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By euphemism, I was referring to the alternate words that you can use instead of profanity - for instance "boob" instead of "tit." Only the really anal people really care that much about political correctness. I don't think liberals or conservatives have a lock on it. George Carlin was a comedian who made the world familiar with the seven words banned from TV: Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker and Tits.
Experts in certain complex fields of work need to talk to other experts to diagnose problems, invent solutions and help each other. Getting the same help from the uninitiated is just impossible. The work often can't be explained fully in the coarse of a lifetime. If you have a problem with someone's intellectual work you should try to understand it and if possible offer constructive criticism. Don't just ignore the findings of experts, especially if such a large number of experts and "amateur experts" are able and willing to explain what they know and how they know it. Elitism isn't a bad thing that you should toss around as am insult. Obviously acting like a pompous ass might make unintellectuals have the impression that elites are mean jerks. A teacher tires at a never ending stream of students, don't take it personally. They also tire of the same worn out questions, but I suppose that can't be helped. (I'm not a teacher, but I feel like one often) What makes you doubt that once the experts agree on something, the non experts can still be so unsure because the findings don't jive with ancient teachings. I think it should be assumed that modern science and technology is more trustworthy and reliable than any other methodology of learning hard and unchanging facts. If it can't be solved by science now, maybe it can with science in the distant future, or maybe not ever but you're probably not going to get to the answer by chatting with your closest friends about why the Loch Ness Monster is still down there somewhere because they know as little as you about that.
I like ideas 1 and 3 but not two. The Republican and Democrat and liberal and conservative labels are pigeon holes that we can put people in to dismiss their opinions. People should explain their ideas without being able to lean on this crutch. Ideas and arguments should not be slaves to the ideology.
Those state tests are easy for kids that pay attention. There are many students that make line drawings and shapes on the scantron-esque answer sheet because the score doesn't matter to them. Positive encouragement does work better than threats of bad grades though, especially for kids that already have low grades and little motivation.
No women should abort. Women should be able to abort legally. Gay women that are artificially inseminated should not though since it would undo the expensive insemination, which they freely chose. I think this question is worded badly and not explained well, perhaps to lead the question.
I would word the question "What should the penalty be for a woman has an abortion, if any?" Answers: None, no crime; probation, slap on the wrist; jail up to one year; jail more than one year.
A separate question could ask the penalties for a doctor that performed one. I don't think being a lesbian has any thing to do with it if she wasn't artificially implanted or inseminated.
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