Honest question here. If we take away greed, do you think GMOs are a bad idea?Hypothetically, if a GMO is safe, do you think they are a bad idea? I recently watched a short clip (sorry I cannot reference it because I don't remember where it came from, it's 4AM here!) that showed a strand of rice that is not as susceptible to drowning do to a flooded plain. This rice would live even after being submerged for up to three weeks. I have heard people argue that this is bad but I don't get why! Thanks in advance.
Atypican,
I have not been on this site for a very long time but I decided to hop back on here this morning. I read multiple debates and a few of my opinions had changed. I would like to say that I see where you are coming from now. Although I do not completely agree, I agree that, in order for there to be a crime, there must be a victim - that's not why I am replying though. I am replying because the one thing that caught my attention was your style of arguing...so I decided to read more of your posts. Your inability to attempt to mock every person you debate with baffles me. I don't see how you can expect someone to take your point of view seriously with the way you speak to people on here. You come off like a complete punk who gets his jollies from telling people off rather than debating. What is the point of debating with someone who clearly walks into a room thinking he is the smartest person in there while everyone else is a pawn. Get a clue!
Working with the presumption that any law that allows someone to be imprisoned for using or selling drugs is inherently unjust.
Well you can't work with the presumption that any law that allows someone to be imprisoned for using or selling drugs is inherently unjust. How could you? Also, I graduated with a Criminal Justice degree, I know the statistics. Throwing all those numbers on here proves nothing. There are tons of people in the correctional facilities. We know this. I am interested to hear how these people imprisoned for drug charges were put there by unjust laws. A sob story about how it is not their fault they touched drugs is in no way warrant for calling the law unjust. So for now, that 0.01% figure I pulled out of my ass still looks great as you have not given me one example of an inmate in prison due to unjust laws. Unless you believe what you said earlier in that all drug charges are unjust. Luckily, no one I know, especially in the field of corrections, believe this.
Not when he is clearly making false accusations of the person he is rebutting.
I think you are a bit confused. Kari never said murder and rape aren't severe crimes. Also he/she believes they should not be allowed to vote. You sided with yes they should have the right to vote. I think you meant to say they shouldn't.
You stated that a reason people in prison should be allowed to vote is that there are prisoners who have been put there unjustifiably. That being said I would expect this unjust law to be pretty prevalent because saying all prisoners should be able to vote due to the 0.01% who are imprisoned under unjust laws is a little far fetched.
First off. I am sorry that this website is all you have going for you, but I'm sure treating people like crap on here really helps you get through the day.
Your response to me stating I am here to learn is this.
I can't help willful ignorance.
I was clearly saying I did not quite understand and was looking for a clarification you prick. Yes he did speak of trifle-down economics but in a more general scope he was talking about how a free market doesn't work. Oh and by the way, are you saying that the quote was not 0 accurate? If not, how in the world is that crap from a bad source.
I am sure you are a very intelligent person and I am sure you are so much more educated on this issue than I, but in the scope of things, you seem pretty miserable so I am fine with where I'm at in life!
Can anyone please explain what other jobs have been created by Obama because as I was saying earlier I cannot see GM being the only factor. Also, I don't mean to be willfully ignorant. I may be ignorant on this subject but that's why I'm here, to learn.
I can offer up some statistics, it would take me a couple of hops and a Google search, but I want to keep my effort commensurate with that of my opponent. So if you give an answer to the following two questions, I'll recognize that as proof of your willingness to reason and take you seriously.
So your answer is no? You can't give us any examples of unjust laws. Ones that are actually worth mentioning. You are the one making the claim, therefore the burden of proof lies on you my friend.
Also, before you give us some example of an unjust law that put 3 people in prison, please remember that you are arguing that this is a sufficient reason to allow prisoners to vote!
Why is this argument so based on what a republican did 8 years ago or what a democrat did 12 years ago. Yes, we can look which party is to blame for which problem but it doesn't help much when looking forward. You can't simply state that whoever was in office at the time an issue arose that it was their fault. Things take time to pan out.
I agree with those statistics but I don't think we can attribute all of this growth to Obama. I will admit I was quick to say a failing car company is going to fail whether or not we spend billions on them. I was proved wrong. It worked. Obama is clearly against a free market. In my opinion he has great ideas but they are too far fetched. Although he wants to, we can't help everyone! Here is Obama's view Tuesday, President Barack Obama argued that while a limited government that preserves free markets "speaks to our rugged individualism" as Americans, such a system "doesn't work" and "has never worked" and that Americans must look to a more activist government that taxes more, spends more and regulates more if they want to preserve the middle class.
Also, and this is not an attack on Obama's stimulus package ( I am here to learn), what jobs did Obama create that wouldn't have been created on their own. I've heard people say governmental jobs, but how many street sweepers can you really hire. I've also heard GM created tons of jobs, but I can't see that being too true.
