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Private Security(Re: US health care mandate) Meta
I did not create this post. Our immature moderator did.Now watch, this post will…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 10:26:27 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
Not at all. If you come into my house, and shit on the carpet, is it coercion fo…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 10:15:28 PM |
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Private Security(Re: US health care mandate) Politics & Society
I still think a free market is a better system for poor people in general though…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 10:06:26 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
Not at all. If you come into my house, and shit on the carpet, is it coercion fo…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 09:53:35 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
Consider: in NAP-land, you get the same result. As soon as you walk out your doo…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 09:32:32 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
In the interest of intellectual honesty, I think it would be fair for those of y…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 09:12:07 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
Not at all. 100% consensus is the only valid way to enact a law. Let's assume a…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 09:08:18 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
If you see a kid without a seatbelt are you personally willing to point a gun in…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 09:02:34 PM |
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What provisions does NAP have to stay NAP? Politics & Society
Self-defense, defense of others.But I'll point out that we already have a NAP th…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 03:12:41 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
You take care of your own damn kids, and let me take care of mine.Not if evidenc…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 03:08:46 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
How so? NAP is against "aggression" and Law will require enforcement which requ…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 03:05:42 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
How, exactly, will not having seat belt laws harm those people who want seat bel…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 02:53:05 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
How, exactly, will not having seat belt laws harm those people who want seat bel…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 02:47:17 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
How so? NAP is against "aggression" and Law will require enforcement which requ…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 02:46:31 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
How, exactly, will not having seat belt laws harm those people who want seat bel…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 02:38:30 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
I'm talking about "true libertarianism" in which even the NAP is rescinded. You…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 02:33:50 PM |
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What provisions does NAP have to stay NAP? Politics & Society
I don't get it. NAP has no means of remaining NAP. NAP is meaningless and useles…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 01:39:27 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
+1. I have no idea how they get from "every interaction should be voluntary on b…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 01:37:03 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
Enslaving someone qualifies as "aggression". I'm not sure how you have convince…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 01:31:41 PM |
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Resources Politics & Society
If I remember my dead languages, it is specifically the exercise of power over p…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 01:04:27 PM |
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Side stepping nonsense governments, OpenGov can it work? Politics & Society
Did you miss :"..The universe (to say nothing of the multiverse) is the ultimate…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 01:02:02 PM |
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Resources Politics & Society
Let me rephrase for the semantically anal among us: The management of markets an…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 12:58:10 PM |
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Resources Politics & Society
What does this have to do with politics?Everything. Politics is the management o…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 12:51:25 PM |
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Side stepping nonsense governments, OpenGov can it work? Politics & Society
Did you miss :"..The universe (to say nothing of the multiverse) is the ultimate…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 12:46:23 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
Society would also have slavery without laws preventing it. Do you regard that…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 12:14:19 PM |
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USURY Politics & Society
USURY by FirstAscent
Did you know that the earth receive more energy from the sun then we receive in…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 12:09:20 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
Consider the following story with two characters: Mike and Hawk.Hawk owns an isl…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 11:52:15 AM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
If the consequence is a return to a segregated society, does that change where…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 11:42:37 AM |
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Resources Politics & Society
Please help me out here...Does Bitcoin analogize to gold? Is gold an excellent e…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 10:45:15 AM |
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Side stepping nonsense governments, OpenGov can it work? Politics & Society
You have spent a huge amount of time pretending to engage in a meaningful dialog…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 10:05:03 AM |
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Side stepping nonsense governments, OpenGov can it work? Politics & Society
Your replies are not calming me. I think you need to get grounded in reality. Yo…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 05, 2012, 12:45:38 AM |
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Side stepping nonsense governments, OpenGov can it work? Politics & Society
Explain why you think mathematical beauty is not worthy?I love mathematics. Plea…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 04, 2012, 11:39:26 PM |
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"Book club" Politics & Society
Note to armchair economists, libertarians, etc.: if you can't get a handle on th…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 11:40:20 AM |
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Moderators Deleting Posts in their own Threads Meta
I resign. This is a thankless job.Then I look forward to discussion and debate w…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 04, 2012, 03:02:30 PM |
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Moderators Deleting Posts in their own Threads Meta
If I've violated some policy let me know. As far as I know, I was following the…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 04, 2012, 02:58:19 PM |
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Moderators Deleting Posts in their own Threads Meta
An effective moderator of the Politics forum would be one who is politically neu…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 04, 2012, 02:54:50 PM |
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Moderators Deleting Posts in their own Threads Meta
An effective moderator of the Politics forum would be one who is politically neu…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 04, 2012, 02:45:21 PM |
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Side stepping nonsense governments, OpenGov can it work? Politics & Society
Explain why you think mathematical beauty is not worthy?I love mathematics. Plea…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 04, 2012, 02:36:21 PM |
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Moderators Deleting Posts in their own Threads Meta
A moderator starts a thread asking people to refute his argument.https://bitcoin…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 04, 2012, 02:28:57 PM |
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Side stepping nonsense governments, OpenGov can it work? Politics & Society
Bitcoin is a finite/infinite resource?Bitcoin is not a worthy example to discuss…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 04, 2012, 02:23:08 PM |
