# Great Debates **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=122 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 123 --- ## [What do you think of sensitivity training?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-sensitivity-training/786532)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-sensitivity-training/786532 "2017-05-31T14:43:51Z")
Some jobs require people to attend sensitivity training. Be it for gender, race, sexual identity, etc… I’ve had them at my places of work and they mostly were about getting to know other people and their differences. No… --- ## [Do Biblical characters ever win arguments with God?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-biblical-characters-ever-win-arguments-with-god/787590)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-biblical-characters-ever-win-arguments-with-god/787590 "2017-05-31T10:15:25Z")
(Not sure which forum to put this. It likely has a GQ level answer but being religion, I figured GD. Mod feel free to place elsewhere if you think otherwise.) So during a discussion last night about stories within the T… --- ## [Cost of socialism vs. non-socialism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-socialism-vs-non-socialism/787088)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-socialism-vs-non-socialism/787088 "2017-05-31T04:24:00Z")
How to put this… some people advocate complete socialism, others do not want to pay for anybody else’s infrastructure, housing, health care, unemployment, etc., and still others (most?) prefer some middle ground. The de… --- ## [Has most of newly "printed" money going to the top kept us from experiencing large inflation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-most-of-newly-printed-money-going-to-the-top-kept-us-from-experiencing-large-inflation/787705)
**Author:** [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-most-of-newly-printed-money-going-to-the-top-kept-us-from-experiencing-large-inflation/787705 "2017-05-31T00:09:32Z")
The gov’t and fed have been injecting crazy amounts of printed money into the economy for the past decade or so, and many predicted that the deficit spending and quantitative easing would lead to terrible inflation. But … --- ## [Congress Makes a Supreme Court Exception...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congress-makes-a-supreme-court-exception/787418)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congress-makes-a-supreme-court-exception/787418 "2017-05-30T20:07:37Z")
A spin off from this thread. Article III, Section 2 of the US Constitution - Bolding added, since Jefferson didn’t have much by way of fonts to choose from. So here’s the scenario - GOP Reggie Rightwing has just been… --- ## [Should convictions be overturned if appeals are cut short by death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-convictions-be-overturned-if-appeals-are-cut-short-by-death/786207)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-convictions-be-overturned-if-appeals-are-cut-short-by-death/786207 "2017-05-29T16:13:31Z")
Referencing this story on the overturning of the Aaron Hernandez murder conviction because of his suicide before his appeal was heard, following Massachussetts law. Firstly do many states have this law? And secondly is … --- ## [No Ramadan event at the State Department this year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ramadan-event-at-the-state-department-this-year/787515)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ramadan-event-at-the-state-department-this-year/787515 "2017-05-29T15:05:34Z")
Tillerson breaks tradition of holding Ramadan event at State Dept. I have no strong feelings on this either way but I do have a question. Should the US government be holding events for any religion whatsoever? I though… --- ## [Are children actually more important and innocent than adults?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-children-actually-more-important-and-innocent-than-adults/787326)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-children-actually-more-important-and-innocent-than-adults/787326 "2017-05-29T14:47:53Z")
The tragedy in Manchester has me thinking. Most people are shocked particularly because the victims were largely children (being an Ariana Grande concert). It would have been somewhat less of a big deal to people if the … --- ## [Is having children selfish act?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-having-children-selfish-act/786138)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-having-children-selfish-act/786138 "2017-05-28T18:39:14Z")
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Childfree\_movement Also known as antinatalism, it’s the belief that having a child is a net negative and is really just forcing a being into the world against their choice to experience guar… --- ## [Bloody harvest report (China illegal organ harvesting)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloody-harvest-report-china-illegal-organ-harvesting/759351)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloody-harvest-report-china-illegal-organ-harvesting/759351 "2017-05-27T02:27:34Z")
Didn’t see a thread on this, so figured I’d start one. I was watching this video on China Uncensored which talks about the report that’s recently come out concerning the purported illegal organ harvesting being done in … --- ## [Are vegetarians better people than omnivores?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vegetarians-better-people-than-omnivores/786803)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vegetarians-better-people-than-omnivores/786803 "2017-05-26T16:34:36Z")
