| post_id,source_dataset,issue,post_text,Inappropriateness,Toxic Emotions,Excessive Intensity,Emotional Deception,Missing Commitment,Missing Seriousness,Missing Openness,Missing Intelligibility,Unclear Meaning,Missing Relevance,Confusing Reasoning,Other Reasons,Detrimental Orthography,Reason Unclassified,fold0.0 | |
| 0,0,Is the school uniform a good or bad idea:,students should wear what they like and feel free about their clothes,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 8,0,Tv is better than books:,I thick that book are better than TV is it is better i can put you in a whole norther wold and it is educational,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,TEST | |
| 9,0,Tv is better than books:,"Books enlighten the soul. Books don't destroy the morals of children. Books throw the mind into a series of questions, they take the readers to mystical places, paradise, and even the kitchen sink. They change your perspective on life and often give the reader a sense of relativity. Television is like a drug. It's as bad as nicotine. Fahrenheit 451, the Night Circus, The Secret Garden, Inkheart... Do I have to further explain..?",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 12,0,India has the potential to lead the world:,india is is good adopter but a bad developer and leader should be a great developer,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 15,0,Is it better to have a lousy father or to be fatherless:,"Honestly, I'd rather be completely fatherless, not saying that not having is better than having one, albeit a lousy one. However, I do believe that you can grow up completely fatherless and without any major male role model and still be successful. Take myself for example; I lived the first thirteen years of my life without a father or any fatherly interaction, and those were the essential times a kid needed to be around his/her father, I turned out great(Self-opinion). So yes, as opposed to having a lousy father that would rub off on me and mold me into half a man, I would much rather being fatherless.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 18,0,William farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore:,Raffles had written his discovery wrongly as 29 February 1819.It was later corrected. He thought he had discovered Singapore on his firs journey,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 22,0,Evolution vs creation:,"I am a nurse and the more I studied biology, the more I was in awe of the miracle of our bodies. Every tiny cell has it's own design that is even more complex than a computer. When you look at a computer do you question that there had to be a creator? Or do you need proof that this highly organized machine came to be about by a mere accident or order of circumstances? Evolutionists need more faith than Creationists.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 25,0,Firefox vs internet explorer:,"Firefox (and the extensions) leaks memory like a sieve. An opened session of Firefox 2.0.0.1, three tabs, one week, uses 250 Meg of memory under Task Manager on Windows.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 34,0,Is porn wrong:,Porn isn't inherently wrong because It really can't substantially harm anyone who isn't involved in it by choice.It really is just as simple as that.,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 45,0,Is it better to have a lousy father or to be fatherless:,"There is scientific evidence that shows having a mother and a father is the healthiest way for a child to progress physically and mentally. | |
| So a lousy father is better than none.(that is of course assuming that he is not abusive in any way) | |
| Also, people change. Who says that he will be lousy forever. There are family therapy sessions you can attend to help.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 46,0,Is it better to have a lousy father or to be fatherless:,"To my knowledge people are able to change and make themselves better people. I would much rather have the hope that my father could be a good father, than know that I will never meet him. I would be too curious as to what kind of father he could of been.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 54,0,Ban plastic water bottles:,there aint no sunshine without plastic water bottles. only darkness everyday.,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 60,0,India has the potential to lead the world:,"how can Indians say that india don not have the potential to lead the world??????????????? | |
| India is the heaven in the Earth and only India have the potential to lead the world.......... | |
| Believe yourself and hardwork............. | |
| surely INDIA WILL BECOME POTENTIAL TO LEAD THE WORLD other-than any country!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
| JAI HIND",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 63,0,If your spouse committed murder and he or she confided in you would you turn them in:,"I would say that i would turn them in because i don't think that's right, killing someone and getting away with it, and also i wouldn't want to be next to a murderer on my bed.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 65,0,Pro choice vs pro life:,"The government has no place to tell a woman what she can do with her own body, ever. | |
| The government DOES have that right. | |
| 1) a woman cannot legally prostitute herself in many states | |
| 2) a woman cannot take illicit drugs into her own body | |
| 3) a woman cannot use her body to murder others | |
| 4) a woman cannot use her body to steal | |
| 5) a woman cannot display her naked body in public | |
| there are many others. Men can also not do these things. | |
| The government tells us what to do with our bodies ALL THE TIME. This is no different.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 66,0,Pro choice vs pro life:,"I am Pro-Life, | |
| Here is a question for anyone who is Pro-Choice: Is the baby in the mother's stomach living and if not how do you know?",1,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 71,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,"Yes I believe gay marriage should be allowed. Mosy who do not want it to be allowed just dont like homosexuality all together, and therefore the opposing side tends to be prejudice. If two men or two women are happy together, love each other, and want to be with each other forever why shouldn't they be allowed to get married??",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 80,1,"What's a ""commecial use"" in creative commons licenses?:","I am not a lawyer, and you should probably speak to one about this, but here's my two cents. The full legal text says, ""You may not exercise any of the rights granted to You in Section 3 above in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation. The exchange of the Work for other copyrighted works by means of digital file-sharing or otherwise shall not be considered to be intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation, provided there is no payment of any monetary compensation in connection with the exchange of copyrighted works."" | |
| Determining what is ""primarily intended"" for commercial purposes is somewhat hazy, but if you are not making more money than it costs to run the site, etc. (factoring in non-cash costs like your time as well), you are likely acting within the license. Making money is not completely forbidden by the license, but using the work primarily to do so.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 81,1,My brother is @ a tx state prison he's broken his two front dentures and they do not want to fix them!?:,"No. That is the beauty of the USA, you have no health care. Why would it change if you had to go to jail while the rest of the public pays their hard earned money into taxes. You brother is in a jail for a reason, maybe if he had contributed to society instead of commiting crimes he would not be in this situation. Jail has no company benifits.",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 90,1,How do you feel about the recent phone record ordeal?:,"I feel that its totally against everything that is American. How about everyone straps a GPS system to their legs so the government knows where everyone is, oops that's right cell phones i almost forgot. Besides this the government is saying its all in public safety, but i dont kno how safe i feel if i know someone is listening to my phone calls. Give me a break if i wanted to blow some shit up I wouldn't talk on the phone to make plans for it anyway.",1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 93,1,Would ches ideas ever work in todays society?:,"Do you mean Che Guevara, the Cuban revolutionary leader? | |
| Well, let's quote Che. He once wrote ""you can kill a man, but you cannot kill an idea"". He was writing about how the idea of freedom from oppression is catching, and will spread regardless of attempts to stamp it out. | |
| There is still oppression in the world. There is still a thirst for freedom from it. So why not? The same basic conditions apply as when Che was alive.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 94,1,Should religion be involved in our human rights?:,"In one sense you bring up an interesting point. Let me challenge you with a broader concept... | |
| ...do our Laws reflect our Morality....or does Morality stem from the Laws we make each other abide by? | |
| In their written series of civilization, Will and Ariel Durant made the point in the first book, ""Our Oriental Heritage"", that man did not need or make laws until he thought his neighbor needed them. | |
| Think on that a bit as you ponder your own question. | |
| In my own personal opinion, I do believe that faith can and should inform public policy. In a republic such as ours, we have agreed to abide by the majority, until a new majority comes into being. And each new majority will bring its' own set of values.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 105,1,"Why do women get restraining orders on their husbands, when there is no real abuse violence?:","There are many types of abuse mental, physical, neglect, Maybe she just doesn't want you around anymore. Perhaps it is pay back for something you did, and she just can't get over what you did to her. This restraining order can be a piece of mind,""If he is not around me, he can't hurt me anymore."" It may provide a safe area for the heart to rest easier. ""If I don't see him, then I don't have to be reminded of how he has lied, cheated, let me down, whatever the case is"".",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 113,2,Cmv: the adversarial judicial system does not help determine the truth:,"I can't see how the adversarial judicial system helps to get at the truth. It seems more about how well an argument is presented that the facts of a case. | |
| The way that both sides draw conclusions, and attempt to manipulate the jury with emotional language into believing them seems deceptive. In addition the jury, who are basically untrained (in terms of weighing evidence) people decide which argument is better seems to be a poor method of getting at the truth. | |
| What are the arguments in favour of this system?",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 119,2,Cmv: the race car is a better vehicle than the dirt bike for 90% of maps on hill climb racing.:,"Forgive any rambling, Im going to ensure I hit the 500 word limit. With the exception of the moon where the dirt bike is amazing to rack up coins with flips and crazy air time, the race car is the superior vehicle. On maps like the beach and the cave the down force keeps you down on the big hills and keeps you in the ground. On Highway and Rollercoaster, forget about it, it's tailor made for those levels. I have made all of my high scores with the race car, on every map except the moon. Another huge downside of the bike is it's so flippy, if you get onto a hill and you lose momentum you end up doing a back flip and you slip backwards and can't get back up without a run up. With the race car, once you get forward momentum the downforce keeps your front end down and you will get up any hill. CMV!",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 120,2,Cmv: i think the tsa is useful in the modern day.:,"First of all, very first of all, us people are very greedy. We like to scrimp if we can, so we can pocket the difference. $8B, according to Forbes is its budget. If it was so useless, or even if Congress felt they could get away without it, they would immediately remove it. $8B more! They'd raise their pay! But they don't. Why wouldn't they? Because they think it serves some sort of purpose, and I am assuming it is the one of protecting the USA. Secondly, it is evolving. You have seen new security measures every year and while yes, they are annoying, they may have potentially saved your life. How's that for throwing away 500ml of water and standing in queue for 30min? | |
| I can see that many people in reddit disagree with this, however, and I want to know why, so I can form a balanced opinion. So CMV!",1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 121,2,Cmv: your first love is your strongest love:,"I am just under the impression that a man's first love is his strongest love and every following love is a bit weaker each time. ALSO each following love is trying to match the intensity of the first love, a bit like chasing the dragon after taking a drug for the first time. I base much of my view on the belief that after separating from your first love the veil falls and your naive beliefs about love go away forever. By this I mean that you no longer believe in the ""fairy tale"" love stories and start to see just how hurtful love can be. Reddit change my view.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 131,2,"Will the economy recover shortly? stance: yes, it will recover quickly (months):","Yes, it WILL recover - PROVIDED the government stops its meddling and 'bailing out' measures. It's things exactly like this that turned the potentially temporary market drop into a huge and horrid 'Great Depression'......and as part of the 'measures' then instituted were some of the Union Laws which are STILL crippling our ability to be competitive.... | |
| I wish lawmakers HAD TO take at least SOME relevant history while in high school...",1,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 134,2,Which is a better pizza or taco bell stance: pizza:,"I don't know where you live, but here in SoCal we have pizza delivery services availabe until 3am, plus i'd rather go to Del Taco anytime over Taco Smell or Taco Hell aka Taco Bell. | |
| Back in the 60s before Taco Fell became part of another multi-national corporation they were good, in our high school days we go there to cure the munchies, tacos were 5 for a buck back then. | |
| JJ",1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 144,2,Are there too many open debates being created daily? stance: yes:,"Absolutely. Almost 20 created yesterday (the 12th). The running average in the past few weeks is around 8 or 9 per day. | |
| There should be a maximum posted per day, possibly having someone elses to wait until the following day, either through a filtered bucket or something like that. Give people a chance to read current ones. | |
| Too many debaters are putting time and effort into the current open debates, and then having them fall further down the list, leading to less people reading and responding to them. | |
| (and I know someone will jump at the chance to call this open debate out as 'just another one pushing others down') but I felt this had to be said.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 153,3,"Business review: 2.0 stars | |
| business name: agincourt bakery. city: scarborough. categories: event planning & services, delis, caterers, italian, bakeries, food, restaurants:","Since this place is close to where i live and it showed good yelp ratings i figured i would give it a try. Went to try the veal sandwich and check out their baked goods. | |
| Veal sandwich - 2.5 stars. The veal wasn't tender enough which made it difficult to bite through. I added provolone and onions which was decent, but the onions were sliced pretty big. The tomato sauce was liquidy which makes me think there isn't enough tomato paste. This made the sandwich more soggy than tasty. | |
| Baked goods - 2 stars. I can't comment on the taste since i just checked it out but a handful of the items looked familiar from other bakeries which makes me think that they don't bake onsite. Also there was a lot of condensation build up in one of the cake/cookie fridge which make the food look unappetizing. The only things that looked worth trying was the lemon meringue and the cannolis. | |
| Final thoughts - was hoping for way better but got less than mediocre. Won't be trying out again.",1,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 162,0,Firefox vs internet explorer:,"From a design standpoint, Firefox absolutely wins the Pretty Browser battle. | |
| There is such an array of beautiful skins out there for Firefox, and when you add that to the amount of Toolbar and UI customization that Firefox supports, the 'Fox is the clear-cut winner. | |
| And since I assume most of the people debating the superiority of one browser or another are Intraweb junkies, I know everyone uses their browser quite often. | |
| Who wants to look at an ugly UI like that of every IE (7 is the most criminal of them all)?",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 163,0,Firefox vs internet explorer:,"i love firefox and defended it, but what is odd is that this site is breaking in it.",1,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 167,0,If your spouse committed murder and he or she confided in you would you turn them in:,"No. I wouldn't be able to turn them in. If you truly love someone you would do anything to help them. Especially if it was an accident. | |
| Though, if he killed some one just because he felt like killing somone it may be a little different, because I wouldnt want him to go nuts and kill me too.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 168,0,Tv is better than books:,"Books offer improvement with grammar and spelling skills. Plus it's more creative. With TV everything is done for you. With books you can imagine the characters looks and the setting with your own little creativity in it. | |
| Plus you can take books anywhere and everywhere without disrupting anyone.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 173,0,Is porn wrong:,"Porn is definitely wrong. Porn is like an addiction to some people which is unhealthy and can lead to guilt and lust. An addiction to porn gives an unhealthy image of real sex. Porn promotes the fact that sex is totally based on pleasure, but it is actually based on love and affection also. Porn inspired numerous crimes that sometimes abuse the rights and virginity of many people.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 174,0,Is porn wrong:,"Are you a Christian...or anything? If not, than hey who's to stop you! For the record, yeah it's wrong. Unfortunately, it's impossible to argue that, if you and the opposing individual refuse to share the same beliefs. Hence, my first point.",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 184,0,Pro choice vs pro life:,I support pro choice if nothing else because it is one of the last bastions that free people hold out against the government for.,1,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 188,0,Evolution vs creation:,"Just a note to the creationists. Please use the ""Convinced me"" link correctly. | |
| You're supposed to click this if the person's argument convinced you that Creationism is true. Some of you seem to be clicking anything and everything on the right hand side. | |
| This will not help you win the debate by the way.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 192,0,Is porn wrong:,"Whoever said porn degrades women is idiotic. #1 They get compensated well, #2 they CHOSE to do it, #3 some girls actually like what they do, #4 without sex and porn, you may not have been born. Sex = life. =)",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 194,0,Is porn wrong:,"Porn isn't wrong, as long as you aren't doing it behind your partner's back. | |
| It's only degrading to the women who choose to pose.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 200,0,Is it better to have a lousy father or to be fatherless:,I would rather have a lousy father than being fatherless because I would at least have the tranquility of knowing who my father is than spending my whole life wondering who he was. If I was to grow up fatherless I would grow with an emptiness in me. I would prefer growing up with a lousy father and learn from his mistakes than not having a father at all.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 207,0,Tv is better than books:,I think that TV is good because it is faster and some people cant read,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 213,0,India has the potential to lead the world:,yes it does with a rapidly growing population and a growing economy India is in line with china to become the greatest economic powers of the world,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 221,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,"Spanking should not be an option to discipline a child, parents have a lot other options before spanking. Its better to talk to them about what they did wrong and solve the problem in a proper way.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 223,0,If your spouse committed murder and he or she confided in you would you turn them in:,"Yes definately i will turn him in to the police because he has commited a murder and its a sin. Maybe if he gets arrested,he can feel guilty for what he has done and try not to repeat it again. And also how can i trust a murderer?He can even be telling a lie to me and maybe can kill me for someone else in the future.so Just by confiding to me does not make him clean and innocent.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 229,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,one reason is just because so many more people agree with this side now,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 230,0,Which type of endeavor is better a personal pursuit or advancing the common good:,"In order to help advance a common good, you must first realize what is your common good. You have to know when you are that better person to then spread your good to other people. You can't just assume that you are a great person if you don't have anything to show it. If you desire to see a world full of all this goodness, YOU have to be that spark that starts the fire.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 232,0,Which type of endeavor is better a personal pursuit or advancing the common good:,"At the moment, I would have to choose a Personal Pursuit, I have goals set and would like to have them accomplished before I can begin to help others. Although I do enjoy helping others, it is ""I"" who I must help first.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 244,1,Should same sex marriages be legal?:,"This debate has clarified for me that the government shouldn't really be in the marriage business. Let the churches perform marriages for whomever they think fit, and let the government simply record the marraiges or civil unions and grant equal rights to them all. As for plural ""marriages,"" they exist, but there is not a sizable part of the population which supports them. That is a different debate for another day, and the issues are quite different. In my mind, the purpose of marriage or civil union is to provide support to individuals, especially when they are raising children. Some of the most monogamous couples I know are gay, and they are some of the best parents too.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 250,1,Is there a difference between racial and criminal profiling?:,"if your society systematically puts down or punishes a specific group of people on a racial basis then there is no difference between the two, because that kind of discrimination (jobs, schools, neighbourhoods) will lead to an increase in criminal behaviour....simply because there are fewer and fewer alternatives, if any, available. | |
| if white anglo-saxon protestants were systematically beaten down for generations, then they'd pretty much match the criminal profile.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 255,1,Any ultra highly intelligent people who understand tanzania land issues and possible future outcomes?:,"I had the oppertunity to visit Dar just a couple of weeks back. And to answer each of your questions separately may be difficult for me. But maybe my observations while I was in Dar may help you find some answers to your questions. | |
| First and foremost, what I felt is that there is general feeling of detachment in the general public. There is hardly any enthusiasm in whatever they are doing and have a tendency to just follow, whatever they are told. There is great amount od tired, laid back approach to work and things can take forever to acomplish. | |
| I am sure Tz as a country has lot of potential, but if you ask me my opinion as an outsider if Tz can develop into an exemplary country, my response would Yes, but there is long way to go and a lot to change before that.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 256,1,Why do people still stand behind gw?:,"I often ask myself the same question. | |
| The sheep stand behind him because this administration has done a successful job in terrorizing his (Bush's) supporters with fear. They use the crayola chart to let people know the 'terror threat' yet they want people to live their lives and not let what happened on 9/11 to affect how we live. The crayola chart really is only needed by state and local governments as it advises if they need more resources for that particular time frame. (public servants) | |
| In the name of ' I don't like that party ', people will side with him as well. So Bush could have told people that he is the spawn of Satan and people would have still voted for him becuase they so much dislike the opposing political party.",1,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 257,1,Why not ban teenage sexuality altogether?:,"HAHAHA! It's not going to happen. | |
| People are free to make there own decisions in life. Yeah, maybe it sucks that there is such big consequences to it, but really you sound stupid! Sex should not be taught as an evil thing. It's not evil or dirty. Maybe you should teach your kids about responsiblity and learn to talk to them about it. Jails are over crowded now. Imagine what it would be like if ppl are thrown into jail because of that. You can't stop nobody from doing what they want to do. You should know that already from when you where younger. The more you discouage it the more they are going to want to do it. People have that right. Yes, even kids. That's the only way they learn.",1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 260,1,Are police racist?... u be the judge?:,"Yes you do have officers out there that are racist. Its sad that you can not even trust the people out there that are supposed to protect you. But if you think about it, everyone is racist in their own little way. Some just do not even notice it. Racism is sad though and we should all look at each other the same way. People are kinda like crayons... | |
| They come in different shapes, sizes, and colors but we all still have to live in the same box",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 266,1,Is fair trade real or just a gimmick to further differentiate products in saturated markets?:,"Well I think ultimately its just going to be a gimmick, why would the large supermarkets want to pay more for coffee beans etc when they don't have the decency to pay farmers in this country a fair price for their goods, and when we are all brainwashed on the money making ""carbon footprint"" idea how do you justify flying food round the world just to help the poor. | |
| I don't think that the social elite will go without fair trade or organic even though its riddled with GM, due to snobbery.",1,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 268,2,Cmv: artists who do not wish their works to be published should have their wishes respected posthumously.:,"Recently, we have seen Michael Jackson ""release"" an album of songs that he never wanted to be released. Likewise, Tolkien's translation of Beowulf has just been published despite his protestations that it is ""hardly to my liking"". Jackie Kennedy's private letters to a priest are even being auctioned off. I believe that this kind of behavior represents a deeply problematic invasion of the artists' privacy, and should not occur. If they are unfortunately published, you and I ought to refrain from listening to or reading these works. | |
| In short, I believe the dead have a right to privacy that ought not be violated for merely prurient interest. Scholars and spies may have compelling interests in the material, but most of us do not. | |
| ",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 274,2,Cmv: i believe excessively loud car stereo systems should be considered illegal modifications.:,"You know these cars with ""systems."" You hear the bass booming from hundreds of feet away. The vibrations shake your floors. If you can make out the music, it's usually terrible techno or hip-hop. | |
| These systems serve no purpose to the driver or the roads that they utilize. From a safety standpoint, the sound is a clear distraction that could mask an emergency vehicle siren, or passing car horn. From a quality of life standpoint, it's pure noise pollution, and a sign of pure inconsideration when a driver refuses to keep it down late at night. | |
| I feel the DMV should be performing a decibel check on all car audio systems, and they should not exceed the maximum of the car's horn. Massive stereo hardware should not be considered street legal. Reject their inspection, and impound them if discovered on the road.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 280,2,Cmv: israel should have been established within the borders of germany as an independent state following the second world war.:,"The establishment of Israel is often cited as necessary based on the need to protect people of Jewish heritage from around the world. To the victors go the spoils. Why should an Israeli state be established in a historically relevant but highly dangerous location because of an historical claim that is thousands of years old? Why not annex a portion of Germany, relocate a population whose government actively worked to destroy the Jews, and work towards acceptance of Jewish visitors in their Holy Land? I am very aware that not all Germans were complicit in the actions of the Nazis. However, the annexation of a portion of Germany is arguably more morally justifiable than basically conquering Palestine because of a religion-based claim. If Jewish security is the issue, lopping off a portion of Germany to form Neo-Israel would have been the vastly superior option. CMV.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 289,2,Cmv: i think yuengling is the best beer to get if you are having a party and don't know what beers people like.:,"Coors light tastes like beer-flavored piss-water. Labatts tastes like a pond that 80-year-old canucks had sex in. Budweiser is for retards who don't know what beer is. | |
