>

I think it's inappropriate for my SO to spend one-on-one time with a friend of the opposite sex.

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<|TOPIC|>English as US official language<|ARGUMENT|>"The Myth of English as a Threatened Language." MALDEF on OpposingViews.com: "Latino immigrants are learning English, and doing so as quickly as or more quickly than previous generations of immigrants. As is typical of immigrant populations in the United States, by the third generation most Latinos tend to speak only English. Latino immigrants, then, do not need official English or English-only legislation to coerce them into learning English; that desire and determination already runs deep in the Latino community."<|ASPECTS|>desire and determination, threatened language, myth, latino immigrants, learning english, coerce, english, latino<|CONCLUSION|>

Incentive to learn English exists w/o making it official language

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>My argument is simple Roughly 20 35 of Muslims are radicalized, meaning that they support terrorist attacks against U.S. civilians in some instances and or the establishment of a religious theocracy in the U.S. Because the U.S. does not have a good way to prevent immigration of the radicals, it makes sense to halt all Muslim immigration until a good sorting system has been developed. I believe that this situation would be similar to a ban on all self declared Nazis during WWII. While not all Nazis would attack Americans, a significant portion were likely to be loyal to Hitler, and attack Americans or attempt to overthrow the U.S. government. Because a good sorting mechanism of self declared Nazis was not in place, allowing such immigration should have been paused until a strong sorting mechanism was developed. The difference between Islam, a religious ideology, and Nazism, a political ideology is immaterial, as both ideologies are being utilized as a justification to harm civilians and overthrow the government. Supporting evidence demonstrating that 20 30 of Muslims are radicalized Pew Research 2013 Only 57 of Muslims worldwide disapprove of al Qaeda. Only 51 disapprove of the Taliban. 13 support both groups and 1 in 4 refuse to say. Wenzel Strategies 2012 58 of Muslim Americans believe criticism of Islam or Muhammad is not protected free speech under the First Amendment. 45 believe mockers of Islam should face criminal charges 38 said they should not . 12 of Muslim Americans believe blaspheming Islam should be punishable by death. 43 of Muslim Americans believe people of other faiths have no right to evangelize Muslims. 32 of Muslims in America believe that Sharia should be the supreme law of the land. ICM Poll 40 of British Muslims want Sharia in the UK 20 of British Muslims sympathize with 7 7 bombers Pew Research 2010 82 of Egyptian Muslims favor stoning adulterers 70 of Jordanian Muslims favor stoning adulterers 42 of Indonesian Muslims favor stoning adulterers 82 of Pakistanis favor stoning adulterers 56 of Nigerian Muslims favor stoning adulterers WZB Berlin Social Science Center 65 of Muslims in Europe say Sharia is more important than the law of the country they live in. Pew Global 2006 68 of Palestinian Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified. 43 of Nigerian Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified. 38 of Lebanese Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified. 15 of Egyptian Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified. World Public Opinion 2009 61 of Egyptians approve of attacks on Americans 32 of Indonesians approve of attacks on Americans 41 of Pakistanis approve of attacks on Americans 38 of Moroccans approve of attacks on Americans 62 of Jordanians approve of some or most groups that attack Americans 21 oppose 42 of Turks approve of some or most groups that attack Americans 45 oppose NOP Research 62 percent of British Muslims say freedom of speech shouldn't be protected 1 in 4 British Muslims say 7 7 bombings were justified 78 of British Muslims support punishing the publishers of Muhammad cartoons People Press Surveys 31 of Turks support suicide attacks against Westerners in Iraq. Belgian HLN 16 of young Muslims in Belgium state terrorism is acceptable . ICM Poll 25 of British Muslims disagree that a Muslim has an obligation to report terrorists to police. Pew Research 2007 26 of younger Muslims in America believe suicide bombings are justified. 35 of young Muslims in Britain believe suicide bombings are justified 24 overall . 42 of young Muslims in France believe suicide bombings are justified 35 overall . 22 of young Muslims in Germany believe suicide bombings are justified. 13 overall . 29 of young Muslims in Spain believe suicide bombings are justified. 25 overall . scroll to page 60 Al Jazeera 2006 49.9 of Muslims polled support Osama bin Laden Populus Poll 2006 16 of British Muslims believe suicide attacks against Israelis are justified. 37 believe Jews in Britain are a legitimate target . GfK NOP 28 of British Muslims want Britain to be an Islamic state NOP Research 68 of British Muslims support the arrest and prosecution of anyone who insults Islam MacDonald Laurier Institute 62 of Muslims want Sharia in Canada 15 say make it mandatory 35 of Canadian Muslims would not repudiate al Qaeda al Arabiya 36 of Arabs polled said the 9 11 attacks were morally justified 38 disagreed 26 Unsure Gallup 38.6 of Muslims believe 9 11 attacks were justified 7 fully , 6.5 mostly , 23.1 partially Policy Exchange 1 in 4 Muslims in the UK have never heard of the Holocaust Only 34 of British Muslims believe the Holocaust ever happened. According to a Pew Research poll “When asked about the death penalty for those who leave the Muslim religion, at least three quarters of Muslims in Jordan 86 , Egypt 84 and Pakistan 76 say they would favor making it the law in Nigeria, 51 of Muslims favor and 46 oppose it.” and 30 of people in Indonesia support the death penalty for apostates<|ASPECTS|>freedom of speech, radicalized, punishable by death, defense of islam, sorting mechanism, sorting system, protected free speech, attack americans, morally justified, right to evangelize muslims, declared nazis, immaterial, support both groups, blaspheming islam, adulterers, apostates, harm civilians, loyal to hitler, terrorist attacks, nazis, jews, islamic state, muslim immigration, obligation, justified, religious theocracy, islam, supreme law of the land, holocaust, refuse, report terrorists, sharia, ban, political ideology, suicide bombings, disapprove, taliban, al qaeda, law, criminal charges, self declared nazis, mockers of islam, justification, overthrow the government, punishing, overthrow, terrorism, u.s., civilians, death penalty, legitimate target, suicide attacks, immigration, repudiate<|CONCLUSION|>

A plan to ban all Muslim immigration until we have a way to sort out radicals is no different than a plan to ban all Nazi immigration during WWII because we have a way to sort out the "dangerous Nazis."

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<|TOPIC|>Students Keep "No Platforming" Contentious Speakers. Should They Stop?<|ARGUMENT|>The norms of civil discourse still provide a broad range within which reasonable differences of opinion and perspective can be debated, serving the goals of critical thinking and self expression. Extremism is not required for dialogue.<|ASPECTS|>critical thinking, self expression, differences of opinion<|CONCLUSION|>

Universities should function as models for civic and civil discourse. Ideas which fall outside of the norms of proper civil discourse should be excluded from it.

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<|TOPIC|>All drugs should be decriminalised<|ARGUMENT|>The opposition tried to refute our second argument by citing some book unknown to us in which it was written that there is no clear consensus that the effect of the sweetest fruit is so powerful. We would like to point out that we do not have this book we cannot verify the offered information and we do not know of such researches at all. We will just support our argument by reminding the opposition of the story of Adam and Eva. We all know that the Bible gives us demonstrative facts of human behavior. So it is not accidental that the story about the sweetest fruit is documented in the Bible. On the other hand, it is common knowledge that when something is forbidden it arouses interest. That is a truism! It does not have to be proved!<|ASPECTS|>sweetest fruit, interest, truism, researches, powerful, human behavior, demonstrative facts<|CONCLUSION|>

In addition to our second argument: The forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>I feel as the US election draws closer to November and the main party candidates are all but selected as of next, they will be , a major arguing point among the Democratic electorate is that Hilary Clinton represents the lesser of two evils . Those who are familiar with her political history know that she's gotten her hands dirty on more than one occasion, and as a result many people aren't comfortable voting for her, but are being persuaded to reconsider, because do you really want Donald Trump to be president? I disagree with this line of thinking, because the lesser of two evils vote only perpetuates the system whereby disenfranchised Democrats end up voting for candidates they really don't like that much, in order to keep candidates they really don't like out of office. The Democratic party can therefore keep running mediocre or right leaning candidates under the Democratic label, and rely on the voter base to vote for them if they're less nutty than the Republican candidate. In this election cycle, Hilary is not the greatest choice for president, but many would agree that at least she's not Trump. What I think Democrats who don't like either Hilary or Trump should do is vote for a third party candidate. Of course, the risk of doing this is that if the left leaning vote is split between two or three presidential candidates, then there is an increased chance that Trump will win the election. However, I think that this is a fair cost for the Democratic party to realize that they need to have a political platform that caters to voters not just as a foil to the Republican platform, but as a good political platform in itself. Especially after the recent DNC email leak, the Democrats need to learn the lesson that if you don't create the progressive platform that left leaning Americans want, they will go somewhere else. EDIT 1 On the argument that Nothing changed after Nader Gore Bush in 2000 See my response here I argue that the 2000 election isn't comparable to this one either in terms of candidates or political economic situation. It still remains possible therefore that a loss in this election could cause a shift to the left in the Democratic party, especially if they lose against the absurdity of Trump.<|ASPECTS|>, political platform, lesser, political history, right leaning candidates, shift, less nutty, voter base, trump, greatest choice, left, absurdity, comparable, comfortable voting, disenfranchised democrats, loss, third party candidate, nothing changed, political economic situation, evils, mediocre, hands dirty, progressive platform, fair cost, vote, left leaning vote<|CONCLUSION|>

