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Posted on: April 17, 2020 at 12:26:34 CT
4TigersinMichigan MU
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But to me, the moral thing is therefore to set a line that protects the vulnerable and work toward something better as needed. Don't leave it open and allow the weakest to be attacked.

That is, in my mind, the moral response.
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I was asked why Libertarianism is not compassionate - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 10:55:55
     Hold on, you never asked the question: "Is it okay for a 40 - ummmm MU - 4/17 12:43:07
          this is supposed to be about why he thinks libertarianism - pickle MU - 4/17 12:48:01
          Answer is still "Hell No - never, ever, ever - period" - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 12:45:31
               You never asked that question. You were phrasing it as - ummmm MU - 4/17 12:55:18
                    I am not the least bit emotional - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 12:56:36
                         your position is 100% emotional - pickle MU - 4/17 12:59:04
                         Yes, the record speaks for itself indeed and you never once - ummmm MU - 4/17 12:58:26
                              The record is clear - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 13:00:09
                                   you didn't ask if it was "wrong", we were discussing a - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 13:22:06
                                   You didn't ask those questions. Go back and look. (nm) - ummmm MU - 4/17 13:00:49
                                        I wholeheartedly stand by the record ummm - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 13:03:32
                                             Then link a post that supports it. - ummmm MU - 4/17 13:06:11
                                                  I never said you wanted people to possess it - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 13:11:31
                                                       I said that mere possession is not a crime. - ummmm MU - 4/17 13:18:17
                                             who is infringed upon and what right is infringed upon - pickle MU - 4/17 13:05:52
               Yet - meatiger MU - 4/17 12:51:11
                    read this, meatiger: - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 13:24:04
                    Also, as was pointed out to him, there are some nations with - ummmm MU - 4/17 12:56:17
                         There are a host of immoral countries out there ummm - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 12:57:21
                              countries are not immoral or moral (nm) - pickle MU - 4/17 13:01:42
                              But if you leave it up to arbitrary government decisions, - ummmm MU - 4/17 13:00:18
                                   One advantage of a Judeo/Christian nation is that it - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 13:02:03
                                        RE: One advantage of a Judeo/Christian nation is that it - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 13:25:35
                                        Wasn't Mother Mary 14 years old when she was immucately - ummmm MU - 4/17 13:02:48
                                             I have not a clue how old she was - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 13:04:39
                                                  "couldn't say it was wrong" oh, boy (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 13:26:11
                                                  I said it in this thread: - ummmm MU - 4/17 13:07:20
                                                       I am not being emotional - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 13:13:06
                                                            I answered your question in this thread in the exact way - ummmm MU - 4/17 13:16:45
                                                                 1:30 conference call - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 13:26:21
                                                                      Yes, the record is there for all to see. (nm) - ummmm MU - 4/17 13:30:26
                                                                           I'm not reading all that, just wish he'd respond to my - SwampTiger MU - 4/17 13:47:46
                                                                                he never will - pickle MU - 4/17 13:54:00
                                                                      it didn’t and you keep avoiding the question (nm) - pickle MU - 4/17 13:29:50
                                                            you are being emotional - pickle MU - 4/17 13:14:47
                    Just curious to see if I could goad anyone into a sense of - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 12:55:35
     thanks, very little in there about compassion and - SwampTiger MU - 4/17 12:15:23
          No, I was asked my reasons and I am rock solid - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 12:27:26
               oh, my bad, I thought you were answering my question - SwampTiger MU - 4/17 12:30:45
               you didn’t answer the question about libertariansim - pickle MU - 4/17 12:29:24
