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901.
by apta 7y ago
Another issue is guaranteeing returns. This is basically usury/interest, and is the main reason the financial system today is messed up beyond repair, unless someone is willing to step up and ban interest altogether.
902.
by apta 7y ago
> That is how western society works. And for very good reasons. Is the implication that non-Western societies don't work that way? Or that somehow it's only Western societies that came up and all of them practice this behavior?
903.
by apta 7y ago
That's what they want you to do, because they think they're special somehow. Best is just ignore, and hopefully their house of cards will collapse at some point by their own doing.
904.
by apta 7y ago
I'm not aware that they are. It's a nice feature, but it might introduce unnecessary indirection is used inappropriately, that and the vast majority of languages get by without it without any significant hindrance.
905.
by apta 7y ago
With Java getting value types, record types, and pattern matching it will end up giving all the other JVM languages a run for their money. Today, Kotlin is much more approachable than Scala, not to mention better tooling. Once Java catches
906.
by apta 7y ago
Next up: why we decided to re-write our Haskell re-write in $HYPED_LANGUAGE.
907.
by apta 7y ago
Adoption is different if done properly. The adopted child should not in anyway be implied or declared to be of the same bloodline as the adopting parents, otherwise we'll end up with the same issue seen here. It's also important t
908.
by apta 7y ago
Hypothetically, even if it didn't harm the offspring, it must be kept track of who are their real parents.
909.
by apta 7y ago
A conservative couple won't use a sperm donor. The woman will literally be carrying another man's child, not her husband's.
910.
by apta 7y ago
So let's just enable this behavior even more, on an even larger scale? What you described happens, but it's not comparable to this. A single man's sperm can now be used to impregnate several women with a much lower barrier (a
911.
by apta 7y ago
It's quite bizarre how we got to this situation. It seems that some people who have nothing to contribute but to make instability and tear down what others have built will hide under whatever guise to justify their actions.
912.
by apta 7y ago
Because she's Jewish/a moderator of the Judaism forum?
913.
by apta 7y ago
I noticed. So many posts are being flagged and downvoted for expressing a different opinion (not unpopular mind you, it's just in these circles that want to live in their own enclosure).
914.
by apta 7y ago
Other moderators in different sections have made similar posts explaining their resignation, and they brought up compelled speech (they're being forced to use gendered language even if they don't want to).
915.
by apta 7y ago
Why are you accusing her of such? Where's your proof?
916.
by apta 7y ago
It seems many people are standing up to this compelled speech direction the far left is heading in.
917.
by apta 7y ago
We're not in a large scale war. Today, this behavior is seen as desirable, without realizing what the effects are. It's selfish behavior on both the donor and the recipient, and who ends up paying for it are the offspring and most
918.
by apta 7y ago
Conservative cultures don't allow this practice, they generally still strongly hold to the family as the building unit of society, whereas this practice continues to dismantle it. We're ending up in a society where people don&#x27
919.
by apta 7y ago
It doesn't change the argument. The fact that the father does not know who his offspring are (and the other way around) is quite bizarre to say the least.
920.
by apta 7y ago
It's not a solution. Not everyone is going to get tested before they get married. It's interesting how far left/liberal culture today mocks communities that have cousin marriages as "inbred" and "backward"
921.
by apta 7y ago
> The fertility clinic told him the kids would all be out-of-state. As if this excuses this sort of behavior.
922.
by apta 7y ago
> There's increased risk of inbreeding between these 20 people who (unknowingly to one another) share significant genetic material. Which is why this whole thing is immoral (not to mention dangerous) to begin with. How can you not a
923.
by apta 7y ago
> And we don't want to give loans to poor people because that's clearly predatory lending. Loans are not inherently predatory. Giving loans without interest is a noble thing to do. Of course, many people don't like that, a
924.
by apta 7y ago
> I don't think it's unfair to characterize that lending behavior as "predatory". Any loan that carries interest in its terms is, by definition, predatory.
925.
by apta 7y ago
And the far left doesn't even realize what they're doing.
926.
by apta 7y ago
Don't label anything you disagree with as a phobia.
927.
by apta 7y ago
There are Christians today that still uphold the rules in the Old Testament (e.g. not eating pork), as early Christianity still followed Judaic law before straying away from those teachings.
928.
by apta 7y ago
You read their original teachings and see what they said. It's clear that there was deviation from them. This is acknowledged by those who studied the subject well.
929.
by apta 7y ago
Modern day Christianity strayed from the early teachings. If I'm not mistaken even during Shakespeare's time, money lenders were loathed (because of them charging interest), and it was prohibited then.
930.
by apta 7y ago
I'm referring to charging money on money, at any rate no matter how small. There is no difference.

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