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<|TOPIC|>Pride organisers should refuse corporate sponsorship<|ARGUMENT|>It costs nearly £1m to organise Pride in London, and a substantial amount of that money comes from corporate sponsorship. Without that money, Pride in London would have to reduce its size considerably.<|ASPECTS|>corporate sponsorship, costs, money, reduce, size<|CONCLUSION|>
| Without corporate sponsorship, Pride marches as they exist today would not be possible.
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<|TOPIC|>Should Governments Ever Limit Free Speech?<|ARGUMENT|>The definition of hate speech is very clear communication that carries no meaning other than the expression of hatred for some group, especially in circumstances in which the communication is likely to provoke violence.<|ASPECTS|>hate speech, violence, hatred<|CONCLUSION|>
| Hate speech not only harms people, but violates their rights and dignity, which in accordance is the base point of this debate.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>I got into an argument with somebody, which led into me wondering why I should worry about my online activity being monitored. 1 I have nothing to hide. I'm no threat to national security, and there's no reason for anyone to suspect otherwise. If I did have something to hide, I would just hide it. There are plenty of ways to privately browse the web, without being monitored. 2 I don't believe that any of the monitoring is malicious. This one is more towards things like Google, who just want statistical info. Also, I actually find it kinda useful, eg. Google Now tells me when there's a new xkcd comic. Basically, nobody cares specifically about me, but the community in general. 3 I should have to worry about privacy in my own home should not apply to the internet. the internet is a public place, full of people and communities. For example, you have a house that in the back opens to a public park. If you go outside to your backyard, it would be wrong to yell at everyone to stop looking at you, that you're within your home, and deserve privacy. The internet is a similar thing, and should be treated as a 'entrance' to a public place.<|ASPECTS|>deserve, public park, privately browse the web, hide, public place, communities, community, cares specifically, nothing, statistical info, threat, malicious, monitored, people, privacy, national security, full, useful, online activity<|CONCLUSION|>
| I don't care that the NSA, the government, Google, or anyone else, is monitoring my online activity.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Not so long ago, i.e. before the internet, piracy was not even remotely close to the levels it is at today. In this time people, especially teens, wanted records, movies, etc. In order to afford this stuff they had to go out, get a job, and in some way positively contribute to society. In todays world it is so easy to get pirated copies of almost anything you want, it is more and more becoming socially acceptable and it may even be considered weird to actually pay for things. Now teens no longer have the drive to get a job as they can obtain whatever they want with a simple click of a button, thus detracting from society. Sure there are plenty of other reasons for wanting a job, e.g. buying a car, but still, many teen have no desire to get a Job because to them there is no need to. Anyway, .<|ASPECTS|>reasons, socially acceptable, afford, weird, desire to get a job, piracy, wanting, detracting from society, obtain, positively, wanted records, drive to get, pay for things, movies, contribute to society<|CONCLUSION|>
| I believe that piracy, ignoring any effect that it may have on developers/producers/etc, ultimately detracts from society.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Background I am centrist. I am not intrinsically pro gun, but I am pro personal liberty. If something is significant to someones way of life tradition happiness etc, there should be significant evidence that it is detrimental to society for it to be disallowed. I do see the US homicide rate hovering around the 5 100k yr mark as a serious issue that needs to be addressed, and I feel that the fact that it is much lower 50 80 in other developed countries does indicates that we should be doing something differently. I am in favor of quantifying homicide in terms of PYLL potential years of life lost , however I do not see gun homicide nor mass homicide as worse than other types of homicide beyond their PYLL toll e.g. in my option, 20 children killed in a school shooting is not intrinsically worse than 20 separate domestic child homicides using whatever method x200B Ok, my view that could be potentially changed The body of evidence on guns bans, or laws that dramatically restrict general gun ownership, does not suggest that they decrease homicides. I am refereeing to specifically laws that prevent law abiding citizens from owning types of guns currently legal in the US for general purpose use, and not laws about automatic weapons, waiting periods, background checks, mental health restrictions, etc. x200B Support of my view The fact that gun bans in Australia and UK in 1996 and 1997 did not reduce overall homicide rates in the 5 year period following bans. Also 2008 de banning of pistols in D.C. did not result in an increase in overall homicide in the following 5 year period. x200B Australia 1996 heavy restrictions which require significant justification for pistol semi auto rifle ownership, not including self defense or sporting, large scale buybacks Homicide rates Rates slightly rose in the 5 years following the ban. x200B UK 1997 pistols semi automatics rifles banned, large scale buyback program Rates rose in the 5 years following the ban. The hump in 2002 is caused by a major serial killer, but rates did not fall even with this removed. x200B Washington D.C. 2007 law banning handgun ownership overturned Homicide rate did not increase dropped quite a bit actually x200B Notes I've attempted to use good sources of data, please post if you feel the sources I provided are incorrect. I am open to arguments that changes outside of the 5 year window are delayed reactions, but these arguments would need to be sufficiently supported. I am not arguing that this info conclusively proves that a US wide gun bans won't reduce homicides, only that the body of evidence does not support the argument that it will. x200B Edits Format, spelling, hyperlinks x200B x200B x200B<|ASPECTS|>decrease homicides, weapons, rates rates, reduce homicides, centrist, edits format, heavy restrictions, serial killer, years of life lost, overall, homicide rate, homicide rates, delayed reactions, personal liberty, domestic child homicides, gun bans, waiting periods, detrimental to society, mental health restrictions, handgun, happiness, rates, general gun ownership, homicide, disallowed, justification, law abiding, buyback program rates, data, gun, background checks<|CONCLUSION|>
| Evidence does not suggest gun bans decrease homicides
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>So obviously the long running joke these last few years is that LBJ secretly runs the Cavs front office may not be too far off either, but I digress . I don't see why that can't be a reality. Multiple sports from times past used to use a player coach role, something similar to the playing managing aspect. We've seen examples of NBA players retiring only to immediately move into head coaching. One of those coaches was in the playoffs this past season. So I think it stands to reason that veteran, experienced players can function very quickly in a management style role. The only difference with General Manager being you're constructing the roster, not coaching it. I'm sure the legal contractual stuff can be handled by assistants, so as long as the player has a high level of basketball understanding and how to build a winning team, it seems like he could be successful. I would argue that there would even be benefits to such a situation. The player GM may have better or more personal relationships with some of the players around the league. We've certainly seen modern day basketball rid itself of the old, duke 'em out rivalries. We see players of opposite teams train together in the off season, buddies that hang out during the all star weekend, and Draymond Green calling up Kevin the night of the loss to get him over to the Warriors. I think it's also beneficial from a player's point of view. He's in the locker room, understands the culture. He sees the bad eggs, the cancer pieces, the up and comers, the guy who maybe should be getting more minutes and maybe a guy who should be getting less . It could aide in the decision making on who to sign long term. Perhaps who to deal at the trade deadline. I think a player GM could have a better pulse of the team than a traditional GM. So, go for it. <|ASPECTS|>, deadline, beneficial, benefits, player 's, successful, management style, basketball understanding, rivalries, aide, office, function very quickly, constructing the roster, understands, personal relationships, playoffs, pulse of the team, legal contractual stuff, bad eggs, playing managing, decision making, better, buddies, culture, retiring, reality, head coaching, player coach role, cancer pieces, nba players<|CONCLUSION|>
| It should be perfectly fine for someone like LeBron James to be a player and also the General Manager of a basketball team.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>I strongly believe that human beings are morally superior to animals and, as such, activities as using animals as food or entertainment circus is totally fine 1 . As a result, all human beings should put in first place their peers and only after them animals, even if we are talking about their beloved pets. It baffles me when some people claim that humans are no different than animals Really? Are you comparing a cockroach with me? Or is your premise only valid for pets? and that they'd gladly save their pet instead of a stranger in a life risk situation. 1 Note that, since we are morally superior to them, we are responsible for taking care of them and avoiding flagrant abuse.<|ASPECTS|>humans, peers, beloved, gladly, valid, responsible, different than animals, morally superior, life risk situation, save their pet, premise, cockroach, pets, flagrant abuse, comparing, first place<|CONCLUSION|>
| Humans are not only morally different from animals, but also morally superior to them
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>A rich person could be rich because he stole it. A rich person could be rich because he cheated for it. A rich person could be rich because he inherited it. A rich person could be rich because he won the lottery. A rich person could be rich because he was a good poker player. A rich person could be rich because he worked very hard for it. A rich person could be rich because he succeeded in business. Being rich has little to no connections as to what type of person he is. A poor person could be poor because he was scammed out of his money. A poor person could be poor because his parents were poor. A poor person could be poor because he gambled his wealth away. A poor person could be poor because he was a druggy and an alcoholic. A poor person could be poor because he was extremely unfortunate. The likelihood of a poor person being an asshole is equal to that of a rich person being a prick. One should NEVER judge a person solely based on what they have and what they don't have. If you are young and drive a nice sports car, I should NOT automatically think that you are a prick. If you are young and is struggling to pay off your student loans, I should NOT automatically think that you are a nice person. Because I am young and I am fortunate enough to drive a nice car, people DO sometimes see me as an undeserving asshole. Though those who know me and know of my aspirations of wanting to help those truly unfortunate out there, see me as a genuine person. I am frustrated and confused as to why this occurs and sometimes I am lead to believe that if I sold my car and purchased a cheap one, the prejudice that I receive will stop.<|ASPECTS|>, druggy, asshole, money, prick, rich person, judge a person solely, unfortunate, student loans, cheated, succeeded in business, alcoholic, prejudice, connections, wealth, undeserving asshole, worked very hard, poor person, player, scammed, help, genuine person, stole, gambled, rich, poor, nice person<|CONCLUSION|>
| Rich people should not be judged solely because of their wealth. This is ignorant and hateful. Please change my view.
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<|TOPIC|>Abolish the Superdelegate System for Democratic Party Conventions.<|ARGUMENT|>Superdelegates, as many are senators, representatives or officials in the states, often have their own reelection campaigns to secure and as a result their votes can be up for negotiation or go to which candidate will be best for their own reelection chances rather than in the best interests of the party. Presidential candidates are often prepared to make concessions to superdelegates to secure their support. There is public acknowledgement of the fact that this process takes place and the fact that they are not obliged to support the candidate designated by their state parties gives them enormous bargaining power. For example in 2008 several Democratic Representatives of Ohio formed a ‘Protect American Jobs’ pact to hold back from endorsements until a candidate addresses issues of importance to the Ohio economy.i The system of superdelegates simply extends the pork-barrel buffet into the convention. With votes to be bought through offer of jobs or political support, the political process is distorted and corruptedii. i Czawadzki, ‘Ohio’s Superdelegates Hold Endorsements Hostage’, Ohio Daily, 6 March 2008, ii Robert Schlesinger. “Superdelegates: Show me the money!” Huffington Post. 17 February 2008.<|ASPECTS|>american jobs, corrupted, superdelegates, concessions, negotiation, political, secure, reelection chances, economy, bargaining power, political process, pork-barrel buffet, distorted, support, reelection campaigns, ohio<|CONCLUSION|>
| Candidates solicitation of superdelegates damages the political system and requires candidates to go through contortions to secure their support
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<|TOPIC|>Adoption of Children by Same Sex Couples<|ARGUMENT|>Society is changing, and the traditional idea of the nuclear family with married mother and father is no longer the only acceptable alternative. The reason that many countries are beginning to award legal rights to gay couples is because the stability of such relationships is now recognised. There is no reason, therefore, why such couples cannot provide a stable and loving upbringing for children.<|ASPECTS|>legal rights, society, acceptable alternative, stability, couples, stable and loving upbringing, nuclear family<|CONCLUSION|>
| Society is changing, and the traditional idea of the nuclear family with married mother and father i...
