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by syops 5y ago
The Minneapolis police department is beyond redemption. That department needs to be dismantled and replaced with a new system. In Minneapolis this was the goal with the initial "defund the police" mantra. A better term should b
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by syops 5y ago
Except cops don’t really follow the law when it comes to policing the police. The widespread use of extra judicial punishment, the widespread use of someone being arrested with the sole charge of resisting arrest and other such tactics ind
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by syops 5y ago
I believe the defund crowd wants a dismantling of current policing structures and for new ones to be put in place. Police departments and union contracts within those departments are such that reform is virtually impossible without dismant
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by syops 5y ago
In the U.S. elected officials in a city are not directly responsible for the behavior of police. Often times when council members criticize police the response by police is to withhold or delay services in that member’s district. Police d
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by syops 5y ago
There is another possible conclusion. Namely, that what I wrote is indeed true as to why I didn't post links. This topic is sort of like an anti-vax topic. I can post lots of links that vaccines are safe and worth taking but if someo
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by syops 5y ago
A person sufficiently interested in exploring whether or not I'm right can easily use a search engine and find the research. If a person can't be bothered to do that on their own then I think nothing I post will change their mind
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by syops 5y ago
It's easy to find research on the topic. The research supports my view.
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Virtually all sex acts can be done in a healthy way provided both parties are truly into it. Porn has created expectations in men as to what women normally want and as a result a lot of women do sex acts that they don't truly like. P
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by syops 5y ago
I suspect that many of the people responding haven't read any research into the topic.
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Of course there are such people. I submit though that the number of women who consent to anal and like it is much less than the number who consent and don't like it. The same for various other sex acts. I believe the research suppor
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by syops 5y ago
There's been a bit of research into the destructive aspects of porn watching. Porn has normalized a number of sexual behaviors that were not common in the past. This is especially so for behaviors that are degrading to the woman. Wha
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by syops 5y ago
One can imagine a pandemic severe enough where requiring everyone to get vaccinated is obviously and overwhelmingly in the public’s best interest. And that this best interest of the public overrides any considerations of a purported right
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by syops 5y ago
The set theoretic definition of infinity did not come about in order to make thinking about large numbers easier. You are wrong in your perception on this.
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What technicalities with the definition of an infinite set can't be grasped by the mind? The definition is quite simple and easy to understand (for a mathematician).
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There is a precise, consistent definition of what it means for a set to be infinite. How is this a bad abstraction more than other mathematical definition?
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by syops 5y ago
Inflation makes existing debt easier to pay off. It doesn’t make acquiring new debt easier.
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by syops 5y ago
In 2020 California had around 4500 suicides and in 2019 Florida had around 3500 suicides. Florida experienced a 10% drop in suicides for 2020 and had around 35,000 Covid deaths. California had around 62,000 Covid deaths. If you are going
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by syops 5y ago
Public institutions aren't free to charge whatever they want, at least in my state. My college needs permission to raise tuition. While state funding per student has declined in my state the legislature has mandated that tuition be l
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by syops 5y ago
China uses armed fishing boats in their giant fishing flotillas. https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/19/manilas-images-are-reve...
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by syops 5y ago
A person’s hypocrisy has nothing to do with the validity of the complaints they make. A given complaint is valid/invalid on its own merits and the fact that the person making the complaint is a hypocrite does not invalidate the legiti
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by syops 5y ago
It isn't true that something is necessarily worth what one pays for it. This assumption provides for a nice way to model economic transactions but it isn't always true. For instance, life saving heart surgery has a definite cost
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by syops 5y ago
It's an absurdity that we Americans are used to, and have normalized, the idea that higher education is not free at the point of usage. The anecdotes and responses say much about the state of affairs in the United States.
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by syops 5y ago
While you are not shocked that this is the case we should be alarmed that a large percentage of the U.S. population doesn't care. They will not let this fact dissuade them from their ideological servitude to the GOP. That we have com
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by syops 5y ago
Masks have not in any way contributed to the problems you cite. Suicide numbers are nowhere close to the total number of Covid dead. There has been economic hardship caused by social distancing and mental health problems too have been cau
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by syops 5y ago
You wrote: It adds up to significant unnecessary suffering. The it, I assume, refers to the topic at hand. Namely wearing masks. It does not in any way add up to suffering.
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There are legitimate grounds of criticism but not legitimate grounds for talking about a mindset of conformity in the sense Siira meant.
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That’s a disturbing trend in the U.S. that is getting worse as time goes on. It’s disturbingly true in criminal matters. If crime isn’t too egregious you can avoid just punishment by having the resources to tie up the DA’s office.
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Wearing a mask is not suffering. If you think this then you have a badly misconstrued idea of what the word suffering means.
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Overwhelmingly we follow laws against public drinking, noise ordinances, littering, etc. How is following a mask mandate adopting a mindset of conformity that is different than following laws on littering? Consider the possibility that yo
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It adds up to something comparable to bringing up atrocities apt? I don’t see how. It’s not like the inconvenience of wearing a mask done billions of times leads to overall a massive inconvenience that becomes intolerable. This type of i

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