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Dear Anonymous

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fenberry, Apr 2019: Dear Anonymous, thanks for commenting on my thread. I didn't expect to start a conversation so soon. <3
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4-Year Survival Plan

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gimmepie, Nov 2016: Alright, this thread is getting a little too broad now. I encourage you to continue discussing the topics you've talked about here in dedicated threads for those topics but I'm closing this one.
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Started by Esper

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In the Name of Safety

Esper, Nov 2016: It's the individual ones who have done the most harm in my country though. I'm thinking of the angry individuals who feel like they have no reason not to let themselves get killed after they've started their rampage because they're doing it out of...
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Started by Her

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Civic Enthusiasm

gimmepie, Nov 2016: This is not a thread to discuss the viability and biases of news outlets.
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Started by gimmepie

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The Ethics of Spending

Reyzadren, Dec 2016: I also sometimes crowdfund "non-important" things that are not related to some sort of charity for health or disaster, but that's because I want creativity or other technical efforts (on a low budget) to be encouraged and rewarded too. And no, I...
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Started by Somewhere_

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The UK investigatory powers act - Government snooping on a whole new level

Lucario, Dec 2016: Well, I just got an email saying this won't come up for debate again. Can someone start a pokecommunity VPN for british members?
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Started by Lucario

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MOAR TRUMP

Esper, Dec 2016: Nuclear power is, day-to-day, cleaner than coal and other fossil fuels, but if it fails it fails in a big way. Fukushima is the best example of this. There were some mismanagement issues there, yes, but a natural distaster like an earthquake, flood,...
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Started by gimmepie

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When you find out someone you know is a drug addict

Miss Wendighost, Dec 2016: I have not known someone who had issues with drugs, but if I did, I will try to get them help. Most of the time, they are just good people who just had made a mistake.
22   1,477
Started by Lucario

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Prepared for college

Nah, Dec 2016: The problem I have with the American education system is that it has not been about learning or preparing people for anything for quite a while now. Trade schools/learning a trade is nice, but in most first-world countries the need for those...
24   1,115
Started by Esper

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Heaven & Hell

gimmepie, Dec 2016: Please stop making deliberately incomprehensible threads. They do not produce any actual discussion at all.
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Started by Tock(Tick)

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Donald Trump's Administration Picks

(3 pages)
Stroker Ace, Dec 2016: It's gonna be Jesse Ventura all over again, I guarantee it.
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Started by Aliencommander1245

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Is marriage important?

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gimmepie, Dec 2016: Please don't revive threads over a month old.
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Started by LegendChu

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Human Race goes extinct!!! Can any species replace us?

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Nah, Dec 2016: Hey there. While I appreciate the fact that someone wants to bother posting in here, the threads you've posted in just now are all several months old. Rules state that threads more than like a month old aren't to be posted in (revival rule), so I...
30   1,568
Started by LegendChu

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When is a murder just a murder? [Terrorism discussion]

Nah, Dec 2016: To what it is now is what I meant. When you look at the word itself, terrorism simply just means "acts designed to create fear". That's probably all the word meant originally. Nowadays it's evolved into something a little different, and more...
16   852
Started by Esper

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Are online friendships "real" friendships?

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Del, Jan 2017: Thank you @Gimmepie for this nice debate, we can conclude that I'm insisting of involving physical and closeness to establish a "real" friendship, but in contrary you believe its not the case. I would like to see others what do they have to say...
27   2,102
Started by Mawa

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The Role of Celebrities in Promoting Awareness of Political Issues

gimmepie, Jan 2017: Please don't bump threads that are over a month old. If you'd like to discuss this or something similar, feel free to start a new thread yourself!
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Started by gimmepie

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Hard or soft brexit?

Hands, Jan 2017: I don't even know what to make of that last line. Is it a dig at the jingoistic and unrealistic view of Britain some people hold? The problem is, whilst any sane or competent PM would not consider turning us into Panama 2.0, May is neither sane...
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Started by Mareep123

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Shall we bump the Trump?

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User19sq, Jan 2017: It sounds more like he can't "stop winning". I just love how he declared a national day and nobody celebrated it! In regards to the idea he'd be replaced by Pence: at least Pence knows he can't make the U.S. a dictatorship or a totalitarian...
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Started by Mareep123

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Holocaust Remembrance

Esper, Jan 2017: The official remembrance day was Friday, but it's still important to remember what happened in the past and to be aware of the parallels surfacing today. There are people today who still deny that the Holocaust happened and people who are espousing...
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Started by Esper

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Should the Swastika still be considered evil?

