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He did improve the phrasing I must say. But the same question remains. Everyone seems to accept we can sometimes break the law. So where does it end. If the law is often illegitimate, can the law be said to be legitimate at all, or is it just something that is forced upon us with threats of...

Rudd's wife is a multimillionaire from government contracts. Most politicians also get lucrative private sector gigs (as a reward from their rent seeking pals) once they retire. Money is not the only thing that corrupts people. Politicians may also be motivated by a lust for power. Quoting...

Dude, just admit you were wrong and said something stupid. I do it all the time. You even admit later in the same post: "Okay, there's racism towards whites from Aborigines." If you were the victim I'm sure you wouldn't consider it insignificant. If you were running a school, or a business and...

I doubt he cares what you think. FFS. We've all had that shit drilled into our head so many times. You sound like a mindless robot repeating it. Have you looked at every possible alternative in detail before reaching this sweeping conclusion that its THE BEST? Democracy has unpredictable...

The rates are higher for non whites, but you said in the post I was replying to: "Racism against us whites is a non-issue." Now you're backtracking, it is still an issue for some people. Irrelevant to the topic of racism. It doesn't change the fact that some Aboriginies are racist towards...

You are doing exactly what white racists do. Just because people with the same coloured skin as you tend on average to be richer or historically more powerful doesn't help some poor white person who is actually victimized. We are not responsible for the actions of our ancestors. You can't lump...

Climate change is super serial.

Not in that sense. It would be stupid to spend a good portion your life rotting in prison (probably suffering permanent physical and psychological harm as a result), only to be ridiculed by the majority of people who would think you deserve it anyway. Just like it would be stupid to refuse to...

About 40% of government spending is transfer payments, then there's all the money wasted on "defense" fighting foreign wars, the money paid to useless politicians and bureaucrats, and the money spent policing victimless crimes and locking people up for them. Subtract all that and the money left...

Most Americans have health insurance and do get better and faster treatment than people in countries with socialized medicine. The 1% figure is a complete joke. Of course, the US system is far from a free market anyway. Arguably even more so than in Australia which has one of the less...

hahaha, that was pure gold. a thousand points to whoever said that. Now stop being a sad little gook and go do sum maff.

Perhaps that's why politicians from Canada and Europe that don't want to die waiting for the appalling public health care they support all fly to the US to get treatment.

A lot of young people are jokingly racist. I make quite a lot of racist jokes but I'm really mocking the whole stupid idea of racism, not the people of that particular race themselves. Might some people take it the wrong way? Sure. THEY SHOULD HARDEN THE FUCK UP AND STOP WORRYING THAT THEIR...

The libertarian perspective is that its totally up to the parents or the student if they are able to support them self. Not only should schools not have to teach science, children should not even have to go to school.

So if I take your money by force, but then use all the money to buy you groceries or something I think you will use, do you break even out of the whole thing? Hey maybe people like choosing how they spend their own money, rather than the government giving them things they think they might like...

I don't see why principals are the best judge. They are bureaucrats that get paid according to their ability to fellate the bureaucrats above them. They are not selected or promoted on the basis of how satisfied the students and parents at their schools are. Someone should ask the students and...

Religion has no place within institutions of learning, just as facts and reason have no place within a church.

Good points. Wage earners on high incomes (180k+) probably do pay a lot of tax, which is hugely unfair. I was talking more about a very small group of extremely wealthy people, all multimillionaires or billionaires, who have the resources to avoid almost all of their tax obligations. For many...

Yeah I'm pretty much wrong. I suppose its possible for a politician to be good if they want to wind back government, like Ron Paul or Peter Schiff. But overwhelming politics incentivizes people to rent seek and do terrible things. Politics is like a market for power. You buy politicians by...

The same reason there are no good muggers, or rapists, or mafia groups. Politics is immoral by its very nature.