| But Yuengling is mass produced and... actually pretty good. | |
| It's not the *best* beer, mind you. It's *good*, but it's not like, king of beers or anything. | |
| Craft brews are getting a lot of attention in recent years, especially in America, and a lot of beer snobs go to parties. | |
| These guys are not easy to please, but they *will* settle for Yuengling. It's just good enough to not offend, and just shitty enough to please the unwashed plebs. | |
| Change my view.",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 291,2,"If humans were created, are we technically artificial intelligence? stance: yes.:","Anything intelligence created by a more intelligent being is artificial correct? The creating being is the ""real"" being, while it's creation is an imitation of itself. That means if anything we create is artificial, we ourselves are artificial intelligence.....if we were created. If we have rights and need to respect one another, does that mean we should have love and compassion for our creations? Would it be possible to love something we have given artificial intelligence? If not, how can god love me or you?",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 292,2,Is it really noble to steal from the rich to give to the poor? stance: yes:,"I think it depends on how the rich made their money. Some rich people came across their money honestly. They should be left alone. However, alot of rich people have come across significant portions of their money through dishonest means...by hiring 'illegal alien' workers who work for maybe $1-2 per hour instead of hiring a legal worker who they'd be required to pay minum wage (Wal-Mart has been found guilty of this several times over the past years especially in hiring their janitorial staffs), by cheating on their tax returns, by pulling other accounting fiascos (just look at Enron), etc. Any rich person who has come across money through dishonest means...I'd say steal it all and give it to the poor because that's likely who they were taking that money from.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 293,2,Existence of god stance: god does not exist:,"Before I began, let's create three base ideas about God: | |
| A. God is perfect | |
| B. God sees all | |
| C. God can do whatever he/she wants | |
| Now, based on those, we can create the following: | |
| 1. God sees evil in the world (B), but despite having the power to stop it (C), does not. | |
| 2. Any being that sees wrong, knows it can be stopped by him or her, and takes no action is flawed on some level. | |
| 3. This is contradictory to letter A, as in the scripture it is said that God is perfect. | |
| 4. Therefore, God doesn't exist.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 297,2,Academic qualifications ensures success stance: i agree.:,"I agree with that Academic qualification ensures success in life because Academic qualifications ensure you have the basics in learning. If your basic grounding in Maths, Science and Languages is strong, you can get success in life because mastering these subjects allows you to calculate, to innovate and to communicate. These essentials for success cannot be learned without professional help in schools and colleges.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 302,2,Can you ever really and fully know a person? stance: no:,"No you can't. | |
| You can claim to know someone inside and out and even be soulmates for just shy of a lifetime, but with each new day, minute, and second of life, you are learning new things about someone that would make you shocked to know. | |
| Proof of this: Crimes, divorce, arguments, deep conversations, expressions, employment terminations, etc. | |
| Deep down, everyone has something that is eventually revealed into the world that not a person knows or knew about prior. | |
| With that, you can NEVER truly know what makes a person tick.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 303,2,Nothing exists stance: nothing exists:,"""Nothing exists."" To utter that sentence - or even contemplate it - applies existence to something that is ""nothing."" Yet to argue that nothing exists asserts - paradoxically - that in fact, no thing exists. It is a logical impossibility to argue that nothing does not exist. Therefore, we must apply existence to nothing - making nothing something indeed!",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 306,2,What killed nikola tesla stance: natural causes:,"Uh, lemme see, at 82 years old, especially in the 40's, it may have been by natural causes. I think if the government wanted him dead, they would have offed him WAY before when he was actually inventing things which could possibly be related to weapons. Now Michael Jackson or Elvis Presley... Those would be much more conspiracy theory probabilities.. lol...",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 321,0,India has the potential to lead the world:,"As we know that India is fully filled with corruption. Each and every person have no time to help others, his only aim is to earn money in any way.Our manners and civilization are reducing and reducing every day.",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 330,0,Evolution vs creation:,"That's your best argument - ""Because they don't"" ? | |
| I thought there was a reason for everything... | |
| I don't see the squirrel outside my window evolving. In fact, I'm pretty sure squirrels have looked and acted the same for thousands of years. | |
| How does an animal aquire a trait that he wasn't born with? Does he just wish for it really hard and it magically grows? | |
| And you proved my point - ""species have certain characteristics and properties"" | |
| I noticed you didn't mention that their characteristics randomly change | |
| And by the way, I'm just wondering because I'm a curious person... | |
| what insects are you talking about?",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 333,0,Should physical education be mandatory in schools:,"Yes! and yes and yes and definately a god damn bloody yes. | |
| Lack of physical education is the reason why your aunt or uncle is in hospital. | |
| Lack of physical education is the reason why millions of people are fat. | |
| Lack of physical education is the reason why you cannot sleep properly at times. | |
| Lack of physical education is the reason why you are not having super great sex with your girlfriend(s)",1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 336,0,William farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore:,"Raffles doesn't care about the citizens, doesn't spare a thought at all. | |
| So what if he discovered the island majulah singapura, he did not help in the least in singapore's development. so why in the world should he deserve the title of 'singapore's founder'? | |
| Farquhar developed the island, with all his ideas contributing to the development.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 343,0,Evolution vs creation:,"I have to contradict phro and say that the peppered moths do show evidence of evolution. The data may have been insufficient, but evolution did occur. | |
| When different alleles are expressed due to external factors, this is evolution.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 346,0,Is porn wrong:,"Everyone has sex, so making a profit on it isn't wrong it's genius",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 359,0,Ban plastic water bottles:,The water bottles are a safe source of water and is garentee safety,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 367,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,its just unnatural because all sexual creatures mate with the opposite sex.,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 371,0,Christianity or atheism:,"this is my big problem with christianity: why is it about belief. there have been horrible people who are believers. what about wonderful people who do great things for the world and are atheists. is it fair to punish them for not knowing what the nature od reality is??? I AM an atheist and im a good person. the idea that a mere belief difference can seal ones fate is beyond preposterous, its madness!!",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 387,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,"Gay Marriage. I'm an agnostic so in no way does my religion conflict with this matter. I'm an avid gay rights supporter. Marriage, is said to be the marriage of 2 people who love and care about each other. Some Straight couples just get married for the benefit of getting kids. So is that right in any case? What is the purpose of marriage if 2 people only get married to reap its benefits? I.e Have kids? As we are living in a developing society, more and more and more people are coming to terms and agreeing that gay marriage is ok.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 390,1,How do you feel about dfhs and casa involving your family?:,"It sounds to me like you have big trouble. CASA - that's Community Alternate Systems Agency - is staffed with Registered Nurses and makes determinations about Medicaid eligibility. | |
| If you took your child to a doctor or an ER and someone saw what they took for signs of abuse (bruises, etc.) they are bound by law to make a report. | |
| If it has nothing to do with that, they may just be trying to determine if you qualify for Medicade. Being bureaucrats, they have a tendency to stick their noses into everyone's business.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 392,1,In the steat of ohio can the same lawyer represent the ex wife to be and the new one to be some day at 1 time?:,"yes, the two women have separate issues going on. This is perfectly legal and moral. Your ex-wife is going to court concerning you. The new wife is going to court concerning her husband. This has nothing to do with you. The only conflict there would be, was if the ex-wife and you had the same lawyer. Obviously that can not work. You need someone looking out for your interest and she needs someone looking out for hers. As long as you didn't cheat on the ex with the new, because then the new girlfriend would probably be named in the divorce case.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 394,1,Which would you rather have? (serious pro choice/pro life question)?:,"I agree that a woman should have the right to chose and there are lots of children out there who have to go through foster homes and live very hard lives. I am pro choice. I also think that if it is made illegal then there are going to be alot of women dying from having abortions done in ""hole in the wall"" places that are not sanitary or under almost torturous conditions. I could never do it but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. I think that when a person says they are pro life that they are not looking at the bigger picture. Ask them if they want to pay higher taxes that will come from the government having to take care of the children that abandoned from the mothers that didnt want or couldnt take care of these children.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 398,1,Are there any lawyers out there that will take a civil court case in canada for free.?:,"Probably not. Not many people work for free unless there's a compelling social reason to do so (e.g. if you're protesting discrimination, etc). You MIGHT get someone to take the case on fee, which is to say they'd get a %age of the verdict. This will oly work if 1) you have a good case, and 2) your case has a high potential settlement amount. | |
| Otherwise, prepare to pay. I went to law school and spent years (and hundreds of thousands) to get my training; I don't generally give work out for free unless there's a damn good reason. And no, ""I don't want to pay"" is not a good reason.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 400,1,Why does the government have the right to enact 'morals' laws?:,"First of all, the Constitution does NOT guarantee the ""pursuit (or persuit) of happiness"". That expression appears in the preamble to the Declaration of Independence. On substance, I doubt very much time and energy is spent in enforcing laws relating to prostitution in relation to other offenses. Finally, will you admit to any role for morality in criminal law? I mean, take laws relating to age of consent -- why is consensual sex illegal for, say, 15 year olds but not 16 year olds? In other words, how do you draw a line?",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 407,1,I need help! loaded gun in apartment?:,"Wait...you signed a contract KNOWING you weren't going to abide by it? | |
| And... the answer is YES. They, the property management, CAN place restrictions in the lease. Depending upon how the lease reads EXACTLY the key to this restriction is the word ""loaded"". Meaning you can keep an unloaded gun with a clip or speed loader nearby - It will be hard to prove either way.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 415,1,If there is an accident at a stop light because one driver makes a right turn against the light and the other?:,"It's still considered a ""right-of-way"" violation. The driver with the legal ""right-of-way"" is the one with the green light, whether he's an idiot or not. Up here in New England (and I'm sure everywhere else), we have a lot of drivers that go for miles with their blinker on. I wait until they have actually started making the turn to go, because once they start turning, they lose the ""right-of-way"" on the street they were on.",1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 416,1,Where can i find some lawyer's free consultation online especially on the matter of copyrights and trademark?:,"Doc, be very careful with this. I'm a writer and an ex police officer. These people will have you surgically removing their boots from your own...Send an official certified letter to the actual original publisher of the material along with a permission form to use their content. And, if they don't get back to you, extract the info from another source. Protect yourself my friend. Their lawyers will eat your lunch and not even leave you a Twinkie! Also, a disclaimer on your site is still a good idea. Tina",1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 417,1,Hypocrites?:,"Because they haven't thought through it properly. Just like the rest of us (including, no doubt, you), many of their opinions are a mix of other peoples opinions. The result is an inconsistent view (also note opinions on the death penalty). It is almost impossible to think through EVERY issue for yourself because there are so many. | |
| In many cases it could be conservatism is masquarading as pro-life. They are not the same thing. Conservatism says whatever we used to do is right. Pro-life says that every human life is worth more than anything. | |
| On the other hand, pro-choice could be called inconsistent. Just as an a parent may believe their life would be better if the foetus didn't exist, the U.S. may feel it more convenient if the nation of Iraq is a bloody mess. | |
| Every unheard voice of every oppressed person, whether in Iraq or in the womb, is worth defending.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 422,1,I've just been released from a psychiatric unit and want to know what repercussions this might have on my job:,"emergency petitons for psychiatric evaluations are NOT an arrest.. nor are they availible for review by an employer.. the American Disablities Act prevents this.. and gives you ground for a law suit if it is used against you.. you do need to make your employer aware of your conditon.. | |
| if he fires you.. you will file a claim with the ADA.. chances are they will deny your claim if you didnt make them aware of your illness prior to employment.. after the ADA reviews this .. you will be given a ""right to sue"" letter.. (whether the ADA find validity in your claim or not-- you still have to go through this) | |
| only after the proceedings with the ADA can you get a lawyer involved.. he will argue that you didnt make your employer aware of your illness prior to employment because they would have not hired you in the first place.. | |
| many lawyers work probono and have a field day with employers like these.. | |
| bottom line.. mental illnesses such as Bipolar.. are a disabilty furthermore.. you may also be eligible for Social Security.. so you dont have to put up with narrowminded employers..",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 427,2,Cmv: i don't care which political party is in power because i feel like goods and bad things will happen regardless:,"This is maybe more specific to Canada, but I really don't care which candidate wins what or what party they belong to. I feel like regardless if it's the Liberals, Conservatives, or NDP (read: the parties that could realistically win just about everything), some good things will get done, more bad things will be done, there's a 25% chance of some major scandal, and there will definitely be corruption. And then there's the fact that every incumbent cancels out what their predecessors put in place to put their own mark on things and this just continues in a cycle. | |
| This is me looking at the situation without my own political beliefs. For example, if I am in favour of subways and only party X is, I am not taking that into account.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 428,2,Cmv: instruments are stupid and obsolete:,"Instruments have such wild limitations compared To a normal composition programs that I think they're obsolete in the modern musical world. They have imperfection, and you cant control the frequencies of the sounds you're making as well. People will spend years learning how to make a single sound, instead of all possible sounds. When you play an instrument, you're just a drone, an atomaton playing someone else's piece. It's like being a soldier vs being the president. Sure, it takes a lot of work, but it's a waste of talent.",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 434,2,Cmv: i think the concept of sociological 'privilege' is damaging when used anywhere outside a sociology book:,"As an academic definition it makes sense- some people benefit from characteristics they are born with based on historical and present discrimination- but it seems like wherever it's used outside sociological theory it instead is an excuse to simply dismiss the arguments of those you disagree with. | |
| E.g., ""You're privileged, so your opinion on this issue is invalid"" | |
| I feel like using privilege in any kind of discussion is just an indirect way of arguing ad hominem, rather than actually engaging the other person in a reasonable debate. Even if someone's opinions really are biased due to their differing experiences caused by social privilege, I don't think that pointing out that privilege is at all a valid way to prove them wrong.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 435,2,"Cmv: poaching and hunting are the same thing, and hunting is no more ecologically friendly than poaching:","This is influenced by the IAmA submission from the guy who proudly kills fellow human beings in the name of ""saving"" wildlife. But really? How are poachers more morally and ecologically irresponsible than hunters? Hunters have been responsible for the extinction of wildlife in recent memory and in past events of human existence. Hunters, just like poachers, threaten animal for the sake of profit. Anti pouching initiative is hypocrisy in itself. One, it does not make the existence of mankind better. Two, it doesn't stop the extinction of various species in wildlife at the hands of human beings.",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 437,2,"Cmv: free product charities, such as freerice.org, are generally bad for struggling third world countries.:","Now I know this sounds messed up, but I do not believe that donating free rice to a third world country is a good idea. Although it sounds good in the short term, less starvation, it ultimately just temporarily hids a problem. When a third world nation is supplied with free food it can distribute to its people any form of farming or other food production of that country suffers. If a farmer is producing rice and selling it in said country, their livelihood will be ruined by rice which is freely available to the population. If any kind of donations are made, it should be money. This money could be used to subsidize farmers of the third world countries which would allow cheaper food prices, greater food production, and more employment opportunities from the larger food industry of these countries.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 449,2,"Arguments about the existence of god are useless and irrelevant. stance: arguments about the existence of god are useless and irrelevant because there is no concrete proof,:","Arguments about the existence of God are in fact useless. There have been logical arguments presented, but they can be disproven using more logic. It can be reffered to David Hume's ""Matter of Facts."" This says that a matter of fact can be presented but not be disproven. There is no concrete arguments that can be presented to prove or disprove his existence, thus making it useless to debate about his existence or not. It all comes down to faith.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 450,2,Does bush's rejection of the latest green house gas caps at the g8 summit in germany prove he is full of hot air? stance: he is a liar and an idiot:,"Global Warming is an issue that affects the whole world, hence the Global bit. America seems to pride itself on being a country with no qualms about rushing into another country to 'save' and 'liberate' it from evil forces (even if the rest of the world dosen't always agree). If the US is serious about helping the world, then it needs to pull its wieght on the Global Warming problem. | |
| As one of the largest C02 producers in the world, the least that Bush can do is pledge that the 'Last World Superpower' will cut down on its catasrophic contribution to the damage inflicted on the planet every day.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 457,2,Marijuana v.s. coffee (healthier?) stance: marijuana has more medical benefits:,"This is a no brainer, coffee has no medical benefits, keep in mind that being a stimulant and tasting good is not a medical benefit. On the other hand going back over 5,000 years marihuana's active ingredient THC has been used fro many health beneifits, moroever the stalk, leaves and seeds have been used to manufacture rope, canvas, clothings and other materials as well.... No Contest! Marijuana places high above coffee",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 460,2,Is the animal liberation front a terrorist organization? stance: yes they use violence to intimidate:,"This group uses violence to spread their message and intimidate people with fear. | |
| By starting fires in civilian areas, the group fits the definition of terrorists. As noted in the news article, the fires targeted forest ranger stations, meat packing plants, wild horse corrals, lumber mill offices, research facilities, an SUV dealer and, in 1998, Vail Ski Resort. | |
| We cannot limit our concept of terrorist to Islamic radicals. Anyone striking civilian targets with violence with the intent to send a message or spread fear should be considered a terrorist organization.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 461,2,Should religious schools get funding from the government? stance: no:,"Just like any other private schools, religious schools earn money from their own pupils money which goes DIRECTLY to THEM and is not subsidised in any way unlike public schools who have to use community fundraisers and events. | |
| The money given to private instituations like these is like giving money to a stranger and asking that they give it to charity... you do not know what they are going to do with it and how it will benefit their students.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 464,3,"Business review: 1.0 stars | |
| business name: pho mailan. city: henderson. categories: vietnamese, food, restaurants:","Was very disappointed with this place. Been going to a ramen place down the street for a while and always leave full and happy.... | |
| came here after hearing all the hype about pho and wasnt happy. i totally would pick ramen over pho any day!!!! | |
| the egg rolls were very good and that was the only good thing about the dinner!",1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 475,0,Firefox vs internet explorer:,"Anyone who says Firefox 2 has major memory leaks obviously hasn't actually used Firefox 2. The only memory issues I've come across is on opening multiple windows (20 or more at once) or when leaving Firefox active for three hours or more at a time (A known issue, which a simple restart will fix). | |
| And arguing for IE7 in favor of Firefox... Weakness. For every feature they added to IE 7 they removed one of the advantages earlier versions had. (Flexible toolbars? Customizable buttons? Who needs em!)",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 479,0,Tv is better than books:,Have any of you noticed that those who are against books are the ones who have terrible arguments. Like that person who just said TV is awesome with many exclamation marks and in capitals. That clearly proves that books are much better than TV because it TV rots the brain.,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 483,0,Is it better to have a lousy father or to be fatherless:,"I think both being fatherless and having lousy father is depressing. But for me i will prefer to be fatherless, because at least you know that being fatherless is a good reason for a father not to be around. It would hurt me the most if i had a lousy father and not to care about me. In this case i am in the middle of this two choices, that is because i have a father but he is not here in this country, i understand him because he left back to our country for a great reason. But i still need him here to support me.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 487,0,Is porn wrong:,"Porn is wrong when it is not done in moderation. Porn addicts turn out to have intimacy issues in their relationships and mistreat and view women in a negative manner. Also people who are addicted to porn, expect all women to look like porn stars and act like porn stars, when in reality that is not what sex is about... But it tends to screw up their reality.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 489,0,Evolution vs creation:,"The scientific rigor you mention is not present in evolutionary theory. Here's one example: In the 1800s, Charles Lyell and others came up with dates for the rock strata. Radiometric dating wasn't invented until the 1900s. When it was invented, the techniques were calibrated to match the dates Lyell came up with. To say that this proves the dates that Lyell came up with is a logical fallacy, and it sure doesn't sound like true scientific rigor to me.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 493,0,Evolution vs creation:,Could a unproven higher power have created a perfect world that appeared to have existed for more than 10 million years when really it is only 1 hundred thousand years old?,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 500,0,Should physical education be mandatory in schools:,yes! our kids are so out of shape for the most part and eat too much junk,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 505,0,Is porn wrong:,"All these arguments about that porn leads to addiction are annoying me now -_- . Porn hardly ever leads to addiction, just in weak people, maybe who have mental health issues, or attachment issues or find it hard to separate fantasy from reality. I watch porn once or twice a day when i'm on my own but also have a great boyfriend and we have sex once or twice (sometimes three, if i'm lucky!) times a week, we use porn to spice things up in the bedroom but we know it's all fantasy, we're not idiots, we just have desires that need to be met!",1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 508,0,Which type of endeavor is better a personal pursuit or advancing the common good:,"While striving to make advancements for the common good you can change the world forever. | |
| Allot of people have succeded in doing so. Our founding fathers, Thomas Edison, George Washington, Martin Luther King jr, and many more. These people made huge advances for the common good and they are honored for it.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 511,0,Is it better to have a lousy father or to be fatherless:,"I try to see things in both ways, but even though sometimes Ill rather have a fatherless father I think having a lousy father would be better for me because in order to grow up and be ready for life you have to learn about life and if you do not have an image or person to look up life could become harder or not good.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 513,0,Is it better to have a lousy father or to be fatherless:,"I wouldn't live my life right if I never got to meet my father. I wouldn't care if I grew up and had lousy father even if he has no job or life and maybe even an alcohlic. Having a father means alot especially if your boy because most fathers are friends to, so you can talk to them about guy problems and they would understand the situation and with just living with your mother you couldn't because she's a woman and her views are different then a guy. Whether its a good or lousy father they will always be there for you at sometime in life.",1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 519,0,Ban plastic water bottles:,"Bottled water consumption has grown exponentially over the past ten to fifteen years. This growth has taken place globally, but particularly in Europe and North America. The bottled water industry has literally created its own water culture which is good for american industries.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 525,0,Christianity or atheism:,"religious people are always using the same argument: you cant prove he doesn't exist!!!!you CANNOT disprove a negative. meaning, you cant prove something is not there,which already is not there.",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 526,0,Christianity or atheism:,"god aint flipppin real, so get over it u dumb belivers of god",1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 528,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,I believe that spanking you child because it shows then that what they did was wrong and if they dont want the feeling of a but woppen then they wont make the same mistake twice.,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 541,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,"A person should be free to do as he or she pleases. So in my opinion i really dont care much about gay marriage. I think it is in a way wrong but it doesn't really make that much of a big difference in society. So if you want to do it go ahead, it is your life, you make the decisions and choices. In some religions it is frowned upon, and i in a way frown upon it myself but dont let that influence your thoughts, just an opinion. | |
