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That is an excellent question, Richard -- it certainly is possible under some circumstances for a violent psychotic to kill people in a stateless society - I suppose that I am always drawn to trying to answer the question - "compared to what?" Currently, in the United States, as I'm sure...
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A few points: Everyone who enlists (Privates through Sergeants are enlisted) signs a contract for 8 years of service. Now, you can sign up and say you only want to do 2 but then you can be recalled at any time for any reason in the remaining 6 years. Officers are commissioned, as opposed to enlisted...
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http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=2_eA1NWiwMQ great debate! conservatism vs libertarianism (go doug!) Dinesh D'Souza vs Hitchens christianity is good vs bad http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ueSJHRU7B9o&feature=related
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This is just referring to the movies, not the books: I just saw The Bourne Ultimatum for the first time, and when it ended, I had a strong feeling that it ended with a conspicuously anti-war tone. I'm going to provide all of the evidence I can for the three movies being anti-war: First of all, the...
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No Remembrance, No Remorse for the Fallen of Iraq by John Pilger On Remembrance Day 2007 – Veterans Day in America – the great and the good bowed their heads at the Cenotaph. Generals, politicians, newsreaders, football managers and stock-market traders wore their poppies. Hypocrisy was a...
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Veterans' (aka 'Rememberance') Day I listening pretty religiously to stefan molyneux's podcast at freedomainradio.com and really feel that they run the gambit between boring and insanely well done. The latest podcast falls in to the latter of the two categories. from http://moralitymerchant...
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Some thoughts on the century of "wars for freedom"... [youtube:ke2hloDrb1c]
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This is so ridiculous that these people can get away with this. These are some of the reasons listed why a person was killed in "friendly fire". The darkest night of the month - give me a break. The term it's self "friendly fire" - don't even get me started.... -The darkest...
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Better than what? I think that the situation in which the most people benefit is when there is no government. The general citizens don't really gain much, and actually lose quite a bit, from their country going to war. Some Greek leaders advertised their war by saying that the citizens gain a sense...
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Reading the book "The History of the Peloponnesian War", by Thucydides, I've realized: Treaties and armistices are superficial. The first part of the Peloponnesian war began in the 14th/15th year of an agreed upon 30 year peace. The second part of the war, after a new treaty was made, began...