# Great Debates **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=861 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 862 --- ## [Men are attracted to lesbians, but women are not attracted to gay men...how come?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-are-attracted-to-lesbians-but-women-are-not-attracted-to-gay-men-how-come/315148)
**Author:** [@Thin\_Lizzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Lizzy)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-are-attracted-to-lesbians-but-women-are-not-attracted-to-gay-men-how-come/315148 "2005-08-12T00:47:26Z")
Ever noticed that men like to watch 2 women getting it on, but 2 guys getting it on would disgust a woman (and most men) how come there is a double standard? --- ## [Would would be the economic effect of ridding the US of illegal drugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-would-be-the-economic-effect-of-ridding-the-us-of-illegal-drugs/316551)
**Author:** [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-would-be-the-economic-effect-of-ridding-the-us-of-illegal-drugs/316551 "2005-08-11T22:20:27Z")
Let’s say that the government figured out a way to prevent all illegal drugs from entering the US. What would the economic effects of this be? What would the effect be if there were also able to prevent abuse of prescri… --- ## [How would you change the US constitution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-change-the-us-constitution/314473)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-change-the-us-constitution/314473 "2005-08-11T21:12:59Z")
(I suspect this thread has been done before, but not (afaik) for a while, so here we go…) How (if at all) would you change the US Constitution? I would: (1) Radically change the way presidential elections work, to get… --- ## [Spanish Muslim clerics issue fatwa against Bin Laden. Do other Muslims honor this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-muslim-clerics-issue-fatwa-against-bin-laden-do-other-muslims-honor-this/316538)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-muslim-clerics-issue-fatwa-against-bin-laden-do-other-muslims-honor-this/316538 "2005-08-11T20:37:53Z")
Re the story linked below. Does this fatwa issued against Bin Laden have any practical import for other Muslims beyond the borders of Spain? Fatwa Issued Against Bin Laden . --- ## [History What If: France wins Napoleonic Wars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-what-if-france-wins-napoleonic-wars/316507)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-what-if-france-wins-napoleonic-wars/316507 "2005-08-11T19:42:35Z")
Lets say that France never invaded Russia or had defeated the Russians completely and anexed Russia, or that Wellington was crushed during the peninsula wars in Spain/Portugal…or at Waterloo. There were (seemingly) myri… --- ## [Nominee Roberts Helps the Good Guys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-roberts-helps-the-good-guys/315764)
**Author:** [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominee-roberts-helps-the-good-guys/315764 "2005-08-11T17:14:03Z")
The LA Times reported yesterday that Roberts did pro bono work for the winning side in the 1996 Romer v Evans case that struck down Colorado’s Amendment 2 This revelation that he may not be completely sold on the idea … --- ## [Is God asexual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378)
**Author:** [@souroranges](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/souroranges)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-asexual/316378 "2005-08-11T16:51:51Z")
I’m too lazy to ask “the Guy Upstairs” (which is, of course, Cecil) so I’m asking you fellas. Is this an actual documented theory? Is there any religious folk out there that can prove of disprove this? Any faith can join… --- ## [Have unions outlived their usefulness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-unions-outlived-their-usefulness/311319)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-unions-outlived-their-usefulness/311319 "2005-08-11T15:18:47Z")
I applaud the union movement for its historical victories: greatly reducing child labour, raising the dignity of the worker, and acting as a counterbalance to the power of corporations. The easy answer to my question is… --- ## [Legislation to allow racial profiling of Arabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legislation-to-allow-racial-profiling-of-arabs/315314)
**Author:** [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legislation-to-allow-racial-profiling-of-arabs/315314 "2005-08-11T14:45:19Z")
Lets all go ahead and put the United States back in the 19th century! Wake up…not all terrorists are Arabs, and the vast majority of Arabs living in the United States are not terrorists. This is all fine and good until … --- ## [Russia offering trip around the Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-offering-trip-around-the-moon/316494)
**Author:** [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-offering-trip-around-the-moon/316494 "2005-08-11T14:10:43Z")
MSNBC is reporting that Russia is offering a $100 million trip to the Moon using a free return trajectory. I had completly forgotten that the Soyuz was originally designed as part of the Soviet lunar program and that i… --- ## [Nuclear power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power/315417)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power/315417 "2005-08-11T13:38:55Z")
