gdp's Comments

DEBATEitOUT.com : Should stores say "Happy Holidays" over "Merry Christmas"?

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:39:38 +0000

I think people should be allowed to say whatever winter greeting they want. I, for one, do not get offended because someone didn't magically know what celebration I prefer. What I want to know is how would some people react to a person saying "happy solstice?"

DEBATEitOUT.com : What should the constitutionality of physician-assisted suicide be in the U.S. judicial system?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:07:50 +0000

How do you regret killing oneself?

DEBATEitOUT.com : What should the constitutionality of physician-assisted suicide be in the U.S. judicial system?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:38:11 +0000

actually sal, a debate isn't supposd to be about belief, but fact. this site is in no way a debate site. it's a site for people to argue about their beliefs, with a little sprinklin of actual facts throne in as rebuttle from time to time. If this were a true debate forum people would have to provide proof to back up their claims, which would essentiailly delegitimize neaerly all responses from certain members regarding issues of "morality" and "ethics".

DEBATEitOUT.com : Should Iran be allowed to have nuclear power?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:33:12 +0000

who are we--since I presume we are emplied as the world police since we act like it--to tell anyone what to do? They are a soverign nation. We may not agree with their sentiments or methods, but they are a democracy. Are we to now move beyond simple democracy and mandate that all democracies become carbon copies of our own? If they use it for peaceful means they have every right to attain nuclear power. In fact if they built a bunch of nuclear power plants they'd be far more advanced than America. How's that for a thinking point?

DEBATEitOUT.com : Is the death penalty effective?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:30:41 +0000

effective at what? it's not a deterrent, it's a punishment. The idea of having someone who took a life without care live out their own life is absurd. It not only costs millions of dollars, but it isn't even remotely fair. you take a life intentionally for selfish reasons you deserve to die.

DEBATEitOUT.com : Should there be more funding towards stem cell research?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:12:56 +0000

Boy, those embryonic stem cells sure are a waste of time. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/0911... Human embryonic stem cells were used to restore limb function in rats with spinal injuries. They even work on rats! And now we will begin human trials. Such a waste, right?

DEBATEitOUT.com : Will we all drive hybrid vehicles one day?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:33:09 +0000

Hybrids are the bandaid to keep people's mouths shut right now. Eventually we'll have to, and will, move to fully electric cars. The technology is most here now, but it will become more efficient and cheap to manufacture in the near future. At some point we will have no choice but to abandon oil as a fuel source because it truly is an absurd concept to continue. It got us to this point, advancement wise as a society, but it's time to move on to bigger and better things.

DEBATEitOUT.com : Should anyone profit off of someone's health?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:38:38 +0000

All I know is that my mother just informed me that she had to leave the pharmacy today without pain medication she needs because it isn't covered by her insurance. The medicine would cost her $600. She can barely walk. Needless to say she left the pharmacy in way more pain than she expected upon walking in. Something is wrong here...

DEBATEitOUT.com : Are weather patterns a major concern?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:32:33 +0000

Really? That's your input?

DEBATEitOUT.com : Should there be more funding towards stem cell research?

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:39:00 +0000

Pusty, you just proved my point about pervasive misinformation. While it is possible that stem cells may be harvested from aborted embryos that doesn't mean that is their primary, even often source. Nearly all embryonic stem cells are either derived directly from IVF embyros that will be discarded, or from cloned lines of cells from IVF embryos that were going to be discarded. The notion that embryonic stem cells come from abortions--which leads people to link the two matters are linked--is not remotely true. And no, Obama does not want to legalize the slaughter of 3 week old infants. Get real, will you... Provide some sort of argument rather than absurd baseless attacks. And also, do not try and "prove" your point by deflecting onto another issue. This debate is about embryonic stem cell research, not abortion!

DEBATEitOUT.com : Will time travel ever be possible?

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:23:22 +0000

The same applies to traveling in to the future. The future hasn't happened yet so all you would be doing is waiting in pseudo-limbo until the future happens, or traveling so fast that you've went so far, that you are just arriving in the future, not jumping to it. Also, you couldn't "go back" once you arrived because all of existence would have already moved on. When we talk about time travel we really need to be more clear and say that we are talking about going faster, because time is really all about speed. Time doesn't exist as we think of it. We're only noting the passage of time and calling that observance passage. It's all about distances and speed.

DEBATEitOUT.com : Will time travel ever be possible?

