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that's why we like you. the 8 cylinder thing

Okay...I can't stand it. John Galt is not Christ...he's not "coming for us" and he's not "going to show up and rescue the Objectivists". That is YOUR job...rescue yourself. The time to Galt (on whatever level you can) is here..it's now! And we do not have to play by society's rules..unless you're a hypocrite. You're dealing from both sides of the deck. Make sense or stop talking. (Took the kinders on a field trip today to our local grocery store...walked there actually...my favorite part was when we were in the meat cutters cooler and they showed us how they cut tbone steaks...he held of a side of beef and said, "and here's where the spinal chord used to be." I love teaching children the truth about food and where it comes from. :))

Darn, what's the speedoometer say.... I mean speedometer....must be thinking about that global warming fact post (for women)..lol !!

Good, then you'll agree with me to let the poor dumb bastards die for their cause.

Ah thanks. You are most correct. They hang homosexuals in Iran. So...what's the argument I keep hearing about Christians 'intolerance'? We don't hang homosexuals.

This republic was founded on Christian principles. I'm not going to tell you the thousands of examples in the journal and/or diary entries of the founding fathers in which either "creator" or God was mentioned. Do your research. If you still drown in denial, I'm not going to help you.

Our civilization and it's morals have been Christian based. Why? Christianity doesn't change. Why's that? Because the Bible doesn't change. Why's that? Because the Lord said the Bible can't be changed. Where does it say that? Read Revelations, Chapter 22 verses 18 and 19.

That's why the Lord is sometimes called our "Rock" ~ meaning solid, firm. Any morality that's not based on Christianity is built on shifting sands. Those 'morals' will change. Just ask any tyrant.

Getting back to 'tolerance'. Christians tolerate a lot. Even people who do not agree nor believe in Christ. Objectivist? Great. I'm not going to kill you and I'm pretty sure you're not going to kill me. That means we can work together and get on with life. I dare you to try this with Islam, I'll have my Springfield on backup when they freak out on you.

Like I said before, I am a true-hearted Objectivist, so I would have no problem defending myself if attacked. If they want my head on a pike, they will have to fight through me first. For I am not willing to allow myself to die for nothing.

"Welcome to the gulch anyway".. lol very coexisting of you US.

Oh dear lol don't.

(pssst...you forgot to mention that they hate gays too.)

Yeah, Atlas Shrugged was a work of fiction. Maybe a John Galt will show up one day to rescue the Objectivists, though that day does not seem to be anywhere in the near future, and so we must play by society's rules until then. All we can do is push and try.

I think we should lobby for that... Lol !!

Ryan, I don't think it is just going to show up. Who is John Galt?

Ah, but a republic is not much better. For whose morality do we follow? Even if an Objectivist wished to gain improved individual right, the majority would still deny and thus would be useless. Unless it is a society in which the Objectivist rules of morality can be freely applied without compromised morals, then it will not be a "good" government.

Thanks. I've had a lot on my mind lately. I'm firing on all cylinders (that would be 8 of them) tonight.

Good. I hope you'll have the courage to face down the Islamic hordes. Trust me, they will be coming for you. Of all the people they hate, they hate atheists the most. Then Jews, then Christians. Got a firearm? Are you proficient? If you answered "yes" to either or both, you're on my side. We'll talk about our differences later. I'm looking at the greatest threat.

thank you. I think Scott needs to fly LS and me into some super secret movie meeting. my plane ticket may be a little a steep, though. :)

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All democracies end in tyranny. That's why our Founding Fathers created a Republic. It's not about the "rich" ~ stop believing in the spoon-fed communist crap from college. A republic is about checks and balances ~ something Ovomit does not respect and is diligently destroying. Please, no utopia's.

there is no sensory response? I disagree.
what is your justification for the difference. why are feelings important?
the animals that are the food source for humans, their species are much more likely to survive. are you harming their evolutionary chances at survival?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q3CZNKgn...

Congratulations Kh, 5010.... you should get a prize for that :)

Sorry, the "XD" part was my iPhone and its annoying autocorrect feature. Yes. Until the whole world accepts Objectivism, we are forced to coexist and compromise morals...though that hurts the morals of any Objectivist. For, where else is there to run for fellow Objectivists? Communism is controlled by the government, a republic is controlled by the rich, a dictatorship is controlled by one man, and democracy is controlled by the majority. So, where is there for an Objectivist? There is no place yet, and so, I wait for our utopia to come, and when it does, we will be free of moral compromise! And that day, that day which Ayn Rand would have loved in the deepest recesses of her mind, Objectivists will flock to our utopia, our real-life John Galt, and be free of those that constrain us.

ryan. I imagine that is hard road to hoe. more isolationist than heteros who are Objectivists. then throw in the vegan-well...;)
I do not know what a hippie XD is. the Objectivist co-exists every day with the non-Objectivist. There is a tipping point, however. and I believe we have reached it

Ah...but bacteria and such is different: they have no brain or feelings of pain. They cannot think and are only cells. Rand agreed with abortion because up to a certain date, it is only a bundle of cells. Killing a cell is different than killing a living, moving, multi-cellular organism.