Bitcoin Forum
May 04, 2024, 07:33:33 PM *
News: Latest Bitcoin Core release: 27.0 [Torrent]
 
   Home   Help Search Login Register More  
Pages: « 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [8] 9 10 11 »  All
  Print  
Author Topic: Bitcoin is being killed by governments and nobody seems to care!  (Read 8645 times)
Loozik
Sr. Member
****
Offline Offline

Activity: 378
Merit: 250


Born to chew bubble gum and kick ass


View Profile
May 24, 2013, 01:56:22 AM
 #141

you are implying a fear that does not exist.

It is a fact fear does not exist. For something to exist it must have energy (like photon) or / and mass (like bicycle).

''Fear'' has neither of the two, just like unicorn. Unicorns have neither energy nor mass - therefore unicorns do not exists. Therefore ''fear'' does not exist.

if you are not concerned about Iran you don't understand how they censor the media and try to keep their people in the dark like the Chinese used to do.

Are you willing to drop bombs on Persians to protect them from censorship of media then?
1714851213
Hero Member
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 1714851213

View Profile Personal Message (Offline)

Ignore
1714851213
Reply with quote  #2

1714851213
Report to moderator
1714851213
Hero Member
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 1714851213

View Profile Personal Message (Offline)

Ignore
1714851213
Reply with quote  #2

1714851213
Report to moderator
1714851213
Hero Member
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 1714851213

View Profile Personal Message (Offline)

Ignore
1714851213
Reply with quote  #2

1714851213
Report to moderator
The grue lurks in the darkest places of the earth. Its favorite diet is adventurers, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its fear of light. No grue has ever been seen by the light of day, and few have survived its fearsome jaws to tell the tale.
Advertised sites are not endorsed by the Bitcoin Forum. They may be unsafe, untrustworthy, or illegal in your jurisdiction.
Viceroy
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Activity: 924
Merit: 501


View Profile
May 24, 2013, 01:57:54 AM
 #142

I don't make such decisions.  I am not the congress.
Loozik
Sr. Member
****
Offline Offline

Activity: 378
Merit: 250


Born to chew bubble gum and kick ass


View Profile
May 24, 2013, 01:58:25 AM
 #143

if you are not concerned about Iran you don't understand how they censor the media

In next week's episode Viceroy will try to claim that the U.S. government doesn't censor the media.


LOL  Grin
Loozik
Sr. Member
****
Offline Offline

Activity: 378
Merit: 250


Born to chew bubble gum and kick ass


View Profile
May 24, 2013, 02:00:10 AM
 #144

I don't make such decisions.  I am not the congress.

But if you had power to decide, would you drop bombs on Persians to protect them from censored media?
Viceroy
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Activity: 924
Merit: 501


View Profile
May 24, 2013, 02:02:29 AM
 #145

fuck no, that's insane.  I would only kill a person who was endangering me or my family.  I would keep up the sanctions though and I'd use black ops to try to create a revolution from within. 
Loozik
Sr. Member
****
Offline Offline

Activity: 378
Merit: 250


Born to chew bubble gum and kick ass


View Profile
May 24, 2013, 02:07:07 AM
 #146

fuck no, that's insane.

I sense some progress in you. That's very cool.

I would only kill a person who was endangering me or my family.

If I lived in your vicinity and refused to pay taxes, would you consider my refusal a danger to you or your familiy?

I would keep up the sanctions though and I'd use black ops to try to create a revolution from within.

How would you finance keeping up sanctions and black ops:
a) from your own pocket, or
b) from pockets of other people (taxes) who might not support the sanctions and black ops?
Viceroy
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Activity: 924
Merit: 501


View Profile
May 24, 2013, 02:09:13 AM
 #147

I would do whatever the majority wanted.
Loozik
Sr. Member
****
Offline Offline

Activity: 378
Merit: 250


Born to chew bubble gum and kick ass


View Profile
May 24, 2013, 02:12:09 AM
 #148

I would do whatever the majority wanted.

If the majority wanted you to kill me for not paying taxes, then you would kill, right?

Would you feel proud of yourself?
Viceroy
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Activity: 924
Merit: 501


View Profile
May 24, 2013, 02:23:50 AM
 #149

sorry Osama I shoot you in the head.

and I laugh an evil laugh.
Elwar
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 3598
Merit: 2384


Viva Ut Vivas


View Profile WWW
May 24, 2013, 03:17:55 AM
 #150

sorry Osama I shoot you in the head.

and I laugh an evil laugh.

Woo hoo!!! USA! USA! USA!


First seastead company actually selling sea homes: Ocean Builders https://ocean.builders  Of course we accept bitcoin.
justusranvier
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 1400
Merit: 1009



View Profile
May 24, 2013, 03:26:07 AM
 #151

I would do whatever the majority wanted.
...said every gang rapist ever.
Hawker
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 1218
Merit: 1001



View Profile
May 24, 2013, 10:22:53 AM
 #152

I would do whatever the majority wanted.

