# Great Debates **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=16 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 17 --- ## [Navajo Nation Object to Leaving Human Remains on Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navajo-nation-object-to-leaving-human-remains-on-moon/995727)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 334\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navajo-nation-object-to-leaving-human-remains-on-moon/995727 "2024-02-15T23:41:09Z")
I really didn’t have this one on my list of things to think about in 2024, but here we are. In a nutshell, a private firm is launching a small craft designed to land on the moon containing 66 human remains and DNA. The… --- ## [Porn from Eastern Europe. Why is there so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-from-eastern-europe-why-is-there-so-much/328562)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-from-eastern-europe-why-is-there-so-much/328562 "2024-02-14T16:48:29Z")
Why does such a high percentage of internet porn seem to originate from eastern europe nowadays? Looking at the ladies on these porno sites it makes me wonder what is driving the seemingly endless supply of blonde hair,… --- ## [Medical Training paid with service to stop Brain Drain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-training-paid-with-service-to-stop-brain-drain/997355)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-training-paid-with-service-to-stop-brain-drain/997355 "2024-02-13T15:53:56Z")
The Democratic Republic of Sitnamia is a poor African Nation. We have few natural resources to exploit and the only thing in abundance here is crime, illiteracy, and poverty. The IMF and G#'s sometimes toss us a couple… --- ## [Gun Control (again...but topical): Hawaii Supreme Court Declares Second Amendment Infringes on the ‘Spirit of Aloha’](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-control-again-but-topical-hawaii-supreme-court-declares-second-amendment-infringes-on-the-spirit-of-aloha/997343)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-control-again-but-topical-hawaii-supreme-court-declares-second-amendment-infringes-on-the-spirit-of-aloha/997343 "2024-02-11T20:28:13Z")
I am not sure if this is best here so go ahead and move if needed. Note that there are easy to Google other sources for this story. From the title: Hawaii’s Supreme Court refused to follow U.S. Supreme Court preceden… --- ## [Enforcement of 18 U.S. Code § 1512 against Congress (Preventing impeachment proceedings for political gain)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enforcement-of-18-u-s-code-1512-against-congress-preventing-impeachment-proceedings-for-political-gain/997276)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enforcement-of-18-u-s-code-1512-against-congress-preventing-impeachment-proceedings-for-political-gain/997276 "2024-02-11T17:49:46Z")
Impeachment should be an apolitical process that seeks to protect the Constitution. It shouldn’t be a way to drum up political support for some idea, an advertising piece for a political campaign, or otherwise a bit of f… --- ## [What to do about species with offensive names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-about-species-with-offensive-names/990650)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-about-species-with-offensive-names/990650 "2024-02-11T16:53:19Z")
So TIL about this absolute shit show: It turns out that: A: In the 1930s an Austrian entomologist named a beetle after Adolf Hitler B: Said beetle is being hunted to extinction by Neo-nazis because of its name. So i… --- ## [Why the bias against men's long hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-bias-against-mens-long-hair/991481)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-bias-against-mens-long-hair/991481 "2024-02-08T15:03:13Z")
In Texas, a student was suspended for having too long hair (apparently other reasons also) but this is an ongoing issue since i was young, both school and jobs; this is double standard since girls/women can wear their ha… --- ## [If the internet went down permanently would it be a net gain, or a net loss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-internet-went-down-permanently-would-it-be-a-net-gain-or-a-net-loss/987580)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-internet-went-down-permanently-would-it-be-a-net-gain-or-a-net-loss/987580 "2024-02-05T07:56:30Z")
Let us say the internet goes down, and can’t be fixed(the reason is unimportant to this conversation). What would the net effect be five, ten, twenty years down the road? How would politics be changed? Would newspaper… --- ## [How would you solve the immigration debate? A hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-solve-the-immigration-debate-a-hypothetical/985252)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-solve-the-immigration-debate-a-hypothetical/985252 "2024-02-05T07:21:46Z")
Here’s the scenario. You come across some kind of magical device that gives you the following powers. You have mind control over all the members of the US Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill. Wh… --- ## [Please persuade me why Medicare ought not be means tested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-persuade-me-why-medicare-ought-not-be-means-tested/989365)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-persuade-me-why-medicare-ought-not-be-means-tested/989365 "2024-02-03T19:37:41Z")
