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Comment on so long as there are leaders there will be war (2011-05-27 00:16:26)
I'm not going to apologize or explain anything. You seriously think that the US has spent billions of dollars to invade and occupy Afghanistan out of revenge? I'll bet you think that invading Iraq was because of weapons of mass destruction.
Comment on so long as there are leaders there will be war (2011-05-26 23:49:08)
"We went to war with them in retaliation to the 9/11 attacks." Aren't you just adorably naive. I'm talking about the real reasons for wars, not the bullshit that used to make people feel better about it.
Comment on when to argue (2011-05-26 23:39:38)
Are you on the internet? Go directly to "yes".
Comment on so long as there are leaders there will be war (2011-05-26 23:35:14)
"I can think of a number of reasons people go to war that doesn’t involve trade." Ok, go ahead and list them, along with historical examples. Pro-tip: don't even bother using the American Revolution or the Civil War, I'll shoot those down faster than you can read the wikipedia articles. I'm not saying I can predict human behavior. I'm saying that we can model the cost/benefit analysis of war and show that, given free trade between nation, there is no rational incentive for war. Now you might say, "AHA, what about irrational people?". And my response would be that irrational people are generally not very good at maintaining the organizational complexity that's necessary for contemporary war.
Comment on only black man that has ever had to convince everyone he committed the murder (2011-05-26 23:17:36)
@sambo78 It would not suddenly become "OK", but it would no longer be classified as "murder". There are lot's of things that are legal to do, but unethical. There are somethings that are illegal to do, but ethical. What part are you arguing about?
Comment on so long as there are leaders there will be war (2011-05-26 23:11:33)
Everything is a math equation ;) I might have simplified it down a bit (because I don't expect that everyone knows multivariate differential equations), but I think my argument scales to any level of complexity you care to discuss.
Comment on so long as there are leaders there will be war (2011-05-26 23:05:37)
"or if you use them for war and Canada is selling them to your enemies etc." You're saying that you might need to go to war to obtain resources in case you need to go to war. Nice circular reasoning.
Comment on so long as there are leaders there will be war (2011-05-26 22:23:49)
Not entirely true. I'm a proponent of the theory that war is a result of inefficient trade. Suppose Canada has some resource that the US wants, call it dilithium crystals. The cost to mine dilithium crystals is X, which is a fixed cost, regardless who does the mining. The cost of going to war with Canada is Y. So as long as the profit margin that Canada wants is less than Y, then it makes no sense to go to war over dilithium crystals.
Comment on only black man that has ever had to convince everyone he committed the murder (2011-05-26 21:53:50)
The definition of murder is the unlawful killing of human being. The legal definition is the only definition.
Comment on only black man that has ever had to convince everyone he committed the murder (2011-05-26 20:43:58)
Do you have a better term for a targeted, extra-judicial killing? Assassination,maybe?
Comment on only black man that has ever had to convince everyone he committed the murder (2011-05-26 19:04:57)
a) do you trust members of congress to tell the truth? b) that sounds like a great way to catch wannabe terrorists.
Comment on only black man that has ever had to convince everyone he committed the murder (2011-05-26 18:26:33)
I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist, but when it was announced that Osama had been buried at sea, my first thought was that he's actually alive and being secretly held for ongoing interrogation. Nothing that's been announced since then has been inconsistent with that hypothesis.
Comment on The Hot Pants on NBC’s Wonder Woman (2011-05-26 00:01:17)
The ambassador from Themyscira does not recognize the authority of your 'flag code'.
Comment on walking dead - crossbow and shotgun (2011-05-25 17:13:13)
I tried to watch this show for about 4 episodes, but couldn't take it. Every single character is just relentlessly stupid.
Comment on Dave Barry on people who hate. (2011-05-23 21:25:38)
Suck my ass.