Recent content by Objulen

EDIT: I apologize for the length ahead of time. As you can see, there's a reason why I try to limit the length of my posts, since once I start giving examples I tend towards the verbose. That was the contextual, though not stated, point. Neither of us was exactly clear on the topic. An...

Excessive complexity can be bogged down. However, it is necessary for greater justice; the sort of white-hat/black-hat behavior is much more dangerous, because it leads to prejudices and decisions based more upon beliefs than actual reality or the available evidence. The tolerances for error in...

I spoke of an imbalance of power in my above paragraphs. While it wasn't in the block you quoted, it was expressed earlier It's not a reasonable in my opinion, to expect everyone to read every post, but it was stated before. It's an unjust balance of power because both the father and the...

I've played PnP DnD for the last few years. My favorite characters are a kobold true necromancer of Chronepsis and a Black Ethergaunt who goes by the name Mr. Anderson, since only another ethergaunt can pronounce his true name. My favorite settings are Planescape and Darksun.

Actually, whether or not the child is "yours" in so far as that it is your genetic progeny isn't a matter of belief at all; it is your child in that respect. Whether or not your its parent, guardian, or what not is a different topic. For my purposes, I'll use guardian, in response to...

That violates a woman's control over her own body, and in my opinion isn't a viable option. You also seem to be stuck on the notion that "the man get the woman pregnant", as though the woman has no part in it. The fetus may grow in the woman, but a man's sperm doesn't do anything without an egg...

Except that it's not. A woman's control over her own body is absolute, but the simple fact of the matter is that the situation is not equal because the man does not have a means to avoid parentage that the woman does. Just as you would expect society to protect the woman's right over her body...

Even then, people develop instinctual responses to stimuli, such as someone who develops a dislike for a particular kind of liquer after a hangover. There are also factors like emotional stimulus, etc.

The law is limited, but the entire point of discussion is to develop and advance the law, not lament the fact that it is fallible. Creationism and evolution aren't particularly factored in however; it's a simple acknowledgement of human nature. That's irrational and excessively judgemental...

The issue I see with TheNecroswanson's opinion, as stated above, is that it places all the responsibility for the act on the man, which isn't an objective point of view. A man and a woman have sex together, and it's not just the man who's taking the risk; both the man and the woman are taking...