Meanwhile... the Quran is the actual scripture of Islam; if it was found to have existed *before* the founder existed (let alone wrote it, received it from Heaven, whatever)? That's kind of like kicking the pillars out from under a rather delicate tower
You can explain that by saying that Allah had prepared the Quran earlier and kept it in Heaven waiting for Mohammed, or that the parchment is a special one immune to carbon dating because Allah has breathed on it, or simply that the ordinary laws of space-time don't apply to Holy Prophets.
If logic and science could destroy religions there'd be none left by now. But religion is impervious to reason.
Yes, things that hurt another person. Smoking pot or doing a line aren't similar to slavery/human trafficking. Conflating them is profoundly incorrect.
You don't think that anyone's hurt by heroin or crystal meth addiction?
Not in the court of public perception. Without the attempted murder bullshit the silk road story remains one of consenting adults empowering other adults to make choices with regard to their own persons that no person including government persons has the moral authority to deny them.
In the court of normal public perception making money by breaking the law means you're a criminal and deserving of punishment, regardless of whether you did it via the internet or not.
In many countries like here in the UK it is illegal to own an automatic handgun. It doesn't mean it's impossible to get hold of one, merely that you face punishment if you're found with one (never mind actually using it for a crime).
In your exciting world of 3D printing drugs and nuclear weapons, the same will apply. If you get rid of governments and government regulations, all that will happen is that mafia-like organisations will fill the gap.
Is causing damage to paper targets and watermelons, etc. considered an unacceptable use. You do realize that 99.9999999999% of privately purchased weapons are not used for any other purpose,don't you?
I calculate that 0.0000000001% of 300 million guns (approximately one per person in the US) would be 0.03. I think the US has more than 0.03 gun deaths a year.
Most early adopters were interested in the same way that the people at the beginning of any pyramid scheme are. Easy money at the expense of late-coming mug punters.
Until they're caught, tried and imprisoned following the process of law which all reasonable human beings think is better than dog-eat-dog libertarianism.
So you're saying "regulations backed by a government" can protect us from people from doing bad things to us? What are you smoking? Last I checked, murder, theft, insider trading, and graft are all regulated (illegal) in most countries but that hasn't stopped them from happening.
So if we legalised murder, it would have no effect on the number of murders?
Protectionism works great quite a lot of the time, it's how China manages its economy along with currency manipulation which is pretty much the same thing.
You seem to be unaware of the enormous crash coming soon to China's economy.
Also, the point about protectionism is the irony of rugged individualistic free marketeers suddenly deciding that government intervention is fine as long as it's just for their benefit.
* Porche SUV - huh? Doesn't do either job all that well.
To be fair: A SUV does only one job well, and that is aggrandizing its owner, and the Porsche SUV is perfect for the job. If it was for the smooth ride at long distances, each car can do better, for less fuel. If it was for the space and driving position, a van would could do that for less fuel, if it was for the loading and hauling capacity, a truck would do better with less maintenance required, and if it was for the offroad capabilities, each dedicated 4WD would beat it hands down.
All a SUV can is telling the world, that you don't want to drive a van or station wagon and will pay a premium not to have to.
Here in the UK, most people don't drive trucks (pickups) or vans unless it's for work (and they often only have two or three legal seats anyway). And unless they're serious off-road fans they don't want something like a Land Rover Defender 4x4. So you can see the appeal of an SUV-type vehicle if you want the road presence and height, have kids, want a luxury interior and ride but don't want to look like a builder (i.e. you're well off middle class).
So they started designing new bombers, such as that thing they knocked together out of balsa wood and glue which became one of the most famous fighter-bombers of all time.
The Mosquito, one of the most beautiful flying machines ever created, and star of the legendarily good/bad "633 Squadron."
Use of the word "junta" as well as "neo-Nazi" and "fascist" is in accordance with the attempt by Putin to equate the goings on in Ukraine with The Great Patriotic War (aka WW2 and undeniably anti-fascist).
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Meanwhile... the Quran is the actual scripture of Islam; if it was found to have existed *before* the founder existed (let alone wrote it, received it from Heaven, whatever)? That's kind of like kicking the pillars out from under a rather delicate tower
You can explain that by saying that Allah had prepared the Quran earlier and kept it in Heaven waiting for Mohammed, or that the parchment is a special one immune to carbon dating because Allah has breathed on it, or simply that the ordinary laws of space-time don't apply to Holy Prophets.
If logic and science could destroy religions there'd be none left by now. But religion is impervious to reason.
The Bible is true because it's the word of God. Proof? It says so in the Bible!
There's also a move away from English as second language - Portuguese and Chinese (and German, for some reason) becoming more popular by the minute.
I'm taking a wild guess you're Brazilian?
