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John Galt

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Posted in: Alliance Beteween Turkey and USA May Collaspe If Genocide Bill Passes
  John Galt
10-10-2007, 12:05 AM
#3
the Turks are still committing genocide, this time against Greeks. They burned a Greek child alive not too long ago. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontic_Greek_Genocide ) I think it's about time we reconsider our alliance with a nation that has want...  [Read More]
Posted in: Court rejects alleged CIA kidnap victim
  John Galt
10-10-2007, 12:07 AM
#16
this. disgusts. me....  [Read More]
Posted in: Online Community Makes Strides Towards Democracy After Allegation of Corruption
  John Galt
10-10-2007, 11:04 AM
#9
right, but if I'm not mistaken there was an element of interference from the developers, and the oversight committee was supposed to ensure that the developers were unbiased. I'd say that is not so much enforcing democracy as it is preserving a more...  [Read More]
Posted in: Online Community Makes Strides Towards Democracy After Allegation of Corruption
  John Galt
10-10-2007, 12:01 AM
#7
WTS Giant Mallet of STABBITY DEATH 40K OBO edit: lol, social experiments. with spoiled 12-year old foulmouthed hellions as your guinea pigs. those foulmouthed hellions(I'm not disagreeing with you on that point) DO represent the future of the hum...  [Read More]
Posted in: Online Community Makes Strides Towards Democracy After Allegation of Corruption
  John Galt
10-09-2007, 9:39 PM
#3
seriously, people take their MMOs way to seriously. I disagree. I think that MMO's allow social experimentation without far-reaching real world repercussions. Examples like this exemplify the workings of a democracy, and other avant-garde styles of...  [Read More]
Posted in: Humans: Carnivorous?
  John Galt
10-06-2007, 11:26 PM
#35
But, as Earth's resident sentient species, we DO rule it. Man is the only animal that can shape things according to his will (as in, he has one). This is what seperates us from the animals....  [Read More]
Posted in: Christian right looks to rebound
  John Galt
09-28-2007, 6:22 AM
#55
I really don't have time to write a long post right now, but I'll sum up what I was going to say and elaborate later. 1. Yes, my viewpoint is extremely selfish. After all, the American people are the ones who foot the bill interventions like the Ira...  [Read More]
Posted in: Christian right looks to rebound
  John Galt
09-27-2007, 10:40 PM
#47
YES. Even though I have a tremendous amount of respect for the US military(moreso than the rest of the government) and love democracy, I think that if we went to war with Iraq JUST to overthrow Saddam and set up a Democratic government, it was morall...  [Read More]
Posted in: Christian right looks to rebound
  John Galt
09-27-2007, 9:21 PM
#45
I think that ideas, no matter how extreme, should never be condemned for their own sake. The primary hallmark of true intelligence, in my opinion, is the ability to entertain ideas contrary to your own without necessarily accepting them. Acting on e...  [Read More]
Posted in: Movement to Declare A Chimp "A Person" Underway in Austria
  John Galt
09-27-2007, 10:44 PM
#3
I have no problem with making other species citizens if their sentience can be proven, along with the ablitity to comply with all the usual requirements of citizenship. That being said, I don't think Chimpanzees are sentient creatures, and thus shou...  [Read More]
Posted in: US Dollar Slips To Parity with Candian Dollar
  John Galt
09-28-2007, 9:48 PM
#15
And just barely keeping on topic: With the decrease in new home construction, probably won't be too long before forest products (lumber) will begin to look like a bargain. I don't think that willl have much effect on price to consumers. The companie...  [Read More]
Posted in: US Dollar Slips To Parity with Candian Dollar
  John Galt
09-27-2007, 6:26 PM
#11
I think the current administration's addiction to voodoo economics and deficit spending, along with the two ongoing conflicts(I refuse to call them wars until congress formally declares war), and commitments to free trade that have harmed our manufac...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ahmadinejad Speaks at Columbia University
  John Galt
09-25-2007, 10:49 PM
#6
Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, was invited to speak at Columbia university yesterday (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/am-iran0925,0,3715974.story?coll=chi_tab01_layout). Does this demonstrate how much we value free speech in the...  [Read More]
Posted in: Florida Student Tasered at Kerry Forum
  John Galt
09-19-2007, 7:04 PM
#17
That makes me extremely angry. Sure, the guy was more than a little worked up, but that does not by any means justify escorting him out of the building. Kerry should have interrupted him, answered a few questions, and let him respond. The rent-a-cop...  [Read More]
Posted in: And the defendant is
  John Galt
09-18-2007, 9:30 PM
#3
so who are they going to have in court, Morgan Freeman?!?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Shel Silverstein Smarter than Wolfowitz, et al.?
  John Galt
09-19-2007, 12:57 AM
#3
War is a necessity as long as some nations try to take away the freedoms of the citizens of other nations. I think that total pacifism is an abrogation of government's duty to protect its citizens from having their freedom and property taken away by...  [Read More]
Posted in: Vatican opposes removal of feeding tubes
  John Galt
09-15-2007, 9:52 PM
#13
I think the government has no right whatsoever to interfere with something like this. The catholic church, on the other hand happens to be the de facto moral compass for many, many people around the globe. I'll spare you the (rather terrible) details...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ancient-Renaissance, Modern Cultural Decline, etc
  John Galt
09-17-2007, 9:09 PM
#10
I really don't see the problem, so long as people know how to distinguish between reality and fantasy. I reiterate that what we have on our hands is, in my opinion, a massive lack of personal responsibility and individualism. If people were willing t...  [Read More]
Posted in: Electoral College (How Do You Reform, Should We Reform?)
  John Galt
09-21-2007, 12:12 AM
#13
One purpose of the electoral college is to keep small states relevent in national decision-making. I am a huge advocate of individual rights as well as a Libertarian, but I also think that removing the Electoral College might turn the election into a...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why did you choose atheism?
  John Galt
09-19-2007, 12:49 AM
#21
I started questioning my fundementalist beliefs, and concluded they were impossible to really fit into any rational world view. When I heard hate preached from the pulpit at a church full of otherwise great people, to a chorus of 'amens' by the way,...  [Read More]
Posted in: Air Force
  John Galt
09-18-2007, 9:29 PM
#15
Air force would most definitely help you with flight engineering, they like helping people do things that benefit them....  [Read More]
Posted in: Air Force
  John Galt
09-18-2007, 8:35 PM
#13
Just learned this today, but a friend of mine who goes to Pikeville College broke his leg when he was in the Marine Corps. The Corps honorably discharged him, bought him a computer, and paid for his college and he gets life insurance for around 1.50/...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Kavar's Corner Book Club
  John Galt
09-15-2007, 9:38 PM
#81
Read Aldous Huxley. Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited are excellent, and Island is good as well. His books of philosophy, like The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, are awesome. Even his lesser known works, like After Many A Summer...  [Read More]
Posted in: What are you?
  John Galt
10-06-2007, 11:22 PM
#58
Neither Pro-Choice nor Pro-Life. Government should have never gotten involved in a medical decision between doctor and patient. I support this message. I think that Abortion, being on some level an act of violence, falls under the jurisdiction of...  [Read More]
Posted in: What are you?
  John Galt
10-05-2007, 10:33 AM
#34
Nationality: Proud citizen of the United States of America, specifically the Appalachian region of KY. Political tenets: Libertarian, but I'll sometimes support a Paleoconservative. Religion: None. Major issues I believe in: Individual freedom, st...  [Read More]
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