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. Thomas Jefferson I feel that watching the news or reading it on social media is toxic to human beings and their well being. Our world is a negative place, and we can't do much about that. I honestly think people are better off not watching or reading the news. Especially social media news NowThis on Facebook, I am looking at you . The news just gets people divided, more so than if the news did not exist. I feel that the news and social media actually fuels violence police officers being shot, terrorist attacks, riots protests, ect. . Every time I see a NowThis video or read the news on Facebook, my up beat happy day turns sour and I feel very pissed off at the world. I have opinions just like everyone else, but I rather just be oblivious to what is going on in the world than to feel pissed off or frightened all the time. Do we really need to know that children are dying in Syria? I want to live a happy life, why should I be aware that fucked up things happen in the world? So I can hate Muslims or cops more? Or so ultra liberals can tell me that I am ignorant and need to care about these things? My goal in life is to live the most pleasurable life there is, and I feel that reading or watching the news is just toxic for my brain. It is getting to the point that I stopped giving a shit about terrorist attacks because I don't want to feel hateful or depressed about it, I just want to carry on with my life. Is that so wrong? Anyway, watching or reading the news makes the world a shittier place. Change my view Here are some articles that back up the points I make<|ASPECTS|>cops, well, pissed, depressed, riots protests, ignorant, day, toxic to human beings, oblivious, pleasurable life, terrorist attacks, syria, negative place, fucked up things, hate muslims, people divided, world, violence, toxic, frightened, care, shittier, fuels, watching, sour, happy life, reading the news, hateful, children are dying, better educated, pissed off, opinions<|CONCLUSION|>
| People are better off not watching or reading the news
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<|TOPIC|>Should All Drug Trial Participants Be Chosen By Lottery?<|ARGUMENT|>This is particularly the case when facing well-funded, multinational corporations, who are able to drag out litigation over many, many years.<|ASPECTS|>drag, litigation<|CONCLUSION|>
| Impoverished participants may not have the resources to hire a lawyer for a lawsuit.
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<|TOPIC|>Is Narendra Modi good for India?<|ARGUMENT|>Unlike previous ID systems, Aadhaar seeks to legitimize and empower as many people as possible by ensuring that every resident is able to secure an ID number regardless of demographics.<|ASPECTS|>secure, id number, empower, people, legitimize<|CONCLUSION|>
| The Aadhaar system is intended to improve privacy, transparency, and inclusion throughout India.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>For instance a heterosexual should not someone from the LGBTQA spectrum cannot label themselves Queer. Or a person of another racial background should not tell a black person not to use the term Nigger. The issue is obviously that morals are to at least some degree subjective, and that often a group that's reclaiming a slur will have certain biases toward reclamation i.e. those vocal against reclamation will be a minority . And especially with things as taboo as slur's it can be hard to find people discussing the middle ground without being derided.<|ASPECTS|>morals, minority, biases toward reclamation, label, reclamation, queer, taboo, subjective, middle ground, nigger, person, racial background<|CONCLUSION|>
| A person outside a cultural group that is reclaiming a slur, does not have the right morally to argue against its reclamation.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>As they are currently defined, a hypothesis is a prediction, supposition or proposed explanation for something, while an opinion is a personal view on a subject not necessarily based on fact. Not trying to be patronizing I bring these up because debates need terms to be defined and agreed upon . With these current definitions, a hypothesis is a form of an opinion, since it is a personal view functioning as a potential prediction, supposition, or explanation of something. However, I don't think that the definition of opinion as it stands is an accurate representation of how we currently use the word. Normally, when people talk about opinions, they are referring to things that can't be right or wrong. They do this to distinguish them from facts. Because hypotheses are intended to function as sort of pre supposed bits of information to test if they are actually fact or not, I think it would be better to classify opinions and hypotheses entirely separately. For points of reference, I'll point out two things that people classify as opinions gt Chocolate cake is good. , gt and gt Hillary getting elected will cause us to drastically increase our debt. One is a subjective experience, while the other is a direct claim. The second can be right or wrong, which is different from how the word opinion is normally used. The second could either be demonstrably correct or incorrect if Hillary becomes President. I think these should be classified differently because of how people tend to shy away from backing up their predictions because they're just opinions .<|ASPECTS|>, classified differently, right or wrong, subjective experience, terms, opinions, increase, hypotheses, potential, debt, accurate representation, incorrect, information, distinguish, patronizing, personal view, direct claim, prediction, defined and agreed, explanation, facts, opinion, demonstrably correct<|CONCLUSION|>
| Hypotheses should not be classified as opinions.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>I do not want people to die, but I think it will be a necessary cost to any sort of human space exploration. If When we send people to Mars or anywhere else , many of them will die. The challenges will be huge, and the time involved, between two and 4 years for even a short mars mission will make it a bigger challenge than going to the moon. With sending people to the moon, the biggest challenges were sending them to the moon and back. With mars, the biggest challenges will be building a robust system to keep them alive through the whole trip. This system can not rely on resupply, like the ISS and it will have to survive harsher conditions than the moon missions did, and for far longer. With help so far away, something is bound to go wrong, and people will die because of it. In order to figure out how to solve some of the problems, we will have to experience them. And some people will die in the processes. Beyond accidents, some people will die of cancer from radiation exposure, or have a medical emergency, and wont be able to get the help they need. OK, now onto my opinion. If people want to take that risk, that is OK, and I think the rest of us should expect that some of them will die. I might even go if I were given the opportunity. If someone launched a suicide mission to Mars, I think that is OK too. It is the astronauts decision to make, and they would be doing a lot of good for the rest of humanity. Everything we do has a cost, and much of that is in human suffering and death. A lot of people die every year from lung problems, because we still burn coal and diesel. Except those people die involuntary, while the astronaut would choose to accept the risk. People like to act as if human life is priceless, but the truth is that we sacrifice human life for an incredibly low price. Especially in Murica, with our shit health care and whatnot. But that is another discussion. People risk their lives and die everyday to bring us our luxuries. Oil workers, factory workers, athletes, and entertainment producers are some of the people who can die for our luxuries. Someone might make the argument that just because people die for our luxuries, doesn't make it OK, and we should not encourage it, or except it in another area. Fair enough, but I think that human life is a legitimate thing to sacrifice. Human life and human happiness is finite. I happily put myself at risk in order to afford the things that make me happy. This risk is fairly small, but the happiness I get from this is fairly small too. A human colony off world would bring me, and a lot of other people, much more happiness. Not to mention the science and general advancement that would effect everyone, even those who cold not care less about mars, or technology. I think that the death of a few scientists and engineers would be a small price to pay for understanding our sister planet and why it is so inhospitable. It would be a small price to pay for the next great leap in exploration. It would be a small price to pay to inspire the whole world. Knowing more about the origins of life, and if we are alone, would be way more valuable than the lives of a few astronauts. And yes, I would volunteer myself, assuming the risk was not to great. Edit To be very clear, I do not think humans are disposable. I think we should make every effort to save everyone we can, both in space and on earth. I think we are not doing enough to help people on earth right now. I just think that we need to accept that People will die regardless, and be ready to accept that cost. <|ASPECTS|>, legitimate thing, death, survive, cancer, burn coal and diesel, keep, alive, human suffering and death, problems, health care, sacrifice, medical emergency, human life, price, people will die, help people on earth, challenge, involuntary, resupply, go wrong, people, priceless, low price, life, experience, lung problems, die, harsher conditions, risk, sacrifice human life, whole world, exploration, radiation exposure, volunteer, happiness, inhospitable, valuable, luxuries, risk their lives, science and general advancement, good, suicide mission, challenges, small price, mars, small, astronauts decision, ok, humans, help, cost, afford, robust system, accidents, necessary, disposable, origins of life, human happiness, inspire, die everyday, finite, save everyone<|CONCLUSION|>
| If/ When We establish colonies off earth, we will be sending people to their death, and that is OK.
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<|TOPIC|>Should the U.S. increase the quota of H-1B visas?<|ARGUMENT|>American citizens were born is USA because of the accident of birth. They did not put in any effort of their own to be accorded the privileges of being a US citizen.<|ASPECTS|>accident of birth, privileges<|CONCLUSION|>
| The life of an American citizen is not more valuable than the life of a citizen in another country.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>So, everyone has been in a fuss over Kanye West's recent visit to the Trump White House. Besides the fact that this sort of scenario is very amusing, I don't really see what the big deal is. Kanye is allowed to have his own political opinion, it's not really a big deal that he likes Trump. Same goes for every single celebrity they all have political opinions. I don't see how one celebrities opinion matters or changes people's minds, in many cases it just entrenches people in their viewpoints. Most of them also have absolutely no idea what they are talking about. Why do celebrities' opinions about politics mean anything? Why does it matter that Kanye likes Trump? Maybe I just don't get the whole celebrity culture and maybe it does change some minds. I'm looking forward to discussions about this <|ASPECTS|>, politics, fuss, discussions, trump, change some minds, political opinions, idea, viewpoints, political opinion, entrenches people, likes, celebrity culture, changes people 's minds, amusing, opinion matters, opinions, celebrities<|CONCLUSION|>
| Celebrities' political opinions are worthless and we shouldn't pay attention to them.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Okay, so public domain dictates that a work will only become part of the public domain, and therefore become of use to any artist out there, usually about 50 to 75 years after the original author's death. The US has had copyright laws spearheaded by Disney which can bring that to close to 100 years. Obviously, the extension of public domain was to allow certain companies to keep their creations out of others' hands, and more optimistically to allow the families of authors to live off of any profits the author would have received after his death. Since these laws have been enacted, Hollywood has grown into a snarled mess of sequels and franchises. Seeing as Hollywood executives seem to be afraid of anything relatively unique that could be a risk in the box office, we have recently seen an explosion of movies based off public domain works. Pan. Snow White and the Huntsman which somehow got a sequel . The Legend of Tarzan. Victor Frankenstein. John Carter. Disney has even begun a trend of remaking their older movies, which themselves were based off public domain works. Anyway, my reasoning is simple if film executives want to go with preexisting stories to ensure they break even with blockbusters, why not loosen the time it takes for a work to go public domain? Even in the 1910s and 20s, there were plenty of books that could conceivably be made into movies. Hell, you could probably find a couple of older movies which could be remade. And, of course, lesser known artists could use older works as a springboard to make new ideas. It would be a win win. I'm sure there are probably some holes in my reasoning, but I'd like to see what others think. . <|ASPECTS|>blockbusters, domain, sequels and franchises, movies, break, copyright laws, sequel, new ideas, holes, public domain works, public domain, conceivably, snarled mess, risk, remade, profits, families, remaking, books, tarzan, reasoning, older movies, win win, explosion, older works, afraid, use, make<|CONCLUSION|>
| The entertainment industry, as a whole, would benefit from a shortening of public domain.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Superman is one of the most iconic superheroes of all time perhaps only challenged by Batman and Spider Man. He can fly and move at super speed, shoot lasers from his eyes, insane strength and super hearing. He does not even seem to age. His only threat is other superhero villains. Some of these powers can of course be different in each version of Superman comics, but for the sake of my argument let us say he has all the abilities i listed. Superman usually has a girlfriend, Lois Lane. He has a job as a reporter. He lives a normal human life under the name Clark Kent. I believe that Superman should not have any time of his own He should spend every second rescuing people. I will list my reasons below. 1 Superman's only threat are other super villains. Superman's weakness is usually kryptonite and magic. But he can survive so many things normal humans cannot. Firemen, police officers and other jobs involving risks have zero risks for Superman himself. For him the only excuse is that he cannot be everywhere at once. 2 His parents specifically asked him to be a champion for good. Example Never give up the fight to make the world a better place, son. Let us say that Superman did not want be a hero. In my opinion he would still owe his parents that, for they raised him like their own son. They could have abandoned him, especially when they realized he was a freak with his strength and all that. 3 With great power comes great responsibility. Superman has the power to do good and affect the world at a much larger scale than any human being. Whereas many of us are told that individual actions do not matter, Superman's action can literally change society. I am well aware Superman cannot be everywhere at once, therefore he cannot rescue everyone. But he should rescue as many as possible, every second, every day. <|ASPECTS|>superhero villains, survive, superman, rescue, better place, great, abilities, age, abandoned, rescuing people, normal human life, risks, threat, individual actions, insane strength, fly, magic, kryptonite, change society, world, super speed, zero, iconic superheroes, strength, rescue everyone, everywhere, power, good, time, super villains, reasons, girlfriend, affect the world, super hearing, champion for good, lois, powers, different, normal humans, hero, responsibility, shoot lasers, many, freak, owe his parents, weakness<|CONCLUSION|>
| Superman should spend every second of his life rescuing people
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>People always say that color blindness ignoring people's race is bad and that we should instead embrace other cultures. I think that everyone would just be better off if we treated each other as equals.<|ASPECTS|>embrace other cultures, , race, equals, color blindness<|CONCLUSION|>
| I believe that the world would be better off if everyone was so-called "Color-blind."
