Mr. P said: We need more Independents...and not just party fence-sitters that switch their tag. What we need is a communist revolution to topple this broken ass political system that governs the United States of Corporate America. Palin and Biden are two sides of the same rusted coin. Arguing about ...

I've come into this discussion late so I can't respond to everything I'd like, but I would like to make a few comments. One thing I'd like to point out is that there has been a lot of discussion surrounding the Bible's influence on modern perceptions of homosexuality. While this is true, perhaps an ...

Again, if women were fighting, they were fighting almost as much against women as against men. There were many females who had a vested interest in maintaining the status quo because of the advantages it offered them over their same-sex peers. Also when they were fighting, they were often fighting ...

Niall, You said: To answer your question briefly, I am religious, but that doesn't really tend to affect my opinion on legal matters. While I might think that even simulated child pornography is immoral, I have no desire to see it illegal. Is your "prolife" position in regard to ethics onl...

Niall, Let me start off by acknowledging a couple things you said. First of all, I understand your position. For most of my life I held the same (or a very similar position). I was strongly prolife in every case except with regard to emergent situations that threatened the mother's life. My prolife ...

Chris, I couldn't help but think of that old fire extinguisher thread when reading through this thread as well. I especially think of it when I read statements like this from Indie: All else aside, that is your mistake. You, or I, or Niall001 or anyone else cannot prove our points of view to be vali...

Are you talking fiction only writers, or non-fiction as well? An excellent introductory book to feminism is Full Frontal Feminism by Jessica Valenti. Cheryl Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-...

I don't know that I could choose one favorite philosopher at this point. I respect the work of many who I think have created greatly to philosophy.Protagoras offered relativist views in contrast to Plato's objectivist worldview. Realism dominated philosophic and religious thought at the time, but Pr...

Chris,Ah, I see. If it was an "article" of a philosophical or scientific nature, I probably wouldn't think it appropriate to use swear words. This, however, is more of an autobiographical story. It's full of emotion and may stir emotions. There are portions of the story that some people ma...

Thanks Frank. Chris,This is non-religious, fairly liberal site, and you're concerned about some swear words?! Cheryl Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear. -Thomas Jefferson