| Life is what you want it to be",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 545,0,Which type of endeavor is better a personal pursuit or advancing the common good:,"I think that focusing on a personal persuit comes first, going to college, having a career, and reaching a position of power. I don't think there really is a day when you will announce to the world that your going to advance the common good, but you can help people here and there, donating a little bit of time, donating a little money, but in the end if your ever in the position of power and have money you could truly advance the common good.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 555,1,Police academy?:,"Being in the police academy is very intensive and can even be quite stressful. Were you being supportive when he was there? I don't want to be disrespectful to you, but it sounds like you may have been the one being selfish. Were you being super demanding on him then? Maybe I'm missing part of the story. | |
| You should be happy that he was bettering himself and furthering his career. I'd say if that was the only issue that caused your break-up, then yes, get back with him.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 563,1,"A collection co. has a judgement against me. i am 63, disabled,?:","the sheriffs department do not have sales | |
| they are not in the business of being creditors/ liquidators/ repossesors, salesman. Thry are bluffing you ( harrasement), they are laws on this. When a deby get dues to expire collection agencies get real aggressive on collection. The only thing a sherrifs department can do is allow a party to collect cars.. ect.. ( not sure about furniture ), or ensure a safe and legal eviction.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 564,1,Is extradition fair?:,"No one objects when those who COMMIT crimes are extradited...justice should be served even if criminals flee. However, we all know that accusations are made against innocent people, and that not all legal systems are the same in terms of fairness. It is only natural that courts that have the accused before them who face trial elsewhere are going to want to be pretty well convinced that there is a solid case to answer before they send them abroad.",1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 566,1,Why did the nazis hate the jews so much as to gas them?:,"It wasn't just the jews, hun. | |
| The nazis weren't acting out of hate, like Stalin. They were doing what they deemed right. ""The Path to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions"". | |
| They wanted a master race, and sorry to say, but jews, and miscellaneous others did not fit that category. | |
| They did whatever they could to accomplish the master race. They weren't exactly hating the people. They were just using the same cruelty we use when we experiment on animals, or give them horribly adverse living conditions. We view ourselves better, and them as inferior and having no feelings, and no right to live happily. That's what the nazis did to various people groups. | |
| Stalin just treated anyone badly that he could treat badly, and enforced a ""Harvest of Despair"". You should watch the documentary below:",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 568,1,"If we have freedom of religion in usa, then why do people use the bible to justify discrimination against gays:","The vast majority if the answers above make the same mistake that the question implies. | |
| It's not the free exercise clause that deals with discrimination against gays. So, the ""freedom of religion"" right is not the issue. | |
| The issue is the Establishment Clause: ""Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion..."" As interpreted, that basically means that religious reaons cannot be used to justify secular laws. | |
| Those who try to use the Bible (or any other moral justifications) to discriminate against gays seem to think that they can use their religion to make laws, because they are in the majority. Just as long as nobody else bases any legal actions on a different religion. | |
| It's pure hypocrisy and pure religious-based discrimination. And while people are certainly entitled to either on a personal level, they cannot do so as a matter of law.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 573,1,Should newspapers that work against our war effort be tolerated?:,"Answer is NO! However, I think the bigger problem is finding out who leaks this information, there are a lot of Clinton era hold-overs. | |
| Newspapers are in the business of bashing Bush, so they will do whatever it takes to hinder the war effort, and then hide behind freedom of the press. It is getting people killed, and prolonging the war by telling our enemy everything they need to know.",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 577,1,What is the worst thing about being in jail?:,"It's boring. Kind of scary. | |
| I am not going to complain about the regular sex. | |
| shower time could get right out of hand. | |
| seriously it is a drag. | |
| Psychiatric wards can be scarier, but you don't necessarily have to sleep with guys if you are broke and need a smoke, lot's of good looking loonies(I can say that I own that word) in the hospital and you cannot catch crazy so it is worth going for it. | |
| So each has it's pros and con's but I would have to recommend psyche ward over jail. and jail over my last marriage. | |
| oh for the people that say you lose your self respect, speak for yourselfs. i am just dandy.",1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 579,1,Have animal activists really gone into malls and ruined articles of clothing made from fur?:,"Yes and no; over the short term, it would cause the retailer to have to order more furs, but long term, if activists kept doing it, it could become expensive enough that the retailer would think twice about selling it -- buying merchandise you can't sell isn't good business practice. | |
| The same tactic has also been used against private citizens; activists would wait near big public events where they know that ritzy folks will probably walk through wearin furs and then douse them with either paint or something looking like blood.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 587,2,Cmv: watching/reading newspapers and television news has become almost completely unnecessary.:,"After listening to CGP Grey and Brady Haran on their podcast, I had to agree with Grey that news websites and television channels have become redundant for anyone seeking important information on current affairs. | |
| Most news either does not effect my life or will be forgotten or irrelevant in a matter of months. | |
| I am not saying that they are pointless, as people enjoy watching or reading news, but as a source for up-to-date, interesting and well researched information, there are enough specialist sources for a deeper critique or explanation to current affairs, and twitter/reddit keep me informed with anything that is particularly salient. | |
| I've deleted the BBC, HuffPost and CNN apps from my phone, I can get current affairs from Twitter. Any takers, CMV? | |
| Edit: I am not questioning the importance of journalism. It is my position in the news chain. Why read the paper or watch the news when I can find out what is important from trusted people and then read myself, rather than sift through headlines.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 592,2,Cmv: the us should be partitioned because good governance is not likely at the scale of 300 million people:,"The smaller the body politic, the more the people are in control. The best size political unit is the city: big enough to have the advantages of scale (pooling risk, working together on public projects), small enough to avoid the disadvantages (corruption of big money, large inefficient bureaucracy). Look at how well governed Norway is with 5 million people. Look how badly China is governed with 1,351 million. I say the reason is that larger groups are harder to govern with good ideals. We should invoke Article V of the Constitution and partition the US into several independent countries, for instance: Cascadia, Texas, California, Heartland, New England, Florida, and the Confederacy. These could be linked together with trade and mutual defense deals the way Europe is.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 593,2,"Cmv: the moustache, facial hair in general, has become the embodiment of evil and the harbinger of bad times.:","There hasn't been a president with a moustache since William Taft in 1913 and, since then, people with moustaches haven't been seen as trustworthy thanks to people like Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx, Vladimir Linin, Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden and many more. When the fingerstache meme first became popular I was mortified because the moustache is now a symbol of barbarism and brutality towards man. To me, anybody that throws up a fingerstache might as well be throwing up a Nazi salute, it's a confession of their secret desire to turn back to barbarism and project their hipster (or should I say Hitler) tastes and preferences onto the populous by way of force. Worse still is the fact that Americas rampant consumerism has created an insatiable hollowness inside the heart of the hipster that can only be filled with fingerstache pillows, quality coffee, and eventually fascism. Each moustache that sprouts from the faces of my beloved citizens is, in fact, a black, hairy, evil flag.",1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 598,2,"Cmv: the ""stop bullying"" campaign is total bullshit. the best thing we can do is let kids defend themselves.:","The schools are teaching kids learned helplessness. It only causes the true victims of the school to suffer at the hands of administration. The current ""Stop Bullying"" campaign is propaganda to keep kids from recognizing themselves as autonomous beings and is a key reason why there are more school shootings. When you back an animal into a corner, it will strike with full force. That is what the school system and laws in place do. | |
| I also believe the laws in place are turning kids into people who can't solve problems on their own. ",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 605,2,Cmv: the traditional concept of hell as fire & brimstone is in principle the most evil concept ever thought up.:,"The notion of hell, as traditionally argued and defended by evangelicals and fundamentalists of both Islam and Christianity, either as a permanent flaming realm of torture or metaphysical torment and specifically designed for non-adherents for the 'crime' of being unsaved or for not believing in God or believing in the wrong God is the least morally defensible concept I can imagine. | |
| All of the worst dictators combined have nothing on the amount of suffering this world-view, if true causes. We are talking about a scale of billions being permanently tormented or tortured for their convictions. Nothing all of humanity combined has done can ever come to the scale of this.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 614,2,Debating about religion is useless stance: it's useless. it's like traveling in circles.:,"People will always keep their opinions about religion, no matter what. Because, they were raised that way. | |
| Religious man says ""God is here. I don't know how or why, but he is here and we must obey."" | |
| Atheist says ""God is impossible. It defys science. It's a bizarre thought with no evidence."" | |
| And were back to square one...",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 616,2,"Is the world going ot end in 2012? stance: yes, the world will end:","no the world will not end NASA keeps looking and we won't get hit for i thimk it was 3,000 years | |
| the funny thing is made a bet with my friend if the world doesn't end in 2012 i get $5 if it does he gets $5 he said ""if we see the asteroids | |
| i have to pay up"" i can't wait for those $5 LOL | |
| The Master Chief",1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 623,3,"Business review: 4.0 stars | |
| business name: wicked spoon. city: las vegas. categories: buffets, breakfast & brunch, restaurants:","This place's idea about individual portions is pretty awesome. There is definitely more attention paid to the actual food than you would have in other buffets. Service was nice, although it became a bit of a ""Where's Waldo"" when we wanted to ask for some Sprite later on in the meal. New York Steak was really good for a buffet and I really enjoyed the miso shrimp salad. I want to come back to try for dinner, as we came during brunch!",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 624,3,"Business review: 4.0 stars | |
| business name: raising cane's. city: henderson. categories: restaurants, chicken shop, fast food, american (traditional), american (new), chicken wings:","Raising Cane's is a yummy choice for chicken tenders and fries. Their dipping sauce is delicious. And, as a bonus, you get a piece of toast and/or cole slaw (depending which size meal you opt for). Personally, I always get the 3 finger combo (3 pieces of chicken, fries, and toast) as it is more than big enough to more than fill me up. It's a little pricier than I would have expected, but it's reasonable for the quality and quantity. The staff are pleasant and speedy at this location. The drive-thru is usually always a breeze. All in all, a good fast food spot for lunch or dinner.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 627,3,"Business review: 3.0 stars | |
| business name: main street pizza. city: kannapolis. categories: restaurants, italian, pizza:","Pizza was okay. $9.99 for a medium pizza. When you pay they swing the touch screen display around so you can pay after they swipe your card which displays your order total and if you want to leave a tip. You have to hit no for the tip and sign. I would think that for to go orders would not ask for a tip at all. | |
| They did not have any menu's you had to look on their wall that had the menu displayed in chalk. Said pizza would take about 9 minutes and ended up being 28 minutes. This is a new place and their sanitation score was a 97.5.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 630,0,Is the school uniform a good or bad idea:,"The school my mother works at, plus the school district my cousin's 3 children are in, are utilizing school uniforms. One reason is to ""reduce bullying"", which in reality, doesn't even address the problem concerning bullying. The only good it does is that it gets rid of or reduces students being bullied because they aren't wearing a specific clothing label that they dictate is the IN thing to wear. While it's a problem, all it does is sweep the one basic type of bullying under the rug. Kids will find other reasons to bully others. It also infringes upon their basic rights to be individuals and to express their individuality.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 638,0,Tv is better than books:,books are better than TV because most of the TV kids watch add influences to them which are not good and most parents don't care what there children watch and I thank book are better because you learn more from books.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 641,0,Is it better to have a lousy father or to be fatherless:,"I think if i had a dad that did nothing for me i wouldnt want him around because odds are you and him arent going to be talking 5 years down the line anyway, so why try and make it work out if you already know what the outcome is.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 654,0,Is porn wrong:,"If one is in a relationship then yes porn is wrong. No one has the right to tell others what to do, we can only hope to influence. Porn is disgusting. Seriously. It exploits men and women. It is not realistic and can split up relationships. | |
| If a man and a woman or a woman and a woman or man and a man are in a relationship then they should not need any other forms of sexual gratification other than their spouse. Out of love. And respect.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 666,0,Pro choice vs pro life:,"In the United States of America, pro-choice is the only constitutional way to go. Elsewhere in the world, people will do whatever they want.",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 675,0,Is it better to have a lousy father or to be fatherless:,"I think it's better to have a lousy father than to be fatherless because, growing up without a father can be hard for some kids. For example, there are some children that need dads to teach them right from wrong, but as long as you have a father no matter how lousy he is, at least you have somebody their to support your decisions and encourage you.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 678,0,Ban plastic water bottles:,"Yes I do feel that the consumption of water bottles should not be allowed anywhere unless in the case of emergency. Plastic bottles can leak chemicals after a period of time. Water bottles also are almost never recycled, and end up in landfills which lead to pollution of our environment. They take 700 years to start to decompose. 90% of the cost is the bottle itself... The water is usually tap water, and is not regulated. Even if tap water is dirty, you can easily clean it out with leaves, moss, and some water cleanser. Nearly one in five tested water bottles have bacteria anyway.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 684,0,Tv is better than books:,Because it is a source of entertainment also its help people that cant read :),0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 691,0,Christianity or atheism:,"Oh lol. People to point this out believing in God is called ""faith"" and we don't need proof to deal with this atheist's. The idea of God is false is your own words, and I don't have to deal with this , whatever you think is your faith so we won't stop you. Both side contradicts each others belief and no one truthfully wins. This is probably a fight between two armies where both doesn't win until the end. Mainly , I support Christianity because of my ""faith to God"" and your proof that God doesn't exist doesn't change the case or turn it the other way around.",1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 694,0,Christianity or atheism:,"i'm not a Christianity but i mean if your a Christianity, you really can't argue with them at all unless your argument is base on on the same subject. kinda of like Street fighting and UFC. different platform.",1,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 696,0,Should physical education be mandatory in schools:,"It must not be mandatory, but at least a requirements but not more often. How would you consider PE if the child is not so well? And if possible separate boys from girls, for boys assign some good games of physical education activity to them, same thing with girls, give them games for girls ideas.",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,TEST | |
| 699,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,"Gay marriage bans, along with other laws, are only in place because of the religious right that seems to be infecting this country. The UNITED States of America can only remain united if laws are created with all men and women in mind. To have a law that favors one religion, or lack thereof, over another is the bane of freedom. Secular law is the only law that works. | |
| Leviticus 20:13: ""If a man lies with mankind as he does with womankind, they are both commiting an abomination, they shall be put to death, their blood is on their own hands."" | |
| There's a loving god, eh?",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 705,1,So much for the first amendment!!!?:,"The deal is: ""Freedom of speech goes both ways"" | |
| People not only have a right to say pretty much what they want, other people have a right to object, argue & even ask for an apology. | |
| A liberal says something, a conservative objects & the conservative is bashed for 'violating a person's freedom of speech.' | |
| A conservative says something, a liberal objects, and conservatives either let it drop there or defend the original statement on its merit. | |
| So who is really against freedom of speech; | |
| The conservative who asks a liberal for an apology for an offensive statement, or the liberal who acts like you aren't allowed to express the fact your offended by a statement?",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 707,1,How many of you support capital punishment and why?:,"Capital punishment is simply the best law enforcement out there. Ask any country that has employed it. You'll find that their crime rates are MUCH lower than the USA's. This only applies if the nation is comfortable with it of course. | |
| On the other hand, its immoral for a man to take another's life no matter what the situation since you are assuming a position of superiority when you do so and every man on the earth is equal. Despite its effectiveness, there are multiple other alternatives to it and capital punishment should not be a first choice. | |
| Its simply a matter of perspective in the end.The typical christian perspective goes against capital punishment and thats due to this christian country. | |
| The simple truth is that its effective but at the same time, from a biased perspective, its barbaric, immoral, and there are better, though not as effective, solutions.",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 708,1,Does anyone know exactly what a judgement dismissed without prejudice means? plaintiff didn't show for trial.:,"The dismissal in fact leaves open the possibility of re-filing the lawsuit or otherwise attempting to collect the claimed debt. | |
| ""Without prjeudice"" means that the case was not adjudicated and no resoltuion has been made. | |
| However, at this point you have grounds for a counter-action if they continue to pursue this claim, or make harmful statements to credit reporting agencies. | |
| You can ask an attorney to help with a formal letter to the company advising them that you will take such action. You should include copies of any derogatory material on any credit reports, and demand that these be corrected. Separately, you should also notify the credit reporting agencies that the report is incorrect and demand a change. | |
| In this manner you protect your intersts - and, if the company is fool enough to try again, you are positioned to sue them in return and make a wad.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 709,1,Should capital punishment be allowed?:,"To answer your question and to refute the genius who compared captial punishment to abortion: | |
| The fact is, yes, there have been far too many instances where people have been put to death then later found innocent. Our judicial system needs to put policies in place that will prevent this from EVER happening. But generally, if a person, without a doubt, has been convicted of a malicious crime, they should be put to death. How sane is it to allow someone who raped, tortured and killed a young girl to sit in a jail cell and live off taxpayer money? If that individual feels someone INNOCENT deserves to die, why should they be allowed to live? Again, I believe there should be WITHOUT a doubt concrete evidence against a person who is put on death row. | |
| And concerning abortion...unborn babies have not committed heinous crimes.",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 712,1,Collection agency debited funds from bank 10 days sooner than agreed upon date. now i have bank fees. advice?:,"Technically IC Systems is liable, but you'd probably have to go to small claims court to make them cough up. | |
| My advice to you is to change your bank account number right away so they can't dip into it any time they like. (This is the only dependable way to stop unwanted ACH transfers once you have given your permission for the withdrawal.) Then set up other payment arrangements with them. While you're doing that, you should tell them you're reducing the amount you owe by the $120 in fees they cost you. Put that in a letter to them, and pay the account down until there is only $120 left. Then stop paying. If they continue to come after you, refer to the letter and point out that you have a legitimate dispute.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 715,1,"Should our freedoms of speech, religion, press, and the right to assemble be suspended during war?:","Absolutely not. That's when we NEED those freedoms the most. | |
| We need to be able to say that ""I don't like the way the administration is handling things"" without fear of someone putting us in prision. | |
| I may not agree with someone else's opinions. But I'll fight to the death, to make sure they can state those opinions.",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 721,1,What rights do parents have when dealing with the juvinile system?:,"If we are speaking in the rehlm of ethics, you should be notified of any medications taken by the child... Legally, if this juvenile center is treating your child for any sort of mental illness, they do not have to notify you if he/she is older than 12. | |
| I also believe that since the child is a ward of the state due to his/her incarceration, the state does not have to notify you of any new charges or pending charges....",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 726,1,Medical records in hands of someone who has no need of them?:,"If daughter was 19, and competent at the time, then all records are hers, nobody elses. Depending on how much time has passed the document holders could be charged with theft. If years have passed, and the daughter hasn't made previous attempts to claim the documents, then they will be assumed to be the holders documents. You need a lawyer involved.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 727,1,It's been proven 9/11 is an inside job.?:,"It has been proven to the satisfaction of many people, but there are some that are extremely hard to convince, for a variety of reasons. These reasons are mainly faith based, in that they have faith in the government, and do not want to believe that their government could murder three thousand of its own citizens. They will all wake up in due time, probably when the country is under Martial law, with curfews imposed, and they become prisoners in their own house. | |
| That's for the lucky ones of course. The less lucky will become prisoners in the 600 or so concentration camps which have been built around the country, and are already manned and waiting for their presence.",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 733,1,What rights does the employer have when an employer claim an unfair dismissal?:,"Do you mean ""employee""? And what's ""unfair dismissal""? In most states, employment is at-will, that means an employer can dismiss an employee at anytime for any reason or no reason at all. Just because you don't like the reason they gave doesn'tmean you have an action against them for firing you. | |
| However, there are restrictions. Employees cannot be fired because they are a member of a protected class (i.e. age, race, gender, disability). They cannot be fired, for example, if they were whisleblowers in most states. | |
| SEEK ATTORNEY ADVICE to see if you have an employment discrimination or unlawful termination claim. Most plaintiffs' lawyers who handle employment work will have an initial consultation with you for free and will take your case on a ""Contigency"" so you don't have to pay for legal fees unless you win your case. Contact your local bar association for a reference.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 735,1,"All rise! i would never honor any earthly man, especially the crooked, hacks that we have as judges.?:","I like very much the way you started: ALL RISE! | |
| And there is no legal system which is perfect! | |
| Moreover, though, I do not trust ""god"" and this is due to the fact that god never talks to anyone, except the leaders (which gives me suspicions that the leaders claim they were told by god! - what do you think?) | |
| For example, whenever someone attacks another, in the last 16 centuries, they claim that god ordered them to do that! Last, but not without importance was the Bush claim for America's and her allies to Iraq!",1,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 738,1,I have a son that is in jail in atlanta ga and needs help.we cannot afford the high bail.and legal cost.?:,"last time i checked he still has the right to a court appt attorney..until then if you can""t make bail or get a bondsmen then i guess he will have to tough it till his court date.....if he hates it that bad..then maybe he won't make the same mistake again when choosing a girl. We all have our lessons to learn, some get the rough end for seemingly no reason sometimes..but this is life and you can't always come to their rescue.....even when sometimes you feel you need to...grown up problems come with grown up consequences that are sometimes hard to fix. Sorry",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 741,2,Cmv:i don't believe members of the military are anything special and i disagree with veteran idolization.:,"I live near a large navy base and everyone in the community worships the military. I understand that what they are doing is brave, but it is to the point where it is viewed as more noble in my community to join the military after high school than to go to college, when in reality, most people enlisting from my school are those who didn't get into college. On the other hand, anyone who has the opinion that war is wrong and that a large military bad, is viewed down upon in my community. | |
| Not just is this in my community, but I see it on world news. The military is idolized in television, political ads, and news programs. I don't believe that members of the military are anything special and I think they shouldn't be treated as such. ",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 744,2,"Cmv: paper checks are a pain in the ass for everybody, and should be discontinued:","Once upon a time, paper checks were a practical, easy way to transfer money from a checking account to another account. However, with today's technology (debit cards), the need for them has disappeared. | |
| Direct deposit is paperless removes the need for paper checks for employers to pay their employees. | |
| Outside of the workplace, the only people who seem to pay with paper checks are older people, who seem to not have a problem with paper checks and have no reason to adapt, even though it causes an inconvenience to people waiting in line behind them. | |
