apeman wrote:Our young people are protesting being exposed to conservative speakers on campus instead of massive unconstitutional spy efforts.
These people have a vote that counts just as much as mine.
Thanks for ruining my day...
Yeah, let's not protest the real problems, let's just puke on the rights of others. The elites program of distract, divide, and defeat is going well.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
All schools of libertarianism, whether Rothbardian or Randian or (nearly-stillborn) Nozickian, rest on the idea of limited government. Note the intrinsic absurdity of this concept. If some government is limited by its own volition, it can abandon these limits at any time. (Historical experience suggests that the "sacred-document" trick is of extremely limited utility in preventing it from doing so.) If the government is limited by some external power, it is not a government in the usual sense of the word, and we should direct our attention to the limiting power.
It's starting to become clear that liberty must be maintained culturally. Kids need to be taught about the value of liberty and freedom.
Our belief in the Constitution has made us complacent.
apeman wrote:Our young people are protesting being exposed to conservative speakers on campus instead of massive unconstitutional spy efforts.
These people have a vote that counts just as much as mine.
Thanks for ruining my day...
Yeah, let's not protest the real problems, let's just puke on the rights of others. The elites program of distract, divide, and defeat is going well.
Such a program can only work if the distracted and divided want it to. Ultimately, we all choose our own priorities and courses of action. We get distracted when we want to be, and choose divisions that separate us from those that we don't want to have a sense of community with.
With sad countenance and downcast eyes, Aeneas wends his way, quitting the cavern, and ponders in his mind the dark issues.
GrumpyCatFace wrote:For our British friends who may have missed it, that GCHQ mention in Snowden's picture is your electronic spy agency. You're in this shit too, amigos.
What, the country with the most CCTV cameras in the world, who knew?
Why do you think I don't have a smart phone, use maps instead of a sat nav, have no fixed address, am not on the electoral roll and live off grid?
It's not just because I'm an outdated old hippy you know......
We knew 10 years ago that GCHQ are listening to our phone calls.
For legal reasons, we are not threatening to destroy U.S. government property with our glorious medieval siege engine. But if we wanted to, we could. But we won’t. But we could.
Let's all just agree to not let Martin know. He's still convinced that the US is the only Liberty nation and I don't think he can handle the truth.
For legal reasons, we are not threatening to destroy U.S. government property with our glorious medieval siege engine. But if we wanted to, we could. But we won’t. But we could.
Google news says the fbi and cia are after whoever leaked the wikileaks docs. No mention of what is in them.
GrumpyCatFace wrote:Dumb slut partied too hard and woke up in a weird house. Ran out the door, weeping for her failed life choices, concerned townsfolk notes her appearance and alerted the fuzz.
All schools of libertarianism, whether Rothbardian or Randian or (nearly-stillborn) Nozickian, rest on the idea of limited government. Note the intrinsic absurdity of this concept. If some government is limited by its own volition, it can abandon these limits at any time. (Historical experience suggests that the "sacred-document" trick is of extremely limited utility in preventing it from doing so.) If the government is limited by some external power, it is not a government in the usual sense of the word, and we should direct our attention to the limiting power.
It's starting to become clear that liberty must be maintained culturally. Kids need to be taught about the value of liberty and freedom.
Our belief in the Constitution has made us complacent.
Being a "freedom guy'' will actually get you mocked.