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@YeshuaRedeemed
I don't know too much about this. What were the terms of the Original Iran Nuclear deal and what did Donald Trump want to add or remove from the deal?
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@TheRealNihilist
If the active user to mod ratio gets too high, then the site will crash like DDO. The moderators for DDO got overworked, which caused them to quit.
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@David
@bsh1
I think there should be a ratio between mods and users on this site. Currently, there are about 240 users and 3 mods. I think the ratio of users to mods should be between 60:1 and 100:1. Currently, we're fine according to this ratio, but I think DART will regularly have to appoint new (consenting) mods.
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@mustardness
The equalizer argument is designed to appeal to liberals. Guns provide protection against rapists for women, other criminals and a potentially tyrannical government. Change my big boy mind if you want to.
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@mustardness
In your 1st comment on this chain, you were praising Tiger Woods. Now since you realize he doesn't hate Trump, you denounce him. The left used to love Trump. But when he ran under the GOP ticket, the left hated him.
More guns and less fresh water could lead to future.......?
Mentioning guns is off topic to the conversation. The golf course bought their own water, they can do what they want with it.
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@3RU7AL
You realize that the majority of Americans currently have issues with sexual immorality at some point in their life, right?
Yes. Virtually none of them are going to heaven. I think this is tyrannical of God, but it's just the way it is.
The verses I presented said any male who has sex with other men won't go to heaven.
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@3RU7AL
So, no shellfish, no divorce, no picking up sticks on Saturdays?
If that's what the bible says, it's what Christians have to do. I"m glad I'm not Christian.
God doesn't allow gays in heaven.Citation please.
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@3RU7AL
The question is, what is the "Biblical" teaching that makes denial of service mandatory?
God says to live like he would. God doesn't allow gays in heaven. Therefore, religious people should have the right to emulate God on minor things like this.
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@3RU7AL
The same could be said for any minority.
Not every minority. The bible is fine with some minorities, like immigrants. But not gays. The bible says they won't go to heaven. I don't agree with this; I'm not religious, but the bible is the bible.
What Would Jesus Do?
He would encourage conversion therapy so the gay people can do God's will and be straight.
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@Snoopy
You can't say that every community in America has a majority of reasonable businesses catering to the public in every sector.
If there are 20 businesses for a certain product, about 12 of them would be pro-gay. A gay person can simply go towards one of these businesses for trade.
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@3RU7AL
If a gay person doesn't receive service, they can go to another store to get the service they want. Not all businesses will refuse to serve gay people.
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@mustardness
Not by building and dispersing guns { weapons } to more and more humans.
If you ban guns, people will get them illegally. If you ban the production of guns, people will get those illegally. Psycho criminals will always get guns and it's impossible for the government to stop them. They can however, allow people who are no threat to have guns to defend against these criminals. Also, guns provide protection for women against rapists since rapists are scared of armed females and therefore won't want to rape them if armed. Therefore, every feminist ought to support the 2nd amendment.
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@WisdomofAges
How is your comment on topic?
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@mustardness
If 'we' i.e humanity, ban all guns {weapons } by destroyng the ones we have, and no mass-production of guns, then some indivdduals will build them. Why would they build them?
To commit homicide against people who can't defend themselves. If no guns existed at one point in modern history, someone can make their own gun and use it to attack others who can't defend themselves. The 2nd amendment is designed so people can protect themselves. Mental help does reduce homicide, but so does arming civilians and teachers for defense.
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@mustardness
If you ban guns, people will get them illegally.
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@bsh1
(Also, no ads please...unless they feature shirtless guys with washboard abs.)
Your gay? I don't mean that in a rude way, so don't block me for saying anything against the CoC.
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@WisdomofAges
Are you backwarsden from DDO?
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@Snoopy
What I'm worried about is since I post a lot of political stuff on DART, people might think I'm motivated to do something that I don't want to do and this could cause me to have my gun taken away.
I think a good idea to prevent mass shootings is to encourage teachers to be armed and to advertise it so shooters are too scared to commit homicide. This way, any teacher who wants a gun and is qualified to have a gun would help save their kids. Guards can help too, but they aren't as effective. They are more expensive then letting a teacher buy a $250 gun and if there is a shooting at the other side of the school, the guard can't get there in time.
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@Outplayz
What if you have a mental condition but haven't done anything to put you in front of a judge? If your Adam Lanza, then of course you shouldn't have a gun, but if your an everyday autistic person, who's high functioning, then you should be allowed a gun for protection.
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@mustardness
There is no correlation between gun count and sanity. History has shown that more guns tend to lean towards more security and less tyranny from governments. This is why the UK has huge gun restrictions and as a result, they are a police state.
More guns { weapons } = closer to God?
