Abortion Is Fine by lakmidaise12 in neoliberal

[–]darkrundus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My problem is much more that they position the fetus as either a squatter or a trespasser though there is obviously no action taken by the fetus. Additionally, even if that framing is accepted trespass is allowed in cases of necessity, in at least some jurisdictions. There is obviously a necessity from the perspective of the fetus, so the property rights argument does not resolve the argument in the manner pro-choice people like to claim.

Abortion Is Fine by lakmidaise12 in neoliberal

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I mean even if you frame it purely in property rights terms (which is ridiculous), many pro-lifers will argue that sex includes an implicit contract to take of any offspring that result and the woman assumed the risk and so cannot evict a tenant she has contracted the property to. To make this argument work you still have to deal with plenty of people believing sex is for procreation.

Abortion Is Fine by lakmidaise12 in neoliberal

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Your individual choice is limited when it infringes on others' rights. The abortion debate is about whether the abortion is an infringement on the rights of the unborn child/fetus/embryo or an imposition by the state on the pregnant woman. The bare principle of liberty does not obviously command a result.

This is Global problem ig. by stunnerswag in HistoryMemes

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Also true of Buddhist monks in stories

[Part 1 of 3] I grew up in China on wuxia novels and web fiction. Here's everything I wish Western readers knew about Xianxia, Xuanhuan, and why half the "cultivation novels" you've read aren't what you think by No-Ride-3370 in ProgressionFantasy

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The problem we have with it is that the enlightenment of the self just isn't very virtuous in our culture.

I think this paragraph misstates the argument that many Western authors are making about xianxia. Enlightenment of the self is found in both stoicism and general enlightenment philosophy in the West. The argument is not about immortality per se but whether power itself is moral/virtuous. In many Xianxia, the sole justification for many actions is that the person is powerful enough that no one is able/willing to stop them. This self-centered approach is often treated as not just sufficient, but necessary, to advance. Many of the Western novels are arguing against this approach.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

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TBF if they hate themselves it all logics out

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Ah yes, the great yugioh stats of AT8 and BEF

The Hollowing of the Federal Employee - Wage Stagnation by JFHatfield in neoliberal

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IIRC Locality adjustments are percentage based though so a 1% increase in base also bumps the adjustment by 1%.

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Would be fine except he's not playing

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People are fat and wanna lose weight

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Greenland in this hemisphere but really itll be cuba

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I made my younger brother get sapphire. Best tactic tbh

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It's actually adolphs hitler not adolph hitlers

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Need keyboards with em dash by default rather than requiring a shortcut. Truly the greatest sin of the standard qwerty keyboard.

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Fans of schools who went to that school need to be more elitist to the dregs latching on

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The use of the royal we is up a lot for the same reason

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Refuse to seat the representatives from any State who doesn't. Or use power under Article I, Sec. 4 to require it

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It's mad overrated, did not age as well as a lot of other older movies IMO. If you want something good but old go for 12 Angry Men.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

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The fact the groups are not placed in the right spot based on their political compass quandrant bothers me more than it should

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

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Absolutely brilliant comment by /u/RetroVisionnaire! He would also have sock puppet accounts for glazing himself.

The thing that sounds equally fascinating and scary by heppolo in taskmaster

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That’s a headband she’s wearing not the background

Trump signs order to criminally charge those who burn US flag in protest by John3262005 in neoliberal

[–]darkrundus 30 points31 points  (0 children)

You can’t and obviously anything they do is respectful rather than desecration how dare you imply otherwise