If the majority wanted you to kill me for not paying taxes, then you would kill, right?

Would you feel proud of yourself?

Maybe you should just pay taxes?  Even in the most libertarian of societies there will be things you have to pay for.
SEC agent
Member
**
Offline Offline

Activity: 98
Merit: 10


America, land of the free


View Profile
May 24, 2013, 02:50:04 PM
 #153



It is a fact fear does not exist. For something to exist it must have energy (like photon) or / and mass (like bicycle).

''Fear'' has neither of the two, just like unicorn. Unicorns have neither energy nor mass - therefore unicorns do not exists. Therefore ''fear'' does not exist.


Thoughts and emotions don't exist because they don't have energy or mass? Do you actually believe we are beings without consciousness or sentience?

If so, your understanding of science is just as poor as your understanding of economics.  

"It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it." -George Washington
SEC agent
Member
**
Offline Offline

Activity: 98
Merit: 10


America, land of the free


View Profile
May 24, 2013, 02:57:16 PM
 #154

Are you saying that anyone who does not pay taxes and still uses government services is a thief?

No. Just those who don't pay their entire required share, as laid out by the law.

"It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it." -George Washington
Loozik
Sr. Member
****
Offline Offline

Activity: 378
Merit: 250


Born to chew bubble gum and kick ass


View Profile
May 24, 2013, 02:59:07 PM
 #155

It's easy to think the US government is some evil group who shoots at non-tax payers but there is no evidence to support that. [...] They do not shoot at you or take you to jail or point guns near you because we are a civilized people who do not jail paupers.

sorry Osama I shoot you in the head.

and I laugh an evil laugh.

What's wrong with these statements?
Viceroy
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Activity: 924
Merit: 501


View Profile
May 24, 2013, 03:29:50 PM
 #156

Not a thing.
kokojie
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 1806
Merit: 1003



View Profile
May 24, 2013, 06:08:48 PM
 #157


A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51 percent of the people may take away the rights of the other 49.

That's not how the us government works.

The president isn't chosen by popular vote, and presidents have lost the popular vote and still won the election. Representatives and senators are voted in by localities and represent the interests of the individual states they serve (not 51% of the country).
 
51% of the votes in this country gets you nothing.


That's a false argument. Maybe it would be better to say democracy in the US is tyranny of 70% against the 30% (70% of the votes basically guarantees that you'll win in any US election, period).

btc: 15sFnThw58hiGHYXyUAasgfauifTEB1ZF6
Chaoskampf
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Activity: 182
Merit: 100


order in numbers


View Profile
May 24, 2013, 07:15:52 PM
 #158


A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51 percent of the people may take away the rights of the other 49.

That's not how the us government works.

The president isn't chosen by popular vote, and presidents have lost the popular vote and still won the election. Representatives and senators are voted in by localities and represent the interests of the individual states they serve (not 51% of the country).
 
51% of the votes in this country gets you nothing.


That's a false argument. Maybe it would be better to say democracy in the US is tyranny of 70% against the 30% (70% of the votes basically guarantees that you'll win in any US election, period).


Keep in mind that even if it was a popular vote with a 51% majority rule, because the participation rate is so ridiculously low (2008 was a highly anomalous 60%, usually it's around 50%), in reality only 26% of the voting eligible population would establish the majority rule...

Viceroy
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Activity: 924
Merit: 501


View Profile
May 24, 2013, 07:34:18 PM
 #159

Out of 464,000 adults in my county 293,000 cast votes last fall.  That's not bad at 67%.  (Marijuana legalization for recreational use passed by 10 votes). 
Hawker
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 1218
Merit: 1001



View Profile
May 24, 2013, 08:20:23 PM
 #160


A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51 percent of the people may take away the rights of the other 49.

That's not how the us government works.

The president isn't chosen by popular vote, and presidents have lost the popular vote and still won the election. Representatives and senators are voted in by localities and represent the interests of the individual states they serve (not 51% of the country).
 
51% of the votes in this country gets you nothing.


That's a false argument. Maybe it would be better to say democracy in the US is tyranny of 70% against the 30% (70% of the votes basically guarantees that you'll win in any US election, period).


Keep in mind that even if it was a popular vote with a 51% majority rule, because the participation rate is so ridiculously low (2008 was a highly anomalous 60%, usually it's around 50%), in reality only 26% of the voting eligible population would establish the majority rule...



That's 49% of the population saying that they are basically OK with whoever wins and 51% who care enough to vote.  Which makes sense - the US is not going through any fundamental upheaval so you'd expect most people to be indifferent as to who wins elections.
Pages: « 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [8] 9 10 11 »  All
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.19 | SMF © 2006-2009, Simple Machines Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!