Democrats/voters who don't like Hilary Clinton shouldn't vote for her, even if it means Trump becoming president.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>changed democracy, that is the right to vote, should not be given with a social security number, but should be inclusive based on basic aptitude tests. to keep this really simple If you do not understand economics why should you be eligible to make decisions vote based on economic principles? If you don't understand the long term effects of US foreign policy, or the social effects of banning abortion, what entitles you to vote on the same, why should my world be decided my the general publics opinion. Running a country is far more complicated than the general public can understand. If the majority can be so influenced by such a simple thing as my husband showing up at a polling both, then why do we allowed ourselves to be ruled by such a mob. True, everybody should be allowed to vote, but if they really don't understand the issues being voted on, or if they rely fully on the media's interpretation of candidates then what can assure us of a reasonable outcome in a general election. Even when democracy was founded it most definitely did not include the general public. Counterarguments include the income gap and its effect on education and suchlike. This is a different discussion. Education should be improved and enforced but when, for example, ones willingness to go to war in Iraq can be correlated accurately to their being able to even point Iraq out on a map, why should we allow our leaders to be chosen by people who are voting essentially with their hearts, not with their brains. An equivalent could be to have every person in your family casting a vote to decide the electrical circuitry that runs through your house. its more than wishful thinking to assume that the aggregate of concerns will result in the best possible wiring system. Why should any random person be allowed to vote? If people are fundamentally unprepared to vote in this kind of system then the system is completely flawed and misguided. 1 Edit Many people are commenting on the feasibility of a voting test. I do not believe it to be unfeasible. It does raise other questions but for the sake of beginning this discussion lets assume its possible. If we could then agree that such a system might be better than the current one, pending questions about the test, then the discussion could move onto the test. My view was changed One reason is that excluding a few people is pointless and excluding a lot dangerous. A lot of people took the route of the implementation of the test. I didn't have time to respond to everyone. The point is tho that implementation is implementation. There are many examples of different parts of the implementation puzzle that could work for example the role of the queen in Dutch and British parliament. but since those questions did not directly address the issue I just let them slide. Thanks for all the responses.<|ASPECTS|>dangerous, flawed, decisions, electrical circuitry, unprepared, majority, best possible, interpretation of candidates, inclusive, correlated accurately, mob, misguided, effect, economic principles, issue, possible, right to vote, unfeasible, raise, influenced, role of the queen, complicated, democracy, basic aptitude tests, improved and enforced, concerns, pointless, wiring system, implementation, time to respond to everyone, voting test, reasonable outcome, feasibility, aggregate, ruled, long, effects, social effects, social security number, better, random person, questions, income gap, education, different, general public, vote, media 's<|CONCLUSION|>

Voting should be a privilege not a right

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<|TOPIC|>EU constitution reform treaty Lisbon Treaty<|ARGUMENT|>Sally McNamara. "The EU Reform Treaty: A Threat to the Transatlantic Alliance". Heritage Foundation. February 20, 2008 - "The notion that the people of Europe should not have a vote on a treaty with huge implications for the future of the continent demonstrates the utter contempt that the Brussels bureaucracy has for the average man or woman on the street. There is no doubt that if the treaty were put to a popular vote, the electorates of several countries would reject it. The whole "European Project" is fundamentally undemocratic, unaccountable, and opaque. If subjected to referenda across the EU, it would almost certainly be consigned to the dustbin of history."<|ASPECTS|>threat, implications, popular vote, reject, unaccountable, opaque, future, contempt, continent, dustbin of history, electorates, undemocratic, eu<|CONCLUSION|>

Most EU citizens have not been given a vote on Lisbon Treaty

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<|TOPIC|>Should businesses pay people on a structured and distinct scale or allow employees to negotiate salaries?<|ARGUMENT|>The US Federal Government and US Military both have seniority as part of their public payscales. You can see in the following links that both 'steps' and 'over x' years are indicators of increases in pay due to time spent in the US federal or military organization. Federal Government General Schedule US Military Payscale<|ASPECTS|>payscales, seniority, pay, increases<|CONCLUSION|>

Seniority can be one of the measures of a pay scales.

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<|TOPIC|>Should all religions be banned on a global scale?<|ARGUMENT|>Religion has been one of the greatest sources for artistic expression in all of Human history.<|ASPECTS|>artistic expression, sources<|CONCLUSION|>

Most of today's cultures and remaining world heritage are due to religions.

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<|TOPIC|>Monogamy vs Polygamy: Is the Norm of Monogamy Regrettable?<|ARGUMENT|>With a greater number of domestic residents the division of labour can be better distributed to allow people to perform to their comparative advantages in earning income, domestic tasks, child raising, etc.<|ASPECTS|>division, distributed, earning income<|CONCLUSION|>

Non-monogamous relationships open up the possibility of more communitarian models of housing and family, where the burden of domestic tasks can be spread across a wider number of people.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>A German writer published that the US secretly told Saddam that he had a hole in his defenses in the Iran Iraq war, that Iran was about to surpirse attack. And we knew before telling him that he was going to deploy chem weapons against them but we still told him about it. And he still did it. I think this is a guise, as usual, by the US to continue its conquest of the middle east to spread the seeds of democracy to every place that would benefit them if they were west friendly governments. We used the presence of WMD in Iraq to justify a blatantly wasteful campaign for nearly a decade, and we have left that country in shambles. I think the recent chemical weapons attack was staged by a third party to initiate our involvement.<|ASPECTS|>chem weapons, shambles, surpirse attack, wasteful campaign, deploy, chemical weapons attack, democracy, defenses, hole<|CONCLUSION|>

I don't think that US intervention in Syria is about the use of chemical weapons, mainly because we stood idly by while Saddam gassed Iran previously.

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<|TOPIC|>Do US military bases around the world make the US less secure?<|ARGUMENT|>American bases in countries like Iraq or Afghanistan represent a symbol of foreign imperialism and occupation. This can give radical extremist populists an easy way to incite anti-American sentiment in people.<|ASPECTS|>occupation, foreign imperialism, anti-american sentiment, radical extremist populists<|CONCLUSION|>

Many U.S. bases are unwanted by the countries they exist in. Regular protests happen against those bases in many countries.

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<|TOPIC|>Should "women-only" spaces be open to anyone identifying as female?<|ARGUMENT|>Androgen and estrogen contribute to fetal programming of ovarian dysfunction Fetal estrogen deficiency, for example, results in irregularities of ovarian development, and subsequently immature and abnormal adult ovaries.<|ASPECTS|>dysfunction, development, irregularities, fetal programming, estrogen<|CONCLUSION|>

Androgens and estrogens, as well as other hormones, have an undeniable effect on our brains during gestation. The effect of such hormones is not transient but lasting.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>The main reason people state for abortion being acceptable isn't that a fetus is not capable of many of the things we consider human, for example expressing emotions, critical thought, communication, etc. They use these facts as a basis of the concept that abortion is not murder . Makes sense. Yet imagine an adult person with these traits extremely low intelligence, no ability to communicate, etc. And a 99 guaranteed chance to recover to the state of a fully functional adult. Killing that person would undeniably be murder. I think this is very strong evidence that abortion should be considered murder, since the fetus has basically all of those features. <|ASPECTS|>guaranteed, chance to recover, ability to communicate, emotions, critical thought, killing, fully functional adult, murder, low intelligence, expressing<|CONCLUSION|>

Abortion is morally equivalent to murdering a highly disabled person with a guaranteed chance of recovery.

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<|TOPIC|>Should citizens be able to crowdsource laws?<|ARGUMENT|>Education is a commonly solution for political ignorance, yet US American have remained just as ignorant is often named as a solution for political ignorance, yet US American have remained just as ignorant as levels of education improved. about politics as levels of education improved in the recent past.<|ASPECTS|>education improved, ignorant, political ignorance, levels<|CONCLUSION|>

There is no effective and proven strategy for meaningfully improving citizens' level of information, governments have tried and failed in the past. Hence, this is not a realistic alternative to abolishing referendums.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>I live in East Europe and for as long as I can remember, some specific social groups and people with specific status here hate the police and claim police oppression and harassment. I can see something very similar going on almost everywhere in the world, especially in the USA. Anyway, up until about six months ago, I have never had anything to do with the police. But then, It was night and slightly raining, I fell asleep and didn't take my dog out for a walk and woke up abruptly around 2 a.m. My dog was scratching the door as he wanted out really bad, so I grabbed my jacket and ran outside with him, and forgot to take my ID in the rush. While I was standing all alone in the rain in the dimly lit deserted park my dog was sniffing around , a police officer approached and asked me what was I doing there and to present him my ID. I told him I took my dog out for a walk and, to my horror, I realized I left my ID at home. I was afraid he'll arrest me and bring me to the police station and at least issue me a fine since going around without ID is a violation, but he just, politely, asked me for my name and if I knew my social security number. I did and I told him, while he contacted the station through the radio to check if the name and the number match. He did ask me if I consumed any alcohol or narcotics, too. In the meantime, the dispatcher confirmed the match and, again, to my surprise, the officer thanked me, warned me to always carry my ID, ordered me to go home and wished me a good night. I mean, I've heard stories. People I know from my neighborhood, claiming officers were bothering them, acted harshly and oppressively, detained them for no reason and similar stuff. And I expected something like it, but no. The officer was polite and he didn't even issue me a fine, something he could have done in accordance with the law. Two days ago, I was again coming back home late past midnight and I could hear loud voices coming from the park. Around one of the benches, there were about five people in their late 20s. There were also two police officers and a girl I know her personally , obviously drunk, was screaming at them words like what do you care who I am , I don't want to show you my ID, stop bothering us , go away , who are you to tell me what to do . At some point she even started shouting at the officer not to touch her . I don't know how it ended since I didn't stop and went straight back home, but it just got me thinking. Those people, those same people were the ones telling me how the police is oppressing them for no reason other than to show off . Now, I believe there are cases where police officers were out of the line, but, in most of the cases I mean, why is it that almost every hooligan claims police oppression, while there are almost no regular people claiming the same? I don't think it's because police is oppressive, it has to do something with the behavior and refusal to cooperate.<|ASPECTS|>fine, social security, loud voices, oppressive, acted, stories, night, late, left, officers, police oppression, oppressing, thinking, polite, narcotics, social, alcohol, similar, behavior, harshly, shouting, oppressively, refusal to cooperate, consumed, police, detained, id, harassment<|CONCLUSION|>

