Mighty AC
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On 5/15/2020 at 2:43 PM, -1=e^ipi said:
Sweden is a more densely populated country. It is easier to spread diseases in densely populated areas.
Maybe it would have been more intelligent to restrict movement in Sweden then.
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My opinion - If it makes your life easier, gives you peace and happiness, then good for you!
What about drugs? Does your 'whatever gets ya through the night' approach apply to mind altering substances?
Though, I think unevidential beliefs, that hamper moral advancement cannot be justified by claims of a personal safety blanket...even if it were true.
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I'm diggn' this guy right now:
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Who would have thought a band could be so successful by appealing to people who have no interest in music.
lol nice. Their music was catchy enough, but the focus was more on entertainment and merchandising. As a young kid growing up in the 80's Kiss collectibles were the big draw, along with their comic-book-like personas. Paul was very solid singer, even doing some stints on Broadway as the Phantom, and they had a few reasonably talented guitarists over the years, but they weren't a musicians band. I still have a soft spot for them, despite Gene Simmons being a major a-hole.
I did manage to meet and talk with the band in the mid-90's. They did an unplugged warm up show, prior to doing an MTV Unplugged session. It included a collectibles convention and each band member put on a clinic for their instrument, then they did an all request acoustic show. Afterwards, they signed autographs but the lines were so long I wasn't going to my album signed before the cutoff time. With nothing to lose I just hopped up on stage, walked across to the back and waited for the band to finish. I fully expected to be tackled and beaten by the no-necks guarding the stage, but nobody seemed to notice. So once they finished they all signed my album and talked with me for 5 to 10 minutes. I still have that signed album in a dusty box somewhere under my basement stairs.
My dad had an old vinyl copy of Zeppelin I, that I found in a box and thought it was the coolest thing ever. My son will one day find my Kiss albums and ask why I couldn't have met a better band.
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How many on here had homework without their school years? I did and I went to a one-room school, and the teacher would stay after hours and help any student if they asked and she lived a good hour away. How many teachers that u know would/have stayed after hours and help students?
The vast majority spend time during prep periods/lunches/before and after school helping students. I also had homework as a student and have no problem with it, if targeted and necessary. However, far too many still use a blanket approach for the whole class. For example, everyone reads pp150-162 and do questions 1-15. There is little value to that.
The one size fits all approach to lessons and homework really only meets the needs of 40%-50%. Why bore the kids already well beyond that lesson or frustrate the kids still struggling with previous concepts? The numbers get even worse if classes aren't streamed. However, the use of frequent, formative diagnostic tools to gauge the needs of individuals and then targeted online, self help learning and practice resources can reach almost everyone and also lower the time spent on homework.
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I've seen a lot of concerts. The best one I've ever seen by far was the Kiss 1996 reunion tour.
I've seen Kiss a few times, including on that tour. In terms of a rock spectacle, their live shows are hard to beat.
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In the abstract, no, but your example is not real.
My example has been repeated millions of times over.
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So ... You're asking how, for example, Nazi racial purity ideas are different than Christianity ?
I wouldn't know ... where to ... start.
Person A is taught from birth that black people are inferior. Person A grows up to discriminate against black people.
Person B is taught from birth that a god exists and that god says homosexuality is an abomination. Person B grows up to discriminate against homosexuals.
Do you feel there is an ethical difference?
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AC look at the problems the government gets into, not major at all really compared to past governments. People spending to much of their own money, trying to get someone to pay back the taxpayer. HDS at its worst.
Let's look at Harper's record: voter suppression campaigns, contempt of parliament, lying to the public about cost of major programs, attacking our vets, degrading environmental protections, wasting and misplacing billions, breaking the law, lying about program investment, muzzling scientists, attacking democracy, killing the census, shutting down world class research projects, multiple recessions, worst job numbers in 70 years, cheating during multiple elections, etc., etc.
Supporting a PM already proven to be a corrupt, liar simply encourages bad, anti-democratic governments going forward. Canada deserves better than a PM who does not respect the law, democracy, transparency or accountability. Harper has to go.
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Harper is such a Goody Two Shoes - he should have just wiped all the hard drives like the McGuinty/Wynne gang. When will he learn?
A goody two shoes that headed the only government to fall for hiding information. In this particular case, Harper and Wright thought they had the Duffy situation under control, unfortunately the message wasn't controlled and investigations took place.
The same goody two shoes was part of a voter suppression campaign that hit over 200 ridings. He also tried to advertise spending and program investments, that were secretly clawed back in an attempt to balance the budget. This includes the withholding of more than a billion budgeted and approved dollars set to treat our veterans. During this campaign Harper himself even included the $1.2B in withheld funds in the total he claims to have spent on our veterans. The man simply does not care if his words are true.
Supporting a PM already proven to be a corrupt, liar simply encourages bad, anti-democratic governments going forward. Canada deserves better than a PM who does not respect the law, democracy, transparency or accountability. Harper has to go.
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Yes, definitely. They are entirely different things.
From my point of view they are very similar if not the same. In both cases we have people discriminating against a class of people based on ideas they were fed before they were old enough to think critically. How does a religious root to discrimination change anything?
