>But if we're talking about symmetrical polygamy (multiple husband's and multiple wives), I see no reason why a modern secular society should care. A modern secular society should care because of the nature of the…
>Implementing a legalised form of polygamous marriage won't change nor exacerbate that. It's interesting that you're making this claim in a discussion about an article which claims that legalizing homosexual marriage…
What benefits do married homosexuals provide to society such that society should reward homosexuals with the legal benefits and social recognition associated with marriage? Married heterosexuals provide children to…
When women are free to choose who they have sex with, 80% prefer to have sex with the same 20% of men. Even if by some miracle polygamous marriages did not affect the balance of unmarried men and unmarried women, sexual…
You say fantasy, surveys say thing that happens hundreds of thousands of times per year in the US. I think I'll believe the surveys on this matter.
>This is another reason why healthcare should just be universal. Or you could just not have a law forcing private health insurance companies to ignore pre-existing conditions, and have charity programs (public or…
OK, but why would I want to help sick people in need by paying a business which is going to skim profit off the top for shareholders and pay executives millions? Who other than the middleman thinks that's a good idea?
One of those mysteries in life. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HX4KKkSKZAY/maxresdefault.jpg
Why would you expect people to want to open their own wallet to pay for your pregnancy-related medical expenses in exchange for premiums that are much smaller than the expenses you already know you're going to incur?
>Pre ACA, pre-existing conditions could disqualify you from insurance. It's not insurance if you already know you're going to make a claim.
It's not really intriguing when you consider that non-hispanic whites are the most likely to own firearms, and that that group's size has been essentially stagnant for the past few decades and is currently in decline.
Do non-familial adoptions actually happen in any sort of significant numbers in central american countries?
As who says? And what reason do they have to believe it?
What reason do you have to believe that?
I wonder if people that belong to other civilizations see it the same way as you, and what the consequences would be for your civilization if people in yours did and people in other civilizations did not.
Presumably the message we should take from Dr. Gould is that the western world should shower more of its resources on the children of other peoples across the world and less on its own children, in the vague hope of…
Sorry, implement what?
I think you did not read the link you posted in your comment here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18825281, because that is what I was quoting.
What is there to acknowledge other than your claim that the elites inside and out of government are historically right wing, except for a few brief periods of time? The bit about Nixon being a left-wing president? I…
Which of those addresses the question I specifically asked, about their use of government assistance when raising their chidlren? It looks like you kinda-sorta skimmed over my question, it reminded you of some other…
I specifically did not ask if immigrants use more welfare than non-immigrants. I specifically asked if they use more welfare to raise their children. The responses in your link do not address that question. In fact one…
Do you think that they do all have equal potential? If so, at what point in the evolution of the human species was the first "equal potential" baby born? Or do chimpanzees and toads and bacteria have equal potential to…
Source? Preferably broken down by the visa type they used to come in (or lack thereof). The article is explicitly suggesting easing restrictions on immigration of low-wage laborers to help with housework, not doctors…
>I'm not really sure what to say. You could start with answering the questions that I asked.
You've ignored the examples I gave of policies where the right wing has clearly lost ground, and in doing so have missed my point. I'm not claiming the right wing has lost ground everywhere. I'm suggesting the right…
>But if we're talking about symmetrical polygamy (multiple husband's and multiple wives), I see no reason why a modern secular society should care. A modern secular society should care because of the nature of the…
>Implementing a legalised form of polygamous marriage won't change nor exacerbate that. It's interesting that you're making this claim in a discussion about an article which claims that legalizing homosexual marriage…
What benefits do married homosexuals provide to society such that society should reward homosexuals with the legal benefits and social recognition associated with marriage? Married heterosexuals provide children to…
When women are free to choose who they have sex with, 80% prefer to have sex with the same 20% of men. Even if by some miracle polygamous marriages did not affect the balance of unmarried men and unmarried women, sexual…
You say fantasy, surveys say thing that happens hundreds of thousands of times per year in the US. I think I'll believe the surveys on this matter.
>This is another reason why healthcare should just be universal. Or you could just not have a law forcing private health insurance companies to ignore pre-existing conditions, and have charity programs (public or…
OK, but why would I want to help sick people in need by paying a business which is going to skim profit off the top for shareholders and pay executives millions? Who other than the middleman thinks that's a good idea?
One of those mysteries in life. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HX4KKkSKZAY/maxresdefault.jpg
Why would you expect people to want to open their own wallet to pay for your pregnancy-related medical expenses in exchange for premiums that are much smaller than the expenses you already know you're going to incur?
>Pre ACA, pre-existing conditions could disqualify you from insurance. It's not insurance if you already know you're going to make a claim.
It's not really intriguing when you consider that non-hispanic whites are the most likely to own firearms, and that that group's size has been essentially stagnant for the past few decades and is currently in decline.
Do non-familial adoptions actually happen in any sort of significant numbers in central american countries?
As who says? And what reason do they have to believe it?
What reason do you have to believe that?
I wonder if people that belong to other civilizations see it the same way as you, and what the consequences would be for your civilization if people in yours did and people in other civilizations did not.
Presumably the message we should take from Dr. Gould is that the western world should shower more of its resources on the children of other peoples across the world and less on its own children, in the vague hope of…
Sorry, implement what?
I think you did not read the link you posted in your comment here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18825281, because that is what I was quoting.
What is there to acknowledge other than your claim that the elites inside and out of government are historically right wing, except for a few brief periods of time? The bit about Nixon being a left-wing president? I…
Which of those addresses the question I specifically asked, about their use of government assistance when raising their chidlren? It looks like you kinda-sorta skimmed over my question, it reminded you of some other…
I specifically did not ask if immigrants use more welfare than non-immigrants. I specifically asked if they use more welfare to raise their children. The responses in your link do not address that question. In fact one…
Do you think that they do all have equal potential? If so, at what point in the evolution of the human species was the first "equal potential" baby born? Or do chimpanzees and toads and bacteria have equal potential to…
Source? Preferably broken down by the visa type they used to come in (or lack thereof). The article is explicitly suggesting easing restrictions on immigration of low-wage laborers to help with housework, not doctors…
>I'm not really sure what to say. You could start with answering the questions that I asked.
You've ignored the examples I gave of policies where the right wing has clearly lost ground, and in doing so have missed my point. I'm not claiming the right wing has lost ground everywhere. I'm suggesting the right…