tom sarbeck

I really must point out that in safe western countries (basically every western country but the US), guns are not necesarily prohibited. Canada, Finland, Iceland and Switzerland are good examples where hunting rifles are abound and in a few of them, ex military personnel can (or must) hold onto their handguns. Also, in some (though not all)…[Read more]

Can you explain what you mean by that? Um….the US is a shit show right now. I’m hoping European countries might start taking in US citizens on asylum visas. It’s getting bad.

The US definitely has some problems unique to the Western World and it is actually VERY concerning to many people in other western countries. A few examples: anti-…[Read more]

Yeah I really enjoyed the jurisprudence seminar during my bachelor. The difference between continental and anglo-saxon legal thought in particular was VERY interesting.

jakelafort wrote:
It feels to me like we are on the verge of a medical revolution

… and likely limited to the upper class, at least at first. Just like most new tech necessarily (in capitalism) begins with expensive prototyping.

Religions have simply resolved this debate, by the way. We’ll all rejoin our families, eventually, unless we end up…[Read more]

There’s no way to prove authenticity, or that the producer of the artifice or whatever is reliable or is a completely benevolent agent.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Passing on things I know that could save somebody’s Life, Liberty, and Property and standing by it is just one of many skills. I could always charge for lessons. 😁

The smiley face feels encouraging to me, in light of other lessons that seem more obviously one-directional. 🙂

@asianne I can move posts on Mexico to a…[Read more]

Enco is absolutely relentless in sticking his heels in and standing by a stupid point. Thank you for reminding us Enco of a skill none of us would like to have. Is conceding even a mundane point outside of your abilities?

Neither side of the debate ever fully agrees on the comprehensively and logically defined core issue of exactly when during gestation a fetus attains “personhood” and has its own right to live, and it’s practically impossible to do so. Every declared line of demarcation therefore is arbitrary. End of life decisions when the patient can’t speak for…[Read more]

Mexico definitely has serious problems to deal with. So does the US. I felt safer in Lebanon and Iran than I did in Newark and Detroit. I’d rather walk down the streets of Guadalajara than be a black person in a traffic stop by a US policeman. While Mexico is passing more and more liberal legislation, states are banning the teaching of slavery…[Read more]

Mexico is a civil war zone

That’s the most over the top overgeneralisation you’ve made yet Enco.

I’d definitely say that the US is unique in some ways in Western countries for the following reasons:

1. States have incredible power over laws including the regulation of abortion which is a federal jurisdiction in almost all other Western countries. This will inevitably lead to a sort of: can get abortion, students can learn about slavery, laws…[Read more]