# Great Debates **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=548 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 549 --- ## [Do women or men make better managers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-or-men-make-better-managers/489249)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-or-men-make-better-managers/489249 "2009-03-23T22:45:39Z")
While there are clearly good and bad managers from both sexes, some recent research has suggested that women make better managers than men. According to this article, a survey performed in Austrialia found that “women e… --- ## [What level of oversight should be given to TARP recipent compensation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-oversight-should-be-given-to-tarp-recipent-compensation/490329)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-oversight-should-be-given-to-tarp-recipent-compensation/490329 "2009-03-23T18:53:01Z")
The debate should be how much control/influence/oversight should be given to the compensation of TARP recipients? Obviously, there is a problem with self oversight. Merrill Lynch lost something like 18 years worth of pr… --- ## [Geithner "more time with his family" watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geithner-more-time-with-his-family-watch/490145)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geithner-more-time-with-his-family-watch/490145 "2009-03-23T17:26:03Z")
OK, yesterday Presdent Obama said he had “complete confidence” in Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. In the past when a POTUS says that precise phrase about a member of his cabinet, it’s only a matter of time before the c… --- ## [Would universal healthcare be more expensive or less than the current US system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-universal-healthcare-be-more-expensive-or-less-than-the-current-us-system/487175)
**Author:** [@Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crocodiles_And_Boulevards)\ **Replies:** 464\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-universal-healthcare-be-more-expensive-or-less-than-the-current-us-system/487175 "2009-03-23T13:35:14Z")
After seeing several of my family members struggle with severe injury and debilitating chronic disease, I’ve become familiar with the incredible battle many fully insured Americans wage with their insurance companies. I… --- ## [Adolph The Great?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adolph-the-great/490027)
**Author:** [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adolph-the-great/490027 "2009-03-23T04:26:36Z")
Let’s say that Hitler wasn’t a racist and his ideas (an actions) hadn’t killed millions of jews, polish, etc. He was just an stateman who made a huge bet and lost. To make it more clear, WWII still happens in this scenar… --- ## [Can a Governor pick and choose from the stimulus package?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-governor-pick-and-choose-from-the-stimulus-package/490142)
**Author:** [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-governor-pick-and-choose-from-the-stimulus-package/490142 "2009-03-22T07:12:21Z")
You see a few of them (Jindall, for instance) saying they won’t accept the unemployment provisions in it, but they will take this and that, According to Sen. Charles Schumer (who should know), however, this is not allow… --- ## [Christians, do you think the Church is doing the will of God (abortion)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-do-you-think-the-church-is-doing-the-will-of-god-abortion/488525)
**Author:** [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-do-you-think-the-church-is-doing-the-will-of-god-abortion/488525 "2009-03-22T03:42:00Z")
A girl, nine years old, had been sexually abused by her stepfather over a period of years. She was taken to the hospital when she complained of stomach pains and was discovered to be carrying twins. The doctors felt that… --- ## [Thoughts on AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-awb/489785)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-awb/489785 "2009-03-21T19:49:09Z")
I was thinking about the Assault Weapons Ban and the reasons behind it. What occurred to me is that the AWB was an emotional reaction to the repugnace by many in society to the proliferation of long guns that looked like… --- ## [The Language and War Crimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-language-and-war-crimes/490038)
**Author:** [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-language-and-war-crimes/490038 "2009-03-21T18:29:24Z")
I’m reading this article from Canadian The Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090319.wisrael0319/BNStory/International/home and it starts with the following: Further on in the article c… --- ## [What if: Balanced Budget Amendment was ratified in 1995](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-balanced-budget-amendment-was-ratified-in-1995/490214)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2009, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-balanced-budget-amendment-was-ratified-in-1995/490214 "2009-03-21T06:32:23Z")
