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  1. Payton

    The man who smoked the Bible and Qur'an

    It's true, they shouldn't be threatened just because someone's offended because you're burning pages from a holy book. Even if it's only an implied right in your country, defend it. Freedom of speech is important. Next time I roll a joint, it'll be from a page from the Koran or Bible...
  2. Payton

    Paying Staff

    I agree with Nebulous, but if the site owner is making decent profit from the website, I think he or she should distribute some of the earnings to the members. Of course it's totally fine if the position is explicitly stated as a volunteer only ordeal.
  3. Payton

    Recreational cannabis

    So out of curiosity what are the health effects of marijuana that have suddenly surfaced? I would like to see scientific evidence showing a direct correlation between the toxicity of compounds in marijuana and their effect on a human's body. If I could see any evidence that is directly...
  4. Payton

    Have We Become Too Soft on Child Discipline?

    Maybe none that you're consciously acknowledging but something of that nature definitely will have psychological impact, whether it is positive or negative I guess we can only leave up to you to ascribe. I'm sorry you had to experience those things because it sounds like that would be a...
  5. Payton

    Recreational cannabis

    *passes blunt*
  6. Payton

    The US is most intolerant and abusive nation. Right?

    Who is claiming that the US is intolerant or abusive, and what is there to debate about those articles?
  7. Payton

    Recreational cannabis

    Again, I'm going to post data that was distributed by the city of Denver, unlike the image you linked which has no citation. http://www.denvergov.org/Portals/720/documents/statistics/2014/UCR_Citywide_Reported%20_Offenses_2014.pdf All of those models show a decrease in the amount of crime...
  8. Payton

    Have We Become Too Soft on Child Discipline?

    I agree, and I've always felt like it was a difference of emotional maturity that separated those who use humane forms of discipline versus animalistic, anger centric forms.
  9. Payton

    Have We Become Too Soft on Child Discipline?

    I would never advocate for using physical violence against a child, or anyone (barring cases of self defense). I think that the people who do are imbeciles to be completely blunt. You are conditioning a child to normalize physical abuse and doing more psychological harm than good; a parent is a...
  10. Payton

    Pro or Anti GamerGate?

    I think that #GamerGate has been annoying and unbelievably dumb from the very beginning. It has not exposed any real corruption in anything, but it has exposed a bunch of closet misogynists. All I've seen come out of the movement is unwarranted death threats, harassment, and scarily concentrated...
  11. Payton

    Recreational cannabis

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/marijuana-crime-denver_n_5595742.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/13/marijuana-crime-denver_n_5319298.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/03/colorad-marijuana-crime-declines_n_5554453.html...
  12. Payton

    How experience do you need to be?

    Personally I think that the more attention your site's getting, the more likely it is that something will go wrong (eg a hacking attempt). Your best way to mitigate and recover from incidents is knowledge and experience.
  13. Payton

    Recreational cannabis

    I don't see how that justifies taking on an aggressive tone. :unsure: Those kind of responses are attempts at asserting dominance, same with the haughtiness. It's really off putting. My take on why I can't see the rationale in your argument is that they aren't directly correlative. I also feel...
  14. Payton

    Son's Asinine Questions

    I wonder what the son's thesis would be with questions like that... but agreed with DrLeftover, the dad needs some help. What a complete asshole.
  15. Payton

    'Free Data Forever'

    This would be an astounding piece of technology and hopefully if it's realized it will be kept an honest and open medium for information sharing. I would love to see something like this revolutionize the way people communicate, but I would be fearful of governments that may play man in the middle.
  16. Payton

    Recreational cannabis

    Likewise with any psychoactive drug, and interesting because the CBD compound in cannabis is actually being researched as an anti-psychotic. However if you were looking to medicate with CBD, you would want an extract in the vein of Charlotte's Web, with a minimal THC content. One point of...
  17. Payton

    Recreational cannabis

    This is where you're misinformed. There is not a de facto response to any drug. There are general effects but due to our physiology and psychology, everyone feels them differently, with variant outcomes that make it harder to generalize. I am not weighing in on the legal debate over whether...
  18. Payton

    Recreational cannabis

    This is interesting and I was unaware of it. However I don't think we have cannabis to blame here. Certainly the change in the legal status is what attracted people, however the true reasoning for the rise in homelessness is twofold. First we have to consider the lifestyle choices that these...
  19. Payton

    Recreational cannabis

    It's not the fact that you gave your opinion. I debated with you in a civil manner beforehand and showed why I believe your sources don't support the assertion. It was when you started to throw in the passive aggressive remarks that I decided I didn't want to "debate" with you. It seems like...
  20. Payton

    Incognito mode | Private Browsing

    I use it whenever I want to log in to Twitter or something that my girlfriend and I both use without logging her out.
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