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Is it time to de-criminalize Pot posession?
benny replied to bluegreen's topic in Political Philosophy
With or without a law, the profit margin for Snickers would be negative anyway. -
Canadians divided over creation and evolution
benny replied to jdobbin's topic in Religion & Politics
vested interest -
In Toronto, people go hungry all the time
benny replied to tango's topic in Local Politics in Canada
-What you call a new natural state is, in fact, normative state. - We are speaking of families here, which is a very loose concept. - I don't think they pay for internet just because they like to go hungry. - Because without inter-subjectivity norms humans are nothing. -
Khadr should make us ashamed to be Canadian
benny replied to Leafless's topic in Moral & Ethical Issues
If you can make explicit the reason why you have judge appropriate to put "curing" inside quotation marks, you will have, I think, contribute enormously to the advent of a world peace made in Canada. -
Canadians divided over creation and evolution
benny replied to jdobbin's topic in Religion & Politics
You obviously have a problem to understand what a paradigm shift is. -
I find amusing that those who laugh at religion cannot imagine a more evolve future civilization that will laugh at science.
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Khadr should make us ashamed to be Canadian
benny replied to Leafless's topic in Moral & Ethical Issues
Just like legislating harsh CO2 cap can lead a country of invent technologies that can become extraordinarily valuable, attracting terrorists can lead to invent psychological methods that can be as profitable. -
Is it time to de-criminalize Pot posession?
benny replied to bluegreen's topic in Political Philosophy
Resting on a law is a bad idea. -
Khadr - Court rules he must be Repatriated
benny replied to Keepitsimple's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
I'm quite certain that you are right. Also, in 1996, the Khadr family was in Jalalabad where the father (Ahmed) had an NGO office. -
Khadr should make us ashamed to be Canadian
benny replied to Leafless's topic in Moral & Ethical Issues
Yes, if by TV you mean mostly FOX. -
Khadr should make us ashamed to be Canadian
benny replied to Leafless's topic in Moral & Ethical Issues
I have added this missing word after his reactionary reaction. -
Khadr - Court rules he must be Repatriated
benny replied to Keepitsimple's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
It reminds me that when movie producers want to go into horror, they often find an innocent-looking child and add special effects. -
The word "theory" comes from Theoria, the Greek word for contemplation or "the perception of beauty regarded as a moral faculty".
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Is it time to de-criminalize Pot posession?
benny replied to bluegreen's topic in Political Philosophy
If a lot of allergic people would die rapidly after their very first ingestion of peanuts, there is no doubt in my mind that it should be forbidden until we can discover before consumption which people have this allergy. -
Canadians divided over creation and evolution
benny replied to jdobbin's topic in Religion & Politics
Actually, science is given accreditation to an evolutionist (bottom up) perspective on those redundant sequences. I see science moving in the direction of the inverse perspective though, an idealist (top down) perspective. To make the later perspective concrete, think of a giant creating a chain of mountains or a mountain with increasing amount of ridges just by letting grains of sand falling. -
In Toronto, people go hungry all the time
benny replied to tango's topic in Local Politics in Canada
-In his purely natural state, human is a very weak animal specie. -To contribute to science, it is up to you to show not a single case of hunger exists in Toronto. - Since I have a study to back my beliefs, they cannot be called prejudices any longer. - Only those who kill to solve problems don't see the need to follow a line between good and bad. -
Canadians divided over creation and evolution
benny replied to jdobbin's topic in Religion & Politics
A series of family names cannot be qualified to be called a clear statement. -
Is it time to de-criminalize Pot posession?
benny replied to bluegreen's topic in Political Philosophy
Fate can be seen in people who carried a particular variety of a gene called catechol-o-methyl transferase (a gene involved in the synthesis of the brain chemical dopamine). These persons were about 11 times more likely to develop schizophrenia if they used marijuana. -
Khadr - Court rules he must be Repatriated
benny replied to Keepitsimple's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
The legacy that Omar can keep from his father is that one can go and live in a country where he can foment a revolution but what he should forget is to start the revolution before having enough popular support. -
Polytheism (mythologies) hesitates between creation and evolution by between full of monster-like gods who create the world by raping mortals.
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In Toronto, people go hungry all the time
benny replied to tango's topic in Local Politics in Canada
-Without redistribution, life chances would become skewed in favor of those already lucky. -To prove something false you need to find only one case; to prove something true, you need to test all possible cases. -You discredit this study because it doesn’t fit your prejudices concerning the poor. -Armies in the New World were opening the field for workers more than for priests. -
In Toronto, people go hungry all the time
benny replied to tango's topic in Local Politics in Canada
-It is morally very important to notice also that the reverse is also true. -It is much more demanding to prove something true than to prove it false. -Your belief is not supported by this piece of social science. -Workers and their bosses bear arms more often than priests and monks. -
Khadr - Court rules he must be Repatriated
benny replied to Keepitsimple's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
For generations, Afghanistan has been, not a state, not a country but one of many battle grounds of capitalism and communism. In this kind of situation, distinctions like civilian and military and child and adult are worthless. The Talibans, by having survived this ordeal, have all the legitimacy to be part of the foundation of a new nation and social contract. That international institutions try to make states agree on treaties is barely starching the surface of what political powers can do militarily worldwide and that Canada takes some refugees on humanitarian ground is not scratching that surface any more. -
In Toronto, people go hungry all the time
benny replied to tango's topic in Local Politics in Canada
- Other studies have shown people want less fat. - Falsification is proving something is false. - You are only attempting to stall any action. - Christians are opposing one moral with another. -
In Toronto, people go hungry all the time
benny replied to tango's topic in Local Politics in Canada
-To know anything, we have to do studies. - You are confusing falsification and verification. - I'm acting on the basis of the study's findings. - Converting lost souls is what a Christian do.
