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...Eugenic Selection? Statistics (taken from NLSY) reflect a tendency towards inherited degeneracy. I don't think it's much of a stretch to assume that by restricting the proliferation of defective units, you would see a coinciding reduction in the incidence of those deficiencies, regardless of...

Obviously they would - if they were a Jewish guy and wanted to have sex with a nationalistic Arab woman. A woman is perfectly entitled to be as racist as a whole barrel of KKK members regarding who she will sleep with. Why should lying about one's ethnicity be privileged over lying about...

(1) Arguing with a dog. (2) Writing to an imaginary friend. (3) Unable to sleep in an unfamiliar room without first searching for "hidden cameras." (4) Thinks in images rather than language when isolated for a prolonged period. (5) Occasionally zones out, experiencing time lapses ranging from a...

The law is that someone who lies about a factor they know the other person is relying on in relation to themselves in order to get sex is guilty, because such a lie means the consent was not meaningful. A fellow hooked up with a Jewish women. That fellow lied about his identity. He claimed to...

To my mind, it's a bit of a slippery slope. I agree that the law ought to be restricted to certain defined cases, but I find it difficult to articulate exactly why, other than that the one 'feels' right and the other does not. For example, lying about the *exact* identity of a person...

I'd put it differently - that there would *be* an argument, and a good one, if there were lots of examples one way and none the other. I have no idea about this Florida case (the details you give are not very clear), but if the argument is that the case is an obvious never-applied absurdity...

There may well be cases of unjust laws with institutionalized racist intent or effect in Israel - but this particular case is not one of them. That's very complementary. :) And in this particular case, there is no evidence of racism. True, but this case alone is not sufficient evidence...

There are two issues raised by this case: 1. Is the law that treats fraudulently obtained sex as "rape" a bad law? I take it you think that it is. I tend to agree, it's a bad law; too many unintended consequences. I note that this is not a particularly Israeli issue, because such laws exist in...

Considering no case law has been cited, an allegation that the law has "never been interepreted that way' deserved such a response. :p Just what were you basing that conclusion on?

That's actually a very good example of the problem we are chewing over in this thread. The law against pot smoking in that state is racially "neutral". However, if Black guys and only Black guys (or a vastly disproportionate number of 'em) are charged and convicted, absent some explanitory...

That quote isn't nearly the knockout blow you appear to think it is. ;) It does accord with my (admittedly subjective) observations - that being light-to-moderately stoned isn't as dangerous as being the same amount of drunk, because generally the light-to-moderately stoned tend to compensate...

If ypu mean they have never been interpreted so as to charge an Israeli Arab with lying about being a Jew for sleeping with an Israeli Jew, you are probably right ... but other than that, I haven't seen any actual proof of how they have been interpreted. No-one has cited any case law, one way or...

I agree that the law as stated is questionable. Personally, I think "rape by deception" should be limited to some very clear-cut categories, and not be 'at large'. You are quite correct - under the law as stated, a married man (never mind Jewish) who seeks sex based on holding out a...

There is an article on exactly that topic posted above ...