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Sektor, Jan 2017: Whilst all the Nazi symbolism is still evil, the other Suavstika symbols are not. Simply the only point I was attempting to make. Not saying that one would go about wearing them on their clothing, but wanted to show that it has been done and still...
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Started by TheTopHatGhost

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Leaving dogs in cars

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Started by Esper

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Should health tourism be allowed?

Somewhere_, Feb 2017: To me, if you are going to have socialized healthcare, only citizens should receive the healthcare. That is the purpose, right? Everyone contributes a little bit to the greater good? If you are a medical tourist, you haven't contributed. Lets...
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Started by Mareep123

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Possibility of the USA leaving the UN

Sothis, Feb 2017: Kinda scary for the US and its citizens to say the least. Does this mean they'd be able to break the laws the UN has in place?
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Started by Arsenic

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the death penalty

Thepowaofhax, Feb 2017: In my opinion, the death penalty should only be used if there is undeniable evidence that the person had committed a heinous act such as rape, homicide, terrorism, etc. The person has to be pretty much guaranteed to be guilty with no room for...
14   1,357
Started by Nah

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Israel and Palestine, what's the solution?

Hands, Feb 2017: No persons since the second world war have faced the level of oppression the Palestinians face from Israel. It's apartheid of the highest order. Israel seems to be completely incapable of following international law, has zero issue shooting unarmed...
3   865
Started by Mareep123

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Now that the uk has decided to leave the EU do you think other countries will follow suit?

Ivysaur, Feb 2017: Admittedly, Greece wouldn't be in this mess if the Neo Demokratia Government in 1999 hadn't hired Goldman Sachs to falsify the economic data and hide a massive deficit in order to join the euro, because it simply didn't follow the rules, and then...
9   843
Started by Mareep123

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The Middle

Aeroblast, Feb 2017: Libertarianism isn't really a left or right issue on its own.
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Started by gimmepie

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Prison or rehabilitation?

Esper, Feb 2017: A documentary I watched recently takes the view that the 13th amendment intentionally left in a loophole that said you can't have slavery unless someone has committed a crime. Immediately all kinds of things become criminalized and people get...
8   1,768
Started by Mareep123

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"If you have nothing to hide..."

killer-curry, Feb 2017: well, for me to get into a country just for a travel, but then gets an order to give your own privacy to the custom might be not really that good idea. Ok, here's my thought about what's good and what's not. Good when they know your life...
14   1,525
Started by Esper

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What is the purpose in life?

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Somewhere_, Feb 2017: i can relate xD I think it depends on the religion. If you take Protestantism as an example: everything is a gift from God, and as a result, the value should be maximized. This is the origin of the Protestant work ethic. In this case, life...
33   2,571
Started by Somewhere_

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US Immigration Reform

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Majestic Electric, Mar 2017: While that is a valid point, what are the odds of that actually happening? You would need to have at least a Doctorate degree to even do reasearch. I would know, since that's what I want to do after college and I've been told I need a Doctorate to...
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Started by Aeroblast

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Nationalism

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Oddball_, Mar 2017: A place is a place. If i'm going to find pride in something, i'm not going to find it in a blob that is a place or country. Pride in a thing like that is meaningless. That *thing* isn't doing you anything. The people in it, the people that set the...
30   2,761
Started by gimmepie

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Genetic discrimination

Majestic Electric, Mar 2017: I think anything regarding someone's genetics should be for the doctors' and patient's eyes only. It's not the employer's business. Also, theoretically speaking, refusing to hire someone based on their genetics goes strictly against the Genetic...
7   1,246
Started by Esper

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education

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Florges, Mar 2017: Here's my issue with America's education system: it lacks developmentally appropriate practices. For those who do not know what that means, it means the children in our school systems are not engaging in activities suitable for their...
31   3,517
Started by pastelspectre

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Russia and America

Hands, Mar 2017: Russia hasn't threatened Germany or Poland. Regardless of whether the Americans were asked (though I've seen little evidence of this) or not, a massive build up of forces from an international aggressor is still aggression. In fact, the only open...
23   3,524
Started by Esper

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Where is the line of acceptable discrimination?

