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- Resolved: Requiring Paroled Felons to Petition for a Return of Voting Rights is Unconstitutional
- West Lothian Question: Conservative-dominated England?
- So did Lee Oswald act alone or not?
- [Can a person imagine or conceive of ]"Nothing"[?]
- Is hatred weak?
- How much farther do we let Mexico slide toward being a defacto narco state before we step in?
- Lets Play! Reforming the UK electoral system
- Walking out in the UN. How is this viewed.
- Time to move the UN?
- Hypothetical Oil Spill
- Did Muhammad Exist
- Should the sexes be treated equally?
- A hypothetical Israel-Egypt war?
- "A Tale of Two Blogospheres": Liberals more open than conservatives online
- Re Greek unions & protesters violently fighting EU austerity plan - What's their solution?
- Is the Time Coming When There Just Aren't Enough Jobs to Go Around?
- Is sex a need?
- Well, Martini? [American attitudes toward WWII]
- Atheist Heaven, -what would our slice of heaven be
- Some Confusion About the Reading of Miranda Rights
- How do we get a viable third party
- Deontology versus Utilitarianism
- Oily Taint jumps party lines!
- Will the history books say we won or lost the War in Iraq?
- Why can I humiliate you in the sports world, but not the classroom?
- Bread and Circuses
- Why do children need to be "protected from their own budding sexualities"?
- Does Theistic Evolution and/or Old Earth Creationism Undermine the Bible
- Stock market plunge of May 6 2010
- Are there any countries or cultures where mental health is dealt with competently
- Study says: the more you lean left, the less you know about economics
- Was von Stauffenberg a hero?
- Obama nominates Elena Kagan for Supreme Court
- Why is ignorance of age not an excuse?
- Is globalization good for America? Short term? Long term?
- Should Robert Bork have sat on the Supreme Court?
- Two questions for atheists / agnostics
- Bob Bennett losing his seat
- The Pentagon says we are paying our troops too much
- Ethnic Jews v European Settlers Jews
- Why are Wikipedia editors mostly male?
- Are ALL Investement Newsletters Fatally Flawed?
- Do men really love women?
- Israel and Civilian Kills
- Who would men rather marry?
- Can the US become sustainable?
- Why all the focus on Kagan's looks?
- Why no Atheists on the Supreme Court?
- Iraq suicide bombings before and after Saddam.
- Third-world workers working for American companies overseas are being exploited.
- What if Anglo-Irish treaty was rejected?
- Newdow: Swing and a miss! Court won't take "So Help Me God" from Inaugural Oath
- The end of the suburbs?
- Russia, with Hamas and Syria today and Turkey tomorrow.
- Why does child molestation happen?
- Would a limited, non-transcendent deity have moral authority or claim to sovereignty?
- If aliens became aware of us, would they conquer/enslave/exploit/displace/exterminate us?
- Cultural differences between the northern & southern parts of the west coast
- How many years would it take to go from nothing to 2010 technology?
- Are Off-Shore Windmills An Economic Disaster?
- Any Cultural Relevance To The China School Killings?
- Christians: Aren't animals sinners?
- Were The Nazis a Puritanical Lot?
- Pros and cons of "presumed consent" organ donating
- Are performance artists trolls?
- What Christian denominations consider Mormons as Christians too?
- Fat kids eat less.
- President Obama: Employer-based Health Coverage Will Not Be Impacted By Health Care Reform
- Software piracy - Are there real solutions
- I propose we bring back corporal punishment
- Resolved: The American Consumer exploits third-world workers.
- So what's really blocking nuclear power? Cost? Red tape? Fear of lawsuits? Bad P.R.? What?
- Let's debate pro-choice people vs. anti-abortion people
- Mosque to be built two blocks from Ground Zero
- Is there anything wrong with this girls dance performance?
- QWERTY alphabet
- Christians and the Ten Commandments.
- How Long Until American Pediatricians Are Cutting Off Clitorises?
- State of California lures parole violators in with offer of amnesty
- Why didn't we bomb concentration camps?
- Were the 3 major religions promoted by Gnostics, Sufis and Qabalists to distract the masses?
- Iran Obama's 'only chance of success'
- Why does the left love big government so much?
- What is a "Tea Party member"?
- If it weren't for religion, would the folks in the middle east still be fighting?
