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13531
« on: September 08, 2014, 05:16:13 PM »
No, if you don't like them then don't post in them and they'll fall of the page quicker.
There's no point trying to force some arbitrary definition or limitation on other posters. There's already bans doled out for threads which are incredibly obvious bait.
13532
« on: September 08, 2014, 05:12:29 PM »
How much time have you faggots wasted on this dumb game, when you could've been doing something productive?
13533
« on: September 08, 2014, 05:11:53 PM »
Why is the fact that he's black even the slightest bit relevant?
It isn't.
Then I'd be interested to know why it's in the title.
13534
« on: September 08, 2014, 05:08:50 PM »
Why is the fact that he's black even the slightest bit relevant?
13535
« on: September 08, 2014, 05:06:08 PM »
Spoiler also the bartering system would like a word with you. There may not be money, but humans will implent some kind of system.
While I adore Adam Smith, I'm afraid he was wrong when it came to the bartering system.
13536
« on: September 08, 2014, 04:16:37 PM »
>implying the opposite of all your implications wouldn't happen
Well, fuck, I'm glad you picked up on that. For a second I was concerned I hadn't made my position clear enough.
13537
« on: September 08, 2014, 04:11:06 PM »
13538
« on: September 08, 2014, 04:06:06 PM »
>mfw people take john lennon's politics seriously >mfw my face fell off out of the sheer aforementioned stupidity
>implying John Lennon's ideas wouldn't improve the whole world
>implying they're possible >implying you can rely on the inherent goodness of man >implying Hobbes wasn't right >implying the economy wouldn't fucking collapse >implying social tensions from mass immigration wouldn't occur >so many implications
13539
« on: September 08, 2014, 04:01:27 PM »
>mfw people take john lennon's politics seriously >mfw my face fell off out of the sheer aforementioned stupidity
13540
« on: September 08, 2014, 03:52:57 PM »
lolno
The cop probably shot that black guy when the camera was off. Racist pigs.
>implying >assuming
just stop.
13541
« on: September 08, 2014, 03:48:03 PM »
Why is everybody spelling Chick-Fil-A wrong?
13542
« on: September 08, 2014, 03:36:06 PM »
I don't use Ebay because I'm not a fucking neanderthal.
13543
« on: September 08, 2014, 03:27:27 PM »
lolno
The cop probably shot that black guy when the camera was off. Racist pigs.
13544
« on: September 08, 2014, 02:56:44 PM »
It'd be incredibly useful if you actually demonstrated the point you're trying to make, and gave us the source for that picture. You can't believe everything you read on the internet.
13545
« on: September 08, 2014, 02:53:52 PM »
Science is built up of theories, not facts.
You can't conflate the two. Theories are, essentially, facts. The nature of empiricism, however, keeps us - and rightly so - from claiming any theory as absolute. What you mean by 'facts', I presume, are actually just observations. Which, disregarding the fact that they are subject to their own issues of validity, can't even begin to be compared to theories.
13546
« on: September 08, 2014, 02:51:34 PM »
Better question: if God loves everyone unconditionally, why even invent a place like Hell?
Who is to say Hell is a place full of despair and torture?
The people who wrote the Bible.
And the Bible has been translated dozens up dozens of times, along with being tweaked *cough*KingJamesversion*cough*
So nobody should actually consider it an authoritative piece of literature?
13547
« on: September 08, 2014, 02:50:18 PM »
BEST ANSWER: There is no God.
As far as science is concerned, that's a false claim.
13548
« on: September 08, 2014, 02:48:43 PM »
I'm referring to our locked thread yesterday.
The one about the Earth being 6,000-10,000 years old. Where I said if God was wiped from contemporary existence another one wouldn't be invented in his place and then you posted a response saying I was implying God had been invented (which, I actually didn't) and then I didn't respond to you at all? I don't see how that reflects my capacity to debate,
13549
« on: September 08, 2014, 02:43:51 PM »
Better question: if God loves everyone unconditionally, why even invent a place like Hell?
Who is to say Hell is a place full of despair and torture?
The people who wrote the Bible.
13550
« on: September 08, 2014, 02:42:35 PM »
Until OP and Meta develop ability to debate properly and actually read posts, I will not discuss this matter.