People who claim "police oppression" in 99% of the cases asked for it

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>There are several conflicting views surrounding abortion, primarily with a focus on the religious view on when life begins. It should first be said that nobody actually enjoys abortion and that people would avoid it if at all possible however, the reality is people get one to terminate unwanted pregnancies for a multitude of reasons. As a somewhat conservative Christian, I believe life begins at conception when the sperm reaches the egg but am not one for pushing it onto others. It seems many politicians adopt this view as a scapegoat to try and get rid of abortion, but not to actually reduce the need for it. If people cared about abortion, we would be hearing more about efforts to reduce the number of abortions per year and see targeted efforts on that topic which is what I personally want . In sum, create a society that doesn’t need abortion so that legislation is not needed. Instead, I see the opposite and am starting to think the politics surrounding abortion have nothing to do with preserving life whatsoever and that the political agenda is instead about something else, but they use the Christian vote to try and make it happen. Here are some examples of things I can come up with to reduce abortion rates and what the politicians are actually doing instead Instead of promoting contraceptives to reduce pregnancies and then obviously reduce abortions , they are removing them from covered medications from employer insurances. Instead of promoting Plan B or any other emergency contraceptive to help victims of rape or incest, or even just accidents, we are ignoring this altogether and keeping it 50 OTC making it inaccessible to many victims. I mention Plan B because it is effective prior to conception takes up to 3 days for sperm to reach the egg and Plan B works before that and does not affect a fertilized egg . When discussing the idea of preserving life as a fetus, politicians have decided it does not apply to embryos in the lab. They can claim killing a fetus during a pregnancy is murder take it as a premise, not an argumentative point , but an egg fertilized in a lab can be killed without prejudice even though it is still a living human under their definition. Overall to boil down my , I think there is an underlying agenda and politicians are unfairly taking advantage of Christians who care about preserving life and reducing a need for abortion that is harmful to our society.<|ASPECTS|>killed without prejudice, inaccessible, killing, fertilized, reduce abortion rates, terminate unwanted pregnancies, incest, life begins at conception, targeted efforts, society, abortion, reduce pregnancies, abortions, enjoys abortion, preserving life, religious view, political agenda, legislation, effective prior, rape, conflicting views, murder, number, emergency, politics, harmful, accidents, reduce, begins, need, fetus, underlying agenda, christian vote, scapegoat<|CONCLUSION|>

Abortion politics is not about abortion

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<|TOPIC|>Classics Latin and Ancient Greek, should be taught in schools<|ARGUMENT|>Works written in Latin and Greek e.g. by Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero and Vergil address issues fundamental to the human condition, such as love, death, politics, morality and adventure. These works have stood the test of time: they exerted great influence on western thinking for two millennia and remain widely read. This indicates that they are of great literary and intellectual merit. Few modern works are likely to endure so long; this implies they are of less merit. Time should therefore be devoted to studying classical literature. The subtleties of any text can only be fully understood if one reads them in the original; knowledge of Latin and Greek is therefore of great use.<|ASPECTS|>death, politics, literary and intellectual merit, fully understood, subtleties, human condition, morality, less merit, widely read, classical literature, influence, western thinking, studying, adventure, time, love<|CONCLUSION|>

Works written in Latin and Greek e.g. by Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero and Vergil address issues...

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<|TOPIC|>in the use of affirmative action<|ARGUMENT|>Any system that does not reward individuals on the basis of their merit is one that is unjust to those not in the group that is “preferred” and therefore benefitted by it. Meritocracy is the only fair system to run a society on. Any system that does not reward individuals on the basis of their skill and effort is one that is unjust. The use of any criteria other than merit to select or benefit an individual is the definition of discrimination itself. Simply putting the word “positive” in front of it does not make it a beneficial or just system. For every act of “positive” discrimination enacted, an act of “negative” discrimination occurs against the individual that was denied a position or achievement they earned on their own merit for the person that received the “positive” end of the discrimination. Affirmative action is simply reversing the discrimination in society so injustice is enacted in the opposite direction. This is not a just system of distribution; it’s simply unjust against a different group. The only truly fair system to use is one that has no criteria other than merit to determine who receives what.<|ASPECTS|>positive ” discrimination, system, reward individuals, unjust, criteria, fair system, merit, beneficial, system of distribution, positive, negative ” discrimination, benefitted, skill and effort, injustice, discrimination, preferred, meritocracy<|CONCLUSION|>

Meritocracy is the only fair system by which society should be ordered

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>I want to quickly described what I mean by Marxism, because you will see that many might describe me as Marxist. I don't mean social programs. I mean things like suggesting land should be taken away from white South Africans. Or that suggesting that capitalism needs to be replaced altogether. Or aspousing that those with money don't deserve it didn't earn it. I am actually in favor of free healthcare, free education, and trying out basic income. But this is because I think it would benefit the country I'm Canadian btw . Not because I hate rich people and want to flip the table on them. On identity politics I was brought up in a left leaning home. I still hold to those ideals. But the left has in many cases abandoned the ideals I considered leftist. It used to be that we were not to judge people on their skin. Or blame them for the acts of their ancestors. I truly believe colour blindness is the only non racists philosophy. The right used to bother me by judging non Christians and immigrants, they still do some of that. But the left has embraced its own identity politics. Things like privilege, which everyone has some form of if you live in a democracy at all, are used to shame some groups. I am hearing hretoric in the vain of you wouldn't understand this topic because you are which to me is the kind of stuff the left and myself found abhorrent just 10 years ago. I was told women and minorities are equal, and now I hear their voice matters more than anyone elses. Conclusion Fundementally I think these views are bigoted. I think we are seeing a global move from the left to the right because of leftist idiology becoming racist, sexist, and lacking historical context when it comes to Marxism. Me as a liberal individualistic egalitarian who believes in high taxes and social programs has no side to go to. There needs to be a new movement in the left to reject identity politics and Marxism to save the west from the anti globalism and white notionlism that is rising. Movements like BLM and modern feminism are losing support and most people want identity gone from politics. We need to get these voters on the side of social programs and globalism by abandoning identity politics.<|ASPECTS|>land, replaced altogether, free education, immigrants, money, social programs, leftist, judging, ancestors, left leaning home, matters, identity politics, abandoned, bother, women, anti globalism, capitalism, bigoted, hate, blame, equal, leftist idiology, losing support, benefit the country, views, shame some groups, basic income, individualistic egalitarian, marxism, flip, marxist, deserve, global move, judge people, identity gone, rich people, right, minorities, sexist, white south africans, racist, white notionlism, taken away, free healthcare, christians, privilege, non racists, acts, hretoric, high taxes, globalism, ideals, colour blindness, earn, historical context<|CONCLUSION|>

The global left needs to move towards to centre, abandon identity politics and marxism.

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<|TOPIC|>Is banning books inherently wrong?<|ARGUMENT|>Banning something can have the unintended consequence of making it more appealing or more widely cherished. If the information is wrong, it is more effective to write and publish a succinct rebuttal to the book showing how it is wrong, and letting readers decide for themselves.<|ASPECTS|>wrong, effective, information, appealing, widely, decide, unintended, cherished<|CONCLUSION|>

Banning is inherently wrong for everything - because it will not change the demand, it just opens doors wide open for the black market.

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<|TOPIC|>Is taxation theft?<|ARGUMENT|>While some taxation can be likened to theft, not all forms can. For example, natural resources like land, water, and air are owned by everyone Land value and pollution taxation compensates society for the exclusive use and/or corruption of these universally owned resources. These are ethical taxes which can be levied to pay for commonly used services and utilities.<|ASPECTS|>exclusive, value, theft, corruption, ethical taxes<|CONCLUSION|>

Taxation is just the price or 'rent' one must pay to continue to exist within a state. It cannot be theft because people always have the option to opt-out of a particular state and thus cease paying tax.

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<|TOPIC|>Does buying things from third world countries condone a form of modern day slavery?<|ARGUMENT|>When Western firms hire workers in less-developed regions of the world, it boosts the rate of investment and economic growth in those places. This provides a new arena of employment and might put upward pressure on wages in the long term. The new jobs created might have conditions and wages that are the same or better than many domestic industries. economicshelp.org<|ASPECTS|>upward pressure, investment, arena of employment, rate, conditions, economic growth, wages<|CONCLUSION|>

The labor provided is generally beneficial to the workers and their communities.

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<|TOPIC|>Repatriate all Illegal Immigrants<|ARGUMENT|>Failing to remove illegal immigrants undermines public confidence in the government and its migration policy. People believe that allowing those who have no right to remain in the country to stay on means the whole immigration system is broken. Legitimate migrants such as refugees, students and those with visas for work will be lumped together with illegal immigrants, and calls will grow for all forms of migration to be restricted. Populist feeling may also be inflamed against ethnic minorities, with increased social tensions.<|ASPECTS|>immigration system, migration, restricted, ethnic minorities, illegal immigrants, immigrants, populist feeling, migrants, right to remain, public confidence, inflamed, social tensions<|CONCLUSION|>

Failing to remove illegal immigrants undermines public confidence in the government and its migratio...

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Quest markers, these little guys, started years ago and are now a staple of a lot of games. They are, in my opinion, the worst addition to video games in my lifetime. Worse than DRM, worse than QTES. Worse than Superman 64. Alright, maybe not that last one. They've changed games drastically. Before, you used to have to look for the answer location item whatever. Finding it may have taken a bit more time, but there was a sense of accomplishment when you found it. You actually learned the area. I still have GTA 3 memorized despite not playing it for 15 years because they didn't have a GPS I actually learned the lay of the land because I had to know my way around. With quest markers or GPS, I end up staring at my compass instead of the surroundings. The running joke in Skyrim is that we would rather go over the mountain than take the path around it. And this is bad for gaming. You can't appreciate the surroundings if you're looking at your compass. You're not involved in the hunt for this location, you just point the arrow in the middle of the screen and walk forward. Now I will admit, things have gotten better in some aspects. The quest circles are better, where they get you to a central area and just get you to the general area, but the idea of no markers is still far more immersion. And yes, you can turn them off, but the games generally aren't made for that. For example, compare Morrowind and Skyrim. Skyrim might say the cave west of here, and then give you a marker. Morrowind won't give you a marker, but they give you directions like go west, cross the river. Turn right at the crater, when you see a smoldering tree, look left. Which one of those gives a better experience?<|ASPECTS|>, worse, marker, qtes, worst, learned the lay of the land, directions, better experience, bad for gaming, walk forward, drm, addition, mountain, answer location, games, changed games drastically, gotten better, quest markers, smoldering, quest circles, surroundings, staple, know my way, memorized, time, immersion, accomplishment, sense, turn, learned the area, appreciate the surroundings, hunt<|CONCLUSION|>

Quest markers are one of the worst things to ever happen to video games, and they're ruining the concept of immersion.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>I live in Ireland where a large proportion of the education system is built around the Catholic religion. Holy Communion at age 8 and Confirmation at age 12 are big social occasions with a huge amount of school involvement. Both are made with classmates and become very memorable life events. When I made my communion, there was a jewish kid in our class. Whenever we were going through practice ceremonies he would sit down the back of the church, completely ignored. We were too young to know what anti semitism was, but there was definite bullying taking place because he was different. I would save my children that and have them baptised, follow the social institution that has been made of growing up in Catholic education while doing my best to teach them critical thinking. I am aware of the existence of non denominational schools, but to be frank, some of the best in the area are Catholic based, and I would rather my children receive a better education. This is entirely hypothetical, I have no kids but it would be what I would plan to do.<|ASPECTS|>memorable life events, social institution, critical thinking, jewish kid, school involvement, education system, ignored, social occasions, non denominational schools, save, classmates, catholic religion, catholic based, better education, anti semitism, bullying<|CONCLUSION|>

I would baptise my children to avoid the stigma of being raised completely atheist in a Catholic society;

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<|TOPIC|>Do we exist within a Simulated Reality?<|ARGUMENT|>There are infinite ways to simulate a reality, and only one way for a reality to be unsimulated. Probability therefore gives as close to a guarantee as can exist that we are in simulation.<|ASPECTS|>unsimulated, simulate a reality, probability, guarantee, simulation<|CONCLUSION|>

If it is possible and it would eventually happen at least once, then the probability we live inside one is near 100%.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Biotech, is definitely beneficial. GM crops results in increased yield, which help to provide food security, which could potentially resolve world hunger. Sure, GM crops may not be proven to be safe to eat, and may result in allergens. But surely, given the rate biotech is advancing, wouldn't it be only a matter of time before such issues are resolved? Also, with current biotech, it is also possible to reverse aging , which allows many more things to be done. It also contributes to economic growth. With all these benefits, what could possibly be bad about biotechnology?<|ASPECTS|>reverse aging, biotechnology, increased, bad, safe to eat, beneficial, rate, gm crops, economic growth, benefits, world hunger, allergens, yield, food security<|CONCLUSION|>

I do not see how biotech can be harmful.