- Illegal people; illegal activities
- Supreme Court rules that sex offenders can be held indefinitely
- PC Game Piracy (and I agree with this...)
- Should abortion be legal?
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- Is the drug war itself racist?
- Happy Fun 2010 Primary Thread
- Big Government is Failing - Again
- Debating with Americans.
- How Does A Lawyer (Blumenthal) "Misspeak"?
- Should I Fix This Washing Machine?
- Great Repeal Bill
- Did Lee Harvey Oswald have an escape plan?
- Turning a developing country into a developed one.
- ''Rape Culture''
- ABC's 'What Would You Do?'
- Is a boycott really a boycott if you only stop buying non-essentials?
- Thaksin et al are significantly more evil than Abhisit et al
- Popular Fiction and Nonwhite Characters
- How do the europeans want to justify burka (burqa?) ban?
- N. Korea torpedoed the S. Korean ship: chest thumping or something more?
- Rand Paul's interview on Rachel Maddow - A real Libertarian meets the real world
- Was TARP the right thing to do?
- For Eliza Doolittle Day: How Much Does Elocution Matter in the 21st Century?
- Girl Outs Mother's Citizenship Status During First Lady's School Visit
- Questions for Catholics
- What do you think of the just-passed financial regulation bill?
- Arizona's immigration law - genius
- Is "securing the border" even possible?
- Have rape victims the moral or ethical obligation to prosecute their rapists?
- The world without Stalin?
- Should performance enhancing substances be allowed in professional sports?
- Should The USA Adopt Mexican Law (RE. Illegal Aliens)?
- Do violent TV shows cause aggression?
- How to pick a candidate to vote out
- Kids are sometimes adults when they commit a heinous crime but never can have consensual sex?
- Can a "some drugs are worse than others; stay away from the bad ones" work?
- What should and can the Obama administration/Feds do about the oil spill?
- Saudi officer planning World Cup attacks
- Man/Woman, Chaser/Chased
- A world without Lenin?
- Was the U.S. Civil War all about slavery?
- Why are we afraid of death?
- The Media Treatment of Rand Paul - Knee Jerk Reactionism by Mental Midgets
- evolved senses as an argument for ontological naturalism
- Catholic abortion to save Mom's life, after rape, double effect . . .
- Given: the US goes Libertarian
- Lawyers, the Law, going pro se, expertise & expert knowledge, etc.
- Team photo etiquette -- amateur photog vs. pro
- Israel offered nukes to SA
- Iran offers to help US oil spill
- Conservatives/Libertarians: How has the Gulf spill affected your views?
- Can reintegration of Taliban soldiers work?
- Let's Face It. The World As We Have Known It Is Coming To An End.
- Should Sestak Squeal?
- Why do many people seem to think that the world will end on May 21, 2011?
- Can irrationality be the rational choice?
- Value of a single human life?
- "Americans - the most brainwashed people of the World"
- On Asking Smokers Not To
- Proximate cause of Islamic terrorism today
- Turkish flagged vessel attack [What if?--becomes What now?]
- Justification for 5th Amendment right not to testify against yourself?
- North Korea / South Korea - The US Role
- Civil Rights and other Social Changes: Wouldn't they have occured anyway?
- Is Britannia ruled today by nearly non-stop crime? (Says Theo. Dalrymple)
- Is the "Detoxify or Die" movement valid science?
- If We Could Make Dogs As Smart As Humans, Should We?
- Open Primaries = less extremism? Yeah, now pull the other one
- Operation Top Kill - Any one else watching this crap (shoot)?
- conscious evolution
- US Foreign Policy v. Domestic Policy.
- SYnthetic LIFE!!! The answer to all questions!!!
- Can the laity change the RCC?
- How likely are sex workers to be exploited?
- Was Deepwater Horizon over-insured? Is that proper?
- Time to Boycott Massachusetts? Must Pierce & Garnett become "Los Celtics"?
- Is there any meaning to life? or is it really just nothing?
- How important a role does "group polarization" play in sociopolitical dynamics?
- Can you really be 'humbled' by winning an award?
- Libel? Slander? Or just 'welcome to the 21st century'?
- How do republicans keep winning elections
- How do you handle your kid's shoplifting?
- Mullah, Mosque & State
- Male circumcision and penis sensitivity
- Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Goes to a Senate Vote
- What are the effects of Colonialism and the Cold War upon Africa?
- We need more monetary stimulus, and we need it now.
