I said I wanted transparency and accountability, not necessarily government control. Government oversight is nothing to be feared, unless you hate the idea of cops enforcing traffic laws to maintain public safety.
I think you're mistaking 'rules of the road' for 'outside intervention'.Please explain why a business interaction between two consenting parties needs an unwanted third party to intervene?
Government oversight is nothing to be feared? I think you are employing the gun and trying to call it something good.
I bet you're pretty jealous of anyone sober who doesn't shit on the floor.i bet you're pretty envious and jealous of anyone over 5'6''.
Pad, why did you skip over this question without answering?So would you still disagree with high CEO pay if donations were removed from the political landscape?
Honest question.
Rules of the road which empower a third party to intervene between two consenting peaceful people are not the road I travel.I think you're mistaking 'rules of the road' for 'outside intervention'.
What makes you think people will be peaceful or give consent without rules or authority to enforce them?Rules of the road which empower a third party to intervene between two consenting peaceful people are not the road I travel.
Those kinds of roads lead to things like prohibition and parasitism. No thank you, say I.
I as an individual have ZERO right to impose my will on you, only to defend myself IF / WHEN you impose on me or my justly acquired property.
Therefore....
The ruling apparatus, this thing called "government" is an aggregate of individual people, none of whom have any right to impose on you or I as individuals, the sum of all of those people that have zero (rights) to impose will still equal zero.
A consensus of thieves does not make theft any more right than if an individual does it..
What makes you think people will be peaceful or give consent without rules or authority to enforce them?
How is the rule of law arbitrary?I already know when people are given (or take) arbitrary authority over others ,that peace and consent have ALREADY left the building.
Logic insists that the statement above is correct.
How is the rule of law arbitrary?
How is the rule of law arbitrary?
So if we let people enforce the law, we are automatically conceding the necessity for a state, which you are against
And if we don't, we have anarchy, where nobody will be peaceful or cooperative or give consent
So how is that a valid solution?
Pad, why won't you answer this question?So would you still disagree with high CEO pay if donations were removed from the political landscape?
Honest question.
there are some really fertile pastures in this line of trolling if you go check out what ginwilly has been up to!Pad, why won't you answer this question?
I have people on ignore, I didn't see itPad, why did you skip over this question without answering?
Honest question.
Not at all, but I'd bet that we have very different opinions on what 'high' means in this contextSo would you still disagree with high CEO pay if donations were removed from the political landscape?
Honest question.
Yes, I'd agree it's wrong for people to harm or threaten other peopleDo we agree that it is wrong for people to harm others or threaten them ?
Do we agree that people who do not harm others should be left alone and not automatically encompassed by a coercive organization?
Do we agree that the non-initiation of aggression principle is valid is really what I'm asking.
Disregard post #95...I have people on ignore, I didn't see it
I have people on ignore, I didn't see it
Not at all, but I'd bet that we have very different opinions on what 'high' means in this context
Yes, I'd agree it's wrong for people to harm or threaten other people
Yes, I'd also agree people who do not harm others should be left alone. But then I would ask you how you go about collecting taxes, or if you believe in the concept of taxes?
Yes, I agree with the non aggression principle
there are some really fertile pastures in this line of trolling if you go check out what ginwilly has been up to!