# Great Debates **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=98 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 99 --- ## [Why does it seem like women do less bad things than men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-like-women-do-less-bad-things-than-men/773443)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-like-women-do-less-bad-things-than-men/773443 "2018-03-24T12:40:04Z")
According to the stats, nearly 90 percent of murderers are men, more men abuse animals, more men kill their spouses, the majority of (and the vast majority of convicted) sex offenders are men, and men also commit more mi… --- ## [Do Gun control laws work? Who can prove this wiki informaiton false?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-gun-control-laws-work-who-can-prove-this-wiki-informaiton-false/810498)
**Author:** [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-gun-control-laws-work-who-can-prove-this-wiki-informaiton-false/810498 "2018-03-23T19:23:23Z")
The USA is rated 8th in the world regarding total murders ( USA has a large population ) and 94th regarding murder rates (per 100,000 inhabitants However, if you take out Chicago, Detroit, Washington DC, St. Louis, a… --- ## [Would murder and/or death rates rise, or lower, if the 2nd Amendment was abolished?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-murder-and-or-death-rates-rise-or-lower-if-the-2nd-amendment-was-abolished/810491)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-murder-and-or-death-rates-rise-or-lower-if-the-2nd-amendment-was-abolished/810491 "2018-03-23T15:08:16Z")
NOTE: This is not a claim that this is the only reason to for the 2nd Amendment. This thread is for the discussion of claims that the murder rate and/or the total death rate(including accidents and suicides) would go up… --- ## ["Citizens for Sane Government"-Could this work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizens-for-sane-government-could-this-work/811000)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizens-for-sane-government-could-this-work/811000 "2018-03-23T11:27:46Z")
Start a PAC with the above name. Say that every election year you will target an equal number of Democrats and Republicans based solely on “The Crazy Factor”. You will accept $$$ from people of either party or no party… --- ## [Will the pro amnesty and sanctuary city movements hurt democrats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-pro-amnesty-and-sanctuary-city-movements-hurt-democrats/810956)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-pro-amnesty-and-sanctuary-city-movements-hurt-democrats/810956 "2018-03-22T18:54:23Z")
HEREis a recent article slamming sanctuary city movements in California. An interesting aspect is that persons who have had a relative die by the hands of illegal immigrants, They are called “Angel Families” feel snubbed… --- ## [Are trade wars good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-trade-wars-good/809902)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-trade-wars-good/809902 "2018-03-22T13:13:05Z")
Donald Trump, in defending his proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum, sent the above message to his Twitter followers. I suspect that he hasn’t really thought this through carefully. Is it possible, even “easy”, to win… --- ## [Stephen Hawking eulogies and ableism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-hawking-eulogies-and-ableism/810608)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-hawking-eulogies-and-ableism/810608 "2018-03-21T15:06:52Z")
A friend linked on FB to this Yahoo article in which people are denouncing some of the tone and content of the coverage of the death of Stephen Hawking. Typical example: “Today’s a day to avoid people. It’s too difficul… --- ## [Democrats and Farrakhan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-and-farrakhan/810237)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-and-farrakhan/810237 "2018-03-21T12:45:51Z")
Why Won’t Women’s March Leaders Denounce Louis Farrakhan’s Anti-Semitism? Louis Farrakhan’s anti-Semitism and the silence of the left So is racism such a nuanced issue? Or is there something different about anti-Semi… --- ## [Alternative history...USSR joins Axis in 1940](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-history-ussr-joins-axis-in-1940/810605)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-history-ussr-joins-axis-in-1940/810605 "2018-03-21T02:53:28Z")
This is another what-if scenario based on this video. As with the last one, you don’t have to watch the video (this one isn’t narrated and is a bit cruder than the last). Also, as with the last one, don’t tell me all t… --- ## [was vito genevese responsible for the modren drug problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-vito-genevese-responsible-for-the-modren-drug-problem/810752)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-vito-genevese-responsible-for-the-modren-drug-problem/810752 "2018-03-19T20:50:17Z")