I read a scientific study that found that vegetarians and vegans have higher empathy than meat eaters. Interestingly, vegans scored lower in empathy than vegetarians. Do you think this would hold up in further studies? … --- ## [Idea for what the Great Filter could be](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-what-the-great-filter-could-be/785417)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-what-the-great-filter-could-be/785417 "2017-05-26T15:37:42Z")
“The Great Filter” is a concept related to the Fermi Paradox: that since we do not observe exponentially expanding interstellar civilization, there must be some bottleneck that makes the development of such a civilizatio… --- ## [Are Maps Censored in Israel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-maps-censored-in-israel/787383)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-maps-censored-in-israel/787383 "2017-05-25T23:25:20Z")
Starting here, 'cause Israel threads always get heated… On NPR, there was a story how, in India, it is illegal to publish maps that do not show Kashmir as part of India. “Wrong” maps get censored (or, more properly, th… --- ## [Should the Democrats really be trying to bring down Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-democrats-really-be-trying-to-bring-down-trump/787302)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-democrats-really-be-trying-to-bring-down-trump/787302 "2017-05-25T18:20:20Z")
Shouldn’t they always keep a’hold of nurse for fear of finding something worse? I can see from a liberal perspective that Trump is a nightmare (and frankly I’ve had enough of defending the idiot myself) but isn’t Pence s… --- ## [New allegation: Trump tried to use NSA, DNI to reign in FBI investigation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-allegation-trump-tried-to-use-nsa-dni-to-reign-in-fbi-investigation/787278)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-allegation-trump-tried-to-use-nsa-dni-to-reign-in-fbi-investigation/787278 "2017-05-25T03:39:10Z")
And in today’s news: Trump asked DNI, NSA to deny evidence of Russia collusion: If proven, this is very serious. This was one of the allegations made against Nixon: that he tried to get the CIA to stop the FBI inves… --- ## [Is it better for a party to lose the presidency due to all the benefits that seem to come from it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-for-a-party-to-lose-the-presidency-due-to-all-the-benefits-that-seem-to-come-from-it/787308)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-for-a-party-to-lose-the-presidency-due-to-all-the-benefits-that-seem-to-come-from-it/787308 "2017-05-25T02:22:35Z")
Perhaps this is a grass is greener argument, but hear me out. There are two parties, party A and B. Party A wins the presidency. As a result the voters for party A become complacent and lazy while the voters for party … --- ## [What can be done about right-wing propaganda?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-be-done-about-right-wing-propaganda/787148)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-be-done-about-right-wing-propaganda/787148 "2017-05-24T04:35:05Z")
So last week was not a good week for Donald Trump. Much like most weeks for Donald Trump since his election. He fired the head of the FBI, admitted he did so because he was displeased with how that person was handling an… --- ## [The Trump budget - a good or bad first negotiation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-budget-a-good-or-bad-first-negotiation/787246)
**Author:** [@squidfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squidfood)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-budget-a-good-or-bad-first-negotiation/787246 "2017-05-24T02:01:51Z")
For this thread, I’d like to talk about negotiation tactics and the being-released Trump budget (saving what any of us might think about any specific line items for a separate thread, or many threads). Much has been sai… --- ## [Kurdistan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurdistan/786231)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurdistan/786231 "2017-05-23T20:57:39Z")
This post is inspired by the Trump administration’s plan to supply the Kurdish YPG militia with “heavier weapons” (ATGMs, heavy machine guns, mortars, armored vehicles, etc) to aid in the liberation of Raqqa. This seems … --- ## [Michael Flynn asking for Immunity to testify](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-flynn-asking-for-immunity-to-testify/783413)
**Author:** [@de\_facto\_lies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/de_facto_lies)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-flynn-asking-for-immunity-to-testify/783413 "2017-05-23T18:19:43Z")
Hello All! This is my first thread so figured I’d just throw it in here. Just seen a BBC article on this. Interesting. I’m throwing this in Great Debates cause this is my first thread and I have a feeling this will turn … --- ## [Screaming and heckling are not problems on college campuses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-and-heckling-are-not-problems-on-college-campuses/786175)