| CMV",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 746,2,Cmv: nascar and formula 1 racing are not a sports.:,In my opinion Nascar is not a sport and should not be considered one. First of all it's about as entertaining as watching cars drive on the highway. I don't know how anybody who can stand to sit in a stadium for several hours in the sun watching cars drive really fast in circles. How the hell is that entertaining. I'd rather watch a cricket game! The drivers don't even have to be in shape. As long as they don't have high blood pressure their bodies can endure. So why does anyone like such a pathetic hobby?,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 762,2,Should zoo's be made illegal? stance: yes:,I would be in favor of that. My personal convictions could never allow me to support caging an animal up behind bars for the amusement of people. Animals are meant to be free. Of course nothing like this would ever be taken seriously by a substantial amount of people because for the most part animals are viewed as inferior which then justifies locking them up. F**k zoos.,1,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 764,2,Pride vs ufc stance: pride:,"As of now pride has much more talent than ufc. pride has fighters from all over the world, where ufc is limited mostly to north america. it's not a usa vs the world argument, just means there's a bigger talen pool to pick for pride. crocop & rampage have their reasons for coming over(who's to say pride didnt send them over to promote pride in the us), but still too many good fighters left in pride, ie. fedor.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 773,2,Is guitar hear for losers who cant play real guitar stance: no:,"I play guitar and don't feel like I suck. I believe I am quite capable of expressing myself on the instrument. Oh yeah... AND I LOVE GUITAR HERO! It actually helps to improve dexterity and coordination as well as strength and speed. | |
| P.S. Can people try and spell a little better at least with the titles of the debates. I mean, come on, they let ya know when you've misspelled a word. Although whoever created this one spelled the word correctly. They just typed the completely wrong word.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 774,2,Do lesbians have it easier than gay men?? stance: lesbians are more socially accepted by straight people:,"In a society traditionally and, to be honest, still dominated by men, men's general consensus is more popular than women's general consensus, and I think we all know that a lot of men consider lesbians to be downright sexy, because there is no man in the picture to ruin the aesthetic. (Vice versa for gay men.) | |
| Additionally, gay women are more ""socially acceptable,"" for one of the traditional reasons behind homophobia: women are inferior to men. | |
| Gay men are discriminated against because they have no honor: romantic interest in men is for women only, and when an man participates he is ""lowering himself"" to a women's level. | |
| Gay women, on the other hand, are discriminated against less because romantic interest in women is a man's attribute, giving them honor. | |
| (The preceding is not my opinion, but instead my rather cynical interpretation of modern society)",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 784,3,"Business review: 2.0 stars | |
| business name: bayside buffet at mandalay bay. city: las vegas. categories: casinos, american (traditional), restaurants, buffets, arts & entertainment:","We came to this buffet after a show in the casino. The hostesses were not very friendly, but it was busy so we assumed it was because of that. The buffet and restaurant itself is very nice and clean but the food was very average. The food quality was not what I was expecting for the $70+ price tag that we paid as a couple. Next time we are in Vegas we will try another place.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 785,0,Is the school uniform a good or bad idea:,"because your own clothes are coolio hoolio, and if you get to wear what you want its coolio hoolio",1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,TEST | |
| 788,0,Firefox vs internet explorer:,"Who said anything about FF/mozilla having anything to do with steve jobs/apple? Seperate enititys, not in the least bit attached! | |
| BTW, IE blows when making pages and trying to get things to look right. FF sticks to world wide web consortiums standards much closer than IE ever did or will.",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 789,0,If your spouse committed murder and he or she confided in you would you turn them in:,If my wife confided in me than I wouldn't betray her trust. She trusted me to support and help her and I would. I would be extremely angry and maybe even divorce her depending on what type of murder whether it be like a self defence murder or she just thought it would be fun.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 791,0,India has the potential to lead the world:,this does not even make sense no one country should lead the world we all started together and thats the way it should end and everyone has there ways this is just not logical at all,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 794,0,Is it better to have a lousy father or to be fatherless:,"Being fatherless would ensure that the only heartaches you have from him are his absence, and not knowing what he was like. A lousy father could come in gain your trust, and walk out on you. Some would like to believe that just knowing your father is there is enough. To me having a father who does nothing is in itself an absence because either way he knows nothing about you, and you nothing about him. I would rather him never exist than come in and out of my life.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 830,0,Is it better to have a lousy father or to be fatherless:,I rather have a lousy father then not have a father at all. Having a lousy father you have a father that cares for you and loves you. You can fix if he's lousy you can talk to him and knock some sense into him. I think it would hurt me not knowing who my father is and would want to know who he is. As long as you have a second parent that you can talk to when you can't talk to your mom about. I don't know how it would be if it was only my mom raising me.,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,TEST | |
| 839,0,India has the potential to lead the world:,India is in my personal list of countries to keep an eye on over the next thirty years. I think they're a good contender for superpower status before the end of this century.,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 840,0,Christianity or atheism:,"Even if there was a valid proof for the existence of god, there would be no valid proof that that god is Christian or not.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 845,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,"Humans have been raised for thousands of years with not near as much resentment towards spanking and today's kids are the unruliest there are... | |
| There's a trend... | |
| (I do admit it's not purely spanking that's the cause but it's a small part of the bigger picture)",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 857,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,"I have lots of gay friends. I'm all for it! | |
| People should stop being so against it. People can't help it. I've watched shows about it and I can really see how gay people feel.. when people are looking at them and some of them feel like they are being watched. It is just not right. We are all human.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 858,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,"I believe that everyone has a right to be happy. I have two best friends who are gay, one is female and the other is male. I have no problem being around them as well as when they are with their partners. I believe that gay people have every right to get married just as I had the right to get married to my husband. EVERYONE has the right to love who they want to love and even if they are gay they should be able to get married just like people who are straight.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 859,0,Which type of endeavor is better a personal pursuit or advancing the common good:,Personal pursuit is better in my opinion. How are you going to reach common good if you cant better yourself. People may see that as being selfish but you cant help others if you cant help yourself.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 873,1,Gun control?:,"Thats just liberal ignorance. A criminal will find a way, be it a gun, knife, baseball bat...It's just ""feel good"" legislation. Makes the liberals think they are doing something to combat crime (while letting the criminals run rampant) | |
| Statistics show that criminals do less when up against a well-armed citizen. (And crime rates drop). And for the record, the second amendment is there, not to protect our hunting rights, but to allow us to have the ability to fight back against a governement that goes out of control. And hunting rifles against machine guns isn't an even matchup.",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 879,1,Should marijauna be legalized and if so should it have the same regulations as drinking alcohol?:,"Yes it should be legal. The prisons are overcrowded, and they keep sending people there for possessing drugs. In order to make room for these people, they let other more violent criminals out. Don't seem right to me. And a lot of people learn how to do worse crimes while there. They can regulate it and tax the he11 out of it. Think of all the money the government would collect, not to mention how much they would save from the so called ""war on drugs"" (which they are losing). | |
| Laws would be the same. You need to be 21 to buy it. Driving while intoxicated will still be driving while intoxicated. A previous poster said one drink donk impair you but one joint does. The laws say nothing about how much you consume, but how intoxicated you are. Employers can fire you for being stoned on the job like they can for being drunk on the job.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 881,1,Bush to reduce deficit with domestic cuts?:,"Grrrrr.... | |
| EDIT: Don't bash Clinton! He eliminated the deficit, and we had a surplus for a short time. All the while we survived and the economy was good. Bush blew it. He saddled us with that deficit. what's it up to? Eight TRILLION plus? Who's paying for the Iraq war? Who's paying to rebuild the place? Where is the Iraqi oil money? They are selling oil. Where do you think that money is going? Hmmm....",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 883,1,"Patriot act was passed unread, is anyone in congress of usa worth his or her salary ?:","We've got a bunch of Good Ole' Boys up there scratching each others' backs, making a living off of us and turning it into a career. Need to enact term limits of no longer than two terms in both House and Senate. | |
| Get those 80-yr old geysers outa there. They've already earned their lifetime pension and benefits. | |
| Good people go to D.C. with good intentions, but they can't do anything by themselves. So in order to get their Bills passed, they have to help pass someone else's Bill that is established there and knows how the system works; the Good Ole' Boy System, that is. | |
| The Good Ole' Boys are just biding their time, keeping their system going and blocking everything else. They work for themselves. | |
| All incumbents -- OUT!",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 884,1,How do i fight vehicle code 23111...throwing lighted cigarette on rdway?:,"I'm having a hard time believing you actually got fined for tossing a butt out of your window, unless your area has a risk of forest fire then I could understand. Your best bet is to take it to court and try to discredit the officer's observation. Was it raining, foggy, was he parked off on the side of the road behind some foliage? Were there other cars on the road with you that could have thrown the cigarette out onto the road? The main question you want to ask is ""Can he reasonably prove that it was your cigarette?"" If you think that you can win the case then by all means try, that is what makes our legal system so great. The only problem is that you may lose the trial and then have to pay your fine, plus court fees.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 887,1,Harrassment at work from a comp case settled 2 3 yrs ago.who protects me from this.lots of firing on my job?:,"Seek legal advice. I mean if your gonna loose your job anyway and maybe your home for lack of money. What have you got to loose? Your kids could starve you could loose everything you own. Do something before that happens. They company will be heartbroken I'm sure!!!!!! Most of them couldn't care less about there people, and will try to get you to quit or mess up so they can terminate your employment. Seen it to many times. Just ask a lawyer about you case, they don't have to know you asked them. The lawyer will tell you if you even have a chance. Won't cost to ask!",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 888,1,Do prisions create a criminal personality?:,"How can it not? | |
| Inside they have their own laws, and I do not mean prison laws. | |
| To live you obey them, if not you could very well end up dead. | |
| It is sad to say but some of our prisons are run by the gangs inside them. | |
| The prisoners behind bars have it so good any more that prison is no deterrent to crime at all.",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 889,1,What should my sister watch out for when remarrying her shady exhusband for the sake of the kids? (and how!)?:,i dont understand how in the world he took the kids away from their mother...that is something that is extremly hard to do in the courts...but i think that if she wants her family back that bad and feels like if she dont have her family back that theirs no meaning in her life then support her but also remind her to becareful and try to save some money on the side for herself just incase...maybe he really does love her and realized that the grass wasnt greener on the otherside and now he wants his old happy life back....just try and help her secretly save some money as a just incase fund....i wish your sister the best,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 891,1,Why is our government lying to us?:,"Why, gay man here, can be fired for being gay at any job in the country, can't have a civil union with my partner of 9 years, no domestic partnet rights, hell if it were up to some I would be better of on some deserted island with like kind........not free for me.......but still grateful to be an american and for those fighting for what rights i do have",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 901,2,Cmv:there are no rational arguments as to why undocumented people in the us should be given amnesty:,"Those who are calling for amnesty to be given to illegals have yet provided any rational reasons as to why they should be given citizenship. Here are some of the arguments given and a replies as to why they hold no argument. | |
| ""Deportation breaks up families"" | |
| Okay, so do incarceration or divorce agreements. Should we end 20 year sentences because inner city children have fathers who were separated from them for committing fraud or theft. | |
| ""Illegals are the reason why we have cheap vegetables and they do jobs that Americans won't do."" | |
| This argument actually turns against amnesty proponents. Illegals do unpleasant jobs due to not being eligible to compete for jobs citizens are willing to do. If they receive amnesty, they would opt out of doing the dead end jobs they were paid peanuts to do. | |
| "" Texas was Mexico's"" | |
| This argument is very asinine. This statement makes an argument in terms of territorial acquisition. What illegals want is sovereign status, not territorial status. | |
| I have plenty more, but I'll wait until a debate commences.",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 912,2,Cmv: wikipedia is the single most impressive collection of data mankind has ever put together.:,"Suppose our species was wiped off the face of the earth. What better tool could aliens possibly use to gain better insight about mankind? Wikipedia may not be 100% reliable, but it offers a general explanation to almost all of human (and earth's) history. No other resource ever created offers more information about us as a species. In my opinion, this is the single greatest collaboration of information that mankind has collectively put together. Some may argue that the internet as a whole clearly trumps a single source. So for the sake of my argument I would like to keep this discussion limited to one single resource. CMV",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 915,2,Laissez faire ? stance: no:,"I'm not the one who created this topic by the way. But people free to their whims and desires are malicious, myopic, primitive, subject to vices, cannot be trusted, and must be kept in line, to a certain extent. It doesn't matter how good those Randite arguments sound good in THEORY, 100% pure capitalism won't work. Note that I am not advocating socialism, just controlled capitalism.",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 916,2,"Who gives society a bad name,,,black people or white people? stance: black:","i think black ppl give more of a bad name!...only bcuz more then half of all jails are black ppl and u barely c white people on tv when anything bad happins! u mostly see rappers who r black go to jail for some stupid stuff and u nevr c any country singers that r white go anywhere bad!..im not sayin white ppl arent bad to cuz there are things that go on with them to but its all mostly black ppl!!...i think all monkeys and krackers shouldcreated equaly....but seperatly! | |
| ",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,TEST | |
| 931,2,Which apocalypse would be scarier to live threw? zombies or machines stance: machines:,"Im Gonna say the Machines, Simply cause it doesent matter which kind of Machine were talking about either terminator or like ""i robot"" they are not easy to kill. Zombies its 1 shot to the head or taking the head off and its game over. Plus Machines Can Controle other Machines Like cars, supercomputers, Cell phones and a whole citys power sorce and plus military weapons like Jets and tanks etc. and once they get ahold of guns and such were gonna have a HUGE WAR on our Hands",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 938,3,"Business review: 1.0 stars | |
| business name: hakkasan nightclub. city: las vegas. categories: nightlife, chinese, lounges, cantonese, bars, dance clubs, restaurants:","Unless you want security to manhandle your fiancé don't go here. I don't care if Tiesto or Calvin Harris is playing here it is a joke. Security should protect their guests, not make it more difficult and/or hurt them. My fiancé had a bruise on her arm and soar for a few days. Way to have a 300lb security guard push a shove/grab a 120lb woman in heals, hope your ego is soaring. And btw we hadn't had a drink yet.",1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 940,3,"Business review: 2.0 stars | |
| business name: carpe diem restaurant & caterers. city: charlotte. categories: american (new), nightlife, vegetarian, bars, american (traditional), lounges, event planning & services, venues & event spaces, caterers, restaurants:","We have been to Carpe Diem a few times before their move to Elizabeth. We tried it again tonight for our anniversary dinner. Big Mistake. While granted, it was a Monday night (I get that in the restaurant industry), the food was pretty much awful. Over-seasoned...overdone. Steak overcooked; Quail undecipherable in it's bed of black (white) rice and syrupy sweet sauce. Wine overpriced. Salad uninteresting and dressing was boring. Appetizer meatballs....well, regular meatballs without pasta. The descriptions were nice but the food didn't live up to it. They had our table decorated (for our anniversary) but didn't offer a glass of wine, an appetizer , nor a dessert for our special occasion. Expensive and um...""let's just go home and have a glass of wine."" kind of night.",1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 942,0,Is the school uniform a good or bad idea:,"Only in private schools and even there I would only agree with it because its a voluntary association. You see I think school uniforms supress free speech, and take away from a youth's individuality.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 950,0,If your spouse committed murder and he or she confided in you would you turn them in:,If my wife was to commit murder and told me about it. I wouldnt turn her in because if you really love her then you would have her back through anything good or bad.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 952,0,India has the potential to lead the world:,"Ha ha, no. | |
| India was most successful when it was ruled by other empires, they cant even lead themselves.",1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 954,0,India has the potential to lead the world:,"Nah, they can't even organize their damned streets! They bathe in the same river in which they bury their dead and defecate in - the Ganges! They're extremely poor - they can't even manage their own budget, much less a planet! | |
| I'm going to get down-voted and insulted, but everything I have written is the truth.",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 955,0,Is it better to have a lousy father or to be fatherless:,I would rather be father less it might sound bad but I dont want to think of my father as a lousy one. I would love my dad but it just wouldn't be the same if you had a bad father that just keep bringing you problems. You dont have to have a father you can talk to someone else. Maybe its just because I am girl it would be easier for me to talk to my mother.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 965,0,Should physical education be mandatory in schools:,You are 100% right because I am in Pe and they make us wear these stupid outfits. I think they make us wear those so the Gay coaches can see our private parts. and PE is just Stupid,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 966,0,William farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore:,"William Farquhar was sacked. Despite his many positive achievements in the formative period of Singapore's development, he adopted measures in his administration which conflicted with Raffles' instructions, so a lot of people would just ignore Farquhar's contribution and credit them to Raffles",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 982,0,Ban plastic water bottles:,Yeah I have a bottle of water next to me its no bid deal!,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 986,0,Ban plastic water bottles:,"Banning bottled water would hurt the economy because it would leave hundreds of people without jobs and the big corporations like Dasani and Nestle would loose millions of dollars. It would hurt the economy severely. Millions of Americans use and purchase water bottle everyday so, banning them would only hurt big corporations. | |
| http://www.nestlewaterscorporate.com/bottled_water_things_to_know/",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 989,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,HOMOSEXUALITY IS WRONG!!!! And I like this website but I don't find it very clear. This one is better : theworlddebating.com,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 991,0,India has the potential to lead the world:,India surely has the potential to lead the world.........Dr Manmohan Singh is considered as the most qualified prime minister all over the world.........India has proved its potential in various fields and aspects............,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 996,0,Christianity or atheism:,"Well, as an active Pastafarian, I am disappointed at the lack of recognition of our religion. Along with Islam, Judaism, Mormonism, Roman mythology, Greek mythology, Norse mythology, Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, Egyptian mythology, and Buddhism. | |
| But seeing as I am a theist, I must be on this side. | |
| Don't you wish there was a sarcasm feature on the internet?",1,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 999,0,If your spouse committed murder and he or she confided in you would you turn them in:,"As an ambitious, young person wanting to become a lawful, successful, homicide detective, I would not be lenient with any murderer in my midst. | |
| Hopefully, the murder wouldn't be the result of a pleasure/malicious-kill, so that the sentencing won't be as harsh, but nonetheless, all murderers must be tried. After all, hopefully my spouse will understand that having to live in hiding is basically the same as being in prison except much worse since there would be little chance for parole since they will have to live with the guilt and/or the fear of being caught for the rest of their lives.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1005,0,Pro choice vs pro life:,"Well ""The Champ"" It is not the Woman's body we are talking about, it is a new life. And if you are going to be irresponsible dont let a new life die for it!",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1006,0,Should physical education be mandatory in schools:,Besides just a few people apply physical exercises in their life's!,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1016,0,Which type of endeavor is better a personal pursuit or advancing the common good:,"Honestly I believe that both are good there is no better in this arguement, because they both have that significance and they balance each other out. Personal pursuit because you improve your self for others and the enviorment around you, and then advancing the common good, because the goods help you and others improve. Life isn't perfect and we don't live in a perfect world and I don't expect it to be that way. These two are no different nor are they the same but they are significant.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1017,1,Why do u think date rape is on the rise today?:,"a number of reasons.. | |
| because the girls are out looking for a good time with guys in perhapes the wrong places--ie the bar or disco or late night parties | |
| because guys are ""lacing"" drinks with drugs quite easily | |
| because the media portrays ""a good time"" for young people as"" having sex"" | |
| and uncool to go without it | |
| because girls dont think their safety is their priority anymore and if parents try to warn them they react by going all out with guys giving them the opportunity they are looking for | |
| because the ""safety antena"" of girls arent as sensitive as they should be to keep them from becoming a victim | |
| thus date rape is a consequence of all these factors. | |
| so girls need to take care, be aware of your own safety dont give ""strange"" guys the upperhand if you dont want to be date raped..",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1018,1,Is it illegal to record a phone conversation?:,The conversation can not be used as evidence in a court of law. I don't know what the lady hoped to gain from recording the conversation other than to create more drama. Some people are hooked on drama and they actually do what they can to create it. Run as far away and as fast as you can from these types. They will suck you dry.,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1021,1,Capital punishment should be banned?:,"Purpose of punishment is to reform the the criminals but in some cases | |
| 1. person is beyond the process of reformation and he starts enjoying his criminal acts such as serial killers, psychopath and | |
| 2. in some other grave cases the convict has done such a heinous crime that conscious of a ordinary person is shaken and to deter others from doing similar acts capital punishment is needed. | |
| 3. even law commission in its various reports has recommended not to ban it specially in Indian system. | |
| 4. further such a punishment is given in keeping the norms of the society in mind and in a least cruel manner i.e. by hanging | |
| so, i feel that capital punishment should not be banned.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1024,1,Will someone from the washington post go to jail for treason?:,"Don't you mean the NY Times? At least they happen to be the paper that the Bush Admin. is targeting. Although the Gov. has a web site, and a magazine dedicated to this very issue! Not to mention all the other media organizations that printed the same story... What a scam! | |
| Bush himself has made over a dozen public statements, since 9/11, mentioning how they are disrupting ""terrorist"" funding!!! | |
| Just another disgusting Bush Admin. tactic to distort and distract!",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1025,1,Do you think that the govenment should have the right to tell us what we can put into our bodies like marijuna:,"NO. | |
| Whoever made the first 'response' is a prime example of how powerful propaganda is. | |
| I don't ever remember hearing of a VALID case that had anything to do with the use of marijuana and someone being violent, much less some killing spree. | |
| Regardless of what the government provides as services for those who are ill, it shouldn't have the right to totally ban the use of certain substances. | |
| ESPECIALLY when those substances are LESS harmful than the ones that are legal! | |
| Wake up guys! | |
| NEWSFLASH: You can die by drinking too much water! Just because you'll get help from a hospital or whatever doesn't mean they should ban water. | |
| Where is your logic guys? | |
| Also to those who whine about it being a gateway drug: | |
| If it wasn't illegal, it wouldn't be a gateway drug. | |
| It's made bad only by the hypocritical efforts of the government and the gullible people that trust their efforts.",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1027,1,Do you believe in the early release system used for prisoners?:,"Even when the sentence was ridiculous to begin with? Non-violent drug offenders, who need rehab, not warehousing with real criminals, have often been given longer sentences than violent criminals. I spent years working to get a woman paroled from a 20 year sentence for possessing 2/3rds of a gram. And even though she betrayed me when she got out, and caused me deep hurt, I still do not believe it was fair that she was in as long as she was.",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1028,1,What if i claimed benifits even tho my husband was working and his income wasn't enough to feed my kids?:,Were YOU eligible for unemployment? If not then you've commited FRAUD. This can be a felony in most states. I'd try and get it straightened out before they come after you. They will notice this and catch on to it. Today in most states employeers have to report new employees to the state because of child support laws. This will be a way for them to catch you. The other main way is with your taxes. When you file they will notice the W-2s filed in your husbands and/or your name.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1029,1,Do you feel that child protective services are doing there job protecting children.?:,"i don't know where you're getting the idea they make tons of money from putting kids in foster care. it COSTS the state tons of money. my sister does this for a living and their departements are severly underfunded and understaffed. the workers do what they can but sadly, until everyone gets it through to their local officals that they want money spent on protecting abused children instead of tax cuts and expanding roads the situation is not going to improve. it's really sad. my sister alone has about 50 cases and she's sposued to visit the foster home, the parents, supervise at least 1 visit and go to court monthly for each of them. there's just not enough hours in a day. each caseworker should only have about 20 cases but they don't have the funding to hire enough people. i hope your situation works out.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1034,1,Do we really have freedom of speech?:,"You can't say what you want?????? | |
