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Thanks for writing that. It was a good read. We can determine who is responsible for his actions simply by witnessing who acts. The being who acts is ...

Bertrand Russel said it best: “In a democracy it is necessary that people should learn to endure having their sentiments outraged”. We should be able ...

Every guidance on mask wearing I’ve read stipulates that mask wearing alone cannot prevent the spread of the virus. So alone, it is an unreasonable wa...

What are the dynamics of droplets coming from the nose? It would be an interesting study to read. But all talk of droplets, masks, breathing, are nuga...

It does seem a little trivial on the surface, but then I think about someone choosing what I can and cannot wear in public and am reminded of how bana...

I know how to care for myself and my family and unlike yourself I don’t need bureaucrats and officials to hold my hand while doing so. I also don’t ne...

Unless they have the force of law behind their edicts, then you can’t ignore it.

Until someone comes along and deems masks to be risky, then you’re left wondering why you gave up your right in the first place.

So does going outside. So does playing baseball. Everything we do has a chance to negatively affect other people’s bodies.

I have the right because it is my body. What gives you or anyone else the right to force me what to wear?

I disagree. It’s never reasonable to give a government the power to force people what to wear, and to sacrifice human rights on the alter of the “comm...

I do for the simple reason that I am able to dress myself.

What about them? You claim you have evidence for something, but for what you do not say.

Do you believe a government should be able to force you to wear clothing you do not like?

Blaming deaths on such a belief is rather silly. If anything, the opposite belief was promoted. But as they found out the hard way, you cannot police ...

The idea that any people who believes in a minimal state must also believe they have no obligations beyond those necessary to the preservation of thei...

I think you’re right, a deterministic world implies an infinite universe. If the present state of the universe is the effect of its anterior state, a ...

Yes it can and will. The realization of communism is the highest ideal and ultimate goal of the Party.

First, they would wonder what was wrong with the writer. Second, they would wonder why they are being forced to acknowledge his beliefs. Third, they w...

Lockdowns are unjust, cruel, stupid, and designed for the purpose of protecting their own interests, which in many cases is their “universal” healthca...

In some developed countries minimum wage is determined by collective bargaining rather than law, and one could argue employees there get better wages ...

I am unable to see how the market system prohibits such hiring. Any employer can easily decide the “moral worth” of a person, and decide who to hire b...

Right, and slaves once belonged to their masters by law. The point isn’t whether they do or don’t, but whether it is right or wrong to do so, somethin...

Why would I have no moral right to my earnings? I didn’t quite understand that part.

I don’t see why I’d want to. I don’t beg the blacksmith for a hammer. We agree to a price and I purchase his services. This is free exchange. It would...

The underlying moral principle is that it is wrong to confiscate and plunder the earnings of someone else.

I’m not so sure of that. When I compare power-hungry individuals occupying a corporation vs a government, I prefer the mercantilist to the dictator. A...

We have the means to directly observe and interact with the world. There is no veil between me and the rest. With such a vast plane of interactivity a...

Yes, the government confiscates a share of my earnings and does so legally. Yes, I have no recourse within their justice system to argue this is my pr...

I’m not doubting the fact that taxes exist and that we have to pay them. What I doubt is the underlying ethics of taxes.

Why? In my mind it takes an unsophisticated leap to believe some barrier or other exists between the seer and what is seen. What is it exactly that pr...

Right, and slaves were the property of slave-holders by law. Appealing to law isn’t at all convincing. If I sign a contract for a certain wage in exch...

I think there are far more subtle problems we will soon have to contend with, if we’re not already. We don’t just hand over our money when the governm...

I call it theft and use strong language because my property is confiscated without my permission. I do not know whether my money goes to some pensione...

Surely a solution to the problem exists outside of government intervention. Perhaps once we relocate we can innovate a cleaner and more cost-effective...

Have you? I am just unable to call an entire institution racist without knowing what was said and who said it. I presume innocence, sure, but only bec...

Get real. Without hearing the other side of the story you have nothing but the claims of a disgruntled family member who has openly admitted to mental...

Yes. There are countless ways to deliberate and compromise that do not require legal intervention. Absent that I would have to relocate. And if you ne...

We’ve learned that the family members of mixed race couples are not allowed to talk about what their children might look like. We call that “racism” i...

I do not doubt any of that. But no matter the child’s or schizophrenic’s model of his body, it’s there, visible, available, measurable, if not to him ...

I didn’t think such a simple, common-sense notion about the difference between stolen goods and goods acquired through work and effort would be so dif...

I haven’t heard of the research of extended cognition, but no I do not think we should include everything that goes into the lungs into the notions of...

I would suggest it’s not so much dualism as it is pluralism, the simple act of distinguishing oneself from the vast amount of objects beyond the self....

If that’s what I signed up for so be it. The point is I sign contracts, accept debt, and partner with others willingly and through my own free will, a...

It’s true that we perceive all of the above, but the idea that we perceive “perceptions” and not the physical world is a step too far for me. This is ...

Even from the first-person point of view we come into direct contact with the outer world. I think the burden of proof lies with those who claim other...

What is a whole, a One, without a boundary? Without a beginning and an end? It’s not whole or one at all. Without the characteristics of finitude ther...

I don’t get how asking these questions is supposed to lead me to your conclusion. They don’t. All of the above can be acquired without appropriation, ...

Yes, your argument was nonsensical. Toiling your own field, planting a seed, watering the seed, and using the sun to grow wheat for flour is somehow a...

True, we should make the distinction between violent tyranny and it’s softer variations. But I think it’s something we should be careful with. Alexis ...