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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > Where do you start when you research a controversial issue?
 
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Silver2195
Apr 4, 2012

Sylink posted:

Most issues are only controversial because some retard has a terrible opinion about something. For any given event/process you are likely to run into regarding social ills the facts and various possible workable solutions that increase human happiness are well known.

I would say nearly all the major controversies you see in Western media exist purely because both sides of an "issue" are given equal footing even if the facts are clearly one sided - see climate change.

I love your confidence that "human happiness" is easily measured, and, for that matter, that every issue has exactly two sides.

I'm especially interested in your views of foreign policy. What's the solution to the situation in Syria?

On climate change, you're right that the denialists are clearly wrong, but the issues still raise policy problems without obvious solutions. What's the Objectively Correct way to get all the necessary countries on board with fighting it?

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