FrolicsomeQuipster

Dutchy here, though in our latest election I voted libertarian, as of yet I don't get any serious anarchist vibes from the ones over here.

Gifted unfairly? Edit: I really like the looks of the city.

I think The Candle Makers Petition of Frédéric Bastiat could easily be turned into a children book.

Nice. On the radio show Just Right I've heard about another idea for a "Its a wonderful life" spin off but which hasn't to my knowledge been worked out yet. A revision of the original story one the protagonist gets a vision of what his life could have been if he didn't sacrifice himself and didn't give up on his dreams. I'd love to see that one worked out.

Side note, why doesn't the Wiki article on Epistemology have any references to the Objectivist theory?

Daniel, if the first responsibility of a government is self defense how would wars and the way they are fought not be one of the most important things? Its not that libertarians lack interest in philosophy as such, its that they specifically don't agree that the way that you achieve a conclusion is part of the conclusion. Without the reasoning behind why one should support free markets you get governments cracking down on the bigger companies in the name of competition. Without the reason behind general nonaggression you get a military that is held back until the enemy crosses your border or fires its first missile.

If this ever passes I'll seriously start looking into the logistics for building an underwater city.

There's people who believe in a proper stacking order. http://www.myjewishlearning.com/texts/About_Jewish_Texts/Jewish_Books.shtml Some would even go so far as to give special treatments to things containing G--t's name. http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/475304/jewish/Proper-Disposal-of-Holy-Objects.htm

How about we extend some leniency both ways, so if the mother dies during childbirth the baby can't be accused of manslaughter.

Just more reasons to look forward to cloning vats that can create healthier babies then female bellies can.

This looks like one of those legal issues that make me glad I'm not a lawyer. And what if the thing that's stolen is an organ?

I think undue sympathy for animals is a bigger problem and can often be a sign of antisocial behavior. I've heard even Objectivist "animal lovers" proclaim at least the urge to violently violate the rights of those who treat animals badly. The amount of psychopaths who start out on small animals is in my opinion insignificant compared to the masses pushing for animal rights and the loony vegans who subject their children to malnutrition. Only when an animal can be classified as "cute" do I ever start to feel any sort of empathy, most of the time I prefer plants. Intrusive insects I outright hate and hostile microscopic live doesn't even get far enough trough my filters to even register for feelings of animosity. And then there's the exception for vermin regardless of their cute status. Really whenever I think about feelings of empathy for animals its only either companion animals or useful ones that where I can agree with the idea. And as I've already excluded whole genera, animals may be to broad a term, maybe "large mammals" would be better.

*Joke about extreme cost cutting measures*

Places with anti gun laws have more knife crime. And everyone who colt made equal would not helped by carrying around a sword.

*Picture of Obama pointing at his shit* Caption: You didn't poop that.

Personally I thought that Mass Effect's mechanic was one of the worst ones cause just being somewhat rude got you Renegade while being polite got you Paragon. As if etiquette is part of morality. I do like the idea of a system where previous choices determine future options. Maybe in a game with fable like time-skips where if you were a total Toohey as a kid you don't get the choice to keep certain treasures to yourself if people ask you to share.

Lots of video games have a karma bar where being generally nice for a while can make up for burning down an orphanage. Now there may be some Mumbojumboists who are perfectly fine with that but I'm guessing most of you aren't. How do you play them? I used to find it a lot easier on the nerves to go with a generally super jebus path where my character sometimes ends up frigging glowing. If I did try out the bad road I'd turn down the sound so I wouldn't have to hear everyone wailing about it. But lately I've been finding it easier to stomp on fictional characters that talk back to me the same way I'd used to build death-coasters in roller coaster tycoon. If only Sith deal in absolutes and Objectivists only deal in absolutes, then hello fellow dark knights!

Lets start a secret club of our own! Our instruction pamphlet could be "Protocols of the Elders of Freedom".

A government should hold a monopoly on the retaliatory use of force and that monopoly is not an initiation of force in itself its the individuals who it retaliates against that initiate force. The only reason I can see why you'd want a different service holding a monopoly on retaliatory force would be if you'd also want them to initiate it. Go ahead and start a preventative business if you want though.

This thread made me wonder, will the Bioshock after Infinite feature an underground city?

http://www.zdnetasia.com/south-korea-to-ban-trade-of-online-game-items-62305112.htm Hello SK the North called, they want their great leader back.

Could it be a solution to set up a bounty system for catching the people uploading pirated content?

Maybe they did find a waiter while they went outside and paid them?

Unless it has the face of a dead communist on it or something like that I only really care if it's comfy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzS5rSvZXe8&feature=relmfu Mike Mozart may be a large ham and I think may be overacting but I'd like to know if what he's saying about the prisons is true.