| Okay, I could understand not being able to criminally threaten someone or attempt to intimidate them, but other than that you should be able to express yourself. | |
| Man, I am sorry to hear the UK is going down such an ugly path. | |
| As for where to draw the line on rights and liberties, I believe the right to swing my arm stops a few inches from your face. I believe that you have the right to say what you want UNLESS it endangers someone else---for example no yelling ""Fire!"" in a crowded theater and no soliciting murder. | |
| Laws about what passes your lips can't achieve the real goal of the folks who write the laws: stopping ugly thoughts.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1038,1,Why is marijuana illegal?!?:,"It's not legal because it can't be regulated by the government, because it's generally regarded as a gateway drug (one that leads to other, more dangerous drug use), and because, since it hasn't always been legal like in some European countries, legalizing it would not only lead to a massive initial interest in it-- which would lead to increased health care costs (don't front; it damages respiratory systems and impairs judgment) and decrease labor quality-- and all those drug dealers who sold weed would need to find something else to do, and my guess is it wouldn't be a legit job-- so it'd also cause a spike in crime; probably gun sale, or increased trafficking in worse narcotics. | |
| It's a dumb f--king idea.",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1055,2,"Cmv: i think ""be yourself"" attitude is detrimental to society:","""Be yourself"" attitude hurts people who have it, and everybody around them as well. It's an excuse for doing all sorts of stupid shit and not improving yourself. We, as a civilization, have progressed so much by striving for the better, striving for perfection and doing everything to make lives of their descendants as good as possible. People are glorifying all kinds of objectively bad things (morbid obesity, being an asshole to other people, ana/mia, heavy drug addiction) under parole of ""that is who I am and you have no right to judge me""",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1060,2,Cmv: we should project all trash and waste into space.:,"I think we should put research into shooting large amounts of trash into the sun, or space in general.. It would disintegrate before it even arrived at the sun.. Perhaps we would be able to do it once or twice a year where we could be certain it would land. But maybe we should just fire it into the vast openness of space. Scale wise, it is highly unlikely it would ever hit anything within several hundred years. We just need to shoot it with enough power to reach Earths escape velocity, and in some sturdy container that wouldnt burn up as it left our atmosphere. ",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1064,2,Cmv: i don't think major sports athletes should be paid as much as they are.:,"I personally feel that the amount of money they're being paid is too much. Now I'm not trying to be the one to say this from a jealous standpoint because I don't get paid enough from my job. I'm not saying it isn't fair they're paid as much as they are. I'm saying that I think they should be paid a comfortable salary for a nice home and not have to worry about bills and such. But, they shouldn't be paid such gross amounts when that money could be recirculated to help the economy or other critical areas of our nation instead of just hoarding all of it. | |
| Yes, this may sound stupid, but I'd really like some insight as to why sports players deserve the amount of money they're given. | |
| EDIT: Thank you to /u/081613 and /u/Osric250 for changing my view.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1073,2,Cmv: head to head results should be a higher world cup group play tiebreaker than goals scored.:,"First, let me admit my bias: my USA team's strongest competitor for the #2 Group G spot is Ghana, a head-to-head conquest. | |
| That said, sports are played to be won, not to have a lot of points scored, and this is especially true of soccer. I'll give goal difference its due, because it measures the strength of the team over the entire tournament, but goals scored is almost randomly decided, and certainly privileges certain styles of play. It's absurd to me to think that Team A can be passed over for Team B, given identical records and a head-to-head loss, because Team B had an additional goal, with all its attendant factors (only one of which is team strength). | |
| EDIT: Let me make myself more clear. The first tiebreaker in group play is goal differential/goal difference. That is right and proper. Then comes goals scored, *then* the head-to-head results between teams. I think the order of the latter two should be reversed.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1077,2,Is americas complacency about war because this generation hasn't had one on it's own shores? stance: yes:,"I think that could be a contributing factor. Plus, our media doesn’t show all the true horrors of war: refugees, dead soldiers, grieving families, etc. And the thousands of other grotesque nuances that cannot be translated well into media form, like the mental anguish, etc. | |
| So, having a war on our own land could give Americans a taste of their own medicine. It’s easy to grow complacent when it isn’t your children being blown to pieces, your town left in ruins or your legs being blown off. | |
| That why I cannot comprehend why people verbally attack people like Cindy Sheehan. How can you question her motives if you are not in her shoes? Only a coward would attack a parent of a brave soldier that died believing he was protecting his family and country.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1085,2,Is obama a good president? stance: no! get him out of office.:,"I enjoyed his briefing today. It is clear that he understands that he is taking hits by being compared to Bush's Katrina as far as this oil spill goes and understands the Sestak issue will have to be dealt with, whereas before, I don't think he or anyone else took it very seriously. What bothers me is that he took 77,000 from BP, yet directs the corruption between politics and oil companies being the problem. However, that cozy relationship was established long before he got into office. This problem has existed since before Carter was in office, so for him to keep pointing fingers at Bush is irresponsible.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1086,2,Should we ban wrestling? stance: ban it:,"Let me start by defining what Wrestling should be: | |
| Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two UNHARMED persons, in which each wrestler strives to get an advantage over or control over the other. | |
| Are we seeing this on television? No! | |
| The definition above clearly contradicts what is happening on television today. Many persons can testify of seeing men and women using chairs, bats etc as weapons which means that they are harmed! | |
| The violent approach of some of the wrestlers are terrible, i can remember clearly the ' UNDERTAKER' putting a rope around his opponent's neck while the steel cage was going up and it hung him. What a terrible sight!.....",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1089,2,Is the law (torah) of god (yhwh) for today? stance: that the law (torah) of god (yhwh) has not passed away and is for everyone who has their allegiance:,"Matthew 5:18: | |
| ""For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."" Unless Im missing something Heaven, and Earth are still in existance, and not all the prophetic events listed in the Scriptures have happend. I open with these words from the Messiah Yahushua himself, and take him at his word as he is no liar. I realize my post is not in a question format, but this is my opening statement in support of my vote/view on the question posed...The Torah/Law is forever!",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1097,3,"Business review: 4.0 stars | |
| business name: machu picchu peruvian cuisine & bar. city: pineville. categories: latin american, restaurants, peruvian:","I am freaking obsessed with this place! Every time my husband and I go there, we wonder why we haven't been back sooner. We tend to forget about it a little bit because it's nothing flashy, but the food never disappoints. Chicken. On point. Beef. On fleek. Rice, beans, PLANTAINS? God, stop it. | |
| So good. My only disappointment was that I tried dessert and had what I thought was a tres leches cake and it didn't taste like what I thought it would? Maybe I'm used to an over sugarized Amercian version of it :)",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1107,0,India has the potential to lead the world:,"All we can say is a big IF because we are not yet 100% sure if this nation itself could lead the whole world. Who knows maybe in the future that India could fail to lead us. There are still other countries who are more progressive, more literated, more powerful than India, like the USA, United Kingdom, Russia, Japan, etc. This nation doesn't have yet enought potentials and ability to sustain the needs of the people. India is not yet that full of technologies like in the Americas. Well in fact technology is one of the most sophisticated and essential inventions ever created.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1109,0,Is it better to have a lousy father or to be fatherless:,"A father is someone is always their for you. He's the one that teaches you how to throw a baseball, and comes to all of you baseball games. A father is someone that protects you from all the evils of the world. But if our father is someone that doesn't care about you and spends most of his time in his room, then how can you trust that man to protect you. A lousy father is someone that is someone that you have a hard time trusting. I would rather have no father, then a father that I cant even trust my life with.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1111,0,Is it better to have a lousy father or to be fatherless:,"I believe that both are bad but I would rather go fatherless. What is the point of having someone in your life that is lousy? A father should set a good example for their children. If the dad is lousy then he is teaching his kids that it is okay to be that way and not do anything with their life. If I got married and my husband was a lousy father, I would tell him he better step up and be the dad I know he can be or get out the house a never come back.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1114,0,Is porn wrong:,"This not only degrades morality, it also affects how women are treated in society today. This is against women empowerment in a sense that women are viewed merely as sex toys. Which at the end of the day affects how men perceive women which will in turn lead to a lot of disrespect and false perception. | |
| Now, how about crime rates? Murders, Rape, and Sexual Abuse. According to studies, all these people who committed these grave crimes all had one thing in common: PORN.",1,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1117,0,Is porn wrong:,"jarman: | |
| porn is wrong because it sholud be in 4-D with surround sound and special effects :) it would make it much more pleasurable btw im a girl........",1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1125,0,Should physical education be mandatory in schools:,"if physical educations r not ter then u wud b a couch potato | |
| !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!howzz tat???",1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,TEST | |
| 1137,0,Evolution vs creation:,"What - is God coming in the year 2100 to judge us then? Not in 2000? | |
| Why would God have to tweak anyhow. The guy is all-powerful. So he created some single-celled organisms billions of years ago, and then said to himself ""I'm going to set this thing called evolution going and see what happens. Yes, I'll tweak these tiny organisms a bit. Then maybe humans will evolve some day and I can make Mary give birth to Jesus."" | |
| Yes, that all makes a lot of sense. A good use of God's time.",1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1142,0,Which type of endeavor is better a personal pursuit or advancing the common good:,"This is planet Earth, shared by billions, not just you. If given the opportunity to advance the human race, every person alive should take it; choosing personal gain over advancing the common good is selfish. There's no other way around it. I don't want ot hear ""it's human nature to be selfish"" or any other lame excuse. The point is we all live together, and if your too greedy and self-centered to care about your surroundings and the individuals around you, your merely taking up space.",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1146,0,Is the school uniform a good or bad idea:,Good idea for separate student from other people for at least increase garment job. Why we use soldier uniform? For separate from civil. Why terrorist not use soldier uniform? For harmonious with civil and easy to attack enemy.,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,TEST | |
| 1148,0,Is it better to have a lousy father or to be fatherless:,I think it would be better to have a lousy father because atleast you have someone there. Just because a father is lousy doesn't mean you can't change that. Maybe you could knock some sense into him and he would come around and be a good father. The fact that you would never even get a chance to know your father makes me believe that having a lousy father is better than no father.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1150,0,Is it better to have a lousy father or to be fatherless:,It's better to have a lousy father for practical reasons. You can blame every mistake you've made on your father. He won't pry into your business and search your room and take your stuff because he doesnt think I need it. He wouldnt care so much that he would get pissed and throw my backpack with my computer in it at a wall putting a hole in it because I didn't clean the sink after breakfast or I forgot my keys. I think it's actually an opinion because that kind of father is still lousy because he'll tell you that he hates you and I ruined his life.,1,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,TEST | |
| 1152,0,Tv is better than books:,I think TV is better if you are watching an informational channel and it is better than books because you can switch to different informational channels an search documentaries on different subjects and when you are done learning and ready to relax you can switch to a funny show or what ever you want to watch.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1153,0,Tv is better than books:,If you can only understand or speak a specific language but you move to another country then most of the books are not in your language but TV comes in all different languages and you can also hear how the words are pronounced in a different language.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1154,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,"Same sex marrage can couse a lot of contriverse, it puts peoples life at risk in extrem cases gay marrage has caused so much trouble pepole has resulted in murder and sucied",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,TEST | |
| 1155,0,India has the potential to lead the world:,"i remember the only country by whose fear alexander's army was afraid | |
| it was INDIA | |
| after just sixty years of independence INDIA is looked as the country to become the sixth member of security council of UN | |
| and it is also the country with a great development rate | |
| And i know that none of us are unknown to the great contribution of INDIA in the discovery of god partical | |
| then from where the matter comes from that INDIA is not having the pottential",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,TEST | |
| 1165,0,If your spouse committed murder and he or she confided in you would you turn them in:,"I would definetly turned her in. No matter what, it is murder. Nobody should commit murder, and plus she might be crazy and kill me, or kill someone else. I would have to live scared in my own house, because of her killing. because if I don't turn her in, someone eventually would find out about it, and I could be arrested too because of not telling. But it would be sad because she's your spouse, and you love her, so I rather preffer her never telling anyone, that makes my life easier.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1173,0,Which type of endeavor is better a personal pursuit or advancing the common good:,"I believe a personal pursuit is better for me because I'm more of a selfish person. I rather do something that is going to better my life, but every once in a while I do have my giving moments, so I guess it depends on how I am feeling. Right now I am going to go for the personal pursuit.",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1183,1,"Bush n hitler, same assholess, but with different shitt... comments??:","Lets see | |
| Hitler committed suicide in a bunker in Germany in 1945 which makes him DEAD. | |
| President Bush is alive and well in the year 2006 | |
| Unless one of them can time travel its impossible for them to be the same a********. I understand about the different s**t part. | |
| I may never get to level 4 by answering all these types of questions but its starting to get less boring see ya",1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1196,1,Do you think that people who are on drugs and commit a crime should be considered for pleas or fully prosecute:,"First drugs are illegal so a punishment goes there. | |
| Under the use of drugs an act of crime occurs, may not have if accused was clean. | |
| Consider priors he/she may have. | |
| Then put together a jail term and a drug rehab program. | |
| I would suggest a 3 to 5 year sentence and less time for good behavior. | |
| Yes you are right about a killing being less time. That really stinks.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1203,1,What do you think of a person with a drug habbit ?:,"that depends.. I lost a friend a year ago to drugs.. very sad... | |
| Drug use in general is psychological thing... there are studies that suggest people who use drugs are self medicating for some other diagnosable mental illness.... | |
| for example.. many alcoholics are found to have symptoms of anxiety and panic disorders... this is a good example of peer pressure.. nobody wants to hear about a grown man acting like a sissy?. society says.. ""hell no.. lets go out and drink.."" | |
| the problem with drug use is.. you are covering one problem with another.. therapists will have to spend many years dealing with the drug problem before they can even begin to address what caused the compuslion to use drugs... | |
| so yes. i believe in treatment.. i believe you should help yourself... however.. one can only get treated if they are willing to accept help.. for repeat offenders .. i offer no sympathy..",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1206,1,I am from illinois do i have a case for workmans comp or something of that nature?:,not really cause u didn't fill out an accident report and your work will argue u did it at home and u have not proof that u did it on the job that is why even a minor cut should be reported to your supervisor or u have no case did u tell anyone that your back was hurting before u left work and if u did they have to sign an affidavit that u did hurt yourself on the job and put their job in jeopardy and risk losing their job too so if u do hire a lawyer u better be ready to fight a long and powerful battle and nine times outta ten u lose so its best to goto the chiropractor keep your job and mark this up as a lesson the next time tell someone a couple hundred dollars is worth more losing your job and possibly getting black balled from gettin another cause when u fill out an app i don't care what anybody says your ex employer can black ball u and tell them what happened and u won't get the job,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,TEST | |
| 1207,1,Why are insurance companies allowed to profile but law enforcement isnt?:,"Dear Friend, | |
| I'm not sure I agree with the premise of your question. Racial profiling consisted of a systematic suspicion of particular minorities as inherently criminal. If insurance companies were to charge all, say, black customers more than white customers on the suspicion that black drivers get in more accidents, I'm quite sure they would be subject to suit. | |
| But, in any event, law enforcement personnel carry and use guns and handcuffs, send people to jails and prisons, have the capacity to ruin the lives of innocent people who happen to be of a particular minority. Insurance companies... sell insurance, which you can get from hundreds of competitor companies. Discrimination in law enforcement just matters a whole heck of a lot more than discrimination by insurers. | |
| Your Friend, | |
| Francesois",1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1213,2,"Cmv: i don't believe that information spread through ""credible"" propaganda sources (books, television, etc) should hold some sort of automatic higher legitimacy than information we see on the internet.:","We've all heard the saying ""don't believe everything you see on the internet"", which assumes that information gathered from other sources not online have a natural higher level of credibility. They assume that information found in books or news channels or newspaper are more truthful. I disagree. I'm a true neutralist who believes that just because a propagandist had the money to spend to distribute their information through a book or a newspaper article, it doesn't give it any more credibility than typical things we see online. We should obviously look at everything with an open mind and try to figure out what is truth and what isn't, I just don't believe in that idea. | |
| Edit: I understand the point of having someone to hold accountable in the case of spreading disinformation. That is a great point. I guess I asked the wrong question though because obviously, statistically, there will be more lies seen online than in publications just because it's easier to spread. Thanks for the posts. | |
| ",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1214,2,Cmv: i think there is no racial discrimination in the developed countries:,"I think black people have their rights protected. The state gives them the same rights as others. And don't give me examples. It won't change my view. I am aware that probably their education rates are lower and their poverty rates are higher, but it doesn't matter. That's probably affected by the discrimination that happened in the past or it's just their fault for not being successfully integrated into society. As I said I don't want to see statistic about poverty, education levels, criminal levels, how many of them are living in ghettos or what % of them are in the higher positons of the state hierarchy. I want facts about how are they actually discriminated. | |
| PS. Sorry for grammar",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1217,2,Cmv: i believe fox news is an example of what news broadcasting shouldn't be.:,"I am well aware that there is no such thing as a perfect news agency, but I believe that Fox News is exceptionally biased in their reporting. It may be because they are biased in a way that dissents from my personal views, but still view them as a shining example of what news broadcasting shouldn't be. Am I right in believing that Fox News is the low of news broadcasting, or am I wrongly being biased against them (making me no better than them)? | |
| Because of this, I feel like I am actually closing my mind to a lot of good, right-suppoted ideas. Fox News has singlehandedly closed me off from hearing out conservative ideology, which is something that I do not like.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1236,2,Is obama the worst president in american history? stance: no:,"I can easily guarantee that most people who say this have a very weak knowledge or understanding of American history. Moreover, it is impossible to make a judgment, especially such an extravagant one, on a leader who has not even finished their term yet. People fail to look at history objectively and only assess it in the context of their own generation. I'm not a fan of Obama at all, but I can reassure you, we've had at least 5-10 leaders who were much worse than Obama is.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1241,2,Jack thompson stance: do you think that jack thompson is right. that video games are the reason more and more young people:,"Violence is perpetuated and caused by society. | |
| Advertising reminds us of all the things we do not have and makes us feel inferior for not having them. | |
| The news makes us distrust each other. Our distrust of each other causes us to treat each other not as people but as things to interact with. | |
| We have people screaming at salesmen- why? Because we don't see them as the same as us. What makes a telemarketer so evil but the high pressure of modern living forcing them to not let you off the phone. | |
| We kill because we feel upset with our own lives, we are frustrated because we are sent images of friends that we'll never have, products we can't afford, and movies full of lives we'll never live. | |
| It's not video games, it's televison programming and society that cause this. There are fewer suicides in small farming communities than in large cities, and less murders, because people are more close knit and friendly to each other.",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1243,2,"Religion is bad stance: religion is bad for humanity, and will only hurt it:","""Finally, more people have died at the hands of secular governments than any form of religious ""war"" in history."" | |
| The raw number of people killed is not a fair measure of ""badness."" The population is always increasing, therefore religious wars that killed half of a certain group of people a thousand years ago might not reach the same *number* of people killed in a modern day war, even though the devastation wrought by the religious war was far worse than that of the modern war. | |
| A better measure would be some sort of ""misery index."" It would take into account the chances of a person born at a certain time and place either dying or living a miserable life. Certainly religion has a long record of causing misery, keeping people poor, and killing large percentages of unbelievers.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1249,3,"Business review: 1.0 stars | |
| business name: ruby tuesday. city: aurora. categories: american (traditional), restaurants, burgers:","This place is bad. We walk in and no one acknowledges us for over 5 min, but employees stared at us and knew we were there. Finally they told us it would be a 10 min wait. We waited a few min and then they said it was going to be a 15 min wait. There were plenty of seats open too. Very poor people skills, including what looked to be a young lady Mgr.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1250,3,"Business review: 5.0 stars | |
| business name: doh korean bbq. city: las vegas. categories: barbeque, restaurants, korean:","Really really good! If I'm in the area and in the mood for Korean BBQ, I'll be here. This is one of my favorite Korean BBQ eateries next to Gen and Hwaro. | |
| We always get the marinated beef and marinated boneless ribs. Beef brisket is good too and there are a lot of sides! Also the steamed egg is always good when cooled down. | |
| I just wish this place has gyoza or other appetizers but in all, I'll keep coming back here. If my friends have extra room in their stomachs, we end up going to Rolled Ice Cream after!",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1251,3,"Business review: 5.0 stars | |
| business name: the zen. city: whitby. categories: thai, chinese, restaurants, halal, asian fusion:","After a year i have yet to be disappointed by the quality of food and the excellent service at The Zen. Since my last review i have tried many different foods and always find them being my favorite compared to anywhere else. | |
| Every time i go here i am greeted by courteous employees and they remember me every time. I have had nice conversations with Steven (hope that's correct spelling), begging him to open a store in Peterborough so i can enjoy the food more often. | |
| Some of the foods i would recommend are the Chicken Pakora, any of the Pad Thai, Manchurian Chicken Fried Rice and the Goat Curry. There are so many other delicious selections though. | |
| If you are looking for something different or just looking for a new spot to eat i highly recommend The Zen.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1255,0,Is the school uniform a good or bad idea:,I think it is bad to wear school uniform because it makes you look unatrel and you cannot express yourself enough so band school uniform OK,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,TEST | |
| 1259,0,Tv is better than books:,"books is well better than tv because it is cheaper to buy a book | |
| if you wanted to buy a tv it would be really dear and you have to buy a tv licence | |
| books can help you learn | |
| a lot of the stuff on tv is either violent or not right for kids | |
| so books are well better",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1262,0,India has the potential to lead the world:,"well, India is finding difficult to manage itself first...so there's no question of leading the world so far....but still if we compare so lets have a look at the following points: | |
| 1. almost 90% of India is illiterate(don't be sure of the percentage), so an illiterate country can't lead the world.... | |
| 2.India is more into castes, politics, religions and less into development. | |
| 3.the most important thing is that India doesn't have confidence on itself and is still cursing itself... | |
| So if it goes on so then it is difficult or even impossible to say that ""INDIA WILL LEAD THE WORLD WHEN IT CANNOT LEAD ITSELF!!""",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1268,0,Is porn wrong:,"in the past, children could walk around as they pleased, to and from the candy store, to and from school. now there are child pornographors, sexual predators online. porn has opened the doors to new crimes.",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1270,0,Evolution vs creation:,"Oops, I meant to say creationist version of evolution. My apologies.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,1,0,1,TEST | |
| 1271,0,Evolution vs creation:,I can prove to you that humans have not evolved since the beginning of recorded history,1,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,1,TEST | |
