# Great Debates **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=638 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 639 --- ## [Brandon Rosario takes the piss out of Jews, gays, women, activists and valedictorians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandon-rosario-takes-the-piss-out-of-jews-gays-women-activists-and-valedictorians/447188)
**Author:** [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandon-rosario-takes-the-piss-out-of-jews-gays-women-activists-and-valedictorians/447188 "2008-04-29T23:35:51Z")
This debate is pretty obvious. Here is a news article explaining it, and you can see a YouTube video of the speech here. So, did he go too far? I for one think he was great, but we do live in a world where people get of… --- ## [Hillary: round(0.09287) = 10% = double digit win](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-round-0-09287-10-double-digit-win/447333)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-round-0-09287-10-double-digit-win/447333 "2008-04-29T16:23:26Z")
Some commenters were saying about the Pennsylvania primary that HRC needed a “double digit win” to be able to claim that she’s still viable. She won by 0.092871783666801926938643859703884% (as nearly as I can calculate i… --- ## [teeming masses belief in God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-masses-belief-in-god/446895)
**Author:** [@focusonz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/focusonz)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-masses-belief-in-god/446895 "2008-04-29T05:59:35Z")
\[QUOTE=focusonz\] For the teeming masses, which we depend on to a large extent for survival, their belief, irregardless of how irrational it may seem to some, makes a large contribution to their rational thought. \[/QUOT… --- ## [Wait, can someone just wake me up when the dem candidate has been chosen!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-can-someone-just-wake-me-up-when-the-dem-candidate-has-been-chosen/447246)
**Author:** [@JohnnieEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnieEnigma)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-can-someone-just-wake-me-up-when-the-dem-candidate-has-been-chosen/447246 "2008-04-29T04:11:40Z")
I can’t take it any longer! And now Dean is calling for one of them to step down. Of course it should be Hillary. She is clearly losing… so could someone just enlighten her to this and let me know when its over? For … --- ## [How much control should the Administration have over the bureaucracy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-control-should-the-administration-have-over-the-bureaucracy/446753)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-control-should-the-administration-have-over-the-bureaucracy/446753 "2008-04-29T02:54:53Z")
I posed this as an issue for debate in this thread on the “imperial presidency,” but though the thread went on for two pages, nobody took up that particular question. Charlie Savage, author of Takeover, describes how th… --- ## [Could a Hillary Schism Be GOOD for the Dem. Party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-hillary-schism-be-good-for-the-dem-party/446921)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-hillary-schism-be-good-for-the-dem-party/446921 "2008-04-28T23:24:13Z")
There is alot of talk these days about what would happen if Hillary Clinton somehow got nominated without actually receiving the majority of the nominees (I believe the most common way cited for how she might do this is … --- ## [McCain's Attack on Obama Re: Hamas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccains-attack-on-obama-re-hamas/447185)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccains-attack-on-obama-re-hamas/447185 "2008-04-28T23:11:43Z")
Senator McCain has been attacking Obama because Hamas made a statement in support of him. McCain said, among other things, “If senator Obama is favored by Hamas I think people can make judgments accordingly.” Link. I … --- ## [If it was Gore as the tiebreaker, would you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-was-gore-as-the-tiebreaker-would-you/446781)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-was-gore-as-the-tiebreaker-would-you/446781 "2008-04-28T20:29:44Z")
OK, let us make the 3rd assumption. It comes down to the Convention, and neither Obama or Hilary is budging. This is not a huge assumption, IMHO. So, the Convention turns to Gore. :cool: Obama voters- do you accept Go… --- ## [Sports or religions: What's more useful to society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-or-religions-whats-more-useful-to-society/446850)
**Author:** [@Duhkecco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duhkecco)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-or-religions-whats-more-useful-to-society/446850 "2008-04-28T18:59:19Z")
I’m not talking about whether you are interested in sports or religions. I’m wondering about the impact on society as a whole. It seems to me that they have a lot in common: They tap into some basic human needs and de… --- ## [Wherefore this ridiculous idea that Hillary "lost"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-this-ridiculous-idea-that-hillary-lost/446712)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherefore-this-ridiculous-idea-that-hillary-lost/446712 "2008-04-28T18:48:28Z")