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<|TOPIC|>Is the world of Harry Potter really the place to be?<|ARGUMENT|>One is able to pass on memories to be viewed in a Pensieve, as Snape does when he is dying and he passes on memories to Harry Potter to explain his history with Lily Potter.<|ASPECTS|>pass, memories<|CONCLUSION|>

A Pensieve is a dish that is enchanted to recreate memories so that the owner or others can relive them.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>E2 Points of view adjustment gt Mattel markets toys to children. Children are stupid and cannot make good decisions gt Children also should not have to suffer because parents make poor decisions. Thats why its a law, not a recommendation, to have child safety seats. Or why you can't show people being raped and murdered in a PG movie, or on the Disney Channel. I think that's fair to expect children's entertainment to fit a specific standard purely because children can't be expected to make good decisions and children may be suffering due to parents' poor decisions. It makes sense to me to that we should moderate decisions people make on the behalf of others, like children, though I don't yet understand how this applies to mentally ill people, overall. I also retract any arguments purely based on expectation rather than decision and law, in realization that expectation can also be related to criticism and in and of itself is just a result of differing beliefs. It also is completely inconsistent with being okay with expecting trigger warnings, because censorship is only one step further. It makes no sense to not be okay with expectations for media yet think we should allow free exchange of information so people can reach the best conclusions. An expectation is a conclusion. E4 gt As we have seen from the histories of many tyrannical regimes, it is entirely possible to control the masses by brainwashing them with propaganda, and with a heavy censored culture. Free speech is valuable exactly because speech has power , because it lets the people shape their own culture instead of subjecting themselves to being shaped by it. This is fair purely because it shows people can be influenced by their own culture. For the sake of argument, I'll use media to also refer to things like toys, speech, consumables, clothing, etc. In discussing certain mental disorders like anorexia and bulimia, we also raise that the culture we live in may be to blame, and in relation to this, that the media our children and teens interact with may result in low self esteem and body concern where otherwise not warranted i.e. when someone is healthy and within a healthy weight range. Companies like Mattel have more recently started to produce Barbies of various sizes and appearances in alignment with the idea that playing the thin Barbie negatively effects girls self esteem, and countries like France and Israel have passed laws requiring models to have proper documentation showing that they're not underweight, and in addition, French laws require and digitally altered photos of models to be labeled. It has been raised that those raising awareness of anorexia shouldn't share their underweight pictures or any numbers related to their suffering with anorexia, such as how few calories they ate or what size pants they wore. There are also proposed sets of ethics for journalism in which it is suggested language about suicide methods shouldn't be reported, and that suicide deaths shouldn't be publicized to prevent copycat cluster suicides. Game companies have been criticized for portraying women as sex objects and rewards, such as giving female characters skimpy armor, or high heels or using them as the end goal because it deters women from various careers, and as a secondary effect, poorer self esteem. Most notable being Anita Sarkeesian. To quote gt When the media we create excludes girls and women, fails to depict them as leaders and innovators or treats them as little more than side kicks, love interests and sex objects, is it any wonder that women are systematically excluded and under represented in so many careers and leadership positions? Et cetera. In essence, media negatively effects people, therefore it should be censored or changed, whether or not that expectation brings with it legal changes or proposed legal changes. I think this expectation or requirement takes away a level of autonomy for consumers and their children and assumes a lack of intelligence or ability to handle sensitive topics in those same media consumers. I also think it prevents us from both being able to enjoy the content we wish to and from being able to discuss mental health in full depth and may push representation for the sake of it. E.g. Numbers in discussing eating disorders numbers offer a sense of scale when given relative to other numbers. A BMI of 15 may not seem low if you don't also know that a BMI of 18.5 is considered minimally normal for example. It has been suggested that giving these numbers will result in people attempting to attain those very same weights or trigger people into eating disorders in the first place. But if taken one step further, all numbers should be censored because they could result in unhealthy means of attainment for anyone at risk, regardless of where the numbers fall on the BMI scale. Therefore, I don't agree that numbers such as these should be censored, but instead we should find other methods of deterring risk inducing behavior, like giving people information about medical consequences. Requiring models to be of a certain weight or Photoshopped images to be marked While on one hand, I believe it is good to require workers to be healthy to work for your agency, company, or otherwise, I do not agree with requiring them to be healthy in the interest in of someone else. And in the case of anorexia and bulimia, it presupposes that those with either both choose to harm themselves because of the existence of these underweight models and that they evaluate themselves purely in comparison to unhealthy models. It is also too blanket of a standard to apply to all models, and implies that people at risk of either disorder or who already have either disorder cannot make decisions for themselves and therefore the media should make decisions on their behalf. Sexualization of women in video games Firstly, it assumes women do not attain certain careers because of how they're depicted in video games, or other media, or that how women are depicted in fictional media effects how they're represented in real life and our expectations of them. I.e. Woman is a reward in game, therefore she is meant to be a reward in real life women are the ultimate attainment. It also assumes that people's or cultural beliefs change based on the media they consume, not the other way around or that media isn't a representation of held beliefs , and not both simultaneously, which I disagree with . Regardless, I do not agree that media should be censored because it effects belief, because it also enforces a specific set of ethics, not necessarily with evidence or good reason, and also doesn't allow people to make their own decisions. I think the belief should be openly criticized rather than censored and hidden away. In essence, I think we should allow people to choose to self censor, and allow a free exchange of information, regardless of how it emotionally or mentally effects people when they consume it, at the exclusion of cases where there is evidence people choose to harm others based on the media they consume, purely because it offers the whole truth about poorer situations. People should be able to choose whether or not they engage in the behaviors in which they do when those behaviors effect themselves , especially considering they're able to make decisions concerning their own well being elsewhere. Restricting this ability assumes people are stupid and cannot make good decisions, and that those who are at risk of mental illness, self esteem issues, or otherwise unhealthier states of being are not allowed the same level of autonomy as everyone else. Further justification of this belief If censoring media is meant to prevent people from harming themselves, and I also believe this is preventing people from exercising automony, I think it's insulting to people, and if the purpose of censoring media is to prevent negative changes in self esteem or measurable self harm, it can defeat its own purpose in insulting peoples intelligence or their ability to parent. If models should be censored, anorexic pictures censored, why not also pictures of holocaust victims? Emaciated children? As mentioned before, why not all numbers? Why offer any body related numbers, pictures, anything if it's proposed that low numbers and pictures of low weight people could negatively effect self esteem or attainment goals? Why is this not the case for all pictures? I think that if sensitive topics such as the holocaust, etc. are allowed a platform, especially throughout schools, including pictures of their victims, the same should be the case for anorexia and the like. If we have evidence that abstinence only education in schools results in higher pregnancy rates, I think a similar idea could be tested and taken into account when teaching other subjects related to well being, including eating disorders. i.e. Censoring causes more harm than good. I think that free exchange of information and beliefs allows people to understand the entirety of an issue, and I also think this is good because it helps people reach the most accurate conclusions and make the best decisions for themselves. Censoring media is imposing beliefs on people and preventing this. I think this applies to any belief people have, and while I'm not suggesting we deliberately give 'offensive' beliefs a public platform, I do think we shouldn't completely disallow them from expressing their beliefs on the basis that they're offensive. Offensive is also too subjective of a standard. Respectful is too subject of a standard. As the most modern example, Vice wasn't responded to as poorly as Logan Paul was when showing bodies of suicide victims in Aokigahara, purely based on their like dislike ratio and whether the video is still available to view from their original source, both of which are on Youtube. What makes one respectful and respected over the other if not the depiction of a dead body in and of itself? I'm posting this in hopes that I am wrong. The frequency in which I encounter those who suggest media should be censored in any way is high enough that I think it's possible I am wrong in some way, and in alignment with my own previously mentioned idea, I'd like to reach the best conclusion possible. E As an additional point of clarification, I also believe trigger warnings shouldn't be required, but do not disagree with the expectation that they should be. i.e. I think expecting people to warn you of what is in content before you view it isn't bad, but requiring they do it is. E3 An additional point If children cannot be expected to make their own decisions, and such a thing is in the hands of parents, and we should seek to enforce a standard which allows or forces? parents to make good decisions for their children, when does the censoring of media end? Changing children's toys so parents can't give their children poor material makes sense, and this would also apply to child rated entertainment, but parental autonomy also means that parents can choose to let their children view anything, meaning other media would need to be censored for the sake of children. i.e. when do we stop censoring the media people can see? Of course I still agree parents should be required to make certain good decisions for their children. 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Media shouldn't be censored or expected to be censored on the basis that it may be considered sensitive, triggering, or otherwise offensive.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>As hard as this may be to do I would appreciate if you could respond to this post based on the economic principles at work and try not to make this about child abuse victims. My belief does not excuse child abuse, I just cannot get my head around the suggestion that the act of viewing or downloading child porn creates more demand in the market. I would like to be very clear that my view only applies to someone who might connect to a p2p network, download an image from a peer and then disconnect from the network. The same would not apply to a person who pays for access to child porn websites or who is part of a ring of pedophiles who produce images for the sake of sharing with each other. I am also specifically talking about the act of downloading and NOT uploading distributing. If I were to log onto a peer to peer network, download a single child porn image and then disconnect, the extent of my impact on the market would be that the person who I downloaded the image from might have been aware that I had downloaded the image from them. With thousands of peers sharing the same image I suspect it would be very unlikely that the person who I downloaded the image from was the original producer of that image. How could I, by my actions, increase the demand for the images? If I was a pedophile then the demand for the images would already exist and I wouldn't be increasing the demand within myself. I don't understand how my actions could be said to be increasing the demand in anyone else either. I am not aware of there being child porn distributors who are motivated to abuse children from the joy of people downloading the images from their computer. Pornographers tend to be motivated by money and that doesn't really apply on p2p networks where in effect the images are being pirated. I would be absolutely delighted if somebody could help me to understand. <|ASPECTS|>understand, help, original, sharing, child abuse, producer, economic principles, increasing, uploading distributing, child abuse victims, money, demand, motivated, disconnect, child porn, downloading, impact on the market, abuse children<|CONCLUSION|>

I do not believe viewing / downloading child porn increases demand for it when it is shared for free on P2P networks.