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They get justice. Having a guy sitting in a cushy cell with tv and video games for 20 years isn't really punishment.
Your ignorant if you think it's cushy. The death penalty does not serve any practical purpose and is the type of barbarism we should be trying to outgrow.
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It's good for the victims.
How?
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The death penalty can be useful for good. Child rapists and killers should be put to death.
When it doesn't deter crime, costs as much as imprisoning them, cannot be undone if we get it wrong and is an easier way out than life in prison, what good does it serve?
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It seems that Harper's office is in hot water for hiding information, yet again. During the investigations into senators Duffy, Harb, Brazeau and Wallin, which has had Harper tripping over his own lies, requests were made for 28 pages of emails relating to the fab four. However, Harper's office, in usual fashion, simply withheld 27 of the pages.
The federal information commissioner will now ask a federal court to order the documents released.
When discussing Harper's penchant for lying Preston Manning once said "words don't mean much to Stephen." When voters support a party and PM already proven to be a corrupt, lawbreaking, liar, aren't we basically sanctifying their immoral and illegal acts?
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Why do you care what people believe? What's it got to do with you? Frankly. It's none of your business. You should concentrate in your own life. Put energy into that instead of trying to control what other people think.
This comment from a guy that claims to have a problem with misogyny as well as sectarian and sexual orientation based discrimination? Odd. I want a more ethical, safe, intelligent and productive world for my children. That's why I care.
The static, unethical moral standards codified in scripture hold us back as a society. Tomorrow's moral standards are almost always preferable to those of yesterday. Plus, people cling to these ancient and hateful moral concepts based on indoctrinated beliefs that are backed by absolutely no evidence.
The way to fix this problem is to hasten the already declining religious participation rate by removing the protective cultural cocoon and critically examining religious ideas, just like we do with all other ideas.
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It's really hard to see your example as anything but theoretical. I can't imagine someone like that - 2nd example - working in the real world without major social issues.
Yeah, people not performing a service for racist reasons certainly is a stretch. *sarcasm*
Do you see a fundamental difference between discrimination based on indoctrinated racism vs indoctrinated religious views?
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To those that call themselves Christian, does it matter to you that a real, living, Jesus Christ most likely never existed? Are the tales attributed to the man still valuable to you in some way?
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The question is whether they should be allowed to execute discrimination within the context of their work. The answer is 'almost never' but if it's easy for the employer to accommodate it, there's no malice meant by the employee, and there's no impact to the public then I think it *can* be ok.
I agree, though I also feel employers should not have to go to extraordinary lengths to accommodate employee beliefs that prevent them from doing their job. For example, the flight attendant that became a Muslim and then refused to serve alcohol. The small airline often ran into situations where the accommodation meant a reduction in service to their clients and/or an increased workload for other employees.
Maybe. I can't think of enough edge cases here to test my own prejudices in this regard.
For example, do you feel there is a difference between denying a marriage license to a gay couple based on Christian beliefs and denying a license to an interracial couple based on sincerely held, indoctrinated racist beliefs?
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Not in this case. She grandstanded and made this into a political big deal so it's on her as far as I can see. Even if she hadn't done that, and refused to do her job it might well be legitimate to force her to do it, especially considering legal marriage has nothing to do with Christian religious marriage.
Interesting that you used the phrase "might well be legitimate". In your opinion, when is it acceptable for public employees to discriminate based on their beliefs? Also, do you feel that religious beliefs are more deserving of consideration than other sincerely held beliefs in cases like this?
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There are lots of grey areas though. I'm sure one could be found where the popular sentiment would be to let the employee off the hook if they weren't expressing a religious sentiment.
Are you claiming that this is a case of Christian persecution?
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Jews should serve someone dressed in Nazi regalia saluting and shouting Seig Heil! Telling the Jew to get into the oven?
Or a black person under similar circumstances?
Just trying to see if any limits on personal beliefs.
In this example you have added a wrinkle to the equation that goes beyond personal belief. In this case the parties seeking a service
onare not simply racists, they are also behaving in a verbally abusive manner. Not exactly an apples to apples comparison, is it?If the clerks in your example happened to know that the parties seeking a marriage license were racists, but the behaviour of the license seekers was not abusive while requesting the document, then it should be issued. However, if anyone seeking a product or service is behaving in an abusive manner I believe employees have the right to refuse service and ask them to leave.
Edit: Typo
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Will it be despicable when Muslims do it?
It would be despicable for anyone, regardless of their preferred fairy tale, to defy the law and refuse to grant marriage licences based on personal beliefs.
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Without capitalism the government would have no money, and all those useless mouth breathers who now pay no taxes, or worse, need welfare or other huge government subsidies to survive, would either starve, or have to live in tin shacks like the third world's poor do.
Would you agree that our capitalist, market based economy would benefit from wealthier middle and lower classes? It seems logical that by increasing the minimum wage and thus raising the income of the poorest, we reduce the need for our safety net and increase the number of consumers in our market. Near 100% of income increases on the lower-middle and lower classes is returned to the local economy through purchases, as they tend not to be meeting all of their needs. Whereas, income increases experienced by the upper-middle classes and above is generally not returned to the local economy.
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