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Dan@NASA

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  1. Saying Objectivist grace is fun.

    "I thank me for this food. I worked hard for it. That will make it taste all the better. Thanks, me." :)

    The temple of Man looks neat - but the inside should be comfortable. A place where you can enjoy the simple, monkey pleasures of life. That's what I think of museums as

    - Temples of Man. A sacred hall of the works of Man, be they the Smithsonian or the Louvre. You could have your vows renewed at one - most have a reception area. Just get a justice of the peace, and you're set.

  2. He was given the highest award possible to a non-german citizen by Hitler's govt., the imperial flying cross of the eagle, or some such monkeyshines. He might have been a great industrialist, I can give credit where it's due - but don't expect me to buy a ford. The guy was a nazi. I feel bad enough about buying gas from arabia. Oh, and the elders of zion thing was agitprop.

  3. I'm down in Hampton Roads, VA - near VA Beach and Norfolk. We have a local radio guy named Tony Macrini who's an objectivist, check out WNIS.com and listen for free from 6 -10 am eastern live. Does anyone else have a local media outlet with objectivist views that canbe accesed over the net?

  4. I think that, by my actions, I do ascribe to that. I don't care what other people do. As for me, there's got to be some connection. Come to think of it, the last time I dragged a random home was some years ago, and it didn't go all the way. Namely because she was really dumb - which was really unattractive. Not a value worth having.

    The question is whether or not a rational person ought to pursue sex divorced from psychological meaning rather then if someone is harmed by it. If the pleasure of the physical act is worthy of pursuit as opposed to pursuing someone for more serious values they possess.
    I don't think that I could, when it comes down to brass tax. But there's a time and a place for everything, and it's called 'high school'. :)

    Better would be to phrase it "if my soul mate standard is 100% (of my fundamental values), what is the cut-off percentage for moral/integrated sex? 100%, 99.999999%, 80%, 50%, etc?" Even if you replace the abstract numbers with the Dom/Dag/Cath example, I still do not see the answer to the argument.

    How deep does the love relationship have to be, dating for a month? Two months? Engaged, Married? Some of Dagny Taggart's sexcapades weren't exactly Objectivist. How do you quantify passion?

  5. I think it would be wise for the administration to announce publicly the purpose and results of such strikes, rather than let them be reported by the BBC as if they were supposed to be a secret.
    It's war - loose lips sink ships. The terrorists have satellite tv and the internet, makes for great intel.

    "All your base are belong to us."

    -Ethiopia, on Islamic Courts Union

    Props to Ethiopia, I'll never make a joke about them again. They showed the ICU who's boss. Nice Job.

    The Al-Qaeda dudes who got lit up by a C-130 = pwned.

  6. Judaism largely recognizes good life and happiness to be the aim of man, and while Jewish politics for the nation of Israel is or can be downright despotic and barbarian, it has little to say about land outside of Israel.

    Happening to be one (I identify as one way more culturally than religiously, as I haven't been to Synogauge since my Rabbi asked me to vote for Gore - but lighting the Menorah is fun, since I'm a pyro - and latkes are tasty), It always did seem the most rational of the irrational. Probably because of it's close proximity to Greek ideals during the Hellenistic ages. Most of the last 3 books of the pentateuch are old tribal law - it made sense for pork to be unkosher, since they didn't know what trichina worms were - they just knew that it wasn't clean, and sometimes people ate it and died. Shellfish like wise, as shellfish allergies are common and scientific knowledge of allergies wasn't when those laws were put down.

    My beef with Islam comes with the idea of it being a collectivist school of thought devoted to oppressive, irrational rules (sharia law). And the fact that some of them want to wipe Israel off the map and conquer the world. I don't think that's all muslims - especially those that have come to the America or Europe to get away from sharia - but look at the demographics of Europe's birth rates with the middle east. There's a lot of ground for the seeds of resentment towards the rest fo the world to grow in.

  7. Offhand - I don't see a moral clash if it's two consenting adults, it's their bodies and the ones having meaninglelss sex, by their actions, consent to all risks involved. Depends on what you value, your safety or your need for gratification. In practice, I prefer to get to know someone, to see if they're a value worth having - if I can't stand to hear her open her mouth :) then she's not worth the hassle. Unfortunately, most of the time, it has usually meant more to me.

    The correct approach is to find the best woman that you can. That might be a prostitute. Though if someone told me that, I would suspect that they were lying to me or themselves or a very bad person.
    Perhaps they just work 60 hours a week and don't get out much? :lol:

    If, for example, I were to masterbate while fantasizing about billy goats, my feelings toward them would change over time.
    :lol::lol:

    BTW, Hi everyone. Glad I found this forum.

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