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<|TOPIC|>Should the US Recognize Palestine as a State?<|ARGUMENT|>Palestine does not have contiguous borders but is instead made up of an archipelago of areas of control, broken up by Israeli settlements and highways.<|ASPECTS|>control, contiguous borders, areas<|CONCLUSION|>

Palestine is not a sovereign state in accordance with the traditional concept of Statehood

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<|TOPIC|>Should parents perpetuate myths like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny to their children?<|ARGUMENT|>Being invisible, entities like germs share similarities with fantasy characters. Therefore, the fact children can distinguish between even these is strong evidence that fantasy-reality confusion is rare.<|ASPECTS|>fantasy-reality confusion, similarities, invisible<|CONCLUSION|>

Experiments show that children can distinguish between fantasy characters and invisible, yet scientifically-established, entities.

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<|TOPIC|>Does the European Union lack the necessary public discourse to function properly?<|ARGUMENT|>The USE would have to rely on a large bureaucracy to sustain itself, which could undermine democracy or erode trust in the institutions.<|ASPECTS|>democracy, undermine, trust in the institutions<|CONCLUSION|>

The USE won't be a better democracy than the EU; the EU has a democratic deficit which the USE would likely inherit.

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<|TOPIC|>Anarchy is the only ethical system of society.<|ARGUMENT|>There are many instances where police acted violently against innocent people, even killing unarmed people. Generally, too many officers try to prevent people from filming them with cameras in almost every country where that is legal and abuse powers they have and also don't have, but you cannot do anything against them even if they act unlawfully as you'd be jailed.<|ASPECTS|>killing unarmed people, abuse powers, innocent people<|CONCLUSION|>

Police forces of governments act coercively too, but unfortunately they have more rights than ordinary citizens, rendering them effectively untouchable. With as many rules as government tends to have, those police forces also have no idea about some laws, and tend to act outside of law.

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<|TOPIC|>Tourism Benefits The Country<|ARGUMENT|>Revenue received from tourists can be reinvested in improving otherwise poorly funded infrastructure, both in areas visited and in the rest of the country too.<|ASPECTS|>poorly funded infrastructure, revenue, improving<|CONCLUSION|>

Revenue received from tourists can be reinvested in improving otherwise poorly funded infrastructure...

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<|TOPIC|>Should cheerleading be banned?<|ARGUMENT|>It may be too financially risky for cheerleaders to leave their job, in case they do not find another one fast enough to be able to keep up with their expenses.<|ASPECTS|>expenses, financially risky<|CONCLUSION|>

Cheerleaders may be unable to leave their jobs, even if they are unhappy with being objectified.

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<|TOPIC|>Should all religions be banned on a global scale?<|ARGUMENT|>A report which looked at the findings of 26 royal commissions and other inquiries from Australia, Ireland, the UK, Canada and the Netherlands since 1985, found that mandatory celibacy and a culture of secrecy contributed to minors sexual abuse.<|ASPECTS|>secrecy, celibacy, minors sexual abuse<|CONCLUSION|>

Celibacy can have a negative impact on mental health and may be a contributing factor in sexual abuse.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>I purposefully avoided using a term in the title because I'm not sure what the right one is japanophile, weeb, weeaboo, asian fetish, otaku are some that I've come across , and a change in the name will not . On the internet, the terms listed above are typically used derogatorily and imply the person is a loser. My boyfriend is the very stereotype of a white guy interested in Japanese culture. He's self teaching Japanese, took college classes in Japanese history for fun, watches anime and hentai, used to frequent 4chan, and is primarily interested in Asian girls. None of his girlfriends have been Japanese, but his favorite pornstar is. He has never been to Japan and, as far as I know, has never even spoken to a Japanese person outside of his college classes. He shares some of these interests with online friends that he made through video games. However, he's also a well adjusted person and a great partner. He has a good job as a software engineer, has a great relationship with his family, has a solid group of real life friends all of whom tease him about being a weeb , and has been dating since he was 13 all Asian girls, but still . As long as his interests are not interfering with his quality of life, I see no reason to care that his interests orbit Japan.<|ASPECTS|>asian girls, japanese culture, japanese, quality of life, japanophile, weeaboo, great partner, relationship, stereotype, online friends, japanese person, family, loser, interests, derogatorily, well adjusted person, japan, white, life friends, person<|CONCLUSION|>

It's okay that my White boyfriend is obsessed with Japan.

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<|TOPIC|>Can Religious Faith and Science Co-exist?<|ARGUMENT|>There are empirically right ways of making decisions, and humans can make decisions the right way. Their ability to foresee whether the decision is right or wrong is not complete, no matter how much information is provided.<|ASPECTS|>decision is right or wrong, decisions, empirically right ways<|CONCLUSION|>

Most choices in one's life are not clearly correct or incorrect; therefore, truly correct or incorrect decisions are rare or non-existent.

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<|TOPIC|>The Obama Years: Did he achieve more good than bad?<|ARGUMENT|>The real median income of black households increased by 4.1 percent between 2014 and 2015.<|ASPECTS|>median income, black households<|CONCLUSION|>

His election was a huge step forward for black Americans

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<|TOPIC|>Should a license be required in order to have a child procreate?<|ARGUMENT|>A licensing system should prevent the procreation of people with severe hereditary disorders, which it could do by requiring prospective biological parents to pass a basic physical health standard in order to be allowed to procreate.<|ASPECTS|>licensing system, physical health standard, hereditary disorders<|CONCLUSION|>

It is the duty of the state to maximize the quality of life of all its people.

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<|TOPIC|>Does the European Union lack the necessary public discourse to function properly?<|ARGUMENT|>The "European constitution in 2005 proposed to create the EU as a "legal personality" akin to a state, with an official flag, anthem, government and courts of law. It was rejected in France and Netherlands by 55% and 61%, respectively.<|ASPECTS|>legal personality<|CONCLUSION|>

The idea of a limited USE has already been rejected in referendums.

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<|TOPIC|>Prison, Limiting to Violent Offenders<|ARGUMENT|>Prison is not necessary as a deterrent: it is often argued that prison is a necessary deterrent for both violent and non-violent offenders. There are two ideas here. Firstly, the possibility of being sent to prison is thought to make people less likely to commit crimes. Secondly, those who have been to prison are less likely to reoffend because they don’t want to go back. However, the empirical studies such as the Cambridge Study on Deterrence show that offenders are much more affected by the likelihood of being caught than by the sentence attached to a particular crime – so deterrence is a policing, not a sentencing issue. A criminal record and the consequent difficulties, for example in the employment market, are an enormous disincentive for most people. In addition, for a prison sentence to deter people, they have to be aware that prison is the likely sentence; most members of the public are unaware of the sort of sentences received for crimes such as theft or burglary. Finally, many crimes are committed impulsively and deterrence has little impact here.<|ASPECTS|>likely sentence, reoffend, deter people, criminal record, deterrent, deterrence, violent, theft, impulsively, likelihood of being caught, necessary deterrent, burglary, commit crimes, policing, difficulties, disincentive, crimes, less likely, sentences, prison<|CONCLUSION|>

Prison is not necessary as a deterrent: it is often argued that prison is a necessary deterrent for ...

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>I think reddit is the best designed forum on the entire internet. 1 You don't have to register to view the vast majority of the material. As long as a sub isn't private and you know the name, you can access it. 2 If you want to register, registering is easy and doesn't even require an email address. 3 Having replies pop up in your inbox is pretty convenient. I've never had a super popular 1000 reply post so I'll concede that can be a pain in the ass. But you can turn that off if you want. 4 The branched system of replies makes it easy to have different conversations in the same thread. 5 The ability to hide all child comments of a post is great if you find the chain of comments are nothing you care about. I don't care for memes and jokes, but enough people do. As long as I can hide all posts going down that way I'm not going to complain about them. 6 Thousands of different subs makes it easy to contain information in one location. Instead of having a big 'Off Topic' forum, there's a sub for technology, books, games, gopro, surfing, almost whatever you want. 7 I can subscribe and unsubscribe to whatever public subs I want. I tailor what I see to fit what I care about. If I want more subs I can find them and add them when I feel like it. 8 The new multi sub feature is awesome. Sometimes I just want to read about video games, sometimes I just want to read about China. I can do that with a single click after a little bit of set up. 9 Downvoting, and to a lesser extent upvoting works. Look at the lowest rated comments of most threads. Lots of the comments are just really crappy. I'm glad they're not near the top as I'm scroll through. All the crummy things about reddit come from the users. The bad subs, the bad jokes, stupid memes everyone whines about, downvoting because you don't agree with the politics etc. I've never seen a forum with as many features that I would actually use on a daily basis.<|ASPECTS|>, features, different conversations, hide, bad, comments, bad subs, view, technology, crummy things, jokes, public subs, upvoting works, sub, register, memes, stupid memes, games, subscribe, access, care, private, crappy, downvoting, convenient, designed forum, replies, unsubscribe, hide all posts, pain in the ass, subs, branched system of replies, politics, lowest rated comments, registering, complain, add, turn, tailor, email address, chain of comments, easy, multi sub, child comments, 1000 reply, easy to contain information<|CONCLUSION|>

Ignoring the userbase hivemind, powertripping mods, etc Reddit is the best designed forum on the web.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>I am gonna get a lot of stick for this but first. I am a big advocate for human rights, this includes people who are homosexual and I myself am bisexual, I think that the organisations and their owners are horrific people for refusing people service based on their sexuality. However, in the UK you are allowed to refuse the right of service. I still think that companies should be allowed that right. To further define my point, I believe that you should be allowed to sue and take to court a company that refuses the right to service based on cultural differences such as we have in the UK but companies should still have the right to refuse service to people. I believe that forcing companies to serve no matter what can result in serious consequences such as vandalism and abuse from patrons.<|ASPECTS|>stick, horrific, companies, abuse from patrons, right of service, cultural differences, consequences, vandalism, homosexual, right to service, sexuality, right to refuse service to people, refusing people service, human rights, refuse<|CONCLUSION|>

I dont think that shop owners in Indiana should be forced to accept gay customers

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<|TOPIC|>Could adopting a discussion platform like Kialo help improve the quality of Ethereum's political + governance debates?<|ARGUMENT|>You can participate in one branch without having to read the whole discussion as every branch is a contained unit that makes sense on its own.<|ASPECTS|>contained unit<|CONCLUSION|>

Kialo, once you figured it out, makes reading and contributing to discussions much quicker.

