Thought experiment. Two tribes, the northern herders and the southern herders. The northern herders, the collectivists, agree to live according to the common good, such that no man would starve in time of plenty. The southern herders, the individualists, agree to live according to individual rights. A man may go hungry in the south, but all community action is voluntary on principle. Is there any sensible way in which one tribe can be called more moral than the other? Is there some metamorality by which we can make sense of this?
Isn't that more fairness than moral. There is two "types" of fairness with fancy names that I don't remember right now. Examples: Mother asks children A and B to mow the lawn. A can't be bothered, he plays video games instead, B mows the lawn. At tea time only child B gets a piece of the pudding, A gets mad and says "that's not fair" mother replies that B mowed the lawn so it's only fair that he gets pudding and A do not. Mother asks children A and B to mow the lawn. A can't be bothered, he plays video games instead, B mows the lawn. At tea time both children get's an equal piece of the pudding, B gets mad and says "that's not fair, I mowed the lawn", mother replies that it's unfair not to give both her children the same amount of pudding. Both are valid examples of fairness, the right tend to lean towards the first example and the left towards the second. |
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A well regulated milita does not require full auto weapons.
Who the fuck is arguing for full auto weapons in the civilian population ?! No sane person I know. That's who. Agreed. No civilian gun owner I know wants or cares about full auto. In fact it is a liability. Another thing, if that mentally unstable kid had gone into the Parkland school with a handgun instead of an AR-15, the outcome would have been exactly the same. The rifle did him no favors. He would have been shooting from the exact same near point-blank distances, and with a hand gun would have killed just as many former classmates if not more. But of course, the AR-15 rifle now gets all the blame and calls for ban. I guess if he had gone in with a samurai sword instead they would be wanting to ban those? Or how about a knife? Or what if he had just mowed down his former classmates with a truck out in the school parking lot? I guess we should ban trucks now? Whatever we do, let's DON'T address teenage mental health as the real culprit. No no. Death toll at the Florida school shooting was 17. There is no equivalent to school shootings in any other civilised country that bans guns, including countries where trucks are legal. This is an entirely and uniquely American problem. I only know of one school lockdown in my home city. It happened when a large snake crawled out of the HVAC system. Edit: Torque I would say 59 dead and 500+ wounded is pretty effective. That’s almost 9/11 level shit and it only took one angry old guy to do it. I don't know what you mean by " civilised country that bans guns", but for instance Finland have had at least three school shootings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_school_shooting |
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A well regulated milita does not require full auto weapons.
Who the fuck is arguing for full auto weapons in the civilian population ?! No sane person I know. That's who. The Gun Owners Of America for starters. Or are there no sane people in the GOA? https://gunowners.org/goa-on-bump-stocks.htmUnless you are going to tell me that an AR15 with a bump stock is not the equivalent of an auto? Stephen Paddock was doing 9 rounds per second with a perfectly legal weapon. That’s a full auto as far I am concerned. He had to keep rotating rifles due to heat sink but the point remains. Not familiar with The GOA. I disagree with their stance on bump-stocks, and their article entirely. To your point, I would admit they do seem to have a few loose screws. But a militia is a military unit, and they would be up against regular military units with full auto or burst settings. It would be a disadvantage for the militia not to have the same. Full auto is sometimes used in combat situations to suppress the enemy. |
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The 2nd amendment is the best solution which at least I can see. Sooner or later, America will have to go for it. It'd be better if it's sooner though.
The 2nd amendment rights are too popular. Especially in the rural states. There is absolutely no way that you will be able to get 2/3 of congress to first push it forward and then 3/4th of the states to ratify it. (There is an alternate route of getting 2/3 of the states to push it forward and then get 3/4 of the states to ratify it. I don't see that happening either.) The only amendment that was ever repealed was Prohibition. A question, is there any legal way to change the actual constitution? (not the amendments). |
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Do you guys feel you are missing out by not being allowed RPGs? Isn’t that a violation of your second amendment rights? How are you going to protect yourself against black helicopters?
lol How do you know I don't have any RPGs? You are welcome to bring your pig tank around and test that theory. And RPG:s are used against armoured ground vehicles. If you try yo shoot a helicopter the flame from the back of the weapon will recoil and kill you. Anyone in the area behind the weapon will also be killed , thats why the loader (or the shooter, depends on the RPG, my experience is with the Swedish ones) always have to check behind the weapon and give a clear signal to the shooter before firing. Here's one guy who walked behind a firing RPG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is2-0iCckmo |
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Do you guys feel you are missing out by not being allowed RPGs? Isn’t that a violation of your second amendment rights? How are you going to protect yourself against black helicopters?
I have seen RPG:s for sale in Georgia in the 90s. |
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Is there any phone wallet that supports Tether?
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Holy shit. I think I'm unofficially retired as of an hour ago.
It hasn't hit me yet.
Making it official with a select group tomorrow, then telling my direct manager on Friday.
Wow.
I can't believe I actually pulled this plan off...
Congratulations Bob. You seem like a nice guy, I hope your retirement will be a pleasant one, please keep us updated. |
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Feels good seeing $11,xxx considering we went sub $6,000 not too long ago. We’re a long way from a new ATH but this is good. Anybody think we’ll see $13,xxx in March?
Definitely, in the beginning of March, or end of February. |
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Eh, going to bed early, goodnight Bitcoinland!
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Please everybody, can we just stop responding to and quoting the annoying one!
I can understand your concern... But there's some things I can't let pass this time. The shitshow we had with Bcash should not be forgotten and never let happen again if we do really care about BITCOIN. Yes, but, that's what he wants. You can never win an argument, he will just play dumb and innocently ask another question that will keep the argumentation going. |
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Oh come on, I was just saying goodnight, that doesn't count.
Say what you mean and mean what you say. Im just ribbing you a little...I had made a crude comment prior and you called me on it...I deleted it..but ya... This board at one point was home to some of the most intelligent minds in our world. I guess sometimes we all(need to) let lose a bit. I got that, (the ribbing part), my answer was tongue-in-cheek. I find most people in the threads I visit quite intelligent. But there are some noobs, especialy in the alt threads that might not be above average. There, I said it.  |
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Oh come on, I was just saying goodnight, that doesn't count.
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Please everybody, can we just stop responding to and quoting the annoying one!
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Downvoted the vid and closed it just from the way he looks and the first two seconds. What a fucking creep.
That's enlightened. Ignore the message because of the way the messenger looks, and the fact that in the first two seconds, he introduces himself by name? You do realize who this is? You actually can judge a book by its cover, you know? As with anything else, some people are good at it and some are so bad that they refuse to believe it's possible, but I seem to have become pretty good at it of late. You do realize who this is? Other than 'CEO of Bitcoin Cash' - a title obviously created just to tweak idiots. Some semblance of his past accomplishments maybe? Well, it seems like he created a Wikipedia page for himself which could be considered an accomplishment.  ...but it's rather self-serving. One thing I would like to know is if people have stopped calling him dick since he changed his name. Based on the first few seconds of that video, his Wiki page and his BCash CEO letter, ten bucks that says they did not. The Dick joke, finally, thank you. |
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