Somewhere_, Mar 2017: I believe discriminating is okay in the context of choosing between products and business you prefer, such as buying from a local water supplier instead of Nestle because you dont like that Nestle is attempting to monopolize fresh water supplies. Or...
1   659
Started by Esper

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Punishment

Somewhere_, Mar 2017: I am against capital punishment because punishments for crime are unquantifiable because value is subjective. You cannot objectively prove that (I'm using random numbers here) 1 year in jail is proper punishment for a $5,000 theft. Therefore, for...
7   1,025
Started by Esper

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Does the world encourage or discourage good behavior?

gimmepie, Mar 2017: We live in a world that likes to think that it encourages us to be all those things and we grow up bombarded by messages that say "be a good person" and "bad people get what's coming to them!" Eventually we grow up though, and we realise that...
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Started by Esper

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Canadian government to announce marijuana legalization by July 1st, 2018

(2 pages)
Maya, Apr 2017: Although I have no interest in it, It's been a trend for countries legalizing substances such as marijuana to have reduced crime rates and drug-associated deaths. I think it's a positive step. People are going to be buying and using no matter what;...
26   4,747
Started by Alex

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Bisexuality

(2 pages)
Sword Master, Apr 2017: I feel this should be said more, especially with how toxic debates have become, stereotyping a whole group of people is not ok.
38   4,114
Started by Imafroggy

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Going to war with Syria?

(3 pages)
gimmepie, Apr 2017: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-syria-air-strike-kills-18-allied-fighters-democratic-forces-isis-tabqah-misdirected-coalition-sdf-a7682436.html Just some more evidence of this being a terrible idea.
59   4,071
Started by Esper

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International Obligations

YellowFever159, Apr 2017: In a way "yes" and many rich countries stole or took advantage of what is now the poorer countries. E.G. Europe and USA are guilty of taking riches out of Africa
6   1,421
Started by gimmepie

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Family, Race, Religion.

gimmepie, Apr 2017: You know what, no. I'm all for open discussions with people of all view points - no matter how archaic - but I'm not going to sit here and watch this turn into an excuse for people to be openly homophobic/racist/otherwise bigoted without actually...
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Started by CamSpdr

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If you voted for Clinton, you have no right to complain about Trump.

(2 pages)
Echidna, Apr 2017: This is equal parts odd and ludicrous if I'm being honest. For one, I'm all for tearing down the system and replacing it with a better one. If you're condemning democracy as a whole, I'll remind you that the foundation of democratic government is...
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Started by Philosophizer

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Chechnyan LGBT Crisis

Masterge77, Apr 2017: One should note this is occurring in Chechnya in particular, a particular sub-division of Russia that's infamous for not one, but two wars in which Chechnya attempted to declare independence from Russia. Another thing to note is that Chechnya is...
18   1,439
Started by Her

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#prayforsweden #westandtogether

(2 pages)
Somewhere_, May 2017: I think the modern polarization of politics can - at least in part - be attributed to the American left's increasing egalitarian attitudes. Egalitarianism (with the exception of political equality) is fundamentally antithetical to capitalism and...
26   4,412
Started by Lipstick Vogue

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Government: Small or Big?

twocows, May 2017: I think making the locality smaller might help resolve some of that (so that there are fewer problems that only affect certain people in certain areas), and having some degree of direct democracy might help resolve more of it. Past a certain point,...
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Started by Trev

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University that is funded from public

(2 pages)
Somewhere_, May 2017: The index does not define having a better economy with economic freedom. It measures economic freedom (lack of government intervention, sound property rights, etc). Finland is not socialist, regardless of how its economy is preforming.
28   6,357
Started by killer-curry

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Democracy does not make a government legitimate. Nothing does.

Varius, Jun 2017: From what I have ready from the OP, he lacks something critical in his understanding of governance; he has an incomplete understanding of the use of a governing body, the social contract or the need for there to be a rather basic hierarchy for...
23   3,436
Started by Philosophizer

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Paris Climate Agreement Withdrawal

Esper, Jun 2017: It's pretty upsetting. The US is a hotbed of climate denial so anything, however mediocre, that could get past the obstruction of many of our politicians was good in my eyes. The deal was non-binding, didn't really go that far, and, yes, legally...
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Started by Pinkie-Dawn

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Generation Snowflake

Nah, Jun 2017: Just going to say that there is already another thread covering basically the same topic, so "flamebait" aside, there's that as a reason to have this locked too.
2   956
Started by PkmnTrainerElio
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