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  1. Robbie_James_Francis

    Man's right to choose

    No, you didn't miss a meeting, you missed a basic biology lesson. To be expected to carry a child is a wholly different thing than fathering one. If you can't see the difference I fail to see how you can have an intelligent debate about this issue.
  2. Robbie_James_Francis

    NWO conspiracy theories

    I find these theories incredibly frustrating. I've met the odd person on the Left, who, for political reasons, ascribes to these conspiracy theories. I find them to be a distraction. The great injustices in the world are occurring right under our noses, without even an attempt at a cover-up...
  3. Robbie_James_Francis

    Man's right to choose

    Sorry, what?! :doh: A young mother who chooses not to have a termination has to go through pregnancy, childbirth and raising the child. All you'd be asking of the father is that he give some money towards that. If he wasn't prepared for that then he should've used a condom. The idea that this...
  4. Robbie_James_Francis

    Is increasing the minnimum wage bad?

    If the wealthy actually re-invest their money in the economy, why do they have private yachts in the Caribbean and stash all their money in the Caymans? The minimum wage is a pittance and should be increased to a living wage. The idea that this will hurt employers is a load of B/S propaganda. If...
  5. Robbie_James_Francis

    Gun Ownership

    I never said it would get rid of guns. Of course it won't. But it could certainly reduce their number. Why not? If you believe the Constitution is sacrosanct, you can't pick and choose, but I don't believe that. It is a document written by flawed human beings like you and me, themselves defined...
  6. Robbie_James_Francis

    Are You Offended by "Merry Christmas"?

    This is a red herring. The idea that Christmas greetings are found offensive is a useful way for well-off Christians in overwhelmingly Christian societies to fulfil their martyr complex. In my local shop, they wish people a happy Eid, Diwali, Hannukah and Christmas as they come around. As an...
  7. Robbie_James_Francis

    Gun Ownership

    Because you can pull someone in and charge them with illegal possession of a weapon before they murder someone. Currently, a childish understanding of an Amendment that is frankly irrelevant in this century anyway means we have to let nutters run around with weapons and wait until someone is...
  8. Robbie_James_Francis

    No prayer before military convoys?

    This is the moral issue surrounding the military? Not that they're paid to kill people? :confused: I'd sort out my priorities if I were you.
  9. Robbie_James_Francis

    Gun Ownership

    Nope. But it would help pull in a lot of dishonest people before they hurt someone rather than after. It shall not be infringed. Fair enough. If we're going to be fundamentalist about the Second Amendment that gives every citizen the right to be "well armed" in protection against the state. Now...
  10. Robbie_James_Francis

    Marriage Verse Civil Union

    What he said.
  11. Robbie_James_Francis

    Is anyone pro-choice consistently?

    Yes. And I don't advocate the "right" of one person to kill another. In terms of the abortion debate, this is in the territory of what a "person" is. What this thread is talking about is what we can and can't legitimately choose. Personhood is another debate entirely. One on which, it turns out...
  12. Robbie_James_Francis

    Is anyone pro-choice consistently?

    The difference is that people who support a woman's right to choose (or not) to have an abortion don't tend to go on about "choice" generally in other contexts. We're far more likely to be talking about freedom, human rights and dignity. And yes, I consistently base my world-view on these...
  13. Robbie_James_Francis

    Chaperone Captians

    And herein lies the problem. Sorry to break it to you, but you do not own your children, nor does anyone own theirs, nor would I when I have kids. They are human beings, independent lives that deserve certain basic human rights and educational standards. Sex-ed should very much be regulated...
  14. Robbie_James_Francis

    Marriage Verse Civil Union

    You have a problem with governments creating a new, lesser, system for same sex couples to have a union? Welcome to the club! It seems the plan was to appease your lot (the homophobes--no, I'm not going to hold back on this, it's what you are), and my lot (gay people and anyone with more than...
  15. Robbie_James_Francis

    Tolerance vs Questioning

    Allowing your fellow human beings to do as they wish with their own lives, whether you like or approve of it or not. Two, or more, mutually opposing positions. Of course. Never. If you'd said "acceptance", "love", "hate", etc., I'd say no. No ideal is possible in its purest form. But...
  16. Robbie_James_Francis

    Gun Ownership

    I can't really answer the question. Guns have their legitimate uses, but I think we all know that what we're talking about is not hunting. Nobody is questioning the right to have a (registered) gun for hunting or for use at a shooting range. What we need to realise is that carrying a...
  17. Robbie_James_Francis

    Is it more important to be nice or to tell the truth?

    I didn't observe the silence today because I forgot. I didn't do it on Thursday because I was asleep. Am I a terrible person?
  18. Robbie_James_Francis

    Is it ethical for Christians to be persecuted in America?

    Not just hot air, the martyr complex, which is pretty essential to Christian thought. Hence comfortable, non-persecuted, middle class Christians trying to find something to moan about.
  19. Robbie_James_Francis

    Is it ethical for Christians to be persecuted in America?

    The idea that Christians are persecuted in the USA is laughable. We're talking about one of the most socially dogmatic Christian countries in the world. If anything, it's the non-Christians that are persecuted.
  20. Robbie_James_Francis

    Preaching Virtue of Spanking, Even as Deaths Fuel Debate

    My father had the living daylights kicked out of him by his father in the name of discipline, and he had very little to do with him once he became an adult, and is frankly traumatised by his treatment as a child. By contrast, my father has never, ever, raised a hand to me and I have nothing but...