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>The average salary of a primary care doctor is 165,161 according to my quick google search nurses do 95 of the actual work on the patient. I have been to a primary care doctor probably 10 15 times in my life, and EVERY time, the nurse is the one who does all the work. The doctor just comes in and reads the results, if there are any. If there aren't any, he basically does nothing with the patient except maybe prescribe drugs. I don't feel that prescribing medication gives anyone the right to make 165 grand a year. It takes basic knowledge to know about the drug and it's side effects. I've even known more about specific medications than my doctor did. Anyways, on average, their knowledge comes straight out of the advertisement pamphlet for the drug nothing too extensive. they are ALWAYS late. There should be at least some financial cost to them for being late. I don't know of any other job where you can be late practically 100 of the time and still make 165,000. If they are late that often, they should schedule less appointments. This doesn't happen with just one or two doctors. This is an EXTREMELY common occurrence. They are not an expert in any specific field, but instead have just general knowledge in most fields of medicine, and in basic medications, which really doesn't take much effort to learn in my opinion . I totally understand why surgeons make what they make, or why any expert in a specific field of medicine makes what they make, for the most part. However, a primary care doctor will just recommend you to an expert if things get too serious for them to handle. Not that there's any problem with that, but that's not a 165,000 job. I could recommend you to an expert, too. It's not that hard. So many of their appointments are made for no reason I had a doctor who wanted to do a follow up after getting my bloodwork done, just so he could read me my cholesterol numbers in person. The appointment was literally 5 minutes and he read me two numbers and said overall I was healthy. This cost the insurance company over 200 bucks for the appointment, and I'm sure he pocketed some of that. There's no reason he couldn't have told me over the phone. Another time, I called a doctor's office and told them I wanted my nose cauterized have had bloody noses since I was little . I told them I tried all the creams sprays OTC stuff, and none of it helped. They said to make an appointment and come in, so I did. I show up 5 minutes early they call me in for the appointment 40 minutes late. The nurses do 95 of the work once again. Finally the doctor comes in he says he doesn't do that procedure, but he can reccommend me to someone who does. Then he prescribes me stuff that he says you can buy over the counter. This entire appointment cost me 30 dollars copay and almost 250 to the insurance company. I don't feel like I need to even explain that story, as it speaks for itself. Overall, I realize my view has been formed out of anger for these doctors. However, I find it extremely difficult to see exactly what part of their job gives them the right to so much money. remember, the average is 165,000, meaning many of them make WAY more . If someone could enlighten me as to why their job is so difficult, it might change my view.<|ASPECTS|>95, view, anger, schedule, hard, expert, cholesterol numbers, job, occurrence, serious, general knowledge, insurance, basic knowledge, late, prescribes, way, side effects, right to make, work, buy, bloody noses, patient, prescribe drugs, creams, reccommend, learn, appointment, right to so much money, explain, salary, knowledge, difficult, primary, healthy, always late, change, cost, less appointments, financial cost, make, extremely, specific medications<|CONCLUSION|>
| Primary care doctors get paid way too much.
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<|TOPIC|>Whitewashing In Hollywood: Should It Be Banned?<|ARGUMENT|>Aziz Ansari had an entire episode of his show 'Master of None' based on his frequent experiences as an Indian actor asked to 'do the accent', or portray a stereotypical Indian man in order to get a paying role.<|ASPECTS|>man, stereotypical, paying<|CONCLUSION|>
| Many Indian characters are portrayed by people of South Asian diaspora but are made to put on stronger accents to fit into the Indian stereotype.
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<|TOPIC|>Do gun control laws reduce crime?<|ARGUMENT|>There are ‘Safety Tips’ specifically directed at the legalized escort industry on a state community health website in Victoria<|ASPECTS|>safety<|CONCLUSION|>
| Escort services visit hotel rooms or homes of clients and therefore do not work in safer environments.
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<|TOPIC|>Abstinence-only vs. comprehensive sex education<|ARGUMENT|>Barack Obama was reported saying on 20 Apr. 2008 - ".What I have consistently talked about is to take a comprehensive approach where we focus on abstinence, where we are teaching the sacredness of sexuality to our children . But we also recognize the importance of good medical care for women, that we're also recognizing the importance of age-appropriate education to reduce risks. I do believe that contraception has to be part of that education process."2<|ASPECTS|>reduce risks, contraception, education process, age-appropriate education, sacredness of sexuality, good medical care<|CONCLUSION|>
| Abstinence may have value, but only within comprehensive sex-ed
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<|TOPIC|>Is Pope Francis a good pope?<|ARGUMENT|>The church has traditionally been steered by the clergy, who are all adult men. The inclusion of youth in the Synod of Bishops shows a willingness to reinvigorate the Church in a way that previous popes have failed to do.<|ASPECTS|>inclusion of youth, clergy, adult men, reinvigorate the church, steered by<|CONCLUSION|>
| Pope Francis decided that the theme of the 15th Ordinary General Meeting of the Synod of Bishops should be "Youth, faith, and vocational discernment"
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<|TOPIC|>Does science justify atheism?<|ARGUMENT|>Religion may impose inhumane procedures such as circumcision to its followers, and shame those who don't want to take part in them.<|ASPECTS|>inhumane procedures, circumcision, shame<|CONCLUSION|>
| People have been led to do terrible things in the name of religion.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>I don't think I could be convinced that the Penny shouldn't be discontinued however I do have some interesting reasons why the Nickel and Dime should be discontinued. I'd like to quickly say in place of the 3 coins being discontinued I'd circulate more 1 2 coins and 2 bills while also getting rid of the 1 bill in place of the 1 coin. For Nickels and Dimes I have 5 reasons why they should be discontinued Today's Quarter is worth what a penny was worth about 100 years ago and thus should be our lowest denominating coin. This also goes for transactions where the penny is a down right negative to any transaction eliminating the Nickel and Dime would only bring benefits to transactions. A considerable amount of machines don't utilize Nickels and Dimes opting instead for just using the Quarter. This makes the Quarter the smallest reliable coinage someone could carry. We got rid of the half penny coin in the 1850's when it had more buying power today than our dime, it only makes since that they could be discontinued and backed up by my other reasons. The Nickel costs more than it's worth to make. Same as the Penny not worth it's own weight in gold costing tax payers alot of money every year to mint. Sooner rather than later the Nickel and Dime will be as worthless as the Penny today in transactions so it makes since to me to cut them now even if they aren't as useless as Pennies. The only reason the Penny has survived so long is the lobby group that the US buys its metals from which would fight as much to keep the Nickel and Dime if it's not discontinued at the same time as the Penny. EDIT 1 About 100 years EDIT 2 By discontinue I mean the ceasing of minting those coins. A Nickel and Dime would still be worth a Nickel and Dime if you wanted to pay in exact change <|ASPECTS|>, weight, pay, gold, machines, discontinue, costs, survived, lowest denominating coin, useless, benefits to transactions, utilize, right, fight, long, worthless, worth, buying power, reliable coinage<|CONCLUSION|>
| Not only should the Penny be discontinued, but the Nickle and Dime as well
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<|TOPIC|>Should animal testing be banned?<|ARGUMENT|>People should not be allowed to forget about the horrors of the holocaust. Scientists who make use of Nazi data in their papers, could utilize it as a means to condemn the individuals involved with and methods through which the data was gathered.<|ASPECTS|>horrors, forget, nazi data, condemn, individuals, holocaust<|CONCLUSION|>
| The morally correct thing to do is to use the data, since no greater harms is accrued by making use of it - and some additional benefit may be gained.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>The only reason I say possibly more because at least the soldiers had the backing of an entire nation. I'm not trying to diminish what the soldiers did, but I am trying to shed light on how brutal the South was for blacks after the Civil War and up until Civil Rights. To step outside of or challenge the racial caste system was seriously risking your life and I have the utmost admiration for those people.<|ASPECTS|>backing, brutal, risking your life, diminish, blacks, civil rights, admiration, south, racial caste system<|CONCLUSION|>
| I believe blacks in the Jim Crow south willing to challenge the status quo had just as much courage possibly more than anyone that stormed the beaches of Normandy.
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<|TOPIC|>Is "The Last Jedi" one of the weakest Star Wars movies so far?<|ARGUMENT|>This is why the popular fan theory of Snoke being a reincarnation of Darth Plagueis the wise made a great deal of sense at the time though it was admittedly denied before the movie's release. He could manipulate the Force to create or sustain life, and you assume would need a long time to perfect the technique to resurrect himself, explaining his frail, malformed appearance.<|ASPECTS|>resurrect, frail, manipulate the force, sustain life, malformed appearance<|CONCLUSION|>
| Snoke's abilities seem on par with that of the Emperor, but he lacks a master or a timeline where it makes sense that he is so powerful so soon after the downfall of the Empire.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>USPS is loosing huge amounts of money for our government and it's a relic from an era when nothing else like it existed. Now with UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc, our federal government could save tens of billions of dollars a year by selling part or all of the USPS. Up until last year, New Zealand did this While the USPS has been, in my experience, as reliable as those private companies, UPS and FedEx are generally more pleasant to deal with and to visit in person. I realize there would be job losses, but those fired employees could potentially be hired up by whatever company buys the Postal Service. I also realize it would mean the death of one of America's institutions, but the USPS replaced the Pony Express, and now email has replaced the need for USPS. Change my view.<|ASPECTS|>death, institutions, pleasant, view, reliable, america, money, save, job losses, relic, hired, amounts, billions of dollars<|CONCLUSION|>
| I think the federal government should privatize the US Postal Service.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>The way I understand it, the term originates from a play movie where a husband goes to elaborate lengths to drive his wife insane so he can have her committed. I remember reading about the idea years ago and it referred to diabolical stuff like subtly moving furniture around or swapping out clothes with identical items of different sizes. But in the past couple of years this term seems to have blown up in the public consciousness and now appears to be used to describe any sort of disagreement of memory or even simple lies. I frequently experience this with my wife. I'll bring up something that we talked about and she won't remember and will claim the conversation didn't happen. Or vice versa. It's not a big deal, but some people seem convinced that this makes one of us an abuser. But which one? If two people disagree about something or misremember an event, which person is gaslighting? The idea that one person has nefarious intentions is a big leap to make, when people can innocently forget and misremember things all of the time. This term is also applied to Trump frequently and I've seen claims that he's gaslighting the whole country, which I think is totally absurd. He's just a run of the mill liar. When he lies, any sane, intelligent, well informed person knows that he's just lying again. This doesn't drive us insane, it just makes him look like a liar or an idiot. I get it in the colloquial sense of being annoying as in all of his lies are making me crazy but it's not gaslighting in a literal sense where he's doing this in a calculated way to try and drive people over the edge. He just lies to save face, evade responsibility, or cover up criminal conduct, in the same way that a child would lie when caught doing something bad. In preparing to make this post, I quickly looked through some articles about gaslighting to see if I was missing anything and one on Psychology Today gave a whole list of examples, all of which were ridiculous. I don't want to address them point by point here, but for example one said that a cheater who lies about their cheating is abusive gaslighting behavior. No, they're just lying because they don't want to get caught It's really not that complicated or machiavellian. In some ways I related to some of the examples of a narcissistic parent who denies their past behavior when confronted. But again, this is just self serving denial. They either lie because they don't want to admit the truth, or they're in denial and actually don't remember the past accurately. But it's not a calculated scheme to drive me insane I'm confident enough in my own memories and experience of the world not to be driven to a padded room by a liar. I can't help but think that there are some people with legitimate mental health issues who struggle with paranoia who are drawn to this idea that there is some grand plot against them. If gaslighting is a legitimate term used by mental health professionals, I question whether it's really being used accurately, whether it's actually describing a common behavior, and whether it's really good for their patients to convince them that simple lies, disagreements and memory lapses are some form of abuse.<|ASPECTS|>, common behavior, gaslighting, ridiculous, innocently, misremember an event, past behavior, lies, abusive gaslighting behavior, whole country, memory lapses, grand plot, lying, forget, cheating, well informed, run, public consciousness, diabolical stuff, denial, liar, remember the past accurately, machiavellian, self serving denial, lie, nefarious intentions, complicated, cover, narcissistic parent, annoying, paranoia, misremember things, drive, mental health issues, caught, abuser, idiot, calculated scheme, crazy, absurd, cheater, insane, intelligent, disagreement of memory, disagree, evade responsibility, simple lies, padded room, missing, elaborate, criminal conduct, save face, disagreements, abuse, conversation, subtly moving furniture, swapping<|CONCLUSION|>
| Gaslighting is not a real thing
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>I am a 20 year old college student and I currently think that our time period is incredibly boring and uninteresting. I am a male geek who is obsessed with science fiction, fantasy, gaming, technologies, etc. Growing up I have watched numerous space opera science fiction TV shows such as Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate, and many others. If I could I would much rather live in that time period than here. In our universe we don't have starships, teleporters, phasors, replicators, or any of that stuff. Life in 2014 America is still very boring and not very interesting IMHO. I think that a life in one of those realities or universes is much more exciting than a life in this one.<|ASPECTS|>rather, live, uninteresting, male geek, interesting, time period, phasors, replicators, fantasy, space opera, science fiction, starships, boring, obsessed, exciting<|CONCLUSION|>
| I think our time period is uninteresting and boring
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<|TOPIC|>Gender Neutral Bathrooms: Should They be Standard?<|ARGUMENT|>Comfort and discomfort are anything but fixed realities. People are getting more comfortable with homosexuality, for example. Public attitudes are changing and the disgust that is often associated to homophobia is vanishing in many places.<|ASPECTS|>public attitudes, fixed realities<|CONCLUSION|>
| Understandings of comfort and discomfort are socially constructed and can evolve. Over time, people would get used to unisex bathrooms.
