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@ADreamOfLiberty
Yes I understand this, but what I believe many did not understand was that if they only put a number 1 choice they were splitting the vote.
only if their first choice received the least total votes
it's a special election, so, no "primary" to narrow the field
without RCV, there would have to be at least one "run-off" election in addition to the original election
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@Public-Choice
Implanting some sort of chip into people's brains comes with this problem.
ghost
in
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@Elliott
drugs don't cause crimea lack of drugs causes crimeOn a serious note, I have always thought that here in the UK we should make heroin available to addicts through prescription and that way you remove the drug related crime and destroy the market.
bingo
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@ADreamOfLiberty
In more concrete terms, if the voters don't know how to use RCV it is simply a way to split the opposition vote.
"rank the candidates in the order you would like to see them elected"
"number 1 is your first choice"
"number 2 is your second choice"
"do you understand this ?"
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@Ramshutu
what are your proposed solutions ?Dunno - agreeing that there is a problem is a good first step; and perhaps not make the problem worse.so it makes me wonder
so it makes me wonder
if people "self-segregate"
how do you stop them ?
the italians want to live in an italian neighborhood
the russians want to live in a russian neighborhood
the vietnamese want to live in a vietnamese neighborhood
the haitians want to live in a haitian neighborhood
the jamaicans want to live in a jamaican neighborhood
and they tell us that black students do better in school with black teachers
doesn't this translate logically to everyone else as well ?
sense of community
is like a sixth sense
food and language and art and music
cult(ure)
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@Elliott
You would definitely have a crime wave when all those addicts are released and need money to feed their addiction and will do anything to get it.
drugs don't cause crime
a lack of drugs causes crime
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@Elliott
it may be cheaper to keep them basically sedated (especially on fentanyl which is ridiculously cheap)80% of inmates return to prison on new chargesYou would definitely have a crime wave when all those addicts are released and need money to feed their addiction and will do anything to get it.
that's why you keep giving them the cheap opium
opium is the opium of the masses
just think of how much money the state would save on "law enforcement"
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@Elliott
perhaps we should provide free opium and or heroin and or fentanyl to prison inmatesI think creating a prison full of addicts may just cause a few problems when they are released.
it may be cheaper to keep them basically sedated (especially on fentanyl which is ridiculously cheap)
80% of inmates return to prison on new charges
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@Elliott
However, to live in a state of personal bliss would probably kill the incentive to achieve anything
perhaps we should provide free opium and or heroin and or fentanyl to prison inmates
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@Ramshutu
There is a substantial list of disparities between whites and blacks. Educational attainment, unemployment, health, poverty, you name it - the list is as long as my arm.There are two explanations for these disparities:1.) Whites and Blacks are subject to different social conditions and constraints that lead to one being advantages over the other.2.) Whites and blacks are subject to identical social conditions and constraints - but black people do worse because they’re not as good as whites.(1) is white privilege. (2) is white supremacy.
what are your proposed solutions ?
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@Avery
Chinese privilege? Muslim privilege? Jewish privilege? Never heard of them.
strangely, people from north africa and the middle-east are categorized as "white-non-hispanic" by the united states census (this includes israelis)
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@Tejretics
Really? Do you happen to have the archive link for it? I remember Mikal winning it.Here.
truly epic
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@zedvictor4
Nonetheless it is not possible to actually detect light with via ones ears, nose or skin.
you can detect the heat of an infrared lamp (and the sun) with your hand
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@Deb-8-a-bull
Do blind people dream ?
yes
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@Public-Choice
Do you have any good literature on windmills being "not great" for the environment?
if the blades were made of aluminum, you know, like aircraft wings, they'd be awesome
especially if paired with compressed air energy storage
however, the fiberglass is not only NOT even remotely recyclable, it is incredibly expensive to even cut into smaller (non recyclable) pieces and expensive to transport
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@oromagi
the first Alaska Native
nice
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@ADreamOfLiberty
Do you support mail-in ballots in Alaska?Not when a biometric blockchain and early voting is an option.
please explain
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@oromagi
3RU7AL should be defending ranked choice voting here....
thanks for the heads-up
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@ADreamOfLiberty
Ranked choice voting. Peltola's campaign workers made it happen. As usual democrats change rules at the last minute to get power.The electorate will adapt, this might actually let a libertarian in once people understand the trick.
RCV IS DEMONSTRABLY SUPERIOR
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@Lemming
I think something is only good or bad, when ends are identified, goals I mean.
exactly
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@Public-Choice
windmills and solar panels are also "not great"
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@Avery
"The idea of color blindness as a metaphor plays upon a certain assumption on what race is and how it plays out in the blind community," Obasogie said. "So it's a metaphor that suggests that those who are blind or can't see race necessarily, kind of live in this racial utopia where they don't have to deal with this messy world of race because of their blindness."
This racial utopia, Obasogie argues, doesn't exist. [**]
This racial utopia, Obasogie argues, doesn't exist. [**]
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@Elliott
It's theoretically possible and desirable that the human brain could be redesigned to remove its tribal elements.The problem with removing tribal elements from the brain is that empathy is intrinsic to tribalism, so by removing tribalism you would be removing empathy, which would result in a society of psychopaths.
bingo
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@Public-Choice
Not sure what you mean. Can you elaborate?
are you a member of a culture ?
