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This is a thread about inferences. Please vote your conscience rather than viewing the results and then voting based on other people's votes. I want to gauge how people react to the presentation of a certain fact. According to Freakonomics, the average crack dealer makes less money than he...

Photos of the prison in question RedRalph recently posted a similar thread, but I would like for this to be a more focused discussion. Some questions to consider: - What is the purpose of a prison? - Should retributive justice exist for any reason other than deterrence? - If...

I don't drink juice very often anymore, but when I do, a glass of fresh-squeezed orange juice cannot be beat! What kind of unusual juices that I might not have tried can you recommend? If they cannot be found in a standard supermarket, where can I find them?

Bonus points to descriptive stories, but remember that this is a family forum, so please keep things SFW :) I was at summer camp, and we played spin the glowstick.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/af...229379353.html When drones first appeared on the battlefield as reconnaissance aircraft during the Afghan invasion, they were hailed as a major step forward because they took American pilots out of harm's way. I don't think anyone was surprised when we...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/us/politics/30marriage.html?_r=1&ref=politics Having already alienated most of the country with his position on the war and failure to solve our current economic problems, Obama could have seen support for gay-marriage as a no-brainer way to reinvigorate...

My new job requires me to sit in front of a computer doing mindless tasks for hours at a time. I figure the best way to remain sane, and use that time productively, is to listen to podcasts and audiobooks. Since we already have plenty of threads to discuss books, and I have a pretty good idea of...

It seems as if the current CFC policy for "thread derailment" is to split out the posts which have strayed from the original topic into a new thread and then to close that topic. I want to clarify that I have not been a victim of this policy and am not discussing a specific instance—as...

The more context you provide about yourself, the better. A college student who has lots of casual sex and someone with less exposure to the "hookup culture" are going to have different views on this.

These threads are so awful. Here are a few reasons: 1. They constrict discussion. An entire belief system is way too big of a topic for a single thread, but that's the inevitable result of these threads. 2. It's really an "ask me about my beliefs" thread, since people can define pretty much...

What is special about moral actions that makes them preferable to immoral actions? Why do people who believe that morality is just an evolutionary construct act morally?

People post all the time about how there's this common misconception that "atheists cannot be moral." I am curious what morality means to most CFC atheists. If your explanation consists of an appeal to moral intuitions, please explain why those moral intuitions have access to some sort of...

Hey guys. For fairly complicated reasons involving our time-sensitive bandwidth needs, where I work our network is set up so that I cannot load hotlinked images. As a consequence, viewing threads with embedded images is really a hassle for me. I have to right click, copy the image URL to my...

Thread I Thread II RULES: - If you cannot be civil, do not post. - No accusing other forum members of being part of an international conspiracy. Special thanks to El Mac for tirelessly policing these threads! ... I'm curious what will happen after this cease fire expires. I'd be...

Continuation of the discussion from the other thread. Link to old thread.

I'm talking about possible sentences (such as the death penalty in America) and mandatory minimum sentences. I can't really think of a coherent reason why it should not, and yet it does not.

Breaking on CNN. Go get 'em, boys!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1090546/I-told-kill-breath-Captured-terrorists-account-Mumbai-massacre-reveals-plan-kill-5-000.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/08/middle_east_baghdad_awakenings/html/1.stm What a huge success story the surge and awakening have been.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdzeTq6YPg0 This ad is a disgusting attempt to impugn John McCain's character based on the testimony of one nut. It's nothing but a distraction from the issues, and it signals that the lunatic left is becoming increasingly desperate in reaction to McCain's...