I can debate properly. Yeah, I get hotheaded and can be opinionated, but I'm one of the most tolerant people you'll find in terms of differing beliefs and attitudes. My main concern is that I see no reason to believe in any sort of deity (although deism, to an extent, is mildly justifiable), which you're welcome to challenge me on, but it only becomes a problem if your beliefs are being used to step on people's toes or, especially, if they're being used to legislate. I don't really know what you're talking about though, since I haven't debated - or even responded to - anybody's posts in this thread.
13551
« on: September 08, 2014, 12:13:32 PM »
It certainly, however, shouldn't be funded by the taxpayer. But I'm not knowledgeable enough to pontificate on the American situation.
What do you mean by this?
On the basis of principle and my experience in England, taxpayer funded parties and elections really don't seem necessary. As for a cap on donations? I don't know enough to have an opinion when it comes to the American system.
13552
« on: September 08, 2014, 12:12:12 PM »
Sorry, but his handling of stuff like the AIDS crisis pisses me off. I'm sure there are arguably worse that people have done (Buchanan), but in modern history, Reagan falls to the dead bottom for me.
That's fair enough, you seem like a person who focuses mainly on social issues, where economics is more my area. So, I'll concede Reagan was pretty shitty when it came to that.
13553
« on: September 08, 2014, 12:10:46 PM »
Personally, there should be no limit, but it should be transparent and shouldn't be done through some sort of middle-man agency.
So. If Bill Gates wants to donate a billion dollars to someone's campaign, that should be fine?
I'm not saying I disagree with you, but without a limit, we are essentially making it so that only the rich, or those with good connections, have a chance in elections.
I'm very disconnected from the issue, to be honest, we don't have things like campaign trails and political ads. It certainly, however, shouldn't be funded by the taxpayer. But I'm not knowledgeable enough to pontificate on the American situation.
13554
« on: September 08, 2014, 12:09:23 PM »
Best: JFK, Monroe Worst: Bush (Sorry, but the whole WMD bullshit kinda kills him in terms of me ever liking him), Reagan, FDR
Reagan wasn't that bad, to be honest. A lot of liberals hate him because he's the conservative poster-boy, and a lot of libertarians don't like him because it was essentially "rhetoric masking Statist content", to borrow Rothbard's description. He certainly wasn't good, but he was fairly moderate in reality.
13555
« on: September 08, 2014, 12:07:15 PM »
I'm sympathetic to those who think corporations should be allowed to donate, but fundamentally they aren't people.
Personally, there should be no limit, but it should be transparent and shouldn't be done through some sort of middle-man agency.
13556
« on: September 08, 2014, 12:04:11 PM »
Why are we hating on this guy again?
He wasn't a legislator, and he was fully within his rights to close his business when he damn well pleased.
13557
« on: September 08, 2014, 10:43:45 AM »
I don't know about his politics. . .
13558
« on: September 08, 2014, 09:54:56 AM »
Thats a prick teacher to you? LOLOLOL
I've had worse. The only reason I don't much like this guy is because he's intentionally combative, and often looks for ways to punish students.
13559
« on: September 08, 2014, 09:53:58 AM »
even more so is that they exist as a by-product of American policies
It's a bit late to be playing the blame game. These are essentially the same people who, as Barbary State pirates, told Jefferson they could take American sailors as slaves because the Qur'an allows them to. The same people who say they'll never forgive the West for not allowing Indonesia to commit genocide in East Timor. The idea that they wouldn't be much a problem had we just been nicer to them, seems, to me, banal and self-destructive.
13560
« on: September 08, 2014, 09:06:40 AM »
Tell me, what's wrong with police having body armor and a rifle? There's literally nothing wrong with such. I know police officers and have family in law enforcement. They're normal people who are wanting to serve their community and protect the people from danger. Part of that is giving them the equipment to do so effectively There's so much wrong with it. The over-use of SWAT in recent years should give anybody pause enough to reconsider. And given the social estrangement happening between regular people and the police, it shouldn't be exacerbated by turning them into a paramilitary group and allowing them to implement ad-hoc martial law. They don't need a rifle or body armour. I just support businesses being taxed. And I support a reduction on corporate income taxes to a percentage close to the European average, as the American average is one of the highest in the world
That's fair enough but the brunt of my point lay in the protectionism.
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