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Yes it is. The President is the Supreme Commander of the military, and it is TREASON to disobey a military order of the President, punishable by death...
January 28, 2018 at 11:20
And by the way, if Mattis refuses in such a hypothetical case, that is unconstitutional. The generals CANNOT refuse the President in such a circumstan...
January 28, 2018 at 11:12
Sure, except that special pleading points to a double standard. Why does the statement of the positivists make an exception to the general rule? And i...
January 28, 2018 at 11:10
No, he was considering it, but he didn't actually try to do it. If he orders Mattis, and Mattis starts initiating the procedures, and then something g...
January 28, 2018 at 11:08
No he didn't. He just expressed what he would do in case Trump would order him, that he would resign. He did not resign. Why not? Because Trump didn't...
January 28, 2018 at 11:07
So no - first principles don't beg the question by virtue of being first principles. That is absurd.
January 28, 2018 at 10:56
It still remains a fact that he did not embark upon the process of firing Mueller. He chose not to at the end of the discussion with McGahn.
January 28, 2018 at 10:55
No, this doesn't follow. If you take statement (1) "Some (or even all) metaphysical statements are meaningful", you will not find it begging the quest...
January 28, 2018 at 10:50
No, not in all contexts. Some discussions are facultative, merely done for the purpose of seeing what other people's positions are for example. Trump ...
January 28, 2018 at 10:43
What point? That Trump talked about firing Mueller and considered doing it?
January 28, 2018 at 10:29
Nope, those aren't facts. It's not a fact that Trump tried to obstruct justice. That is your silly spin. What is factual is that some people from the ...
January 28, 2018 at 10:25
So if you accept the statement, it is contradictory. This is known as a performative contradiction in philosophy, and it is a valid ground for dismiss...
January 28, 2018 at 10:22
The anti-Trump news you mean? Like CNN.
January 28, 2018 at 10:21
Good documentary on Trump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng3LjuUgxwc
January 28, 2018 at 10:16
No, that's not an action, that's a discussion that was moving towards taking a certain action. What you are doing is spin, since you don't take the ev...
January 28, 2018 at 10:15
Where did I say anxiety should be restricted to a pathological condition? I recall multiple times in this thread when I told you the opposite. It may ...
January 28, 2018 at 10:09
Why? They are purposefully trying to lynch Trump in order to promote their left-wing bias, because they cannot get over the fact that the Democrats lo...
January 28, 2018 at 10:02
Excellent news!
January 28, 2018 at 09:21
So you tell me, you tell TimeLine, you tell fdrake that we ought not to talk about the pathological anxiety, because that's a complicated phenomenon, ...
January 27, 2018 at 23:12
Yeah, you threatened to stop talking to me, so I stopped first just to annoy you ;) ;) ;) After all, it would be a shame if TimeLine can stop talking ...
January 27, 2018 at 22:42
Okay, then the conversation can end, I don't have conversations with people who threaten me :D
January 27, 2018 at 20:37
This does not follow nor does it address the problem raised by Wayfarer. "Only statements that can be verified with respect to scientific evidence oug...
January 27, 2018 at 19:46
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCg5rycegVg These sound like your arguments about God ;)
January 27, 2018 at 19:38
Yeah, my instructions also arrived by mail. George is old-fashioned, hasn't really learned about e-mail yet >:O
January 27, 2018 at 19:22
>:O >:O >:O >:O >:O
January 27, 2018 at 18:57
If you think anyone has control in such a complex and highly globalised world, you're fooling yourself. Control is more and more difficult as time goe...
January 27, 2018 at 18:44
I think this thread should be closed as propaganda. George Soros is a reputable philosopher who has made a fortune in finance and has written on philo...
January 27, 2018 at 18:43
And this is actually very well-studied scientifically. Resilience building and being successful in very stressful environments does require a certain ...
January 27, 2018 at 18:38
Yes, I think your way is inherently dysfunctional, and while it may work within a limited set of circumstances, if you go out of that set, you will se...
January 27, 2018 at 18:36
What highly functional human beings practice rumination, preoccupation and obsession? I see none of them - these traits usually lead to dysfunctionali...
January 27, 2018 at 18:34
The relevance is that you should not say "I only talk about normal anxiety". You need to talk and understand both to understand each one individually ...
January 27, 2018 at 18:32
TimeLine may be engaged in self-deception, that's what I was trying to draw attention to. All this blabber about going over the past, communicating it...
January 27, 2018 at 16:02
You're not thinking very deeply about this. To be ill is to be sick, unhealthy - that's a tautology. My point is just that a doctor - meaning a person...
January 27, 2018 at 15:54
Is it just me, or did he just put the boots on a bed cover? :-O
January 27, 2018 at 13:33
Like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvdsbQ3VxLA :s I don't think anxiety actually manifests like that - this seems like an embellishment. I get...
January 27, 2018 at 13:14
What does "illness" mean to you? You are aware that doctors classifying something as "illness" is just that - a medical classification and nothing mor...
January 27, 2018 at 09:31
No, insubordination, even in a light matter, is punished, because it teaches others that disobeying is permissible. This is especially so at White Hou...
January 26, 2018 at 19:38
Yeah, I wouldn't fire you if it wasn't an order, and it was just a suggestion. But if it's an order and you disobey, you'd be fired. It may even be tr...
January 26, 2018 at 19:10
Then you'd be fired. Was McGahn fired? :-d
January 26, 2018 at 19:07
Exactly, so he didn't order him. Maybe he suggested it, contemplated it, or expressed his desire to do it. That's not the same as ordering him. I alre...
January 26, 2018 at 18:56
So according to you, Trump gave an order and McGahn did what he couldn't do, which is refuse to obey it?
January 26, 2018 at 18:34
I didn't call them fake news, and I did read the reports. Through reading them, I deduce that the President didn't give an order - he wanted to give a...
January 26, 2018 at 18:31
So why didn't McGahn resign then? He should have resigned if it was an order, not threaten to resign. The fact that he threatened to resign shows us t...
January 26, 2018 at 18:25
Nope, he didn't order it. You don't understand what ordering it means. He would have ordered it if McGahn would have resigned. He wanted to order it, ...
January 26, 2018 at 17:34
There's no law out there, by the way, saying that the President cannot contemplate doing something against the law.
January 26, 2018 at 16:39
I did not go to Harvard law school, or to any law school for that matter, but it doesn't take much brain to realise that the bit you quoted shows exac...
January 26, 2018 at 16:37
Why are you people obsessed about DT in a thread where I didn't even bring it up? What's a good side? Now addressing your previous comments: I think P...
January 26, 2018 at 16:25
For example, he tells McGahn "fire him", McGahn says I can't do that because it's obstruction of justice, so if you insist, I will resign, and Trump b...
January 26, 2018 at 16:11
Yep, what's wrong with that? How is that obstruction of justice?
January 26, 2018 at 16:10
Thank you, I hope yours is less naive than mine.
January 26, 2018 at 16:08