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Dean
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Posted: September 08 2012 at 11:47 | |||
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Dean
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Posted: September 08 2012 at 11:51 | |||
When kids have to check their firearms in at the reception desk each morning I think you're in trouble.
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JJLehto
Prog Reviewer Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
Posted: September 09 2012 at 13:59 | |||
I am still pretty upset to see, not just here but the internet and life in general, the dedication to party politics.
Maybe both parties suck but the GOP gets off generally while the Dems and Obama are the anti christ. Like so many libertarians are caving to go Romney just because "cant let Bama win" I still fail to see how he/Dems are THAT much worse? Republicans want to conquer the world, support the Fed/corporatism. Wubya's administration was so big government it was disgusting. All their tax cuts only help the best off still. I'm just a little peeved the Dems are still viewed as that bad, and people think Republican mainstream is gunna change. rant over |
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The T
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: September 09 2012 at 14:02 | |||
^You could have inverted the names of the parties in your rant and it would still be true. Thus proving your point.
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Equality 7-2521
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 11 2005 Location: Philly Status: Offline Points: 15784 |
Posted: September 09 2012 at 21:49 | |||
I think it speaks to American short sightedness in general that places a marginal immediate victory over a substantial potential future victory. |
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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horsewithteeth11
Prog Reviewer Joined: January 09 2008 Location: Kentucky Status: Offline Points: 24598 |
Posted: September 24 2012 at 20:00 | |||
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The T
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Posted: September 24 2012 at 22:19 | |||
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Epignosis
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32550 |
Posted: September 24 2012 at 22:20 | |||
So be it? |
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The T
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Posted: September 24 2012 at 22:38 | |||
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Epignosis
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32550 |
Posted: September 24 2012 at 22:39 | |||
Let the GOP learn their lesson. Let the American people learn theirs. I am ambivalent. Let us learn our doom. Edited by Epignosis - September 26 2012 at 06:33 |
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Dean
Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: September 26 2012 at 04:47 | |||
Q: Is having a single official national language a Libertarian issue?
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The T
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: September 26 2012 at 08:04 | |||
I tried to post yesterday a link to an article with some good arguments against making English (in the US case) the official language. Sadly I failed to be able to post it. I have ways thought that it is good if the people in a country have a common language (regardless of how many secondary languages there might be) but the answer is not definitive. Obviously, I always knew that the libertarian view should be one of freedom in language too, without any sort of obligation to learn or speak anything. I have never fully agreed with that.
Let's see if it works now (Curiously, there is a paragraph in that article mentioning a cost-benefit analysis that might drive another member of PA crazy ) Edited by The T - September 26 2012 at 08:06 |
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thellama73
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Posted: September 26 2012 at 08:08 | |||
I don't think it is, but here are my feelings on the matter. I have no interest in telling people what language they must or mustn't speak, but I think having a single language for official government business (of which there should be as little as possible) is a good idea. It is ridiculous to attempt to make every form, every document, every public speech, ever road sign, etc. understandable by a dozen different languages. Speak whatever you like at home, but if you want to run for office, apply for welfare, or sign up for the military, you should at least have enough of a knowledge of the local language to fill out the forms without a translator. |
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Dean
Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: September 26 2012 at 08:15 | |||
Yeah, I did manage to read that from the links in the email notifications, but that isn't the question I asked (as fun as it is to plough through a 5,000 word essay on a subject that has no direct consequences for me). I can see for and against agruments from my preception of a libertarian perspective so I was interested in an actual libertarian perspective.
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The T
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Posted: September 26 2012 at 08:17 | |||
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Dean
Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: September 26 2012 at 08:21 | |||
Of course banning other languages can never be ruled-out as a possibility, given that it has happened before, but as I understand it no one is proposing that under a single national language system.
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Equality 7-2521
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 11 2005 Location: Philly Status: Offline Points: 15784 |
Posted: September 26 2012 at 14:42 | |||
It should be a major issue if it is. Having a government use one
language for their original documents makes sense. Anything more
stringent than that will be as asinine and effective as a prohibition of
any other good.
FYI: I moved and don't have internet yet. I should be back posting my inane thoughts in a few days. |
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Epignosis
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32550 |
Posted: September 27 2012 at 16:39 | |||
All languages should have a battle until only one remains.
There can be only one. |
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Dean
Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: September 27 2012 at 17:06 | |||
Oh, right. Better start learning Mandarin then.
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The T
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Posted: September 27 2012 at 20:47 | |||
False. Castillian Spanish has the healthiest birth rate.
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