Stratego 101

Fox News Viewers Are Less Informed

2011-12-07T05:36:00.000-08:00

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Term "Tea baggers" unacceptable

2011-10-10T18:47:00.000-07:00

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Would you pay more taxes if you can chose where it goes?

2011-10-10T17:37:00.000-07:00

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(more of a philosophical discussion)

Assume that you are given the opportunity to choose where your income tax will go on the condition that you'll be taxed at a higher rate than you normally would, would you do it? For the sake of the poll, let's assume a 10% increase on the amount of taxes you pay. (So if your normal tax rate is 25% it'll be 25%*(1+10%) = 27.5%)

For example, you'd have the option of selecting for all of your taxes to go towards "education" or "military."
Likewise you'd have the option to prevent any of your tax money from going to any expenses, ex "social security" or "military."
Basically, you get to roughly say where your tax money will go and the government will implement it. You don't have full control, ie you want your money to go to education and not military, but that computer scientist ended up joining the air force, you'd just have to deal with it.

Also assume that you're not the only one, but that there is a significant population with this option that it could change the division of expenses.

Given this situation would you be willing to pay a higher tax rate if you have a say in where your specific amount will go? If so, please also answer what's the highest tax increase you're willing to accept for the ability to determine where your tax money goes. If not, is there a lower percentage increase that would entice you to do it?

Get Rid of Some Americans

2011-09-26T13:22:00.000-07:00

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Sazari: Light of the World

2011-09-08T21:10:00.000-07:00

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Republican Induced Meltdown

2010-08-14T12:43:00.000-07:00

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AbDickate

2010-07-06T12:57:00.000-07:00

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Internet Kill Switch

2010-06-25T16:26:00.000-07:00

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Tower of Babel

2009-12-18T23:56:00.000-08:00

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Power Shifts with Christianity

2009-12-18T00:46:00.000-08:00

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More debate on thread

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TV Guide

2009-07-15T18:37:00.000-07:00

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Did Mousavi Rig Iranian Election?

2009-06-15T05:42:00.000-07:00

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Germany Bans Paintball Guns

2009-05-09T00:06:00.000-07:00

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Snow Cones

2009-04-25T15:17:00.000-07:00

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BEE Movie: Jerry Seinfeld Wants to Enslave Black People

2009-04-11T23:56:00.000-07:00

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The 9/12 Project

2009-04-02T18:18:00.000-07:00

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Religious Dirty Talk

2009-02-12T15:13:00.000-08:00

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Can Man Be God

2009-01-04T15:34:00.000-08:00

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Jesus Clicks and Drags

2008-12-10T13:13:00.000-08:00

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Sentient Puddle Response

2008-12-03T22:07:00.000-08:00

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Google Will Alway Be Beta

2008-11-28T13:55:00.000-08:00

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Minotaur Shit

2008-11-28T11:52:00.000-08:00

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If the Anti-Christ is Real

2008-11-07T00:59:00.000-08:00

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Evolution of the Human Brain

2008-10-01T10:23:00.000-07:00

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Garlics Are Poisonous to Atheists

2008-09-29T17:06:00.000-07:00

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Criss Angel Walks on Water

2008-09-13T10:39:00.000-07:00

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Scientology and the Hubbard Telescope

2008-09-04T10:26:00.000-07:00

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Christianity and Islam Absorbed Through Skin

2008-08-27T10:27:00.000-07:00

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References to this theory of absorption resurfaced in this thread. Link

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Evil is a Different Degree of Good

2008-08-01T15:04:00.000-07:00

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A Stratego hmmm

Evil is a different degree of good. Just as pain is a different degree of pleasure.

Elephant an Indian Tale

2008-07-09T18:49:00.000-07:00

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Was Jesus A Dragon?

2008-07-02T22:24:00.000-07:00

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Link to post that reference this discussion

Also, link to Jesus = Adam Thread

Life Is a Game of Starcraft for God

2008-04-03T09:02:00.000-07:00

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Kim Jong Il the Embodiment of God

2008-03-16T10:42:00.000-07:00

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Can I Buy Your Vote For $1

2007-12-08T17:55:00.000-08:00

Stratego's though provoking question

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Assuming that you live in a non-swing state, meaning that it's either strongly Democrat or strongly Republican. There is no chance that it'll be a toss up. Now assume that during election day, I offer to give you $1 to vote for the other guy/gal. Would you do it?

For this scenario, also assume that I know the person you WANT to elect, and that I know the person you ACTUALLY selected during the voting process if you chose to accept my offer. Also assume that you're the only one that this offer is valid for, so I can't buy enough votes to turn the electoral swing around.

Please explain your answer, and also consider the following.

1. If you accepted the offer for $1, would you do it for less? $0.50? $0.25?

2. If you refused the offer for $1, would you do it for more? $5, $10, $25, $50, $100, $1000, more?

6 Days to Create The World

2007-10-09T13:49:00.000-07:00

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Cow Propaganda

2007-09-02T14:17:00.000-07:00

Stratego's Thought Provoking Question

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....This idea comes from the movie The Island, with Scarlet Johanson and Obi Wan. The people on the island thought that the others whom have been picked by the lottery are the lucky ones, while in reality, there is a dark fate awaiting the selected.

Some of the cows we eat were subjected to a life time of tight confined space. Since they're mammals with a large enough brain, they probably experience primal feelings like sadness and anger. This could lead to bad tasting meat.

What if we play propaganda to the cows to convince them that they're living the good life. And the ones chosen are going to get an even better life. I don't know if propaganda works on cows, but if it does, it can lead to more stress free cows, which means better meat.

Spleen The God Detector

2007-08-04T12:56:00.000-07:00

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5 Year Clone

2007-07-19T16:05:00.000-07:00

Stratego's Thought Provoking Questions

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Imagine that in exactly 5 years time, the population would suddenly double (the increase is not gradual over 5 years, it would be an instantaneous doubling). A clone of everyone on earth will suddenly appear.

These clones would stay on earth for 5 years and suddenly disappear.

Assuming you and everyone else know this will happen. You are chosen as part of a community to determine what to do with these clones. What would you propose?

Would you give these clones full human rights while they are here? Partial human rights? Will you even consider them to be human?

would you try to accommodate these clones? If no, what will you do with them while they are here? If yes, what will you do with the accommodation when they are gone?

Here are some things to consider.
1. The resources on earth will not double.

2. All accomplishments made by these clones will remain even after they leave. Meaning if they discover/built something or are used to discover/built something, the knowledge/building would remain.

3. However, all biological traces of these clones will disappear after they are gone. Meaning if you get a kidney transplant from these clones the kidney will disappear. Or if you eat a clone, any traces left in your body will disappear

If Global Warming Is Due to CO2

2007-07-01T05:00:00.000-07:00

Link to original threadIf Global Warming is due to carbon dioxide, then why is dry ice so cold. It's almost entirely carbon dioxide.