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vip
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As far as I know, you originally asked me who taught these adolescents to commit murder, and I responded to you that it was authority figures (likely their parents) who taught them violence first-hand.  I think that should resolve your question.  Or maybe I got the question wrong?

If was not the parents or the authorities of the state who taught a child to murder, who or what was?
newbie
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if was not the parents neither the authorities of the state who taught the children to murder


I'm really sorry, I can't even parse this sentence, so I don't know what is it that you mean to give you a meaningful response.

As far as I know, you originally asked me who taught these adolescents to commit murder, and I responded to you that it was authority figures (likely their parents) who taught them violence first-hand.  I think that should resolve your question.  Or maybe I got the question wrong?
vip
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If a murder was not taught neither by the authorities of the state neither by it parents, who taught them?

Do you think this murder was motivated by his parents or by the state? If neither, who or what motivated the 15 years old boy to murder?


I don't want to be mean, but I answered this question already and I honestly don't feel like repeating myself.  Maybe you're asking a different question?

You did not answered the most important part of the question: if was not the parents neither the authorities of the state who taught the children to murder, who taught? Who or what motivated an underage human being to commit murder if he did not learned that from his parents or from the authorities of the state?

Please, read the news I provided and formulate your argument to answer the question.
newbie
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I'm not interested in another appeal to authority faliacy, no.

For starters, I wasn't talking to you, so your reply is alien to me.

Moving on.  You've already established that you, MoonShadow, have a particular form of brain damage (product of child abuse in all likelihood) that makes you impervious to reason.  It's no wonder that you'd reinterpret an offer for a book on child abuse as "appeal to authority fallacy" -- you can't stand to think about the topic, and you will do everything in your power to derail it, because you would rather die than admit that you're a child abuser.

And you can have any opinoin you wish, so long as you don't try to impose that opinion upn me and claim it's reason.

Despite your paranoia, no one is doing that here, or planning to do that.  All I personally did is informing you that what you do with your children and what you believe about your activities is wrong and malevolent.  More than that, I cannot do.  The therapy you need isn't in these forums -- it's in the hand of a well-studied professional.

And now, I've had far too much crazy and animosity to digest from you, so you've been added to my ignore list.  Good bye and good riddance.
legendary
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It is my contention that Statism is a form of Stockholm Syndrome,

You contention do not change the meaning of established words or concepts:

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/statism?q=statism

The goal of your thread completely failed. Statism is not a disease or a affection which requires a cure or a healing.

Statism is just and solely a political perspective.

You are, of course, free to disagree with any political perspective.

I beg to differ, respectfully.  I consider Myrkul's analysis and participation here to be a resounding success.  I agree with Myrkul that statism, like any other religion or other authoritarian cult, can be understood as a disease characterized by humans abusing each other, mainly propagated from parent (or other authority figure) to child, when the authority figure beats or yells at the child "because I say so / for your own good".  Regardless of the dictionary definition of statism.

There's incredible amounts of evidence supporting this view, too.  If you're interested, Lloyd deMause's work "The origins of war in child abuse" will more than quell any thirst you might have for evidence supporting this observation.


I'm not interested in another appeal to authority faliacy, no.

And you can have any opinoin you wish, so long as you don't try to impose that opinion upn me and claim it's reason.
newbie
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If a murder was not taught neither by the authorities of the state neither by it parents, who taught them?

Do you think this murder was motivated by his parents or by the state? If neither, who or what motivated the 15 years old boy to murder?


I don't want to be mean, but I answered this question already and I honestly don't feel like repeating myself.  Maybe you're asking a different question?
vip
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Thanks, you're right and I appreciate your tolerance and understanding.  I'm also free to agree with Myrkul's correct assessment of his observations.  Thus, I did :-)

You are welcome to pretend what is correct or not without the appropriate evidence to support it.

Somehow I don't think copypasting a whole book along with all its citations would constitute acceptable behavior here.  I pointed you to the book in question so you could afford yourself the information you're requesting right now.  It's, of course, up to you to learn more by cracking it open.  Your choice.

