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Anyone with any understanding of 3rd grade economics knows price controls are stupid policy. Capping the price of a product who's price is rising due to limited supply only makes the problem worse. I equate it to giving an alcoholic a drink. It stops the shakes for very short time but makes the problem worse in the long run. But politicians rarely look out past the next election.

It's always a risk as politicians seek to curry short term favor even though it causes long term harm. I think NYC learned their lesson this in the 80's as rent control led to the opposite reaction from the goal - it drove rents up even further for non-rent controlled as nobody would move from rent controlled apartments and landlords wouldn't repair rent-controlled apartments. Most of it got phased out as a failed experiment. But I'm sure there will always be someone holding it up as a solution.

There has always been a massive turnover in NYC population and always will. If you are between 20 and 40, single, ambitious and competitive there us no other city in the world that comes close to NYC (maybe London). People flock to it because if you can make it there....As you get older, get married, have kids and want a work life balance you move out - first to the burbs and Connecticut, then further afield. It's been the case for 100 years and I can't see anything changing it.

It will never ever be resolved. It's the age old adage that my right to swing my arm extends to the tip of your nose. My calling someone fat is, to me, just factual, but to a fat person might be an aggregious insult. Both are correct and now both are deeply offended. Has it gone way too far? Absolutely!!!! Nobody but the most extreme would suggest otherwise. But if there's no definitive line and just personal opinion (not to mention ever changing societal norms) it's always going to be a nasty discussion.

I overlap the issues (maybe wrongly) because I'm old enuf to remember the exact same arguments about gay people 20-30 years ago. It was a choice. They were groomed into it. It's scientifically wrong. They just want attention. Etc. Etc. The gender reassignment clinics probably is just reacting to the increased demand. And a lot of that comes from increased acceptance. Plastic surgery, tattoo parlors and weed shops have exploded over the past 30 years too.

Well I think the one thing we all agree is that schools should not be indoctrinating or sexualizing kids - from either side. If as an adult you decide that you want to be the opposite sex and go through years and years of hormones and whatever else it takes to get the surgery, then you must feel very, very strongly about it and more power to you. None of my business. But hating those people for what must be agonizing process and telling them they are wrong is crossing the personal freedom line for me.

Who said that? So I'm assuming you would be fully supportive if your kid came out as gay? Well thats good at least.

You're right, my bad. You and Castanza both come up as purple circles.

What are you going to do if your kid comes out as gay?

And i've stated multiple times that I agree gender reassignment surgery should wait until your older. No issue with that.

The group pointed to stress from being a minority group with related discrimination, bullying and non acceptance as the reason for the high suicide attempt rate, not from dissatisfaction with their ability to be a man or woman. I want kids to feel accepted and normal regardless of who they are. Not told they are freaks and rejected by both society and their families and driven to suicide because of who they are. What happened to your live and let live from a couple of posts ago?

I don't disagree with this. Anything non-conforming is going to be adopted by youth movements and the more traditional society hates it the cooler it becomes. Then there's the "experimental" factor in youths. Heck, if every girl who experimented with another girl in college was shunned, Vassar would close down. Remember when tattoos were extreme and alternative? And that darn rock and roll music! It's when something becomes completely accepted by society that youth moves on to the next thing. They just love to shock. But shocking your parents and actually being trans are two different things. I strongly doubt anyone is getting gender reassignment surgery just to be cool. And ironically, the more accepting society becomes of it, the less alternative and cool it becomes.

Bud Light insulting their customer base and giving a promo can to an influencer are two different things. The backlash is firmly directed at the promo can not the insults of frat boys. Nobody "chooses" to be gay or trans over a natural inclination to be straight because it's cool. It's not like being a vegan. The fact that suicide rates are higher amongst trans doesn't mean the answer is to tell them not to be who they are. It's because society is not accepting of it. That same study indicated that 1/3 of those were rejected by their families for being trans. I'm firmly in favor of protecting children. And that means that if my kid ends up being gay or trans they know that I will still love them and not make them feel like a freak for it.

Quite the opposite! I firmly believe in live and let live. Which is why I have no problem with gay or trans people. I have big issues with sexualizing kids or forcing beliefs (sexual, religious, political etc) on someone else. And that's regardless of which side it comes from. Which is again why I'm confused at the Bud Light kerfuffle. That person just posted a promo can on their social media. It harms nobody but Kid Rock (who's music I actually like!) decides that requires taking a rifle to Bud Light????? And now a boycott? Why? What happened to live and let live?