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<|TOPIC|>Should Obligatory Community/Military Service Be Introduced?<|ARGUMENT|>Since mandatory service means that it is more important to people to know what goes on in the military, journalists have a stronger incentive to more often, and more thoroughly investigate the military.<|ASPECTS|>incentive, service<|CONCLUSION|>
| Media attention is a major driver of political change because, broadly speaking, it brings issues to light that might not have otherwise inspired the political will necessary for change.
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<|TOPIC|>disclose previous convictions in court<|ARGUMENT|>Jurors are frequently affected by media coverage of particular cases, which makes it almost impossible for them to remain impartial in the idealistic way which opposition naively believes possible. This creates a situation where the jury may be more affected by information which they have found out elsewhere – for example on the news or in newspapers – than the information which is presented to them in court. There have been some cases where jurors search the internet to find the backgrounds to their cases, despite the fact that this is not allowed1. This evidently reflects that jurors feel that they have not been adequately informed and so seek facts elsewhere. Given that this need has been reflected by the jurors themselves, the court should give jurors all possible information and bring previous convictions into the open to ensure that they can base their verdict on reliable fact presented in court rather than resorting to sensationalist media. 1Attorney General’s Office, ‘Juror convicted for internet research’, 23 January 2012.<|ASPECTS|>information, sensationalist, facts, adequately informed, media coverage, internet research ’, reliable fact, impartial, backgrounds, affected<|CONCLUSION|>
| Jurors are already aware of information which might ‘bias’ their verdict.
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<|TOPIC|>Should Human Life Be Valued Above Animal Life?<|ARGUMENT|>One could argue that cruelty, i.e. intentionally causing harm for no other advantage than a rush of endorphins as one enjoys the malicious outcome, is a trait only exhibited by humans as we are self-aware.<|ASPECTS|>cruelty, malicious outcome, self-aware, endorphins, causing harm<|CONCLUSION|>
| Humans are prone to way more cruelty than animals. So, the contribution to the quality of life as a whole by a species should be taken into consideration over the value of the species.
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<|TOPIC|>The Rebel Alliance would defeat the United Federation of Planets in space combat.<|ARGUMENT|>Starfleet wanted to know more about the inside of stars, so they helped foreign researchers design better shields<|ASPECTS|>better shields, inside of stars, researchers<|CONCLUSION|>
| Starfleet's curiosity and ingenuity is a strength unmatched by the Rebels.
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<|TOPIC|>Should voters in the UK have a final vote on the Brexit deal?<|ARGUMENT|>A new referendum can perfectly end up seeing "leave with no deal" win, for example. Now that the consequences of leaving are really known, people can decide a clear break from the EU is what they want and, this time, give a clear mandate to the government. A new referendum is the most democratic option.<|ASPECTS|>mandate, leave with, consequences, democratic option<|CONCLUSION|>
| The proposal is not to overrule the vote, but rather to offer a second chance for citizens to share their views.
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<|TOPIC|>Is drag turning mainstream hurting LGBT rights?<|ARGUMENT|>47% of people who identify as transgender have been sexual assaulted at some point during their lives, compared to <20% amongst the general population<|ASPECTS|>sexual assaulted<|CONCLUSION|>
| People who identify as LGBT are at a greater risk of sexual violence than heterosexual people.
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<|TOPIC|>Should HPV Vaccinations be Compulsory?<|ARGUMENT|>Marriage is a contract between two people, not their children. Plenty of married people are neglectful or abusive towards their children without even knowing it. People can refuse to provide the necessities of life vaccinations, proper nutrition whether married or not.<|ASPECTS|>abusive, contract, necessities of life, marriage, neglectful<|CONCLUSION|>
| Even well intentioned parents who do not abuse or neglect their children can be ill-prepared to have a child.
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<|TOPIC|>Creationism vs Evolution<|ARGUMENT|>If we are descended from animals then the specialness of humanity, as the only creature uniquely created in the image of God, is denied. There is nothing to separate us from the beasts, and no moral basis for feeling ‘special’ and acting differently from them.<|ASPECTS|>specialness of humanity, special ’, moral basis, acting differently<|CONCLUSION|>
| If we are descended from animals then the specialness of humanity, as the only creature uniquely cre...
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Title says it all honestly if a man or a woman lies about rape, he or she could literally destroy the life of another person because they either 1 regret sleeping with said person or 2 they want to ruin the life of the person being lied about. There have been many cases of both, and those who lie don't suffer the consequences. I am not saying that accusations of rape should be considered false, that would be beyond stupid. All I am saying is that the cases should get carefully and properly investigated before a final verdict is reached. Also, according to research, about 8 of rape accusations are false This seems like a small chunk, but it is a significant amount of cases. EDIT I've found out through many comments that it is in fact a crime. That being the case, I'd like to say that I believe that the sentence regarding lying about rape to in order harm someone, and or knowing that the information is false, should have the same minimum sentence as rape sentences. EDIT 2 I forgot to say, I'm not from, or live on, the US. Just so you guys don't use US laws and stuff EDIT 3 ok guys, I get it, I'm dumb lol. I was not aware that the laws you've all mentioned existed, and I'm sorry for that. Thanks for your insight, everyone<|ASPECTS|>minimum sentence, destroy the life of another, crime, rape, rape accusations, us laws, cases, consequences, laws, ruin, rape sentences, final, harm someone, false, stupid, insight, life, regret, dumb, suffer, carefully and properly investigated<|CONCLUSION|>
| false accusations of rape should be a crime
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<|TOPIC|>Should people have the right and means to end their lives?<|ARGUMENT|>Having a painless and guided way to end one ́s life could lower psychological effects on people close to the person ending his / her life.<|ASPECTS|>painless and guided, lower, psychological effects<|CONCLUSION|>
| The possibility of a convenient and comfortable way to die at a preferred place could lower the motivational threshold required to commit suicide.
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<|TOPIC|>Do ICOs provide a better investment option for small investors than other options?<|ARGUMENT|>It is easier to trade tokens obtained from an ICO, compared to selling an angel share in a startup that is pre-IPO.<|ASPECTS|>trade tokens, easier<|CONCLUSION|>
| An ICO is a better investment option for small investors than other options.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Hate crimes unnecessarily add to the punishment of an offender. The offender commits a crime, and he she will receive the punishment for that. There is no need to add to the punishment. If you kill someone and the sentence for murder is 10 years , then you should be sentenced for ten years. No more, no less. If we are all created equal with the same rights, then if you take away someone's right i.e. right to life by homicide , then you should be sent to prision. It should not matter what the person's skin color, sexual orientation, disability, or whatever else you hate. We all have the same rights. Sorry if I did not explain that perfectly. To me, it is obvious what I mean. If you need clarification, just ask. I'll be happy to clarify.<|ASPECTS|>, prision, skin color, obvious, sentence, rights, offender, equal, commits a crime, punishment, disability, 's right, unnecessarily, sexual orientation, murder, hate crimes, right to life by homicide, sentenced, kill someone<|CONCLUSION|>
| Hate crimes are unnecessary, as the punishment already compensates for the crime.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>This goes for sex, gender, race, orientation, whatever. Everybody should be treated equally in the eyes of the law and society. Now I think most people agree with the sentiment but in practice actually disagree. It seems to be a popular view that these identity groups have different levels of oppresion , I don't disagree that is true. But they then argue that to achieve equality society the law ought to be more favorable towards the oppressed group to compensate for the oppresion. The idea is basically reverse inequality , counter the oppresion by creating inequality that favors the oppressed group. A popular example is affirmative action, which gives favorability towards applicants candidates based on their race. This is inequality. More recently, the US UN? decided to stop giving visas to gay couples who weren't married. At it's surface it sounds discrinatory, until you realize that it is the same policy for straight as is for gays, you have to be married for your partner to get a visa. Many people, on reddit in particular, were outraged. They think that gays should be unequally given more rights in this regard. That would be inequality. Edit I realized this was actually different situation since the US has no control over foreign laws. To have a policy which requires gays, who cant legally marry in their country, to be married is discriminatory. And not the same as the point I was trying to make. I'm sure there are plenty of more examples but I think these two are sufficient to discuss. Either situation, if reversed and favored a non oppressed group would be blatantly racist or homophobic, but because it unequally favors the right group it is ok. I think that no inequality is OK. If as a society, we truly want equality, we cant put our thumb on the scale , so to speak, we simply need to treat everyone equally. <|ASPECTS|>, rights, gay couples, oppressed group, discriminatory, right group, control over foreign laws, us, homophobic, orientation, race, reverse inequality, favorability towards applicants, treated equally, discrinatory, policy, visas, sentiment, identity groups, law, levels, gender, outraged, favorable, action, examples, inequality, sex, racist, unequally, different, favors, treat everyone equally, oppresion, disagree, equality<|CONCLUSION|>
| Everybody should be treated equally
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Refering to Anabolic Steroids Hormonal axis do get normal after some time and most of steroids bad reputation is due some people that got carried away and used to much to put it in friendly term. But i do believe that is there something that I dont know that could change my mind med student, not very into this topic tho I also believe that is something weird about the no young people on steroids as they dont explain their reasons why beginners should not use steroids but instead they bark at you and told you that you are fucking up your life without much plausible arguments or scientific backup. But yet again, there could be something that im unaware of. So lets argue<|ASPECTS|>axis, im, unaware, life, bad reputation, plausible arguments, scientific backup<|CONCLUSION|>
| Beginners and young people can use steroids without any risk of long term damage as long they use it on the right dosages and dont abuse responsible use and still get full benefit.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>As a Trump supporter in NY, I've had a difficult time talking to anyone about politics this election. I've stayed out of debates arguments and hid in the shadows with the rest of the silent majority. It's hard to have anything to respond with when a Trump hater starts off with Only stupid, racist, sexist, people like Trump . These aren't random people, these are my friends. And while they're probably able to draw the line at me being stupid racist sexist because I'm none of those , it's the automatic assumption that they take on about anyone who supports Trump. But, why take the risk? I refrained from most political conversations. I find that most Trump supporters do not support him for the reasons that Trump haters think. I haven't met any Trump supporters who care about the wall or deporting illegal immigrants, are racist, or hate women. I certainly don't. Sure, there are some people like that out there, just like there are some violent people who support Hilary. But the actions of a few bad people are not representative of the candidate that they support. I think it is a good exercise to for Trump haters to think about why someone would support Trump outside of being racist, sexist, etc. I find this stereotyping disturbing and disingenuous. It's like me saying your Nike shoes were sourced from a 3rd world country which may have children working in the factories. Therefore, because you support Nike, you are a terrible supporter of slavery and child labor, and you have no humanity in you. This is not a healthy attitude for our society. It makes no attempt to search for any truth. Both Hilary and Trump want to do good for America. Despite how much I disagree with Hilary, I acknowledge that she has done a lot of good and her heart is in the right place. It sickens me to see people wishing harm on a candidate or their supporters as if they were less than human. <|ASPECTS|>heart, representative, debates arguments, actions, silent majority, disingenuous, sickens, shadows, truth, trump, child labor, stereotyping, done, support, terrible supporter, children working, illegal immigrants, healthy attitude, bad people, slavery, risk, hid, racist sexist, wishing harm, political conversations, search, support hilary, stupid, less than human, good, right, good for america, random people, sexist, politics, racist, humanity, hate women, difficult time talking, violent people, disturbing<|CONCLUSION|>
| Trump Haters Make Incorrect Assumptions About Trump Supporters
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>EDIT NOTE I should have specified in the title “political parties or figures.” I can now think of some figures in American politics who are representative of “outlier views” as I mention in the post. Okay, so here's my first go at this. I'm a politically active person. I contribute a bit of money to political causes and campaigns, and I plan on getting more involved in politics, possibly run for national office later in my career. I have realized of late that I am of the belief that parties like the UK Independence Party, British National Party, and other outlier parties I can't find any with much momentum here in the US contribute nothing to the wider political conversation. Parties like UKIP seem to run on singular issues, for instance, it's my understanding that UKIP in particular mainly exist to put forth a “rational egoist” political perspective and get the UK out of the European Union. My problem with considering UKIP a positive contributor to the political conversation is that its attitude toward the present system is overly revolutionary and it seems that some aspects of Britain's role in the EU are outright rejected. UKIP furthermore puts forth what strikes me as an incredibly insular worldview including heavy opposition to additional immigration something I consider a secondary human right . It seems to me that outlier parties like UKIP are just loud noises clanging about, instead of being useful and contributing opposing but constructive voices in politics. That said, one of my “political goods” is the idea that every law abiding citizen can and should be able to contribute to the body politic in some form or fashion, and that every view should be accepted. Yet obviously there is a disconnect here when I'm unable to take the likes of UKIP or its supporters seriously. So, reddit, .<|ASPECTS|>, momentum, money, national, loud noises, secondary human right, useful, opposition, rational egoist, outright rejected, political causes, constructive voices, eu, overly, politically active person, revolutionary, disconnect, insular, additional immigration, abiding, body politic, politics, outlier views, political conversation, political, singular issues, conversation<|CONCLUSION|>
