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  1. HonestJoe

    John Prescott is dead

    Sounds like the best compliment for an honest politician. If you hate them they're probably doing bad things, if you love them they're probably just good liars but if you're not sure, they can't be doing anything terrible but also not selling themselves as perfect.
  2. HonestJoe

    Two falsehoods

    I think it is true that nobody believes statement 1. Some people seem to believe that they can do anything they want because they claim some victimhood but those same people are often the first to object when someone else tries to do the same kind of thing. Normal people recognise the...
  3. HonestJoe

    Why the double standard?

    I will say that all deaths are equally tragic and from a fundamental humane point of view, the wide variation of media (and public) interest in different conflicts never rational, but socially, politically and commercially they can at least be understood. After all, these aren't the only ongoing...
  4. HonestJoe

    America isn't Christian

    That is literally true, though religious identify and influence on a nation and it's people is much wider than just the formal constitutional structures. Most of the Europeans who travelled to the New World and established the communities that ultimately became the USA were Christians though...
  5. HonestJoe

    Paid less for doing exactly the same work

    For exactly the same work, probably not, though only because of the various laws and regulations requiring equal pay in the first place. The issue isn't limited to that though. There are plenty of circumstances where there are jobs or roles that are traditionally seen as specifically "male" or...
  6. HonestJoe

    Mask wearing: How is it political?

  7. HonestJoe

    Are We Responsible for Our Inactions?

    @Heyo I think you're just on the path to realising that your action/inaction distinction is flawed at best. From a fundamental moral point of view, certainly in the context of these simply hypotheticals, in makes no difference whether a given out come occurs from an action or inaction...
  8. HonestJoe

    Free Will No Longer

    So you've chosen to stop believing in free will? :cool: I'd suggest the entire concept is flawed in the first place, and nothing like as simple as some people seem to want it to be yet at the same time, it's so simple as to be irrelevant. Whether we actually have free will or not, and exactly...
  9. HonestJoe

    Trump Plan for Ideological Screening of Immigrants

    I feel (a little bit) sorry for the Christian Trump supporters who assume the religion he's talking about is theirs.
  10. HonestJoe

    Do you think our pets have a soul?

    I don't see why other animal species would be any different to humans in this context so no, I don't think pets have anything that could be defined as "souls" either. :cool: Of course, you've somewhat jumped over the issue of defining exactly what you mean by "a soul" in the first place. It's...
  11. HonestJoe

    To Be or Not To Be: your gender (Vivek R.)

    Gender dysphoria is certainly a psychological condition, but, like so many others, not one that necessarily can or need be cured. You can certainly say there are only two genders but that doesn't mean there are only two types of people in the context of gender. We all experience and act upon our...
  12. HonestJoe

    What if you were showering and a ghost appeared in your shower that was the other gender?

    I'd take it as a wake-up call about the my morning drinking. Thankfully, it hasn't happened yet. :cool:
  13. HonestJoe

    Israeli soccer fans attacked in Amsterdam for being Jewish

    It usually is, if only indirectly. My point was that just because you've not seen this kind of violence doesn't mean it never happens. In fact, things that happen quite a lot tend not to be reported in the news (because it's not new).
  14. HonestJoe

    Israeli soccer fans attacked in Amsterdam for being Jewish

    You don't go to Italian football matches I guess. :shrug:
  15. HonestJoe

    Romance is a childish invention of poets and writers

    I think you're both wrong. :cool: The fundamental drive for any species is continuation of the species, not only reproduction itself, but broader social structures and mutual support. Everything we do, certainly everything driven instinctively, will be rooted in that underlying purpose. Of...
  16. HonestJoe

    A 2 Islands Experiment - a thought experiment opinion question about which US political party would perform better

    That's the point. The platforms, policies and rhetoric might sound different (especially during elections) but the actions when it gets down to the practical realities, especially in supporters own daily lives, turn out to be very similar. Another factor is that both US parties are extremely...
  17. HonestJoe

    A 2 Islands Experiment - a thought experiment opinion question about which US political party would perform better

    I very much doubt there would be a massive difference, certainly not based on the nominal party affiliation of the people on each island. People have both a lot of individual characteristics and also a lot more in common with other people, even when they're identified as being part of two vast...
  18. HonestJoe

    One Infinite Expanding Universe

    You mean you believe it's more than a belief for you. Most people with any strongly held beliefs feel that way because they need to create justification for sticking to their beliefs rather than those expressed by other people, or even actual evidence that might challenge them. A kind of "grass...
  19. HonestJoe

    Do I have poor memory? Does anyone relate? How do you remember things?

    I wish I could tell you but I can't remember what my memory used to be like! :cool:
  20. HonestJoe

    Pollyanna syndrome and determinism

    We can't know either way, that's a major reason it's such a long running philosophical debate. But people who believe in determinism generally don't believe that. As I said, it's typically accused of being nihilistic rather than anything positive. I find it's more often people who believe in...
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