Post your most controverserial oponions

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We Need A Third Party

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Agree with much of Scott's ('overpopulation' is what the global economic system makes of it) and all of VPH's.

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Cognitively mature human beings deserve higher moral standing than infants and even small children.

I'll say the inverse of this--cognitive capacity, intelligence, ability to live independently, and level of maturity/development/decline should all be completely irrelevant to a human being's moral standing.

Also, expressing strong dislike for children should not be any more socially acceptable or cute or chic than expressing strong dislike for the elderly.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Cognitively mature human beings deserve higher moral standing than infants and even small children.

I'll say the inverse of this--cognitive capacity, intelligence, ability to live independently, and level of maturity/development/decline should all be completely irrelevant to a human being's moral standing.

Also, expressing strong dislike for children should not be any more socially acceptable or cute or chic than expressing strong dislike for the elderly.

Probably not something that I should have posted from my phone when I can't get into what I believe its implications are. For now I'll just add that (1) I don't think that what I mean by maturity has anything to do with intelligence or cognitive capacity and (2) while most adults probably like most children more than I do, and would blanch at my statement, it is extremely rare for adults to treat children as if they mattered as much as other adults, even though most of us would agree that we would be living in a better world if they did.

The second sentence/paragraph in my post wasn't directed at you, fwiw.

Wawa is better than Sheetz

This is just a fact though.

Yes.

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There's a legitimate (if profoundly depressing) argument to be made for the decriminalization of the supply end of prostitution, but 'consenting' is an disingenuous way to describe someone who may not eat if she doesn't have sex with enough people.