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Autism
Back when I was in high school it seemed like every kid who was failing was suddenly getting a diagnosis of ADD or ADHD. Today the "fashionable" diagnosis seems to be Autism or Aspergers. My 7 year old daughter has cerebral palsy due to extreme prematurity. She has physical limitations which require her to use a wheelchair…
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Parents Foot the Bill to Freeze Daughters' Eggs
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/us/eager-for-grandchildren-and-putting-daughters-eggs-in-freezer.html?_r=1&smid=FB-nytimes&WT.mc_id=US-E-FB-SM-LIN-SEG-051412-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click Honestly, this is just creepy to me. Since when is my decision to reproduce or not a "family decision"? If my parents want another baby…
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Science: Analytic Thinking Promotes Religious Disbelief
This just in from Science: full text: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/336/6080/493.full.pdf?sid=3c3e72bd-acc6-47e1-9b6c-2f1ec212b76f write up in the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-religion-analytical-thinking-20120427,0,5374010.story
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You might be racist if......
I tried to search for a list, I was sure someone would have created one. Really couldn’t find one so, I’m starting my own list that you can add to using some things I thought of, I found and/or pieced together. I decided to do this due to a number of debates including accusations and questions about racism. Personally,…
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Congressional reform act of 2012
You gotta read this So I got this email today what do you guys think? Pro's/Con's Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling: "I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of…
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Female Body builders
How do you feel about it? Too much? Any good reason a woman should want to look this way? Personally I could care less what anyone wants to do with their own body, and in this instance it's all about preference. My preference is to look feminine and curvy. But I then again I have the body type for it, if I didn't have…
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50 Shades of Grey
Good morning! So I saw a clip on the news this morning that some libraries are banning these books for being "too hot and racy". I haven't read them yet but I don't believe that any book should be banned from a public library... has anyone in here read them? Opinions?
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Judge awards winnings to woman who threw away
A woman finds a lotto ticket worth $1million and a judge has ordered her to pay it back to the woman who threw it away. The woman is claiming she cannot pay it back as she has gifted money to her children and bought a truck. Oh, the store clerk tried to get some money out of this too... I think this is complete BS!…
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DNA collection are, does it violate rights?
Heya guys saw this subject on the news this morning and immediately thought about you guys. The ACLU brought suit, challenging the warrantless collection and search of DNA from mere arrestees as violating the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures. A three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit…
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Doing the right thing?
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/young-rangers-fan-cries-inconsiderate-neighbors-keep-baseball-054131053.html Just watched this and the couple infuriated me.. Many of the Yahoo comments said things such as, " So if a kids is crying you have to give him what he wants?" or " so you have to give a kid a ball…
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I had no idea!
First off... I've never had one of my threads locked! Second, I didn't know this even existed! I posted about Rape/Abortion earlier.... "nine times out of ten most women who are raped put them self in that situation. And if youre raped there is something called morning after pills?" Just found this little gem on…
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Ron Paul in town
He's in Houston (at UH) on his continuing campaign for the Republican nomination. That's all. Well, that and I don't really know what to think of him...what do you guys think? (Oh, anyone follow Bad Lip Reading? It's worth a look :smile: ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=igQlbesF0zA
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Sex with your dead wife...
Egyptian husbands will soon be legally allowed to have sex with their dead wives - for up to six hours after their death. The controversial new law is part of a raft of measures being introduced by the Islamist-dominated parliament. It will also see the minimum age of marriage lowered to 14 and the ridding of women's…
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Rights for Pervs a.ka. Predator becomes Prey
I read this on yahoo today and our club has been in a bit of a lull the last week so I thought I might get us going again. Ariane Friedrich, a German high jumper expected to contend for a medal at the upcoming Summer Olympics, posted the name and email address of a Facebook stalker who had allegedly been sending her…
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Saturday or Sunday which is the right day to go to church??
Wht is the correct day to go tp church? Sabbath means seventh day, the definition of Saturday according to the dictionary is seventh day of the week. So why do ppl go to church on Sunday? In the dictionary Sunday means first day of the week.
