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MyOwnWay

['Member']Joined: March 07, 2020 at 22:42Last active: April 30, 2020 at 05:09None discussions13 comments

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Yes that's the one. It's loaded with all sorts of interesting literature and philosophy. Hopefully my thoughts on this quote were useful.
April 09, 2020 at 22:17
If you can't explain it in a clear and concise way as you would to a child you don't understand it yourself. How can he be expected to take you seriou...
March 08, 2020 at 07:38
How is reproducing not an instinct when even organisms without a brain do it? Eating and continued survival would be the best examples. It was meant t...
March 08, 2020 at 02:28
To expand on my disagreement, the assent to perpetuate society is not an instinct, it's just a consequence of being a social animal. The instinct is t...
March 08, 2020 at 01:28
I disagree. Eating is undoubtedly an instinct of all creatures that do it. That being said, in captivity wild animals will often starve themselves. Wh...
March 08, 2020 at 01:24
Your question has gnawed at me for hours now. Thank you for that, sincerely. If I answered as a social animal I'd say no, if I answered understanding ...
March 08, 2020 at 00:57
My response to this is that I have a cure for partisanship. We simply take a left wing politician and a right wing politician, remove their brains, bi...
March 08, 2020 at 00:49
I think if you truly believe the 2nd amendments answer to the monopoly of force what you said is the correct answer.
March 08, 2020 at 00:37
Poverty is not the determining factor in criminality, it's the disregard for the law. That's why there are anti 2nd politicians. As to how the governm...
March 08, 2020 at 00:10
I fundamentally don't agree with this question. If you see my above post you can see my opinion is that the 2nd amendment is an answer to the question...
March 07, 2020 at 23:51
It can't be too obscure. I was first made aware of this quote from a cartoon created in an eastern nation. Guess that shows my less than scholarly bac...
March 07, 2020 at 23:41
I'd like to start by quoting Heinlein. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion ...
March 07, 2020 at 23:27
Firstly, please excuse my writing style, I'm not formally educated. Now to the meat and potatoes. Ortega is a dead man, we can never know without aski...
March 07, 2020 at 22:58