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I support the government through taxes. The government is not allowed to tell groups of it's citizens that they have no value, especially now when eve...

Alright, so you hate corporations, for whatever reasons you think are valid. Never mind that every corporation started out with someone who wanted to ...

value is set by someone other than the worker. You might have a more valuable skill than I have, ergo, you make more when you use that skill. I may wo...

This is reminiscent of a debate I had 28 years ago with one of my girlfriend's Mother. She was angry because I was applying for a job that paid more t...

Sure. Equal value. I am not seeing that in your position

Exactly, and return it in better condition if at all possible.

Hardly. Let those benefit receivers get up bright and early and spend as much time lobbying for their wage as the people going to full time jobs. I am...

Not for me. My first marriage was a flat out nightmare. I got two great kids out of the deal, but as for the ex-wife...Never hope to hear or see her a...

you have a problem with personal autonomy? Funny thing eh, it isn't a single direction thing. I support people's right to be self determining, for bet...

I am unclear as to how supporting those who are unwilling to support themselves is of value, end of story. The working population works and receives r...

I am suggesting that I don't actually care what Jeff makes, annually or otherwise. It is irrelevant to me. Benefits recipients should not be receiving...

if the individual, using their own skills, manages to convince the government to increase that individuals wage, then yes, it is a skill which secures...

I grant you they breathe, they take up space, and they provide a great number of social workers employment. Hard to support that kind of apathy, hence...

Jeff does stuff for his money. It might not be sweeping the sidewalk, but it still amounts to doing something. I don't pretend to know what he does. H...

Please explain non-emotional suffering. Is that like...physical pain? Otherwise, it's all emotional.

I was thinking more the "I'm too good to sweep a sidewalk, and I deserve a much higher wage than that." while having no education and no motivation wh...

This is, unfortunately, essentially the same crap I have heard all my life. You are using the "Magma" energy source, while the fossil fuel folks toute...

How exactly do you know that? I certainly do not. Just because I cannot understand the animal does not mean that it, and others of it's kind, cannot u...

Actually I think that, rather than stop benefits, those receiving benefits should be put to work and receive additional, functional training in order ...

Today's "best practice" is tomorrow's nightmare. Welcome to progress eh.

My personal favorite answer on an exam from a student: Q: how was Julius Caesar killed? A: He was shot. Just awesome.

Your position assumes the inability of man to move into a state of acceptance of his life. That seems very sad to me. It also turns a blind eye to tho...

Because I choose to use my money for something that I find valuable and not for something that you agree with? That is a very egocentric method for de...

can't get work or won't accept what they can get? I have never met anyone that could not find work of some sort. I have met a great number that refuse...

Absolutely it is based on perspective. I will do what I like with my money. If the book has appropriate meaning to me, it is worth the money. If I thi...

So the takeaway here is...God is a dick and may randomly screw with our memories/past for personal entertainment. Or to have faith that God is not a d...

he he he. Nicely played.

Where is the idea of "unnecessary work" introduced? I would suggest that we work as much as we deem "necessary" to attain the goal we have set out to ...

If they are capable of stealing then they would also be capable of performing a level of work, therefore are not working by choice, ergo, execution wo...

I would claim that emotions have always been over rated and have rarely been necessary. I will, however, grant that emotions do at times increase the ...

1) No. 2) We should not. 3) When it is practical to do so.

Ah well. I will save my money for awhile longer then.

It's a matter of perspective. I have seen paintings that look like they were painted by a colour-blind drunk sell for millions of dollars. A page from...

So what passes for modern parenting for most of those under 50. Yeah!

discomfort is the primary disease, followed closely by lazy. Most people will do a great deal to avoid discomfort and a reduction in lifestyle. Combin...

agreed.

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!

Awesome. You KNOW she is into you if she says yes.

Seriously, just walk away. Hell, she might be so stunned that she decides to pursue you. At that point...ask her to join you for skydiving lessons or ...

Exactly.

Not if you are motivated. It's only 100k

There is a flaw in your assumption. Not fearing death does not mean I have no preference at this time. I am not afraid of wearing boots either, but cu...

I would add to that "...that has questionable, or no, value to them." Your christmas present scenario is an example of change with potential value, th...

Not in the traditional sense of eager. More like anticipating with curiosity. I have a number of good reasons to continue living so while those remain...

No, I find there is simply a preponderance of evidence to support option two.

We are emotionally affected by the words of those whose words we have allowed to emotionally affect us. Therefore, we have control over our emotional ...

Frequently it is exactly that. Those of us that think in a more outlier fashion are frequently silenced because we question the foundation of "obvious...

I do not fear death. There are two ways this can go: A) there is nothing after death, in which case, I have nothing to fear, as that which is me will ...

Suggesting that you be friends is a brush off, walk away. If it was first date, which your write up suggests it was, a movie was a bad idea, as would ...

The concept of moral duty, I find, is dependent on the point of the observer to that moral duty. For example, I have a moral duty (or at least a socie...