I actually agree with all of this.

20 years ago people said the exact same thing about gay people that you are saying about trans people. And, again, the sexualization of kids is an issue regardless of who is doing it - and there is no way to prove that it is disproportionately gay vs straight. You seem to be doing a lot of research on an issue that doesn't affect you otherwise. I'm sure your browser history is just "research" right?

Not because they regret the surgery! Because society hates them. Less than 1% have regrets about the surgery and a portion of those are temporary. The question is why you hate them? I'd bet you never heard of the Bud Light person until they got a promo can but now are sworn off Bud Light. What are you scared of? You can't convince people to be gay or trans.

And there we get to the real heart of your argument. You think gay and trans harms society. You can't teach people to be gay or not. And you can't teach them to be trans. If watching the Bud Light girl causes your kid to be gay, guess what? They were there already!!! Hating people for who they are and want to be because it makes you uncomfortable (but otherwise doesn't affect you whatsoever) is a far, far worse example for your kids than saying we love you no matter what.

When you combine it as a one issue, the common thread is not liking gay people. You need to look at each issue independently. I completely agree that trans females shouldn't play sports against other females. That's just fair and common sense and will sort itself out (with a lot of noise). I don't know what "teaching" trans in class is or who is doing it. Acknowledging that gay people exist and that you aren't a deviant for having feelings towards your own gender seems more healthy than denying it. You can't "teach" people to be gay. And you certainly can't "teach" them to be trans. They're going to be what they are regardless of what gets taught in school and it's just a question. Of whether you want them to hate themselves or not. Surgery shouldn't be allowed until over 16. But it's WAY blown out of proportion for the numbers. It's not like thousands of straight kids are being forced to convert and indoctrinated (like say...in Sunday school).

So the thousands of kids molested by priests (admitted by the chirch) are just numbers in line with the population but "it happens more than you think" without any stats is an epidemic? I suspect it happens at equal rates whether gay or straight. The issue you seem to have is when the person doing it is gay, when the issue should be regardless of of sexual preference. The suicides by trans people are much more likely related to people treating them like freaks and not being accepted than regretting their change. Just look at the blowback with Bud Light. That person did nothing but accept a promo can of beer and suddenly there's a boycott. For what? Who are they harming?

Who exactly is doing all this grooming? I have issues with adults who are trying it on with kids and it has nothing to do with gay vs straight. Catholic priests did it to thousands for years and that wasn't right but we don't say that all priests are evil horny pedos. You can't talk someone into being gay. And gender reassignment surgery isn't like getting a tattoo. You dont get drunk one night and go "fuck it, let's do it". Putting it off until post puberty I completely get but I've never once hear of anyone who has undergone it that has later said they were pushed into it and now regret it. Maybe there is one of the thousands (just odds) but there's a lot more kids regretting Sunday school alone with the priest.

Just got back from 10 day spring break trip to Japan. 7 days in Tokyo and 3 in Kyoto. First time there and it was -phenomenal. Cherry blossoms just blooming. Went to a baseball game (Giants), did the bullet train, went to a Samarai class, a tea ceremony, the Tokyo fish market, visited temples of both the religious and shopping types. Food was fantastic. Everything from street food to fancy restaurants. Ramen to waygu beef. I was worried the kids would be bored. Nope. And get this, after 14 hours of travel, we get off the airport train in Shibuya and my teenage son goes "I left my phone on the train". This is the biggest city in the world. Using Google Translate at the hotel we told them what happened. 2 days later they call us down and say that the phone is being held at lost and found at the central station!!!! They even charged it for us. Anywhere else that would have been sold for parts in 5 minutes. Not Japan. And with the Yen at 130 it was shockingly cheap! For 4 people including drinks I struggled to spend over $120 for dinner. In Tokyo! Will definitely be back.

I haven't seen someone called a "scofflaw" in a news article in quite a while.

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You selected the one you thought the most plausible. And now for you that one becomes the absolute one and only truth? That's not how it works. Your selection has no bearing on which, if any, religion is correct. And the plausibility of it also has zero bearing in whether it's true. They all seem pretty implausible, so you have to suspend all rationality just to believe any of them in the first place. Picking the most plausible is just laziness because it means you don't have to stretch as far to get behind the crazy stories.