| 1272,0,Evolution vs creation:,"That doesn't make much sense. Why are we still evolving and the monkeys aren't? | |
| Why aren't fish jumping out of the water and growing legs? | |
| I mean, if it happened billions of years ago than how come its not happening today? | |
| Why can't we find psuedo-hybrid fish with legs forming? | |
| What caused evolution to stop happening for a mysterious time of thousands of years?",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,1,TEST | |
| 1282,0,Is porn wrong:,"Everyone has their own desires, and sure women are degraded by pornography but it's their choice to choose that career path. If they want to be in that business, it's their choice.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1285,0,Is porn wrong:,Some people say God is against porn. But we won't know that because the bible does not mench porn because it did not exist during biblical times. So how do we know it is a sin?,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1287,0,Which type of endeavor is better a personal pursuit or advancing the common good:,"Advancing the common good is better because like the bible says ""Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor."" For example, football is a team sport they all have to believe in each other and not in their selves because there is no ""I in Team"", like the other night in the Super Bowl the Steelers couldn't score the winning drive in the last 2 minutes with out the lineman blocking for the quarterback, quarterback believing in the lineman, and the receiver believing in the quarterback to make a good pass. So we need each other and depend on each other to be great.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1289,0,Is the school uniform a good or bad idea:,"1. It makes everyone equal - if children can wear what they want some children will teased and feel less equal to their peers around them vs. uniforms | |
| 2. Okay Look school is for learning not how you look and dress but maybe in some levels it matters and most people that go to schools that don't have uniforms take like about 1 hr just to find their pants or shirt I mean really?? When you have a uniform it takes less than 10 min just to take it out and put it on and",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1291,0,Is the school uniform a good or bad idea:,"Means you don't have to worry about what you hve to wear! | |
| Less awkward when people say wear school uniform and you wear mufti...",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,TEST | |
| 1294,0,Tv is better than books:,I like tv because you can watch all the porn you want with your family,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1305,0,India has the potential to lead the world:,ndians has always been powerful why r u forgeting about its ancient glory history,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,TEST | |
| 1312,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,"Yes, because they need to learn in a way that they remember that if they do something bad. They will get hit.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1314,0,Christianity or atheism:,"Christianity strives to promote better morals and ethics. What does atheism contribute? Nothing. To believe that one should follow the ways of Christ, what harm is there. Real or not, Christ is still a better example to follow than any atheist. For a ideology to be better than any human must really piss off those that fall way short of it.",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1324,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,No child should get hit. There are different punishments you could give your child.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1332,1,What would be a good proposal for an amendment for the constitution?:,"a good proposal for an amendment for the Constitution would be to change the requirements to be president. you would still have to be 35 years old and be a resident in the United States for 14 years, but change the natural-born citizen part. instead of being a natural-born citizen make it be a United States citizen for 40 years. this way people whose parents move here when they are kids; these would be the only ways that they know and know as much as any other kid here. i think this would be a grand topic to talk about in your paper and could easly elaberate on with examples. remember to explain yourself and put your heart and soul into it to get a good grade.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1335,1,I got lots of money who wants to share it?:,"If your serious, maybe think about donating some to a worthy cause. A young family struggling to make it and going to work everyday. An elderly person living on social security and can't afford their electric bill. Donate to a children's hospital, animal protective society, or senior center in your area. Lots of things you can do with it. I hope you find what your looking for.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1340,1,"If someone confesses that he committed a criminal acts, say killing someone, is it enough for the court to ..?:","Well, if that someone was under oath and was ""giving himself in"" I'm sure that they would accommodate the person! | |
| Seeing as how you said that there was a Court involved, they would certainly ask the Bailiff to take the person into custody in order that justice may be served. It would be a time-consuming process of course as are any arrests but I guarantee if you are under oath and admit to a crime (especially murder) then the Court would be obligated to hold that person and begin processing the paperwork. | |
| Anybody who would testify in Court to doing a crime who didn't really commit the crime would then be charged with perjury which is punishable by whatever the State laws allow. | |
| Someone who truthfully, under oath, admits to a crime would be believed as they swore they would tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth So Help Them God. So God if your listening, Help Them!!! | |
| ..................think about it........................",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1341,1,"Since americans are not legally required to pay tax, do canadians need too?:","What?!? And all these years I've been paying. . . | |
| No, we are absolutely required to pay income taxes! We actually OVER-pay each year, and then in the Spring we get a partial refund. That's always nice, to help cover any credit card purchases we may have made at Christmas, or to do a home improvement project. But many Americans end up having to pay in even more, because not enough has been deducted from their wages throughout the previous year. OUCH!",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1345,1,What can i expect please tell me?:,"Your odds are not good getting beyond his limits. Your attorney might sue him, but it is doubtful you would be able to collect much. Even if you won a case you would have to go after him for garnishments,etc.. If he doesn't own a paid home or other material goods the attorney probably won't bother. He may look at your personal auto insurance. That will usually cover for uninsured motorists if you carry that coverage but he would have to determine of you could use it since you weren't driving at the time. Since you say you have $170000 in medical bills I am guessing you don't have any personal medical insurance either. Your attorney should be able to tell you what to expect to receive after his fee, which is usually 25% to 40% depending.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1349,1,Do you believe that news reporters should go to jail for what they write?:,"You have all missed the point. | |
| Confidential sources within the Government that leak classified information are not covered by the freedom of the press. | |
| When a court order is issued, there is more at stake than a news story. Often the court order compromises one case to resolve another. | |
| When you have someone that leaks vital information that threatens the welfare of the American People (nuclear secrets, etc), you might give up a case against a squealer to get the name of the mole. | |
| Freedom of the press means you can publish what you want. It doesn't mean that you are free of the consequences. | |
| Geraldo got thrown out of Iraq for airing the American battle plans for Bagdad before the battle. | |
| He shoulda been hung.",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1357,1,Does remaining life partners make more sense than marriage?:,"Marriage is a business, and the license makes it legal. It is there to protect women's interests as far as property is concerned, and for raising children. It is a protection. if you don't plan on staying with someone, or having children, or making property community, there is no need for it. People shouldn't enter into it lightly, and I think it would help the divorce rate if the benefits of marriage were eliminated. People couldn't marry for money, or insurance, etc...",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1358,1,Should we bring back the death penalty and public flogging?:,"No. | |
| Any society that values the value of a human life and promotes non-violent solutions would be hypocritical to include floogging and capital punishment in their justice system. | |
| With a fallible justice system, there is always the risk that innocent people will be flogged or executed. | |
| Where punnishments are decided by mortals, there is a risk that the harsher sentences are handed out according to prejudice. | |
| Where the best barristers are available to those with the most money, there is always a risk that the poor are disadvantaged.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1361,1,Why do black people call each other the n word?:,"Saying it with an ""a"" and saying ith with an ""er"" is no difference. Think about it, Most Black people cut the | |
| ""er"" off of words in the first place, while white people don't. So the actually pronunciation does not take away form the degradation of the word. I have been black all my life. I have listened to my mom say it, I have listened to my dad say it, but I never really used it.(sometimes by mistake if the people that I am with say it a lot, but i ALWAYS correct myself). I hate that word, and its use. I think people use it because they are afraid of saying something else and looking ""corny"". When I was in college, I suggested Not my ""ni99a, my brother"" day, and it worked.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1370,2,Cmv: if a legitimate bomb threat occurs i will run away from the school rather then pile up in one place with the rest of my school.:,"My school has a policy where if there is a bomb threat the entire school must pile up in our stadium and wait out until police and a bomb squad come. However a smart terrorist (or whomever) could easily find this out (every school does the same and says it on our website) and plant a bomb in said stadium killing the entire student body and staff. | |
| It would make more sense for me to just run to my car (off campus) and escape. Its worth saving my life 100% of the time. | |
| Our school tells us whether or not we have a drill that day or not so I would know if its a legitimate threat. | |
| CMV.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1372,2,Cmv: the us' obsession with 'parity' in sports is misguided.:,"When considering any changes to the structures of any of their professional leagues, a lot of arguments revolve around how parity can best be maintained or enhanced. | |
| I don't see why anybody cares. | |
| The most exciting moments and periods in sports happen when there's a handful of titans ducking it out, not a mediocre field where anybody can win. | |
| Sure, Barcelona/Real Madrid/Atletico Madrid are miles ahead of most of their competition in La Liga. But tons of people who otherwise would never watch a match will tune in when they face each other. | |
| People don't tune in to watch games between two middle-of-the-pack teams nearly as much as they do for games between the top two teams in probably any sport. | |
| True parity, if achieved, would mean that every team is a middle-of-the-pack team. | |
| Why should I prefer that than having a handful of teams that are truly great and exciting to watch?",1,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1388,2,"If humans are artificial intelligence but have rights, would that mean any sentient being (possibly far more intelligent) we create is equal to us? stance: no.:","Based on an assumption that humans are artificial and not part of nature, then if we could create another being capable of being a sentient life form, it would not be equal to us no matter how more intelligent, until it has achieved the same things as us, including creating more sentient lifeforms. If it does achieve those things, then it would have to do so at same rate, otherwise if it was faster it would be greater than us, or if slower than still inferior to us. However this would only be the case of course if we as ""artificial beings"" of God our creator, would be capable of creating another sentient being in the same image and likeness of our creator and not just ourselves. Otherwise it would never be our equal.",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1395,2,Trapper john or bj honeycutt stance: bj honeycutt was the best sidekick to hawkeye:,"Trapper was a pretender, a goofball who got out while the gettin' was good. While he was back in the States starting his private practice (Trapper John, MD), BJ was with Hawkeye until the end. As the war dragged on, and Hawk was starting to lose it, did Trapper call to see how they were? No, but BJ was delighting his comrades with home films of Peg and Erin, pranking Charles, and taking over surgery while Hawkeye was seeing chickens on buses.",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1401,2,Is misspelling words really a huge problem? stance: disagree:,"I think the worst problem can be when debaters spend a significant portion of their time debating about trivial things...such as misspellings. We all do it on occasion...don't we? I could bicker about the member who posted the debate on being illiterate...and rant on about how ridiculous it is to make such a remark...after all, how could posters be illiterate, if they read and write? The person who created the debate obviously doesn't get that...even if it is just an attempt at being sarcastic...but what's the point?",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1402,2,Jon stewart vs. stephen colbert stance: the daily show is better:,"Jon Stewart has a much more sophisticated humour style, and tends to cover more important issues. He always has great interviews and the special reporters he has are great too. He also gets bonus points for being there first | |
| Stephen relies too much on gimmicky things and has a less sophisticated comedy style. The whole arrogant act he puts on can be irritating and he's generally not as genuinely funny as Stewart.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1410,3,"Business review: 4.0 stars | |
| business name: restaurant le jardin de panos. city: montréal. categories: greek, mediterranean, restaurants:","Personally, I really like Jardin Panos. It's nothing special. It's just your typical Greek restaurant a la Casa Grec or Vieux Duluth. | |
| If you're looking for a rustic chicken brochette, filet mignon brochette, with the regular salad and rice, and an entrée of tzaziki, go ahead. Try it! The food is consistently decent. In a world of mystery meat, Panos will deliver average every time;) | |
| What I like best about this restaurant is the outdoor Terrasse. It's very cute. Like for a lot of people in the area, this is more of a summer destination rather than a middle of winter spot.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1435,0,Evolution vs creation:,"You can actually see evolution happen. Fruit Flies are quite useful for this experiment since the breed, live, and die so quickly. You have to understand evolution happens because of mutations and they survive because those mutations have made it easier for the creature to survive then the others. ie. natural selection. Speciation is also an example of evolution... different species come about because they have adapted to a slightly different enviroment. If you look you can see evolution",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1457,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,"Is marriage really just about ""love?"" I think not. It's about societal norms. It's about legal rights. It's about families. It's about generations. It's about example. It's about commitment. It's about tax breaks. It's about parental roles. If it were just about ""love"" then I could marry my dog and two kids at the local middle-school could get married as well. It's not only about love.",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1462,0,Christianity or atheism:,"If god loves everyone then y does he hate gays and the bible is just a book, have you ever wondered that the one cardinal who translated it changed some things to make ""god"" look good",1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1463,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,After a spanking I made sure I never did it again to avoid being punished because the second time is always worst because you were told not to already.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1467,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,Because spanking is mostly out of anger and can be for more then what your kid had done like if some one else made thm mad thy let it all out on thm,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,TEST | |
| 1470,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,"does this make sense: you steal a candy bar from school then your parents steal your favorite toy. you stole something and were disciplined by getting something stolen. hm. same thing applies to this. you hit somebody then you get hit. you get told not to hit somebody, then told not to hit, then hit by the saame person",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1479,0,Should physical education be mandatory in schools:,"The minimum length for an argument is 50 characters. The purpose of this restriction is to cut down on the amount of dumb jokes, so we can keep the quality of debate and discourse as high as possible.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1481,0,Should physical education be mandatory in schools:,some children simply cannot take pe. 4 example some r already in athletics and they are alreaddy training like crazy,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1491,1,Petitions?:,"I'm not quite sure I understand the question. Petitions, in and of themselves, are legal. You can make a petition concerning almost anything, and get a bunch of people willing to sign their names to it, via email or otherwise. | |
| However, a petition itself is not an actual ""legal document""...it is merely a document stating that X number of citizens happen to take a stand on a particular issue and urge a legislator, official, etc. to act in their favor. For example, you can make a petition in favor of banning smoking, but just because you get a bunch of people to sign it, that doesn't mean that smoking will be banned. The petition itself has no legal standing. Now, if a legislator gets enough petitions all saying the same thing, he/she might WANT to do it if it is in his/her best political interest to do so. | |
| So the answer to your question is yes. | |
| Hope this helped somewhat.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1496,1,If i was arrested for a dui and refused to blow and cops forgot to video tape my roadside tests. am i notguilt:,"There is no requirement to video tape your FST's. Since most departments don't have in-car cameras, I don't think they ""forgot"" to tape your FST's. Your license is done and the police will testify about your performance. If you thought you weren't drunk, you should have taken the breathalyser. Then again, people don't usually make sound decisions when they are drunk.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1499,1,"How can i get full custody,when i have temp cust. when mom is in jail,since her birth dont want to give f/cust:","It is Very difficult to get Sole custody. You have to PROVE that the mother is unfit and is harming your child in some way. Being in jail sounds bad but since she is in jail she can not be doing anything harmful. (In the courts point of view) Fighting this will be tough. You would be better off trying to change visitation. Try to get it that it has to be supervised. | |
| I would go talk to a lawyer. The first consultation is usually free. (and custody battles can be expensive)",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1500,1,How much can i sue a parent for her son attacking my son and knocking his tooth out in the state of pa?:,"Im a sorry to hear about your tragedy. It sure sounds like your neighbor's son has a serious problem that requires immediate attention. Depending on the mental status of that nine year old, the courts should be able to do something to compensate you for the damage. If he is evaluated by a professional and the results come back normal, you can charge for simple assoult. If not, you can still charge because ultimately, the parents of an ill child are responsable for any intentional damages caused by him. I suggest you speak with the chief of your police station, explain to him what happened and what you want done. If this doesnt help, go a step further up the ladder until you resolve the problem. Bulling has no excuse. Best wishes.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1502,1,How could the legal drinking age be lowered?:,"I am also for lowering the drinking age back to 18. I am 31, mother of 2 girls, and a health teacher. I would definitely vote it back in. Once again, the federal government gives out millions to states who pass certain laws, this is one of them. And if everyone did their research before they answered this question, they would know that it is not the 18-20 age group that ranks highest in drunk driving. Change the drunk driving law, first offense:attempted murder. In my opinion that is exactly what they are doing. But punishing adults? Give me a break. I know repsonsible 18 year olds, and yet my dad who is 57 is a drunk and always has been. Age has nothing to do with it. If 18 is a legal adult, then it should be the age for everything!!!",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1503,1,"When a latino does anything, the excuse is, it's their culture. how come i can't do that? wht about my culture:","I just don't know if you are referring Latinos as a whole or to an specific group. I know that must people that were born south of the USA, may speak the same way because after all Spanish is their native tongue, so when they move to speak English they may have sort of similar accent. Let me tell you something, not all ""Latinos"" are the same, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans are very different to the rest of Latinamerica. You don't say to an Irish he is British or to a Canadian he is American or to a Basque he is Spanish. Culture shouldn't be an excuse to do something wrong, when you are allowed into another country you should learn their customs and traditions. To say that because of my culture i do this or that, is just a lame excuse to avoid responsibility.",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1507,1,How ofton do you think people lie in court?:,"As far as an actual statistic, I'm not sure. However, I think that people lie in court all the time. People are either honest or dishonest... I don't think that swearing to tell the truth will automaticaly want to make a dishonest person want to tell the truth... it just means that if they don't tell the truth when they swore to, then it's illegal. And hey, if they are already on trial for something illegal, it's probably not going to bother them if they do something ELSE that's illegal.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1513,1,Why do people not see that the us president is a criminal?:,"well, you see people these days are to busy to see what is going on in the world. I may not know everything, but from I think people are just to stupid to just watch what Bushy (please do not sue me because i just said ""Bushy"" instead of Bush,I just like the name like that)here is doing. You see, also people are sometimes to poor to buy their own TV set or even a newspaper(or they're just to lazy too) because of taxes,gas prices,and ALL OF THEIR LITTLE STUPID FRIEND!!!!!!!! | |
| And there is my opinion, you may not like what I just wrote, but DEAL WITH IT!",1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1530,2,Cmv: manual transmissions in cars are completely obsolete.:,"I'll add some arguments here, but please don't feel obligated to address them point by point. There's plenty of stuff I've probably missed/gotten | |
| 1. With the advent of Constantly Variable transmissions that shift gears more efficiently than humans, stick shifts - even well driven ones - no longer have the potential to give better fuel economy. | |
| 2. The chance of a manual stalling on a busy road is a very real threat to public safety. | |
| 3. The frequency of replacing a broken clutch is higher than repairing automatic gearboxes, negating the cheaper cost of manual cars over the long term. | |
| 4. They are a liability trying to start on uphill roads. | |
| 5. They are generally far noisier in urban areas due to the average driver's reluctance to shift up gears on short streets or journeys. | |
| 6. They divert the driver's attention away from the road as they focus on selecting the optimal gear. | |
| 7. I cannot eat a cheeseburger while driving. | |
| Please CMV.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1535,2,"Cmv: i have no ethical issue with so called ""anti homeless spikes"":","Recently, I saw a meme about protesters in London pouring concrete over so called ""anti-homeless"" spikes. All of the comments were commending and praising the protesters instead of calling them out on property destruction. More often than not, the goal of a business is to make money, it is not a charity. And seeing homeless people near the entrance is enough to turn a lot of people off that would normally enter their business. So in my opinion, Tesco is just acting in rational self-interest and these protesters are nothing more than common thugs whom should be charged with property destruction and have to pay the costs that they incurred. I see nothing wrong with the spikes if they are doing it to protect their customer base.",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1536,2,Cmv: against capital punishment:,"I am generally against the use of the death penalty on moral reasons for practically every reason other than crimes against humanity, as I think killing another person is an issue that concerns humanity in general. I don't think it has moral use for other heinous crimes such as murder or rape in practically every circumstance. I can see why people here have the opposite opinion and so I'm willing to change my mind. I'm hoping to hear something new though, and not just an argument saying how bad some examples are. | |
| Edit: My moral reasons rest in the fact that killing a person is against humanity. Therefore capital punishment should be used for something that goes against humanity itself.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1537,2,"Cmv: i think 'pro life' is a fallacious term and the position should more accurately be called ""anti choice"":","The difference between ""pro-life"" and ""pro-choice"" comes down to whether or not one believes a woman should have the option (choice) to terminate her pregnancy. By believing that this choice should be legal, one isn't advocating abortions (as in, they aren't pushing abortions on people or thinking that they're a good act). One can hold the position that abortions are morally bad, yet still believe the choice should be between a woman and her doctor. Likewise, one can be anti-choice yet still advocate for the death penalty, wars of aggression, etc. | |
| CMV!",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1541,2,Opera vs. the world stance: opera is the best browser:,"Opera is great. It has all the best features of the browsers, but it has the least recognition. Take ""Speed dial"" for example. It puts your 9 most used bookmarks in the screen when you create a blank tab. It also has many add ons, but it's community is just beginning. Also, it was recentlly rated very highly in CPU magazine, with its only flaw being it's lack of add ons, which is greatly increasing. Opera will be releasing a new version of the browser; 9.52, which will have many enhancements, including speedier performance than any of it's competitors. In fact, Opera is so good that until recently, people were willing to pay for it.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1550,2,Free education? should education be free or are fees a requirement? stance: education should be free:,"Education should be free because it is one of the key ways to decrease poverty. If education was forced to have fees the people in poverty would not by able to afford it. This would cripple the poor and put us in a society where only the middle class and rich prosper. (it's bad enough as it is). The people in poverty will never learn how to prevent diseases which plague their society, nor other resources to help them live better lives. As a society we should want to help those who are less fortunate.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1553,2,Is it reasonable to assume there will be a major revelution where all of the governing people will be challenged within the next couple of decades? stance: agree:,"Very cool topic. | |
| Yeah I think it could reasonably happen. I mean just look at the reactions around the world to incidents in one country and the ripple effect it has. | |
| When Tianamen Square happened there was a reaction all over the world. There were not mass riots but there were really strong opinions in every major country and lots of news reports. | |
| The world is too open now to try to hide incidents like these. | |
| I can really see how it might happen.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1565,3,"Business review: 3.0 stars | |
| business name: original cuisine. city: mesa. categories: chinese, szechuan, restaurants:","If you have read some of the other reviews you'll see that service is an issue. Our group of 3 encountered the same experience at lunch on a weekday. The staff were all young. I did not see anyone who appeared to be older than 22 years of age. Perhaps they need someone older with some customer experience?? | |
| The food was great. The bok choy was outstanding. Just about all of the dishes show on the menu with a little chili pepper symbols. However, we did not find them to be all that spicy. | |
| The 3 stars is for the service. 5 stars would be for the food. | |
