magrimu

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   by magrimu 7y ago

   Some extra context from the linked Guardian article: >The opera house was in the news last year when it cancelled 15 performances of the musical Billy Elliot after rightwing media claimed it could “turn children gay”.
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   by magrimu 8y ago

   >These things seem very obvious to me. What is difficult about this? Clearly it's not that obvious, because all of your examples are wrong in some sense. Weather can be changed, medically dead people are brought back to life and peo
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   by magrimu 8y ago

   I agree. It's not an authority on right and wrong, but a framework for reaching conclusions. I just think neither the article nor CP's rebuttal covered that point adequately.
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   by magrimu 8y ago

   >Stoicism about personal responsibility, about changing what you can and accepting what you can't. Determining what you can and can't change is an (almost) impossible task on its own. The way you describe Stoicism can be used t
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   by magrimu 8y ago

   >Melatonin administration has been found to increase hair growth in a variety of mammals >In a randomized double-blind study of 40 women with hair loss, melatonin solution applied to the scalp increased hair growth significantly relat
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   by magrimu 8y ago

   > Patriarchy doesn't cause male behavior, male behavior causes patriarchy. There doesn't have to be a behavioral difference between men and women for societies to trend towards patriarchy. The simple fact that women bear childr