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But you're not listening to experts like Clive Bundy who says blacks were better off when they were slaves!
Wouldn't you say corruption, much like piracy, has been made easier and worse thanks to technology?If you don't believe election cheating has always been a problem, then you haven't lived in Chicago. Or any small town where 1 or 2 people would be in charge of counting the votes.
If you don't believe that the state always had fascistic tendencies, then you are apparently clueless about lobbyists and the amount of money that corporations have always used to fund their candidates, to keep out 3rd party candidates, and to pay off politician that did manage to win without their support.
State corruption is nothing new, we hear about it more, and people can talk about it more on the internet (another modern plus!), where as before they were often afraid to say anything, because they didn't know which of their friends or family would take offense, and mobilizing for change was not as easily done as it is today with the internet.
What "things"? Your statement, lacking sufficient circumscription, is essentially meaningless.
Is that all you've got? Go back to 6th grade, learn to think, and then get back to us when you've purchased a clue.I'm betting most of the people who think things are worse, are white males. White males tend to be clueless about how unfairly everyone else--especially women and blacks, were treated.
OK, so let us make sure we are understanding your admittedly vaguely constructed sentence. You seem to me implying that white males are treated less fairly than they once were and the tacit implication is that this is OK. Nice.For the majority of people (everyone but white males), are treated much more equitably today then they would have been treated in the past.
As for the rest, by what standard are you measuring equity? You are making statements of fact structured as proof-by-assertion. That's a big FAIL.
This is a load of unvarnished bull$#@!. Government is in our business far more than ever before and their lapdogs are now openly brutal in their "interpretation" of policy. Forty years ago there were not any no-knock raids or the use of SWAT teams to give j-walking citations. The extent and manner to which brutal force is used and protected by the courts is staggering in comparison with what we had in the 70s, for example. Back in those days police were routinely called on the carpet and often punished substantially for their violations of human rights. No such thing today, save in the rarest of cases.You guys can argue that I've always had my rights, but in the past the government greatly prevented people from exercising their rights (of course, this still happens today, but for entire classes of people, the government is oppressing less of their rights than in the past.)
Fair enough, but are you saying that you are OK with sacrificing your individual rights for the sake of medical care? That appears to be the subtext here, so please clarify.I am also very grateful for medical advances, especially vaccines (don't worry, I support your right not to get one if you would rather get the disease.) I'm very happy that none of my children have had to suffer through a potentially deadly & debilitating disease like polio, mumps, meales, etc. I'm grateful for the advances in medical treatment that enable people to live longer & healthier lives then they could have 20 years ago.
Typical liberal mentality, as if white males were the root of all global evil. Your credibility is in the crapper. That aside, your assertion that "white males" cannot understand personal peril is prima facie bull$#@! of the first order. White males have been put in harm's way more than any other arbitrarily identified "class" you care to name over the past 100 years. It was not white women who fought the battles of WWI and II, so cut the nonsense because you are not dealing with dull sixth-graders here.I am very grateful for technology which makes things much safer, safer cars, cell phones which makes it much safer for a woman to go out alone at any time of day (something that many white males don't understand), safer planes, safer cities (crime rate is drastically lower than it was 20 years ago.)
I would further note that a large number of women of all stripes spent the past 40+ years telling men they didn't need any help with anything. Therefore, they have no basis for whining about the perils they still face. If you think you have a bigger dick than any man, then STFU and prove it. Otherwise, fess up that there are classes of problems and dangers you are not prepared to face alone, accept the help, and be grateful that people care enough about YOU and your life and your property to render aid when needed.
And by what virtue do they live under "far better conditions"? On YOUR nickel. If you don't mind paying, good for you. I, for one, do not cotton to anyone's uninvited fingers helping themselves to the contents of my wallet.I am grateful today that poor people are tend to live in far better conditions than poor people 50 or more years ago did.
I guess you really do feel no trouble with getting butt-$#@!ed so long as you have your petty diversions and conveniences. I am sorry, but I find that pathetic.Yeah, the music and movies today aren't as good artistically, but fortunately I can watch/listen to anything I want thanks to technology.
More proof by assertion = more FAIL.Now certainly aspects of today are worse then in the past. Police corruption/brutality has not increased, but people are more aware of it now because of technology, and the militarization of the police force has made the consequences of corruption/brutality worse. Election cheating is not more common todays, but it is easier because of technology & completely computerized voting has done away with any way to double check the votes. Fascistic tendencies of the state have not increased, but we notice them more because of the increased regulation that prevents people from starting new businesses.
You need to work on your expressive style because you write in vagaries. Attributing the level of current corruption and police brutality entirely to changes in technology is not even remotely credible. The police are not only worse, they are FAR more so. They are openly brutal and hostile and their training has changed fundamentally from what it was in the past. Your claims hold little water, if any.Overall, there is no way I would want to go back to the past, I believe overall the changes in the US have been for the better. I'm very grateful to have been born when I was born, and to have been able to see such exciting and good changes in my lifetime. This doesn't mean that there aren't real problems with the government, and real problems in the country that need to be dealt with. And I do fear that the positive changes the US has seen could very easily be wiped away if people aren't protective of them. We must all be ever vigilant of our rights, but pretending like the past was some nirvana is helpful to no one.
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There is only one correct way: freedom. All other solutions are non-solutions.
