It is, cars are registered just once.but if it's annual number of registrations — counterpunch
Its the same thing.Nobody gets to define what is acceptable, but everyone gets to judge what is acceptable. — Michael
What about criticizing people for being white, as in "white privilege"?No I don't. I think that it's acceptable to criticize people for being racist or sexist or homophobic but not acceptable to criticize people for being black or a woman or gay. — Michael
Its the same thing. — Harry Hindu
What about criticizing people for being white, as in "white privilege"? — Harry Hindu
You seem to think that your judgements of what is acceptable, is more acceptable than what others judge as acceptable. — Harry Hindu
Puhh-leeez. This is so typical of the kind of stuff I see on FB and Twitter.Closing whine thread. — Baden
Looking back from that high energy sustainable future, yes - I think people would regret destroying history for what it symbolises today. I think providing the world with limitless clean energy from magma, securing the future for humankind makes good on the civilisation we fought to build, and that sanitising history removes a warning label from what might come again if we don't keep building. — counterpunch
Who is being racist against non-white people?Talk of "white privilege" isn't criticizing people for being white. When people talk about white privilege they are making the claim that white people have certain advantages over non-white people because of racism against non-white people. — Michael
Who is being racist against non-white people? — Harry Hindu
This is all based on the faulty idea that morality is objective.No, I think that my judgement of what is acceptable is correct. I believe that I am correct in judging pedophilia, racism, sexism, and homophobia to be unacceptable, and that anyone who judges any of these things to be acceptable is wrong, because the objective fact of the matter is that these things are unacceptable. — Michael
Lol. The KKK is not lots of people, nor are all whites part of the KKK. Guilt by association is another logical fallacy. So much for engaging in philosophy on this "philosoohy" forum.Lots of people. The Ku Klux Klan, for example. — Michael
My point all along is that you have simply redefined questioning a faulty premise that you have assumed to be true, to fall within the category of "racism". — Harry Hindu
Lol. The KKK is not lots of people, nor are all whites part of the KKK. Guilt by association us another logical fallacy. So much for engaging in philosophy on this "philosoohy" forum. — Harry Hindu
Again, my point is that calling someone the R-word is just as unacceptable as calling someone the N-word because they are both examples of ad hominems, and ad hominems are logical fallacies that simply don't move the discussion anywhere. — Harry Hindu
and that anyone who judges any of these things to be acceptable is wrong, because the objective fact of the matter is that these things are unacceptable. — Michael
Again, my point is that calling someone the R-word is just as unacceptable as calling someone the N-word because they are both examples of ad hominems, — Harry Hindu
Oh FFS, "racist" is not a pejorative term against racists — Kenosha Kid
And when we get fusion reactors to be so efficient that they can compete perfectly against other energy sources, I am certain that there will many of those that are critical of the new technology, distrusting the "science" and being fearful about it's effects. Perhaps that the fusion reactor will explode as a hydrogen bomb. Heck, at least it will cause cancer or something!In terms of "big picture" stuff we probably agree; if the world had limitless clean energy that everyone could access, our greatest existential threats would be solved. — fdrake
Eh, those statues have sat there being a celebration of history for a long time, removing them is a symbolic act to acknowledge the ongoing relevance of the warning they represent. — fdrake
But we need more energy - not less. That's the key. — counterpunch
I don't think nuclear fusion can work in earth gravity. — counterpunch
?I don't think nuclear fusion can work in earth gravity. — counterpunch
Jackson first achieved fusion when he was 12, just hours before he turned 13 on Jan. 19, 2018. His achievement was affirmed by representatives of the Open Source Fusor Research Consortium on Feb. 2
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Edit: correction, the forum is dominated by leftists. — Brett
If I made a coherent argument, you wouldn't read it. You'd ignore everything I said, and toss off some thoughtless one liner within two minuets of my post. — counterpunch
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