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Defending the Non-aggression Principle Politics & Society
Atlas, is that you?Read War and Peace, On the Nature of Physical Laws and Fifty…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 04, 2012, 01:03:31 PM |
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Defending the Non-aggression Principle Politics & Society
That's very interesting. What was the flaw that you discovered with his reasonin…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 04, 2012, 01:00:22 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
... or just an immature guy who hasn't thought things true.Funny. I believe you…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 04, 2012, 12:33:41 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
QuoteWhen I put such questions to other libertarians, one common response is a f…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 04, 2012, 11:46:37 AM |
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Side stepping nonsense governments, OpenGov can it work? Politics & Society
As a Lisp developer I'm used to arbitrary precision already, so from Zeno it's e…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 11:09:48 PM |
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Side stepping nonsense governments, OpenGov can it work? Politics & Society
Thank you for those excellent links and references FirstAscent!I do apologize fo…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 10:39:56 PM |
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Private Security(Re: US health care mandate) Politics & Society
A private security industry can & currently does exist. Your security company w…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 10:57:16 PM |
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Private Security(Re: US health care mandate) Meta
Note to moderator: don't ever start a post on my behalf. If you want to start a…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 10:46:00 PM |
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"Book club" Politics & Society
Out of those books which do you think would be the most important for a Libertar…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 10:37:57 PM |
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Private Security(Re: US health care mandate) Meta
Note to moderator: don't ever start a post on my behalf. If you want to start a…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 04:05:51 PM |
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Re: Private Security(Re: US health care mandate) Meta
I did not create this post. Our immature moderator did.Now watch, this post will…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 03:58:08 PM |
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Private Security(Re: US health care mandate) Politics & Society
1. One security firm per city or region, in which case, you only have one choice…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 03:17:16 PM |
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US health care mandate (Obamacare) Politics & Society
nevafuse - you do realise that you are describing a fantasy world but Obamacare…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 02:29:15 PM |
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Side stepping nonsense governments, OpenGov can it work? Politics & Society
... we are in effect in an environment with no resource limitations.I really don…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 02:24:57 PM |
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Side stepping nonsense governments, OpenGov can it work? Politics & Society
... we are in effect in an environment with no resource limitations.I really don…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 12:54:34 PM |
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"Book club" Politics & Society
...snip...I've recommended the books five or six times to deaf ears. It's not in…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 12:49:24 PM |
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Private Security(Re: US health care mandate) Politics & Society
Option #2: You'll pay a premium (as in insurance), and you'll get all the covera…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 12:26:09 PM |
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"Book club" Politics & Society
Note to armchair economists, libertarians, etc.: if you can't get a handle on th…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 12:04:39 PM |
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US health care mandate (Obamacare) Politics & Society
You don't need to pay for me. I'll just pay for a bodyguard service w/ the form…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 11:34:19 AM |
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US health care mandate (Obamacare) Politics & Society
Go Obama. A single payer system will be best in my book.You do realize you are p…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 10:40:56 AM |
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"Book club" Politics & Society
Would you support the right of a business to deny service to someone who is foul…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 10:32:25 AM |
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"Book club" Politics & Society
The discriminator loses money, or an employee. The discriminated against can see…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 10:30:02 AM |
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US health care mandate (Obamacare) Politics & Society
Go Obama. A single payer system will be best in my book.You do realize you are p…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 10:17:15 AM |
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US health care mandate (Obamacare) Politics & Society
Go Obama. A single payer system will be best in my book.You do realize you are p…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 03, 2012, 10:15:50 AM |
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"Book club" Politics & Society
1. Agreed, racial discrimination is wrong. That is why I would not patronize an…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 02, 2012, 11:12:43 PM |
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Side stepping nonsense governments, OpenGov can it work? Politics & Society
Actually the various ratios would also be voted on. So I take it that you don't…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 01, 2012, 11:44:44 AM |
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"Book club" Politics & Society
Its a cost imposed on society by the careless.Why should you have to pay for his…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 02, 2012, 10:40:55 AM |
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"Book club" Politics & Society
Its a cost imposed on society by the careless.Why should you have to pay for his…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 02, 2012, 10:39:02 AM |
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10 top reasons why organised crime would be better than the State Politics & Society
More research on David Friedman...Consider the cost of a rights enforcement agen…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 01, 2012, 02:04:59 PM |
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10 top reasons why organised crime would be better than the State Politics & Society
myrkul has sort of left reality so far behind it isn't really worth it anymore. …
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 01, 2012, 01:38:13 PM |
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10 top reasons why organised crime would be better than the State Politics & Society
Kidnapping is usually done for profit; not for political ends. To describe the…
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n/a | FirstAscent | July 01, 2012, 01:06:47 PM |
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US health care mandate (Obamacare) Politics & Society
FirstAscent, I am sure you're a perfectly fine human being in person. I forgive…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 30, 2012, 11:56:31 PM |
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US health care mandate (Obamacare) Politics & Society
I guess that depends on whether your not being comatose normally has a positive…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 30, 2012, 11:08:42 PM |
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"Book club" Politics & Society
Note to armchair economists, libertarians, etc.: if you can't get a handle on th…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 30, 2012, 10:28:30 PM |
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"Book club" Politics & Society
The Dominant Animal - Paul EhrlichThe Weather Makers - Tim FlanneryThe Wolf's To…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 30, 2012, 05:04:18 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
I think you're stretching the definition of "people" a bit far when you include…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 30, 2012, 04:58:26 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
It's a single axiom.Exactly. That's its problem.
