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<t>Anyone's attempt to commit suicide is altruistic. The real question is whether or not one is justified in their attempt to commit suicide based on their perception of the social implications that led to their reasoning. The worst part of all of it is how skilled society is at disheartening these ...

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Soon Christmas will be upon us. After that, the ground will begin to thaw and before we know it the towns throughout Brazil will be bustling with action.

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Miley Cyrus' performance is or is not as vulgar as the garbage shows that have taken the time slots of Hannah Montana?

Getting rid of the garbage currently shown to today's teenagers will relieve our anxieties about what these kids see when they reach the age of Miley Cyrus.

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<t>Accountable;1416108 wrote: The argument being presented on her behalf is wholly religious. But your claim is interesting. What is the disease and what are the symptoms being relieved?The disease is a particular neglect of our family institutions and the symptoms being relieved is expec...

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<t>Instead of assuming this girl wants public notoriety, for whatever reason, why not look at her objections from a social point of view? To object to the chip would be the equivalent to objecting to the contentedness of society doing nothing to prevent an obvious problem. To place chips ...

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<t>Bryn Mawr;1416059 wrote: Why do you suppose that this implies violent tendencies? The limits I'm talking about cover all social mores such as don't chew with your mouth open. I believe that these life skills should be actively taught rather than expecting the children to adsorb them by osmosis.I ...

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oscar;1415296 wrote: Got any betting prices? If I were one to bet on teams that I support I would place all of my money on the U.S., but that's because I feel their odds are the best relative to a return on investment. Mexico is obviously the favorite but not enough of one to place de money on.

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<t>Bryn Mawr;1415757 wrote: Now children are taught (by society) that whatever they do, no-one can touch them - they push to find their limits and they're given noneThere's quite a bit of irony here and it goes beyond the social values that presuppose the violent tendencies of our children. <b...

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<t>halfway;1415454 wrote: Canada did just that....and felt very safe from the communist / socialist threat for many years until the threat was destroyed. Having provided safety and security for many, many years to those who could not defend themselves around the globe, the level of apprec...

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<t>Saint_;1415595 wrote: I live next to crazy Mormans and psycho Arizonans on one side, arrogant Texans and twitchy Mexicans on another, and stoned Coloradans above me. I honestly have no idea what "living next to someone stable" would be like..If you didn't know what "stable" was then how do you ex...

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gmc;1415445 wrote: Well we live next door to the french and those bastards keep trying to invade us so we have them as well.It's probably something to do with needing a much larger fleet of ships to transport all of their horses.

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<t>There's a great piece written by Amy Gutmann called "Challenges of multiculturalism in democratic education". How can a multicultural society educate its members for democracy? Many contemporary controversies about public schooling turn on the clash of two apparently competing educati...

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Saint_;1415197 wrote: No, because you are known to be both unstable and lethally sarcastic.So if one were known to be stable then you wouldn't mind at all to live next door to someone who possessed a nuclear bomb?

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Here's our lineup...

United States

Mexico

Canada

Cuba

Trinidad and Tobago

Haiti

Martinique

More TBD...

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I honestly would like to own the most destructive nuclear bomb known to mankind. Would anyone feel comfortable living next door(Or perhaps across the city) to me if I own such a weapon? If not, why?

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<t>The rights of people, I think, is probably the most delicate topic fathomable. As I see it "rights" have been molded to fit the woes of society which makes for a particularly unstable definition of "rights", I think. In the context of "Freedom versus responsibility" we'll n...

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There for a second oscar I thought you were meandering to this side of the pond to observe the yanks in their quest for regional supremacy.

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Good lord.

Guns in America has become so ridiculously out of control that we have to discharge a gun in a school to show people how dangerous they are.

Can everyone agree that the problems all societies face begins with the family?

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<t>Ahso!;1413521 wrote: Kevin, I think everything you've said here is worth considering and you've done a great job communicating it, but I just think it deserves its own thread in the philosophy forum. :yh_rotfl Reminds me of when I were talking to a particular philosoph...

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<t>Ahso!;1413484 wrote: But what does any of what you're presenting have to do with mental illness, K?"Mental illness" is another scientific explanation of the philosophical perplexities that face our society. When we get rid of terms like "mental illness" we can better alleviate such anxieties by r...

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<t>We have a widespread cultural problem that government cannot fix, they can only minimize the negatives effects brought on about it. This issue is a cultural problem of which guns are a side issue. Government has the responsibility to minimize the negative effects so banning assault ri...

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<t>But this too is not enough for the preservation of a just and free society. Once again weâ€™re faced with a still obscure definition of â€œfreedomâ€. One can become misguided throughout their life in developing oneâ€™s self-concept. Much like most of us may think of someone killing an animal out...

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<t>How is it that a society judges mental illness? How does our society define freedom? What really is "liberty"? Here's a short essay and if anyone can bare with my attempt to write in more effective ways... All of us as Americans have grown up hearing about the importance of ...

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<t>Patsy Warnick;1413294 wrote: Scrat I stated that - your right the mentally ill do end up in prison as you said. I write in shorthand some times sorry I actually meant the care for the mentally ill is lacking - state funds are not available for the mentally ill dep...

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<t>Accountable;1413100 wrote: Nowhere in this thread has anyone implied that mental illness was a question of liberty. The thread is about whether we should limit their liberty because of their mental illness. I personally don't think we should, but I floated the idea to see if anyone here thought i...

