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In the US, different states have different laws on when you can or cannot record someone without their explicit consent. These laws tend to go into two main groups explained below: Single party recordings: You may record something (such as a conversation or video of an even) as long as at...

Lets say that in the next couple decades we develop a machine that could take a fetus from a woman at any point in the pregnancy, transfer it to said machine, and bring the fetus to term over the remaining months. Obviously being a medical procedure it isn't perfectly safe but lets say the risks...

On this boards it is commonly pointed out that in rape trials in the western world, both the alleged victim and alleged offender are treated harshely, dragged through the mud, and made to relive horrible experiences. Virtually everyone is in agreement that this should be fixed. The question is...

When debating with Christians, at times for various reasons I bring up the following argument/statement "According to Luke 6:30, Jesus directly commands that you give to anyone who asks without expecting to receive it back. So please give me all the cash you have in your wallet/bank account"...

Let's say you live in a society that accepts a moral stance that you disagree with- for instance lets say the society allows child slavery. Would you consider it to be moral if you were to take violent actions to stop society from acting upon this stance. For instance would you consider it a...

Going in for heart surgery tomorrow, wish me luck!

A lot of people complain about there not being mandated paid time off (either vacation time or sick days) from major employers, at least in the US. I don't understand the logic behind this? Why should companies be required to pay people to not work for them? Isn't the whole point of payment...

This is a continuation from another thread to avoid tangent discussions. Quote by ValleyGal in This Thread. Lets say you are a police detective and are responding to a rape allegation. When you get to the scene a 16 year old girl is claiming that her boyfriends roommate, an 18 year old...

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/nyregion/program-to-offer-alternative-to-jail-for-women-convicted-of-felonies.html Woman's advocacy groups are trying to push through a new policy that will allow mothers to not serve jailtime for select non-violent crimes in order to better care for their...

My friend is into to 'extreme couponing' where she actively seeks out coupons in mass then goes to buy products at only a fraction of their cost. For instance she may buy 100$ worth of groceries paying only $4.50 To me this feels like straight (though legal) theft. If you are consistently...

A while back I was faced with an interesting issue: One of my friends was dating a second. At some point it was revealed that the first friend accused the second of raping her, while at the same time the second accused the first of making a false accusation over him breaking up with her...

The usual debate we have every so often on the board is "Should a man have a right to 'abort' his paternal rights to a child such that when he/she is born the man will have no paternal claim nor have to pay child support for the child?" Rather than debate this specific idea, to those who...

Lets say someone is either a carrier or has a serious genetic disease. Knowing this about themselves, and not wanting others to experience such a disease, they voluntarily medically sterilize themselves to prevent the genetic disorder from spreading. Such such a person be praised for such an...

I personally think launching the complaint might be just a tad early with our current supreme court, but I fully agree with the general idea behind the complaint. I am quite interested in seeing how this will resolve itself, defiantly will be keeping up with this.

First I would like to warn that this article is has graphic medical pictures, and is difficult to read (at least for me). It is also a blog post I am unfamiliar with so I do not necessarily endouse its factual accuracy. Article So I have a number of questions on this (assuming it is true)...

From what I gather, on September 5th, the DNC had democratic rules to pass 'viewpoints' for them as a group to stand in and in one particular case where the votes did not side with the opinion of the organizers of the event the organizers passed the 'viewpoint' against the established rules and...

Often people experience an argument where if you don't belong to a relevant group then you cannot say your thoughts, or your opinions don't matter, on a topic specific to that group. Here a few common examples: - Men can't be pregnant so they can't comment on abortion. - Women don't have...

This tread is inspired by this news item: Link Businesses don't like homeless around their area of business. It drives people away, lowers sales, reduces property value, and can or is often considered to increase the chance of violent crime. If your location has a lot of business due to...

In the US legal systems, if a criminal is found guilty of a serious crime in the court of law it is the duty of the judge to choose the degree of the criminals punishment, for instance the number of years that need to be spent in prison, within a range dictated by the law. Often times, the...

First enjoy a video of monkeys: Link Skip the next paragraph if you watched the video. In the video (for those unable to view) two monkeys are taught a trick where if they give a rock/coin to their human handler, the handler would give them a treat. The first monkey gives the coin and...