# Great Debates **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=129 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 130 --- ## [How the baby boomers destroyed everything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-baby-boomers-destroyed-everything/780878)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-baby-boomers-destroyed-everything/780878 "2017-03-16T00:43:02Z")
heres the link : MSN One of a few times msn its self put a “we neither agree with or responsible for this article” tags before the article… All I can say is wow …this guy believes no ones been innocent since 1945 and … --- ## [Parliament must vote on Brexit: So Saith the Supreme Court of the UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parliament-must-vote-on-brexit-so-saith-the-supreme-court-of-the-uk/778034)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parliament-must-vote-on-brexit-so-saith-the-supreme-court-of-the-uk/778034 "2017-03-15T07:10:46Z")
Decision just came out a few hours ago, apparently. The Court, by an 8-3 majority, has held that leaving the EU will affect the statutory rights of British citizens. Because it will change the law, it can’t be done jus… --- ## [Bullshit (Teaching Skepticism in Schools)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-teaching-skepticism-in-schools/780689)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-teaching-skepticism-in-schools/780689 "2017-03-14T18:59:31Z")
An article recently appeared on Sci-Am that disrobed one of the more popular internet memes as completely wrong. I mean literally no part of the original meme is at all correct. And, sadly, though I have a healthy skepti… --- ## [WikiLeaks says it has obtained trove of CIA hacking tools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikileaks-says-it-has-obtained-trove-of-cia-hacking-tools/781648)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikileaks-says-it-has-obtained-trove-of-cia-hacking-tools/781648 "2017-03-14T14:11:12Z")
All indications are that this is for real (as usual. Wikileaks AFAIK was never caught disseminating fake information). This is a huge blow to the CIA. There will be a mad scramble among software companies to fix their … --- ## [The right to bear arms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-to-bear-arms/780056)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-to-bear-arms/780056 "2017-03-13T21:45:47Z")
This was prompted by a PBS show on Ruby Ridge. Americans have the right to bear arms, but I see nothing in the Constitution that determines what arms are allowed, restricted, or inhibited. For example (A) why is a sawed… --- ## [ACA Future](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aca-future/781659)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aca-future/781659 "2017-03-13T20:57:21Z")
Apparently there’s some serious doubt as to whether the Republicans can come together to pass an ACA replacement bill. But here’s the thing. Let’s assume the Republicans cannot pass any sort of ACA replacement. It’s sti… --- ## [Is a United Ireland now possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-united-ireland-now-possible/781972)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-united-ireland-now-possible/781972 "2017-03-13T07:16:31Z")
I grew up in a Nationalist/Republican area of Northern Ireland, while a United Ireland was a generally popular goal it always seemed to me to be a long way off and very unlikely indeed. However with the shake-up after th… --- ## [Ben Carson's Comment on Slaves = Immigrants: Really So Bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carsons-comment-on-slaves-immigrants-really-so-bad/781599)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carsons-comment-on-slaves-immigrants-really-so-bad/781599 "2017-03-12T17:48:49Z")
Look, I loathe Trump. I think Carson’s an idiot. I’m one of those lefties who thinks BLM deserved to be heard. But that said, the uproar over Carson calling slaves immigrants (and later qualifying as unwilling) doesn’t … --- ## [Pornography and the net](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pornography-and-the-net/781593)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2017, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pornography-and-the-net/781593 "2017-03-12T12:31:05Z")
I’m putting this in GD because although it’s partly an answerable question I’d like to debate the desirability of executing the laws referred to below, if indeed they are still applicable. I’ve been reading the Citizen’… --- ## [Are African American Men More Secure In Their Sexuality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-african-american-men-more-secure-in-their-sexuality/781752)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-african-american-men-more-secure-in-their-sexuality/781752 "2017-03-11T22:28:49Z")
I guess I can tell you all, I am a white male. But I have spent a lot of time around African Americans. I grew up in an African American neighborhood. My grade school was about half AA, when I graduated. And one thing … --- ## [How did the bloody glove get to OJ's house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-bloody-glove-get-to-ojs-house/686139)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-bloody-glove-get-to-ojs-house/686139 "2017-03-11T15:24:04Z")
