Sentences with phrase «not on either side of the argument»

We just have to think our way through whether it would be safe to decriminalise hard drugs — I'm not on either side of the argument, it's just about what's practical.»

Not exact matches

It means deciding what one believes not by conforming to fashionable opinions, but by taking the trouble to learn and honestly consider the strongest arguments to be advanced on both or all sides of questions — including arguments for positions that others revile and want to stigmatize and against positions others seek to immunize from critical scrutiny.»

It would have been slightly more palatable had she at least provided commentary on both sides of the argument, but sadly, she did not.

Those are definitely fair arguments that could play a huge role if oliceridine doesn't clearly differentiate itself from morphine in both of these trials — and underscore why investors may want to keep any position on the small side for the time being.

Let's hope that when the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the case on October 2, the Justices will side with regular working people like Hobson, not with the big bosses and corporations who want to use the fine print to rig the rules against the rest of us.

I'm not trying to sound like everything is relative, but I am saying these are issues that have been debated for thousands of years, and the arguments on both sides of the coin are really strong.

Legitimate, careful arguments can be made on both sides of the tenure question, but that's not Taylor's approach.

You called me out as being disingenuous when I said «that as time goes on however, I'm finding things that are helping to disprove things previously held as fact among Christians», so I have provided you an example that not only wasn't it a disingenuous statement, but that I've done my homework, on both sides of the argument, and came up with something that no one has been able to give me a response with even either the slightest chance of being possible, or falling back to the old status qua of «mysterious ways» and «having faith».

The ending of each statement is whether or not God exists, not the quality of the people on either side of the argument.

Fortunately, crack pots on either side of the extreme make it easy to shoot down their arguments, because they don't have many valid arguments.

I see a lot on both sides of the DEBATE, that do not know how to have an argument all of the time.

I don't think Timmy would be bothered if I told you that he is on the Calvinism side of the argument and the document, at times, reflects that.

That is a big assumption on your part since you nor anyone has ever provided evedince that God does not exist, and spare me the argument that the burden of proof lies with the believer because both sides are making a definative claim.

Even though the religious often mock things like evolution I really don't see why we need to sink to their level of argument, especially when we have the evidence on our side to support our arguments, right?

Now correlation does not imply causation, but it sure takes the wind out of the argument that you need god on your side for prosperity and happiness.

This is why I believe it's so important to study both historical religious arguments supporting the abolition of slavery and historical religious arguments opposing the abolition of slavery (see my post on Mark Noll's The Civil War as a Theological Crisis» for a sampling), as well as historical religious arguments supporting desegregation and historical religious arguments opposing desegregation — not because I believe both sides are equal, but because the patterns of argumentation that emerge are so unnervingly familiar:

Thank goodness there are some intelligent ppl on the atheist side of the argument that do not let their egos and emotions control them like her.

Although I find some «side A» arguments to be utterly ridiculous and that doesn't even get me started on some of the other bizarre and offensive stances out there.

I'm saying that the term should not be redefined on the fly to suit one side of an argument, and that, were God to exist, a new term would be necessary.

I see it as my duty to entertain and mock the absurdi.ties posted by both sides of the argument, though more often than not absurdi.ties fall on the religious side of the line.

I'm not going to interject into the lengthy argument here, but I want to comment on David» comment:» it is becoming more and more evident that there are those who are victims and support the right of victims to be heard and believed, and then there's the side of those who victimize and their supporters.There seems to be no grey area in between.»

The proper argument is not an abstract debate over the size of government but a debate over how much government we want and need, whose side government is on and what interests government serves.

I wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of that argument.

Many religious people love science... when it's on their side of the argument, but demonize it whenever it is not, which seems to be more and more often these days.

You can't be seriously suggesting that there are «interesting and challenging questions» on both sides of this «argument!

I expected that some people would not understand or would disagree with my argument, but I did not expect the warm and genuinely excited reactions from those whose own experience has led them to see Christ on the other side of the long border between contemporary Catholic and evangelical religious experiences.

