UmbertoBench

1743 pts ยท December 27, 2015


Just give him 75% of the cost of imprisoning someone. Everyone would be better off.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Partly because people keep calling them "manly".

8 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 2

interesting. I wouldn't use the word if it had those connotations here but it is surprisingly non-gendered in its Australian usage.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It is common in informal situations. I'd love to learn about your background as it could be to do with age or where you live.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

How is any of that an argument against veganism? Is someone going to take away modern society soon?

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

And when you come across new evidence change your beliefs.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

be terrible not only because it would spread ignorant ideas about genetics and history but also race. Be accurate with your language.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This shit is important. Imagine if people thought black people were better at basketball because white people bred them that way. That would

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Even if that is literally true that is not what you meant by your original comment & not what is generally taken to be selective breeding.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

breeding is a specific thing and all your sources have pointed out that it did not really occur.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I don't challenge that logic, although it is very hard to parse from your emotive language. I challenged the term "selectively". Selective

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

large numbers of children is very very different than selectively breeding for physical traits.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

not happen. The sources you provided said as much. lmost all "breeding" was simply forcing or encouraging large numbers of children. Forcing

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You originally said we "we selectively bred black people" to be plump, meaty and delicious, or some other desirable physical trait. That did

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Why can't you guys on the right take a joke?

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 4

Perhaps it's a joke and the alt-right shouldn't be so sensitive.

8 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 3

This is very very different to the sort of selective breeding you originally mentioned.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

The book you source says there was "little direct breeding for slave trade" but there was "indirect manipulation of birth rate".

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

This article says there was little to no selection for physical traits and that the goal was simply to get large numbers of children.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Eating meat is as ideological as not eating meat. We just don't notice it because it's so common.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

As to your second point, I can't work out what you mean.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I said they didn't try it and if they had it wouldn't have worked.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Fuck your preachy sign glorifying the eating of meat. Both signs are equally preachy. That's what ads are.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

I'd be happy for some farm breeds to die out or live on in zoos for a while. I think most vegetarians would.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And that says nothing as to what we should be or need to be eating today.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

and because of the number of people, the geographic spread and the short timeframe it could not have caused any significant genetic changes.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

That didn't happen. Some slaves were forced to have children but selective breeding like you're talking about was too expensive and slow,

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

The environment. Meat production is responsible for about 10% of global CO2 emissions. Also bad for land, water & energy use and pollution.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

The food chain is irrelevant.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

And the stabilisation is need because of old fossil generators and old transmission network.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0