druglessdouglas
Holofractale de l'hypervérité
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everyone knows it should be Scotland that rules the world
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restin a dit:Psychoid a dit:it's quitting time for me (I'm quitting tobacco and cannabis at the same time)
Hell, I wish you good luck with that! I once didn't do them for 5 days and I had a hard withdrawal depression :?
All the best with that.
GOD a dit:Good luck with giving up tobaco and cannabis Psychoid . Doing both at once is brave . I wish you strength and hope you suceed .
restin a dit:I hope drumcircle is still alive!??
st.bot.32 a dit:Hi Ellis,
A lot of us are pretty sensitive about this topic, and obviously it can lead to inflated, almost partisan opinions where people unfairly assume if you have a certain stance on one thing then you must believe this and this and this as well. This is the problem with these things... and is why I believe in separating people from politics as much as possible.
Anyway while I don't agree with a lot of America's current policies, I certainly don't hate the country. It is a beautiful country I have enjoyed visiting when I can, and I have likewise met many wonderful and beautiful people I respect in the States. So welcome to the forum.. and have a good trip.
EllisDee a dit:I believe in extremely limited government, and the right of the individual to express/achieve on thier own.
Forkbender a dit:EllisDee a dit:I believe in extremely limited government, and the right of the individual to express/achieve on thier own.
Me too. What I haven't agreed with up until now, however is your statements contradict. How can you be the biggest boy (having the biggest army) and have a minimal government? Wouldn't this be a dangerous situation where the biggest boy wants to go out and play, while the government isn't strong enough to keep him in? And how can you, as an individual, express yourself if there is no form of social network (not based on monetary relationships like in capitalism)? Wouldn't a strong basis of education/health care/food/housing for all be the best way to give everybody the best opportunities to express themselves and achieve? There are more shades between capitalism and socialism than you imagine here, don't you think? Furthermore, it is an historical fact that capitalism can only exist in a strong state with heavy regulation and legislation. How do you connect capitalism to a minimal state?
Just asking for some clarification...
EllisDee a dit:(In the USA, there are a few 'right to carry' states. They have the least violent crime. So it has a big deterrent incentive.)
So you think that the only way to solve a conflict is to threaten the other with a gun?EllisDee a dit:Let me ask you one. If there were no guns, and no military, how would you deal with an aggressive/violent neighbor?
If by that you mean free health care to everyone, we have that here and it's working perfectly.EllisDee a dit:'universal' health care doesn't seem to work, either.
Psychoid a dit:EllisDee a dit:(In the USA, there are a few 'right to carry' states. They have the least violent crime. So it has a big deterrent incentive.)
???
Because of that "right to carry", USA is the country with the most murders by firearms, with, if I remember well, is over 10 times that of Canada (wasn't it even more? at least I know the difference was incredible).
Less violent crimes, maybe, but crimes are more violent, more often resulting in death.
So you think that the only way to solve a conflict is to threaten the other with a gun?EllisDee a dit:Let me ask you one. If there were no guns, and no military, how would you deal with an aggressive/violent neighbor?