I learned that no policy, regulation, statute or Constitution ever came about in a vacuum, or through some insidious governmental desire to meddle wit...
Allow me to beat my analogy some more: The Philosophy Forum is a gym. We have some dumbbells in the corner and they can provide a workout in developin...
1. Is the pill a choice? 2. I think it depends upon what constitutes better, and to whom? Which one of these options will lead to enhanced biodiversit...
When Trump said he was a war time president fighting an invisible enemy, the first thing I thought about was the front line troops, how the Commander ...
When I look upon a blob of clay, I see good; not because I see potential for it to be molded into something good (for it could just as well be molded ...
The brain is a muscle and philosophy is exercising. Some are better at it than others, some more dedicated than others, some more helpful to others, s...
He could have found the money in a storm drain for all I know. But people who have that kind of loot usually have a bevvy of brains around trying to k...
Etc. etc. I get that. I also don't have a problem with your geo heat thing. But cars didn't become what they are today overnight or without subsidy. P...
I was hinting at that with the "know better" argument but I wasn't as brave as you. However, since the idea's been broached, I believe that if we are ...
You are right, but I'm a hypocrite. I have a dog and three cats. I love the dog and one of the cats. Two kill mice and gophers, and I'm good with that...
An analogy, by definition, is not the thing itself. It is no argument to simply point that out. Rather, it is incumbent upon those who wish to defeat ...
Don't develop or plow another square inch, and recognize wastelands as those places like cities. There is no such thing as a natural wasteland. If tha...
Regarding push back, the analogy I like to use is this: If you are unjustly kicking a man when he is down, and then you quit kicking for whatever reas...
I'm good with geo heat. But the part about 10 to 12 billion turns me off. Even if your approach could sate their desires, without the giant sucking so...
Again, it is a strange world we live in where the Bill of Rights is a pipe dream and a fantasy, and now, where the burden of proof is upon me because ...
Interesting thoughts, but everything you say takes planning, foresight and thought. The right and capitalism are not famous for thought. They like inv...
Uh, no. Being "pretty sure it won't work" doesn't constitute a response to the merits of my proposition. You brought up the thing about cops shooting ...
And prove their point? You see, they know people like you are out there (people who would round others up if they could), and as a result of the natur...
You are correct. Unless and until members of a community learn to take personal responsibility for their own actions, and treat each other with dignit...
They've been told. No joy. Maybe people should arm themselves. If you're going to get shot anyway, might as well be legit. And arming up seems to work...
Could be. What I suspect will be the truth of it is something that I hope we can glean now, before death. I don't want to piss off the real physicists...
No they are not arbitrary. It can be killed so long as it is inside the mother. Not after. That's not arbitrary. It's based on a morality that places ...
That was not the question. The question was: "So, then, what is it that you think you can't really know or figure out." I answered that question. But ...
For now I can't really know or figure out what's going to happen after I die. I have a real strong feeling about it, but I can't know for sure. And, e...
See how easy that was? All you have to do is throw me a bone that I actually have to chew on. Now I have to go chew on that and leave you alone. :nerd...
That would be the first people I referred to: people who are chomping at the bit. People who make up myths and lies about themselves and their forefat...
As to anarchy, notwithstanding several attempts to understand it, I never got what that was anyway, so I won't address it. But being selfish, yeah, th...
I'm not sure anyone is spreading the lie. It might be like the War on Christmas. If anyone is spreading it, it might be those who feel put-upon by som...
We do what we always do: we fight. That is when the individualist comes on bended knee to his fellow man, looking for help in fighting off his fellow ...
I can stipulate to that being true in some cases. Where it is true, that just goes to prove that the decision to kill does not come lightly, on some f...
That sounds like someone who's obsessed with sex. Pro-abortion folks just understand the difference between life and quality of life. And many (includ...
The only problem with individualism is individualists who like to externalize their costs. That, and folks who think everything has to be either/or. T...
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