Of course people who want a family plan for it otherwise they use contraception and those who do not have to face the consequences if it is just unprotected sex.

The oxymoron is in the question

Take at good look at Finland the first country in Europe to promote the idea of a universal basic income to everyone irrespective of whether they are working or not.

Will be interesting to see how it works out .... and how those not working manage to fill the hours of their days ?

The reality is that we have been here many times before as science and technology have dragged us kicking and screaming into the future.

Look back when the horse and cart were replaced by mechanized vehicles and then the industrial revolution that put thousands of factory workers out of work replaced by machines, agricultural practices made the farm labourer and the horse extinct with the evolution of the tractor and mechanized food production.

There are so many examples of huge changes in the workforce over time, and we are about to go through yet another one, this time with a much larger global population.

We accumulate our opinions from a variety of sources, sometimes without questioning the validity of the information and thereby assume we have gained knowledge which may be true or false.

It takes critical intelligence to differentiate between the two and the necessity to change our minds.

You are mixing your metaphor

Sexual orientation has nothing to do with contagion

It is reasonable to accept that as more people come out that other people will feel more confident to do so.

Its not a matter of contagion more a matter of the increasing level acceptance

Humanity cannot live in a vacuum so we invented the "File Box" so we can neatly label people, by their opinions, habits, interests, way of life, employment, etc etc

Ipso facto everyone gets put into a box and then human animals can feel comfortable with the other people in their box and try to get other people in other boxes to join them so they feel even more comfortable and have the biggest box.

You are most definitely confusing me with someone else

May I suggest that you should be careful to get your facts correct before you accuse the wrong person

I still do not understand your debate position

Why should I get over a fear of Islam when I do not experience any fear of Islam.....?

Strange - I supported your statement and you disputed it

What does Islamaphobia have to do with the original question....?

A phobia is an irrational fear or identifying being extremely adverse to some thing

Homophobia is a negative attitude towards a persons sexuality

Attitudes are not genetic they are learned ways of thinking that can be altered

As we continue to discuss a fictional philosophical scenario the problem with your synopsis of an incident does not allow for the possibility that by the time we have driver-less cars we will also have passenger safety pods within all vehicles that will totally protect all inside from injury so the car will be able to be involved in a crash scenario without doing any harm to anyone...?

Yes the laws are fictional but have rationality in this fictitious premise that the car would be unable to destroy itself or any of the human beings.

The idea that a driverless car would kill its passengers is also a purely fictitious philosphical ideation, like Science Fiction, that would mean that the car has self awareness to decide whether to kill the pedestrians or the passengers.

Either way neither event could possibly exist because it would be essential that driverless cars would be programmed to cease to function in the case of a failure or impending adverse event.

Ignore them and they lose the power of a response

Avoid them and they have no one to preach to

Like news stories eventually they fade away until someone new comes along.

Jolie , you obviously have not read the laws of robotics otherwise you would realise this is an irrelevant debate.

If you read Asimov's three Laws of Robotics then you will find that this situation cannot exist.

Agree and in the world of inertia / denial / reality on climate change, our political leaders have to be careful we don't get too close to the edge of the cliff before we pull back and fix it or living on Mars may become a lot closer.

We already are.

We are constantly changing minutely all the time and we can measure this over time by looking at the same people over several generations.

Medical science is constantly improving and gene shearing and genetic engineering have been around for quite a while now. Eventually we will be able to have a simple blood test at birth and potential future medical conditions will be able to removed. When we can use RNA molecules to shear cancer causing genetic material that will be a big step.

Its all only just around the corner.

It is an eternal hope that as each era passes we learn from previous mistakes and try to make our world a better place.

As each era faces unknown territory we sometimes get it right and then......sometimes we don't

C'est la vie.

How can keeping people alive as long as possible possibly help the gene pool when most of us will be far to old, bed ridden and feeble to procreate

Darwin suggested that it will not be the most intelligent or knowledgeable that will survive, but the most adaptable.

So far we have always managed to stop ourselves falling off the cliff and pulling back from the brink, so it appears we manage crises quite well and it is "normality", whatever that is, we seem to have difficulty with.

So in the meantime as long as we keep on keeping on we'll be around for a lot longer following the boom and bust trajectory until we work something else out that works a bit better.

