Forum: Politics
12-30-2005, 11:29 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,149
Re: My questions after 2005
Just a small point I want to make. You guys say we aren't "legally" at war, but if we are not legally at war, then we would be illegaly or allegaly (is this a word?) at war. Since the United States...
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Forum: Politics
12-29-2005, 04:26 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 6,282
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Forum: Politics
12-23-2005, 01:35 AM
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Replies: 102
Views: 12,337
Re: Civil War arguments
So then, MMMMMM, if you had a really beautiful girlfriend, that I know in my heart you would not like to be dispossessed of, would I be violating your rights if she fell in love with me and we go to...
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Forum: Politics
12-23-2005, 01:29 AM
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Replies: 102
Views: 12,337
Re: Civil War arguments
Let me start off by saying that I think it is a ridiculous notion that a person has rights, but people don't. But it's okay, I love a challenge.
According to you, governments have no rights. ...
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Forum: Politics
12-23-2005, 01:16 AM
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Replies: 102
Views: 12,337
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Forum: Politics
12-23-2005, 01:09 AM
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Replies: 102
Views: 12,337
Re: Civil War arguments
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No. Government *REQUIRES* the use of (unprovoked) force.
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Why do governments require the use of force? My definition of government comes straight from Hobbes and...
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Forum: Politics
12-23-2005, 01:06 AM
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Replies: 102
Views: 12,337
Re: Civil War arguments
The Union is not one person, it is many people. Are you saying they didn't have rights because they were a group rather than one person?
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Forum: Politics
12-22-2005, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 12,337
Re: Civil War arguments
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The acceptable use of force is in defense of one's property (life, autonomy, possesions).
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Fair enough. Now, the confederacy took the Union's property by taking its...
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Forum: Politics
12-22-2005, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 12,337
Re: Civil War arguments
Anybody can exert force without being coerced into doing so.
So by your definition, is killing a right?
If it is not, can't any act of force be declared a right because of self-defense,...
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Forum: Politics
12-22-2005, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 12,337
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Forum: Politics
12-22-2005, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 12,337
Re: Civil War arguments
If rights are not synonymous with abilities, then what ARE they? You may not use a protractor to answer this question.
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Forum: Politics
12-22-2005, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 12,337
Re: Civil War arguments
I didn't say that people want force used on them, but that people will use force against others out of necessity. I would contend that human nature is the same as every other animal and plant in the...
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Forum: Politics
12-22-2005, 02:59 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 12,337
Re: Civil War arguments
I don't think the Civil War was about ending slavery, it was about saving the union. You're framing the question in such a way so that no answer can satisfy you. If instead of 600,000 deaths, there...
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Forum: Politics
12-22-2005, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 12,337
Re: Civil War arguments
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You don't have a right to violate others' rights. That's the whole point - nobody has a right to *impose* upon *you*. Similarly, you have no right to impose murder or rape upon...
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Forum: Politics
12-22-2005, 12:12 AM
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Replies: 102
Views: 12,337
Re: Civil War arguments
I never consensted to any law that prohibits me from killing, stealing, and raping random women. Perhaps I am not bound by those laws since I never signed a piece of paper where I agreed to such...
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Forum: Politics
12-21-2005, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 2,419
Re: Aren\'t taxes just too high?
The President may not pass legislation, but presidents still play a very large role in the deficit and in what gets passed in Congress. The President submits a budget, and in the grand scheme of...
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Forum: Politics
12-21-2005, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 2,419
Re: Aren\'t taxes just too high?
That's weird, this thread was highlighted as new and on the first page when I read it. Maybe SOMEBODY wanted me to read it /images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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Forum: Politics
12-21-2005, 01:22 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 6,970
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Forum: Politics
12-21-2005, 03:13 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 3,764
Re: NYC transit strike
The city must have thought that because there are laws against striking in New York, that they can exploit the workers forever without any consequences.
I think it is repulsive that a state can...
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Forum: Politics
12-21-2005, 03:08 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 2,419
Re: Aren\'t taxes just too high?
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1) He said he is fiscally Republican. He never mentioned that he subscribed to Bush's fiscal policies.
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Look at the graph again. The deficit increases...
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Forum: Politics
12-21-2005, 12:09 AM
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Replies: 102
Views: 12,337
Re: Civil War arguments
I would normally write a detailed answer, but after yesterday's hissy fit about governments, I am going to write a simple one.
Machineguns, bomber planes, and tanks give people the right to do...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
12-20-2005, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,051
Re: the body by Jake Ab Scissor, Trip Report
There are a bunch of machines like this at my gym that you can add plates unto. They aren't bad, but I find that doing crunches or decline sit ups with added weight is more effective. I've never...
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Forum: Politics
12-20-2005, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 12,337
Re: Civil War arguments
The two questions to ask are whether it was legal and whether it was justified. I would say that there is no question that the south had the RIGHT to secede from the union. Besides the tenth...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-20-2005, 12:46 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 423
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Forum: Politics
12-20-2005, 12:32 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 3,498
Re: Thank God for Roosevelt thru Bush 41
I am not advocating this as a system, but rather, showing why governments are necessary. If it was up to me, there would be no violence and we can all hold hands together and share everything in...
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