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<|TOPIC|>Should the sale of genetically modified food be banned?<|ARGUMENT|>Edible vaccines that are in the form of genetically modified tomatoes and potatoes will be easier to administer, store and ship than traditional vaccines. p.3<|ASPECTS|>easier to administer, store, vaccines, ship<|CONCLUSION|>

In the future, the use of genetically modified crops could result in the production of edible vaccines and medicines

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<|TOPIC|>Should the United States be the global police?<|ARGUMENT|>The Guatemala Syphilis Trial was conducted on prisoners without their informed consent and resulted in at least 83 deaths. This is another example of the US's performance of unethical activity.<|ASPECTS|>deaths, unethical activity<|CONCLUSION|>

The US has seen too many national incidents of rights being violated and violence taking innocent lives. It cannot police the world if it fails to police itself.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>I am a high school student who has always been ahead of the other students in my class since elementary school. Some of the classes that I have to take are stuff that I already know and I get very bored. I believe that the grade system, 1st 12th should be by skill level rather than age just to save the people who are bored from boredom and help the less skilled kids get skilled and be ready for what is ahead. This allows for a grouping of kids each grade level who are ready for the content and keeps boredom from knowing it already mostly out of the classroom.<|ASPECTS|>skill level, skilled, content, ahead, bored, classes, age, less, boredom<|CONCLUSION|>

School grade levels should be based on skill level rather than age

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<|TOPIC|>Does science justify atheism?<|ARGUMENT|>Religion can be used as a protective barrier to further discriminatory, or harmful views that would otherwise be seen as violations of rights. For example, refusing to provide services for LGBT+ individuals on the basis of exercising religious freedom.<|ASPECTS|>protective barrier, discriminatory, harmful views, violations of rights, religious freedom<|CONCLUSION|>

Religion still to this day condemns the morality of the LGBT community, a practice modern western society condemns as bigotry.

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<|TOPIC|>We should end mandatory retirement<|ARGUMENT|>some people are poor financial planners, some were dealt a bad hand in life and it's necessary to continue working past retirement or they won't be able to support themselves. it would create suffering.<|ASPECTS|>hand, create, life, support, suffering, poor financial planners<|CONCLUSION|>

A mandatory retirement reduces the quality of life for those forced to retire

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<|TOPIC|>Does science justify atheism?<|ARGUMENT|>Religion creates the illusion that people can only be considered good if they belong to a religious denomination, therefore religion discriminates.<|ASPECTS|>religion, discriminates, good<|CONCLUSION|>

Religion has been used as an excuse to ostracise atheists and people of other faiths.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>I really want my view changed here. Badly. My wife wants to have children soon, and I've been gung ho about the idea since we started dating. Then last week I made the mistake of reading the Intergovernmental Panell on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report LINK I know there are many different views on just how bad it will get, but as I search for more information it's really sinking in that the consensus is still that it's going to get REALLY bad. Worse than that, all of this is going to happen in my lifetime. If I had a child now, I would be bringing someone into the world who is utterly and completely irresponsible for how much damage their ancestors did to this planet, and yet will bear the most terrible cost. They will inherit a world where the very idea of having a future will have been erased for them. I cannot justify bringing a new life into this world. . On changing my view Denying Anthropogenic Climate Change will not change my view. Climate Change is happening and Humans are driving it.<|ASPECTS|>humans, badly, gung ho, lifetime, view changed, cost, children, irresponsible, really, damage, bad, terrible, inherit, future, climate change, erased, justify, new life<|CONCLUSION|>

Climate change is going to render our planet unlivable for humans within the next 50-100 years. I therefore cannot justify bringing a child into the world.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>first of all, licking and or warming part of a Popsicle as a means of eating it is just foolish, and frankly, messy. It is a cold treat, and each bite should be enjoyed as such. Popsicles are unlike penises and lollipops, engulfing them through licking and sucking is usually an effective way to properly extract and enjoy the flavor and the act of eating it, but quick and harmless biting can really change everything. <|ASPECTS|>flavor, foolish, change everything, cold treat, enjoy, messy, extract, enjoyed<|CONCLUSION|>

The correct way to eat a Popsicle, is to quickly take small bites, and allow the warmth of your mouth melt the fresh and cold flavored pop into the delicious liquid it once was, right over your taste buds.

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<|TOPIC|>Should Zoos Be Banned?<|ARGUMENT|>If we decide to keep zoos around, the costs of being wrong causing thousands of animals unnecessary suffering is very high, while the benefits are small. So even if we assign a relatively low probability to animals being able to suffer, we should still avoid causing them suffering.<|ASPECTS|>unnecessary suffering, benefits, costs of being wrong, suffering, suffer<|CONCLUSION|>

If we are generally unsure as to the potential harm we might be causing animals, it would be better to err on the side of caution until we can prove our actions cause no harm.

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<|TOPIC|>Is Gender a Social Construct?<|ARGUMENT|>The fact that there is definite misalignment shows that there is definite alignment outside of choice and society. Those who suffer from gender dysphoria have the urge to alter their body to fit their gender identity. This proves an inherent correlation between biological sex and gender identity.<|ASPECTS|>gender dysphoria, biological sex, society, misalignment, gender identity, alignment, alter their body, choice<|CONCLUSION|>

Research in the context of trans identity and biology suggests a biological basis for a fixed gender identity

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<|TOPIC|>Should Polygamy Be Legal?<|ARGUMENT|>The baby boom after WWII illustrates this demand and would have been faster with polygamy<|ASPECTS|>faster, demand<|CONCLUSION|>

In times of war it would be easier to replace fallen soldiers.

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<|TOPIC|>Have We Lost the True Meaning of Christmas?<|ARGUMENT|>Christmas is supposed to be a religious festival where families come together and celebrate. It isn't about plastic santas and lights. Tacky decorations such as these have nothing to do with family, respect or rejoicing for our fortunes. These are simply disgusting and contribute to destroying our planet for no valid reason what so ever. How can people possibly think covering their house in lights and sticking up plastic decorations could look christmassy!<|ASPECTS|>plastic decorations, destroying our planet, religious festival, plastic santas<|CONCLUSION|>

Christmas is too commercial and people have forgotten what it is really about

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<|TOPIC|>Are Humans Evil?<|ARGUMENT|>Human beings in general are neutral. Rather than inherently being a particular way good or evil, they act in ways they believe are right, even if what they believe to be right is abhorrent to the rest of us.<|ASPECTS|>neutral, abhorrent, right<|CONCLUSION|>

There is no such essence in human beings. Everything in human behaviour and way of judging is socially constructed.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>All my life I have been told to get good grades, just so I can make it to the next grade, and so on, eventually leading to doing well in high school so that I can go to college, earn a degree, and get a good job. More often than not, I see and hear people talking about how they do not have a job pertaining to their degree, yet everyone seems to be pushing college on their children. What is the point of spending thousands of dollars and building up debt just so that I can get a job in a field that doesn't require my degree? To go further than that, it seems to be the norm in America to get a job and work ~8 hours a day just so that you can have money to live comfortably and or buy things to enjoy in the time you are not working. Seeing as you are asleep for roughly 8 hours, that leaves 16 hours that you are awake per day. If you are working the 8 hours mentioned earlier, then you are left with just 8 hours for free time. The only thing is, your only duties are not your job, so you have to spend time taking care of your house and children if you have them. It's important to know that I make music. That is what I enjoy doing, performing music. I can get gigs, and they will probably only ever cover my rent and living costs, but I get to spend all of my working time doing what I love, as opposed to some random job. I would much rather skip college and just live with my band, splitting rent and living off of what we love to do. Why should I pursue anything else?<|ASPECTS|>well, make music, skip college, rent, duties, time taking care of, money, spend, awake, performing music, house and children, splitting rent, random, job, live comfortably, free time, good job, debt, working time, school, good grades, buy things, pushing college, enjoy, living costs, living, asleep, pursue, building<|CONCLUSION|>

I think college is highly overrated and that the people of my country USA don't have their priorities in order.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Why? Because I'm not unreasonable in my use of the words. I won't call people niggas or niggers if they don't want me to. The only ones who'll be called that are my friends, who couldn't care less of course. I will, however, not hesitate to say it if I were to provide a quotation, or if we were just discussing the word. I don't like to acclimatize to feelings that demand I never utter nigger or nigga under almost no circumstances. That's childish. So, yeah, to reiterate, I think this is a completely reasonable approach to saying the n words as a non black person. Tell me why it's not.<|ASPECTS|>unreasonable, reasonable approach, acclimatize to feelings, niggas, niggers, nigger, childish, care less<|CONCLUSION|>

Despite not being black, it's okay for me to say nigger and nigga

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<|TOPIC|>Should Trump be impeached?<|ARGUMENT|>Anything that implicates image is minor because a person should not be penalized in advance for potential major misconducts. Bad image is only expectation of bad actions and major misconducts, but they didn't happen yet.<|ASPECTS|>major misconducts, image, major, bad actions, misconducts, penalized, bad image<|CONCLUSION|>

Bribing former sexual partner to not talk about personal matters before elections is a minor misconduct.