| I believe political parties like UKIP are devoid of value in the political arena.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Over the past 5 years, the level of improvements in mirrorless has far outpaced that of DSLR. Some pros have already given up their Canons and Nikons for Sony's a7r. Some of the best mini video cameras are actually MFT cameras. Mirrorless cameras are much lighter and more convenient to use than DSLRs. They have almost everything DSLRs bodies have now indeed full frame mirrorless is now generating images with the same quality as DSLR. Mirrorless is also cheaper, though that's just a minor advantage. IMO once the lens situation improves for mirrorless, and once a good optical or optical like viewfinder shows up for mirrorless, it will be all over for DSLR in the long term. DSLRs will become strictly worse than mirrorless, even if only for the bulkiness, and most professional and prosumer photographers will switch to mirrorless for their next generation of gear. DSLRs will stick around for a while due to inertia and the superior Nikon Canon support services, but 20 30 years down the line most serious photographers will be using the much more compact mirrorless cameras. I think in 50 years DSLR will be 100 niche. Please .<|ASPECTS|>quality, situation, lighter, inertia, mirrorless, 100 niche, worse than mirrorless, convenient, bulkiness, mini video, cheaper, improvements, mft cameras<|CONCLUSION|>
| Mirrorless cameras are the future of the professional/non-casual photography
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<|TOPIC|>Should the United States be the global police?<|ARGUMENT|>“It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.” - Aung San Suu Kyi's<|ASPECTS|>scourge of power, corrupts, losing power, fear, power<|CONCLUSION|>
| The old adage "Power Corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" still holds true. Giving "the Most powerful" more power, and answerable only to itself thus absolving it of responsibility is a recipe for disaster.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>What the US has in common with developed countries but not with developing countries A highly developed legal system and real estate market, rivaling or even exceeding most Western European countries. A relatively tech literate population and a moderate level of political corruption, closer to France or Spain than to Russia. Great prestige, international influence. One of the highest GDP per capita and unadjusted Human Development Indices in the world. One of the highest median incomes in the world. A lack of shantytowns or favelas. Poor neighborhoods are generally dilapidated rich ones. Relatively clean air in urban areas. Slow GDP growth and deindustrialization. A service economy. Most formalized, taxed economy in the world. Lowest levels of informal black market economic activity GDP in the world. What the US has in common with developing countries No true universal healthcare. Tons of holes. Significant problems with violence both domestic and international . Eye popping levels of inequality and outright poverty. Adjusted for inequality, Human Development Index is lower than Hungary. Lousy life expectancy. Higher newborn mortality than Peru. Higher rates of teen pregnancy, murder, infant mortality than any other developed country. Harsh work conditions. Orwellian surveillance. Things the US has in common with neither No maternity leave. Willingness to backstab other countries on climate change.<|ASPECTS|>human development index, international influence, newborn mortality, real estate market, infant mortality, teen pregnancy, gdp per capita, black market economic activity gdp, gdp growth, dilapidated rich ones, taxed economy, developed legal system, work conditions, median incomes, life expectancy, clean air, universal healthcare, climate change, political corruption, human development, tech literate population, service economy, poor neighborhoods, maternity leave<|CONCLUSION|>
| The US is neither a developed country nor a developing country. It is merely the US.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Disclaimer this excluded questions about genitals, sex, etc I used to be very dismissive of non binary genders and trans people. I didn't hate them, I just didn't understand them. My views have since changed by meeting trans non binary people and learning about them and their experiences. I'm a white American. There are lots of assumptions I was raised to believe about other cultures. When I moved out into the world and met lots of types of people, I learned about them and my perceptions were changed by talking to them about their lives and cultures. This is the natural way people learn about each other and become tolerant. One human connection is worth one hundred dry, academic papers. It's unfortunate that individual non binary people have to deal with this sometimes, but it's the unfortunate reality. Just as gay and lesbian individuals became more accepted as they came out and straight people got to know them as people and not stereotypes, trans and non binary people will have to do the same. The understandable tendency the trans non binary people have to sequester themselves does more harm than good and perpetuates the gap between cis and trans people. <|ASPECTS|>, individual non binary people, perceptions were changed, sequester, genitals, gap, unfortunate, assumptions, understand, straight, harm than good, hate, tolerant, trans people, trans non binary people, white american, learning, learn about, experiences, cultures, sex, human connection, non binary genders, accepted, lives, dry<|CONCLUSION|>
| -When it comes to trans/non-binary acceptance, the phrase "do your own research/it's not my job to educate you" is counter-intuitive to how people learn about other groups. This does more harm than good.
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<|TOPIC|>Should the BAR exam be eliminated as a requirement to practice law?<|ARGUMENT|>The Daniel Webster Scholar DWS programme is considered a better alternative than the BAR exam.<|ASPECTS|>better alternative<|CONCLUSION|>
| Better alternatives exist to accomplish the intended purpose of the BAR Exam.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>American society places deep respect and reverence to military veterans, and rightfully so. They train and study hard and lay their lives in sacrifice for the protection of the lives and liberties of Americans and their allies. And even if we do not agree on what the best strategy to achieve peace is, we must acknowledge and praise the willingness of those men and women to give their all to others. But if this is one of the litmus of behavior that merits praise, then the doctors, nurses, specialists and responders dealing with the Ebola outbreak in Africa are even more urgently and prioritarily in need of our greater respect. Firstly because their sacrifice is not for the profit of one nation, but of humankind as a whole. Secondly, because they sacrifice themselves without taking lives. On the contrary, they save them. Thirdly, in view of what Ebola might become, their actions may prevent many more deaths than any war could cause. This considering that they also require rigorous, lenghty and arduous training and are risking their lives in the process. Change my view?<|ASPECTS|>, taking lives, liberties, ebola, hard, sacrifice, americans, save, military veterans, humankind, deaths, respect, prevent, lenghty, peace, profit, behavior, change my view, protection, greater, rigorous, reverence, arduous training, lives, risking their lives<|CONCLUSION|>
| Civilians should stand up for veterans, but veterans should stand up for doctors, nurses and responders to the Ebola virus
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<|TOPIC|>That Employees Should Be Compelled To Disclose Their HIV Status to Employers<|ARGUMENT|>The requirement to disclose their condition if known would be a disincentive to get tested in the first place. This is especially the case for many people in places like sub-Saharan Africa, but also applies widely elsewhere. Their job is so important to them since there’s no safety net to speak of if they lose it that they’d prefer to go in ignorance of their HIV status than find out and risk being fired for it. The medical repercussions of that are obvious.<|ASPECTS|>medical repercussions, ignorance, condition, disincentive, safety net, hiv status<|CONCLUSION|>
| It is a disincentive to get tested in the first place
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<|TOPIC|>Should public transport be free?<|ARGUMENT|>Studies show that riding a bike for two miles a day saves an individual from missing about two sick days of work per year<|ASPECTS|>saves, sick days, missing<|CONCLUSION|>
| There are additional health incentives to travel via bicycle instead of travelling via car or public transport.
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<|TOPIC|>Who should have the final say about a child's medical treatment - doctors or parents?<|ARGUMENT|>The child and their parents could be left with the physical and financial challenges of a life of disability depending on the decision in treatment.<|ASPECTS|>challenges, physical and financial, life of disability<|CONCLUSION|>
| Parents are the ones that will have to live with the consequences of a child's medical treatment.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>It is a waste of over a billion people's time to memorize thousands of these different characters. Think of what else could be accomplished in those trillions of man hours. These writing systems are archaic reminders of a time when only the rich could enjoy scholarly pursuits, and were purposely difficult to restrict literacy to an elite class. They are very similar to ancient cuneiform in that regard, and should follow the same fate. Barely legible characters like 𪚥 demonstrate how poorly they have adapted to modern technology. This is not some case of cultural bias. I do not believe that the Roman alphabet is any way superior to other alphabets. There are many non western writing systems that work very well. Hangul, Thai, and Arabic are great examples.<|ASPECTS|>adapted, cultural bias, restrict literacy, non, man hours, superior, fate, time, similar, waste, work very well, memorize, modern technology, ancient cuneiform, scholarly pursuits, poorly, writing systems, difficult<|CONCLUSION|>
| 中國字母表: I believe that non-phonetic writing systems, such as Chinese, are inherently and objectively inferior to phonetic alphabets, and should be phased out.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>My standpoint is mostly rooted in a common theme amongst works of Sci fi, however it is something that frustrates me as a plot device, I do see this topic having real world value however, so I think its worth discussing. To make the topic accessible I'm going to use Halo as an example of what I'm talking about to illustrate my point. If the human race were threatened with extinction by say a highly advanced alien race, there is no express purpose to maintaining economic stability. If humanity dies having an economy doesn't matter and so each individual person who can make a difference has a better opprotunity to live if they work for free, or develop munitions and technologies for free, to better help win the war. In the case of Halo, the Spartan II program was scrapped for two reasons. Finding candidates was questionable at best, and even good candidates had a high mortality rate. Mjolnir Armor is really fucking expensive to make. If Humanity was being threatened with extinction, then a functional economy is pointless. So there's no reason to work for money until after your survival is guaranteed. Now to reel in the big picture, I understand you have to consider life after the war, and an destroyed economy is a very poor situation to be in. However, if the military has money to be budgeted, then they can simply pay for all purchases after the war has reached a conclusion ad infinitum. Now I know this doesn't work in practical earth based warfare, but that is because we are not threatened with extinction. So the opprotunity cost of ditching our economy to wage war against other nations is far too high. <|ASPECTS|>extinction, money, accessible, opprotunity to live, work for money, high, economy, questionable, real world value, life, functional economy, threatened, scrapped, mortality rate, pointless, opprotunity cost, survival is guaranteed, poor situation, economic stability, pay for all purchases, better, destroyed economy, war, expensive, practical earth based warfare, fucking, spartan<|CONCLUSION|>
| In any incident that threatens total human extinction, there is no logical reason to maintain economic stability pending our survival.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>I believe that the Rubik's cube is the best spacial puzzle that could be designed. Other spacial puzzles I am deeming as worse because of my arguments below. I'm defining spacial puzzles as puzzles that exist in the real world, and require physical interaction to solve. Examples include sliding block puzzles and variations, or secret box puzzles. Puzzles that are not included are things like sudoku, or cards. While there is a physical interface, these puzzles are number or rule based. Inherent understanding Everything you need to know to solve the Rubik's cube is directly presented to you. There is no password to be discovered, or riddle to be solved. It's rotational reasoning is entirely presented for you to understand. Secret puzzle boxes contrast with this. They're often simply fancy padlocks, or require a trial and error set of steps, like listening for a ball when rotating the entire object. Scaling As you solve the cube, it becomes more difficult by degree. From a human perspective solving the cube involves placing correct pieces, and keeping them there while you place more. Basically, your work space keeps getting smaller. This is where I feel sliding block puzzles fall short. The complex wooden ones have a set difficulty, and number ones feel like a 2d version of the cube puzzle to me. Additionally, many wood block puzzles can be solved by drawing a tree. There are usually only two or three choices at a time, and most puzzles are small enough to be reasonable. While the 3x3 cube has quite a number of unnecessary steps and flairs to explore and play with, increasing to 4x4 or more drastically expands the scope of the puzzle should one become bored. In addition to the complexity, new concepts like parity become apparent. The real world object scales better than most other puzzles too. Practicality I strongly considered Tetris as a contender, but I can't convince myself it's spacial in the same sense. Though I suppose it's technically possible to recreate in the real world, practical use requires digital means. I feel this gives the cube a distinct advantage, especially in that the mechanical means are elegant in addition. Thus, in the interstellar contest I nominate the Rubik's Cube as Earth's contender. edit formatting<|ASPECTS|>short, complexity, contrast, physical interface, elegant, spacial puzzles, rotational reasoning, difficult by degree, work space, smaller, sliding block, flairs, secret puzzle boxes, physical interaction, cards, practical use, spacial puzzle, mechanical means, set difficulty, inherent understanding, choices, digital means, sudoku, unnecessary steps, riddle, parity, wood block puzzles, earth 's, trial and error, correct pieces, puzzles, secret box, small, fancy padlocks, solved, reasonable, object scales, spacial, scaling, number or rule based, password, sliding block puzzles<|CONCLUSION|>
| The Rubik's cube is the best spacial puzzle.
