Autumn
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Autumn replied to the topic Don't believe your lying eyes (Enco) in the forum Politics 13 hours, 18 minutes ago
Autumn,
Although, within the context of the United States it becomes an unfortunate situation. You can choose to live in a state with stricter firearm regulations, but if neighbouring states are lax, then through trafficking and straw purchasing, their policies become your problem—a problem to which there is no i…
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Autumn replied to the topic Don't believe your lying eyes (Enco) in the forum Politics 13 hours, 19 minutes ago
Autumn,
It’s not a false dilemma. You’ve chosen to read the question in a silly way.
It is a false dilemma, since you can have both or even have neither.
No, for two reasons.
i) You’re assuming the question compares an increase in personal safety for everyone versus an increase in safety for the general public. It’s a n…[Read more]
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Autumn replied to the topic Don't believe your lying eyes (Enco) in the forum Politics 17 hours, 29 minutes ago
Which is the more precious value, personal safety or a safer society?
As with many issues, the answer is ‘it depends’. At least two complicating factors will be perceived safety versus actual safety and reasonable expectations of safety versus rights.
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Autumn replied to the topic Don't believe your lying eyes (Enco) in the forum Politics 22 hours, 43 minutes ago
It’s not a false dilemma. You’ve chosen to read the question in a silly way.
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Autumn replied to the topic Don't believe your lying eyes (Enco) in the forum Politics 1 day, 3 hours ago
If people in some states want to have lax gun control and all of the many issues that come with it (including wanton gun accidents and suicides, not to name injuries and deaths), so be it. I’m glad I don’t live there.
Although, within the context of the United States it becomes an unfortunate situation. You can choose to live in a s…[Read more]
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Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School September 17th 2023 in the forum Sunday School 3 days, 22 hours ago
However, that statement is a prime example of a non sequitur fallacy. It does not follow that the criticism of Islam, however hostile the vocal or written appraisal of it may sound, has anything to do with a fear or dislike of even a single Muslim.
Why do people keep conflating two separate things?
Three events…[Read more]
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Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School September 17th 2023 in the forum Sunday School 4 days, 12 hours ago
Reg has a short vid from Dawkins about Islamophobia. How to reconcile the positions taken by Autumn and Dawkins?
I am better looking, therefore correct.
Correct me if i misstate your position Autumn. Islamophobia is a valid term. Whether the target is Muslims or Islam is immaterial. It is not about Muslims or Islam. Rather it is…
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Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School September 17th 2023 in the forum Sunday School 5 days, 2 hours ago
World of Woo: A study into ‘truth relativism’.
As I started reading, my first thought was that it was hilarious this was posted on the New York Post—a publication whose target demographic is gut-feelers on one side of the political spectrum.
When I went to read the comments it was even more funny. I am surpr…[Read more]
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Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School September 10th 2023 in the forum Sunday School 5 days, 22 hours ago
The question is, which occurrence would be ‘proximate cause’ for the riders death?
So what you’re getting at is the family of the deceased should sue the horse, yeah?
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Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School September 10th 2023 in the forum Sunday School 6 days, 23 hours ago
And then there are jerks from the dairy industry wanting the Food and Drug Administration to crack down on makers of soy, oat, nut, and plant-based milk for using the term “milk,” even though no one who has tasted plant-based milk would seriously think it comes from cows:
It’s a bit of a strange scenario. The word ‘ju…[Read more]
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Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School September 10th 2023 in the forum Sunday School 1 week, 1 day ago
As the article so noted. The best anyone can do is go with known knowns.
The whole point is that there isn’t away to do that reliably. If you only go with accurately reported incidents, you’d get an underestimate, but if you conduct surveys prone to selection bias or inaccurate accounts then you’ll go over. Different…[Read more]
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Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School September 10th 2023 in the forum Sunday School 1 week, 1 day ago
Defensive gun use statistics vary considerably study to study. It’s not necessarily the fault of researchers—it’s a difficult thing to quantify. Issues like selection bias, poor sampling, underreporting, false positives can all potentially swing numbers way up and way down.
False positives tend to be a major concern of mine. For instance, if I g…[Read more]
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Autumn replied to the topic Have the Stones lost their touch? in the forum Small Talk 1 week, 2 days ago
I’ve never been that much of a Stones fan. Whether they’ve lost their touch or not, it would be hard for current releases to live up to their own legacy. There was a time they had the zeitgeist, and nostalgia is a powerful drug. There are songs of theirs that are drenched in feels and memories, not just for their ardent fans but for those alive…[Read more]
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Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School September 10th 2023 in the forum Sunday School 1 week, 2 days ago
You question asked if my defence would be the same if the target were child molesters as if who the target was had some bearing on the bigotry in question. Why would it change? Why would who the target is matter? If it doesn’t matter, then what’s the point of the question? If you understood the argument I was putting forward then the question had…[Read more]
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Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School September 10th 2023 in the forum Sunday School 1 week, 2 days ago
If not, then pedophiles have no relevance. The recipient of the bigotry doesn’t salvage bigotry or reframe it.
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Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School September 10th 2023 in the forum Sunday School 1 week, 2 days ago
Autumn would your defense of the term be the same if the target were child molesters? Pedophilphobia?
In principle, yes. I feel no need to defend irrational, prejudicial bias. There are rational reasons to be critical of pedophilia. We don’t also need irrational reasons. We don’t need additional hate and fear-mongering. We don’t…[Read more]
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Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School September 10th 2023 in the forum Sunday School 1 week, 3 days ago
i think the concept has to be about individual Muslims as opposed to ideas.
It doesn’t. Islamophobia targets Muslims and Islam, but it isn’t about Muslims or Islam. It’s about bigots, cultural norms and systems of belief that promote and sustain irrational, prejudicial bias.
If you’re talking about rational criticism then there…[Read more]
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Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School September 10th 2023 in the forum Sunday School 1 week, 3 days ago
In regard to islamaphobia it is pretty obvious ya gotta define the term. Are you referring to Muslims or Islam? Ideas or people?
It’s not one or the other. It’s about patterns of thought and systems of belief characterized by irrational bias and/ or antipathy.
For instance, there is nothing irrational about opposing honour…[Read more]
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Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School September 10th 2023 in the forum Sunday School 1 week, 4 days ago
My major issue with burning flags is I think most of them these days are either made or treated with synthetics that you probably shouldn’t be inhaling. I mean, no smoke is particularly good for you, but melted nylon? No thanks.
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Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School September 10th 2023 in the forum Sunday School 1 week, 4 days ago
I really dislike the term ‘Islamophobia’. I think Islam is a bad idea and of no practical benefit to anyone. I consider Christianity in a similar manner.
Whether you like the term or not, it encapsulates elements of irrational bigotry and unjustified moral panic toward the mere existence of Muslims in certain pop…[Read more]
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