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Police Take DNA from kids without parental consent...
Do you agree or disagree with the action of the police here? http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/cops-school-kids-dna-murder-case-012952307--abc-news-topstories.html
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Secret Service Scandal
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-scandal-broadens-more-military-personnel-might-have-been-involved-in-misconduct/2012/04/17/gIQA9EouNT_story.html 11 Secret Service members and at least 10 members of the Armed Forces (ranging from a team of Army Special OPs, Marines, Navy and Airforce) are believed to…
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suicide: do we have a right to death?
Should suicide/assisting in suicide be illegal? Oregon has passed a “Dignity of Death Act” in which a doctor is permitted to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to terminally ill patients who request it. And I’m sure we all remember Kevorkian who assisted many elderly in committing suicide. He did jail time for this,…
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Introvert or extrovert
So, I read this article from a Time magazine at my in-laws yesterday (I don't know how many weeks old it is) on the power of introverts. It got me thinking, how many of us in the Debatable Group are introverts off the computer? Me, I'm a total introvert, completely exhausted after spending time in groups, usually am the…
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Trayvon and the media
So now that more information is out about what happened between GZ and Trayvon i.e. the teenage witness who saw GZ lying on the ground moaning and the cops seeing that he had been punched in the face and contusions when he had his head slammed on the ground, plus the recent releasing of information on Trayvons facebook and…
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If this doesn't enrage you, you're not a human being.....
I read a story tonight that still has me shaking. Entitled "Cancer vs the Constitution", it is written by a doctor about her experience with an indigent, uninsured patient she treated in an emergency room. I don't believe in quoting entire articles--authors and their publishers deserve the web traffic for their work, so…
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Derailing, dismissing, and undermining
I love the idea of this group. I thouroughly enjoy a healthy debate. However, there are Common tactics I see used to throw off a debate, instead of earnestly trying to understand another's point of view. I found an article that I think is dead on, even though it is satire. I wonder how many you will be able to identify…
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Woman lies about terminal illness for free wedding and honey
People donated money to this woman who said she had a terminal illness. Now assuming this is completely true and totally proven, should she go to jail? Community service? Pay back every penny? What do you think the appropriate punishment for this crime should be?
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Employers and colleges demanding Facebook passwords
I came across this story today: http://redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/06/10585353-govt-agencies-colleges-demand-applicants-facebook-passwords It seems that some government agencies are trying to make job applicants open up their private Facebook pages as part of the job interview process. Other colleges are demanding…
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Excessive force?! it's interesting
Ok so this is an example of how road rage goes bad quickly. I won't use names but I will call my friend Tom. My friend Tom was driving to work the other morning, he works on a military base (he is not military, DOD) A guy behind him whips out from behind him and speeds up. Well Tom speeds up with the flow of traffic, which…
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Rights
This isn't really a debate topic as much as it is a huge pet peeve of mine that happens quite often in debates (thankfully only here once I can remember). Have you ever been in a debate with some yahoo, and you know their argument is crumbling because their answers keep getting more generalized and idiotic? It is only a…
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Crime based on race
So I have to know the opinion of some here who believe race played a role in the shooting of Trayvon Martin. The article below was edited by the newsaper to exclude the race of the two men who committed the crime and the victim. It seems to be a common occurence, I know out local newspaper does this as well.…
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Martin, Zimmerman and the biased media.
I don't really want to debate the shooting again, my opinions of it are clear in other threads. But did the media go to far in this case.…
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Racist "Hunger Games" fans are very disappointed
Evidently some fans of "The Hunger Games" book didn't read too closely. Oblivious to the movie's financial success and positive reviews, some voiced their surprise/disappointment/outrage on Twitter after seeing the skin color of some of the characters. A story on the website Jezebel.com published some Twitter screen caps…
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CT State Police Challenge
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_haven_cty/troopers-union-angry-at-ticket-blitz-order A CT State Police Lt. challenged his troopers to write 350 motor vehicle tickets in a 24 hour period starting this evening at 12:01. The spokesman for the State Police said this "this is not a joke or a game....It's a troop commanders'…
