Tobacco was chosen because it kills the most people in the developed world. Its also chemically addictive, which other poor lifestyle choices like mcdonalds arent. It is worth considering that most americans die from preventable disease. If we look at heart disease, cancer, stroke, lung disease...
Karl Marx once called religion "the opium of the people." What if addictive substances are evil? What if tobacco is the closest thing we have in the real world to the serpent, the seductress, the devil?
Disagree. Your concepts of freedom and rights are legal concepts, with the end goal of making everyone happy. I posit that people can't be honestly happy if they have this dissonance. They need to accept the truth of their situation so they can learn from other people and the people and world...
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I dont think we should force christians or anyone to abandon their faith. I dont advocate the use of force to achieve really anything. I do however, think we have a moral imperative to disspell the various myths attatched to our cultures so we could come together WITHOUT dissonance, and...
Well if none of my claims were overconfident, I'm okay with you taking issue with my pertness. Please though, if you have a problem with one of the things I talked about specifically, I'd be glad to address it.
well lets first define cocky. One definition is "having confidence in a way that is annoying to other people" so in that case, it's really all up to you whether anyone's cocky or not. If, however, you mean cocky as "overconfident", I would like to ask what claim I made that you think I have too...
Direct me staff, where is the best place to respond to claims about my cockiness? River, it wasnt a debate it was a blurb about my personal beliefs that you disagree with. I would be willing to debate them with you, granted you dont put any more key words in my mouth like "source". Show this...
I'm Julian, 20, from San Francisco. I will ridicule ridiculous claims, don't make them around me. Also, I'm pretty open minded, so if you make a ridiculous-sounding claim that actually doesn't happen to be ridiculous (and you'd be willing to chat) I'd be interested to hear you out :) I'm...