Ok, so someone (probably OJ) killed 2 people at Nicole Brown’s house. That person is now wearing 2 blood soaked gloves and has a bloody knife. That person takes off 1 glove…and continues to wear the other blood soaked … --- ## [Domestic/Family Violence Prosecution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domestic-family-violence-prosecution/781916)
**Author:** [@someonewhocares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/someonewhocares)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domestic-family-violence-prosecution/781916 "2017-03-11T05:21:56Z")
In response to http://apps.americanbar.org/litigation/committees/criminal/articles/fall2015-0915-prosecuting-domestic-violence-cases.html While starting an article with a beautiful and heart-wrenching song is an effect… --- ## [Social Justice Warriors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-justice-warriors/781207)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-justice-warriors/781207 "2017-03-11T00:01:41Z")
I’ve commented on SJWs on this board before, and the essence of what I said is below. As it happens there’s apparently a new study out which lends some support to this view. From the abstract: The study is behind a p… --- ## [The ethical dilemma of "passing"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethical-dilemma-of-passing/582036)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethical-dilemma-of-passing/582036 "2017-03-10T23:09:25Z")
I just finished Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He was Black". I had seen the author years ago on Oprah just briefly before tuning into something, but I thought he was just another g… --- ## [Which are the best arguments for paying off the national debt and which are best for not doing so?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-the-best-arguments-for-paying-off-the-national-debt-and-which-are-best-for-not-doing-so/780516)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-the-best-arguments-for-paying-off-the-national-debt-and-which-are-best-for-not-doing-so/780516 "2017-03-10T22:07:47Z")
Hi Given the flip-flopping politicians tend to do on the subject of paying off the national debt (for and against depending on whether they are in office or campaigning for office), what are the merits of paying it off … --- ## [Extremely important question, from a confused black teenager](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-important-question-from-a-confused-black-teenager/781189)
**Author:** [@Alostsomeone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alostsomeone)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-important-question-from-a-confused-black-teenager/781189 "2017-03-10T17:57:36Z")
Hi… I’m Alostsomeone, and I like science and history and getting straight A’s (this intro is really unnecessary, but hopefully it’ll provide some context to the rest of what I’m about to say). For the past year or two I’… --- ## [Does the mainstream media actually lie in it's reporting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-mainstream-media-actually-lie-in-its-reporting/781683)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-mainstream-media-actually-lie-in-its-reporting/781683 "2017-03-10T16:38:13Z")
I’ve previously asked about Trump and his followers believing the mainstream media lie in their reporting, and why they believe that. Since then Trump has accused the mainstream media of being an enemy of the people. My … --- ## [Trump/Russia: blackmail possible, even if little/no wrongdoing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-russia-blackmail-possible-even-if-little-no-wrongdoing/781239)
**Author:** [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2017, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-russia-blackmail-possible-even-if-little-no-wrongdoing/781239 "2017-03-10T05:09:45Z")
Someone on Twitter pointed out that the Russian Ambassador holds Jeff Sessions’s fate in his hands right now. It struck me that this is true, \*even if their conversations were proper and innocent. \* In other words, the … --- ## [Incitement to felony?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incitement-to-felony/781735)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incitement-to-felony/781735 "2017-03-10T04:28:53Z")
Here’s a tweet: “But if you’re in IRS and have a certain president’s tax return that you’d like to leak, my address is: NYT, 620 Eighth Ave, NY NY 10018.” Now, that incitement to felony. Publishing a “leaked” return … --- ## [Trump's First Supreme Court Nominee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-first-supreme-court-nominee/778665)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-first-supreme-court-nominee/778665 "2017-03-10T01:48:22Z")
Let’s have a clean thread to discuss this. Announcement should be made today. I’m hopeful. As much as I dislike Trump, I do prefer a Roberts or Scalia type person on the Supreme Court, so as long is Trump isn’t going… --- ## [Continents-Manmade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continents-manmade/780119)
