James Riley

The upshot of my exchange with is this: I have no right to be right, but he has a right to be wrong. Where the sidewalk, as a state construct, might b...

There is no grace in your failure to explain your consideration of the fools on a sidewalk, as I requested you to do. Crickets.

I've been following you in this thread and find what I perceive to be your lack of understanding of your own arguments. Bending over backwards in an e...

I think people are perfectly capable of isolating and staying away from others without government internment. The problem is those who don't do what t...

Then there is no right to self defense.

I already taught you that I have a right to not have my bodily integrity violated by your disease. I taught you that a burden which is upon me cannot ...

Sure it does. If your neck breaks in a car accident, I'd say your bodily integrity had been ruined. A needle in the arm, not so much.

The harm is in believing they don't. P.S. No culture is stagnant. They either change or die. Every single one.

Seat belts and helmets are not 100% effective. In fact, they can actually result in worse harm, and death, depending upon the physics of an accident. ...

How would one not be a fool? To not stand or walk on a sidewalk? I don't like cities; some folks do. But I don't think I or they are fools simply beca...

:roll: :snicker:

:lol:

As a general principle, it is NOT the law that a person could do what Rittenhouse did. What Rittenhouse did, and your myopic focus on the trial about ...

That person would have to give way. That is all the state asks. Give way. Be kind, respectful, courteous, considerate of others. If only individuals w...

If I was charged in WI and had that judge I would. Everyone with their eyes open saw it. Not the jury. Thanks to the judge and a questionable prosecut...

It goes on and on. I can't believe you can't find anything. Maybe that's because you still have your head stuck in the trial. FUCK the trial. Focus on...

Yeah, you had to look harder to actually get the trial transcripts than you will to find all the facts omitted from the trial. Assuming the prosecutor...

Google is your friend.

The law has it's own agenda. There is a metric shit ton of facts and video that did not make it before the jury. If you are interested in facts, then ...

Damn! Now everyone has to suffer! Even those who did everything right. Blame the gubmn't, and give a pass to all those who insisted on doing things th...

Side bar: I just googled philosophy cartoon and there was some fun. Not all, but some. https://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/PhilosophyEmergency...

Or maybe they averted a greater tragedy.

Okay, I'm seeing "life = conflict." Meh. Agreed. Some time ago I researched the writing of screenplays and learned about conflict as a critical and ne...

:100: The comedian aside, what of the joy they bring to others? Is the audience no different than a crowd in Rome, taking delight in watching others d...

Well then, I think we may have reached a point of agreement, at least in theory. We could drill down on the subjective issue of "reasonableness" of th...

So an individual's desire to not be imposed upon is itself an imposition when cast upon others?

Personally, I'm not sure. Some folks argue nature, others argue nurture. I hear a lot of philosophy has been haggling over that question for millennia...

:100:

It is the case. You asked, I answered. The second is not a wrong.

The individual was the first to impose, hence society.

A former law partner once told me that "Reasonable minds can differ." I said "BS. If you disagree with me, your mind is unreasonable." :rofl: I want t...

:100: And passing on his mother's genes, either way.

Now he's Simba on his way to Musafa. GOP Representatives want to hire him as an intern and he's hailed as a hero among the right wing. I guess that is...

There's a certain philosophical genius in asking a question instead of making a declarative statement; especially when you don't want an intolerant re...

Sometimes when trying to communicate with another, it is best to speak their chosen language.

Probably should have lead with that. I tried to parse the rest of it, but dinner's on and a quick skim didn't reveal any distinctions with a relevant ...

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My point was, it's not, as you said, "the same game in reverse." One side is right and the other side is wrong. You've already stipulated that it is t...

Allow me to clarify. You said: When I said that truth need not tip it's hat to BS, I meant that if X kicks a man when he's down, and Y beats X to stop...

Truth need not tip it's hat to BS.

I was almost persuaded by that line of thinking, but after some reflection, no. When he said: "if he is any kind of man" I was transported back to a d...

Georgia, United States, too. More than manslaughter: malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault (with a firearm), false imprisonment, and crimin...

Negligent homicide in crime, gross negligence in a civil case.

What color are you? That might make a difference.

Different strokes for different folks. If you have your weapon holstered or slung across your back, I don't even notice it. If you are brandishing it,...

I assume you know that a privilege to drive can be conditioned on a speed limit, and that such does not constitute a deprivation of basic human rights...

Contrary, I distinguished it. :smile: I get what you are saying, but I think being what one is, while changing another's perception of what that is, i...

That right there just fucking nails it! :rofl:

I don't pretend to have clean hands when it comes to forum rules. That said, in addition the misogyny, I got hung up on: " . . . there is a certain Eu...

And that is the alternate we have. The U.S./Canada, et al, does not violate the rights it purports to protect, so long as the individual who's rights ...