Some of us were hanging out a while ago chatting about alternative energy. (Actually, it the conversation was about what little we know about quantum mechanics, entropy, science in general… and we were all dead tired.) … --- ## [Michael Schiavo: Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-schiavo-hero/315933)
**Author:** [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-schiavo-hero/315933 "2005-08-11T10:10:48Z")
By Maya Bell | Sentinel Staff Writer Posted August 6, 2005 Find the Full Story here. I, for one, am glad to finally see some recognition of the courage and dedication this man has shown. --- ## [Supreme Court to Rule on Military Trials?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-to-rule-on-military-trials/316224)
**Author:** [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-to-rule-on-military-trials/316224 "2005-08-11T07:25:47Z")
Recently John Roberts and two other judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Court overturned a lower court decision and ruled that detainees in Guantanamo may face military tribunals inst… --- ## [How did Japan get into the 1st World ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-japan-get-into-the-1st-world/315870)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-japan-get-into-the-1st-world/315870 "2005-08-11T05:39:05Z")
As far as I can tell, Japan was the only non-European based maritime country that achieved a self sufficient modern technological economy that could rival the most powerful country in the world by the eary 1940’s. I fin… --- ## [IEDs and how hard it will be to "win" in Iraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ieds-and-how-hard-it-will-be-to-win-in-iraq/316206)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Gene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Gene)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ieds-and-how-hard-it-will-be-to-win-in-iraq/316206 "2005-08-11T04:46:00Z")
This is not good. bigger, invisible road side bombs They are now tunneling and placing huge bombs under roads. How the hell does the US Army defeat the insurgents without sending in 500,000 soldiers to keep the street… --- ## [Windows Vista](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vista/315650)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vista/315650 "2005-08-11T03:34:01Z")
Since I’m a recovering Windows user (I still have XP at work, but I’ve switched to Macintosh and \*nix at home), I suppose this belongs in Great Debates. I was curious about the announcements for Windows Vista, and went … --- ## [Taser use still justified?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taser-use-still-justified/315269)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taser-use-still-justified/315269 "2005-08-11T01:25:11Z")
Recently we had a debate in this thread about whether or not police taser use was justified. Many people, including myself, felt that the police were too quick to use the Taser in the situation presented in the OP, and … --- ## [What if the U.S. Constitution were amended as follows . . .?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-u-s-constitution-were-amended-as-follows/316071)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-u-s-constitution-were-amended-as-follows/316071 "2005-08-11T01:06:51Z")
In this thread – “How would you change the US constitution?” – http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=327557&page=1&pp=50 – nobody really responded to my specific proposals, so I thought it try a separate t… --- ## [Christianity Simplified Though LOGIC !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christianity-simplified-though-logic/315842)
**Author:** [@migbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/migbird)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christianity-simplified-though-logic/315842 "2005-08-10T21:24:42Z")
The validity of Christianity depends upon proof of the resurrection. Einstein proved, & the Hubble telescope verified, that before the Universe existed…there was no time & space; there was nothing. Since something can’… --- ## [Iraq- A democracy fit for men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-a-democracy-fit-for-men/316095)
**Author:** [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-a-democracy-fit-for-men/316095 "2005-08-10T21:16:34Z")
The stated purpose for the Iraq war became the promotion of democracy (once WMD was shown to be a canard.) Now we will be complicit in setting up a system that will deny basic democratic rights to 60% of the Iraqi popul… --- ## [Science is screwing up the battle for America's minds.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-is-screwing-up-the-battle-for-americas-minds/312716)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 413\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-is-screwing-up-the-battle-for-americas-minds/312716 "2005-08-10T18:32:53Z")