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<|TOPIC|>Should individuals sentenced to life in prison be allowed to choose death instead?<|ARGUMENT|>Social isolation, loss of family, and the inability to raise children or provide for family members while in prison contribute to the desire to prefer death by prisoners. pg. 7<|ASPECTS|>loss of family, prefer death, members, social isolation, desire<|CONCLUSION|>
| It is kinder to allow individuals the option of death over a lifetime of torture in prison
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<|TOPIC|>Do gun control laws reduce crime?<|ARGUMENT|>Of the top 11 states with the strictest gun control, only one has a gun death rate higher than the national average, 11.7 per 100,000 people and it is barely over, at 11.8. Of the 25 states with the least restrictive gun control, only three are below the national average. 13 of those 25 states have a gun death rate of 17.5 or more per 100,000 people. The highest gun death rate outside of those 25 states is 17.0.<|ASPECTS|>gun death rate<|CONCLUSION|>
| Other jurisdictions countries, cities, etc with stronger gun control laws have generally lower rates of crime and violence.
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<|TOPIC|>Should health care providers annually be made to get the flu vaccine?<|ARGUMENT|>Research suggests that health care providers will be able to advocate to their patients about the value of vaccination in the general public better when they themselves are receiving the vaccine.<|ASPECTS|>vaccination, value<|CONCLUSION|>
| Health care providers getting vaccinated will encourage their patients to also get vaccinated.
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<|TOPIC|>Ban on human reproductive cloning<|ARGUMENT|>If clones are treated poorly by society, they will lead less happy lives as others. If they are treated well, they will likely lead equally happy lives as normal people. Because their happiness will depend largely on how we receive them, we need only adjust our attitude to be more receptive. Banning cloning because we will mistreat them is not fair; it punishes clones for our failures.<|ASPECTS|>treated, mistreat, happy lives, normal, failures, happiness, treated poorly, less happy lives, attitude, receptive, adjust, punishes clones<|CONCLUSION|>
| Clones' quality-of-life depends on how they are received/treated
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<|TOPIC|>Health insurance cooperatives<|ARGUMENT|>Paul Hazen, president and chief executive officer of the National Cooperative Business Association, the leading co-op trade group: "The purpose of the co-op is to provide economic and health benefit to the people using it - not to maximize profits."15<|ASPECTS|>maximize, economic, health, profits, benefit<|CONCLUSION|>
| Non-profit co-ops are driven by health interests of members, not profits
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>I don't think you can make a statistical argument for the existence of aliens when you only have one example of a planet with life. If you had two examples in the Milky Way galaxy, for example, we could conclude that life probably evolves at least twice per galaxy. Or if we had an example from the nearest star with planets, we could conclude that probably every star with planets evolves life. But with just a single example, how do you possibly use that to estimate the distribution of life in the universe? It could be once per universe, once per galaxy or once per 100 stars. It would look the same. e my point is not that life does not exist anywhere else. My point is basically that I don't think you can estimate the probability at all.<|ASPECTS|>statistical argument, exist anywhere, life probably evolves, evolves life, probability, look, life, estimate, existence of aliens, distribution of life<|CONCLUSION|>
| I don't think you can make a statistical argument for the existence of aliens when you only have one example of a planet with life.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Growing up in Upstate New York, my small, poor, rural district switched from the whole week off to having President's Day and the Friday before off about halfway through my educational career in the mid 90s. Their reasoning was to serve as a check for bad early winters and that heating a school in February is easier than keeping it cool in June at the time, they had no air conditioning . Young me thought this was a good idea, especially as it was a lot more conducive for my state worker parents to do something which didn't empty vacation time during the coldest part of the year. Spending a week cooped up indoors, especially as a younger child at a baby sitter's, was never a good prospect. In recent years, my life travels took me to Massachusetts where the mid winter break has become a hill to die on of sorts and it annoys me to death. Nearby New Hampshire does similar but one week later, Maine has a week the same as Massachusetts. In contrast, most other areas have transitioned to President's Day and one day surrounding, either Friday or Tuesday at that. The way it should be. The justification for the whole week often makes my head spin It's a time to go skiing sure, if you ski which not everybody does or has the money to. It's the time to go to Florida what if you don't have the money or family down there to motivate you to do so? It's more expensive to find child care for one day off than it is for four or five on what planet? It's allows the districts to not have to heat a building for a week and not cooling them in June saves money? A week off during the coldest time of year is just a time sink. .<|ASPECTS|>transitioned, money, go, child care, life travels, coldest time, educational, empty vacation time, family, conducive, cooped, air conditioning, 's, president 's day, hill to die, spin, annoys, motivate, saves money, heat a building, bad early winters, prospect, poor, expensive, time sink<|CONCLUSION|>
| In the US, a four-day weekend surrounding President's Day is superior to the whole week of President's Day off.
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<|TOPIC|>Should some teachers be armed?<|ARGUMENT|>Trying to solve a complex problem in simple way by attempting to tackle only symptoms and not investigating the cause is both dangerous and ineffective.<|ASPECTS|>dangerous, complex problem, symptoms, ineffective<|CONCLUSION|>
| By wishing to arm teachers the government abdicates its responsibility to keep citizens safe by transferring it onto the teachers.
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<|TOPIC|>Should Zoos Be Banned?<|ARGUMENT|>According to some authors, Earth is entering the 6th mass extinction and therefore zoos are a cornerstone in many conservation efforts for the most endangered species on our planet.<|ASPECTS|>endangered species, conservation, 6th mass extinction<|CONCLUSION|>
| Zoos play a critical role in the conservation of endangered species.
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<|TOPIC|>Should LGBTQ+ Campaigning Use The Narrative That LGBTQ+ People Are 'Born This Way'?<|ARGUMENT|>The "Diversity in human sexuality meta-study by ASSAF says in its abstract: "The panel concludes that there is substantial biological evidence for the diversity of human sexualities and for sexual orientations in particular. . Socio-behavioural research demonstrates unequivocally that both heterosexual and homosexual men feel that they have/had no choice in terms of their sexual attraction."<|ASPECTS|>sexual attraction, diversity, diversity of human sexualities, orientations, biological evidence, choice<|CONCLUSION|>
| There is increasing evidence that there may be some biological basis for sexual orientation.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>The basis of my argument is that sarcasm mainly serves two points sarcasm can be humorous, or practical, or both. In most contexts, sarcastic statements serve as proofs by counterexample i.e. you say something sarcastic that is obviously untrue, and the other party will realize how ridiculous that statement is, and then realize that only the opposite may be true. For example My buddy believes that poor people could buy a Ferrari 488 if they wanted to and saved up enough. I tell him, yeah, someone making 2,000 a month with a 800 rent and 400 in expenses, is definitely going to be able to pay off a car with monthly payments of 9,000 and insurance that costs 3,000 a year. Totally feasible . My buddy will then ponder my statement, do the math, realize how absolutely unfeasible it is, and agree with me that the only possibly true statement is that poor people cannot afford to buy Ferraris . Shoddy example but it serves the point. Now lets assess what happens when you make a sarcastic statement, followed by a statement explaining to the other party that what you just said was sarcastic. First and foremost, if you make a ridiculous claim and want the other party to recognize it as a ridiculous claim, telling the other party that it is ridiculous ruins your intended job. This is because the other party, now already knowing that the mentioned claim has been made purposely ridiculous, won't spend any mental energy or time thinking about the claim or reasons for the claim being ridiculous. They will not mentally come up with reasons for and against the validity of the claim, which is necessary for coming to one's own conclusions about any subject. Imagine if I had told my friend yeah, someone making 2,000 a month with a 800 rent and 400 in expenses, is definitely going to be able to pay off a car with monthly payments of 9,000 and insurance that costs 3,000 a year. Totally feasible. Oh, and by the way, what I just said was completely sarcastic. That last sentence will tell him that the premise of what I just said is I don't agree with you , which does not invoke much thought process in most people. Sarcasm works by allowing the other person to consider a hypothetical scenario and make one's own conclusions about it , without immediately realizing it. People change their minds through deep, meditative thought, not because some random person tells them that they disagree with them. Like Socrates said, I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think . Thus, by explaining that a sarcastic statement is sarcastic, the practical aspect of sarcasm is made null. Secondly, a joke that you have to explain is a joke, is no longer funny. This is human nature and widely known common knowledge. Thus, by explaining that a sarcastic statement is sarcastic, the humorous aspect of sarcasm is also made null. Sarcasm is purposely subtle because it serves as an alternative to blatant disagreement. We all know what happens when two people are involved in a stubborn, headbutting argument neither leaves the argument with any new ideas or opinions. Sarcasm tricks the person into, even momentarily, subconsciously considering the other point of view without even realizing it. This is why is effective and it is also why an extremely sarcastic tone is often seen as condescending. A person who is offended by your sarcastic tone seems to be thinking Are you saying I can't come to the conclusion on my own that what you just said is ridiculous? Am I so stupid that you need to lob me the ball that softly? . The whole premise behind sarcasm is subtlety. That is why adding s to the end of a sarcastic comment ruins the entire purpose of the statement. Edit I can't buy this argument that the s is necessary because online it is impossible to distinguish sarcasm from real statements. I notice sarcasm in reddit comments all the time. Not to mention, how do people proclaim their sarcasm on websites other than reddit? They don't, because its not necessary<|ASPECTS|>humorous aspect, known, expenses, ridiculous claim, thought process, lob, headbutting argument, practical, ball, totally, common knowledge, practical aspect, ridiculous, teach anybody anything, saved, change their minds, hypothetical scenario, costs, opinions, unfeasible, condescending, insurance, new ideas, sarcastic statements, proofs by counterexample, sarcasm, considering, think, funny, disagreement, human nature, shoddy, mental energy, joke, humorous, effective, validity, distinguish, subconsciously, blatant, point of view, stupid, serves, sarcastic, subtlety, pay, reasons, stubborn, enough, monthly payments, untrue, purpose, feasible, opposite, poor people, meditative thought, disagree, afford to buy ferraris<|CONCLUSION|>
| adding /s to the end of a sarcastic comment ruins the entire point of sarcasm
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<|TOPIC|>All Humans Should Be Vegan.<|ARGUMENT|>Meat wastes resources. According to pyramid of biomass it takes 10x the amount of food for animals to consume than it creates for humans for example, 200kg of feed makes 20kg of meat.<|ASPECTS|>wastes resources, food<|CONCLUSION|>
| A vegan society offers the best way to manage resources.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Coming in here as a lifelong webhead fan. Minor Far From Home spoilers. After Sony's two seperate attempts to cast Peter Parker Into the Spiderverse not included , MCU Disney brought in Tom Holland for a cameo in CA Civil War. Even though all previous movies covered ground with PP as a teen, they made the excecutive decision to have a Spider Kid theme to the new take on the hero. Imo, the Civil War cameo was a decent way to introduce the reboot, but fast forward two more cameos and two solo films, Tom Holland is currently 22 years old and convincingly is still playing as a 16 year old Spider Man. At this point, I do not believe that Holland will be able to grow up enough to be able to play an adult Peter Parker, and thus will need to be recast if they ever want to make an actual Spider MAN movie. The vast majority of original Spider Man comics 60s 90s feature him as an adult. At this rate, maybe Holland will be able to play an early college version of the hero once he hits 25 30 years old. On top of this, the writing coupled with Holland's acting portray Peter Parker as a wimpy teenager as opposed to the independent, genius superhero that the comics feature. Everything this Spider Man has was made by Tony Stark and doesn't give him enough credit for what he has done in the past. This new incarnation of Spider Man works well for people who are not very familiar the comics and millenials. As a die hard fan, I wish I didn't feel this way because it really does tear me up inside that they went in this direction instead of an authentic representation of my favorite superhero. Please change my view Edit welp, thanks for the responses My mind is not 100 changed, and I want to say for the record Tom Holland's a great actor. You've shifted me from semi resentment to embittered optmism, which I guess is a good thing I hope a biig time jump is in the works.<|ASPECTS|>credit, embittered optmism, independent, semi, grow, familiar, lifelong, far, resentment, excecutive decision, home, seperate, early college version of the hero, adult, recast, works well, spider kid, actor, wimpy teenager, genius superhero, authentic, spoilers, war, webhead fan<|CONCLUSION|>
| Tom Holland will NEVER be able to portray an Adult Spider-Man, and thus will NEVER accurately portray the character
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<|TOPIC|>All drugs should be legalized.<|ARGUMENT|>Free will is an important factor in a free market society. Addictive substances destroy free will. Allowing more addictive substances than we already allow is counter to a free society.<|ASPECTS|>free, free society, free market society, addictive, destroy free, addictive substances<|CONCLUSION|>
| Addictive drugs increasingly reduce one's ability to do without them, and therefore they can inhibit freedom.