Sorry, been busy with work. Here is a comment that you posted that I would love to get more information on. I replied to another one of your arguments with this but never heard anything back. I have reread this a few times as you told me to, still seems racist.
Intelligence is another factor which favors white persons.
You were clearly writing them out as arguments on their own.
Writing them in this fashion:
Why?
Economy.
Immigration.
Gay Rights.
Middle Class taxes.
Energy Independence.
Foreign Policy.
Terrorism.
That's about it. Feel free to attack any of 'em. ...that's why
You also tagged your ARGUMENT as yes. Merely writing the word doesn't count.
Anyways. I would like to hear your opinion on how Obama is going to change the economy for the better. Thanks!
Does anyone know where the rest of my argument went!? haha
Anyways...
There was some more to it but I forget it all now.
Rev. Wright is not his hero. He has written him off and denounced all radical ideas.
So much for god?
Ya, we will just ignore that one.
Obama doesn't think there are 57 states. He clearly misspoke and was talking about primaries. I'm not a supporter of Obama but your arguments are pretty radical and if anything just unimportant.
First of all he is hiding who he says he is. Took way to long to present his birth certificate…if that is the real we probably will never know. Never would present his academic records
Yup those are the issues in this election. The question was should Obama be re-elected. What is he doing differently than others in those issues?
No need for the negativity. I was merely asking for proof as your initial argument had zip! Next time you should state your source from the beginning. I agree with with Chuck. This is like testing the effects of 0.5 lb curls with little results and than saying curls in general do no work out your bicep. My argument is not that all video games work your brain but that some do. Lower in this argument you state video games do not increase intelligence. I am sure some don't, but some do. You run down a slippery slope when you begin to use absolutes.
Intelligence is another factor which favors white persons.
Please explain how you got to this conclusion.
Where does this info come from? Video games make our brains inactive? Can I get some proof. You ever play Portal? Not the most difficult game but you sure can't play it with an inactive brain.
I agree. If you listen to any interviews of other players almost all of them say Tiger is great for golf.
Good call. Writing in a language that very few people on this site speak is definitely a great way to debate. Congratulations you speak another language. I think I will go to work tomorrow and speak only in Hawaiian because I think it is a much more beautiful language than English! Who cares that not one person at my job speaks it, I'd like to show everyone what I can do!
P.S. Liber, you have a lot of growing up to do. I have never read more racist comments than those that you have posted on this website.
Saying that most of the world's biological scientists believe in global warming is not an appeal to authority but an appeal to knowledge. You cannot ignore the fact that the people that know most about this issue all feel the same way.
“These people KNOW the consequences for coming here illegally and they still do it, then cry racism when we try to enforce our laws!"
I don't think it is the illegal immigrant crying racism but the legal one who happens to be the same race as the illegal aliens. They have to deal with everyone treating them as if they are an illegal.
“for the most part Spanish speakers come in and expect us to conform to them, expect us to make Spanish the 2nd language. There are many jobs out there that are only available to people who speak both Spanish and English, and why is that because we have too many people here who don't learn the language.”
I live in California and I can tell you this is not how it is. Have you ever met an illegal alien? Or even a legal immigrant? I am very much against illegal immigration but leave it at that. Just because they break the law by crossing the border does not mean they live up to ever ridiculous stereotype you parents told your small town in middle America. Do you realize if you take out all of the illegal aliens these "issues" you have would still be around. California would still be a state reliant on more than one language. Who would be at fault for the fact that you can't speak Spanish then? It is easy to use illegal aliens as a scapegoat for your insecurities about foreigners but watch out because who knows... maybe one day one of these awful people will make it to your neck of the woods.
BTW: I am a white guy born and raised in America as well.
Actually, we don't. I don't, and I'm doing just fine. Who even thinks to write something like this on a website created to debate?
Where are your facts supporting your claim? "Smoking OCCASIONALLY COULD?? help women to reduce the stress associated with being pregnant." Does that statement really even tell us anything? Who is this OTHER Swiss scientist that says pregnant women MIGHT benefit from smoking? I don't mean to be rude I just don't see the point in throwing out arguments with no backing, facts, or warrant.
Here are a few real facts:
Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely than other women to have a miscarriage.
Smoking can cause problems with the placenta—the source of the baby's food and oxygen during pregnancy. For example, the placenta can separate from the womb too early, causing bleeding, which is dangerous to the mother and baby.
Smoking during pregnancy can cause a baby to be born too early or to have low birth weight—making it more likely the baby will be sick and have to stay in the hospital longer. A few babies may even die.
Smoking during and after pregnancy is a risk factor of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), deaths among babies of no immediately obvious cause.
Babies born to women who smoke are more likely to have certain birth defects, like a cleft lip or cleft palate.
These facts were taken off the CDC website: http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/
