# Great Debates **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=400 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 401 --- ## [When will the ENTIRE human race reject Christianity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-entire-human-race-reject-christianity/558176)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-entire-human-race-reject-christianity/558176 "2011-03-13T05:15:05Z")
In the year 3000AD will a significant majority (99%+) of humans on this planet accept that Jesus Christ was a \[criminal\] carpenter who was executed for \[serious crimes at the time\] and is NOT coming back? What about in … --- ## ["The anti-Obama people are just mad because the president is black." Discuss.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-obama-people-are-just-mad-because-the-president-is-black-discuss/574129)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-obama-people-are-just-mad-because-the-president-is-black-discuss/574129 "2011-03-13T04:19:16Z")
I hear this sentiment repeated over and over and over, from many different people, both here on this board and elsewhere. The Tea Party supposedly just exists because the president is black. People who bitch about Obama … --- ## [how to hurt a politician or a CEO of a company?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hurt-a-politician-or-a-ceo-of-a-company/574369)
**Author:** [@humanafterall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/humanafterall)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hurt-a-politician-or-a-ceo-of-a-company/574369 "2011-03-13T03:17:13Z")
I would attack their money. Most of them will roll over and show the tender belly if they have less money than they normally do. After all, it’s all about their dollars, isn’t it? How else might you get one of these pow… --- ## [Supreme Court rules in favor of Westboro protests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-westboro-protests/573222)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-westboro-protests/573222 "2011-03-13T03:09:36Z")
An 8-1 decision with Alito dissenting As contemptable as the Phelps clan may be, this is the right decision. Free speech is free speech. A quote from Roberts, who wrote the majority: Roberts is right. They were on pu… --- ## [Obama should be impeached](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-should-be-impeached/573547)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-should-be-impeached/573547 "2011-03-12T23:40:06Z")
The straw the breaks the camel’s back? The treatment of accused traitor Bradley Manning. For a long time now press reports have had him abused and humiliated in his cell. No sleep, being deprived of his clothes, etc. The… --- ## [Could France Enforce a Libyan "No Fly Zone" By Itself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-france-enforce-a-libyan-no-fly-zone-by-itself/574442)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-france-enforce-a-libyan-no-fly-zone-by-itself/574442 "2011-03-12T21:34:17Z")
I don’t see why not-France has a modern navy with a well equipped aircraft carrier. Its Mirage fighter-bomber jets would make mincemeat of any Libyan fighter that dared to challenge them. Plus, France has the ability t… --- ## [Obama extends Gitmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-extends-gitmo/573888)
**Author:** [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-extends-gitmo/573888 "2011-03-12T21:12:26Z")
Did I miss something while I was away? Where’s the liberal outrage? “The announcements, coming more than two years after Obama vowed in another executive order to close the detention center, all but cements Guantanamo … --- ## [Wis. GOP strips public workers' bargaining rights (not want to...did it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wis-gop-strips-public-workers-bargaining-rights-not-want-to-did-it/574119)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wis-gop-strips-public-workers-bargaining-rights-not-want-to-did-it/574119 "2011-03-11T20:51:54Z")
I confess I am unsure exactly what happened here. For debate is this legal? Will the protesters go home in defeat now or will this inflame people? --- ## [National Cyber security: Is regulatory legislation the answer (or not) ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-cyber-security-is-regulatory-legislation-the-answer-or-not/573768)
**Author:** [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-cyber-security-is-regulatory-legislation-the-answer-or-not/573768 "2011-03-11T17:52:09Z")
I have been reading ‘Cyber War: The next threat to National Security and what to do about it’ by Richard A. Clarke. There are some interesting and compelling points made on the vulnerability of existing computer system… --- ## [Is resistance futile? Will we be assimilated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-resistance-futile-will-we-be-assimilated/574261)
**Author:** [@humanafterall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/humanafterall)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-resistance-futile-will-we-be-assimilated/574261 "2011-03-11T12:35:16Z")
I recently read an article in TIME Magazine, concerning Raymond Kurzweil’s prediction of an event he termed, “The Singularity”, or, a moment in time when humanity will no longer be recognizable to us as we are now, and c… --- ## [Should everyone donate money made from Qaddafi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everyone-donate-money-made-from-qaddafi/574083)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everyone-donate-money-made-from-qaddafi/574083 "2011-03-11T06:46:22Z")