Nothing beats the 78 original by the Police everything else is just a cover

This is one of the most interesting components of the complexity of being human. Whilst you have often made very interesting comments you often read into my comments implications that are simply not there and you appear to argue for arguments sake so in future I will accept your comments in good faith and simply move on.

This is one of those occasions.

Judgement day is like saying if you are not good you will go to hell. Its one of the instruments that dangles as a threat to all kind to maintain social order or suffer self destruction.

It is possible that we invented religious consequences to avoid feudal anarchy and so we ended up with socialism, communism, democracy etc etc as a way to unite our societies, some of which are still feudal here and now in the 21stC

The point of handing out free condoms is not just contraception it is a very successful prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. Look up CDU information and they all advocate free condoms.

Spend a few weeks in a women's refuge working with the victims of domestic violence, spend a few weeks working with single moms whose partners have disappeared never paying child support, spend a few weeks at a sexual health clinic where victims of rape are supported and counseled and then maybe you will begin to see a different picture.

Grab your meditation mats, prayer blocks, dorje and robes and await the enlightenment

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You forgot to mention the "I". Its L G B T I ..............?

I am constantly amazed at the way human animals persist it debating this topic.

Live and let live and show some respect for people who identify as LGBTI instead of this constant bickering

If we look through history, good ideas and ideals, political, social etc, have made sense

Unfortunately it is a human frailty that through ego, greed or power, we will eventually stuff them up.

Because then your debate would be a learning experience for you

Big difference between mental (illness) and dementia (brain deterioration)

Check out the DSM when you get the time

The sooner we are all "coffee coloured people" the better

The dark ages spawned the period we know as enlightenment and renaissance, the period of light and a time of great optimism

Civilisations have risen and fallen throughout history and human animals are still here so it is reasonable to be optimistic that whatever we face we will overcome until we become the last endangered species

The more conversations we have to resolve our stereotypes, homophobia, misogynistic views and bigotry that still prevail the more we will open our minds to a more tolerant and accepting society

Before we can begin to debate this question you need to start by defining what you consider to be "normal" people because everyone is normal to themselves

There are many sayings that fit this argument

For example - One persons floor is another persons ceiling

It is our differences and how we resolve them that make us unique

This was prevalent in the age of chivalry, a time when it was honorable to save the women and children first, when the captain went down with his ship and men who were disgraced fell on their swords.

Times have changed and things like chivalry and common sense have died and no one came to the funeral.

Get used to it folks, these options have been around for decades so there is no rationality for the hype.

Lets give everyone a break

Yep, pity you could not see my expression and body language when I wrote that.....?

None of them.

They are fictional characters for our entertainment so how can any achieve greatness.....?

In some countries women already do because they do not wear restrictive clothing that prevent doing it.

Anyone who has worked with LGBTI people will understand how important it is to give people support when they most need it.

The procedures involved are not taken lightly by either the person or other people and involve a process that eliminates any indecision.

There is no such event as a slippery slope in such cases, that is just an hysterical over-reaction by ignorant people who have no idea what they are talking about.

Living on top of the San Andreas fault line sounds more like being in the "wrong place at the wrong time" idea to create a sanctuary......?

I was born under the sign of Aquarius and whether people believe in that pseudoscientific system or not I do have some of the characteristics pertained to that sign.

I am very logical, rational, manage well in a crisis, and am compassionate towards those who are victims of injustice and less fortunate than myself.

So I am a mixture of the two - both head and heart

Agnes has just produced this video as a reference for what she is able to do in the arts. Hope someone sees this and gives her a job.

In the mean time it is well known that many people study for several years to be able to have the qualification to do their hearts desire without the realisation of the limitations of employment opportunities in their field of study.

The world around us is constantly changing and this means that unless people are savvy, have good connections, or have the opportunity to go it alone there simply may not be enough jobs to be found in certain fields, especially the arts.

My closest friend completed a science degree when jobs were scarce in our area and so he got a job with the council on the garbage truck until he had enough money to go out and get work elsewhere.

My engineering qualifications were not acceptable when I came to Australia so I got a job putting up fencing until I found something more suitable.

If we can't get a job in the area we want we have to be flexible and do something else while we keep looking for an opportunity wherever that may be.