I think your position is absolutely reasonable. I think the comparison of pregnancy to cancer is problematic since they’re fundamentally different biological processes, but I understand the metaphor you’re using, and as long as it’s not taken too far, its reasoning holds.

I definitely see that hypocrisy! Please understand, I am actually and genuinely undecided on this issue, and if it sounds like I’m one of the people you’re talking about, please know that I’m not. That kind of hypocrisy is exactly the kind of thing I want to avoid in myself, and why I think it’s important to judge…

To be fair, I don’t think everyone - or even most people - fucking get that the vehemence of their opposition is born of ignorance. I think it’s absolutely great that you understand that, but I’ve been on the internet once or twice, and I’m not sure yours is the majority position.

I very much am. I understand I was putting forth a given view, but that doesn’t mean I necessarily hold that view with certainty.

Right, but, again, if you believe human life begins at conception, and if you believe that the government has the duty to protect all human life - those are the parts I’m not certain of! - then it’s not an issue of comprehensive medical care of the mother, but the fundamental rights of the unborn child. If you don’t…

That’s as may be, but that wouldn’t make it right! That could just be an injustice on another injustice. If abortion is wrong, it should be wrong no matter the gender of the gestator or foetus - which I’m reasonably certain you agree with, I just wanted to make sure you knew I likewise agreed.

All laws push the beliefs of one group onto another group; all laws are the government minding our business.

I never reply to anything about abortion because I’m personally undecided and don’t love taking flak from people on either side, but I would point out that those who oppose abortion might note that the individual left out of your comment is the foetus. If you believe human life begins at or around conception, this…

I never tire of pointing out to people that at about 3,400 pounds as it sits, my 20-year-old chunky square steel box of a Jeep Cherokee weighs in 200 pounds less than a Porsche 918 Spyder.

99 percent of these options are spectacular overkill. Is this on purpose? Is there some joke I’m not understanding?

That’s something I’ve wondered about the Hyperloop: would the sit-around-and-wait phase need to be as long as an airport? I don’t do a lot of mass transit - can’t take Jeeps as a carry-on, so I pretty much drive everywhere - so I can’t speak to trains vs planes as far as that goes.

The LA-San Francisco line that’s been proposed for the test is probably one of the least useful types of Hyperloop line, for many of the reasons you state; it’s chosen not for its utility, but for its location and length. You’re 100 percent correct that if you’re 30 minutes from LAX and your destination is 30 minutes…

Rather than connect city core with city core, why not have hyperloop stations outside urban cores, and use that city’s mass transit to get around within the city. City-to-city hyperloop routes could then take advantage of existing railroad rights-of-way, either by replacing unused track or by working above existing…

But he doesn’t have the solutions. No one does. That’s the problem.

Where to start? Is this just one long troll?

People in the US love their cars, and so many people in the US live so far from work, and so many of them are distributed widely, that mass transit is politically and strategically challenging. When I lived in the Netherlands, mass transit made sense, because almost everyone lived in some sort of population center,…

You’re probably trolling, but just in case you’re not: hey, man, we do it, too. Extreme liberal, extreme conservative, moderate in either direction, whatever: this is how you get people do to things you want them to do. Whether that’s a scam, or a completely legitimate cause, the things you want to do are get people…

Sure, the DHD is broken, and the ZPM is drained, but there’s a really nice working gate, and an Ancient drone weapon, so by all means, let’s get down there and start melting.

When did “having a community garden” and “recycling” become “moving up in the world?” These are things commonly done by people in all socio-economic situations, not something exclusively done by yuppies. Is it possible you don’t have a great deal of experience with actual poor people, or with a large variety of…

Could someone - preferably someone very tolerant of what many of you will likely view as a very stupid question - please explain what about this seal is racist? Like, I get why it looks racist, but I don’t understand how it actually is racist. I’m not trying to incite or argue or diminish or whatever, I just don’t…