| We'll return here but allow a little more time to pay the tab since they are slow at cashing out. So, if you have a certain time available to you for lunch you may not want to dine here.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1567,0,Is the school uniform a good or bad idea:,School uniforms are a BAD idea. Kids won't be able to show their color.,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1571,0,Firefox vs internet explorer:,Amazingly cool skins that let me pimp my browser and a built in spell check along with everything else that IE provides. Can't beat it.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1574,0,Tv is better than books:,All TV shows are written down as scripts (a form of book) first...,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1578,0,Is it better to have a lousy father or to be fatherless:,"I think it is better to be fatherless because a lousy father cannot do anything for the family.Imagine a father who is alcoholic and beats your mother, then you have no meaning of having a father.He creates violance and terror in the house and you alawys feel ashame to call him a father. It is better to be fatherless than to have a father who gives you a hard time.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1587,0,Should physical education be mandatory in schools:,"YES, because some children don't understand anything expect physical education especially rich children of rich parents.",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1592,0,Evolution vs creation:,"sabrejimmy, | |
| I have not tried to prove ANYTHING. All i asked was for YOU to prove that we are not evolving. | |
| Not once did i say that we are still evolving. | |
| I have not made any such assertions. | |
| So until you can show that we are not evolving with credible evidence, you are just avoiding something you cannot answer. | |
| So i say again, back up YOUR claim that we are not evolving. | |
| And the big bang is a red herring, we are talking about evolution, NOT Cosmology. | |
| It looks like you are trying to steer the debate away from what it is because you cannot back up your claims.",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1609,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,"The real issue is - why is the government involved in this issue at all? We take a personal, religious institution and regulate it, then the government comes back and wants to redefine it. | |
| It should not be a political issue, because my personal, religious things should be separate from government regulation. | |
| Marriage and the government should not mix. That solves the ""problem"".",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1610,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,"Gay marriage is wrong. God made man and a woman to populate the earth. How can human species survive if they are only attracted to their same sex? Obviously, not.",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1611,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,"gays are overrated. it is another ""look at me"" stunt. i think gays are the product of overly protective parents, abuse, or liberal wakoness (it should be a disease). | |
| if you gays would stop calling attention to yourselves, nobody would really care what you do.",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1612,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,"I'm an avid christian and I believe that gay marriage is wrong beyond belief. This country was founded on christian beliefs, and we should adhere to the belifs used to make us what we are today.",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1615,0,India has the potential to lead the world:,aah...u r saying like that only india has this things.....other countries donot have this.....does the america which seems as leading the world doesnt have bad qualities.....it eats less and waste more.....the amount of food they waste can be utillised for feeding whole indian population...it produces more pollution and blame us...what about it !!!!!!!,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1618,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,"I believe so, it should be used as a last resort at least because I being a sibling of three, was spanked along with my sister and turned out to be disciplined and on the other hand our youngest sister has never been spanked and she tends to make more mistakes even now that shes 10 than we did.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1621,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,It's ok for the parent to spank the child as long as it's not often or they don't use other things like a belt.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1624,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,"Some kids don't learn by spanking them..So why waste your time on that, when you can always take something valuable away from them.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1626,0,If your spouse committed murder and he or she confided in you would you turn them in:,I would turn him in becasue it is wrong for any reason to kill someone. If he can kill one person what says that he will not kill me? Everyone wants to know what happened to their loved ones and that would give them the peace that the person that did it was paying for what he did. Love is not worth the risk of you getting caught for not telling what you know.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1627,0,If your spouse committed murder and he or she confided in you would you turn them in:,"In this situation it depends whether you knew the victim or if it was a stranger. If my husband killed a random stranger, then YES I would definitely turn him in because that considers him a psycho and what if he kills me too. But if he killed a person that I knew and that was harming us then I would think about it. It's most likely that I would turn him in just because I would be afraid to leave with a person like that, and also what if he thinks I will say something and kills me too.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1632,0,Pro choice vs pro life:,Statistics prove that less than 1% of women who are raped get pregnant because of the adrenalin rush. We have no right to take an unborn child's life. There are ways to avoid the situation of abortion. The woman can have the baby and give it up for adoption or raise it as their own because the woman is the still the child's biological mother. There are thousands of people on the waiting list for another baby to add to their family. DO NOT let anyone tell you otherwise because they obviously havn't been in the situation of adoption or abortion.,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1643,1,"Is it slanderous to defame someone, if it is true, but you could not have known it was true when you said it?:","If it proves to be true, assuming we're talking about a reasonably short time-frame here, then you're probably okay. It also depends on ""how"" you say what you say. The facts are one thing, but if you selected a hurtful way of conveying the message, it could be viewed as an unjustified verbal assault - and depending on the circumstances, that could be actionable.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1655,1,Was it legal when clinton spied on americans?:,"please it is president Clinton, and though people are going to say it is just politics it is the same issue. if it is wrong now it was wrong then. if anything there has always been a double standard between Democrats and Republicans. people are screaming about an illegal war can not remember president Clinton asking congress for any wars he got us in. but you have president Bush who did go to congress.",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1656,1,"In the usa, are judges too powerful?:","yes and most of them are hypocrites. our DUI judge places people in jail, takes away their freedom, but it's okay for him to sit on the bench drunk. the whole town knows it, the lawyers, the cops, etc. we watched the cops pull him over one night and they gave him a ride home, (we followed), but how can you fight it?",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,TEST | |
| 1661,1,If you own a bussiness and a house and you are not legal in usa can goverment take it away from you?:,"The person above is absolutely wrong. Property is property. He will own it as long as he is able to pay taxes and the mortgage. His business will remain his business as long as he can run it. He and only he will decide if he wants to sell his house or his business, the government can't take it away just because he is here illegally. | |
| But he could get in trouble with the IRS if he doesn't pay taxes, but that has nothing to do with his immigration status whatsoever. It is not true that a person here illegally cannot pay property and business taxes. The IRS has the same authority over any citizen or non-citizen that does not pay all the business taxes. | |
| So tell him not to worry about the government, just make enough money to pay the bills.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1667,1,Was the judge right to ask the muslim lawyer to remove her veil yesterday?:,"If the judge couldn't hear her clearly then I think he has every right to ask for the person in question to remove her veil. If the woman who is a lawyer could not be understood in court then she is not doing her job properly due to the presence of her veil and the judge could not do his job properly either. I can only respect for asking for the veil to be removed, I mean it isn't for very long and she was fighting for someone in court! | |
| We're in Britain here where the covering your face is seen as suspicious, these women relly need to think about the message the veil puts across about them and their religion.",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1670,1,Why aren't we held responsible for our reaction time when operating a motor vehicle?:,"It's not the reaction times -- it's the crime itself you're punished for. | |
| Driving while intoxicated is a special case because there are special laws regulating alcholol and other intoxicant. But while it's easy to test for drug/alcohol use in an objective blood test, it's almost impossible to test for emotional or situational impairments. | |
| So, driving while intoxicated can be punished by itself, separately, because there can be objective standards. But anything else can only be punished based on the objective results.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1677,1,Your views on same sex marriage...?:,"Why not? People complain it is against God. so those who feel that way should decline wedding invitations from gays. MAN makes these rules and uses God as an excuse. There are religions where a man can have many wives; do you hear anyone complaining? Anyway marriage does not have to be a religious ceremony. People get married every day by a Justice of the Peace, a Mayor, even a ship's captain. atheists get married. what's the big deal? so all the people who think this is a sin, would leave the ""sinners"" alone, after all isn't it their God's job to judge them? and to ""punish"". They do believe their God gave them ""free will"" don't they?",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1687,2,"Cmv: i think all homeless people should be rounded up, taken out of major city centers, and be put in government camps where they can get treatment:","I work in downtown LA and the homeless problem here is pretty bad. There was a guy who threw his shits in front of our building this morning. At the food court I go to, homeless guys sometimes walk around and beg for change. They're also begging and sleeping on the LA subways because our subways don't have turnstiles and rely on the honor system. | |
| They are a nuisance to everyone. Most of them look like they have mental illness. | |
| I think for any major city to develop faster, it needs to get rid of the homeless problem. | |
| I think homeless should be rounded up, put into camps, and treated for their mental health or addiction problems. That way major downtown area could be cleaner and safer and the homeless could get the treatment they need. The approach that most cities have of ignoring the problem won't work and it really hurts the local economy.",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1688,2,Cmv: i should cancel my flights with malaysia airlines:,"I booked flights with Malaysia Airlines from Dublin to Hong Kong (via Heathrow and Kuala Lumpur) around 2 hours before the MH17 crash. Yesterday I received an email from the airline, offering a full refund up until 24th July, or offering to change bookings to a later date. I now have doubts about the safety record of the airline, even though it appears that there was nothing that could have been done to prevent the latest tragedy. The fate of flight MH370 remains unsolved, and declining consumer confidence appears to be reflected in the Malaysian stock market, which has experienced overall growth of 80% in the past five years while Malaysian Airlines stock price has fallen by the same figure. In light of this, I'm seriously considering taking them up on their offer of a refund. CMV",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1695,2,"Cmv: i believe unions should be able to use pacs and super pacs during election season, but corporations shouldn't.:","I understand the democratic party collects the most money from PACs. I understand as a union guy that our dues are paltry, and the teamsters and other unions supply a comparatively tiny amount of money to politicians as opposed to corporations. There is already so much undue influence by corporations that I think the ability to fund pro-union politicians would be a fine democratic check to the power of capital. When a politician wants to use legislation to curtail my right to assemble and air my grievances it reminds me of state socialist countries that do the same to their autonomous worker organizations. | |
| ",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1702,2,Is blood thicker than water? stance: i will always put my family first.:,"yes. Friends come and go over time. But i have lived in the same house as my family my whole life. they have been the most constant presences in my entire life. More than that we all share the same blood. we look alike, and have similar strengths and principles. Even adopted children will seek out their family because they are a part of each other. I am more connected to my family then to any other creatures on this planet.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1704,2,Before or after stance: sex with your wife/husband was better before you were married:,"I would say before.......I have never been married but have been with someone long enough to be commonlaw so I will consider it the same thing. | |
| As far as sex comes it was much better earlier in relationships before marriage/long term commitment. | |
| It seems when your new all your hormones are racing and you feel the excitement of being with someone new/ different. After a long time having sex with the same person the quanity and quality both began to subside. | |
| It seems after a long time it seems like a routine with less experimentation same positions, same girl, same everything....I find the excitement of having sex with someone much better, constantly being turned on not being able to keep your hands off eachother.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1716,3,"Business review: 1.0 stars | |
| business name: mandalay bay resort & casino. city: las vegas. categories: resorts, arts & entertainment, restaurants, hotels, hotels & travel, event planning & services, casinos:","Horrible valet fees $16 for first 2 hours. Hotel claims | |
| People are using parking for airport bullshit. They cost share with the valet so no need to tip I guess at that cost. Disgusting with all the bad press this place has. The Venetian doesn't charge for Valet. They are so greedy at Mandalay Bay. It's the MGM corporation in general. All their hotels are doing this. | |
| Found out that if you park at the shopping center valet at Mandalay it's free. Sounds silly to rant about this. The casinos just rip everything off. So flood the mall parking.",1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1718,3,"Business review: 5.0 stars | |
| business name: sake rok. city: las vegas. categories: asian fusion, restaurants, bars, japanese, sushi bars, nightlife:",Last second find...Not what expected in a grand way! Who knew?? Sushi was on point delicious and fresh for our group of 10. Service was spot on. Proximity to the action of Vegas inside & out. Worth a stop in for dinner and a show for sure. Gotta pay to play my friends and this joint is worth your dime. Cheers,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1723,0,Is the school uniform a good or bad idea:,"Schools should not create dress codes. | |
| On one hand, yes, uniforms help student focus more on thier work. On another, uniforms also help with keeping order in a school(kids are highly impressionable... etc.....). But kids are allowed ot have thier own creativity. | |
| Just like any other law or code, they can have specific rules to prevent wearing certain things.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1724,0,Is the school uniform a good or bad idea:,Another reason for wearing a school uniform is good is that the uniform will always be decent. It will cover every part of the body that the school doesnt want the children to show and the students would not be cauntious about what they are wearing.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1725,0,Is the school uniform a good or bad idea:,"In comparison to civil dress, school uniforms prove to be futile and wasteful once the child is out of school.",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1729,0,If your spouse committed murder and he or she confided in you would you turn them in:,No. I would not turn my spouse in. I would try to convince him to do the right thing and turn his own self in. But i dont see it as my place to go and turn him in. but it also depends on the reason behind him killing someone. it just cant be some random killing because i would turn him in for that for the fact that i would think that i would be next to get killed.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1731,0,If your spouse committed murder and he or she confided in you would you turn them in:,Love is much greater then any mistake. I know things happen but my wife will be able to confide in me no matter what goes wrong. I made a commitment to stay whit her through rough times and I will. Murder is a unforgivable mistake but love is not.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1733,0,If your spouse committed murder and he or she confided in you would you turn them in:,I would not turn him in unless he killed a more than one because there is no way it could be an accident more than once. I think if i loved the person enough i could hide the facts and act like it never happened.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1736,0,Tv is better than books:,"1. Books don't ruin your eyes like TV. does. | |
| 2. Books allow your brain to imagine rather than doing it for you. | |
| 3. Reading books a lot can help you with spelling. | |
| 4. Reading books a lot can help you write better. | |
| 5. Reading books teaches you to read. Watching TV. doesn't",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1741,0,India has the potential to lead the world:,"India does not have the potential to lead the world because the country is full of corruption, corruption in politicians ,numerous religion, fight between various religions, and a lot more............................",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1753,0,Pro choice vs pro life:,What does legalizing drugs have to do with saving lives? Keeping abortion legal will help save lives by eliminating the need to have to illegaly abort a child and kill themselves at the same time.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1756,0,Which type of endeavor is better a personal pursuit or advancing the common good:,"Whether you are in a venture purely for yourself or others, you still end up affecting the people around you. | |
| When asking someone why they decide to help with the common good, the response would be something along the lines of, ""it feels good to help out."" | |
| Ultimately, people don't help out people unless they get some sort of satisfaction out of it, be it whether they community service hours, material rewards, fame, or just having the satisfaction of knowing that you have importance. So when helping out others, you make others feel good as well as yourself.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1761,0,Ban plastic water bottles:,"Water bottle usage, although maybe a leading corporate industry, is not worth making the environment worse than it already is. These bottles will not start to decompose for another 700 years.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1769,0,Tv is better than books:,"People who are against tv keep on saying that it causes obesity. | |
| I'm not going to go for a run and bring a book to read on the way. I think it is much easier to exercise watching tv then reading a book. | |
| In gyms people do not have books infront of them, instead they have telvisions. | |
| Studies have shown that telivision is even more stimulating than books.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1775,0,Christianity or atheism:,ever since recorded history weve believed in sky spirits for which no evidence exists at all.,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1778,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,"Parents should use spanking as an option to discipline only when it's needed. If the child doesn't follow the correct behavior that they should follow after several times being warned, then that is when the child deserves a spanking.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1781,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,I support this because... I got spanked and I turned out to be a good daughter ..spanking teaches you not to do it again and be scared of doing it again.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1788,0,Pro choice vs pro life:,"there isnt an excuse in the world to kill a fetus, a baby, a child, anyone. | |
| if the woman was raped, it most certainly is Not the baby's fault. the woman with the baby whoever they are should speak For the baby, and know that the baby would want to live.",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1792,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,"What is wrong with it, if they want to marry let them. If were your child or adopted mother/father you'd accept it!!!",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1804,1,Why should we legislate morality when it is mostly a matter of believe on what a moral is.?:,"To set a uniform standard. Everyone has their own set of standards or ethics to live by. You are correct that it is a matter of belief. It is a philosophy of life (and death?) that is ingrained in us generally as children. Sometimes our parents teaching does not take effect, or like a child, we decide the rules our parents set down for us are not for us. At other times our parents don't teach us their philosophy, so society takes over and rules are made (hopefully for the good). Sometimes, those in authority get a little carried away, then we have things like the Inquisition and Hitler. Legislators try to take the middle path. And who knows better than our legislators on how to straddle the fence.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1821,1,How can the us continue to allow people to go without food & health insurance? how to fix?:,"Because it would be thoroughly unfair to force people to pay for things they can't afford. | |
| Get real. ""Allow"" connotes freedom, which is all a government should give you. And that same ""allow"" is what permits anyone to make whatever they want out of themselves, purchase whatever they want. You'd have a gripe if you could phrase the question ""How can the US FORBID people from buying food or health insurance,"" but you can't.",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1829,1,Why not tax religion?:,"I don't think separation of church and state said anything about being tax free. If a minister teaches bible, that's one thing, but pastor's like Rod Parsley, who for years has flaunted his political view's, and allows candidates to speak from his pulpit, should lose his tax exempt status forthwith. Not to mention he's a millionaire many times over.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1835,2,Cmv: i'd rather live a normal life inside the matrix than barely scraping outside it.:,"I just don't think its worth it to spend a lifetime of hardship and fear in the real world, constantly wondering when would all come to an end. | |
| I'd rather have a normal life inside the simulation, and of course it could be a terrible and rough lfe, but it could also be a happy life, something that would be very difficult to achieve in the real world. | |
| In the end, we are nothing but souls connected to a life support system (the body). If my soul can achieve happiness through artificial stimulus to my brain rather than ""real"" experiencess, so be it. | |
| ",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1838,2,Cmv:i think businesses shouldn't give discounts to senior citizens and armed forces:,"I believe businesses shouldn't (but not to the extent of enforcing it by law*) give discounts to senior citizens and armed forces. | |
| Forgive me for saying, but does reaching the arbitrary number of 65 and serving a tougher by nature job entitle you to get a discount at the movies and at a restaurant? Is it just as a way to say thanks? | |
| Armed forces seem to already get thanks with tax free goods on base. | |
| Senior citizens these days that are retiring are already reaping the benefits of social security, medicare, and hefty retirement funds because the benefits of being in the Baby Boomer generation. | |
| There are many tough professions out there that bring lots of value to the table that are tough but don't get discounts. What about farmers? They feed us right? Doctors? They keep us healthy. Scientists? Their discoveries and innovations improve the quality of our every day lives.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1839,2,Cmv: these sanctions will help russia in the long run.:,"A long while ago Putin ordered all his government officials to close offshore accounts. He ordered all government officials to buy Russian made cars. And wealthy Russians use other countries to skate around Russian taxes. Now the US and EU are sanctioning business and people (I try to keep up on all the sanctions but I lose track). Europe buys from Russia much needed gas, and in turn, Russia buys things from Europe. They have a nice little ecosystem. So I believe, not only will this hurt Europe more so in the long run, but help Russia. Because Putin may use this to reign in his corrupt officials and tax skating billionaires. Don't rely on overseas business and don't use tax havens, because they will get sanctioned or frozen. | |
| This is just my opinion, or view. I'd like to hear others. Thanks.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1840,2,Cmv: i believe that the wbc ama on august 10th is a good thing and shouldn't be ignored because we don't analyze extremes well enough to learn from our history.:,"I always hear about how if only we as a society would ignore WBC they'd go away and dissolve. I don't believe this. They are going to be in our history books because, despite what people want, they have gained enough attention to be placed so. I'm in no way saying I agree with them. But one thing that's good about their existence is extremism. I believe we as a culture, nation, even the world, should study more on extremism. It pushes people to do the craziest shit and we seem to get blindsided all the time by extremists. Why not analyze what these people believe and learn what makes them tick so we can learn from them? They believe in their minds they're right and we as a society are wrong. | |
| If we study the extremes, we can take better care of ourselves and watch out for the people who seem to win over nations, races, and society and cause them to do horrific things. So, change my view.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1845,2,"Cmv: i feel /r/atheism is more about embracing hatred towards religion, and less about embracing atheism:","Title is fairly self explanatory. The latest front page post of the sticker that says ""Guns don't kill people, people with God kill people"" has led me to write this CMV. | |
| I am not a religious man, so I don't feel this is a biased CMV. | |
| I feel saying ""Gun's don't kill people, People with God kill people"" is equal to a religious person saying ""Guns don't kill people, people *without* God kill people"". | |
| I feel /r/atheism is an extreme side of Atheism, and is as evil as an extreme religious sect. It harbours hatred towards a particular group of people; people who hold a different life view than their own. | |
| Change my view.",1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1849,2,"Cmv: i think the elliot rodger (recent california) shooting is a mental health issue, and that by turning it into a feminist issue you subtract from the original problem.:","I think the recent feminist push (particularly #yesallwomen) in reaction to the shootings is taking away from the central point of despite Elliot Rodger being sexist, if mental health were a bigger issue and looked at more closely then the shooting potentially would not have happened. | |
| I'm all for feminism, do recognize that women face daily challenges men don't, and that there is a definitive misogyny in our culture, but taking a shooting that happened because of someone's mental health and spinning it for your own cause is unneeded and hurtful to the original problem. CMV. | |
| Edit: For clarification I don't think this is *soley* a mental health issue, or that sexism didn't play a part in what happened. | |
| Edit2: Thanks for the great discussion guys. It's very easy to feel ""attacked"" when you post threads like this but I haven't felt that way at all; I'd like to commend everyone on their ability to talk about differing view points and opinions instead of just arguing.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1853,2,Welfare: best system stance: no welfare!:,"Welfare reduces incentives for the lower class to move up because it makes them be content where they are. | |
| Welfare means taxing people more, making them spend less and reducing business growth. | |
| Welfare means being forced to pay for your neighbor's new television. | |
| Welfare means having to pay for some fat ass that didn't know any better than to eat at McDonalds every day. | |
| Welfare is bad!",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1865,2,We should choose where our taxes go stance: i agree:,"By choosing where our taxes go, the government can determine which organizations/groups are most important to a certain precinct. That way, precious tax dollars don't end up in something that barely anyone in the area cares about, and more money goes towards things that are relevant to the people. | |
| For example, a family of four would check ""education,"" so their money can go towards their children. Education directly affects the family. Now, say they never got sick. Then they would uncheck health care. | |