**Author:** [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continents-manmade/780119 "2017-03-09T22:57:53Z")
Given - that a continent has been defined as large unbroken land mass completely surrounded by water, although in some cases continents are (or were in part) connected by land bridges (per Infoplease), and the major (or… --- ## [Where would computer technology be today if we had never had the cold war?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-computer-technology-be-today-if-we-had-never-had-the-cold-war/781673)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-computer-technology-be-today-if-we-had-never-had-the-cold-war/781673 "2017-03-09T16:42:10Z")
The internet was born out of ARPAnet, which was a cold war defense project. Up until the fall of the Soviet Union, one of the biggest demands in building more powerful computers was for missile defense. What if the Col… --- ## [Can capitalism ever work for disabled people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-capitalism-ever-work-for-disabled-people/781367)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-capitalism-ever-work-for-disabled-people/781367 "2017-03-09T01:48:01Z")
I’ve noticed in some circles that there are quite a few disabled people who are convinced that a capitalist system/government will never treat them with respect or value their lives. It made me think about Helen Keller, … --- ## [Mathemagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mathemagic/781730)
**Author:** [@sear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sear)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mathemagic/781730 "2017-03-08T21:12:59Z")
Math may not always be as simple as we might think. Example from shiftless2 mathematician PhD 14/07/31 Q: Consider a rare disease, one that affects 1% of the population There is a test for the disease that is 99% accu… --- ## [The importance of infrastructure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-importance-of-infrastructure/781273)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-importance-of-infrastructure/781273 "2017-03-08T20:10:31Z")
Niel Irwin of the New York Times said on PBS Newshour tonight that of these four items (tax cuts, military spending, deregulation, and infrastructure) the last one - infrastructure - would be the item Congress would leas… --- ## [Feminism, Emma Watson, and . . . er. . . tits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feminism-emma-watson-and-er-tits/781544)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feminism-emma-watson-and-er-tits/781544 "2017-03-08T18:07:54Z")
So the lovely and talented Emma Watson, of Potterverse and now Disney fame, did a photo shoot for Vanity Fair. Among the shots was one in which the actress is shown wearing a white-rope Burberry open weave top that revea… --- ## [Trump's pathological need to lie about Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-pathological-need-to-lie-about-obama/781620)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-pathological-need-to-lie-about-obama/781620 "2017-03-08T16:58:39Z")
He lies about many things, but about Obama he really seems to up his lie game. Lying about Obama (birtherism) was how Trump came to political prominence, and was vital to his victory in the GOP primary. Now he’s lying … --- ## [Planned Parenthood/Bill of Attainder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planned-parenthood-bill-of-attainder/781665)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planned-parenthood-bill-of-attainder/781665 "2017-03-08T16:27:33Z")
If this is the wrong forum - please move. So, in general (and increasingly) corporations are treated as persons under the law, with most of the rights of actual people (including first amendment rights). So, given that… --- ## [What's the racket, financially, behind these anti-tobacco / 'truth' ads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-racket-financially-behind-these-anti-tobacco-truth-ads/781515)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-racket-financially-behind-these-anti-tobacco-truth-ads/781515 "2017-03-07T17:27:00Z")
Example. Sure, tobacco isn’t good for anybody. But this anti-tobacco group that calls itself ‘truth’ has ostensibly spent quite a bit of money creating and running all these ads, which obviously aren’t free. I assume th… --- ## [Suppose the world does nothing about climate change. Will we adapt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-the-world-does-nothing-about-climate-change-will-we-adapt/780525)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-the-world-does-nothing-about-climate-change-will-we-adapt/780525 "2017-03-07T15:00:37Z")
Suppose the world does nothing about climate change (or what we do is too little, too late). Humans are fantastic at adapting to new environments, and our ability to adapt increases as our technology does. Will we be a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=128) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=130)