Army Officer Wants You Disarmed.

[eric]

[exploited]

The threat of violence keeps people from doing things like that. Exactly.

Hence, zoning laws. And environmental regs. And all the other things we can use to settle disputes more or less peacefully - with that peace enforced by the threat of state "violence" against the perpetrator. Much better than knocking up coal plants or engaging in property destruction, or whatever the hell you plan on doing when you encounter an IRL asshole who doesn't care about your wellbeing.

I mean, Christ, we can barely keep chemical companies from polluting every waterway in North America. The free market doesn't give a shit.

[JDHURF]

[dontworrybehappy]

Mogli, be careful using terms around here.

The only thing the left in here seems to agree on is that Obama is a black man, even though he's half white. If Obama does ONE THING that, according to the definition, is something that __________ wouldn't do, then that means he's not __________.

Just fill in the blanks with whatever term you wish.

[JDHURF]

There goes dwbh turning a discussion about Obama into one about race again. Very suspect.

[Dylan]

[Mogli]

[Mogli]

[Mogli]

[exploited]

I am a farmer. I have like a thousand square feet of greenhouse plastic taking up space in my barn. Do you think it should be within my rights to take it to the burn pile and light it up? After all, other than exposure to carcinogens, this doesn't harm my neighbours. Yes or no?

There is a creek that goes through my farm. I use it to irrigate my fields on occasion. Problem is, I have to apply to council to get permission to use it, because other farmers whose properties sit on the creek use it too. I think that I should have unlimited use of the water, since it is passing over my property. Yes or no?

Let's say that I spray pesticides on my fields. Unfortunately I don't use all of them up, and I have a surplus. Because the government can't tell me what to do, I just leave a half-dozen barrels of pesticide, herbicide and insecticide sitting outside. These barrels erode, and leak into the aquifier that sits beneath my property. Now my neighbours don't have drinking water - but the source of that water is my property, so they should not have any legal recourse. Yes or no?