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@Greyparrot
Evil thrives when good men get ambitious.
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@Greyparrot
once the current FBI is dismantled
the FBI didn't invent selective enforcement
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transgenders attracted to opposite biological sex- either homo or heterosexual is a fair label
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@n8nrgim
how is this an issue that cannot be discussed? that doesn't even make sense.  i dont think trans people or the various races of the world would expect that the topic of identify politics can't be discussed. 
i'm not suggesting it can't be discussed

i'm simply trying to highlight that the ONLY OPINION that truly matters is the OPINION of the individual in question

the right to self-definition is fundamental
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@SirAnonymous
You are ignoring the fact that India had a legally enforced caste system for years. Even now that it is illegal, the caste system endures in their culture.
great point

As a general commentary on the USSR, it did not have freedom of speech, religion, press, or assembly. And when freedom of speech was finally introduced in the late 1980s, the USSR fell apart shortly thereafter. You may want to think about why that is.
also a great point
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@n8nrgim
there's nothing wrong with having a personal opinion on these conventions. it's not like i said caitlyn jenner had to identify one way or the other or anything like that. 
i mean, sure, you CAN have a personal opinion (about anything at all really), but this whole conversation has become political

and it makes no sense

each person gets to decide what they call themselves

married or not married, with kids or no kids, gay or straight or other or none, proud heritage or orphan

it lends your arguments and opinions no additional credibility and or discredit

this really is information that should be shared on a strictly "need to know" basis
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@n8nrgim
in what crazy-upside-down-world does anyone (except of course those close personal friends) at all need to know anyone else's gender and or personal proclivities, much less feel compelled to dictate their own personal choice of naming convention ?
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@RationalMadman
I did not call all women liars. I said not all of them are honest.
perhaps it's less than obvious to everyone (including the woman and including her doctor) exactly how long one has been pregnant

that's just one of the many critical flaws with laws that rely on unquantifiable circumstances
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@Reece101
it's a pretty simple yes or no question
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@Greyparrot
so don't vote for them in the primaries.
also

primaries are a scam
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Make abortion illegal, make women felons, felons can't vote, women can't vote. 
KA-BOOM
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@Greyparrot
so don't vote for them in the primaries.
i'm two steps ahead of you
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@Double_R
coerce election officials
COERCING ELECTED OFFICIALS IS BASICALLY MANDATORY AT THIS POINT
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Women can't menstruate while pregnant but they certainly can have spotting and other bleeding that resembles a period which may lead them to believe that they are not pregnant. So you don't get to call women liars cuz you don't understand how they're f****** bodies work.
100% THIS
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@Reece101
would you call yourself "pro-oligarchy" or just "oligarchy-tolerant" ?

How did you arrive at those options, or are you just trying to gaslight? 
perhaps you remember post 43

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@bmdrocks21
what is your position on false promises ?
What kind of false promise?
i will love you forever

you will never have to worry about anyone hurting you as long as we're together
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@oromagi
the same as any other standardized medical procedure
exactly

imagine if a state outlawed all elective procedures

or if a christian scientist or a scientologist decided to make all medical procedures illegal in their state
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@bmdrocks21
perhaps "intoxicated" qualifies ?
It can. If a woman was highly intoxicated and was taken advantage of
ok, how do you propose we qualify this three months later when this woman is requesting an abortion ?
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@CoolApe
Not familiar with holacracy or what you mean by it.
many people think that authoritarian hierarchy is the most efficient form of governance (some even call it "natural order")

the most common corporate model is basically a military model

however, there is an alternative

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@CoolApe
I'm not an anarchist because I believe their are legitimate reasons for government to exist.
rules without rulers doesn't preclude the existence of public servants

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@CoolApe
Socialism (Central Planning)
"central planning" is just another term for "hierarchy"

japan's economy was extremely centrally planned after ww2 and it took a major hit when the central planning was somewhat loosened

the european union's economy is also centrally planned

heck, even in the united states, the "federal reserve" has been buying the market in order to distort recession signals

central banking is central planning
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@Reece101
Though it doesn’t really matter if oligarchs get into power.
would you call yourself "pro-oligarchy" or just "oligarchy-tolerant" ?
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@zedvictor4
Where everyone is equal and everything is shared
Top 10 Countries with the Highest Human Freedom Indexes (2021):

  1. Switzerland — 9.11
  2. New Zealand — 9.01
  3. Denmark — 8.98
  4. Estonia — 8.91
  5. Ireland — 8.90
  6. Canada — 8.85
  7. Finland — 8.85
  8. Australia — 8.84
  9. Sweden — 8.83
  10. Luxembourg — 8.80

The 12 Categories of the Human Freedom Index:

  • Rule of Law
  • Security and Safety
  • Movement
  • Religion
  • Association, Assembly, and Civil Society
  • Expression and Information
  • Identity and Relationships
  • Size of Government
  • Legal System and Property Rights
  • Access to Sound Money
  • Freedom to Trade Internationally
  • Regulation

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@CoolApe
Patents are mostly anti-competitive.
2017 · 1 hr 49 min
TV-14
Documentary · Crime
A documentary exploring the unknown, multi-billion dollar industry that is an offshoot of the U.S. Patent system, where trolls thrive on corruption.