| This system would be more efficient in that the money is prioritized.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1879,0,Is the school uniform a good or bad idea:,"I take the view that, school uniform is very comfortable. Because there is the gap between the rich and poor, school uniform is efficient in many ways. If they wore to plain clothes every day, they concerned about clothes by brand and quantity of clothes. Every teenager is sensible so the poor students can feel inferior. Although school uniform is very expensive , it is cheap better than plain clothes. Also they feel sense of kinship and sense of belonging. In my case, school uniform is convenient. I don't have to worry about my clothes during my student days.",1,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1881,0,Is the school uniform a good or bad idea:,When there young and trying to find them selves there is no need to get rid of there independence. I vote bad,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1887,0,If your spouse committed murder and he or she confided in you would you turn them in:,No I wouldn't tell on him because you never know what the reason might be for him to kill that person or it could have been for self defense for all we know and if the people come question me about anything I DON'T KNOW NOTHING.....he have my trust and I wouldn't let him down for no reason plus his secret is safe with me...,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1890,0,Tv is better than books:,books are always better than tv coz. books give more knowledge than tv does.,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1896,0,William farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore:,"Even though Raffles sacked Farquhar when he came back to Singapore, this was because Farquhar was adopting measures that were not approved by Raffles. I believe Farquhar was adopting measures that were indirectly harmful to the population and Raffles sacked him for the best interests of Singapore's population at heart",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1902,0,Should physical education be mandatory in schools:,How are we supposed to curb childhood obesity if we don't start at a young age?,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1904,0,William farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore:,"Farquhar won the affection and respect from the people with his doings. When he was sacked, thousands of people bade him farewell on the day he left Singapore. This proves that Farquhar is very important to the people.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1909,0,Pro choice vs pro life:,This is a rather simple choice for me. I choose pro-choice because I have the option to choose pro life. If I choose pro-life I have no choice.,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1910,0,Evolution vs creation:,"Science can prove that evolution is the beginning of life. | |
| The big bang theory is a term used to describe the bursting of molecules that begun the creation of the universe. The universe started out as a hot, dense space. Scientists know that because now nearby galaxies are moving further and further away and the universe is expanding and becoming cooler, so, in the past, the universe must have been hotter and more dense. Earth was the perfect candidate for life because it has the ""Goldilocks"" conditions. Bacteria started to form from molecules, which formed into fish, and then amphibians, then land animals, then monkeys, then humans.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1919,0,Is it better to have a lousy father or to be fatherless:,"A lousy father would be able to teach you more than no one at all. Maybe he will be able to teach what not to be like, how not to act, how not to treat your family. That is better than no teaching at all I think. He could toughen you up. Also you will at least know who he was and never wonder if your father was a saint or lousy, you already know.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1922,0,Ban plastic water bottles:,Plastic is good light weight and a good for ditrabutions.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1925,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,"From a biological standpoint, men and women were ""engineered"" to be together. This idea was corrupted by the morals and society of our time.",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1929,0,Christianity or atheism:,"Christianity conflicts with historical, archaeological, astronomical, biological, and many other forms of evidence. It denies rational & impartial common sense. Its teachings, written by an all powerful, all knowing, creator of the universe, are filled with contradictions. The arguments for Christianity just don't hold ground (bar one or two, and those are close). Atheism is not perfect, but it is the more logical position of the two.",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1930,0,Christianity or atheism:,"No one ever said science is PERFECT. That's the difference between Religion and Science, Science admits it doesn't have all the answers while Religion is SO dogmatic enough to not even recognise FACTS. And even just what TRUTH really stands for.",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1933,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,"Yes because that way the child can learn not to do it again because it really hurt, and i know this from experience.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1934,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,Yes I believe you should spank a child only when they know they are wrong. The child will understand more if he is scared to do the same mistake. Actions speak louder than words.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1939,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,"I don't think that spanking should be necessary,spanking would last just a minute, but punishing could last up to 2 or 3 weeks or maybe more.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,TEST | |
| 1944,0,If your spouse committed murder and he or she confided in you would you turn them in:,"I would say yes to some circumstances I would say yes but for others it would be a no I will not turn them in. I feel that if my spouse killed a person out of self defense or out of defense for another person then no I wouldn't turn them in. Another circumstance would be if they killed a person for killing someone or something like I that, then no I wouldn't turn them in. If they killed cold heartedly like rape, for money, objects and or just a pure disliking or a person then yes I would turn them in because someone that's that cold could kill me.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1950,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,Dosen't it say in the declaration of independence that we have the right to life liberty and the purist of happiness,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1964,1,What is the reason for the legal age to drink in the u.s being 21?:,"I believe that it has something to do with the fact that for some people, the development of the human brain is not complete at the age of 18, which poses a risk of more serious damage being caused from alcohol in an 18-year-old. Whether true or not, it seems to be a common excuse for the age limit. I personally believe that if you are old enough to die for your country you should be old enough to have a drink.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1966,1,Which cases of rape is the rapist is guilty?:,"All of them. That's why it is called rape. If it were not rape, then there would be nothing to to to court about. Regardless of individual court cases, the trick is whether or not the courts are convicting the true rapist or not. One fine line, however, may be that of statutory rape in which the so called victim has consented or even initiated sexual relations. Of this I do not know of any specific court cases.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1970,1,"Do you hate ""law"" as much as i hate ""law""?:","It seems that what bothers you most is the inconsistency of laws. We have laws that are supposedly in place (like the seatbelt law) to protect ourselves from harming ourselves -- yet we have not legislated all forms of self-harm. What I find most annoying is the artificiality of saying we pass these laws to ""save lives."" I believe the reality is that we pass these laws to save other taxpayers for picking up the cost of a person's health care if they've chosen self harming behavior. (Examples: seat belts, motorcycle helmets, recreational drug use.) If we were just honest, and said these things are illegal because we as a society don't want to have to bear the costs associated with medically caring for those injured as a result of less ""safe"" behavior, I think most of us would find such laws much less distasteful.",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1977,1,Will cigarettes finally become illegal?:,"in response to another person's answer, if cigarettes were made illegal, it would save countless peoples' health and lives. it would save hospitals thousands of patients with cigarette-induced cancer. | |
| i dont think that is a loss of money. it would only save lives and money. | |
| besides, cigarette industry deserves to crash. i would love to see that day. | |
| all those sleaseballs selling death deserve to be jobless. not teachers and medics and firefighters. | |
| those of you who support cigarette legality are losers.",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1978,1,Do you think the objectives of brown v. board of education have been fulfilled in today's america?:,"I think it's really two different questions, the letter of the law and the spirit of the law. Overwhelmingly Brown v. Board was successful in beginning the intergration of the whole of America, not just in education system, overturning the previous SCOTUS decision of ""equal but seperate"". However when you look at the spirit of the law, I believe it is still lacking, mostly due to geographic and monetary limitations. The disproportion in schools in wealthy, mostly suburban neighborhoods, to the poor mostly urban neighborhoods, is a problem we have yet to deal with. One could easily make an arguement that the system is now not seperate but still unequal due to the ability of communities to fund their local schools, not due to any prejudice.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1979,1,"I paid for a vacation months in advance & was later summoned for jury duty on that date, what should i do?:","Tell them exactly what you posted here. They should excuse or re-schedule you. | |
| I was summoned while away at college, and was waived/excused twice because of that (since I was not living in town at the time). If you're studying in college, they will excuse you, so you don't miss any education. | |
| You shouldn't have a problem with it.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1980,1,Do you know of any gun control laws in america??:,"Yes, in North Carolina, there is a three day waiting period to purchase a hand gun. This is after you have taken the time from work to take a state mandated fire arms safety course, go to your county's sheriff's office and fill out the necessary paperwork for a criminal background check and FBI search and fill out an application for hand gun purchase. In the mean time, you could have bought as many of what ever you want off a street corner in one day and be done with it. The criminals have it made in this country...why do they make honest people go through so much to get a hand gun? I know other states are even harder to deal with....New York being one of the toughest! They're trying to make honest people not want to even have guns. | |
| Why isn't there a national standard on the gun law? Should individual states be able to create their own laws concerning something straight out of the Constitution?",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1988,1,Is torture ever justified? why or why not?:,"Before you write your paper, make sure that you have the facts. | |
| The press sells papers by exaggerating the issues. Guantanamo was an excellent example. While the inmates were humiliated, they weren't tortured. The accusations still spring up, however, and the UN is using the accusation to bash the US. | |
| Additionally, the UN has determined that force feeding prisoners that go on a hunger strike is torture. So, if you feed them, it's torture. If you don't and they starve, it's torture. | |
| Finally, prisoners will lie about treatment because it's a form of political power they can use while incarcerated.",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1989,2,Cmv: i feel that wealthy should pay a flat tax rather than the current progressive us tax system.:,"I'm moving to Singapore in the coming months and discovered that they have basically a flat tax system (much lower rate than US) on income and have heavy luxury taxes on items like cars and brand named clothing. Many employees in my company are relocating to different parts of Asia because their tax burden is too heavy especially in European countries. High taxes seem to be causing an exodus from certain countries which creates loss of tax income. Places like Dubai and Singapore are benefiting greatly from the tax challenges faced in mature economies. MNC have been doing it for years, individuals are starting as well now.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1992,2,"Cmv: kids should be placed in classes based on ability level, not age:","Some people may be really bored in their classes because they aren't being challenged. Not every school has advanced classes either and I know my hs only had 3 AP classes. I think that schools should place students in classes based on their ability level. Instead of having someone fail a class, they can take a lower level class so they are actually learning and have a better change of comprehending what's going on. The students that are exceeding may be put in higher classes so they don't become bored with the curriculum. | |
| I don't mean that students should be put in different grades. I just feel that if they are not particularly good in one subject, they may need to go to an easier class.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1997,2,Cmv: a person becomes homeless because they live in a society that creates homelessness and not because of anything intrinsic to that person:,"Not only this but anything 'intrinsic' to that person is more to do with an environment which is outside of their control than something they choose or even genetics. | |
| ""Give me a child until theyre 7 and i will give you the man"" | |
| The world is one big chaotic system. Literally EVERY SINGLE choice you make, even subcobscious ones come together to create your destiny so the choices you do make as an adult are a product of how the world treats you as a child and the seemingly meaningless mundane choices we make decide through butterfly effect more than the ones that seem meaningful anyway.",1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 1999,2,Cmv: i don't think you can make a statistical argument for the existence of aliens when you only have one example of a planet with life.:,"I don't think you can make a statistical argument for the existence of aliens when you only have one example of a planet with life. | |
| If you had two examples in the Milky Way galaxy, for example, we could conclude that life probably evolves at least twice per galaxy. | |
| Or if we had an example from the nearest star with planets, we could conclude that probably every star with planets evolves life. | |
| But with just a single example, how do you possibly use that to estimate the distribution of life in the universe? It could be once per universe, once per galaxy or once per 100 stars. It would look the same. | |
| e: my point is not that life does not exist anywhere else. My point is basically that I don't think you can estimate the probability at all.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2012,2,The life aquatic vs. the royal tenenbaums stance: the royal tenenbaums:,"not even close. owen wilson's kentucky fried accent goes in and out all movie, and the death scene in life aquatic pales to the suicide scene of luke wilson in RT. It helps that needle in the hay is playing. And the funniest 15 seconds of any wes movie (minus future man ""you look like a banana"" in bottle rocket) is the tennis scene.",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2014,2,Shotgun vs. chainsaw get down a city block full of zombies stance: chainsaw:,"A shotgun would need to be loaded and fired. A chainsaw is continuously running. Assuming the zombie population on this block is densely packed, I would pick the chainsaw. | |
| I'd go down the block while spinning in circle: a spinning circle of undead carnage. | |
| (Although if there is only a few zombies, the shotgun has the advantage of distance.)",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2021,2,Dogs or cats stance: cats:,"Cats, definitely. They are independent. You don't have to take them everywhere you go and have to watch them and make sure they eat and use the facilities because they can't on their own. | |
| Cats are amazing animals and pets. They aren't always happy like dogs are, almost to the point where they are too stupid to know the difference. | |
| ""Cats make you work for their affection, they don't sell-out like dogs do"" Jack Burns from Meet the Parents! | |
| With cats, there is no cleaning up the yard, having to walk a dog and cleaning up their sh$t, no loud-ass barks in the middle of the night, no slobbering all over the place, no puppies pissing all over the floor, etc. | |
| Cats are adorable creatures. | |
| Dogs are...well....:sigh; dogs!",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2023,2,Is it moral for a nation to assasinate a foreign dictator? stance: no:,"This is way too much of a blanket assertion, just being a ""dictator"" is no reason to dispose of, muche less permantely eliminate a so called dictator. Who determines who is a dictator? Assuming the world agrees a nation's leader is a dictator, why assaniate he/she? There have been ""benign"" dictators just as their has been evil non-dictators.",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2038,0,Firefox vs internet explorer:,"You are asked before anything is installed for the browser. | |
| In IE random toolbars appear from nowhere",1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2040,0,Tv is better than books:,"If those who have actually read a book, then there is really no debate.",1,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2053,0,Evolution vs creation:,Just because you think your opponent has been brainwashed one way or the other does not make your argument any stronger,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2054,0,Firefox vs internet explorer:,"IE is scum, stole the idea of tabbed browsing from all the other browsers, and you can't get extensions for it.",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2055,0,Firefox vs internet explorer:,I like those cute little popup windows. You don't get those with Firefox.,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2062,0,Pro choice vs pro life:,"I dont want to say i officially have a position, but i want someone on the other side to answer this because i honestly just dont know: | |
| if a 14 year old is raped (which, we have established, happens), and she then gets pregnant, but because she is 14, she will die if she has the baby, what is the pro life decision? is it then pro-life to have an abortion? | |
| i just dont know and i want an answer from someone on the other side",1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2064,0,Evolution vs creation:,"Why not both? Why can't God have created a way for evolution to happen. | |
| Who says that God did it himself? | |
| Who says that God didn't cause the Big Bang or evolution to occur? | |
| FINAL ANSWER: EVOLUTION THROUGH CREATION",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2070,0,Is the school uniform a good or bad idea:,i believe they are good! in this way all the girls out there would not tease each other about fashion issues and plus it makes all students look and feel equal which increases their attention on school work since they dont have to think if they are wearing the most expensive cloth is school or if they look the coolest and the prettiest and so..:D,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2087,0,Christianity or atheism:,"Eh, Atheism is a pretty cool guy. Makes my logic work and doesn't afraid of anything.",1,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,TEST | |
| 2088,0,Christianity or atheism:,It is ignorant and idiotic to think that god exist. Any other argument is completely invalid.,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2090,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,"yea, because even though there are many other different ways to discipline kids, sometimes it won't work so they need a little spank, just to make them learn they were wrong. don't always be spanking them for no reason, that's bad",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2095,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,"No, because they don't really understand what they are doing since they are barely growing up and still trying to understand the world.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2096,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,"No because spanking might effects the relationship between the child and parents. And Children can pick up on the parents attitude acting violent. There are better ways to solve problems, for example using the other techniques.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2097,0,Human growth and development should parents use spanking as an option to discipline:,The child is young and doesn't know what is wrong and what is right.,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2106,0,Gay marriage right or wrong:,"let me start by saying i feel marriage as an institution is ridiculous and needn't exist, however thats another debate entirely. To me who wishes to get married is wholly irrelevant. Hell i think animals should be allowed to join in holy matrimony as well, it would certainley be an entertaining ceremony. Far more so then any wedding i have ever attended.",1,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2113,1,"I was working in a pizza shop, my boss fired me and did not pay me for one week, can i wind up his company?:","If an employer fires you,they have to pay any wages owed to you plus any other compensation (vacation pay,etc.) on the spot. | |
| AS a manager,you are responsible for those under you and the money. | |
| Your boss has to prove you took the money,but you might be able to get your job back-talk to the state or Federal Dept. of Labor. | |
| You could possibly sue for Wrongfull Termination if your boss can't prove you took the money.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2116,1,Exact legal definition of blackmail with respect to selling information?:,"Blackmail is where you offer NOT to reveal some embarassing or damaging piece of information for money or some act: | |
| obtaining or procuring something by illegal means, such as by force or coercion. | |
| Here there is neither force or coercion. | |
| I don't think this is blackmail exactly, because there is no force or coercion. However, one might argue that by offering the information for money, it could be. | |
| I would call the police and see what they say. Since the girl didn't do anything illegal (I assume?), it's not something the police would care about, but the threat is real.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2120,1,Employment law?:,"white males are slowly becoming the minority. | |
| sorry, but, no; i don't think there will be laws protecting white men. | |
| i don't think there should be ANY law like that. if you can do the job and do it well i don't think it should matter if you are white, brown, black, yellow, or red, male or female. | |
| just do the danged job and get paid.",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2128,1,Do you think that the government should be able to fine you for not wearing a seat belt?:,"Absolutely not. It's the first step down a slippery slope to a total government nanny state. Obviously you are better off wearing your seatbelt. You are better off not drinking or smoking, exercising 5 times a week, eating a balanced diet, chewing 15 times before swallowing your food, looking both ways before crossing the street, and not running with scissors. | |
| Thank God we haven't reached a point in this country where EVERYTHING that you SHOULD do you MUST under penalty of law. This is a free country, right?",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2136,1,Should black slavery + prejudice reparations be repaid in the form of better schools and money for college?:,"I disagree because, well I started my life with nothing, grew up in the projects, and have now created a small fortune. I owe no one! I will walk on anyone who tries to take from me, what I have worked for! | |
| Me and my brother were the only white kids in the projects... Talk about unfair! | |
| Take your cry for reparations to someone else... | |
| I simply don't buy it!",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2139,1,Equal rights?:,"No one should be treated like less than any other person based on the ""accident of birth"" such as their sex or race, or as the ryhme goes: ""All men are created equal, what makes the difference is in the sequel"". In otherwords what you choose to do with your life determines what you are worth, not teh color of your skin, your accent, sex, or age. If you can meet the criteria for a job you should not be judged by factors you were born with. No one has a right to discriminate against you or target you for scapegoating. Every person matters, man or woman, physically fit or handicapped, whether of European, African, Asian or Native American, etc. ancestry, and everyone gets a vote in how their society, community and nation is.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2145,2,"Cmv: life is not fair, and it is an important lesson to learn:","You can be a kind, compassionate person and bad shit will still happen to you. Conversely you can go through life being a selfish asshole and still be successful. People in life who are successful are usually successful because they took what they wanted and played to win. | |
| I see it everywhere, employers or bosses that treat some stuff like shit but are financially successful. People who do right by other people sometimes but get nothing in return. | |
| I dont like it, but I see it often. If life were fair, inncocent people would not goto prison, hard working people would get ahead, good people would not be poor. ",1,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2152,2,Cmv: rational thinking is actually rationalization:,"Most people, most of the time, rather than form an unbiased opinion (if such a thing even exists) about a certain issue, actually form their position due to emotional reasons - a gut feeling, if you will. | |
| (Edit: Please disregard my title; it is too general, whereas the last sentence presents my claim more precisely.) | |
| This is most evident when, for example, two people with differing views discuss politics. Each person will justify their opinion on ostensibly rational grounds. However, most political discussions end with both parties saying what amounts to ""Your arguments are less convincing than mine."" There is some ""meta"" reason causing the person to be more open to certain arguments than others, and that meta reason, which is the *actual* reason for the person's opinion, is not rational.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2153,2,"Cmv: the biggest problem with religion isn't the amount of violence waged in its name, but the amount of advancement in science and society that is stifled because of what some believe.:","Hope that didn't come out as too crazy sounding or confusing. But basically I was talking with my parents who are both vehemently religious and I made a realization that while religion does contribute to wars, the biggest problem that religion is that it prevents the spread of advancement in science, specifically in the fields of medicine, climate, and biology (with issues in climate change and evolution), and society, specifically with same-sex marriage, abortion, contraception, marijuana, et cetera. ",1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2156,2,"Cmv: nicky morgan, the new education secretary, is just as awful as gove.:","In my opinion, the Tories are all a bunch of selfish money hoarding bastards who don't give a shit about anyone except themselves. Gove was an absolute blight on education and now we have this woman whose previous title is minister of women and equality but who also voted against gay marriage. She's highly in favour of a number of things that will only serve to benefit the rich and wealthy of the country (like academies and raising tuition fees even further) and I doubt that anything will change from Gove's reign of terror - We may even see it get worse. ",1,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2166,2,Better singing voice: frank sinatra or dean martin? stance: frank sinatra:,"Neither one of these 2 Italian crooners were depsite their sucess realy gifted singers IMO | |
| Between the 2, Dino had the better voice, more range and better tambre, Dino's early inspirations, his model singers when he was a aspiring singer were more blues and jazz based | |
| Francis had better phrasing and had a knack for using space anf timing far better than Martion. Frank also had better material especially from the mid-50s on when he had the extraordinary Sammy Cahn and Jimmy van Huesen writing most of his songs. Jazz musicians and fans enjoy Sinatra much more than Martin even though neither are jazz singers, The Chairman of the Board did have some jazz sensibilities and his songs have been recorded extensively by jazz musicians yet rarely have any of Dino's songs have.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2169,2,Same sex relationships stance: its up to them:,We are just people at the end of the day and if knowone likes same sex relationships its there problem. I think that Gay and lesiban couples are not hurting anyone so whats the big problem. They should be happy and not live a lie! you can argue and say that god made a man and a women but i dont think that god would want you to be unhappy thats the main thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |
| 2189,3,"Business review: 1.0 stars | |
| business name: boomtown pub & patio. city: calgary. categories: nightlife, pubs, restaurants, tapas bars, gastropubs, bars:","Just really not a good experience here. The place was not too busy and everything was just so slow. The staff was overworked I guess. The food when I came out 1 hour later, was not very good. Don't order the mushroom stroganoff. It was inedible. The sauce was just milk and the mushrooms to tough to chew. We had a group of 12 of us in the patio and it was really not fun.",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,TEST | |