Thorongil

Accidentally hit "flagged" on a random post above. What does that do? It was unintentional, so hopefully nothing.

All black people are manipulative, but that's because all human beings are manipulative.

My evidence would be myself, my immediate family, my coworkers, and my intuition about the reaction of most other people in wider circles of associati...

What makes me want to gag, as a male who views lust as a vice and something to be put under control, are women who frolic around with a feigned blissf...

Unending contact with and contemplation of the good, the true, and the beautiful, which is not possible to achieve through human effort or in this lif...

Of a certain kind, yes. It depends on what is said to be biologically determined. Race defined as skin color and other physical attributes is most def...

We all know the reason. Its effectiveness as a means of instigating change is what matters, and I see no evidence that it does anything of the sort. Q...

I would have to be blind not to.

I can agree with BC, which I do, without subscribing to the boilerplate Marxism you've been peddling in this thread.

No, it would be above it. Species > race > subspecies. I agree, though, that it's now a mostly useless term. I wish people stopped talking about it, a...

That's the next step. God's existence is usually demonstrated prior to his simplicity, which demonstrates why he has the attributes he does.

I've made my case. You've provided deflections, exemplified in your most recent reply. Come back when you refute what I've said.

I grow impatient with this conversation, so I'll say this only once: if by race one means a social construct, then it's a mere tautology to say that r...

When you say "a race" you clearly have some notion of what that is in mind. What is that notion? I am fairly certain it is not the one I am using. And...

Why on Earth would I say that? No, I'm not saying that. What isn't clear?

Your post is all over the place, but if this is your beef, then I've never denied that certain restrictions on gun ownership are prudent, lawful, and ...

What you've just described is not a social construct but biological reality. This is the socially constructed notion of race, yes. Take a look at the ...

If you're a democrat, then you realize that the democratic process is just that, a process. It takes time to implement policies. If the rich see that ...

No, they don't do what you're apparently suggesting, which is wealth confiscation across the board. Perhaps you only want to steal from Sri and Gopi H...

I just basically told you. See here. So, a few scientists don't like the word "race" and want to replace it with "ancestry" or "population." I really ...

There is. Certain races are statistically more prone to certain diseases than others, for example.

Yes, it's very easy for totalitarian regimes to do what they want.

So you're just objecting to the phrase. Okay.

You seem confused. We're not talking about different species. There is only one species called Homo sapiens. Well, that's an older view long since rep...

I don't know what you're trying to say. Are you rejecting the claim I advanced on which I thought we might find common ground? A rather ominous declar...

But it isn't. There is a socially constructed concept of race in addition to a biological one, both of which are rather loose in meaning and thus ofte...

This falsely assumes the rich are not themselves workers or producers. However, an olive branch: the notion of a legal obligation to make profit is a ...

Settle down, Proudhon. What have they stolen?

Why? What if the rich become rich because lots of people give them money? Who's to blame for the wealth inequality in that case?

This. Sapientia views these facts through a frame of theft, which isn't true.

Tell me what I don't apparently see.

Uh, are you being serious?

I see facts but not how they show the claim in question to be wrong.

Go read the Heller decision if you want to know the details. Simply put, the founders who wrote the amendment considered firearms to be included under...

Yes, I think they have turned their backs on such values. It's interesting to note that the majority of figures I listed earlier who provide arguments...

Whatever it is, you won't find it on an Internet forum.

... Which is a response to a claim no one made. I brought up the fact in question about Nazi gun control, no one else. He made his post not long after...

"Hypocrisy." :-d

I've lost nothing, Baden, save time. I wasn't anticipating having to dig all this up again, but I suppose it has been time well spent for further expo...

You should make it visible by a reveal, by the way, which is what I did so as not to make it distracting. Moreover, it was deleted by a mod for being ...

That was shown to be a misunderstanding, so I retracted the charge. Also, I see nothing untoward about posting a humorous GIF. The guy literally dismi...

I agree with you to some extent. I think we need more ideological diversity here, not simply more people.

Oh but they were. I did not expect a different outcome to the Australian vote. I'm not angry about it. I'm disappointed perhaps, but not angry and nev...

You're desperate. Nothing about my post was bitter. Nor did it attack the person. Rather, the person to whom it was directed is now engaged in hurling...

You're getting a bit conspiratorial there. Like most of the regulars here, I check the Shoutbox every once in a while and in this case happened upon a...

There was no bitterness to my sarcasm, because I never expected a different result. Nice try, though. How... dignified of you.

Well said.

Right, because we all know that a marriage certificate issued by the state confers human dignity, whatever that is, on a person. :-}

I'm glad you found those quotes, as I think and hope it speaks positively of my character. I'm not an ideologue unwilling to change his opinion when c...

No one listens in this thread. This will be my last post. I leave it to neutral observers to judge whether I have been fair, clear, and consistent, as...