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 29, 2012, 10:07:11 AM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
No person has the right to initiate force or fraud on another person. Don't hit,…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 28, 2012, 11:51:47 PM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
Yes, this things all concern me. This populace is incredibly ripe for totalitar…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 28, 2012, 10:44:41 PM |
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Guns Politics & Society
Guns by FirstAscent
If you permit guns for citizens, why don't you also give them the options to buy…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 28, 2012, 11:23:47 AM |
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Guns Politics & Society
Guns by FirstAscent
Poor countries have more crime - guns or not.In other words, Guns don't kill peo…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 28, 2012, 10:37:53 AM |
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Guns Politics & Society
Guns by FirstAscent
If that's really so, why don't we just stick with ethics then? It's plain simple…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 28, 2012, 10:02:55 AM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
The NAP only prohibits initiation of the use of force...How so?
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 27, 2012, 09:12:11 PM |
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Criticisms? Politics & Society
In addition to the fact that if you follow the strict law of NAP, then murder ca…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 27, 2012, 09:00:06 PM |
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Guns Politics & Society
Guns by FirstAscent
Poor countries have more crime - guns or not.In other words, Guns don't kill peo…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 27, 2012, 06:42:40 PM |
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The playbook that influenced how deniers view environmental science Politics & Society
Manipulation at the expense of science for the purpose of obfuscating.Yep, that'…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 27, 2012, 06:40:18 PM |
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Guns Politics & Society
Guns by FirstAscent
I bet with you that, if 20% of those people had guns in their homes, at least th…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 27, 2012, 11:36:53 AM |
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Guns Politics & Society
Guns by FirstAscent
What is mostly overlooked in the pro-gun argument is that people are just people…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 27, 2012, 10:34:20 AM |
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The playbook that influenced how deniers view environmental science Politics & Society
Most of its arguments are still true. LOLIn what way is it true or 'quite decent…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 27, 2012, 10:16:54 AM |
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The playbook that influenced how deniers view environmental science Politics & Society
http://junkscience.com/2012/06/22/hank-campbell-ipcc-gives-up-on-science-makes-g…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 27, 2012, 10:13:48 AM |
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The playbook that influenced how deniers view environmental science Politics & Society
Most of its arguments are still true. LOLIn what way is it true or 'quite decent…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 26, 2012, 10:34:27 PM |
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The playbook that influenced how deniers view environmental science Politics & Society
Oh, well I ran that through an OCR and it came out gibberish. I was just messing…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 26, 2012, 12:33:21 AM |
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The playbook that influenced how deniers view environmental science Politics & Society
The luntz institute needs to get a cleaner, safer scanner.Huh? Luntz is an indiv…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 26, 2012, 12:28:10 AM |
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The playbook that influenced how deniers view environmental science Politics & Society
This document was not necessarily intended for you. It was intended as a playboo…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 26, 2012, 12:09:46 AM |
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The playbook that influenced how deniers view environmental science Politics & Society
Page 138 is particularly illuminating.
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 26, 2012, 12:18:49 AM |
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The playbook that influenced how deniers view environmental science Politics & Society
On page 137 (page 7 of the PDF document):QuoteThe scientific debate remains open…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 26, 2012, 12:16:43 AM |
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Criticisms? Politics & Society
Explodicle,If you're going to quote me, then quote what I said, or say it yourse…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 25, 2012, 11:00:28 AM |
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Criticisms? Politics & Society
For someone who said he'd "largely ignore" me, he sure talks a lot, doesn't he?I…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 25, 2012, 10:52:40 AM |
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Criticisms? Politics & Society
In NAP-Land, nothing is illegal. For example, none of these are illegal:1. Murde…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 25, 2012, 01:32:01 AM |
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Criticisms? Politics & Society
Myrkull: You have stated that the defense agencies wont attack each other since…
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n/a | FirstAscent | June 24, 2012, 08:26:38 PM |
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