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<|TOPIC|>Is evolution by natural selection true?<|ARGUMENT|>Evolution would be dis proven if it could be shown that any complex structure could not have evolved slowly over millions or billions of years.<|ASPECTS|>proven, evolved slowly, evolution, complex structure<|CONCLUSION|>

Supporters of evolution argue that evolution could be falsified by many conceivable lines of evidence.

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<|TOPIC|>Exempt Celebrities from National Service in South Korea<|ARGUMENT|>The South Korean government issues occasional exemptions to athletes who have won an Olympic gold medal or achieved a similar feat. If we accept that the law ought to be consistent then there is no reason why entertainers should not be proffered the same opportunity. Both professions tend to favour the young and the requirement that military service needs to be completed before the age of thirty mean that either career would be interrupted just at the point when the individual is likely to be at the height of their skills. Equally both groups bring prestige for Korea as a nation. Entertainers like Jung-Ji Hoon Rain have just as much of a following as athletes such as Park Ji-Sung who, along with his team mates on the Korean national team was exempted from military service for reaching the semi-finals of the world cup1. Indeed Rain predominantly works in Korea and has a following throughout the country and the region whereas Park has spent most of his career playing for foreign teams. 1 Arsenal Forum, August 30 2011<|ASPECTS|>opportunity, favour the young, skills, exemptions, exempted, entertainers, prestige, military service, consistent<|CONCLUSION|>

Celebrities, like athletes, enhance the nation’s image and generate revenue

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<|TOPIC|>Should legacy be a factor in college admissions?<|ARGUMENT|>Legacy preferences discourage applicants from performing well in academics since they may feel like they won't get accepted anyway.<|ASPECTS|>legacy preferences, performing well, discourage, academics<|CONCLUSION|>

Considering legacy in college admissions harms non-legacy applicants who may have performed well in academics.

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<|TOPIC|>Should we create and adopt a universal currency?<|ARGUMENT|>Mark Carney the former Governor of the Central Bank of Canada and now the head of the Bank of England, insists on member banks having reserves and the BoE regularly conducts stress tests on them<|ASPECTS|>stress tests<|CONCLUSION|>

The article argues for a central banking policy without the need for central bank reserves. Nowadays we tend to use the term Central Bank for its regulatory and policy functions, not for its reserves.

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<|TOPIC|>Should all religions be banned on a global scale?<|ARGUMENT|>kant thought that at first a government may need to compel many people not to violate the rights of their fellows; but over time, as citizens come to understand the benefits of freedom, most will respect rights not because they are compelled to do so but because they believe this is the right thing to do, both morally and practically.<|ASPECTS|>freedom, respect, rights, benefits, right, morally<|CONCLUSION|>

The categorical imperative can work on an individual level, but when applied to a society, it fails. The people would use Eichmann as a means to an end, and Eichmann would act out the collective will rather than his own. This function is necessary for the categorical imperative to be applied to government.libertarianism.org

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<|TOPIC|>Should the state grant benefits linked to marriage?<|ARGUMENT|>Women have to face considerable stigma, mental distress, and potential exposure to domestic violence if they refuse to have children.<|ASPECTS|>stigma, mental distress, exposure, domestic violence<|CONCLUSION|>

By incentivising marriage, the state indirectly encourages parents to have children.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Recently I made a throwaway to answer a question on another sub and realised I couldn't answer without 500 karma. Instead of getting the karma and then providing my input to the discussion I switched to my main and went about my day. With throwaway accounts bring made specifically to answer anonymously and to disconnect the post from your main the idea of karma requirements is actively harmful to encouraging discussion and are antithetical to the culture of Reddit. They don't limit spam or trolling in a way that makes participation easily accessible to as many people as possible and I think a better way to do such would be through posting rules and active moderation.<|ASPECTS|>limit spam, trolling, encouraging discussion, harmful, active moderation, day, karma requirements, 500, karma, participation easily accessible<|CONCLUSION|>

Subreddit Karma Requirements Harm Discussion

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<|TOPIC|>Is Vigilantism Ever Permissible?<|ARGUMENT|>Ex-military have a better understanding anything else, they have a better understanding of rules of engagement and use of force than others might," Wilson said. "They're used to seeing people holding guns, and they take the time to assess the real danger of the situation of rules of engagement and use of force than civilians. They are used to seeing people holding guns, and they take the time to assess the real danger of the situation.<|ASPECTS|>use of force, situation, understanding, better, rules of engagement, danger<|CONCLUSION|>

Because of training ex-military are likely to be more disciplined and restrained in using violence.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>So, right now, we have the ability to either modify the score of the post in question up one point, down one point or not at all. If we remove the option to downvote it, we have no real losses. If you don't like a post, you can ignore it, and it would hinder downvote whoring accounts at the same time. While some people may upvote them, it would still not be enough to warrant much attention, which is what they're seeking. Another point is that, while some subreddits try implementing inhibitions such as warnings of the supposed true use of the downvote button, they are largely unsuccessful. RES users can just hit 'z' when the subreddit coding doesn't allow it or the custom CSS styles could be disabled. People largely use it as an 'I don't like this opinion' button, and all that does is help the circlejerk ferment. .<|ASPECTS|>upvote, help, attention, ignore, downvote, hinder, unsuccessful, losses, downvote whoring accounts, custom, styles, warrant much, modify, inhibitions, circlejerk ferment, score<|CONCLUSION|>

I believe that the ability to downvote on reddit is useless, and an upvote only system would work better.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Let me preface this be saying I’m aware this is a rather extreme view, so it’s very suspect to me, but I fail to see how it could be wrong, I need some help Not a native speaker here for a complicated subject, my apologies. All political ideologies wish to change the world in some way, and my argument is that every single ideology wishes to make the world a better place. Therefore, all ideologies are open to objective criticism on the means they use to make the world a better place. There are facts about the well being of conscious creatures, and science can be used to know those facts and check if a political ideology is actually conducive to well being. Let’s imagine a 100 rational person posting a defending an ideology. If someone in the comments could demonstrate that this ideology, if applied, would reduce the well being of those concerned, wouldn’t that 100 rational person abandon that ideology ? “That would hurt people” is definitely a very good case if you can make it. And even if the person is not 100 rational, and you try to attack his ideology by demonstrating that it is not contrary to well being, that person will never say “Yeah, I don’t care about that”, the person will definitely defend the ideology by saying that it actually is actually conducive to well being, either by pointing to more happiness to enter the equation, or by challenging suffering you demonstrated, and challenge your demonstration that way. Actually I would go so far as to say that all values held by everyone are reducible to well being as a value, and facts that are either true or false on top of it to get to the value as stated. Of course, values are rarely stated that way, but I believe a long discussion would expose this. A few example that will definitely come up Even though he probably never defended it that way, I’m pretty sure Hitler thought that murdering jews and others would increase the well being of the rest. Why should I follow god’s will ? Because if I don’t I’ll suffer in hell forever. Abortion ? Well being of the baby versus the well being of the mother. Homosexual parenting Well being of the child. Etc Here are the objections that I feel I have already worked through Hume’s guillotine That’s the first thing that will jump to your mind. I do inject a value in there, it’s well being. Note the Sam Harris vibe, but I freely admit that I'm injecting a value. One that I believe is so fundamental and shared by everyone because of facts about our biology. Well being is not well defined No it’s not, but the extremes are clear We know what suffering and happiness are, and even though we might have a bit of trouble comparing X happiness with Y suffering, we can still try to move towards better well being. Health for example has the same problem. Health is badly defined, are you more healthy with an arm that itches badly all the time, or with no arm at all ? Yet everyone agrees that science can move us towards better health. Not everyone agrees on who’s well being we’re talking about. Sure, Hitler either didn’t care about the well being of the Jews, or thought that their suffering would be compensated by the well being gained by others from their disappearance. On the other hand, veganism cares about all animals and radical ecologists care about all life. We can argue the perimeter of this, but that’s a minor point. Good point, but even if that’s the only “value” injection we’re left with it’s still a lot more manageable than the current mess. We don’t know the facts about everything. The “values of the gaps” argument. Sure, social sciences are not advanced enough to predict everything with accuracy. It does not mean that any opinion is worth another, and Bayesian reasoning is designed to handle those uncertainties so we can get to the course of action most likely to solve a problem. We’ll never get everyone to agree on the direction to go. Probably not, but that does not change my argument that there is a better direction to go in the abstract, even if not everyone accepts it. Theocracy Follow god “just because”. It’s never just because. Heaven and hell, or reincarnation, have been introduced for a reason, to link you following your god to your own well being. Even in honor culture, you follow honor because of the social status it implies. I guess the most obvious way to change my view would be to point me to an ideology that can’t be reduced to well being. But the simple fact that it’s never mentioned in the relevant literature would probably not be quite enough as it may be implied, unless you have an argument to show that it’s definitely out of the equation. Showing an actual person defending an ideology that goes against well being who accepts that his ideology goes against well being but does not care would be very interesting. But if I knew what would change my view, I would not be here, so roast me EDIT Going to sleep now, it's late in Europe. Thanks for all the answers, that was very informative, and I even changed my view<|ASPECTS|>, well being of the mother, well, political ideologies, better well, cares, agree, god, better place, radical ecologists, accuracy, reincarnation, god ’ s, everything, uncertainties, suffer in hell forever, direction to go, social status, following, well being of the child, jews, objective criticism, increase, late, solve a problem, health, homosexual parenting, life, complicated, extreme view, ’, informative, murdering jews, “ values, ideology, suspect, political ideology, biology, well being, hurt people, gaps, honor, care, social, happiness, health is badly defined, manageable, theocracy, fundamental and shared, worth another, better health, suffering, value ” injection, problem, change the world, values, healthy, value, follow god “, well being gained, heaven, conscious creatures, know, advanced, better, reduce, facts, itches badly, predict everything, opinion, rational person, better direction, veganism, course<|CONCLUSION|>

Values have no place in politics

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<|TOPIC|>Should the US adopt stricter gun controls?<|ARGUMENT|>Guns can be used to kill from a distance, making them harder to protect against.<|ASPECTS|>kill, harder to protect<|CONCLUSION|>

The possibility of a massacre is significantly lower without guns.