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<|TOPIC|>Should Equal Paternity/Maternity Paid Leave Be Mandatory?<|ARGUMENT|>A study in Sweden showed that for every month the father took for parental leave, the mother’s future earnings increased by 7%<|ASPECTS|>leave, future earnings, mother ’<|CONCLUSION|>
| Gender-equal parental leave will help close the gender pay gap
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<|TOPIC|>A "liquid democracy" where individuals digitally vote on policy would be worse than a less representative form of gov't.<|ARGUMENT|>Currently voters have to pick between a small number of political parties, often forsaking certain values in order to pick a candidate that reflects their other views.<|ASPECTS|>values, parties<|CONCLUSION|>
| Because voters would be able to vote exactly the way they want on every topic, they wouldn't have to compromise on any of their political views.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Facebook and Instagram are some of the most common ways people communicate with each other today, especially young people. But I'm increasingly questioning the value behind these platforms. What is the point of being a member of those platforms? I see the following as a representative list perhaps I'm missing some keeping in touch with friends who aren't in your primary circle, asking advice seeking comfort from a network of acquaintances, posting photos and other content, finding news and other articles. I see no inherent or unique value in any of these use cases. We could keep in touch with friends simply by calling, texting, or emailing them. You could post photos to a private Flickr account and specifically invite the people who you want to see your pictures the list can't be that big . I do see a value in soliciting advice from a network of people you've met, as well as finding news articles from those people. But this could be accomplished through a pared down version without comment threads. My view to be changed, in a nutshell the fundamental reason Facebook and Instagram exist is to peacock how good your life is to others in an indirect way and give people FOMO , and essentially keep in touch with people without actually keeping in touch with them, in a very superficial way. The useful parts of Facebook and Twitter could be achieved by other means, and comment threads create a gladiator like combustible atmosphere where people gang up and act hostilely towards each other. Society would be better off if they didn't exist in their current form.<|ASPECTS|>friends, advice seeking comfort, touch with friends, value, news articles, society, communicate with each, atmosphere, advice, better, inherent, pared, young people, gladiator, unique value, version, good, life, touch with people, hostilely towards, comment threads<|CONCLUSION|>
| Facebook and Instagram contain no inherent value, and are actually harmful ways to interact with our friends and family--society would be better off if they didn't exist in their current form
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>The other day, I watched a video of a man hunting a black bear. The commentators who are pro hunting said that the bear will most likely be eaten. Now, I could care less, but I thought to myself, had it been the other way around, there would be a huge outcry for the bear to be put down. I also thought about other predators being killed whether it be for food or sport . When a predator kills and eats a human, it gets put down. What if a hunter killed a cougar, and then got mauled to death by another related cougar in the name of keeping other cougars safe? I like to look at things in perspective. If we can eat lion tacos it was big back in 2013 , shark fin soup, black bear sausages, etc., then we shouldn't have a problem being eaten as well. Just my thoughts. Attempt to change them. Note Whoever has the best reply gets a years worth of kitkat bars You know you can't turn that offer down. <|ASPECTS|>human, kitkat bars, change, eaten, predators being killed, bear, predator, lion, put, kills, outcry, hunting, sport, safe, perspective, fin, food, mauled to death<|CONCLUSION|>
| If we can eat bears, sharks, cougars, lions, etc., then we shouldn't have a problem when they eat us.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Over the course of the past six months, I've been exposed to the mysterious world of geriatrics. From these numerous experiences, I've come to multiple conclusions A Getting old sucks. Who really wants to grow old? Sure, your personality is still in tact and maybe you've reconciled some mobility but you're never going to be as young as you were yesterday. B Everyone dies alone. Everyone . I don't care if you found your soul mate in preschool or when you turned 50 you both will die alone. C Every piece goes back into the box at the end of the game so why should I hold on as long as possible? I don't see the point of hanging on as long as possible. D The American idea of delayed satisfaction post retirement sounds like a load of bullshit meant to give hope to those slogging through the monotony of life. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body,but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, What a ride . , please.<|ASPECTS|>mobility, preserved body, monotony of life, hanging on, mysterious world, geriatrics, delayed satisfaction, getting old sucks, pretty, soul mate, grow old, dies alone, reconciled, worn, die alone, tact, personality, young, journey<|CONCLUSION|>
| I feel that living fast and dying young is a much better way of dying than growing old.
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<|TOPIC|>Has Religion Been a Good Thing for Humanity?<|ARGUMENT|>Belief in religious miracles combined with a centuries long tradition of believing those who rule have god behind them allow for propaganda like Lysenkoism to spread and be believed en masse.<|ASPECTS|>religious miracles<|CONCLUSION|>
| Religion over time embedded gullibility and subservience into cultures which was then exploited to gather mass consent and support around leaders and movements.
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<|TOPIC|>Who Should be the Next EU Commission President?<|ARGUMENT|>The difference between the seats of the EPP and that of the S&D in the Parliament is most likely going to be significantly larger after the 2019 election. Right now, the EPP has 14% more seats; polls indicate that this advantage will double.<|ASPECTS|>difference, advantage, seats<|CONCLUSION|>
| This would be the most democratic choice. The European People's Party EPP group, which stands behind the nomination, holds more seats than any other candidate's group.
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<|TOPIC|>Should Vaccines Be Mandatory?<|ARGUMENT|>The most common adjuvant used in vaccines i.e. Aluminium oxide hydroxide Alhydrogel might be neurotoxic even at low doses<|ASPECTS|>adjuvant, neurotoxic, common<|CONCLUSION|>
| There is a possibility of vaccines containing substances harmful to humans.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>The definition of terrorism as i understand it is the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization . If that is the case the terrorists, that most of the world are fighting, have already won because terrorist attacks in Europe and America by Jihadists muslims happen so rarely yet so many people live in an almost constant state of fear. So few incidents of terrorism by muslims resulted in the people of Europe and the Americans fearing their own people muslims sikh arabs that have lived in their country peacefully for years. They are now being attacked one way or the other or being met with suspicion by their countrymen to the terrorists delight. Am I wrong? What's your opinion?<|ASPECTS|>peacefully, fear and submission, fear, terrorist attacks, terrorization, suspicion, terrorism, attacked, terrorists<|CONCLUSION|>
| The "terrorists" have already won long ago.
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<|TOPIC|>Should the sale of genetically modified food be banned?<|ARGUMENT|>Jewish law halacha states that anything not expressively prohibited by God is permitted This has resulted in many Jews concluding that genetically modified foods are permitted.<|ASPECTS|>genetically modified foods, expressively prohibited<|CONCLUSION|>
| Many Jewish scholars state that genetically modified foods are theologically permitted.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>So I watched the announcement by Elon Musk of the new home energy storage solution, the Powerwall I'm certainly not a tech expert, and I know that this technology isn't revolutionary, but it really does seem to be a well packaged, reasonably priced piece of technology that is the first of it's kind to be marketed in such a way. I think this will have a similar affect on the market for home batteries as the iPhone did for smartphones not necessarily to the same degree . Like the iPhone, it is not necessarily revolutionary technology in itself, but it is constructed in such a way that it may be capable of being the product that makes people realize that they want a battery like this. And even if it isn't economically feasible for a lot of people right now, it will stimulate demand and initiate competition in the field so that prices will drop and value will increase. Ultimately, I think that this could be a big, big step towards the feasibility of sustainable energy like solar and wind being domestically produced and consumed on large scale.<|ASPECTS|>storage, economically feasible, revolutionary technology, revolutionary, priced, market, stimulate demand, value will increase, sustainable energy, reasonably, home batteries, battery, competition, prices, initiate<|CONCLUSION|>
| Tesla's new home battery, the "Powerwall," will invigorate the market for sustainable energy technology and lead to a revolution in how energy is distributed.
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<|TOPIC|>Should people have the right and means to end their lives?<|ARGUMENT|>The death of someone close to you can cause intense feelings of grief and sadness. If significant numbers of people choose to die then significantly more people will be left feeling this way.<|ASPECTS|>feeling, choose, grief, sadness, way<|CONCLUSION|>
| The state has a license to interfere with individual decisions when those decisions have substantial negative impacts on others. Decisions to die do have these negative impacts.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>At the Winter Olympics, there are a lot of athletes from Russia competing under the Olympic flag using the team name 'Olympic Athletes of Russia' OAR as Russia and its flag have been banned due to doping. I don't believe they should be able to compete using this name. I can understand why these athletes have been allowed to compete, each of them have a history of always passing drugs tests and have had to do extra tests to be allowed to compete. I believe it would be unfair to ban individual, clean athletes for the actions of their country. My problem is with the team name. Even though there is not a Russian team, there is clearly a team from Russia. All the medals won by the OAR are known to be Russia's medals. The only difference to an official Russian team is the anthem and flag the athletes use. I think the athletes should just compete as independent athletes, not a specific team, as has occurred in the past due to various reasons. The athletes should not be representing Russia in any way, otherwise what incentive is there to stop doping? They can have athletes dope yet still mostly have a team at the Olympics. <|ASPECTS|>, extra tests, incentive, drugs tests, athletes dope, team, anthem, stop doping, clean athletes, russia 's, passing, medals, team name, doping, flag, unfair, compete, individual, independent athletes<|CONCLUSION|>
| Athletes from Russia should not be able to compete on a team called the 'Olympic Athletes of Russia'.