- Isn't this the right time for a third party to emerge in America?
- Responsibility to not perpetuate stereotypes.
- Would privately owned businesses thrive or fail if they were allowed to racially discriminate?
- Are we fear mongering, or is the world going to swallow us alive?
- Voting Americans in general are racist, homophobic, anti-semetic and anti-islamic.
- Israel stations nuclear-armed subs off Iranian coastline
- Supporters of Draw Mohammed Day=Free-Speech Fundamentalists?
- Would you vote for somebody for Pres. who looked antithetical to your views, but at least competent?
- When did religion jump the shark for great thinkers?
- The Ethics of Blackmail
- What if we just blew up our enemies?
- If you can read this in English thank a veteran. Really?
- Tragedy of the weak!
- Video footage of Mavi Marmara Passengers Attacking IDF Soldiers
- How, exactly, should we enforce immigration laws?
- US oil consumers - aftermath of the Gulf spill
- Is the Human race, too resilient to die out?
- The correlation between being homosexual and stereotypically "gay" behaviors.
- Supremes: Suspects must declare wish to remain silent
- Why is Sarah Palin complaining so hard about Joe McGinniss?
- Does marriage counseling work?
- Is it possible to break a commitment to an animal? Does giving a pet away make a person bad?
- Shorter Copyright Terms for Entertainment Software?
- Immigration: go after the businesses! (Unless that's preempted, too)
- What should Obama do about the BP oil spill?
- Is Our Knowledge of our Mortality What Sets Us Apart From Other Animals?
- Will Ban Ki-moon seek a second term as Secretary-General?
- What's wrong with "anchor-baby" citizenship (considering the alternatives)?
- Physician licensure only if MD accepts Medicare patients/payments. Good idea or not?
- "The New Deal didn't end the Great Depression, WWII did!"
- Theists: do you refer to God as "He," "She," "It," or "They"?
- Cotton Gin Waste as Oil Spill Cleaner- why is this not being done?
- 16th amendment
- So what now of Japan?
- The Virginia Attorney-General is correct not to sign a brief against the Westboro Baptist Chuch
- Armando Galarraga: A Perfect Solution is to Make it Perfect
- Will speciesism one day be socially unacceptable?
- Why don't we just rely on police testimony all the time?
- Do we cut women more slack than men?
- Field of Dreams: a Constitutional Law Thought Experiment
- Do We Really See in Shades of Left and Right?
- Should police be able to guess your car speed?
- Imagine if there were no posessions
- Illegal to film police officers while making an arrest. Insane new trend in state laws.
- Language, Bullies, Fat, C*nt and What We Find Offensive.
- Does America need a federal Value Added Tax?
- Is Causality Bullshit?
- Ok, Atheist. What's the problem?
- Obama/Clinton 2012
- Did God get really lazy ~2000 B.C.?
- Minimum Requirements for a Successful Military Coup in the USA?
- What do humanistic disciplines offer that scientific disciplines do not?
- Would Al Gore/Bob Graham have won in 2000?
- Benefits of a Parliamentary System
- is there a reason to philosophy?
- Is capital entropic or extropic?
- Marrying spending reductions between the left and right.
- How would the world react if we found conclusive proof of extraterrestrial intelligence?
- We invent a machine that lets amateurs build machine guns. What happens?
- Where did Cain and Abel's wives come from?
- Is Afghanistan really America's longest war?
- Mom Busts Dad For 15 Year Old Custodial "Kidnap" -- Now What?
- If the earth was doomed what would be the morality of seeding Mars with life ?
- Am I The Only One Who Doesn't Particularly Blame Obama Re BP?
- Is teleportation just another version of "my grandfather's axe"?
- Republicans: How would you reduce America's jobless rate?
- Federal Acts Based on Necessary and Proper Clause?
- Society in John Lennon's "Imagine": Utopia or Dystopia
- Anatomy of an Epidemic: Medication and mental illness
- Please help me rebut this anti-muslim Email.
- Quarter of a million US diplomatic cables may have been leaked, how big a deal?
- Would you pay to vote?
- Obama's Foreign Policy is an Utter Failure
- Is the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill that big of a problem?
- Is socializing just conversational masturbation?
- Religious types: what does your church, etc. teach that you don't believe, and why?
- When in human history should reasonable people find a "cut-off" of the right of title by conquering?
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