As a heart attack. The state isn't making individualists breed. They are doing that on their own. If an individualist doesn't like the cage they are i...
False equivalence. I'm not trapped in a cage and no one is forcing me to do shit. If, on the other hand, I voluntarily went into your cage to receive ...
That, or not leaving and going somewhere else. Oh, wait, they can't! Because individuals, exercising their god-given right to breed more individuals, ...
Yes, he did, and he did so by accepting the benefits of everyone looking the other way. The situation I sketch is brought about by individuals who hav...
I'd say it has something to do with physics. Everything you do has an impact on others. Just being consumes perfectly good space that could better be ...
Every swinging dick and tit should pack their trash and get the hell out. The whole Fertile Crescent. Take their stupid sheep, goats and other domesti...
How about you accept your assignment? What's even worse than ad hominem is the anti-intellectual passive aggressive BS; and what's even worse than tha...
I don't. I'm used to it. We're drifting off topic now, but since we are offering critique, you might want to spend a little more time formulating your...
Actually, no it wasn't. You got an F. You failed to make my case for me, which would have demonstrated your comprehension of what I said. Your failure...
Who said it ever started? If you don't know what it means, then don't use the words and phrases. They are yours. I was trying to humor you. You brough...
Then I guess you should have said " . . . kill to eat each other . . ." instead of " . . . kill each other for food. . . ." But I'm glad we're past th...
I guess we are back to the cannibalism thing. Okay, we don't naturally, and consistently, default to, or gravitate toward killing other people *to eat...
:100: :cheer: The biggest, richest, most powerful industry in the world will point at the opposition science and say "You can't trust their science! I...
Yep. An old man who costs more than he contributes, or a baby that has potential, but it's speculative, a wage earner, etc. Crazy shit. By that metric...
You may not need to dig through a bunch of case law. When I practiced, I remember the State Worker's Compensation outfit actually had a formal, writte...
I think we will know when we miss it, when we hunger for it, when we die because of it's absence. I think yGasset can be tricky and has to be read in ...
It is. That is the desperation I referred to, manifesting itself. Sometimes the life of quiet desperation (H.D. Thoreau) is not so quiet. Jose Ortega ...
That which makes us different does not make us separate; nor does it make us better. If we think the way we think makes us separate, it makes us mista...
No, it's not. My argument is sound. I only took humans off the plate which I was proving we were on, simply to try and help you with your mistaken ass...
I am, unfortunately, forced to agree with your post. But as to the value part, I guess it all depends upon how value is defined or perceived. I know a...
No doubt. There's probably no shortage of them feeding intel to Israel. Again, I liken it to the American West, where many an Indian rode against thei...
Don't ever create a situation where that is all there is. Simple, right? Yup. We agree. So, should the U.S. pull the pack our bags (of money) and go h...
No. Take humans off the plate. Look at animals only. Eating members of their own species is either an aberration within species, or species specific. ...
I once read an article by Scott Ritter about the sectarian issues in the Middle East. It got so deep, and so detailed that I felt like I was reading a...
See "How does it feel" below. If you'd like to avoid evil, then, I guess you won't support the activities that engender such feelings. You said "I'm s...
That and spend money on whichever side. I'm always confused about who's in bed with who, and when. But it does seem the common denominator is religion...
I don't support the intentional murder of Israeli civilians via Hamas rocket launches into residential areas, but I do understand it. If Israel doesn'...
It's not pointless. You're paying attention, aren't you? That's the point. It's kind of a "How does it feel, MFs?" kind of statement. You see, that's ...
You dragged in the words "all" and "should" which distracted from your first question "in what ways?" To that, I say look around you: Most conflict is...
No, it's not. It's never pointless. They are fighting oppression. Use of methods which adversely impact innocents is a consequence of inequality. You ...
But maybe there were mistakes where some primates (us for example) got to have something less; where we are missing something, and that is why we don'...
We do. We do. Because an abundance of food allows us to think we are different, and better. Yes. They are not absurd. Whenever an invasive species ent...
I think it is important to distinguish between the Palestinian people on the one hand, and the surrounding Arab states on the other hand. Conflating t...
They aren't. I don't. I distinguish between domesticated animals and wild animals. Domesticated animals are, to me, extensions of us. So, if we re-wor...
It would help had I been born with a silver spoon in my mouth, if I was a liar, and a narcissist. I read some wag who said Trump is a poor man's idea ...
You guys are already past me on this, but I always thought he was saying that A being here and there at the same time is spooky (i.e. BS). Tim Wood: Y...
:100: That cannot be overstated. Government, for all it's failings, is (or should be) accountable to more than the next quarter bottom line fiduciary ...
After we pounded Germany to a pulp, we should have gone through for a second round, pounded it again, one more time for good measure, and then said: "...
Ah, Padawan, the first step in learning is to admit you don't know anything. So, you admitted Trump lost. Now you admit you don't know anything at all...
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