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Recent content by DeathMagus

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    Why does God punish the world, especially America?

    This sentiment is nothing more than ignorant romanticism. People have been pining for the "good old days" for the entirety of human history.
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    What's the most important issue this election?

    Crime of all sorts has been free-falling over the last 30 years. The increased fear people have of their neighbors and communities isn't founded in any sort of reality.
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    What's the most important issue this election?

    Money in politics.
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    #WhitePeople: MTV Premieres Documentary on White Privilege in America

    I will freely admit that white people have various privileges that I benefit from all the time. I find, however, that framing racial disparities in terms of "privileges" distorts the way we think about what's going on - and, critically, what the way forward is. In simplest terms, the framing...
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    Poll of U.S. Muslims Reveals prefers Shariah and violence.

    The courts themselves wouldn't, but one party could sue for breach of contract if the other party doesn't abide by the arbitration ruling.
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    Poll of U.S. Muslims Reveals prefers Shariah and violence.

    You do recognize how it's possible for Muslims in America to "have the choice of being governed according to shariah", without imposing it on anyone but the Muslims who make that choice, don't you? If you don't, this should clear things up for you. There's nothing indicating that the 51% cited...
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    Poll of U.S. Muslims Reveals prefers Shariah and violence.

    Assuming a proper methodology for sampling, a 600-person sample size can easily be extrapolated to the entire US Muslim population (about 2.7 million people). Specifically, a 20% result on a 600 person sample size for a population of 2,700,00 will be accurate within about 4% either way with 99%...
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    Donald Trump schools Anderson Cooper: "People don't trust you"

    I'm still entertaining the idea that Trump is a liberal sleeper agent out to make the Republicans look loony. If you look at how left-wing his political positions were even 10 or 15 years ago, the idea starts to have even more merit...
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    Poll of U.S. Muslims Reveals prefers Shariah and violence.

    People can (and do) agree to use third-party arbitration all the time, under whatever rules they wish. It's how Judge Judy works, for goodness' sake. Why shouldn't any two Muslims be able to agree to settle disputes they have with each other using a set of agreed-upon rules? Seems like basic...
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    Gender-based Abortion

    In that case, I definitely wouldn't want the bill to pass in such a form.
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    Gender-based Abortion

    I'm not sure how I feel about this. I think it's a poor reason to want an abortion.
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    Are All Soldiers Heroes?

    I would. Soldiers, firefighters, police officers, and EMTs aren't inherently heroic. What they do have is (likely) greater opportunity to display heroism.
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    Mitt Romney's typo goes viral -- Oops

    I'll bet 100:1 that Mitt Romney didn't write that. So a big old "meh" on this "story".
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    Are All Soldiers Heroes?

    I saw this clip posted on a social media site, from Memorial Day: MSNBC Chris Hayes I'm 'Uncomfortable' Calling Fallen Military 'Heroes' - YouTube In it, Chris Hayes states: Thoughts? Is he correct? I think that it's a really interesting point, and a conversation worth having. Are all...
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    No Charges Against Shooter of Burglar

    Why would you believe that such evidence is sufficient when, in this case, it's fairly clear that it provided a rather flagrantly false positive?