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:23:17 +0000

I am of the opinion that time travel is is generally inplied is not possible, so far as we know as of yet. My reasonsing is that, at least with the past, there is nothing left. Time is gone. while time is relative, everything in the universe is existing right now, this current second. It's just so far away that we have to reference it in units of time, such as lightyears. The past doesn't exist. It's done. Just like history is only a record of things that happend. you can't go back to something that doesn't exist. Time doesn't sit on a road for you to backtrack. once it's happened its over.

DEBATEitOUT.com : Should there be more funding towards stem cell research?

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:14:00 +0000

so far the only argument that life begins at the moment of conception is a religious argument, which we all know has no merit when it comes to matters of science. If a bundle of 50 cells is a human then we must include them in a census, no? The reason embryonic stem cell research is basically stagnant is because the country with more resources than all the other countries put together--I'm talking about the US here--has laws prohibiting such research because of religious belief, not because the technique isn't sound. Can we get results from adult stem cells? Absolutely, but we cannot ignore a whole realm of possibilities because of dogmatic thinking. You say a life begins at conception, prove it. As with everything the burden of proof is on the accuser. Show me exactly where a human life definitely begins and I will be the first on board to limit all embryonic stem cell research at that point and beyond. If you cannot, then please do not limit medical advancements because of something you "believe" to be fact! Additionally, everything LordTibervs said is accurate. Misinformation is a favorite tool of any group opposed to anything, but in particular it is used in cases where the general public is not well versed on a subject, such as stem cell research.

DEBATEitOUT.com : Is medical euthanasia ethical?

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:07:58 +0000

Youre using the word euthanize as if it is manditory. Why shouldn't someone have the right to die? And you did not worm out of my point that forcing someone to live through unimaginable pain and suffering for moral reasons is actual harm, something doctors swear not to do.

DEBATEitOUT.com : Is medical euthanasia ethical?

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 02:21:22 +0000

What if that pain will never subside? We're not talking cries of passion or something like that. We're talking about endless suffering until death. Why should someone not have the right to end their life comfortably and under their own terms? How is this wrong?

DEBATEitOUT.com : Is medical euthanasia ethical?

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 02:19:50 +0000

You believe suicide is a sin. That doesn't make it so. Even if I were to believe sin were a real thing why shouldn't I have the right to sin so long as it doesn't harm anyone else? Why can't other people live their own lives according to their own rules? You say someone being tortured by their own rotting body doesn't have the right to end their life because of a belief in God having some divine unknowable reason for that suffering?

DEBATEitOUT.com : Is medical euthanasia ethical?

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 02:18:08 +0000

If someone wants to die they should have the right. Now I'm not talking about a teenager here, I'm talking about someone with terminal illness. If part of a doctors creed is to do no harm then we must reshape the definition of harm. Isn't allowing perpetual suffering or gruesome death a harmful act? Is the act of being alive the only definition some people have of life? This is the same argument as turning off the machines as in the Terri Shivo tragedy. The tragedy being the denial of her wishes and the treading of selfishness and belief on her rights. It is harmful for someone with terminal bone cancer to not have the legal option to end their own suffering. That's wrong. Again morality seems to trump reality.

DEBATEitOUT.com : Does the government spend too much money on NASA?

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:30:50 +0000

It's hard to believe in peace if you believe there is some true fundamental difference between "people".

DEBATEitOUT.com : Does the government spend too much money on NASA?

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 02:37:55 +0000

By the way, your responses are filled with assumptions about what other people believe. And you consistently make stereotypical extrapolations based on what you seem to think people who oppose your views believe. You are presuming at all times that those who don't agree with you are extremists in contrast to your beliefs.

DEBATEitOUT.com : Does the government spend too much money on NASA?

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 02:32:45 +0000

who said anything about perfection? You misunderstand. There will always be conflict and strife, but eventually it will have to become more focused and less widespread, to a point where a much larger segment of humanity will be cooperating than we have now. Evolution works with society as well. All human civilization started as waring tribes. Those tribes moved into villages, then states, countries, and nations. Who is to say we will always be separated by the same artificially imposed political boundaries we have today? Nobody is suggesting the total elimination of war and greed, but eventually it will become necessary to form larger cooperatives for the sake of economic reasons, security reasons, or some other as of yet unseen situation. And what do you think will facilitate that merger? Technology will bind us. It has already destroyed the concept of communication limitations. I talk to friends in Russia or even Iran every night through my Xbox. Science will bring us together and help us refocus our potential as a species, over time, as a mechanism of evolution. And as per the topic's inquiry, space exploration might end up being either the catalyst of that evolution, or the byproduct.