60% of those younger than 30 say the main cause of the ACW was States Rights

Started by jimmy olsen, December 17, 2013, 11:12:33 PM

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#75
December 21, 2013, 11:37:05 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 21, 2013, 11:22:18 PM
Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on December 21, 2013, 10:13:01 PM
So to exercise these rights I need to be on an unclaimed and presumably uninhabited island? Humans are social animals by nature, what do I do if more realistically I live with or near other people and one of them informs me he will kill me if I say certain things that offend him?

I think you're confusing the mere physical act of speaking with the right to freedom of speech.

No, the unclaimed island is an example of a place without government (there aren't really many places on Earth without governments so examples tend to be odd).  The fact you can exercise the rights without a government means government does not grant them.  They are inherent.  Keeping people from killing you is protecting a right, not granting a right.

Razgovory

#76
December 22, 2013, 12:26:19 AM
In a land without government, what's the difference?
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

The Brain

#77
December 22, 2013, 02:40:07 AM
What exactly are these rights that exist in a vacuum?
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#78
December 22, 2013, 04:08:55 AM
Quote from: The Brain on December 22, 2013, 02:40:07 AM
What exactly are these rights that exist in a vacuum?

The right to suck.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Syt

#79
December 22, 2013, 04:09:43 AM
 :lol:
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The Brain

#80
December 22, 2013, 04:19:00 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 22, 2013, 04:08:55 AM
Quote from: The Brain on December 22, 2013, 02:40:07 AM
What exactly are these rights that exist in a vacuum?

The right to suck.

Psy.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

jimmy olsen

#81
December 22, 2013, 04:22:30 AM
Quote from: The Brain on December 22, 2013, 02:40:07 AM
What exactly are these rights that exist in a vacuum?
How about you read John Locke instead of me paraphrasing it for you.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

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Razgovory

#82
December 22, 2013, 04:24:19 AM
Teach wins! :lol:
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

The Brain

#83
December 22, 2013, 04:32:55 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 22, 2013, 04:22:30 AM
Quote from: The Brain on December 22, 2013, 02:40:07 AM
What exactly are these rights that exist in a vacuum?
How about you read John Locke instead of me paraphrasing it for you.

What's with the bratitude?
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Eddie Teach

#86
December 22, 2013, 08:32:02 AM
 :hmm:

2.4 Imdb rating. Sounds like one Malthus would enjoy. Or that Ide wouldn't enjoy but he'd still give it a C.
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The Brain

#87
December 22, 2013, 10:42:07 AM
I seem to remember saying on this forum that I collect Bratz dolls.
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