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Regarding the statement about true socialism does not exist, well, it does exist in your mind. And I believe in another thread you mentioned that, was it aliens(?) do exist, because they exist in people's minds? Something like that. Thus, true socialism does exist. :oops:

"Lock her up! Lock her up!" :LOL:

I think - in support of Bee - that you can be completely open about your feelings and be even more disrespectful. Consider the goose-stepping Nazi strutting up and down in front of a gaggle of Jews. Is this open contempt not a display of disrespect? The real answer, I believe, is more nuanced...

Ah, I see what you did there.

...and you can annoy a lot of people a lot of the time!

I believe that the left like to think of themselves as politically correct, treating others with respect. Fair? So, do you think they treat Trump with respect?

Take a peek: I'm just saying!

I just read that Bernie has been campaigning for a minimum wage of $15 per hour, suggesting that less than that is an unlivable wage. However, he has been exposed since he is paying $13 per hour to his campaign workers. If the Democrat candidate really believes in what he says, why doesn't he...

I think I might have already generated a thread on this topic before, although I can't remember what it was called. Ignore millions of years of programming at your peril. Edit: Found my post: https://themindtavern.com/community/threads/jolly-blokes.241/#post-2170 And this...

Bee will remind you that all topics come back to Hitler. It is a phenomenon.

I like to judge. It's one of the few things left that's free in the world.

I don't think there will be a deal.. I've been saying this for over a year now. Too complex, it's long term, too many differing interests and so no one can agree.

Is EU rule encroachment another form of invasion, but rather than a front line, it comes in like a mist?

I tend to agree with your perspective that hindsight is the acid test. So many people pretend they know what the outcome will be, but the world is complex and unpredictable. There were dire predictions of recession, but they never came to pass. Instead, it looks like the EU is having recession...

Power to the people! Democracy! Or is Brexit a case of delegating a decision to the masses where they end up slitting their own throats? What do you think?

I think you were talking more about intent before than thresholds. So I thought I would bring a different lens to the equation.

Bee, I think what you said is the same as what I said. Doc, I agree with you. Calling everybody racist at the drop of the hat is commonplace in America now. It is just a weak attempt to slur someone without addressing the argument.

Communication is a two way process with feedback loops. You can't say it is all one side and not the other. However, we can introduce the concept of threshold levels. Above a certain point, some behaviour increases the risk of causing offense. I believe that in this modern environment, that...

Care to elaborate?

The rate of progress in gene technology (anyone have the right term for this?) suggests to me we will inevitably create our own unique lifeforms. In fact, it could be argued that just modifying our own genes means this is happening already. However, what happens when things go astray? Could we...