Apologies if this is more IMHO than GD. It seems to have been a few years since we discussed this. But as I’m getting closer to collecting Medicare and seeing many of my friends/family doing so, I don’t quite get why r… --- ## [Entropy is Scary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entropy-is-scary/996987)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entropy-is-scary/996987 "2024-02-02T08:09:13Z")
Have you ever wondered how long evidence of our current civilization and existence will last? Check this, the Great Pyramid was built 4,500 years ago, and still stands today. Great Roman structures like the Colosseum are… --- ## [American Economy - Boom or Bust?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-economy-boom-or-bust/996379)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-economy-boom-or-bust/996379 "2024-01-29T02:06:11Z")
I read today that “the \[US\] stock market roared as two of the three major indexes hit new record highs. The S&P 500, which measures the value of 500 of the largest companies in the country, and the Dow Jones Industrial A… --- ## [Would the 90's tech boom have unfolded essentially the same under a different administration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-90s-tech-boom-have-unfolded-essentially-the-same-under-a-different-administration/996750)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-90s-tech-boom-have-unfolded-essentially-the-same-under-a-different-administration/996750 "2024-01-28T04:19:06Z")
I was thinking how President’s get credit or blame for the economy. The 90’s for me encompassed age 17-27, so I remember it all but I wasn’t paying much attention to specific policies that may have encouraged it. (I D… --- ## [Not Racism... Religionism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-racism-religionism/996238)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-racism-religionism/996238 "2024-01-26T03:31:19Z")
Plenty of people are racist. This is a fact, unfortunately. There are a myriad of ways to be racist. Anti black, anti white, anti asian, it is all bullshit but we have the word “racism” to descibe it. Is there a term fo… --- ## [What are the best modern tank strategies? Especially Ukraine vs. Russia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-modern-tank-strategies-especially-ukraine-vs-russia/996074)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-modern-tank-strategies-especially-ukraine-vs-russia/996074 "2024-01-25T20:41:50Z")
What are the best modern tank strategies? Especially Ukraine vs. Russia. --- ## [Majority rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/majority-rights/28687)
**Author:** [@Gomez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gomez)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/majority-rights/28687 "2024-01-23T16:01:24Z")
Before I start I wholly understand that it is important to make sure that minorities feel integrated into society, however I think that it is coming to a point now where the will of the majority is in danger of being sid… --- ## [What responsibility do a people have to change their country/state rather than flee it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-responsibility-do-a-people-have-to-change-their-country-state-rather-than-flee-it/995357)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-responsibility-do-a-people-have-to-change-their-country-state-rather-than-flee-it/995357 "2024-01-23T02:03:24Z")
This is something I’ve been struggling with for a while now. I read about people fleeing places and complaining about the conditions where they fled to, or who move to other states because they don’t like the policies a… --- ## [The Risk of Artificial Photosynthesis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-risk-of-artificial-photosynthesis/995981)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-risk-of-artificial-photosynthesis/995981 "2024-01-13T12:22:39Z")
I’ve recently seen a few news articles like these: If we assume as a given that 1) we have or will find a genuine improvement on photosynthesis, and 2) we can genetically engineer that into our plants then: Would tha… --- ## [Why is racial grouping of diverse ethnicities with different backgrounds still considered acceptable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-racial-grouping-of-diverse-ethnicities-with-different-backgrounds-still-considered-acceptable/991662)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-racial-grouping-of-diverse-ethnicities-with-different-backgrounds-still-considered-acceptable/991662 "2024-01-13T00:09:25Z")
To me as a European who never went to America and living in a country where 95% of people are caucasian, race never mattered nearly as much as ethnicity did, because a Norwegian and Irish or Portuguese and Turkish person… --- ## [Was the 1947 partition plan fair to the Palistinians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-1947-partition-plan-fair-to-the-palistinians/995355)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-1947-partition-plan-fair-to-the-palistinians/995355 "2024-01-12T19:37:07Z")
I know this is a difficult topic to discuss. I have no stakes in the conflict myself, and I’m currently reading up on details I’ve missed before and trying to get a clearer picture. Let’s try to limit the discussion to … --- ## [CC rewards programs - bill footed by poor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cc-rewards-programs-bill-footed-by-poor/993907)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cc-rewards-programs-bill-footed-by-poor/993907 "2024-01-09T11:00:20Z")