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<t>Who said anything about making guns illegal? Why not make stricter requirements for obtaining guns? Why assume anyone with an active desire to take a gun out in the middle of a field to unload a tool absolutely designed to kill people and animals is not questionable? Your ...

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<t>Accountable;1412868 wrote: In light of the recent shootings, I've heard some people lament that we don't provide enough help for our mentally disturbed. How much focus should we put on this issue? Would it be too much to institutionalize them until experts can reasonably ensure they are not dange...

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<t>Accountable;1412809 wrote: I don't recall any reports indicating that all those beautiful children were murdered because of the murderer's despair at finding work. Perhaps he thought they had stolen his job.The point is that we are all social beings and we all find self-fulfilling meaning and pur...

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<r>Lady J;1412794 wrote: Did you mean does end or doesn't end? <EMOJI seq="1f914" tseq="1f914">:thinking:</EMOJI>My question was in response to what I found to be an obviously sarcastic post. Sarcasm in the sense that so many people have made claims of "the world ending" yet no one seems willing to ...

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Oh, please, someone say something nasty about someone else. I've just finished the last of my wine and I doubt very much that I'll remember anything I've said a week ago, let alone the next time I read this.

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<t>jones jones;1412513 wrote: Okay then I, The Chosen, in the spirit of Christmas and seeing as we all have only nine days left to live, if we're to believe those Mayan dudes, hereby humbly apologise to all those FG members I have either annoyed/upset/belittled/flirted with or in any other way made ...

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<t>Given the context in which the gun issue in the United States will be framed nothing will change. Nothing can change unless we accept there is a deep seated issue within our culture that has absolutely nothing to do with guns unless we realize what does in fact perpetuate the problems we do face ...

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<t>Scrat;1412241 wrote: Don't know. What are you thinking?I think she's turned sour and she's on a rampage. What's as sad is the lack of surprise when we come to see how many scumbag moron men there are in this world. Perhaps a subtle conversation with her? Again, this needs to be approa...

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If she becomes challenged in any way does she pose a threat to one's physical integrity?

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<t>oscar;1411617 wrote: All my take-out food is delivered to my door but this reminds me... My Turkish pals hired a new female driver about a year ago. She was a lovely woman but every time she worked her daughter would come along with her. The daughter was In her early 20's an...

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<t>I love fried wontons but I much prefer to lay out all of my Chinese food in a very organized and precise way. I then proceed to eat all of it in as random of a fashion as it's seemingly prepared. I can relate, however, with those that feel compelled to eat one while driving home. I wi...

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<t>LarsMac;1411579 wrote: Thanks for that. I am having conversations about such with a grandkid. He wants to focus on Mathematics and Physics, and to hell with all that "touchy Feely crap" I have invited him to this discussion.The importance of a moral education a...

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Ten Important Reasons to Include the Humanities in Your Preparation for a Scientific Career - Science Careers Blog

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<t>gmc;1411542 wrote: What is this objective moral reality to which you refer?Adam's claim is that much like our desire to be correct in our understanding of "things" we too come to understand how a human being ought to live, which gives this view, which he defines as our "normative self-concept", a...

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I would have knocked over the first cone and then proceeded to wonder why everyone was screaming at me!(After I went after a hot dog of course!)

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<t>gmc;1411033 wrote: What perversion are you talking about? The same perversion that suggests our moral judgments are relative, which fails to accept an objective moral reality. This means that humanity eventually leads to a doctrine of principals without a grounding in the ...

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<t>gmc;1410622 wrote: The problem with religious people is they just cannot get theiir heads round the simple fact that you don;t need to have religious faith. I suppose if they could they might be able to question their own a bit more. According to E.M. Adam's human beings possess ...

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<t>The problem lays at the heart of the culture and while these efficiency scores may have lead to this person committing suicide the man was obviously troubled and needed his own guidance in many ways. I find these evaluations to be deplorable, however, and this idea that passing grades...

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Pahu, would you like to post some facts in the context of today's modern society or would you like to continue this nonsensical and useless drivel?

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<r>oscar;1410477 wrote: I hope the surgeon now hangs his head In shame because for all the money made from the surgery, It never gave him the happiness and peace In life that he wanted. I really hope surgeons take note of this case and In future address the cause first and fore most.I thi...

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<t>oscar;1410467 wrote: some were happy to take his money and put him under the knife without any thought as to how socially he was able to cope In the real world with the changes.It's the very sharp change in culture that has changed humanity's outlook on life, which fails to equate any...

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<t>gmc;1410350 wrote: Do Americans learn about the protestant reformation and the age of enlightenment? Arguably the US is one of the biggest beneficiaries of that period in European history and you're welcome. I occasionally watch god tv and often wonder of any of the audience have ever...

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<t>While I think no poverty being linked to Christianity is so far out from left field it requires a wholehearted reassessment of the rules that market, I think everyone does operate with the same faith. Adams calls it "realistic humanism". You'll like his book A Society Fit for Human Beings it's a ...

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<t>flopstock;1410417 wrote: So, did he have his nuts cut off? Is that why they say he was trying to look like a female cat? I don't understand doctors that do things like this and that Barbie girl. One is for money, the other a hope for change. This incident h...

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