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<|TOPIC|>Obama vs. Romney: Should the U.S. Government continue to spend at current levels even if it means raising taxes<|ARGUMENT|>President Obama believes in an activist government’s role in improving society. Without public intervention, private markets will not sufficiently address inequality or several other public needs, such as environmental preservation and public transportation. Financial returns from investments in such areas are often insufficient to incentivise private sector investment. However such schemes generate high levels of welfare benefits that are desirable from a societal perspective. Obama’s economic policy draws on Keynesian economic theory, which is the belief that a mixed economy of public and private enterprise, bolstered by a strong welfare state, can jumpstart the economy. In order to create public enterprise, the government needs to spend, either by building a deficit or from tax revenue.1 This is the policy he has pursued in his first term with a successful stimulus of $787 billion.2 Obama’s tax policy boils down to the empirical belief that taxing the rich will help the economy grow, because the revenue can be used on important government programs that can spur growth, and the philosophical argument that the American economy should be more equal and that the U.S. government can and should do more to directly address inequality. It should therefore not be a surprise that Obama wants the Bush era tax cuts for the richest reversed arguing "I just believe that anybody making over $250,000 should go back to the income tax rates we were paying under Bill Clinton."3 1 Blinder, Alan S., “Keynesian Economics”, The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, 2nd Ed., 2008, Library of Economics and Liberty, 2 Grunwald, Michael, “Think Again: Obama’s New Deal”, Foreign Policy, Sept/Oct 2012, 3 Bendery, Jennifer, “Obama Calls For One-Year Extension Of Bush-Era Tax Cuts For First $250,000 Of Income”, Huffington Post, 9th July 2012, <|ASPECTS|>jumpstart, inequality, economic, income tax rates, activist government, private, bush-era, economy grow, welfare state, address, environmental preservation, private sector investment, spend, tax cuts, improving society, economy, tax revenue, growth, welfare benefits, deficit, financial returns<|CONCLUSION|>

An active, “big” federal government is best for the American people

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<|TOPIC|>Should Zoos Be Banned?<|ARGUMENT|>We generally believe that it is unacceptable to override people's rights in order to make other people happier. The same principle should apply to the rights of animals.<|ASPECTS|>happier, override people 's rights, unacceptable, rights of animals<|CONCLUSION|>

The benefits to humans are irrelevant if, in the process of providing those benefits, zoos violate animal rights.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>My view is that an economic policy where people are required to have a of their capital not remain stagnant in their bank account, and instead reinvested and recirculated, would fix a huge amount of economic inefficiencies in capitalism. The de circulation of capital is the driving force behind the problems of wealth being distributed unevenly. As long as it was required that a need be recirculated as a form of purchasing stocks, property, services, whatever then inflation would slow and problems would be lessened.<|ASPECTS|>purchasing stocks, economic inefficiencies, distributed unevenly, inflation, problems, wealth, circulation of capital<|CONCLUSION|>

The only thing wrong about being in the 1% is when capital is stagnant.

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<|TOPIC|>Who should the Conservative Party choose to be the next UK Prime Minister?<|ARGUMENT|>Hunt is being backed by several key Brexiters which shows that he is already starting to unify the party behind him.<|ASPECTS|>unify the party, backed<|CONCLUSION|>

Hunt has the support of various key factions within his party.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>The DEA apparently directs local law enforcement to find alternate evidence to back up cases that were in fact created via secret means. They might find a drug dealer via secret wiretaps, but instruct the police to pretend a random traffic stop had uncovered the evidence. I realize that the legal cases are all being built with non planted evidence, but I worry that reliance on secret unexamined sources may cause the police to trust corroborating evidence more strongly than it would otherwise warrant, or even to misinterpret evidence as pointing the same way as the secret non evidence points. Can anyone explain why this is reasonable?<|ASPECTS|>random traffic stop, alternate evidence, evidence, reasonable, trust corroborating evidence, misinterpret evidence, drug dealer, non planted evidence, secret wiretaps, secret means<|CONCLUSION|>

I believe Parallel Construction violates the constitutional right to a fair trial.

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<|TOPIC|>Should Organ Donation be Mandatory?<|ARGUMENT|>In many instances, a person would have to remain on life support to be able to go through all tests required for organ donation, including instances where the potential donor is in pain, undergoing seizures, etc. Mandatory organ donation in these cases would cause the donor more harm and suffering.<|ASPECTS|>tests, organ donation, pain, harm and suffering, seizures, life support<|CONCLUSION|>

Availability or demand for organs might affect medical efforts and spending for those still living whose organs are desired. A conflict of interest is generated.

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<|TOPIC|>Can Religious Faith and Science Co-exist?<|ARGUMENT|>Some "Intelligent Design" proponents claims that they deliberately do not name a designer because science has no means of addressing such questions. This is both an acknowledgement of supernatural causes and a deliberate halting of further scientific research into such causes.<|ASPECTS|>intelligent, supernatural causes<|CONCLUSION|>

The "Intelligent design" hypothesis is clearly intended to support religious beliefs. It is a purposeful rejection of well-established evolutionary theory.

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<|TOPIC|>Should people have the right and means to end their lives?<|ARGUMENT|>Choosing to smoke or eat unhealthily similarly results in a permanent removal, in the future, of the ability to make choices or undertake actions. There is no reason to believe that the fact that the effect is somewhat less immediate makes this case relevantly different.<|ASPECTS|>unhealthily, less immediate, permanent, make choices, undertake actions<|CONCLUSION|>

Choosing to die is not relevantly different from doing anything else with our bodies. Since we possess a fundamental right to do those other things, we possess a fundamental right to terminate our own lives.

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<|TOPIC|>Does God Allow Evil: Is the Existence of God Compatible with the Existence of Evil?<|ARGUMENT|>"God does not want evil if only because it does not belong to rationality that even God wants evil. Evil that God does not want, is not outside the rational law that God wants. And because this arrangement guarantees the harmony of the universe, for the dissension itself, the consequence of the necessity for the existence of evil, so in a certain sense the harmony of the universe manifests itself in the terms of an antithesis, in the contrary." - Augustine of Hippo, The order, I,1,2<|ASPECTS|>harmony, harmony of the universe, god, rational law, rationality, evil<|CONCLUSION|>

Monotheism does not preclude the existence of evil, insofar as some of the features of the traditional conception of God can be abandoned without rejecting the traditional conception of God in toto in its entirety.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Because the federal government is able to issue its own currency out of nothing, it is always able to pay for any spending commitments it has made. Thus it is not possible for it to go bankrupt or default on its loans. In and of itself, then, the size of the federal budget deficit does not matter. That being said, when the government spends money into existence, this increases aggregate demand. And if aggregate demand outstrips aggregate supply, inflation or even hyperinflation can occur. The solution to this problem is taxation, since it reduces aggregate demand by taking money out of circulation. Thus, what actually matters is not the size of the deficit, but rather the macroeconomic consequences of increasing it relative to the rate of taxation and the level of slack in the economy.<|ASPECTS|>slack, bankrupt, hyperinflation, pay, outstrips, rate, taxation, default, macroeconomic consequences, go, loans, aggregate demand, federal budget deficit, size, aggregate supply, inflation, reduces, spending commitments, deficit<|CONCLUSION|>

The size of the federal budget deficit basically does not matter

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Popular science media focuses on areas of research that very few scientists actually work in. If you pick up a science documentary at random, it will likely be about cosmology, astrophysics, disasters, climate change, evolution, string theory, etc. Comparatively speaking, very few scientists actually work in these fields, which is because advances in these fields don't do much for technology or the economy. The majority of science funding instead goes towards more applied areas of research, such as materials science, infectious diseases, biomedical research, artificial neural networks, cryptography, etc. Likewise, these fields are where most of the research happens because they show the most promise for transforming society. Despite this, very few documentaries pick up these topics, and so very few people are aware of the breakthroughs that are currently shaping the technological landscape. I think that this is harmful to the scientific enterprise and constitutes a widespread failure of science journalism. Change my view<|ASPECTS|>applied areas of research, science journalism, harmful, cosmology, infectious, failure, disasters, transforming society, research, economy, scientists, breakthroughs, scientific enterprise, climate change, technology, promise, technological landscape, areas, funding, evolution<|CONCLUSION|>

Popular science media fails to educate the public regarding the current scientific research that will have the most pronounced impact on the near future.

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Pedestrians, cyclists and public transit should have too priority within urban centers. We should fund mixed use transit oriented development. increase funding and availability for public transit. Cars should be the lowest priority for those traversing and commuting within cities unless for work or accessibility issues. Gas, parking, ridershare, etc should be heavily taxed to subsidize more sustainable means of traffic. Highways that cut through cities should get road diets and speed reductions add bikeways, pedestrian accessibility, etc. We should remove parking minimums on developments in cities. no free parking Orient buildings to the street, with parking tucked away preferably minimal parking as possible Amsterdam Cyclists Complete steets Cities banning cars Highway removal<|ASPECTS|>minimal parking, lowest priority, priority, funding, speed reductions, road diets, parking minimums, availability, banning cars, sustainable means of traffic, transit, pedestrian accessibility, subsidize, mixed use transit oriented development, remove, bikeways, work, accessibility issues, heavily taxed, free parking<|CONCLUSION|>

Cars don’t have a place in cities

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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>edit hastily made the title, I meant it to say this Blocking a highway should be prosecuted the same as taking hostages. Before I get started, my view isn't based on evidence, it is based on opinion. I will keep an open mind, and please, try to point out flaws. So, blocking a highway I'm referring to protesters doing this is the same as taking hostages, as many people cannot move or go anywhere because of you . Taking hostages is criminal, so this is too. Now, I can see the argument of well hostages' lives are in danger incoming. I debunk this by using the denotation of hostage, A hostage is a person or entity which is held by one of two belligerent parties to the other . To be a hostage, your life doesn't have to be in danger, you just need to be held by a party. <|ASPECTS|>, evidence, based, belligerent, taking, go anywhere, prosecuted, lives are in danger, hostage, opinion, criminal, life, danger, flaws, taking hostages, move<|CONCLUSION|>

Blocking a highway is criminal

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<|TOPIC|>Does science justify atheism?<|ARGUMENT|>Jan Hus a Czech theologian, philosopher, master, dean, and rector of the Charles University in Prague who became a church reformer, an inspirer of Hussitism, a key predecessor to Protestantism and a seminal figure in the Bohemian Reformation. He was burned at the stake for heresy against the doctrines of the Catholic Church on July, 6th 1415 and Czech's still commemorate this tragedy by national holiday.<|ASPECTS|>heresy, hussitism, tragedy<|CONCLUSION|>

The Catholic church used the Inquisition to prosecute anyone who espoused views deemed as heretic for example, some scientific ideas convicting people to different sentences, including death by burning.

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