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Attacking him on such a trivial point does absolutely nothing to refute anything he said. And the Permanent People's Tribunal? They may not be communists, but they're damn sure anti-capitalists... Do the research yourself.

My position is that free, democratic countries have the right to arm themselves to the teeth to defend against attack by dictatorships. It's not just about Israel. I also believe that Turkey and India have the right to arm themselves, as well. It's the same principle as allowing law abiding...

The explanation was that they were planning a war, and couldn't open up the bid to the public without compromising security. That, combined with the fact that the company had already done the same job in Kuwait back in 1991 makes it less dodgy.

Give violent revolution a chance...

Meaning that you don't decide the issues by referring to any underlying ethical principles?

Yes, socialism is a means of dividing up wealth. It assumes that the wealth will be there regardless, and that the only question is how it should be distributed. What it neglects to consider is that wealth has to be created, and that the driving force behind the creation of wealth is the...

Yes, thanks Luis. That's what I was intending. :)

Maybe it's like The People's Court with Judge Wapner...

Oh, yeah... I was going to include this picture that shows where I fall on that grid, and what happens when you rotate it right. By that measure, I'm as far to the right as one can get...

OLI had said at one time that perhaps we should have a discussion of terms and sort out how we're using right-wing vs left-wing. The terms are probably too tainted by common misuse to be untangled at this point, but I will attempt to explain how I see the spectrum. Some people favor a...

I guess I'm not really sure what the EU is supposed to be. On the one hand, it seems like they're inching piecemeal towards forming a single country, but on the other hand, there's a lot of resistance to giving up individual sovereignity. That was a problem for the original 13 colonies over...

I put them with their explicit philosophy. Stalin and Mao are communists. Hitler is a Nazi, and Mussonlini is a fascist. Obviously, there were additional psychological factors that allowed them to murder millions of people and still sleep at night. Their philosophy was what they said it was...

Reasons why slavery isn't practical: 1) To keep people enslaved one must keep them ignorant. Ignorant people are less productive than intelligent people. 2) Slaves do not benefit from their productivity, so they are motivated to do as little work as they can get away with. 3) The ruling...

Meteor shower... those are cool. I've seen a couple of them too. The solar eclipse I remember was when I was very young. Obviously, I didn't look directly at it, but I remember it happening and people talking about it. The lunar eclipse I've seen happened a few years back. It was pretty...

You're really wasting your time with that one, PT. :eh:

You didn't rehash my thoughts, you explained your take on what I was saying. It's a lot more helpful than making cryptic statements that leave me wondering, "now what the heck does he mean by that?" Pretty far, actually. Let me say it one more time: I don't believe that individual rights...

Only an eclipse. I've seen the effects of tornadoes pretty soon after they came through, but didn't see the tornado itself. I notice you didn't put hurricane on the list... I've seen plenty of them. :)

Not even close. You should try it. This is all I was asking for, just a little more explanation to make your point clear, so I don't have to guess at what you mean. They are leftists because they believe that individual rights must be sacrificed for society. No, by my...

You're absolutely right, because it's not going anywhere. I'm writing two or three paragraphs of arguments explaining my position, while you keep coming back with your one- or two-line responses, basically repeating what you've already said. You're not interested in gaining a better...

Shows what I know... Are there two houses of parliament, or just one? Is there an executive branch? I honestly don't blame people in the UK for being hesitant. I wouldn't want to tie my country's future to the whims of the French and Germans.