How would the economy be different, if at all, today? If you will recall, it was one vote shy in the U.S. Senate from being sent to the states for ratification. Let’s assume that 3/4ths of the states voted to ratify an… --- ## [Abortion and Mens Rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-and-mens-rights/489376)
**Author:** [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-and-mens-rights/489376 "2009-03-21T04:06:46Z")
Should men have some rights regarding the potential abortion of a foetus they have contributed to. \<– I hope that was neutral enough language for all :slight\_smile: I am pro-choice is just about every single way but I b… --- ## [Global Climate Change: Mitigation vs Adaption.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-climate-change-mitigation-vs-adaption/489845)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2009, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-climate-change-mitigation-vs-adaption/489845 "2009-03-21T00:56:04Z")
For the purposes of this thread Anthropogenic Global Climate Change is to accepted as a fact. The topic here is given that there are real but difficult to quantify risks of serious effects from such changes, and that suc… --- ## [Lumpy plays devil's advocate on gun control](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lumpy-plays-devils-advocate-on-gun-control/488807)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lumpy-plays-devils-advocate-on-gun-control/488807 "2009-03-21T00:19:57Z")
In the AWB thread, I posted an open question to YogSosoth; I never got an answer and he hasn’t participated in that thread since. Which is a pity because the more I think about it, the more it seems that in a few lines I… --- ## [This is interesting: If you were married in PA, you might not be!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-interesting-if-you-were-married-in-pa-you-might-not-be/489933)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-interesting-if-you-were-married-in-pa-you-might-not-be/489933 "2009-03-20T19:49:27Z")
Story here. This is interesting. First of all, even though I’ve lived in PA for at least 35 years, I never knew that there were two different kinds of marriage license in this state. Secondly, if the governing body of … --- ## [Fully consistent condom use only 87% effective against HIV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fully-consistent-condom-use-only-87-effective-against-hiv/489999)
**Author:** [@marko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marko)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fully-consistent-condom-use-only-87-effective-against-hiv/489999 "2009-03-20T18:32:38Z")
From: Why the Pope opposes condoms Now, I certainly don’t grant much, if any, intellectual honesty on such issues to the Roman Catholic Church, but what I’m asking in this thread is: On what basis is that 87% claim adv… --- ## [Pope Benedict XVI and Catholic Jewish relations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-benedict-xvi-and-catholic-jewish-relations/483564)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 332\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-benedict-xvi-and-catholic-jewish-relations/483564 "2009-03-20T15:56:54Z")
The Pope rehabilitates a Holocaust denier bishop and is surprised that it throws off Catholic Jewish relations? It does seem that this Pope is undoing much of what Vatican 2 accomplished in warming Catholic Jewish relat… --- ## [Unpunished Government atrocities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpunished-government-atrocities/490078)
**Author:** [@jakesteele](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jakesteele)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpunished-government-atrocities/490078 "2009-03-20T15:17:40Z")
http://www.rense.com/general36/history.htm http://www.all-natural.com/part-3b.html http://www.whale.to/a/cantwell9.html http://www.apfn.org/apfn/experiment.htm A SHORT HISTORY OF US GOVERNMENT RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIF… --- ## [Your government balance sheet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-government-balance-sheet/490147)
**Author:** [@MichaelJohnBertrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelJohnBertrand)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-government-balance-sheet/490147 "2009-03-20T14:04:09Z")
I thought I’d post a question here and see what people think. Actually it’s two questions : a) What do you owe your government? b) What does your government owe you? Apart from actual tax refund/owing situations, obv… --- ## [What parts of the Bible ban homosexuality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-parts-of-the-bible-ban-homosexuality/489128)
**Author:** [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2009, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-parts-of-the-bible-ban-homosexuality/489128 "2009-03-20T05:06:58Z")
There is “man will not lie with man…” in one part, and there is the whole nuking a city cause its full of gays in another. (Sodom) Are there any other references? --- ## [Is there tort law in Libertaria?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-tort-law-in-libertaria/489667)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-tort-law-in-libertaria/489667 "2009-03-20T03:12:15Z")