You do not have to copy-and-paste the whole book. You can present the most consistent quotes and publish here, followed by a explanation of how that substantiate Myrkul statemets.

I can also recommend to you the Bomb in the Brain series http://fdrurl.com/bib highly, highly recommended, especially if you are more audiovisual than lettery lettery (I'm pretty sure that the book I recommended was made into an audiobook by the same author of the Bomb in the Brain series, if you're into audiobooks -- that's how I got that book into my brain).  I hope you enjoy this as well.

Have a great day!  :-)

Thank you very much, but no, I am not interested to read or to listen a whole book only to understand an argument that you did not even made. I am asking you to present evidence, not to recommend books. This is a debate, not a review of books.
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  I had high hopews for you Myrkul

I claim that any parent has a responsibility to attend to the well being of his/her offsspring due to Jurius Naturalis.  The natural laws.
Then, your child has rights? Believe it or not, we are actually in agreement here. The problem comes in when you attempt to protect those rights by violating them. (This may be a familiar argument.) Why do you disrespect those rights by hitting them, or otherwise abusing the child?

Either path arrives at the same end.  The goal of parenthood is to raise adults, but how civilized they are is secondary to the simple fact that they are adults.
It could be argued (and this is in fact, my argument) that an uncivilized "adult" is not grown up, but merely grown larger.

Therefore, the root goal of parenthood is to increase the odds of the child's survival to adulthood, by any and all methods possible.
Were we simple beasts, I would agree with you. Of course, humanity is not a simple beast, we are a reasoning creature (most of us, anyway). The root goal of parenthood is to raise offspring worthy of having offspring themselves. Given that rape is not an acceptable manner of procreation, a parent is therefor obliged to raise a child that is socially acceptable to the opposite sex.

It cannot be reasonablely argued that spanking a child does not work as a behavior modificaition method;
Oh, it works, alright... Just not necessarily as intended.

thus if the goal is to keep the kid away from the traffic in the street, even at the potential cost of the relationship between parent and child, the end of survival literally justifies the means in some cases. 
It truly pains me to see a libertarian utter the phrase "the ends justify the means." You should know as well as I do that the means determine the ends.

The key here is that I don't have to argue the relative effectiveness of corporal punishment as behavior modification compared to other options, I'm simply arguing that a parent has the right to choose that option if all others known have been exausted, and that you don't have the right to interfere with that decision.
On the contrary, Jurius Naturalis, the child has rights. If you are violating them, I will intervene just as if I see a mugging on the street or one adult beating up another. If it's not OK for you to beat someone who has the ability to fight back, what makes you think it's OK to do it to someone who does not?
vip
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I have absolutely no doubt that every child in that prison was taught violence by authorities (probably their parents) on a first-hand basis, if you know what I mean.  Go into a prison and interview violent offenders for their childhood, then tell us what the common thread in their lives is (spoiler: child abuse).

If a murder was not taught neither by the authorities of the state neither by it parents, who taught them?

Do you think this murder was motivated by his parents or by the state? If neither, who or what motivated the 15 years old boy to murder?

http://arazao.com.br/policia/menor-mata-homem-em-rosario-do-sul/

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The lesser of 15 years was apprehended by Police Civil Rosario South yesterday. He is accused of killing Alessandro Silva Moreira with an ax ritual with quite aggressive. In addition to the blows of the ax, the lowest Alessandro also assaulted with a filtered straw in the mouth with a serrated knife, which eventually reaching the throat.

In recognition of the scene, the lowest would have lifted the cloth covering the body and spat at the victim's face. By the time the Delegate Thiago Firppo worked with the hypothesis larceny. The smallest act of spitting on the victim caused the Delegate also works with the hypothesis Crime Passional. According to information gathered by the newspaper Gazeta de Rosario, the victim's girlfriend would be harassed less and this may have prompted the disagreement.

The crime, which happened on Sunday night at Rua Thedy Guimarães, Ana Luiza in the neighborhood, when the minor, the victim and others consumed alcohol and crack. Ezequiel de Souza Rodrigues 21, was arrested as a co-author, for he was at the crime scene with those involved and did nothing to prevent crime. The delegate Thiago Firppo heard those involved in crime and two other witnesses.

