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Points: 34550 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2010 at 17:25
Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

this thread is haunting the PA - what exactly is it about?


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It was about libertarian debate, now just random banter with occasional rages about the guvment, usually in article form


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Points: 7971 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2010 at 17:40
LOL, guvernmeant hacking mah freedums. >:(
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Points: 34550 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2010 at 17:42
Its funny I remember reading something about how its no surprise that more people today are open to libertarianism due to the internet.

The very nature of the internet is libertarian so our generation that has grown up with it, the notion is like ingrained in us. Something like that.

It's an intriguing point though obviously there's much more to it than that.


INB4 the libertarians make some point about how this is wrong while still saying basically what I just did LOL


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Points: 8368 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2010 at 11:05
Personally, I find it amazing that a country like North Korea can commit an act of war against its neighbor, and all that happens is a bunch of meetings and impotent bluster. World War I was fought over less. Half a century ago, they would been reduced to a smoldering pile of ash for such an attack. But in this modern world of tolerance and compassion, no one has the belly for a good fight anymore, and so we're just going to keep letting bullies bully. I don't want the U.S. to get involved, but if I were a South Korean I'd be pretty damn bloodthirsty about it.
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Points: 13627 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2010 at 13:26
Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

Personally, I find it amazing that a country like North Korea can commit an act of war against its neighbor, and all that happens is a bunch of meetings and impotent bluster. World War I was fought over less. Half a century ago, they would been reduced to a smoldering pile of ash for such an attack. But in this modern world of tolerance and compassion, no one has the belly for a good fight anymore, and so we're just going to keep letting bullies bully. I don't want the U.S. to get involved, but if I were a South Korean I'd be pretty damn bloodthirsty about it.


And thank God that's the case. The overwhelming majority of casualties in war are innocent of any politics or the causes of the conflict.

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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2010 at 16:27
Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

this thread is haunting the PA - what exactly is it about?

We could tell you but we'd have to kill you. Wink
Yeah maybe I've overused that line but if you are going to stop me, well you know...Tongue


Edited by Slartibartfast - November 28 2010 at 16:29
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-government-seizes-bittorrent-search-engine-domain-and-more-101126/

I'm more concerned with the government's war on the internet than anything in Korea.  Might just be me but I find the US government a greater threat to my liberty right now than the North Korean government.


So much for using torrents for downloading Linux distributions.
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Points: 15784 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2010 at 22:06
Originally posted by CCVP CCVP wrote:

LOL, guvernmeant hacking mah freedums. >:(

Great input bro
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2010 at 12:38
This is a few months old but I just saw it. These are the kinds of people that sometimes make me doubt of my commitment to liberty. Actually, I'm glad she's free to be as repulsive as she is. 
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Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

This is a few months old but I just saw it. These are the kinds of people that sometimes make me doubt of my commitment to liberty. Actually, I'm glad she's free to be as repulsive as she is. 


Wow. Just wow.

It's nice to see that the private sector seems to be giving her plenty of public humiliation. I'm a big believer in social pressure as a motivational tool.
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Points: 15784 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2010 at 12:51
Social ostracizing is much more effective than legal punishment. 
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So, she expects OUR taxes to support the Spanish government!

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/spanish-woman-ownership-sun/
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Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

So, she expects OUR taxes to support the Spanish government!

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/spanish-woman-ownership-sun/
 
 
If she personally goes there and plants her flag on it I'll recognize her ownership.


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Points: 15784 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2010 at 07:33
Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

So, she expects OUR taxes to support the Spanish government!

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/spanish-woman-ownership-sun/
 
 
If she personally goes there and plants her flag on it I'll recognize her ownership.


I agree, but I will not pay to look at because I believe I have homesteaded the use of the lights rays long before she gets to the surface and plants her flag.
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2010 at 08:55
Billing people is easy - collecting is another matter.

Maybe she could threaten to shut down the stellar fusion reaction if we don't pay up.
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Points: 32524 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2010 at 09:03
Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

Billing people is easy - collecting is another matter.

Maybe she could threaten to shut down the stellar fusion reaction if we don't pay up.


Unfortunately, she'd probably make a fortune just because a lot of people buy into intimidation (or are just stupid).
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Points: 32524 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2010 at 09:11
I really need to stop reading the comments on articles featured on Yahoo.  It just reminds me what a bunch of loud-mouthed ignoramuses populate this country.  So depressing. Thumbs Down
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

I really need to stop reading the comments on articles featured on Yahoo.  It just reminds me what a bunch of loud-mouthed ignoramuses populate this country.  So depressing. Thumbs Down

Some of them can be funny (because they're so terrible), but yeah in most cases they're just awful.  That goes for pretty much any comment section of any article on the internet.
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Points: 15784 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2010 at 09:53
Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

Billing people is easy - collecting is another matter.

Maybe she could threaten to shut down the stellar fusion reaction if we don't pay up.


Or pull a Mr. Burns on us.
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Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

Billing people is easy - collecting is another matter.

Maybe she could threaten to shut down the stellar fusion reaction if we don't pay up.


Or pull a Mr. Burns on us.

Mother Nature is pulling a Mr. Burns on us today, apparently.  Unhappy
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