From my not-so-nuanced understanding of Libertarian thought, tort law is mostly an abomination. I reckon that some room is made for intentional torts (e.g., if my neighbor does doughnuts on my lawn, the legal system woul… --- ## [It would be illogical for finance companies \*not\* to do this all over again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-be-illogical-for-finance-companies-not-to-do-this-all-over-again/489952)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-be-illogical-for-finance-companies-not-to-do-this-all-over-again/489952 "2009-03-20T02:32:38Z")
As a layman observer of the financial clusterfuck, it seems to me that a rational strategy for financial companies going forward is \[ol\] \[li\]Enmesh your company into the fabric of the entire economy (via mergers/acquis… --- ## [Sen. Grassley to AIG Execs: Resign or Kill Yourselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sen-grassley-to-aig-execs-resign-or-kill-yourselves/489746)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sen-grassley-to-aig-execs-resign-or-kill-yourselves/489746 "2009-03-20T01:46:50Z")
Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), has suggested that AIG’s executives should follow the Japanese example and resign or commit suicide. What are the chances that any of them will take them up on it? Okay, but seriously,… --- ## [Inherent problems with paranormal studies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inherent-problems-with-paranormal-studies/489370)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inherent-problems-with-paranormal-studies/489370 "2009-03-19T23:05:41Z")
So all or most of those studies on the paranormal pretty much debunked their subjects. So far, no one’s been able to prove that there’s ESP, ghosts, little men in funny hats, whatever. And I’m not saying they’re wrong. B… --- ## [Does God owe us thanks for making his world a better place?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-owe-us-thanks-for-making-his-world-a-better-place/489946)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-owe-us-thanks-for-making-his-world-a-better-place/489946 "2009-03-19T21:14:44Z")
Suppose you are helping your old father around the family farm. Now, there comes a point when you no longer thank him for fathering you and setting up the farm, right? There is a point when most of the farm stuff is of … --- ## [AIG Hearing: CEO Impressive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aig-hearing-ceo-impressive/489921)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aig-hearing-ceo-impressive/489921 "2009-03-19T18:31:49Z")
Anyone else really impressed by the grasp of the issues and calm under fire of Liddy at today’s hearing? --- ## [Is Obama playing politics with Veterans Affairs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-playing-politics-with-veterans-affairs/489758)
**Author:** [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-playing-politics-with-veterans-affairs/489758 "2009-03-19T17:52:39Z")
What is Obama doing to the VA? What is going on here? Is he using the VA as a political football to push through universal healthcare? --- ## [Town demands that convicted murderer is removed. Is this legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/town-demands-that-convicted-murderer-is-removed-is-this-legal/489979)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/town-demands-that-convicted-murderer-is-removed-is-this-legal/489979 "2009-03-19T14:55:49Z")
Given that I just found a story about this on AOL, it seems like the Guay case is getting national media coverage now… In 1973, Raymond Guay was convicted for murdering a twelve-year-old NH boy. He served a thirty-five-y… --- ## [Bernie Madeoff & Employee Free Choice Act](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-madeoff-employee-free-choice-act/489445)
**Author:** [@haymarketmartyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/haymarketmartyr)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-madeoff-employee-free-choice-act/489445 "2009-03-18T23:25:08Z")
Rachel Maddow, radio and TV host, played an audio recording Friday night of convicted felon Bernie Madeoff railing against the Employee Free Choice Act that is now before Congress. To say Madeoff expressed hatred and loa… --- ## [Military Dopers: Do soldiers/marines/airmen like Obama's military policy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-dopers-do-soldiers-marines-airmen-like-obamas-military-policy/489225)
**Author:** [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-dopers-do-soldiers-marines-airmen-like-obamas-military-policy/489225 "2009-03-18T16:47:38Z")
Do they like him as a leader? If not, why not? --- ## [archaeology \[vs grave robbing\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaeology-vs-grave-robbing/489488)
**Author:** [@mkmkmk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkmkmk)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaeology-vs-grave-robbing/489488 "2009-03-18T16:04:33Z")
I wonder whether there is a precise time period that separates archaeology and grave robbing? Is it a legal issue? If you take bones and/or valuables but do not sell them is it OK? Is it grave robbing only if you plunder… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=547) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=549)