On Jul 26, 11:07 am, Enough Already <enough_alre...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Jul 24, 1:44 pm,znuybv<thowil...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > On Jul 24, 4:17 am, 1Z <peterdjo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > On 24 Jul, 03:26, Enough Already <enough_alre...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > > > It has been suggested more than once that arch-conservatives lack
an
> > > > "empathy gene," which may be discovered at some point. You can
spot
> > > > future 'wingers as early as kindergarten, with their me-first,
I-got-
> > > > mine attitudes.
>
> >
>http://www.wam.umd.edu/~hannahk/bulletin.pdfhttp://www.berkeley.edu/n...
>
> > You say you are a liberal.
>
> Where do I say that? I was critiquing hard-line conservatives, whom I
> think are among the stupidest people on the planet. But I could
> discuss about the naivety of the Far Left also.
>
> > Do you believe the following?
>
> > 1.
> > Standards for admissions to universities, fire departments,
> > etc. should be lowered for people of color.
>
> NO.
>
> > 2.
> > Bilingual education for children of immigrants, rather than
> > immersion in English, is good for them and for America.
>
> NO.
>
> > 3.
> > Murderers should never be put to death.
>
> NO.
>
> > 4.
> > During the Cold War, America should have adopted a nuclear
> > arms freeze.
>
> Too young to have a fixed opinion on that.
>
> > 5.
> > Colleges should not allow ROTC programs.
>
> NO.
>
> > 6.
> > It was wrong to wage war against Saddam Hussein in the Gulf
> > War.
>
> YES. They went after the wrong people and the results are a mess.
> Another "conservative" trait is the inability to admit to mistakes.
>
> > 7.
> > Poor parents should not be allowed to have vouchers to send
> > their children to private schools.
>
> No real opinion on that.
>
> > 8.
> > It is good that trial lawyers and teachers unions are the
> > two biggest contributors to the Democratic Party.
>
> Define "good" in that case. You have a problem with teachers as well
> as lawyers?
>
> > 9.
> > Marriage should be redefined from male-female to any two
> > people.
>
> NO.
>
> > 10.
> > A married couple should not have more of a right to adopt a
> > child than two men or two women.
>
> NO.
>
> > 11.
> > The Boy Scouts should not be allowed to use parks or any
> > other public places and should be prohibited from using churches and
> > synagogues for their meetings.
>
> No opinion.
>
> > 12.
> > The present high tax rates are good.
>
> Overly simplistic question. I would ask why we keep needing to raise
> more money and consume more resources in the first place. See my site
> link below.
>
> > 13.
> > Speech codes on college campuses are good and American
> > values are bad.
>
> This assumes "values" match your own. Church and state needs to be
> kept separate, especially when Creationists twist science.
>
> > 14.
> > The Israelis and Palestinians are morally equivalent.
>
> No opinion. I think most people in the Middle East are unreasonable.
>
> > 15.
> > The United Nations is a moral force for good in the world,
> > and therefore America should be subservient to it and such
> > international institutions as a world court.
>
> America should at least try to cooperate with it. Depends on the
> situation.
>
> > 16.
> > It is good that colleges have dropped hundreds of men's
> > s****ts teams in order to meet gender-based quotas.
>
> No, but I question the validity of that stat. without a cite.
>
> > 17.
> > No abortions can be labeled immoral.
>
> No, but abortion is far preferable to me than the even greater
> overpopulation that would occur without it.
>
> > 18.
> > Restaurants should be prohibited by law from allowing
> > customers to choose between a smoking and a non-smoking section.
>
> No, but smoke tends to drift. The all or nothing nature of your
> questions is revealing.
>
> > 19.
> > High schools should make condoms available to students and
> > teach them how to use them.
>
> Yes. Anything to reduce unwanted pregnancies and slow mindless
> population growth is fine by me. It would also prevent some abortions
> you claim to be against.
>
> > 20.
> > Racial profiling for terrorists is wrong -- a white American
> > grandmother should as likely be searched as a Saudi young male.
>
> NO.
>
> > 21.
> > Racism and poverty -- not a lack of fathers and a crisis of
> > values -- are the primary causes of violent crime in the inner city.
>
> NO. You need to read some of my other posts.
>
> > 22.
> > It is wrong and unconstitutional for students to be told,
> > "God bless you" at their graduation.
>
> Sort of wrong. There is no invisible man controlling our fate, only
> the health of natural systems.
>
> > 23.
> > No culture is morally superior to any other.
>
> Some races are smarter than others, which is reflected in their level
> of technology. Morality is a tougher call.
>
> > Those are all liberal positions. How many of them do you hold?
>
> See above. My main issue with "conservatives" is their Creationist
> attitude toward the natural world. They see people as owners, not
> tenants. Any species that Man renders extinct "just couldn't hack it"
> etc. Their attitude is the result of religious brainwa****ng, plus that
> probable no-empathy gene.
>
> E.A.
>
> http://enough_already.tripod.com/
>
> Economic growth is the endless replacement of nature with people.
What species has Man rendered extinct? Has any species that Man has
domesticated gone extinct? Is there any danger that cattle, swine,
domesticated fowl, dogs, cats ...will go extinct?
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