AndrewRyan
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About AndrewRyan
- Birthday 06/12/1988
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Indiana
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Purdue University
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The March on Washington (9/12 Project)
AndrewRyan replied to a topic in Domestic United States Politics
That's unfortunate when there are so many better targets. -
Objectivism and circumcision?
AndrewRyan replied to slacker00's topic in Questions about Objectivism
Where do you draw this relationship between uncircumcised males and their bathing habits? In what case has genital sensitivity ever prevented effective washing and caused negative effects? I can assert with some certainty that washing the glans with soap and water is nothing like sandpaper. -
Objectivism and circumcision?
AndrewRyan replied to slacker00's topic in Questions about Objectivism
Foreskin and the clitoris are not useless bits of extra skin. I'm not advocating rights of children, I'm advocating individual rights. Nobody has the right to mutilate or torture someone else, regardless of what society thinks or what rituals may be practised. -
Objectivism and circumcision?
AndrewRyan replied to slacker00's topic in Questions about Objectivism
Please do not compare circumsicion to piercings. Piercings do not remove almost have the nerves of the ears. Boys end up with less feeling in their penis, but I guess that's not traumatising. It's only a minor issue if you feel parents have the right to mutilate their children for aesthetic reasons. -
Objectivism and circumcision?
AndrewRyan replied to slacker00's topic in Questions about Objectivism
How is this subject still going on? I don't understand how anyone could argue for genital mutilation. -
Objectivism and circumcision?
AndrewRyan replied to slacker00's topic in Questions about Objectivism
What possible rational reason could exist for forced mutilation on another human?? -
I'm Feeling Randy... Ayn Randy That Is
AndrewRyan replied to TickledPink's topic in Introductions and Personal Notes
Welcome. If you don't mind, where did you study? -
So you're one of those people that use force to violate other's property rights.
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Fox News is a far better source than any other news channel. Plus it has more viewers than all the others combined. At least those watching are getting a daily dose of reason.
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Not all of the media thinks Obamedicine is good. There are a lot of conservative commentators that speak out against this plan everyday.
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"The Betrayal of Ayn Rand"
AndrewRyan replied to FreeObjectivist's topic in Intellectuals and the Media
How do you know other Objectivists are not busy spreading their ideals? That seems to be the point you make, and yet I can only wonder what you have done besides writing this letter. -
While it's true that America was founded on individual rights, I believe that the "American way" now means something closer to a Christian welfare state, ie. God and Country slogans. If the people of the US return to those foundations of individual rights, then I will swiftly embrace the "American way."
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Question from a beginner
AndrewRyan replied to dollardoctrinaire's topic in Questions about Objectivism
Your style of writing suggests sarcasm/satire. -
Your first statement is debatable. Communism would eventually have collapsed regardless of Reagan or Thatcher. They clearly did not save western civilization from mystics since mysticism is still a large part of modern politics. Western civilization must be in favor of capitalism...that's why we have an increase in welfare statism in the west. I am also against an indefinite preservation af the "American way of life." I hope to see the day when it is replaced by a "way of life" that respects individual rights.
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Question from a beginner
AndrewRyan replied to dollardoctrinaire's topic in Questions about Objectivism
Workers can make unions if they want, as individuals they have freedom of association. Employers can fire them and have the police escort them off the property, as individuals they have property rights.