I’m watching a show called "mafias greatest hits " and they did a bio of vito and it seems that many of the of the old law enforcement community say that he laid the ground work for the post ww2 drug problem in America… --- ## [Gun control background check idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-control-background-check-idea/810702)
**Author:** [@ChickenLegs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChickenLegs)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-control-background-check-idea/810702 "2018-03-18T23:33:34Z")
Inspired by another thread. What’s the flaw in this idea, to reduce the frequency of prohibited persons acquiring and possessing firearms, especially those obtained from private sales: • Every person upon turning 18 ye… --- ## [Is a trade deficit such a bad thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-trade-deficit-such-a-bad-thing/810599)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-trade-deficit-such-a-bad-thing/810599 "2018-03-18T20:26:01Z")
Sorry if this has been hashed out before (I don’t follow GD too closely) but does it really matter that much that each and every country buy and sell equal amounts with each country that they trade with? Should anyone ca… --- ## [Libya too?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 1928\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-too/571595 "2018-03-18T19:27:15Z")
Apparently. Hm. I thought the protests were scheduled for tomorrow. (See here.) Guess they got impatient. Just how stable/popular is Qaddafi’s regime, these days? --- ## [FBI announces ongoing Russian attacks against American electric grid, water processing, air](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-announces-ongoing-russian-attacks-against-american-electric-grid-water-processing-air/810635)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-announces-ongoing-russian-attacks-against-american-electric-grid-water-processing-air/810635 "2018-03-18T02:37:50Z")
Bloomberg reports that These attacks have been traced back to at least March 2016. There are side references to the cyberattacks in the US sanctions that were just issued. I don’t think those sanctions alone will be … --- ## [We should end homelessness in America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-end-homelessness-in-america/810137)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-end-homelessness-in-america/810137 "2018-03-17T21:18:30Z")
In the richest nation on earth, it’s a disgrace that we still have people living on the streets. The solution is simple: give homeless people homes. Not only is it the humane thing to do, it’s savestaxpayer’s money. --- ## [Drawing the Line Between Free Speech and Terrorism.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drawing-the-line-between-free-speech-and-terrorism/810439)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drawing-the-line-between-free-speech-and-terrorism/810439 "2018-03-17T04:04:02Z")
I live in Michigan. And I am a little puzzled and perhaps dismayed by recent stories in the news of high school students, no less, charged with terrorism. It is a 20-year felony. These young foolish men are not even lega… --- ## ["Ebonics"/African American Vernacular English and education](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebonics-african-american-vernacular-english-and-education/810250)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebonics-african-american-vernacular-english-and-education/810250 "2018-03-16T01:19:32Z")
Inspired by this article: Many black kids in America grow up speaking African American Vernacular English (AAVE) as their native language. As children, many develop fluency early on in standard American English, but … --- ## [Is "globalist" an alt-right term for "Jew"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-globalist-an-alt-right-term-for-jew/810218)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-globalist-an-alt-right-term-for-jew/810218 "2018-03-15T21:52:39Z")
A Huff Post article talks about a Fox News reporter using the word “globalist” to describe Gary Cohn in a question to Sarah Huckabee. The article said that “globalist” is an alt-right term for Jew. Is this a common dog… --- ## [Donald Trump-Guardian Of The Galaxy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-guardian-of-the-galaxy/810524)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-guardian-of-the-galaxy/810524 "2018-03-15T21:13:36Z")
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants to create a U.S. “Space Force” during a speech before service members at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego. Isn’t this something we should be working against? I… --- ## [Suppose nuclear weapons were invented 1,000 years ago. Would we still be here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-nuclear-weapons-were-invented-1-000-years-ago-would-we-still-be-here/809290)
**Author:** [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-nuclear-weapons-were-invented-1-000-years-ago-would-we-still-be-here/809290 "2018-03-15T19:41:08Z")
Suppose nuclear weapons were invented 1,000 years ago. Would we still be here? --- ## [Arming teachers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Replies:** 891\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927 "2018-03-15T18:43:50Z")
