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Originally posted by Chrawnus View PostThat wasn't my argument. My argument was that if you're going to argue that the feeling of the individual should trump societal norms you will have to base the argument on something other than the supposed fact that societal norms are constructed while individual norms are not, because the individual norms can and are clearly constructed to some degree. No one is born with fully formed proclivities.
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Originally posted by Chrawnus View Post
I never said that the infant was not born with certain inclinations, I said that these inclinations are not fully formed, which means that they can be nurtured towards certain directions. To take an example, an inclination towards being compassionate and empathetic for example can clearly be nurtured so it expresses itself in forms that are appropriate for either gender role
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Originally posted by Psychic Missile View PostIf someone had body integrity identity disorder, their brain is not in working order."It's evolution; every time you invent something fool-proof, the world invents a better fool."
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"Preach the gospel, and if necessary use words." - Most likely St.Francis
I find that evolution is the best proof of God.
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Originally posted by Irate Canadian View PostOkay.... So why not fix the brain?The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Adrift View PostThis is probably a bad time to mention that I went through a short phase of occasionally wearing black lipstick, eyeliner, and nail polish to the clubs.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by firstfloor View PostThey do not steal from you that which does not belong to you in the first place.
Originally posted by firstfloor View PostYou are free to argue with the Inland Revenue service over the amount you owe
Originally posted by firstfloor View Postbut why would you think that citizenship and all that goes with it is free.
Originally posted by firstfloor View PostYour birth certificate means “we own you and we reserve the right to milk you like a farmer milks a cow”.My Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0719RS8BK
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Originally posted by firstfloor View PostThe immediate discussion was about personal autonomy; something babies don’t have – hence the description. How you manage to connect that to kidnapping and murder is anyone’s guess.My Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0719RS8BK
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Originally posted by RumTumTugger View Postif I recall FF is in England or one of her Colonies. you know the country we rebelled against here in the united States because they thought they owned us? is it any wonder he does not understand our right to voice displeasure of the government who is supposed to be OUR servant not the other way around
Then again, I live in the UK, which, despite being one of the more economically free nations in Europe still has insane levels of taxation, 'public services' and government spending. As bad as things are in the US, it ain't as bad as it is in Europe... at least, not yet anyway. We have a VAT of 17.5%, top tax rates of 50%, corporate tax rates of 35%, we're in debt by Ł1.7 trillion, splurging money on the NHS, benefits, and other hand outs, handing out money to EU member states and foreign nations, funding military operations overseas, and yet our government can't seem to figure out what it is doing wrong.
My solution for fixing the economy:- Get the government out of banking, business, healthcare, etc.
- Fully privatise the markets.
- All voluntary interactions between consenting people be made legal.
- Anything that does violate human rights be made legal.
- Withdraw from all military conflicts overseas, and withdraw from international organisations such as the EU, IMF, World Bank, NATO, the UN, etc.
- Halt all foreign aid spending in toto.
- Make massive cuts to public spending.
- Make it easier for people to migrate legitimately, especially for work visas.
All of these things will vastly improve the socio-economic conditions of any country they are implemented in. Unfortunately, we live in a day and age of blind obedience to the state, and a heavy addiction to statist policies such as Keynesianism, socialism, and fascism. We do not have Austrian economics, capitalism, or libertarianism, and that is why our nations are going down the toilet socially and economically.My Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0719RS8BK
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The irony, when you find this in the Bible:
1 Samuel 8:10-18
10 So Samuel spoke all the words of the Lord to the people who had asked of him a king. 11 He said, “This will be the procedure of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and place them for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots. 12 He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and of fifties, and some to do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. 13 He will also take your daughters for perfumers and cooks and bakers. 14 He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves and give them to his servants. 15 He will take a tenth of your seed and of your vineyards and give to his officers and to his servants. 16 He will also take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and use them for his work. 17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants. 18 Then you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”
Sounds a LOT like what you're describing.The fact that science cannot make any pronouncement about ethical principles has been misinterpreted as indicating that there are no such principles; while in fact the search for truth presupposes ethics. - Karl Popper, 1987
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Originally posted by Dante View PostThe irony, when you find this in the Bible:
1 Samuel 8:10-18
10 So Samuel spoke all the words of the Lord to the people who had asked of him a king. 11 He said, “This will be the procedure of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and place them for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots. 12 He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and of fifties, and some to do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. 13 He will also take your daughters for perfumers and cooks and bakers. 14 He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves and give them to his servants. 15 He will take a tenth of your seed and of your vineyards and give to his officers and to his servants. 16 He will also take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and use them for his work. 17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants. 18 Then you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”
Sounds a LOT like what you're describing.My Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0719RS8BK
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Originally posted by Rational Gaze View PostI think it is God leaving us to our mess... that is, until the day of judgment, of course. Because that is when God will sort EVERYTHING out.“I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.” ― Oscar Wilde
“And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence” ― Bertrand Russell
“not all there” - you know who you are
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Originally posted by firstfloor View PostThe day of judgement is the day we human beings stop what we are doing to judge ourselves. It is the day we realise that we are God and god is stupid and suicidal.My Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0719RS8BK
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Originally posted by Rational Gaze View PostIf humans are god, then, yes, you're right. We humans are stupid, as evidenced by your comments here.Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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