So beyonce is going to donate money that she made performing for Qaddafi’s son. Should Lambourghini donate money they made from selling cars to them? You get the point. --- ## [Partisan blogs and politics: influence and actual reflection of populace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partisan-blogs-and-politics-influence-and-actual-reflection-of-populace/574273)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partisan-blogs-and-politics-influence-and-actual-reflection-of-populace/574273 "2011-03-11T05:31:14Z")
So I’ve been thinking about partisan blogs. I already know that they are, to a certain extent, an echo chamber for those who already believe in the views of the admins/writers/majority of readers. (In fact, I’ve found … --- ## [Does Qhaddafi have any foreign friends/allies left?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-qhaddafi-have-any-foreign-friends-allies-left/574097)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-qhaddafi-have-any-foreign-friends-allies-left/574097 "2011-03-11T04:42:43Z")
Or is everyone just keeping the money and keeping their mouths shut? --- ## [Nostradamus As A Psychohistorian (Yes Its a Crackpot Theory)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus-as-a-psychohistorian-yes-its-a-crackpot-theory/574262)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus-as-a-psychohistorian-yes-its-a-crackpot-theory/574262 "2011-03-11T04:42:19Z")
What if Nostradamus was not really an occultic prophet but rather a Hari Seldon like psychohistorian who developed an elaborate system of calculation for calculating the probabilities of everything and thus succesfully p… --- ## [So does Vivian Schiller's resignation/force out from NPR prove or disprove that NPR does have a bias](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-vivian-schillers-resignation-force-out-from-npr-prove-or-disprove-that-npr-does-have-a-bias/574062)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-does-vivian-schillers-resignation-force-out-from-npr-prove-or-disprove-that-npr-does-have-a-bias/574062 "2011-03-11T04:08:27Z")
http://www.npr.org/2011/03/09/134389342/vivian-schiller-ceo-of-npr-steps-down?ps=cprs So did the board dismiss Schiller to prove that they don’t have a media bias, and demonstrate that they will not tolerate such behav… --- ## [Wisconsin orders arrest of missing Democrats. Legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-orders-arrest-of-missing-democrats-legal/573396)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-orders-arrest-of-missing-democrats-legal/573396 "2011-03-11T01:55:58Z")
(This may be a GQ question but given the political heat surrounding this figured GD was better…feel free to move if I posted here in error.) According to the Wisconsin State journal: So, is that legal? If it is legal… --- ## [Low Carb People- How to explain skinny East Asians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-carb-people-how-to-explain-skinny-east-asians/574160)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-carb-people-how-to-explain-skinny-east-asians/574160 "2011-03-11T01:39:36Z")
I’ll put this directly in GD, since that is where it is bound to end up. For those of you who advocate low-carb diets- how do you explain the relatively low incidence of obesity in East Asia. Now, I can only speak for C… --- ## [Paul's Authority](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pauls-authority/573338)
**Author:** [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pauls-authority/573338 "2011-03-10T22:55:38Z")
I was thinking about this and I wondered if there was an answer: In Paul’s letters he admits to persecuting the early church. I believe he says something to the effect of killing/beating the early members he ran across… --- ## [Is "Old Money" the same as 'upper class'? I thought money doesn't = class](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-old-money-the-same-as-upper-class-i-thought-money-doesnt-class/573387)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-old-money-the-same-as-upper-class-i-thought-money-doesnt-class/573387 "2011-03-10T22:36:22Z")
Ok, a very often heard phrase is ‘old money’, (although my sense is that the ‘no money’ people are the only ones who use it), but according to my magical sources in the English class system, (citeless stuff I vaguely hea… --- ## [Is world peace possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-world-peace-possible/574172)
**Author:** [@donnie\_darko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donnie_darko)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-world-peace-possible/574172 "2011-03-10T19:53:37Z")
I used to think it was, and the reason we still have war and violence is because of the greed of the elites. But now, I’m not so sure. The average human being seems pretty vicious; most people probably only care about th… --- ## [How do theists reconcile disbelief in predestination with an omniscient deity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-theists-reconcile-disbelief-in-predestination-with-an-omniscient-deity/573233)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-theists-reconcile-disbelief-in-predestination-with-an-omniscient-deity/573233 "2011-03-10T17:46:57Z")