Yeah, I know how this thread’s going to go. But I slept on the idea, and decided to say to hell with it and go forward. Honestly though, I don’t know if this is a debate or not, because I’m “just asking questions”. But I… --- ## [Default Yes Immigration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/default-yes-immigration/806975)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/default-yes-immigration/806975 "2018-03-15T13:09:41Z")
I want to ask this question non-rhetorically: what if our only limits on immigration were based on actual reasons for denying an individual? So here’s the proposal. If someone wants to move to the United States, they ne… --- ## [The Atlantic- The Last Temptation- Evangelicals in the Age of Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atlantic-the-last-temptation-evangelicals-in-the-age-of-trump/810517)
**Author:** [@Bassman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bassman)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atlantic-the-last-temptation-evangelicals-in-the-age-of-trump/810517 "2018-03-14T22:39:43Z")
Former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson wrote an lengthy article in the Atlantic criticizing the embrace of President Donald Trump by a substantial majority of white evangelicals. I found this very interesting and wanted… --- ## [The Root Cause(s) of Homelessness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-root-cause-s-of-homelessness/810227)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-root-cause-s-of-homelessness/810227 "2018-03-14T16:17:15Z")
In another thread on the topic of homelessness, it was said more than once that giving the poor housing and/or other support was pretty much addressing the symptoms instead of the disease itself, and that it would be bet… --- ## [What if the United States maintained a nuclear monopoly after WWII?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-united-states-maintained-a-nuclear-monopoly-after-wwii/810057)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-united-states-maintained-a-nuclear-monopoly-after-wwii/810057 "2018-03-14T14:01:24Z")
Imagine an alternative history scenario, where the United States was able to maintain a monopoly on the possession of nuclear weapons from WWII to the present. We credibly threatened to nuke anyone that tried to develop … --- ## [What if citizenship were an asset that one could sell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-citizenship-were-an-asset-that-one-could-sell/810478)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-citizenship-were-an-asset-that-one-could-sell/810478 "2018-03-14T13:40:49Z")
Imagine that United States citizens could sell/trade/transfer their citizenship to another person (at the expense of forfeiting their own citizenship). What effect would it have on society? How much would a citizenship … --- ## [What do you think of the claim that the students from the massacre are 'too young' to speak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-claim-that-the-students-from-the-massacre-are-too-young-to-speak/809733)
**Author:** [@BloodStalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BloodStalk)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-claim-that-the-students-from-the-massacre-are-too-young-to-speak/809733 "2018-03-13T19:52:13Z")
I’ve had some people tell me that the students are too young to know what they are talking about. What are your views on this claim? --- ## [China: XI President for life. No N for you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-xi-president-for-life-no-n-for-you/809783)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-xi-president-for-life-no-n-for-you/809783 "2018-03-13T19:00:15Z")
So over in China, Xi is attempting to have the 10 year term limit on the Presidency removed. It appears that this will pass. Basically he can be ruler for life, which kinda rhymes with Dictator\*. Some Chinese folks did… --- ## [Firearm Related Studies Vol 2: Investigating the Link Between Gun Possession and Gun Assault](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firearm-related-studies-vol-2-investigating-the-link-between-gun-possession-and-gun-assault/810245)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firearm-related-studies-vol-2-investigating-the-link-between-gun-possession-and-gun-assault/810245 "2018-03-13T17:33:58Z")
The idea behind this thread is to discuss one specific firearm related study. Often threads about firearms meander a bit but for the purpose of this thread I’d like to focus on one specific study. There are many differ… --- ## [What makes an expert?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-an-expert/810284)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-an-expert/810284 "2018-03-13T15:43:38Z")
In the last few years (or longer?) there seems to have been a shift in what it means to be an “expert” when it comes to issues of public policy and social science. In this thread about inaccurate labeling of a gun, Hurr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=97) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=99)