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<|TOPIC|>Modern technology is a disadvantage to society.<|ARGUMENT|>A study has found that the association between increased unemployment and technological advances is in fact, accurate.<|ASPECTS|>increased unemployment, technological advances<|CONCLUSION|>
| Technological devices can replace the human mind so it implies an increase in unemployment.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Inspired by this comment. I feel like a sticking point in my understanding of feminism as it is is the idea that one group is significantly marginalized or that one is particularly elevated. Obviously the heated debate stemming from this topic exists for a reason but, as I cannot experience it myself, I don't know much about it. I feel that in some cases other groups use it as an excuse to not work hard to give an anecdotal example my youngest sister is very, very outspoken about feminism, and blames a lot of the things in her daily life that are very far removed from sexism on sexism to remove blame from her, or conversely when I did well, she would blame it on me being a man. This polarized me on feminism as a whole, and makes me see it more as an excuse to not be doing as well as male coworkers or friends, as she personally undermined most of my hard work with the idea that since I was a man it didn't count. Do note I realize that this is anecdotal, and I don't intend for it to be a big part of this , but that's the explanation for my current view. What I am mainly looking for in this is examples of significant privilege or marginalization that do not have counterparts and aren't just stemming from biological factors such as periods .<|ASPECTS|>marginalized, sexism, blame, well, privilege, anecdotal, heated debate, marginalization, feminism, excuse, hard work, significantly, work hard, biological factors<|CONCLUSION|>
| I don't think that white Men have significantly more rights or privileges than any other group.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>With MeToo, the Silence Breakers, the latest thing with Aziz Anzari, and everything else, I can't stand what I'm seeing happen to this country and I think it's about time somebody does something about it instead of blindly following along the mainstream narrative about how brave and courageous these women are. Let's start by talking about some terms. Let's start here Sexual misconduct. I hate this term more than any other I can think of. What the hell does it mean? If a crime occured, the act should be referenced by the name of the crime. Say rape or sexual assault. When I see that someone has been accused of sexual misconduct my blood boils there is no such thing as seuxal misconduct and it makes me think a media source is trying to generate clicks and that no actual crime occurred. Sexual assault. Again, I think this term is fairly meaningless. Why not just call it assault? We don't have workplace assault and belly button assault and head and shoulders assault or retail store assault or assault by someone taller than you laws. Why does sexual assault get its own little category? Because it's fundamentally worse than other kinds of assault? No getting your head bashed in by a baseball bat is a whole lot worse than some guy touching your boobies without your consent, and don't try to tell me it's not. Because we want to pretend these instances of assault are a whole lot more severe than they really are? Probably. Given our whole sex is worse than violence mentality we have going on in America. Now, can we talk about just how scummy it is to report an alleged crime to the media DECADES after it occurred, and expect to be taken seriously? There is one channel and one channel only to appropriately seek compensation from someone who has wronged you, or to seek punishment upon them The justice system. We all know it's a shitty system, but it's all we have. To say otherwise is to allow for vigilante justice. Why do you all want to live in a world where anyone who wants to can ruin someone else's career by saying something to the media? These people say but the justice system failed us, what else are we supposed to do to seek muh justice, things were different in 1980 I don't know, how about do nothing? It's like if a tennis player loses a point due to a bad call. If they don't like it, they can appeal to the umpire. If that doesn't work, do they get to say I tried appealing and that didn't get me the point I deserved either, can't you see I had no other recourse than burning the court down? What else was I supposed to do, going through the appropriate channel didn't work? Uh, no. You were wronged to begin with. You appealed through the appropriate channel and that didn't work. Now you're done. There is no other option. Go play the next point and get over it. Now, I should clarify I have no problem with anyone who has truly been raped seeking help. If they're still traumatized decades later, they can absolutely speak to a psychologist, family members, anyone they want to, to their heart's content. And if they want to share their story to the media to inspire other rape survivors, have at it. What you absolutely CANNOT do is name your alleged rapist. What do you think these women are trying to accomplish by naming a name? If they wanted to share their story to be an inspiration, they would share it with the name redacted. If they wanted to seek emotional help, they would be talking to a therapist. If they thought they had a real criminal case, they would be talking to the police. Why are they talking to the media and naming names? What help does that bring them? Will it make them feel better to ruin someone's career? Making completely unsubstantiated claims to defame someone that cannot be backed up with proof is called SLANDER Libel. Why are these women not being sued for every penny they own and ending up on the streets for what they've done? Basically, here's the changes I'd like to see to put a stop to all of this Crack down on people who try to initiate trial by media mob trials as a form of justice. This is slander. It needs to be treated as such. Treat people who have been accused, but not convicted, of a crime, as a protected class in employment, similar to gender, religion, or race. Under this new law, it would be illegal to fire someone or terminate someone's contract because of media allegations against them, no matter what they might be. Everyone needs to lose the sex is worse than violence nonsense. If someone brushes against someone's boobs at a bar, on purpose or otherwise, he does not deserve to go to prison for a year and be labeled a sex offender are there seriously people out there who believe that that punishment is proportional to the crime? An appropriate punishment would be something more along the lines of 50 to the victim and 10 hours of community service. Treat simple assault as simple, third degree misdemeanor simple assault. We don't need sexual things to be in their own category, that's puritan era nonsense. There are only things that are Rape horrific, violent sex acts that cause mental and physical harm to someone doing everything they can to resist , and things that are not rape. I want to be able to take the word Rape seriously again. Right now, it seems to mean someone had sex with me and ran afoul of one of an increasingly large list of technicalities. It's to the point where I don't have a shred of sympathy for anyone who claims they were raped, until I verify that they actually mean it in the term's original meaning. I think it's gotten way, way out of hand. It's so completely disrespectful to real rape victims, the way the term's meaning has gotten so twisted and lost. As a society, we have to be able to have an intelligent conversation about sexual morality without people trying to silence you with their made up terms. No, I do not have the slightest bit of sympathy for some woman who never said no, and wakes up the next morning to say I never said yes either, teehee, I got you, that was RAPE When I tell someone this, they say but informed consent is opt in, not opt out, and besides you're victim blaming made up useless terms in bold, of course . I don't care what made up terms you have for something. I'm telling you I don't have the slightest bit of sympathy for the girl and that you shouldn't either. If you disagree, I'm totally open to hearing your point of view if it's not based on phony definitions and canned phrases that mean nothing to me. Tell me why I should care about what happened to such a girl, besides quoting definitions that I find ridiculous and irrelevant. I'm not sure how it happened and I'm not sure how it sucked everyone in, but our current discourse, if you can call it that, about sexual morality is an utter disgrace, and I feel like the whole world's gone mad. This isn't going to stop until we all put our foot down and say to the next accuser Listen, and listen well. I Do. Not. Care. what happened to you. I don't want to hear your inciteful media spread filth, I don't want to hear your stories, and I do not care whether or not you're telling the truth or not. If you need help, go to a therapist. If you think you have a legitmate criminal case or lawsuit, see a lawyer or a cop. But whatever you do, get the hell off of my TV screen and stop trying to ruin people's lives through illegitimate channels. I guess this sub is the only place I can say such a thing and expect to get halfway intelligent replies instead of omg that's rape culture non consent patriarchy victim blaming, so have at it I'm open to considering anyone else's view. <|ASPECTS|>sexual assault, vigilante justice, mental and physical harm, unsubstantiated claims, media allegations, protected class, intelligent replies, illegal to fire, sued, treated, severe, hate, misdemeanor simple assault, inspiration, sexual morality, made up terms, tried appealing, puritan era, bashed, violence mentality, terminate, appeal to the umpire, listen well, sexual things, seek punishment, recourse, feel better, crime, bad call, sympathy, rapist, ruin, disrespectful, raped seeking help, penny, illegitimate channels, twisted and lost, sexual misconduct, naming names, community service, workplace assault, sympathy for the girl, violence, alleged crime, rape, raped, help, option, defame, emotional help, brave, streets, intelligent conversation, meaningless, hand, heart 's content, justice system, trial, women, courageous, technicalities, inciteful media spread filth, appealed, burning the court, sex offender, 's career, proportional, ruin people 's lives, ruin someone else 's career, justice, legitmate, sexual, wronged, violent sex acts, police, punishment, slander, inspire, clicks, worse, nothing, justice system failed, rape survivors, phony definitions, ridiculous, get, victim blaming, seek compensation, appropriate, disgrace, simple assault, loses a point, appropriate channel, seuxal misconduct, ran afoul, deserve, trials, scummy, alleged, rape culture, form, informed consent, canned phrases, assault, shitty system, little category, rape horrific, therapist, criminal case, traumatized, gotten, irrelevant<|CONCLUSION|>
| The whole world has lost its mind when it comes to sexual morality, sexual assault, and proper means to deal with it, and we need to not tolerate this nonsense any longer.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Spoilers for the most recent episode of Game of Thrones. If you’re not caught up and care about spoilers, please don’t read beyond these first few lines. I saw a lot of people posting with deep anger about the second death in this last Sunday’s Game of Thrones episode specifically, saying that it was racist, sexist, or both, as the only named woman of color in the show had been killed. To preface this, am white male. I understand, at least on a basic level, the tropes of killing off minority characters in TV and film, particularly women of color. And I agree that is a problem, particularly when it’s a singular death on a show or movie. But this show is notorious for deaths of damn near everyone. It’s not a single death to remove a non white character it’s probably the 100th or so named and killed character we’ve come to know across 8 seasons. For a show with a lot of death, this one doesn’t seem discriminatory or deliberately writing out a minority for vindictiveness sake to me at least. Additionally, Missandei was a well rounded character. If she had been a background character introduced to die, I would completely understand the complaint. But she was a nuanced character that made complex decisions, and after many years on the show received the same fate that most other complex characters in the show receive. Finally, we’re pretty much at the end of the show. If the character been killed off years before the end, and there was no presence of minorities in the following seasons, I would agree that would be problematic. However, we have a total of three hours before the end of the show. I think the issue in part lies in the source material, which includes overwhelmingly white characters, not a flaw of the show specifically. Basically, I’m looking for someone to show me why this particular death is problematic in the context of this death heavy show, where being treated equally includes regular sometimes gruesome death. I’m not looking to change view on if there should be more POC in the show, as I already think there should’ve been. Looking forward to seeing if there’s a viewpoint regarding this show death I hadn’t considered yet.<|ASPECTS|>death, well, poc, change view, anger, material, killing off minority characters, discriminatory, flaw, women, show death, rounded character, hours, deaths, complex decisions, white male, problematic, viewpoint, understand the complaint, killed, sexist, end, racist, presence, vindictiveness, gruesome death, second, care about spoilers, background character, white characters, notorious, equally, minorities, complex, singular death<|CONCLUSION|>
| In Game of Thrones, Spoiler’s death should not be considered problematic
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>David Lewis writes in The Plurality of Worlds that there are nearly an infinite number of possible worlds that parallel our own, some almost identical, and some seemingly impossible. When I learned that believing that modal realism is a sound principal was not a common belief, I was surprised and wanted to see what Reddit had to say. Wikipedia is helpful and for those who like little scrolling, heres the criticisms tab<|ASPECTS|>helpful, possible worlds, parallel, little scrolling, modal realism, sound principal<|CONCLUSION|>
| I believe that David Lewis' modal realism is sound and think his counterarguments make sense...
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<|TOPIC|>Is Morality Objective?<|ARGUMENT|>Atheism is the word that describes the position that no gods exist. It does therefore not hold any other propositional content. See: The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy<|ASPECTS|>atheism, propositional content, gods exist<|CONCLUSION|>
| Atheism holds that the absence of evidence for God's existence is good evidence that God does not exist.
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<|TOPIC|>Autonomous Killing Machines: The Future of Warfare?<|ARGUMENT|>Loss of human lives is much worse than the losses of a couple of AKMs.<|ASPECTS|>losses, loss of human lives<|CONCLUSION|>
| AKMs reduce the risk of soldiers getting killed or otherwise hurt.
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<|TOPIC|>NA<|ARGUMENT|>Sure, I get it. It even has cake in the name. But come on It has a crust. Cakes don't have crust. Cakes are, ostensibly, all crust thick, spongy crust. It has a filling. While some cakes have a thin layer of flavoring or two, you know what usually has filling? Pie. Cupcakes are cakes that fit in your cup. What sane person would make a cheesecake that fits in a cup? These people are clearly insane. You can frost a cake. No one frosts a cheesecake. EDIT I think I do have to adjust my view to allow that cheesecakes are tarts or at least often prepared and served as such . I'm not 100 certain that there's a difference of significant distinct between tarts and pies, but it's definitely a shift in my view.<|ASPECTS|>layer, flavoring, crust, difference, spongy crust, fit, sane, view, insane, significant distinct, cake, frost a cake, filling, crust thick, cheesecake, cakes, frosts, cupcakes, tarts, prepared<|CONCLUSION|>
| Cheesecake is a pie
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<|TOPIC|>Is the Book of Mormon an authentic ancient scripture?<|ARGUMENT|>In Mormon 9:15-21 the Book of Mormon condemns deism by roundly condemning people "that have imagined up unto yourselves a god who can do no miracles."<|ASPECTS|>miracles, deism, condemning<|CONCLUSION|>
| The doctrine of the Book of Mormon strongly rejects deism, because Joseph Smith disagreed with the deist views of his father and grandfather
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<|TOPIC|>Should the US Pay Reparations for Slavery?<|ARGUMENT|>While the US is developing robots for surveillance missions, some similar-looking Russian versions are lethal in nature.<|ASPECTS|>lethal, surveillance<|CONCLUSION|>
| Russia is developing robots that can potentially be transformed into AKMs.
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