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  3. Stripping / Strippers

    in Ethics

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    I can't know by what standards you would decide what is and what isn't immoral, so I can't tell you what's wrong with it by those standards.

    There are rare circumstances where prostitution can be moral Jake Ellison. I don't know if I would still call it "prostitution" though.

  7. Health Care

    in Political Philosophy

    Posted · Edited by dadmonson

    Yes, and to emphasize your point, the situation is even more absurd. The government, acting like a mob boss, forces you to give them money at the point of a gun, and then when you try to get it back by using some of it to become a Doctor, they say: "And now you owe us".

    The people who live on welfare "owe us" but do they pay us back, NO.

  12. What kind of music do you enjoy?

    in Music

    Posted · Edited by dadmonson

    Throughout my life I have enjoyed music from the following artists;, Linkin Park, Tamia, Babyface, After 7, All 4 One, Boyz II Men, Creed, Ronnie Dyson, Shai, Joe Cocker, Do Or Die, Jesse Powell, Justin Timberlake, Journey, Tevin Campbell, Mariah Carey, Whitesnake, Whitney Houston, Bone Thugz N Harmony, Twista, Michael Jackson, Evanescence and I enjoyed the Lion King soundtrack, lol. Those are just the artists that I can name off the top of my head, but there are more that I have listened to and enjoyed. If I like the song it doesn't matter to me what genre it is.

  17. Penn Jillette on Larry King

    in Intellectuals and the Media

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    He could have laid out a stronger argument, obviously, but I think that it would have been very difficult in that venue to do so. You simply don't know how much time you are going to get.

    He made the point that one man can't think for 300 million people. He has enough trouble making decisions for his own life. Those are strong points, I would say. Granted, it wasn't a philosophical defense of rights, which is very hard to make for anyone on a program like that. I mean, if you want a full philosophical defense of rights then a book is the best source.

    True, but you shouldn't start with "I think..." when you want to sound authoritative for a debate. You obviously want to state your point like it is a fact not an opinion.

    Also did Larry King not learn anything from Ron Paul back in January?...

    This segment was never aired...I wonder why?

  20. what was communism like in Russia?

    in Political Philosophy

    Posted · Edited by dadmonson

    So I go to my doctor who happens to be russian. I sit there in the waiting room which is full of Russian speaking patients (A russian Doc would attract similar language speaking patients) I'm sittin next to this russian guy and he tries to explain to me how much better Russia was under communism. he actually takes out a pen and paper and shows me "I made 200 a month, rent was 20 a month, bread was .75 etc vacation was a full month rather than two weeks etc. I was incredulous, I mean, like, what on earth did he do with all the rest of his money? its not like he would be allowed to buy a bigger house or start a business with all that extra cash... what do you think?

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    Thanks for asking this question Marty. I'm going to show this to my economics professor. He use to be the Ambassador of Moldova and was born and raised in Russia, but he is very much against communism now.

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