The smaller the victim, the co-author and another girl who was with them moments before they would have sold to television with the victim's consent Noreira to consume more drugs. The cash machine was not found by police.
newbie
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I beg to differ, respectfully.  I consider Myrkul's analysis and participation here to be a resounding success.  I agree with Myrkul that statism, like any other religion or other authoritarian cult, can be understood as a disease characterized by humans abusing each other, mainly propagated from parent (or other authority figure) to child, when the authority figure beats or yells at the child "because I say so / for your own good".  Regardless of the dictionary definition of statism.

You are free to agree with whatever misinterpretation you accept as factual.

Thanks, you're right and I appreciate your tolerance and understanding.  I'm also free to agree with Myrkul's correct assessment of his observations.  Thus, I did :-)

There's incredible amounts of evidence supporting this view, too.  If you're interested, Lloyd deMause's work "The origins of war in child abuse" will more than quell any thirst you might have for evidence supporting this observation.

Please, present this "incredible amounts of evidence" which you claim to substantiate Myrkul statements.

Somehow I don't think copypasting a whole book along with all its citations would constitute acceptable behavior here.  I pointed you to the book in question so you could afford yourself the information you're requesting right now.  It's, of course, up to you to learn more by cracking it open.  Your choice.

I can also recommend to you the Bomb in the Brain series http://fdrurl.com/bib highly, highly recommended, especially if you are more audiovisual than lettery lettery (I'm pretty sure that the book I recommended was made into an audiobook by the same author of the Bomb in the Brain series, if you're into audiobooks -- that's how I got that book into my brain).  I hope you enjoy this as well.

Have a great day!  :-)
vip
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I beg to differ, respectfully.  I consider Myrkul's analysis and participation here to be a resounding success.  I agree with Myrkul that statism, like any other religion or other authoritarian cult, can be understood as a disease characterized by humans abusing each other, mainly propagated from parent (or other authority figure) to child, when the authority figure beats or yells at the child "because I say so / for your own good".  Regardless of the dictionary definition of statism.

You are free to agree with whatever misinterpretation you accept as factual.

There's incredible amounts of evidence supporting this view, too.  If you're interested, Lloyd deMause's work "The origins of war in child abuse" will more than quell any thirst you might have for evidence supporting this observation.

Please, present this "incredible amounts of evidence" which you claim to substantiate Myrkul statements.

Political issues are really just the evolved manifestation of dysfunctional family issues, of course, in disguise.

What exactly do you mean by "political issues"?
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What you see in the prison is the inevitable result of having taught these adolescents that violence was how you get your way -- they become violent individuals and use violence themselves.

Are you implying that for every underage murder inside that prison, the respective parents taught them to kill?

If not, who taught them to resort to violence?

I have absolutely no doubt that every child in that prison was taught violence by authorities (probably their parents) on a first-hand basis, if you know what I mean.  Go into a prison and interview violent offenders for their childhood, then tell us what the common thread in their lives is (spoiler: child abuse).
vip
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What you see in the prison is the inevitable result of having taught these adolescents that violence was how you get your way -- they become violent individuals and use violence themselves.

Are you implying that for every underage murder inside that prison, the respective parents taught them to kill?

If not, who taught them to resort to violence?
newbie
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It is my contention that Statism is a form of Stockholm Syndrome,

You contention do not change the meaning of established words or concepts:

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/statism?q=statism

The goal of your thread completely failed. Statism is not a disease or a affection which requires a cure or a healing.

Statism is just and solely a political perspective.

You are, of course, free to disagree with any political perspective.

I beg to differ, respectfully.  I consider Myrkul's analysis and participation here to be a resounding success.  I agree with Myrkul that statism, like any other religion or other authoritarian cult, can be understood as a disease characterized by humans abusing each other, mainly propagated from parent (or other authority figure) to child, when the authority figure beats or yells at the child "because I say so / for your own good".  Regardless of the dictionary definition of statism.