I see this meme a lot, and it bugs me with its blind silliness. Obama suports seem to think their canididate has a giod-given right to it, and thet Hillary somehow can’t win or ought to drop out just because. You can ar… --- ## [2000 election: SCOTUS decision on Bush v Gore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-election-scotus-decision-on-bush-v-gore/446307)
**Author:** [@doubled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doubled)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-election-scotus-decision-on-bush-v-gore/446307 "2008-04-28T16:23:39Z")
In 2000, the supreme court voted 5-4 on a decision that effectively gave George Bush the white house. But I recall the court wasn’t directly voting on Bush vs Gore; they were voting on whether florida law allowed the sta… --- ## [US Army using Six Flags attraction to entice children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-army-using-six-flags-attraction-to-entice-children/446223)
**Author:** [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-army-using-six-flags-attraction-to-entice-children/446223 "2008-04-28T12:10:40Z")
Although this might end up in the Pit, I’m hoping for some reasoned discussion instead. At the Six Flags amusement park west of where Atlanta, the U.S. Army has an attraction called the “Virtual Army Experience”. Teena… --- ## [The Laffer Curve - modifications](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-laffer-curve-modifications/447120)
**Author:** [@Paladud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paladud)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2008, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-laffer-curve-modifications/447120 "2008-04-28T11:46:37Z")
In the interest of not hijacking the other thread, let’s discuss the properties of the Laffer curve. But instead of a frozen moment in time, let us view the curve as a representation of the economy over a longer period. … --- ## [Non-YEC Christians- Adam to Jesus in 6000 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-yec-christians-adam-to-jesus-in-6000-years/438888)
**Author:** [@turbopower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turbopower)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-yec-christians-adam-to-jesus-in-6000-years/438888 "2008-04-28T00:23:59Z")
The genealogy from Adam to Jesus can be traced in the Bible in a timeline of about 4,000 years. Here is a website that ties it all together using nothing but biblical passages.:http://www.hebroots.com/lul7\_8.html I thin… --- ## [Shin bet to (Ex) pres. Jimmy Carter "Drop Dead!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shin-bet-to-ex-pres-jimmy-carter-drop-dead/445452)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 330\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shin-bet-to-ex-pres-jimmy-carter-drop-dead/445452 "2008-04-27T21:49:01Z")
Talk about chutzpah-the Israeli Secret Service will NOT provide protection tot he guy who brokered the peace agreement! What’s this world cominmg to? Anyway, since doofus Carter isn’t representing the USA in this, I sup… --- ## [Hillary voters: will you choose Obama or McCain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-voters-will-you-choose-obama-or-mccain/446576)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-voters-will-you-choose-obama-or-mccain/446576 "2008-04-27T19:37:11Z")
There are numerous speculations among the various threads about who will choose Obama and who will choose McCain if the Presidential race comes down to these two. So, for those who voted for Clinton in the primaries, if… --- ## [How to make a creationist become evolutionist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-creationist-become-evolutionist/446808)
**Author:** [@OffLimit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffLimit)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-creationist-become-evolutionist/446808 "2008-04-27T14:47:18Z")
Before i start with my problem, let me tell u i live in Indonesia, for u that dont know, its the biggest Muslims country in the world … In here people still believe that evolutions is only a hoax, even in the schools ri… --- ## [Pro-choice "art" from Yale student...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-choice-art-from-yale-student/445735)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2008, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-choice-art-from-yale-student/445735 "2008-04-27T07:35:36Z")
Yeah, I’m 95% anti-choice, but can we all agree that this is just disturbed? http://yaledailynews.com/articles/view/24513 "Art major Aliza Shvarts '08 wants to make a statement. Beginning next Tuesday, Shvarts will be… --- ## [Possibility of being an Atheist Believer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibility-of-being-an-atheist-believer/446823)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibility-of-being-an-atheist-believer/446823 "2008-04-27T06:45:43Z")
I was just thinking about the current rash of atheism-themed threads, back to something I once said . I was especially reminded by something Liberal said about believing Der Trihs believed in God, but hated him. While I … --- ## [Why won't the DNC do something to fix this mess?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-the-dnc-do-something-to-fix-this-mess/446851)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-the-dnc-do-something-to-fix-this-mess/446851 "2008-04-26T17:31:04Z")