No one else believes that Portugese is a major world language, even people from Portugal.
Without wishing to defend this, I think it's fair to say that having a hundred smartphones yapping out instructions would somewhat spoil the play.
Wow, you really must be new here.
OP was much funnier.
Creating laws against possession and distribution of anything corrupts the entire legal system
Chemical weapons? Land mines? Nuclear bombs?
Yes, things that hurt another person. Smoking pot or doing a line aren't similar to slavery/human trafficking. Conflating them is profoundly incorrect.
You don't think that anyone's hurt by heroin or crystal meth addiction?
The person responsible for an attempted murder plot is the fuckbag who tried to hire a hitman.
Not in the court of public perception. Without the attempted murder bullshit the silk road story remains one of consenting adults empowering other adults to make choices with regard to their own persons that no person including government persons has the moral authority to deny them.
In the court of normal public perception making money by breaking the law means you're a criminal and deserving of punishment, regardless of whether you did it via the internet or not.
If drug laws are wrong, change the drug laws.
They were arrested because they "are suspected of maliciously deploying Lizard Stresser". It's not just because they owned a copy.
You're spoiling the libertarians' "oh noes teh government are going to take away my freedom to own software and cruise missiles" whining.
In your exciting world of 3D printing drugs and nuclear weapons, the same will apply. If you get rid of governments and government regulations, all that will happen is that mafia-like organisations will fill the gap.
Is causing damage to paper targets and watermelons, etc. considered an unacceptable use. You do realize that 99.9999999999% of privately purchased weapons are not used for any other purpose,don't you?
I calculate that 0.0000000001% of 300 million guns (approximately one per person in the US) would be 0.03. I think the US has more than 0.03 gun deaths a year.
it isn't the government's place to say what programs we have or don't have
Just like it's not "the government's" place to tell us we can't rape or kill or own nuclear weapons?
Gotcha.
Claiming that MTGOX is proof that bitcoin has poor security is like saying bank robberies are proof that money has poor security.
MTGOX is proof that bitcoin users are not exempt from reality.
Most early adopters were interested in the same way that the people at the beginning of any pyramid scheme are. Easy money at the expense of late-coming mug punters.
traveling the world free from laws
Until they're caught, tried and imprisoned following the process of law which all reasonable human beings think is better than dog-eat-dog libertarianism.
So you're saying "regulations backed by a government" can protect us from people from doing bad things to us? What are you smoking? Last I checked, murder, theft, insider trading, and graft are all regulated (illegal) in most countries but that hasn't stopped them from happening.
So if we legalised murder, it would have no effect on the number of murders?
You are a complete and utter libertarian.
Good to see that the bitcoin shills are still around to downmod anyone daring to criticise their Ponzi scheme.
Protectionism works great quite a lot of the time, it's how China manages its economy along with currency manipulation which is pretty much the same thing.
You seem to be unaware of the enormous crash coming soon to China's economy.
Also, the point about protectionism is the irony of rugged individualistic free marketeers suddenly deciding that government intervention is fine as long as it's just for their benefit.
Also known as the "Bobby did it too!" defense.
Cousin to the "but at least it's not as bad as North Korea/Nazi Germany" argument.
This is just war theater to keep feeding tax money to the the socialist weapons manufacturers.
You seem to have misspelled "military-industrial complex".
* Porche SUV - huh? Doesn't do either job all that well.
To be fair: A SUV does only one job well, and that is aggrandizing its owner, and the Porsche SUV is perfect for the job. If it was for the smooth ride at long distances, each car can do better, for less fuel. If it was for the space and driving position, a van would could do that for less fuel, if it was for the loading and hauling capacity, a truck would do better with less maintenance required, and if it was for the offroad capabilities, each dedicated 4WD would beat it hands down.
All a SUV can is telling the world, that you don't want to drive a van or station wagon and will pay a premium not to have to.
Here in the UK, most people don't drive trucks (pickups) or vans unless it's for work (and they often only have two or three legal seats anyway). And unless they're serious off-road fans they don't want something like a Land Rover Defender 4x4. So you can see the appeal of an SUV-type vehicle if you want the road presence and height, have kids, want a luxury interior and ride but don't want to look like a builder (i.e. you're well off middle class).
Just saying.
So they started designing new bombers, such as that thing they knocked together out of balsa wood and glue which became one of the most famous fighter-bombers of all time.
The Mosquito, one of the most beautiful flying machines ever created, and star of the legendarily good/bad "633 Squadron."
Use of the word "junta" as well as "neo-Nazi" and "fascist" is in accordance with the attempt by Putin to equate the goings on in Ukraine with The Great Patriotic War (aka WW2 and undeniably anti-fascist).