There's incredible amounts of evidence supporting this view, too.  If you're interested, Lloyd deMause's work "The origins of war in child abuse" will more than quell any thirst you might have for evidence supporting this observation.

Political issues are really just the evolved manifestation of dysfunctional family issues, of course, in disguise.
vip
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It is my contention that Statism is a form of Stockholm Syndrome,

You contention do not change the meaning of established words or concepts:

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/statism?q=statism

...and that statists, to the extent that they defend the violent actions of the State, are engaging in behavior consistent with Stockholm Syndrome likewise people who defend their parent's violent actions.

The legal institutions of a society cannot guarantee the utmost protection for its members if cannot resort to violence. A society free of violence is an utopia. Moreover, your comparison is incoherent. The Stockholm syndrome stem from the empirical experience between captor and captured, not from a political perspective between the individual and the state.

I reluctantly bow to your force majeur.

What a pleasure to read this admission... This is indeed a very good lesson to you understand that even here the authoritarian figure is necessary. If I consider the Bitcointalk forum a state, you are recognizing the respective authorities of this state and obeying what you despise very much.


The goal of your thread completely failed. Statism is not a disease or a affection which requires a cure or a healing.

Statism is just and solely a political perspective.

You are, of course, free to disagree with any political perspective.
newbie
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Conclusion: You suffer from stockholm syndrome, and are currently rationalizing your parents' violent behavior towards you as loving, when in fact it was abusive. Furthermore, you seek other parental figures to tell you what to do, in the form of a state. Should this parental figure disappear, you are afraid you will be unable to act in a peaceable manner toward other human beings. I am truly sorry for your damaged condition. You should seek psychological help.

This is not an argument, Myrkul; this is trolling.  While I don't mind a humorous jab every now and again, this doesn't qualify.  You have literally just attempted to undermine your opposition by accusing him of a psychological condition that would presume to affect his objectivity.  It's an ad hominem.

Do not do this again.

It is my contention that Statism is a form of Stockholm Syndrome, and that statists, to the extent that they defend the violent actions of the State, are engaging in behavior consistent with Stockholm Syndrome, likewise people who defend their parent's violent actions. But, since you're the moderator, and have the "big guns," I reluctantly bow to your force majeur.

Consider that line of argument closed.

I agree with Myrkul that MoonShadow is exhibiting the telltale "apologizing on behalf of the aggressor" behavior characteristic of Livestockholm Syndrome.  I'm almost sure that MoonShadow was abused as a child, came to believe that the abuse was "for his own good", and is now repeating the same appalling relationship dynamic with people he has physical power over.

Abuse victims who identify the abuse as abuse rather than a good thing, don't end up abusing others.  The acknowledgement of abuse as such, is the key, well-studied, confirmed, scientifically validated difference between an abuse victim that goes on to abuse others, and an abuse victim that goes on to live a peaceful and happy life.

Oh, one more thing: People with brain damage cannot be persuaded with arguments -- those only work on healthy brains.  Want an effective tactic to deal with abusers?  Just point their damage out and then ostracize them.
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Oh, hi!

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Would you please address this post? I wish to know what are your arguments regarding violence against children and teenagers.

I wish to read arguments regarding this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZhxktkN7EI

This video shows scenes of a rebellion inside a special prison in Brazil for children which have committed violent crimes, including murder. The detainees are all under 18 years old. They made the  civil servants of the prison hostage after few adult visitants managed to sneak fire guns inside the prison to free part of the detainees with links to a criminal faction. Few civil servants were beat and one was shoot. The police force had to intervene with rubber bullet guns.

What are your arguments regarding violence against children in the context of the above video?

Using aggressive violence to obtain anything from anyone (obedience, money, whatever) is not only malevolent but also destructive, especially when the victims are children or adolescents

What you see in the prison is the inevitable result of having taught these adolescents that violence was how you get your way -- they become violent individuals and use violence themselves.
legendary
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Now, to be clear, I do agree that any parent has a difficult to define responsibility to his/her children; regardless of the conditions that resulted in that child.  I'm just trying to guide you to the source of that responsibility.
I don't think it's hard to define, or determine where the responsibility comes from. Your responsibility is to raise the child so that it will not cause harm to itself or others, and the source of that responsibility is that it is your child. You made it, you have to see that it is raised properly, for it's own sake. (Ultimately, the source of the responsibility is the child itself.)