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@Greyparrot
why would you say something like that?
because they all get paid by the same big money
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@sadolite
Not to mention the fact that you would have to force any doctor anywhere to perform that abortion
even a dentist ?
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@CoolApe
My argument isn't that these don't happen or that greed and incompetence don't exist.
are you perhaps familiar with HOLACRACY ?
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@CoolApe
however, socialism and communism under any conditions work poorly.
how do you account for examples like denmark ?
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@CoolApe
That's an issue with our screwed up laws and justice system.
true

justice has a pretty steep "barrier to entry" in terms of $$$
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@CoolApe
ought to ban products from foreign companies that were made under highly immoral circumstances
i agree
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@CoolApe
Entrepreneur's have incentives to prevent work place accidents and keep their employees healthy for health-insurance reasons.
The official's revelations come as a former safety inspector aboard the ship is suing his past employer, claiming he was fired just before the accident because he argued with his bosses for more inspections in the fuel tank.

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@bmdrocks21
Either forcing someone to do something against their will
what is your position on false promises ?
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@bmdrocks21
Either forcing someone to do something against their will or taking advantage of them in some way (for example, if they aren’t mentally able to consent to something)
perhaps "intoxicated" qualifies ?
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@Greyparrot
Then make a change Nov 2022 and remove the established credentialed tyrants.
and what ?

replace them with the other established credentialed tyrants ?
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@Greyparrot
Rules for thee and not for me. Unequal application of the law is the foundation of tyranny.
Albert Berch, I believe, is the only Caucasian in history to be murdered for violating sundown laws. 10 days earlier, he had hired an African American,
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@Greyparrot
the law does not obligate enforcement
Rules for thee and not for me. Unequal application of the law is the foundation of tyranny.
and that's exactly what we have now
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@Athias
maintenance of the principle of free speech would dictate that one's notion of inappropriate is not a measure of what one can state or express
(IFF) you only support speech you agree with (THEN) you don't support free speech

(IFF) you only support religions you agree with (THEN) you don't support freedom of religion
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@Dr.Franklin
and the race is the scientific categorization that whites fall under
citation pleez
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@Dr.Franklin
places that are inhabited by whites i.e Europe
and the middle east

and north africa

and

"europe" is not a country
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@Greyparrot
Order in the court. Order in the court.
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@Greyparrot
as the law requires
the law does not obligate enforcement
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@Athias
it's prudent we create a distinction between "personal propriety" and "principle."
please explain
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@Athias
What if one "shames" another for doing something perceivably wrong?
what if one "shames" another for "no good reason" ?

isn't that still technically free-speech ?

isn't protesting government policy sorta kinda "shaming" the officials presumably responsible ?
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@Greyparrot
When it is a felony. Influencing an appointed Judge of the court on case rulings destroys the very foundations of law. How would you like it if your life was on the line in a court case and a mob protested outside the Judge's home in order to have you executed despite the legal arguments of your case? We don't allow protesters in a court room or at a Judge's home because it is a FELONY.
(IFF) the government gets to decide when and where and why you protest (THEN) you live in a totalitarian state

protesters are routinely arrested on fabricated charges (one person throws a brick and the whole crowd gets thrown into paddy-wagons)

this has been happening for a very long time
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@Double_R
rules for me and not for thee?
bingo
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@Greyparrot
But you take issue with people peacefully protesting outside the houses of Supreme Court justices (not one violent incident occurred).
This is a felony.
when are you in favor of protesting ?

and when are you NOT in favor of protesting ?
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@bmdrocks21
If you consent to sex and create a life, that is a causal relationship.
how do you personally quantify coercion ?
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@bmdrocks21
However, I believe that if there is some causal relationship between you and the person needing the kidney, then there can be instances in which you should be obligated to save them.
perhaps you raised your child on a diet of salted meat ?

would that count as a "causal relationship" in your book ?
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@bmdrocks21
Governments have a vested interest in the well being of their people beyond just those two use cases.
please explain
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@CoolApe
The short answer is an entrepreneur knows that improving the living conditions of their workers may cost them a little in the short-run but save them more money in the long run.
unless you happen to be building a railroad

or running a coal mine

it is somehow cheaper to close a microchip fabrication facility in the united states and build a new one from scratch in malaysia and then setup a training program to teach the native citizens to run the place

all the while giving large kick-backs to the local authorities to act as your de facto private union-busting goons

pretty soon AGI will be running these things and us humans will be obsolete
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@CoolApe
Carl Marx often thought that the factory owner's exploited the poor to increase their profits. He believed it was in the best interests' of the factory owners' to suppress wages and keep the poor impoverished to increase the supply of cheep labor. 
Dodge v. Ford Motor Company, 204 Mich. 459, 170 N.W. 668 (Mich. 1919)[1] is a case in which the Michigan Supreme Court held that Henry Ford had to operate the Ford Motor Company in the interests of its shareholders, rather than in a charitable manner for the benefit of his employees or customers.

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