In the immediate circumstance, I have no argument against your position. I'm asking about Musk's role in our society in a larger context, and I am arguing that he is a mightly leaky vessel for the right to be loading with the precious cargo of its aspirations for a more just society. He's a money boy - part of the problem, not part of the solution.Neo » 26 Apr 2022, 6:45 am » wrote: ↑ He's obviously not anti large government but he has a history of being pro speech. Even speech that might hurt a feeling or two. I don't see him as a savior for the first ammendment but perhaps he can reverse the direction Twitter has taken over the past 6 years.
These are statements made in ignorance. There is nothing whatsoever addictive about LSD or mushrooms. Humankind have used psychadelics in spiritual practice for as long as they've been painting on cave walls. The native Americans used mushrooms, peyote and other psychadelics as part of their coming of age rituals.Skans » 24 May 2022, 10:51 pm » wrote: ↑ No it doesn't. It takes a strong mind to stay the F-away from ALL DOPE! You think its a big joke. This is why so many kids think its a big joke too. We are weak and addicted and foreigners are finding far more powerful ways to get us addicted to poison. Screw all of y'all who do drugs! And don't punish the **** out of any child of yours who even thinks of trying this ****.
Man did not make mushrooms or peyote or many other psychoactive plants That was all God, before He made Adam - and God don't make no junk.Skans » 24 May 2022, 10:51 pm » wrote: ↑ Anytime you rely on a man made chemical to "expand your mind", "see new things", etc, you are depriving your soul of seeking out real, genuine experiences that spiritually excite you to the core.
Again, statements made in ignorance. Everything you just named is as dangerous as drugs, and all of the mechanisms by which you got those experiences are man-made - unlike many of the psychoactive substances which were planted in the Garden before Adam was made a steward over them. The very argument you incorrectly asserted against psychoactives is true of the things you proposed as alternatives.Skans » 24 May 2022, 10:51 pm » wrote: ↑Where I might need to jump from an airplane, set sail in a torrential storm, twist the throttle wide open on my motorcycle to get that adrenaline rush, I walk away with my life and real experiences. With chemicals, you chase an empty and vapid existence, and possibly an addicted one as well.
the most devout, fanatical zealots flew planes into into the twin towers.DeezerShoove » 31 May 2022, 10:40 pm » wrote: ↑ No doubt assholes populate churches too.
I'm just saying if a belief in God trends toward some people acting better, what's wrong with that?
Church-goers are not what I'm referring to at all... maybe not even "religion" per se.
...an actual belief in God.
the most devout, fanatical zealots flew planes into into the twin towers.DeezerShoove » 31 May 2022, 10:40 pm » wrote: ↑ No doubt assholes populate churches too.
I'm just saying if a belief in God trends toward some people acting better, what's wrong with that?
Church-goers are not what I'm referring to at all... maybe not even "religion" per se.
...an actual belief in God.
I don't feel I'm being "vague" at all.SJConspirator » 19 Jun 2022, 8:45 pm » wrote: ↑ I don’t understand, cuz you are vague.
“the right of self defense” is almost meaningless without more context. Self defense includes the right to kick a guy in the nuts? Shoot him if he is threatening you? Blow up his house? What, exactly?
My best friends dad, when we were growing up had a safe bigger than a gym locker. He kept some awesome firearms in there, including a mac 11 and a fully automatic uzi. The question here is, did the founders intend for the “right to bear arms” have any limitations on what KIND of “arms”, they didn’t specify…
the OP could very well be correct. If the founders did not have any qualms about citizens privately owning weaponry capable of ANY level of destruction, then we should all own nuclear weapons. But we cannot, legally, due to the NPT of which the US is signatory.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on ... ar_Weapons
Nor can a civilian legally buy a fighter jet like the F22.
however, we can legally own tanks, guns of any caliber, etc.
Changing technology calls for re-examining old laws from time to time. As far as restrictions of WMD in the hands of civilians, I think we are at a good place right now. Do you?
They will make their appearance when we either:JinnMartini » 28 Jul 2022, 2:21 pm » wrote: ↑ Countries something
Do we have any clue If they are among us and why ?
I think they are . . . their main bases hiding behind Venus, Jupiter or Saturn or further away !
BUT WHY ?
Well, my guess is they fear us !
Our technology may soon match their own . . . posing a threat to their hegemony !
Unless we destroy ourownselves !
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What about all this nonsense of ONE tiny little earth and 270 something countries ?
ALL FIGHTING EACH OTHER !
This just cant be real!
We´re being maipulated for sure !
Great civil and intellectually astute reply. Damning.IkeBana » 18 Oct 2022, 9:48 am » wrote: ↑ So...what exactly scares you about teaching poor oppressed white supremacist christian children who are having their Xmas stolen from them, ALL OF THE **** HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY? Including the sick racist bits, eh? It is all the history. Aren't you the slightest bit pissed off that you weren't taught all this history? Of course you're not...you're a **** moron, racist, bigot, anti-semite, sexist pig.
socialism, at its most basic, is simply sharing. A family unit is socialist, unless you make the kids pay rent to the parents when they are toddlers.
Skans » 08 Sep 2022, 8:24 am » wrote: ↑ Individuals who do not rely on the State to support them are smart, resourceful and strong. They will find ways to be successful without government propping them up.
Collectivists who demand the state support them from cradle to grave are weak and should be allowed to truncate themselves from the gene pool due to their own ineptness.
You mean this stuff?roadkill » 19 Oct 2022, 9:09 am » wrote: ↑ Kari Lake schools the media...
https://twitter.com/KariLake/status/158 ... deniers%2F
The real problems kick in when a woman who used to be a man gets a man who used to be a woman pregnant. For starters, at least one of them is queer - though they might be double queer, which might translate to hetero, depending on the linguist chosen to suss the issues pertaining to the pregnancy. It would have to be a linguist, wouldn't it? I mean, there's no **** way we can put a biologist on this ****. The hard sciences aren't competent to deal with the spiel world. We need a wokester.Independent » 18 Jul 2022, 1:58 pm » wrote: ↑ …who has the right to decide what happens to the baby?
Woman’s choice!
Women with penises have rights!
That is funny!
Are those the only two options?Pastafarian » 29 Aug 2022, 4:23 pm » wrote: ↑ It costs the same. Actually, the oligarchs hold onto a couple of hundred billion more.