What are are we doing wrong? Why are we losing so much ground, so quickly, at least in America? Even as great science is being done, the American populus is increasingly ignorant of how science works and distrustful of w… --- ## [Marshal McLuhan: Prescient Body of Work or Clever Sound Bites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshal-mcluhan-prescient-body-of-work-or-clever-sound-bites/315811)
**Author:** [@deevee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deevee)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshal-mcluhan-prescient-body-of-work-or-clever-sound-bites/315811 "2005-08-10T18:13:27Z")
The CBC is running a heritage moment (or whatever they call that 60 second slice of cheese) on Marshal McLuhan and his epiphany in coming up with “the medium is the message” We briefly touched on him in an organizationa… --- ## [For pro-choicers: Is there anything "tragic" about an abortion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-pro-choicers-is-there-anything-tragic-about-an-abortion/316136)
**Author:** [@El\_Zagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Zagna)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-pro-choicers-is-there-anything-tragic-about-an-abortion/316136 "2005-08-10T14:14:40Z")
Back in December I asked pro-lifers to justify the rape/incest exception to the abortion issue (Justify the rape/incest exception for the abortion issue ). Now I would like to examine the “flip side” of that issue. I wa… --- ## [Future of the South American Community of Nations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-of-the-south-american-community-of-nations/316085)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-of-the-south-american-community-of-nations/316085 "2005-08-10T00:21:44Z")
The nations of South America – all of them, with the sole exception of French Guiana (which is a department of France and therefore part of the EU) – are in the process of forming a South American Community of Nations, m… --- ## [Am I a Democrat a Republican or ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-democrat-a-republican-or/315937)
**Author:** [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-democrat-a-republican-or/315937 "2005-08-09T22:45:43Z")
(Wrong area, throw me in a tub of scalding oil and move me) I always get looks when someone asks me what party I agree with, and I cannot say either or so I will lay out some of my beliefs and someone can lead me to the… --- ## [Marijuana: The Knowledge of Good and Evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-the-knowledge-of-good-and-evil/315988)
**Author:** [@zacchaeus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zacchaeus)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-the-knowledge-of-good-and-evil/315988 "2005-08-09T21:39:57Z")
I use NKJV or NASB translations; if may be helpful to know that. Good Morning Class: If you will all turn to Genesis 2. We will bounce around a bit, I will try and preserve as much context as possible (as opposed to wha… --- ## [Ted Rall and 9000 US Military Deaths in Iraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-rall-and-9000-us-military-deaths-in-iraq/316263)
**Author:** [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-rall-and-9000-us-military-deaths-in-iraq/316263 "2005-08-09T18:07:05Z")
Although this is a factual question, I suspect the answers may be too hot for General Questions. According to his latest cartoon: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/uclickcomics/20050808/cx\_tr\_uc/tr20050808 inte… --- ## [A place for human foetuses in art?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-place-for-human-foetuses-in-art/316259)
**Author:** [@marky33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marky33)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-place-for-human-foetuses-in-art/316259 "2005-08-09T14:45:19Z")
Chinese artist Xiao Yu is defending himself against a complaint by a visitor to an exhibition of his in Switzerland (sorry, no cite yet). The complaint takes issue with the artist’s use of a human foetus head grafted ont… --- ## [Idaho Statute 63-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idaho-statute-63-42/315868)
**Author:** [@zacchaeus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zacchaeus)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idaho-statute-63-42/315868 "2005-08-09T13:55:00Z")
I found this in the Library at school and bought Two Tax Stamps. It is a tax law written in the 1990’s that defines the word possession and legalizes illegals drugs if the tax has been paid. I spoke with a local attorn… --- ## [Iraq Body Count report](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-body-count-report/315758)
**Author:** [@New\_Iskander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Iskander)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-body-count-report/315758 "2005-08-09T00:20:38Z")
Every time we read or hear from national media about another mass slaughter of civilians in Iraq, the news are almost always presented as another proof that insurgency remains strong and possibly getting even stronger. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=860) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=862)