No matter which side of the argument you fall on as to whether or not he's the greatest player of the current era of the game, it's impossible to say that he isn't enormously talented, and has had a huge impact on the sport.

of course no team wants to lose but I can guarantee you that the reaction by the Chelski fans after today's results are nowhere near what would have occurred if we shit the bed on opening day... the difference is they have tasted EPL success on more than one occasion recently, they have won the Champions League and they have done it with 3 different managers in the last 12 years with a similar, if not smaller, wage bill than us... in comparison, we have been experiencing our own personal Groundhog Day with nothing to show for it but a few silvery trinkets that would barely wet the appetite of a world - class club... so it's time for Wenger to stop gloating over our week one escape act and make some substantial moves before this window closes or I fear that things will take a horrible turn when the inevitable happens... living on a knife's edge is no way to go through a full season of football and regardless of what side of the argument you fall on, you could feel high levels of toxicity in the air and that was friggin week one... I would much rather someone tried their best and failed, than took half - measures and hoped for the best

On Tuesday night, two of the Premier League's Uniteds, Manchester and Newcastle, came together to gift the country something really quite special: A six - goal humdinger dotted with penalties, seasoned with snark, littered with defensive incoherence, and containing not one, but two blown leads by the red side of the argument, who really should know better.

our managers stubborness and reluctance to spend seems to have our fans split right down the middle... i genuinely believe its not the fact that he thinks the squad is good enough its more that hes trying to prove that you do nt need to buy success and by god if it takes him 10 years for this bunch to mature enough to do it hel keep us suffering so he can turn and say «told ya so» to fergie, rafa, hughes, abramovich, etc.the problem is by the time this happens theyl have won titles by spending the question is are all you fans on the other side of the argument willing to wait that long and watch cesc, RvP, arshavin, cliche etc go elsewhere for momentos of their careers.in the time since our last league triumph (also last serious challenge) the team that has won the league most has invested in berbatov, nani, evra, vidic, carrick, hargreaves, anderson, tevez to name a few....

With Alexis on the other side getting too involved in the midfield and not stretching play (and there's an argument his role should be adjusted, to try and get behind more), Arsenal only get width from their full - backs, which in turn, leaves Santi Cazorla and Francis Coquelin a lot of covering to do.

I am very strong on my convictions But I always try to understand Both sides of an argument, not to persuade someone else's feeling but to go deeper into mine, and question my own thought process.I did not say India was an ignorant country.

So if your child says, «You never take my side; you're always on my brother's side,» during an argument, and you reply, «No, that's not true,» that's also a form of invalidation.

I'm absolutely on the side of Motherlode columnist Lisa Belkin who shoots down this argument as not only «backwards» but also upholding the idea that these «archaically - structured» workplace models are somehow inherently correct — simply because they're old.

My friend and I are both relatively thin and many of the parents on other side of the argument were not.

(i) There is no «wasted vote» argument and no «don't let X party in» argument, and none of those silly bar charts on any side.

I don't think there is any doubt that Compass and LabourList have been quite strongly on the civil liberties side of various arguments.

He takes CNN's side and also notes the folks showering praise on Parker aren't exactly the most conservative of commentators, which sort of undercuts the whole argument of her being a supposed counterweight to the former governor.

Many of the current arch-proponents of «Government must obey all court orders on bail» do not seem to care to mention this other side of the coin to balance the argument.

But the prime minister is going to have to link arms with Nicola Sturgeon and Jeremy Corbyn on that side of the argument, not a pretty picture I have to say.

Opinion on whether HS2 is a good or bad idea is divided to say the very least, and I don't propose to go into the arguments here although for the sake of full disclosure, I'm on the side of the antis, but it did annoy me that many people who were protesting that it would have a devastating effect on their lives were waved away with the flick of a railway engineer's hand.

The Brooklyn councilman rejected Cuomo's argument that the polls prove New Yorkers are on his side, noting: «The majority of the people in the state don't even vote; that 77 percent approval rating is bogus.»

This is not a straightforward battle between the cutter Osborne and the spenders on the other side of the argument about disability benefits.

We are not on the same side of the argument.

You can not go into any argument with anybody anywhere on the basis that the other guy on the other side of the table knows you ain't going to do nothing.

The arguments being presented on both sides too often focus on which side is right, and not enough on what all of this means for the children.

Steve: There's the conflict that's discussed, but we don't actually see any arguments on either side, and one of the things that doesn't get discussed enough is [that] there is a debate about evolution.

I now realize that the goal of this site is to weigh in on the side of vegan arguments, and to convince people to not convince any amount of meat.

I don't speak much about the topic because opinions are so strong on every side of the argument.

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