The questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread IX

[PlutonianEmpire]

Just how popular are Siberian cats?

 

[Ulyaoth]

Who the hell actually names cat breeds? They're all the same, some are just uglier than others.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Who the hell actually names cat breeds? They're all the same, some are just uglier than others.

Who the hell actually names children? They're all the same, some are just uglier than others.

 

[Karalysia]

Anyone who thinks of their cats as children or refers to them in such a way is a freaking weirdo.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Anyone who thinks of their cats as children or refers to them in such a way is a freaking weirdo.

I was referring to his statement on all cats being ugly, but I see that was wasted on you.

 

[Heretic_Cata]

Do you guys think aimee is serious or is this just a big joke?

Not a joke; a troll. One of the biggest to ever hit this forum.

 

[Shekwan]

What would be the present day population of the United Kingdom if the 400 years of emigration did not occur?

I'm thinking 100 MILLION.

It would certainly be a good bit larger, but then again the UK would probably be less influential as countries like Australia, the US, NZ, and Canada would feel less in common with the UK due to their citizens less common heritage with Blighty.

I mean look at the Irish diaspora, without it and The Famine Ireland would probably have a population of at least 10 million - but we would probably be less well known as a people and just as irrelevant.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Not a joke; a troll. One of the biggest to ever hit this forum.

And proud of it!

 

[Brighteye]

You don't need to eat meat even if you're hungry. Your desire to eat meat doesn't make it right. Am I allowed to kill human if I want to?

The question wasn't about rights but about morality. Things can be wrong even if you have right to them. You'll have to specify whether you mean right in the legal or moral sense.

Societies grant rights to even those humans that do not give consent. I don't remember giving one myself.

The choice of suffering over sapience isn't arbitrary, the reason people usually choose it is because it is better description of our moral intuition than sapience. If the two are equally arbitrary, it doesn't make eating cows more preferable than not eating them. If someone's going to appeal to the arbitrariness, he'll have to notice soon that it refutes every principle of morals.

If you think that animals have no rights at all, then you'll have to accept for axample cruel and sadistic torture of them.

But then again, doesn't that make the possible future ability to consent to them arbitrary?

No credible theory of morality can rely on moral intuition as a guide. When devising a theory, one cannot start out with a list of conclusions and find premises to match. One starts out with premises and reaches conclusions. If no premise seems justifiable, then you're stuck there.
If you think that every principle of morals relies on moral intuition or an arbitrary value of preventing suffering then yes, all moral principles are bunk.

Societies do currently grant rights without consent, and hold people responsible for infringing others' rights without consent. This inevitably comes up in these conversations, although I try to avoid it. This does not mean that a theory in which consent is important is wrong, it means that societies are not set up in a moral manner.
See my point? I'm starting from a theory I think is justified and drawing conclusions from that, rather than starting from conclusions (such as societies are right) and using them to falsify a theory.

However, I think I see an escape from arbitrariness because rules that a person says applies to him, however arbitrary, have his consent to apply to him. Therefore their arbitrariness doesn't matter, unlike if we were to claim them as universal moral rules based on personal, subjective opinion ('intuition').

I do think that torture of animals is barbaric. However, I am quite capable of separating my personal feelings on the issue from the question of rights. Just because it disgusts me does not make it wrong, any more than gay sex is wrong because I would hate to do it.

Where can I find a large world map showing current (as in 2007 and later) land use for agriculture?

I also need a large world map showing major roadways and/or major(?) rail lines.

Times Atlas of the world

Not a joke; a troll. One of the biggest to ever hit this forum.

troll bait, perhaps

 

[_random_]

I stumbled across CivGeneral's old Catholicism thread (what a wonderful disaster that was) and it got me wondering why CG seems decidedly more cynical about the RCC these days. Any veterans remember?

 

[Shekwan]

Has anyone seen Deadliest Warrior on some US TV channel? Its hilarious. Its a kind of documentary program that recreates imaginary battles between various historical warriors. My favourite is the stupidly innapropriate battle between the IRA and the Taliban.


Link to video.

WTH?

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

I saw Spetsnaz vs Green Berets. The Russians won. That one you showed was ridiculously comedic.

 

[Karalysia]

That was weird. Spenstaz was getting pwned, but then they had one dude left and he went Rambo on the Green Beret's arses and wiped the floor with them. Russians, you have to be careful with them.

 

[Synobun]

Why? Maybe I was referring to somebody I know who did do that. She didn't do it to me, though.

EDIT: 5K posts!

Even though nobody knows about it, if you do it repeatedly it is creepy. You are literally finding their billing address information, and staring at the place they live. Good thing Google Street View isn't live, huh?

 

[holy king]

I saw Spetsnaz vs Green Berets. The Russians won. That one you showed was ridiculously comedic.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/science_channel_refuses_to_dumb

 

[West 36]

That makes the IRA seem so KEWL!

 

[really]

Me: 29
Her: 21

Is the age gap too big?

 

[holy king]

for what?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

http://simcity.ea.com/update/index_update.php?product=EP1&x=105&y=14

Why are there five different updates?

 

[Earthling]

Me: 29
Her: 21

Is the age gap too big?

No. That's conservatively/respectfully small by many people's standards, but even by harsh cultural perspectives you're both clearly adults and this alone isn't reason for any concern - other particulars of the situation not taken into account.