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@Shila
How Cana blind person agree how bright the sun is by virtue of being able to agree on the number of photons per square meter?
exactly
in order for something to be "objective"
it must be "identical to all possible observers" which obviously includes blind people, but also includes horses and dogs and cave crickets
in order for something to be "objective"
it must be "unbiased" and it is a tautological fact that all data processed by humans is SAMPLE BIASED
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@Public-Choice
do you consider yourself "uncultured" ?
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@Shila
collected and compiled 325 years after the factA collection of eyewitness accounts of Jesus’s generation preserved however long are still eyewitness accounts.They are certainly more reliable than pure speculation.
do you consider the holy qur'an to have equal validity
or perhaps the book of mormon
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@Ramshutu
compare and contrast
a mother who kills her own child within the first 12 months
a father who kill his own child within the first 12 months
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@Shila
men want the right to decide who they work for, you know, with their bodiesBut Abortion is performed on a woman’s body. Shouldn’t she have rights over her own body?
yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes
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@Greyparrot
classic
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@Ramshutu
Functionally speaking, what is morality?It’s a collection of emotional responses we have to ours and others actions and interactions.
exactly
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@Shila
Facts and evidence are verifiable independently
how do you verify something "independently" ?
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@TWS1405
atheism and humanism, an implicit false equivalency fallacy
depends on your choice of definitions
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@Shila
Facts and evidence are verifiable independently
but not independently of a mind
and also not without bias
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@Ramshutu
As you haven’t bothered to contest anything I’ve said:
i've repeatedly pointed out where you've misquoted me
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@Shila
Women want the right to decide over their own bodies and ovaries. That is why their movement is called Pro Choice.
men want the right to decide who they work for, you know, with their bodies
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@zedvictor4
Alternative Intelligence programmed by humans is not really intelligent, but merely a programmed device that can be controlled, predicted and exploited.
exactly like a human is merely programmed and controlled, predicted and exploited
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@Ramshutu
On what basis do you feel it needs a fifth, what is wrong with the previous four that you feel necessitates need writing another argument after you’ve ignored the previous four?
your failure to communicate with the person you are speaking to
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@Public-Choice
Idk if I agree. Just because someone believes something, that does not mean they are part of a cult. But I WOULD argue that most people are probably a member of a cult.
exactly
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@Ramshutu
You simply took my argument wildly out of context in order to pretend I’m claiming something that no rational human being could possibly think I’m claiming. This is a massive straw man.
perhaps you could maybe make an attempt to summarize your key point
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@Ramshutu
You say that a mother killing a child is not murder.
i never said that
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@Ramshutu
For a fourth time, this is an absurd, outrageous straw man that completely and totally misrepresents my argument by taking them so far out their clear and unambiguous context that no reasonable could have possible interpreted my comments in this way.
ok, how would you rephrase this statement ?
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@Shila
Women not only get pregnant but have to carry the baby, feed and nurture it for a while.Whereas the man need only ejaculate into a women and most do prematurely. But the burden of parenting is disproportionate. Hence the double standards.
the asymmetry comes from the ability to "opt out"
if the mother chooses to "opt out" this results in the death of the fetus
if the father chooses to "opt out" the consequences are much less dire
since the stakes are much lower for the father and much higher for the mother
why would the mother be given a chance to "opt out" while the father is given no such option ?
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@Ramshutu
in summary,
i made a statement
you treated my statement as if it were a DEBATE RESOLUTION
sure, ok, fine
you spun wild tangents
that concluded with your claim that you personally believe i was trying to say "killing a child is not murder"
instead of simply asking me, "are you suggesting that killing a child is not murder?"
to which i would answer, "no, that is not what i am suggesting"
it's more like, "when a mother kills her own child within the first 12 months after that child is born, it is often, but not always, treated as infanticide by the legal system (at least in canada) and as such, usually carries a penalty of less than one year in jail, which compares favorably in contrast to a mandatory life sentence for second degree murder"
this rephrasing of my original statement, more accurately reflects my original intent and does not constitute any shift whatsoever from my original position
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@Tarik
i agree, and this is why love is not considered "objective"Science isn’t the only objective standard.
which definition of "objective" are you using ?
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@Avery
(1) PROTECT YOURSELF
(2) PROTECT YOUR FAMILY
(3) PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY
your proposal simply removes the second law
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@Public-Choice
He also argues that the far-left and far-right are not brainwashed.
i don't think that's exactly the case
it seems more like "the far-left" and "the-far-right" are not brainwashed by the hybrid-corporate-government-mobsters
the main point seems to be that everyone is a member of a cult(ure) whether they realize it or not
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@Public-Choice
He assumes that "a job" means that work is bad, which is stupid. Humans are literally built for work. We do work all the time. We just don't necessarily do work that gives us money all the time.
that quote is from noam chomsky (famous anarchist)
and it's clearly referring to "having a job" as in, "working for someone else" in contrast to "working for yourself", you know, like when most people were farmers
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