The Philosophy Discussion Forum

In breaking news, two missing episodes of Dr Who have been found, bringing the total still missing down to a mere 95. They're from William Hartnell's The Daleks' Master Plan. Not that this affects me, at all, as the audio for every single episode has survived, often from fan recordings made at the ...

+++But here is a direct question; Has any child lost their sight because of a domestic house cat?+++ I notice that you added this little gem after I was already writing my reply. The answer is yes. There's an infection that kids can get from cat shit that, in very rare cases, can cause blindness. Th...

I see you still refuse to answer my question so I will tell you a story. Once upon a time, I went to the city dump for project supplies, and when I arrived, I found a couple of hillbillies making sport of running over a bag of kittens someone tossed out, Now, I could do nothing about that. But when...

A cat's claws are not equivalent to a human's nails in terms of their use. I assure you that I have indeed lived around cats, my whole life. Ones that haven't been mutilated for the convenience of their owners. I see you still refuse to answer my question so I will tell you a story. Once upon a tim...

Removing the front claws of a cat is equivalent, in terms of how disabling it is, to chopping a child's hands off. It'll keep them out of mischief, so why not? I, too, have been raised with cats my whole life. Not a single one of them has ever had its claws removed, and yet, not a single one of the...

Accelafine and Phyllo are both absolutely correct, though. De-clawing a cat is wrong, and it's no surprise that she never goes out. I hope you consider this in the future. Right and wrong, up and down, good and bad, etc. Are determined by the use of Analog data sets, which you transform into logica...

I acquired mine when, arriving at home with my son, I found a tiny kitten that looked liked someone tossed it out of a moving car due to the scape on its head. Evidently from a kitty farm, they have a habit of getting rid of kittens they can not immediately sell. Anyway, I let it grow up a bit, had...

I've made no secret of the fact that I think Rupert Lowe is one of the very few honest Members of Parliament. A few weeks ago he announced that his Restore Britain movement would now become a political party, and it has gained huge momentum in that short time. I've been considering joining it, thou...

RickLewis wrote: ↑Wed Apr 01, 2026 12:37 pm

accelafine wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2026 11:12 am Freddie Mercury was Persian Zoroastrian.

That's interesting. I assumed he was from Mercury...

The closest planet to the earth, on average.

accelafine wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2026 11:12 am Freddie Mercury was Persian Zoroastrian.

Indeed. His family were from India, where a lot of Zoroastrians had fled over the centuries, to avoid persecution, where they were known as Parsees (Persians).

Zoroastrianism is indeed very interesting, and is apparently the true origin of both dualism and monotheism. Unfortunately, it has suffered centuries of repression by Islam, and its adherents now number less than 1% of the population. There's still at least one temple, though, in the city of Yazd, ...

I've continued asking a number of questions, but have had very little direct feedback. There has been a great deal of discussion, but mostly among other members. And just now, I've had a post declined, in which I was asking if a merger between Restore and Reform would be possible, if Farage decided ...

It does depend on the kind of proportional representation you choose. STV is the best and fairest. MMP carries a high risk of loons getting power, despite only getting a small percentage of the vote. Single transferable vote could also be used if parties were eliminated altogether, which is somethi...

7 percent can get a party A LOT of power under a proportional representation system which is certainly a double-edged sword. In a country like England you could LITERALLY end up with Sharia so it's probably best to keep the status quo. PR is something that I've changed my opinion about more than on...

Well, there have been quite a lot of replies now, but other than the two I mentioned, none have been directed at me, even though I made a further comment, asking about employment law, about six hours ago. They seem to be just chatting among themselves. I'd forgotten how irritating Facebook can be.