“All” it would take is to convince HRC to be BHO’s VP, or the other way around (I have no preference and would vote for them either way), and they could combine their forces and bulldoze over JSMcC3. Piece of cake, exce… --- ## [When/why did Hillary "lose the love"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-why-did-hillary-lose-the-love/446617)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2008, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-why-did-hillary-lose-the-love/446617 "2008-04-26T09:47:15Z")
I’ve never loved Hillary Clinton, but neither have I ever- until 2004- despised her. I voted for her husband twice and will admit I alway saw her as a kind of Eva Peron/Lucy Ricardo “I wanna be in the act too!” type, bu… --- ## [Update on those British sailors the Iranians grabbed : Iranians were in the right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-those-british-sailors-the-iranians-grabbed-iranians-were-in-the-right/445978)
**Author:** [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-those-british-sailors-the-iranians-grabbed-iranians-were-in-the-right/445978 "2008-04-26T02:33:47Z")
Link Bolding mine. Given that nobody got killed, I’m more amused than anything. --- ## [Give up Obama! It's your only chance!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-up-obama-its-your-only-chance/446723)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-up-obama-its-your-only-chance/446723 "2008-04-26T02:26:06Z")
Well, not his only chance but … He probably will get the nomination… the Dem powerbrokers don’t want to piss off the black vote. And he could win the general… but I doubt it. If he doesn’t win, it will be because he i… --- ## [Disrepecting corpses - It needs to stop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disrepecting-corpses-it-needs-to-stop/446788)
**Author:** [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disrepecting-corpses-it-needs-to-stop/446788 "2008-04-26T00:46:49Z")
People of most cultures do not like the idea of someone coming along and disturbing their graves and disrespecting their corpse. The ancient Egyptians took some pretty extreme measures to preserve their corpses, especial… --- ## [Bill Moyers Interview with Rev. Wright: Is it good to shed light?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-moyers-interview-with-rev-wright-is-it-good-to-shed-light/446828)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-moyers-interview-with-rev-wright-is-it-good-to-shed-light/446828 "2008-04-25T19:47:11Z")
Rev. Wright and the controversy that ensued over this inflamatory comments has dented the very fabric of at least one culture in the United States. Bill Moyers conducts the first interview with Rev.Wright since the airi… --- ## [The childishness of the negative proof](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-childishness-of-the-negative-proof/446714)
**Author:** [@focusonz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/focusonz)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-childishness-of-the-negative-proof/446714 "2008-04-25T17:56:49Z")
I must be the oldest and wisest poster on the SDMB for me to see through the dilemma of all staunch theist/atheist thread posters. I started this new thread because my point(s) seem to just get lost in all the noise in… --- ## [Reaction to "outed" gay professional athlete](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaction-to-outed-gay-professional-athlete/446546)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaction-to-outed-gay-professional-athlete/446546 "2008-04-25T17:06:14Z")
Last night’s Law and Order: SVU revolved around a gay NFL quarterback who was accidentally outed after his longtime boyfriend was murdered. In the show, the quarterback (who was touted as “the best in the league”, think … --- ## [How does that 'Mormon' cult get away with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-that-mormon-cult-get-away-with-it/446329)
**Author:** [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-that-mormon-cult-get-away-with-it/446329 "2008-04-25T16:30:25Z")
Are the people who belong to religious cults, like the one that got raided the other week in Texas, above US law? Are children born there American citizens? Do they have Texas birth certificates? Are they bound by laws … --- ## [Fostering Developing Nations: Can this be done Ethically?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fostering-developing-nations-can-this-be-done-ethically/446675)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fostering-developing-nations-can-this-be-done-ethically/446675 "2008-04-25T16:05:23Z")
I’ve had this idea for a while now, and think that it is a viable, if controversial, solution to some of the issues that third-world nations face. I want to lay out the concept for you as best I can, and try not to get s… --- ## [Who is your ideal hypothetical candidate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-ideal-hypothetical-candidate/444579)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-ideal-hypothetical-candidate/444579 "2008-04-25T15:02:08Z")
It’s hard for me to believe that anyone has to hold their nose to vote for a candidate in this election, especially when compared to recent previous ones. But there it is, in black and white. People refer to a candidat… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=637) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=639)