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| estonianman | Mar 23 2016, 05:53 PM Post #61 |
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You said - in this very thread that people that dissent or fear government are "paranoid". No? |
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| Coast2coast | Mar 23 2016, 05:55 PM Post #62 |
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Contracts are enforced by good faith and in absentia of that the law, not violence. |
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| OffensivelyOpenMinded | Mar 23 2016, 05:58 PM Post #63 |
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Contracts can only be enforced by the threat of violence should you not abide by the terms. You can't get around it. Edited by OffensivelyOpenMinded, Mar 23 2016, 06:00 PM.
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"The problem with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and putting things in it." Terry Pratchett | |
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| estonianman | Mar 23 2016, 06:00 PM Post #64 |
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Do you also think private property is enforced by good faith? Edited by estonianman, Mar 23 2016, 06:01 PM.
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| Coast2coast | Mar 23 2016, 06:01 PM Post #65 |
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No, not quite. Go back and read the replies I made and to what. |
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| Coast2coast | Mar 23 2016, 06:03 PM Post #66 |
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Specify. |
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| OffensivelyOpenMinded | Mar 23 2016, 06:03 PM Post #67 |
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But it is and it does. Edited by OffensivelyOpenMinded, Mar 23 2016, 06:04 PM.
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"The problem with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and putting things in it." Terry Pratchett | |
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| estonianman | Mar 23 2016, 06:05 PM Post #68 |
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Replying to a statement made OOM that government is force. |
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| Coast2coast | Mar 23 2016, 06:08 PM Post #69 |
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Which takes us back to paranoia. |
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| Coast2coast | Mar 23 2016, 06:09 PM Post #70 |
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And I stand by that reply. |
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| estonianman | Mar 23 2016, 06:11 PM Post #71 |
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Fecking circles man - you do this in every debate. A statist with at least a modicum of logic knows that they are supporting a necessary evil. |
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| OffensivelyOpenMinded | Mar 23 2016, 06:17 PM Post #72 |
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I think youre just afraid to look at this logically because it will shatter your worldview. Being a leftist keeps you safe & makes you feel like you are a good and moral person. But once you have to admit that government is the threat of violence and that everything you thought you were doing was the right thing is actually backed up with the barrel of the government gun and the threat to use it...you might have to reexamine your beliefs. Nobody likes doing that, so I don't blame you. But if you prize being seen as good, moral, and just is your thing....and actually being all of those things...you're on the wrong side of the political spectrum. Edited by OffensivelyOpenMinded, Mar 23 2016, 06:20 PM.
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"The problem with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and putting things in it." Terry Pratchett | |
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| Attaburnsinhell | Mar 23 2016, 06:18 PM Post #73 |
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Coming from someone who supports an authoritarian like Trump who encourages his own brownshirts to beat on people at his rallies, and promote a police state against a religion, another example of being anti-government until your own thugs are in charge |
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| OffensivelyOpenMinded | Mar 23 2016, 06:19 PM Post #74 |
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I support using the weapon of government for revenge and eventual purges of leftist scum. We can't start shrinking government until we get rid of the parasitism which is leftism from this country. |
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"The problem with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and putting things in it." Terry Pratchett | |
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| Attaburnsinhell | Mar 23 2016, 06:22 PM Post #75 |
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People who think like you should be doused in lighter fluid and be chased by someone with a lighter |
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| Coast2coast | Mar 23 2016, 06:22 PM Post #76 |
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If you want to motivate your translations into my statements than that is on you. Again, I stand by that reply and since it's America you are free to misrepresent it anyway you like. |
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| Coast2coast | Mar 23 2016, 06:25 PM Post #77 |
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Don't know what to say to your theory except, nope! |
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| Coast2coast | Mar 23 2016, 06:27 PM Post #78 |
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Tolling much? |
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| OffensivelyOpenMinded | Mar 23 2016, 06:28 PM Post #79 |
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Is government a necessary evil? |
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"The problem with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and putting things in it." Terry Pratchett | |
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| OffensivelyOpenMinded | Mar 23 2016, 06:29 PM Post #80 |
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I'm being provocative, not trolling. |
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"The problem with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and putting things in it." Terry Pratchett | |
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