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Katt Rocketman @PeachieMew (881) • Cleveland, Ohio 6 Jun 18

As most people already know, when meeting a new dog in public who you want to pet, it's a good idea to ask the dog's owner for permission first. But it's also important to ask the dog if they want to be petted. You do this by...

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The curses and the laws

hora_fugit @hora_fugit (5859) • India 11 Oct 16

Okay, first thing first. There may be a lot of back story or the references you don't get. So please ask away. I can't put all that in the post itself, lest it becomes long and tedious. ...That if you ever looked into this...

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Consent - weak argument

Cristian Ichim @Cristi_Ichim (3750) • Bucharest, Romania 28 May 16

One of the main arguments that you will hear from people is that children (and not only children but also other entities as well) cannot consent to doing X. Let me give you just one example: "children can't consent to driving a...

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Is sex education positive or negative?

Cristian Ichim @Cristi_Ichim (3750) • Bucharest, Romania 18 Nov 15

Nowadays people are promoting sex education as being good and progressive. But is it actually progressive and good? Let me tell you what I am talking about. Let's say that a child that is close to puberty is educated in school...

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Bestiality

TrinityDownpour @TrinityDownpour (790) • Liechtenstein 11 Dec 12

I wonder what most of you here think of bestiality? Those who are into bestiality may argue that animals can "consent" through body language or animals willingly "do it" without force. They also argue that humans also have...

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Can You Spend the night with Corpses?

Chikezie @Chikezie (385) • Malaysia 11 Jun 12

If you are given the corpse of anyone either related to you or not and asked to spend the night with them alone, to justify your innocence in a particular pending case, would you consent to it?

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Does Being a Child Give Me Any Right to Murder my Ailing Parent? I think NO!

theSids @thesids (22180) • Bhubaneswar, India 16 May 12

hi friends and lotters A patient is suffering from Brain Tumor right in the Celeberum. She is conscious and even talking. Doctors say that the surgery has only a 1 in 100,000 chance of being successful. Without the...

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Age of Consent

champion0471 @champion0471 (72) • United States 11 Feb 09

Should age of consent laws be made more liberal?

Making your own decisions.

angelicfied @angelicfied (928) • United States 11 Dec 08

Alright, as you all may of noticed, I haven't been on that much as I used to be. I used to be on like... 24/7, right? Sorry about that! But I'm here tonight. And I need a little help with some things. I'm not going to go into the...

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When she makes the unaccepted choices, she becomes a monster

manunulat @manunulat (604) • Philippines 20 Nov 08

There has been a lot of decision making process in women's health especially in her reproductive conditions and one issue confronting this is when she has given an array of option to resort to abortion, contraceptives, operative...

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Making decisions without asking of the parent's opinions....

cream97 @cream97 (29085) • United States 30 Sep 08

I am sure many parents have went through this at some point in their lifetime, with a child that is is school. Why do they come up with all these activities, book fairs, candy selling, raffles, donations and all sort of things. I...

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Do you approve of a drug testing in your work place even without consent?

Jenaisle @Jenaisle (16568) • Philippines 2 Sep 08

Most employers nowadays are screening applicants by also conducting drug testing. This is a pre-requisite before anyone would be accepted for employment. If you are already an employee and then suddenly, your employer requires...

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Husband's permission needed to obtian an abortion and sometimes tubial ligation

victoriasparda @victoriasparda (161) • United States 8 Aug 08

Did you know that in some states (Louisiana being one of them) a woman has to have her husband's permission to have an abortion? It doesn't matter if he's a decent guy, an abusive pig or mentally unstable, they still require his...

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will you let your teenage child of schooling age to get marry?

izathewzia @izathewzia (5134) • Philippines 6 Aug 08

Underage children or teen age ones can marry as long as they have their parents' consent. If you are the parent and your son or daughter ask for your consent will you give it? Will you be willing to let your child marry at a very...

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Piercings

MsTickle @MsTickle (25180) • Australia 7 May 08

Should children, that is teens, have to have permission to get a pircing? Should kids have a signed consent form to get a piercing? What about intimate piercings? Lots of kids have pocket money these days, what's to stop them...

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Do You Believe that Silence Means Consent?

Dr. Ann @drannhh (15219) • United States 28 Sep 07

When you hear something said that is wrong, do you want to correct it or do you just keep quiet? Here on myLot when I see a discussion about politics or religion, I usually stay out of it. But I think it is really wrong for...

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Should age of consent remain at 18 years or lowered? What about retirement?

rikki8 @rikki8 (392) • Philippines 29 May 07

How soon can a teenager be considered an adult? Should the laws on age of consent be changed? And how old should a person be considered as retired ? Why should the laws dictate how young or old a person should be in order to...

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Is this considered stealing?

earth2jacq @earth2jacq (1498) • Philippines 9 May 07

If you take something from someone without the knowledge/consent of the owner but you have the intention of returning it before the owner knew it was missing, is this considered stealing or borrowing?

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When Couples Are Getting Married

trinidadvelasco @trinidadvelasco (11401) • Philippines 22 Apr 07

It is only normal for our children to be considering marriage once they meet someone whom they believe to be their right partner for life. As a rule, parents do not just give their go signal for their children to go ahead. We have...

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what do you think the age of consent should be?

jane1984 @jane1984 (12) • Canada 27 Jan 07

The age of consent varies by country and here in Canada it is 14. I think that's pretty young and maybe it should be raised to 16. Anyone else have an opinion?

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