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Message |
| Topic: Libertarianism |
materialguy
Replies: 39
Views: 10659
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 Forum: Governmental Systems
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:00 pm Subject: Libertarianism |
| I'm going back to me original assessment, and the original intent of this thread, that libertarianism is more of a religious belief than a political one and that arguing with a libertarian is no diffe ... |
| Topic: Libertarianism |
materialguy
Replies: 39
Views: 10659
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Forum: Governmental Systems
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:04 pm Subject: Libertarianism |
1. freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control./
According to some on here that is everything the government does.
Yes, if you disagree with them then provide an actual argument o ... |
| Topic: Kenyan museum asked to not present Leakey's fossils |
materialguy
Replies: 6
Views: 1948
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Forum: General Discussions
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:38 pm Subject: Kenyan museum asked to not present Leakey's fossils |
There is already a thread about this.
Yeah, but it's on AtheistForums and not Debate Haven Forums.
For the record, sjc was right. http://www.thedebatehour.com/ftopict-242.html
My mistake |
| Topic: Kenyan museum asked to not present Leakey's fossils |
materialguy
Replies: 6
Views: 1948
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Forum: General Discussions
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:41 pm Subject: Kenyan museum asked to not present Leakey's fossils |
There is already a thread about this.
Yeah, but it's on AtheistForums and not Debate Haven Forums.
I searched the forum because I thought someone might have posted it already. |
| Topic: Kenyan museum asked to not present Leakey's fossils |
materialguy
Replies: 6
Views: 1948
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Forum: General Discussions
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:09 pm Subject: Kenyan museum asked to not present Leakey's fossils |
By Lucy Sherriff
Published Monday 18th September 2006 15:24 GMT
Kenyan evangelical Christians have hopped on the anti-evolution bandwagon, and are demanding that all reference to the theory be dro ... |
| Topic: paraphenalia? |
materialguy
Replies: 0
Views: 1524
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Forum: General Discussion
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:39 am Subject: paraphenalia? |
Opposing a product can give it a lot of free advertising. For the sake of valuable debate I'll incidentally plug this enticing idea.
[url=http://chroniccandy.com/index1.htm]marijuana flavored candy |
| Topic: Do immigrants make us safer |
materialguy
Replies: 6
Views: 2687
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Forum: General Discussion
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 8:29 am Subject: Do immigrants make us safer |
| Careful study doesn't support the popular presumption that Mexican immigration into the U.S. increases crime. (Of course, this doesn't refer to the "crime" of illegally immigrating -- a bi ... |
| Topic: Should the electoral college be abolished? |
materialguy
Replies: 50
Views: 17199
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Forum: Governmental Systems
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:13 pm Subject: Re: EC a check against direct democracy |
| Whether or not the desire for local control is part of human nature seems off the mark. There are many policies,laws, and principles of government devised to in fact offset what may be in our "na ... |
| Topic: Should the electoral college be abolished? |
materialguy
Replies: 50
Views: 17199
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Forum: Governmental Systems
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:56 pm Subject: Re: EC a check against direct democracy |
It was a mistake to remove selection of Senators from state legislatures, because now the balance between state power and popular sufferage has been tipped too far in favor of the later.
I understand ... |
| Topic: bodily remains and entertainment |
materialguy
Replies: 5
Views: 3876
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Forum: Ethics
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 9:13 pm Subject: bodily remains and entertainment |
| Giving priority to personal preferences about the disposal of one's remains presumes the vality of an falsely real location of interests. Extinct wishes about the use of any set of bodily have no dir ... |
| Topic: bodily remains and entertainment |
materialguy
Replies: 5
Views: 3876
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Forum: Ethics
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 9:34 am Subject: bodily remains and entertainment |
. . . as far as I know, all of Gunther's specimens are through dead donors.
I see why the decision of the person who had "been" the body might or might not matter.
A living person has ... |
| Topic: R.I.P. Milton Friedman |
materialguy
Replies: 21
Views: 7686
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Forum: Economic Systems
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:57 pm Subject: R.I.P. Milton Friedman |
"Underlying most arguments against a free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself"
We can change a few words and get an equally meaningful statement. "Underlying most arguments ... |
| Topic: R.I.P. Milton Friedman |
materialguy
Replies: 21
Views: 7686
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Forum: Economic Systems
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:22 am Subject: R.I.P. Milton Friedman |
| Oh yeah. he also wrote an article about the method of economics. A subject of some interest to me at one time. |
| Topic: R.I.P. Milton Friedman |
materialguy
Replies: 21
Views: 7686
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Forum: Economic Systems
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:16 am Subject: R.I.P. Milton Friedman |
I think his influence was appropriate. He was one of the greatest thinkers of economics.
I don't try to take anything from his contributions to monetary theory. He deserves that. I didn't study hi ... |
| Topic: Should the electoral college be abolished? |
materialguy
Replies: 50
Views: 17199
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Forum: Governmental Systems
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:54 am Subject: Should the electoral college be abolished? |
I support a model where each state is almost a seperate nation but where their common interests and needs are handled by the federal government.
I forgot to comment on this. I agree that different ... |
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