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A talk given at the second annual Libertopia Conference October 22, 2011 Humphrey’s Half Moon Inn San Diego, California My brother and I scrapped a lot as kids. Since he was a couple of years older and I was a brattish younger brother, I was on the receiving end of a lot of rough behavior which...
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[quote user="come2gether"] I would like to suggest Stefan and Steven Pinker interview each other. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? They might share similar opinions on various issues, and it would be an opportunity to exchange some great ideas. [/quote] I agree. This could be a very interesting...
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THE 'INCORRECT’ SIX MILLION Alexander Solzhenitsyn , Nobel Prizewinner and author of The Gulag Archipelago , in a speech in Washington in 1975 had this to say of the Soviet system which was deemed worthy of recognition as one of 'our' Allies fighting 'for Democracy' against...
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Stefan, I think you're being over critical of the protest. The people protesting are engaging in civil disobedience against monetary exploitation of the populace that they mislabel as capitalism. So, I agree with you that they're not seeing the gun in the room. But, if the officers continue their...
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Most enjoyable part: “ Territorial, hierarchical and incredibly violent, the gangs are mostly composed of young boys, mainly from dysfunctional homes. They earn money through crime, particularly drugs, and are bound together by an imposed loyalty to an authoritarian gang leader. They have blighted...
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[quote user="Noesis"] I've found that not all FDR members who accept his conclusions do understand it, which is very backwards. [/quote] I have a comment about this. As I mentioned above I am not the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to philosophy or UPB... I read the book but that...
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I don't know if this is the right place to post this. I haven't read the whole thing yet but from the first few paragraphs he talks about how the severe sexual abuse he encountered as a child destroyed him, and how school made him relive the abuse, how he could never experience intimacy without...
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I believe in absolutes. Stealing is wrong. Sex with children is wrong. I own a business called Counter Violence Training in which I teach people how to counter violence that is initiated against them. My specialty is violence. So, if a person is trying to kidnap one's daughter, I teach that one is...
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I recently read " The Origins of Love and Violence: An Overview " [link http://ttfuture.org/bonding/love_violence] by James W. Prescott. In this fascinating articles Prescott presents his SomatoSensory Affectional Deprivation (S-SAD) theory on how children and teens should not (and should)...
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Hello fellow Freedomainers, I have listened to well over half of the FDR podcasts but can not recall how the following argument was addressed (I will discuss it as it occurs between me and my friend to facilitate my writing): I tell my friend that taxation is not voluntary (and explain taxation and imprisonment...