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| | Re: Those who cast the votes decide nothing.
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| (...) In what sense? (...) In what sense? (...) He has power, but no athourity. He lost the argument a long time time ago, and ever since has relied on "might-makes-right". MLK Jr: "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Ron Paul: idiot then, idiot now
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| <https://www.newswee...1584916232 Read here.> At a time when all non-idiots worldwide are taking action to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, a certain chorus of career idiots happily spreads false information to create the idiot illusion (...) (5 years ago, 23-Mar-20, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Jefferson on Copyright and Patent
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| Thomas Jefferson to Isaac McPherson 13 Aug. 1813Writings 13:333--35 (URL) It has been pretended by some, (and in England especially,) that inventors have a natural and exclusive right to their inventions, and not merely for their own lives, but (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Well....
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| Because I recently got into an extremely brief discussion with a good friend on Twitter (Hi Lar++), I've paused to consider my 'beliefs' (for lack of a better term). Starting here, oh so many years ago, I've had to re-evaluate my conceptions and (...) (5 years ago, 9-Jan-20, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The 1st....
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| (...) Seems pretty cut and dried to me. What rights did the posters purchase from the owner of the publishing venue (the owner of the privately owned BB)? Assuming the owner is in the US that's all that matters, posters nationality is irrelevant. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Detroit's woes, unaddressed by the Dems
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| (...) Yes, of course they do. And that's not always a bad thing except when it gets kinda rabidly slanted a particular way. I try to post stuff that is at least semi-objective from a huge variety of sources. Sure, some of it is just (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: More on Airport security.
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| (...) Larry, this is a stark example of how your Libertarianism takes ideas out of context. You have some idea that rights and risks adhere to individuals. But that is no longer the essential principle in our present context. Rights have already (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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| (...) Yup. And some kind of licensing and proof of insurance will probably be part of that security. Incidentally, were I to be a road owner, one thing I would insist on is that drivers be insured in addition to vehicles. The vehicle isn't (usually) (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| rights, property (score: 0.862) |
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| | Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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| (...) Arguably, no. Not on a rights based calculus. But see Friedman (1) who argues that rights based calculus breaks down at the edges (asserting your right not to ingest one molecule of extra CO2 due to a car near but not on your property is a bit (...) (23 years ago, 8-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Misleader and the Gay Apocalypse
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| First just go and see it: (URL) A Band of Brothers: The Rebuilding of Iraq (URL) Recent estimates now put the final figure somewhere between $200 billion to as much as half a trillion dollars over the next ten years. America's Iraq-sticker-shock may (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| rights, property (score: 0.862) |