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Notalok commented on · 1mo ago
The universe is infinite

By using words like before and after we are introducing the concept of time into the argument. Remove time, therefore before and after, all

SimonS commented on · 2mo ago
Guns kill people

it just strikes me how much the world has changed in the short time since this comment was posted. (think agentic ai, robots etc)

SimonS commented on · 2mo ago
Voting should be mandatory

TL;DR if you vote, you cannot complain. you wanted a master and you got one (George Carlin) Karl Popper elaborated that the key benefit of d

SimonS commented on · 2mo ago
Fortune Tellers can tell the future

TL;DR: if they could, they wouldn't need your money If anybody was able to truly tell the future, they would be playing the betting markets

SimonS commented on · 2mo ago
There is no such thing as Free Will

TL; DR: I have no choice but to believe in free will. I think the notion of free will, if not real, a clever psychological defence mechanism

AnneG commented on · 3mo ago
Zoos should be closed

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tjgh commented on · 4mo ago
LGBTQ Couples should be able to have their own children (IVF or Surrogacy)

IVF or adoption, not surrogacy. Surrogacy usually involves the exploitation of women who are poor or come from countries that are poor. It i

tjgh commented on · 4mo ago
Immigrants should assimilate

It is difficult, not to say impossible, for a first-generation adult immigrant to become fully assimilated, as the history of immigration sh

tcclarp commented on · 6mo ago
Anti-Zionism is anti-Semitic

anti-zionism is the way to go, so is being anti-semitic. hitler was right about the jews. bchevhvhrththvgvygvgfvgfvgfvg7fgv7gf7vgf7vgf7tgv7f

fl0w3rGiRl commented on · 6mo ago
I am proud of my country’s history

American history to me is something to be proud of. Though I did not have a hand in any of these things that I am proud of, I'm still proud.

tiff commented on · 6mo ago
You should always try to prevent someone from killing themselves

You should never stop someone from committing suicide - it's their own body, and therefore they are responsible for what happens to themself

mtaylor commented on · 6mo ago
Feminism is good for everyone

What we want is equality across all genders / sexes. Feminism had it's place - but modern day feminism has mutated in a way which is overall

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 10mo ago
Forgiveness is over-rated

Forgiveness has so many benefits that it is under rated. Tt can also be used as a form of revenge or as stumbling block to further hateful i

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 10mo ago
Children should be allowed to choose their own religion after a certain age

I believe that after about 13 yr's or so, a child should be allowed to choose their religion. I have lived this myself; the family i grew up

Debate_Later commented on · 10mo ago
There is no such thing as Free Will

Willing something and doing something are different. You can not have the will to write something a still post it. Now will yourself to not

Debate_Later commented on · 10mo ago
Some people are naturally unlucky

It is so clear that people are luckier at birth than others. It all starts with who your parents are. --If you are born to a billionaire, in

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 10mo ago
I have a soft heart

I think i have a soft heart because i am forgiving and do not like to condemn despite good evidence that i should. The reason i think I have

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 10mo ago
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, it still makes a sound

A sound is a sound as long as an ear or similarly functional biological apparatus perceives it. If a tree falls it makes a huge vibration in

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 10mo ago
The political system is unfair and cannot be trusted

The nature of politics is it deals with group dynamics. The group dynamics, of large groups, does not lead to fairness. Fairness tends to ha

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 10mo ago
I like to get revenge on authorities

I think we have many sides to our nature and one of the sides of our nature, wishes to get revenge against authourity. Societies have rules.

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 10mo ago
A hotdog is a sandwich

A hot dog is not a sandwich. Origin: German immigrants brought their culinary traditions, including these sausages, to the United States in

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 11mo ago
People who engage in Sado-Masochistic sex need therapy

As long as the sadomasochistic sex has healthy boundaries, then there is no need for therapy. I have little experience of sadomasochistic se

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 11mo ago
Clothes have no gender

The function of clothes is both to create social effects, ( including feelings, status, comfort) but also practical function. So my point is

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 11mo ago
The moon landing was faked

I do not believe the moon landings were faked, however i keep an open mind. There are arguments that can be made to get through some of the

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 11mo ago
A strong enough coincidence can prove the theory of determinism

Coincidences cannot prove that free will does not exist and determinism is true. It may prove that our free will sometimes is constrained an

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 11mo ago
Raising a kid to believe in Santa may seem cute, but promotes dangerous, magical thinking at an age where they're most susceptible to it

It seems to me that the world, especially in it's present state, can be a depressing place. Many countries are moving more and more far righ

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 11mo ago
School Uniforms should be mandatory

As has been mentioned. School uniforms have many good points. But also has a few bad ones. One negative in particular has not been mentioned

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 12mo ago
Ownership is inaccessible to most people

Taking the statement literally i think it is pretty obvious, that most people own something and usually lots of things. For instance even if

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 12mo ago
UFOs are real

Unidentified flying objects definitely exist, if we take the statement at the most simple level. The first type of unidentified object that

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 12mo ago
The American Dream is over

The American Dream cannot die as long as America exists. Like any dream, it exists as an ideal to aspire to. The dream is that of having a s

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 12mo ago
You should always make amends for the things you have done wrong

I think the question implies that it is good for the individual to make amends for the wrong doing they think they have done. Or that it is

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 1y ago
Men are unfairly blamed for a lot of society's problems

The phrasing of this question makes it difficult to get to grips with. Lots of societies problems? Does that mean the majority or just 'lots

Debate_4_fun981 commented on · 1y ago
Intelligence is gendered

Intelligence is gendered in that men and women have brains that seem to be hard wired for different specialities in terms of expressing thei

marktaha commented on · 1y ago
White people should not wear dreadlocks

One -I think they look ridiculous. Two -I think that other people's hairstyles are none of my business.

horaciosalles commented on · 1y ago
Women are tougher than men

My definition of a woman goes beyond someone who has a watermelon-sized living being pass through her vagina. Women have been conditioned th

horaciosalles commented on · 1y ago
Children should not have smartphones

There is value in presenting technology to children. However, they can easily be ovewhelmed by the sheer amount of information at their disp

ParliaCon commented on · 1y ago
Svenska medier är vänstervridna

TL;DR: Bilden av svenska medier som enhetligt vänstervridna underskattar den mångfald och professionella normer som präglar journalistiken.

ParliaPro commented on · 1y ago
Svenska medier är vänstervridna

TL;DR: Forskning och opinionsmätningar tyder på att svenska medier uppvisar en viss vänsterorientering, särskilt genom journalisternas värde

ParliaMod commented on · 1y ago
Svenska medier är vänstervridna

TL;DR: Debatten om vänstervridning handlar lika mycket om upplevd trovärdighet och politisk kultur som om mätbar mediebias. Frågan om svensk