It appears that artificial intelligence is at least slightly superior to natural stupidity.
Our words make us the ghosts that we are.
Convincing the world he didn't exist was the Devil's second greatest trick; the first was convincing us that God didn't exist.
freedomisobvious.blogspot.com
There is only one correct way: freedom. All other solutions are non-solutions.
It appears that artificial intelligence is at least slightly superior to natural stupidity.
Our words make us the ghosts that we are.
Convincing the world he didn't exist was the Devil's second greatest trick; the first was convincing us that God didn't exist.
Of course it is. A right is a claim. I earn $100 and put it in my wallet. I have a right to that money. When the robber takes it from me at gunpoint, is my claim to that money nullified? No. Were it otherwise, then robbery could not be viewed as a crime. In fact, there would be no such thing as a crime. A crime, by its very fabric is ALWAYS a violation of one's rights by another.
Think of how absurd it would be if denial of a right equated with not having the right. You hold a right to your life. I come and shoot the life out of your carcass. If what you say is so, then there are no murder charges to be brought because I basically appropriated YOUR claim to life by the use of force and in so doing it was no longer your right or it was never your right. That is a formula for nihilist chaos to run roughshod across the face of the globe.
If I choose not to spend my $100, does my claim to it not exist, then?
If you are going to argue that we have no rights, then you had better be prepared for the consequences of what such a world would be. I don't think you or anyone with even a single rational and sane brain cell would want that reality.
freedomisobvious.blogspot.com
There is only one correct way: freedom. All other solutions are non-solutions.
It appears that artificial intelligence is at least slightly superior to natural stupidity.
Our words make us the ghosts that we are.
Convincing the world he didn't exist was the Devil's second greatest trick; the first was convincing us that God didn't exist.
I would argue that rights are given and can be taken away. There are no "natural" or "absolute" rights. Your "right" to the $100 can be taken away from you. Perhaps voluntarily, perhaps by force.
You may want or expect a right but it only exists as long as others agree that you have it and respect it.
Last edited by Zippyjuan; 09-01-2014 at 01:36 PM.
No inflation, you could safely save for your future.
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The Federalist Papers, No. 15:
Except as to the rule of appointment, the United States have an indefinite discretion to make requisitions for men and money; but they have no authority to raise either by regulations extending to the individual citizens of America.
Nope. Z2.0 doesn't agree you have that right, and doesn't respect it. He demands every hundred dollar bill you manage to squirrel away be taken away from you. Invisibly. By devaluation. Because the CEOs of the world's biggest banks aren't rich enough, and have to steal from you. So, hop in the stock market so the insiders can fleece you. How else can your representatives get their brib--er, I mean campaign contributions?
Millions of miles of land awaiting someone to join with. No government. No guarantees.
Pfizer Macht Frei!
Openly Straight Man, Danke, Awarded Top Rated Influencer. Community Standards Enforcer.
Quiz: Test Your "Income" Tax IQ!
Short Income Tax Video
The Income Tax Is An Excise, And Excise Taxes Are Privilege Taxes
The Federalist Papers, No. 15:
Except as to the rule of appointment, the United States have an indefinite discretion to make requisitions for men and money; but they have no authority to raise either by regulations extending to the individual citizens of America.
Pfizer Macht Frei!
Openly Straight Man, Danke, Awarded Top Rated Influencer. Community Standards Enforcer.
Quiz: Test Your "Income" Tax IQ!
Short Income Tax Video
The Income Tax Is An Excise, And Excise Taxes Are Privilege Taxes
The Federalist Papers, No. 15:
Except as to the rule of appointment, the United States have an indefinite discretion to make requisitions for men and money; but they have no authority to raise either by regulations extending to the individual citizens of America.
Does God have a list of the rights He gave everybody- or has man created lists of rights?
Does anybody have a copy of that list?
What makes something a right? Is it because most people think they should have it?
A lot of things are called rights. But what does it take to qualify as "God given"?
Last edited by Zippyjuan; 09-01-2014 at 10:44 PM.
I think the Constitution already addressed this one out, Zippy.But what does it take to qualify as "God given"?
Something about certain inalienable rights...
Because your savings shrinks like wool in a hot dryer. Because inflation. As we have told you. And told you. And told you. And told you. And told you.
I just negrepped you for asking the same question over again after you have been told and told and told the answer. And I'm inviting everyone to do the same. Every time you ask.
That is a document men wrote. Can you show the sections of the Bible those are listed? Liberty? Actually slavery was approved of in the Bible. Persuit of Happiness? For some, but not for all. Even the US had slavery and slaves didn't even count as a whole person in the Constitution. Life? Yes, the Ten Commands did say "thou shalt not kill".
What does God say are rights for humans?
Last edited by Zippyjuan; 09-01-2014 at 11:27 PM.
Ok, it was the Declaration of Independence. My bad.
Inflation at worst means what you save shrinks in value, it doesn't mean it's "harder to save". Saving and not having the effects intended is not the same as "harder to save". Harder to save means you have less to save or it's somehow illegal to save when you don't spend.
There's a difference between harder to save what you don't spend, and harder to realize the value of what you have saved.
I just negrepped you for asking the same question over again after you have been told and told and told the answer. And I'm inviting everyone to do the same. Every time you ask.
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