Saw this article in another thread about Paying Cash instead of CC - Is it Spreading?: Opinion | Credit Card Points Are Being Paid for by the Poor - The New York Times (nytimes.com) That article is a bit of a stretch I… --- ## [Why were collective farms so bad at being farms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-collective-farms-so-bad-at-being-farms/994136)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-collective-farms-so-bad-at-being-farms/994136 "2024-01-06T16:56:18Z")
There is general consensus that the majority people who were killed under communism in the 20th century (and the 21st in the case of North Korea) starved to death because of the failings of collective agriculture. Not th… --- ## [Supreme Court poised to strike down affirmative action in Harvard and UNC cases - let's talk about the ramifications (now struck down, June 29, 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-poised-to-strike-down-affirmative-action-in-harvard-and-unc-cases-lets-talk-about-the-ramifications-now-struck-down-june-29-2023/981710)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-poised-to-strike-down-affirmative-action-in-harvard-and-unc-cases-lets-talk-about-the-ramifications-now-struck-down-june-29-2023/981710 "2024-01-05T16:18:24Z")
There are existing threads but I figured it might be best to start a new one. The Supreme Court is poised to deliver rulings on two cases: SFFA vs. Harvard and SFFA vs. University of North Carolina. Rulings will probabl… --- ## [How wealthy would the wealthiest person be in your ideal society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-wealthy-would-the-wealthiest-person-be-in-your-ideal-society/994503)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-wealthy-would-the-wealthiest-person-be-in-your-ideal-society/994503 "2024-01-03T23:05:26Z")
How wealthy would the wealthiest person be in your ideal society? Where would their wealth come from? In my ideal society (assuming money still exists) the wealthiest person would be a single digit millionaire (on the … --- ## [Is Judith Thomson’s abortion analogy valid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-judith-thomson-s-abortion-analogy-valid/994716)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-judith-thomson-s-abortion-analogy-valid/994716 "2024-01-01T02:32:19Z")
In her essay A Defense of Abortion Judith Thomson uses the example of someone being sick and needing Henry Fonda to touch them to save their life as an example of a need not representing an obligation on someone else’s p… --- ## [Why Not View "Super Wealthy" as "Super Greedy", not "Super Successful"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-view-super-wealthy-as-super-greedy-not-super-successful/283824)
**Author:** [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-view-super-wealthy-as-super-greedy-not-super-successful/283824 "2023-12-30T18:02:52Z")
Why is it admirable for Mr./Ms. X to pay their employees peanuts in order to retain earnings for themselves? Wouldn’t they be more worthy of respect if they chose to share the profits with the employees who earned them? … --- ## [Why would gays choose to be Catholic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-gays-choose-to-be-catholic/994826)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-gays-choose-to-be-catholic/994826 "2023-12-25T02:08:02Z")
The RC church recently announced that gay couples could be blessed, tho not married. I was raised Roman Catholic, but have been Atheist since grade school. I do not understand why someone who believes in Christ would f… --- ## [Is there a place for "Sanctity" in a modern society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-for-sanctity-in-a-modern-society/991028)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-for-sanctity-in-a-modern-society/991028 "2023-12-18T07:01:04Z")
Previous conversationI agree with everything he says so far, but his conclusion seems exactly backwards to me. Haidt is arguing that because most people would be offput by a man having sex with a chicken despite nobody… --- ## [Legal merits and flaws of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-merits-and-flaws-of-dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization/967201)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-merits-and-flaws-of-dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization/967201 "2023-12-15T16:48:07Z")
This is the thread to discuss the legal merits and flaws of the Dobbs decision. Question before the Court: Whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional. Full docket here: Docket … --- ## [The case against Lee H. Oswald](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-against-lee-h-oswald/993643)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 326\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-against-lee-h-oswald/993643 "2023-12-12T21:16:33Z")
I know it’s been done to death around here, but we did just pass the 60th anniversary milestone of JFK’s assassination. And I follow a page on Instagram called real-time1960s, which provides day for day news reports as … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=17)