Fail.  That logic is circular.  The source of the responsibility cannot be the child itself, if the source of the child is the parent(and I have caused the child no harm by creating it).  The fact that I made it, whether or not I claim it, is irrelevent within your own ancap philosophies.  If I don't agree that I have such responsibilities, then I don't; except I do.  Why is that?  You know the truth, just pause, breath, and type.  All you have to do is admit it.
I do not see where you're trying to lead me, so you'll have to make the claim yourself.

  I had high hopews for you Myrkul

I claim that any parent has a responsibility to attend to the well being of his/her offsspring due to Jurius Naturalis.  The natural laws.  If you are religious, (which I know that you are not, yet you adhear to an ethic/morality that you cannot completely define) then the source of this obligation is adherance to God's providence, because all chidlren belong to God and parents are entrusted with their upbringing.  Whether or not such an obligation is respected by the parents themselves is a different issue, but as you noted, to fail to do so is regarded as a "dick move" for more than social convention.  However, even if you are an atheist, then this still rings true because humanity (being an animal) is naturally encoded (or programmed) to not simply procreate, but also to care for it's offspring.

Either path arrives at the same end.  The goal of parenthood is to raise adults, but how civilized they are is secondary to the simple fact that they are adults.  Therefore, the root goal of parenthood is to increase the odds of the child's survival to adulthood, by any and all methods possible.  It cannot be reasonablely argued that spanking a child does not work as a behavior modificaition method; thus if the goal is to keep the kid away from the traffic in the street, even at the potential cost of the relationship between parent and child, the end of survival literally justifies the means in some cases.  The key here is that I don't have to argue the relative effectiveness of corporal punishment as behavior modification compared to other options, I'm simply arguing that a parent has the right to choose that option if all others known have been exausted, and that you don't have teh right to interfere with that decision.

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Now, as I said earlier, responsibilities can be delegated, in this case either by hiring a nanny/baby sitter/etc, and making sure that they are teaching your child correctly, or you can give up the responsibilities and privileges by handing the child off to an adoption agency or other form of child care.

This is an irrelevant point.  No one has contested that parental responsibilities can be delegated, nor have I contested that such responsibilities can be assumed by adults other then the parents.  This is a non issue.
Ah, but it's not. It is the issue. Your responsibility to the child is caused by your actions in bringing it into this world. The mother can refuse that responsibility, but only prior to 25 weeks of gestation. The father can only refuse that obligation at or before the time of coitus. After that time, the responsibility must be delegated.

Your side remark about responsibilites being delegatable was the irreelevent point.  IT remains so, as it is still not in contest.  IT's a distraction.  Let it go.
legendary
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RIP Mommy
I love the term Livestockholm syndrome.
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Conclusion: You suffer from stockholm syndrome, and are currently rationalizing your parents' violent behavior towards you as loving, when in fact it was abusive. Furthermore, you seek other parental figures to tell you what to do, in the form of a state. Should this parental figure disappear, you are afraid you will be unable to act in a peaceable manner toward other human beings. I am truly sorry for your damaged condition. You should seek psychological help.

This is not an argument, Myrkul; this is trolling.  While I don't mind a humorous jab every now and again, this doesn't qualify.  You have literally just attempted to undermine your opposition by accusing him of a psychological condition that would presume to affect his objectivity.  It's an ad hominem.

Do not do this again.

It is my contention that Statism is a form of Stockholm Syndrome, and that statists, to the extent that they defend the violent actions of the State, are engaging in behavior consistent with Stockholm Syndrome, likewise people who defend their parent's violent actions. But, since you're the moderator, and have the "big guns," I reluctantly bow to your force majeur.

Consider that line of argument closed.
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