**Author:** [@Inbred\_Mm\_domesticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inbred_Mm_domesticus)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-and-heckling-are-not-problems-on-college-campuses/786175 "2017-05-22T20:19:11Z")
I am disturbed by the people who seem to believe there is a problem when students yell at, talk over, behave rudely toward, heckle, or otherwise aggressively vocalize their negative feelings toward an invited speaker. Su… --- ## [The slave owning family - next door?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slave-owning-family-next-door/787117)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slave-owning-family-next-door/787117 "2017-05-22T20:08:13Z")
Question: What would you do if the family living next door to you, owned a slave? I bring this up because of this article I just read about a family from the Phillipines who owned a slave. The jist of the story is back … --- ## [Swedish/European 'dopers...immigration and increased crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-european-dopers-immigration-and-increased-crime/786670)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-european-dopers-immigration-and-increased-crime/786670 "2017-05-21T18:19:00Z")
I’m going to link to this YouTube video for anyone who is interested in where this is coming from. I got this from a (conservative) friend of mine, so the source is definitely oriented that way. I also follow PragerU t… --- ## [Is it true that when you call an ambulance for someone, you have to pay for it? (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-when-you-call-an-ambulance-for-someone-you-have-to-pay-for-it-need-answer-fast/766621)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-when-you-call-an-ambulance-for-someone-you-have-to-pay-for-it-need-answer-fast/766621 "2017-05-20T19:39:21Z")
I am warning you in advance that this is going to sound stupid and frustrating, because it is. My roommate is a guy I’ve known a long time, who I’m very close to, but he has certain issues. He is pretty sick; his breath… --- ## [Why did it take until 2001 for suicide hijackers to use airplanes as weapons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-until-2001-for-suicide-hijackers-to-use-airplanes-as-weapons/786911)
**Author:** [@femmejean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femmejean)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-until-2001-for-suicide-hijackers-to-use-airplanes-as-weapons/786911 "2017-05-20T16:26:15Z")
I was wondering this; aircraft hijacking has been around since commercial flight was invented in the early 20th century. One could argue that things were much more lax in the past and that the 9/11 hijackers would have h… --- ## [Why do police abuse their wives / girlfriends so often?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-police-abuse-their-wives-girlfriends-so-often/786819)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-police-abuse-their-wives-girlfriends-so-often/786819 "2017-05-20T12:40:25Z")
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Police-domestic-violence-nearly-twice-average-rate-2536928.php (it’s an older article) says: Why is domestic violence so prevalent in the homes of law enforcement officers? The “e… --- ## [Cultural Appropriation Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cultural-appropriation-prize/786928)
**Author:** [@Maurie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maurie)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cultural-appropriation-prize/786928 "2017-05-20T09:54:08Z")
In the controversial article by Hal Niedzviecki suggesting that a Cultural Appropriation Prize be offered “for best book by an author who writes about people who aren’t even remotely like her or him”, he says that "Anyon… --- ## [U.S.A.F. Chaplains promote misogyny, gay bashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-a-f-chaplains-promote-misogyny-gay-bashing/786203)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-a-f-chaplains-promote-misogyny-gay-bashing/786203 "2017-05-20T01:00:38Z")
Link here. These are from blog posts by Air Force Reserve Chaplain Captain Sonny Hernandez, who posts regularly on the “Christian Fighter Pilot” blog: This “Christian Fighter Pilot” blog is run by Air Force Lt. Col. J… --- ## [Trump's overseas trip - measurements for success](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-overseas-trip-measurements-for-success/787010)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-overseas-trip-measurements-for-success/787010 "2017-05-19T18:12:14Z")
As anyone watching US politics knows, Trump is now off to his first overseas trip - to Saudi Arabia, Israel and Italy. Interesting choice - rather than a “dry run” of an easy trip visiting Mexico or Canada, Trump’s team… --- ## [Will Mickey Mouse ever come out of copyright?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-mickey-mouse-ever-come-out-of-copyright/786639)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-mickey-mouse-ever-come-out-of-copyright/786639 "2017-05-19T17:17:52Z")
The little guy is due to come out of copyright in 2023 thanks to Sonny Bono’s act extending the limit which should have expired in the 90s. Winnie the Pooh has until 2026 (not coincidentally Disney has both copyrights fo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=121) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=123)