The title pretty much says it all. There is a subset of people who believe that their god is omniscient, omnipotent, omni-etc but also that where they will be spending their afterlife is based upon their beliefs and act… --- ## [Discuss Cracked.com's list of 6 Important Things You Didn't Know We Were Running Out Of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-cracked-coms-list-of-6-important-things-you-didnt-know-we-were-running-out-of/572958)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-cracked-coms-list-of-6-important-things-you-didnt-know-we-were-running-out-of/572958 "2011-03-10T14:45:01Z")
\-Helium -Chocolate -Medical isotopes -Tequila -Phosphorous -Water I knew we were running out of helium, and I think I’ve heard mumblings about chocolate and phosphorous, but the others were a surprise to me. I w… --- ## [Describe God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-god/570319)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2011, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-god/570319 "2011-03-10T12:38:10Z")
For the purpose of this thread I am not interested in proofs and/or evidence, and I don’t care to read responses such as “I would tell you, but you would just…”. Describe the characteristics of the deity you believe in.… --- ## [Is the London Olympic Logo Racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-london-olympic-logo-racist/572994)
**Author:** [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2011, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-london-olympic-logo-racist/572994 "2011-03-10T07:40:47Z")
Iran says “yes.” Seems ridiculous to me, although… What is the dot for in front of the second “2”? There’s no dot in front of the first “2”. Is it part of the “1”? Or is it…gulp…a dot on the i? By the way, in Great… --- ## [Should Defense Lawyers Have To Return Fees (Paid With Stolen/Embezzeled Money)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-defense-lawyers-have-to-return-fees-paid-with-stolen-embezzeled-money/574019)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-defense-lawyers-have-to-return-fees-paid-with-stolen-embezzeled-money/574019 "2011-03-10T05:56:34Z")
I ask, becase the evolving Madoff Scandal seems to have hit a legal conundrum: Madoff’s “early investors” profited handsomely from his scam-they made lots of money. As we know now, these “profits” were a scam-they were … --- ## [Outlawing bi-weekly paychecks, could it work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlawing-bi-weekly-paychecks-could-it-work/572477)
**Author:** [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2011, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlawing-bi-weekly-paychecks-could-it-work/572477 "2011-03-10T05:19:25Z")
this was inspired by a comment in another of my threads… (caveat, yes, I know I will get the free marketeers up in arms that I am considering telling a private business what they can or can’t do. Just deal) Most employ… --- ## [If I were a dictator, where would be the safest country to stow my ill-gotten loot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-were-a-dictator-where-would-be-the-safest-country-to-stow-my-ill-gotten-loot/574059)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-were-a-dictator-where-would-be-the-safest-country-to-stow-my-ill-gotten-loot/574059 "2011-03-09T23:44:29Z")
In the wake of the revolutions in the Arab world, a lot of western countries have taken steps to freeze the bank accounts of Mubarak and Gadhafi. Even Switzerland, which has traditionally been seen as a safe haven, has i… --- ## [Pharmaceutical drugs should not be advertised to the general public](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmaceutical-drugs-should-not-be-advertised-to-the-general-public/573693)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmaceutical-drugs-should-not-be-advertised-to-the-general-public/573693 "2011-03-09T20:53:55Z")
On the rare occasions that I watch TV anymore, I always get annoyed at commercials for prescription only drugs. “Ask your doctor if the Purple Pill is right for you!” No! Tell your doctor your symptoms, then he will tel… --- ## [What really motivates people with extremely strong opinions on abortion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-motivates-people-with-extremely-strong-opinions-on-abortion/572308)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-motivates-people-with-extremely-strong-opinions-on-abortion/572308 "2011-03-09T18:24:36Z")
I’m sure some are pro or anti abortion because of the issue itself, but the issue seems like a proxy to me. For one thing (as a liberal obviously I’m biased) many of the groups and individuals who are most anti-abortion… --- ## [Ending Ca$h: The Public Benefits of Federal Electronic Currency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-ca-h-the-public-benefits-of-federal-electronic-currency/572264)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-ca-h-the-public-benefits-of-federal-electronic-currency/572264 "2011-03-09T18:16:25Z")
That was the title of a book (by David R. Warwick, Copyright 1998) that caught my eye as I was walking the aisles of my local library. His thesis is that eliminating physical currency (dollar bills and coins) and makin… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=399) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=401)