I'm surprised you would even care about god, since I think you insulted him a bunch of time on DART, although I am not sure.
More guns { weapons } = less crazy people to abuse them?
No correlation.
More guns { weapons } = intellectually best path forward for humanity?
Yes. The murder rate has been falling as gun ownership has been increasing.
More guns { weapons } = humanities best short term solutions to violence?
Every society that has banned guns has had their murder rate skyrocketed and their governments become tyrannical. Many societies that I can think of took away, "assault weapons" and their governments are tyrannical now.
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@mustardness
It's impossible to remove all the guns in the world. The number of nukes/hydrogen bombs on the other hand are gradually getting reduced and it is therefore possible to eventually remove all of the hydrogen and nuclear bombs. It's not like an individual can get nukes illegally like they can for guns.
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@Snoopy
I support an invasion of Canada and I support gradually invading Mexico as well with American settlers. The US needs the added GDP to stay ahead of China in the foreseeable future.
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Religious debates are so confusing.
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Bump.
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@TheRealNihilist
So not a good example because most people on the site use Adblock and if someone did a survey on this site I am sure most people would have Adblock on.
I don't have ad block. I don't know if most people do or not. Anyone that doesn't would help contribute to DART.
What are you saying? I am saying the ads will interfere with a person's comment or debate argument. If all you got is "I don't think" realise you are not making a good argument.
People don't comment on the ads themselves.
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@TheRealNihilist
I don't think people will comment on the ads themselves in the forum. It doesn't happen on DDO. They're not a good site, but one good thing about them is you don't see people commenting on the ads on their screen. They're messed up for other reasons.
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@TheRealNihilist
More money does come at a cost and by adding ads you are simply reducing the standard of this site to meet some aim of more money.
How exactly will putting ads on this site reduce the standards of the site?
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@DebateArt.com
Assuming most of them are free, I don't think most people have ad block. Anyone without ad block will see ads and generate revenue for DART so they can hire more mods as this site gets bigger. Then, it won't crash like DDO.
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@Outplayz
Check if a judge has adjudicated someone mentally unstable to own a gun.
I'm worried that I would be too mentally unstable to own a gun. I have autism, but I don't want to murder anybody. I want the gun for protection like many other people. I think I should be allowed to own any currently legal gun I want as long as I don't commit murder with it.
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@DebateArt.com
People don't get ad block for free. They pay for it. Some of the revenue goes towards those who lost the ads due to ad block. It's what I heard from someone who I think has ad block.
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@DebateArt.com
Nope, if the ad has been blocked, the site owner doesn't get anything from the ads provider.
The person with Ad block would pay a company to block the ad and then the company pays the owner of DART(you) the money that you would have gotten from the ad that was blocked. Either way, you still get money. When the site gets bigger, I imagine it would cost a lot of money to keep things afloat. Ads probably would be necessary to pay for things when the site gets bigger.
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@Snoopy
While it is possible to stave off your local police department (with consequences)
I don't think I mentioned this.
I am not aware of any instances in which the United States government can be deterred by a small band of individuals.
If they invade your house for misgendering someone or from being an illegal immigrant, you can use a gun to defend against a tyrannical government with very few help other then yourself if any outside help is needed at all.
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@DebateArt.com
If people use ad blocks, won't they still have to pay money for every ad that is blocked? I don't mean to be rude, but I don't want to donate money. Has anyone ever donated to DART? The option can still exist, I just don't think it will bring in that much money.
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@Snoopy
What scares me with the government knowing if you have a gun or not is if they know that you don't, then they can do something tyrannical to you that would not happen if they don't know if you have a gun. An example that might appeal to you is illegal immigration. If an illegal immigrant is armed with an AK 47, do you think the government is going to deport them? If the government requires everyone with a gun to register, then they could deport all the illegal immigrants with no guns, which is probably most of them. If the government has no idea who has the guns, then deportations would decrease because the government doesn't want to take that chance.
Something that would anger the right is jailing someone for willingly misgendering. If I have a scary looking gun, it protects me from jail for doing something small.
I know I'm going off topic, but my point is if the government knows who has guns and who doesn't, then they have the power to do tyrannical things to those without guns since the government knows that they won't face retaliation.
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@RM
I thought that was his name. I also believe in innocent until proven guilty, so if you want to accuse him of having a different name, I hope you have proof of your claim.
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@RM
I know the owner's name. I won't reveal it unless he's okay with me doing it.
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@David
If it would be a good idea, what if there were partisan ads, because people on DART debate partisan subjects a lot? One side of the computer(maybe the left side) has some left wing message, the other side has some right wing message. I don't think this site gets a lot from donations.
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@David
What do you have against ads? They just exist within the margins.
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@DebateArt.com
@David
@bsh1
You might want to check this out.
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