     Libertarians at least on this board are phony baloney - hokie VT - 4/17 11:44:03
          What that really means is that 1) the word has - GA Tiger MU - 4/17 12:24:04
               it’s defined and talked about constantly - pickle MU - 4/17 12:36:45
               Kind of, but no. The libs and lib'tarians don't want to - hokie VT - 4/17 12:34:51
          what are some of the good ideas of libertarianism? (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 4/17 12:10:19
               Its the only label yet that attempts to, and generally does, - GA Tiger MU - 4/17 12:25:38
                    Adopts the best of conservative and liberal? - meatiger MU - 4/17 12:28:43
                         he might be talking about communism - SwampTiger MU - 4/17 12:35:58
               Limited government. Not NO GOVERNMENT, limited. nm - hokie VT - 4/17 12:15:17
                    that’s not really an answer (nm) - pickle MU - 4/17 12:19:07
                         I gave the beginning answer.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 4/17 12:26:12
                              See why i don't respond to The Idiot? According to it, you - hokie VT - 4/17 12:45:26
                                   the question was what are some of the good ideas - pickle MU - 4/17 12:46:57
                              i’m sure you think so (nm) - pickle MU - 4/17 12:37:19
                    who here, that you read, calls for no govt? (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 4/17 12:16:09
                         The Idiot, your leader and mentor. He has advocated in the - hokie VT - 4/17 12:28:21
                              you said phonies, are there any here other than the one - SwampTiger MU - 4/17 12:34:27
                                   I said i don't read beyond the subject line. And why doesn' - hokie VT - 4/17 12:41:17
                                        you used "phonies" which is plural - SwampTiger MU - 4/17 12:48:44
                                             So you're not going to answer why The Idiot doesn't count?nm - hokie VT - 4/17 13:02:37
                                                  because you don’t read my posts - pickle MU - 4/17 13:09:16
                                        oh dear (nm) - pickle MU - 4/17 12:45:48
                              “who here, THAT YOU READ...” (nm) - pickle MU - 4/17 12:30:00
          You saw just how committed they were until faced with the - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 11:45:51
               you don’t read my posts, remember? - pickle MU - 4/17 11:47:57
     No matter what the topic if you only see absolutes there - DHighlander NWMSU - 4/17 11:41:06
          Not true at all - meatiger MU - 4/17 11:45:54
          every single one of your sentences is an absolute (nm) - pickle MU - 4/17 11:43:17
               Here is an absolute - You are a complete idiot. Here is one - DHighlander NWMSU - 4/17 11:47:39
     These are the parents that let their kids do what they want - TigerFan92 MU - 4/17 11:35:39
          But parents that go to the other extreme also screw up - DHighlander NWMSU - 4/17 11:43:57
               Well sure. Limits provide safety for them. But without love - TigerFan92 MU - 4/17 11:51:16
                    The only people who claim to know how to parent perfectly - DHighlander NWMSU - 4/17 11:55:43
          Libertarians want a system that denies the moral - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 11:38:45
               that’s both ignorant and a lie (nm) - pickle MU - 4/17 11:39:57
     The 5 cycles of grief and loss - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 11:24:44
          I explained here why I could never buy into a political - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 11:33:37
               "abdicates moral authority" =/= "isn't based on god" (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 12:14:06
                    If you wish to think men not having sex with 12 year olds is - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 12:28:36
                         Not referring to that 4Tigs, speaking in general about - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 12:31:20
                              See how you are the one often intent on bringing God - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 12:35:29
               Abdicates moral authority - meatiger MU - 4/17 11:40:12
                    I will state again, I believe there to be a moral component - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 11:44:14
                         How do you account - meatiger MU - 4/17 11:48:28
                              A society that does not have a commonly understood - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 11:52:54
                                   Code of moral behavior - meatiger MU - 4/17 12:30:38
                                   well there’s another lie (nm) - pickle MU - 4/17 11:55:00
                         you have yet to explain how it is not compassionate (nm) - pickle MU - 4/17 11:46:11
               you didn’t. you began with an ignorant mischaracterization - pickle MU - 4/17 11:35:19
     none of that explains why you think libertarianism - pickle MU - 4/17 11:10:34
     Are you a TB shill? 50 pages of posts in 11 days? Nicks wife - miz_zou MU - 4/17 11:05:42
     So you think - meatiger MU - 4/17 10:59:59
          No one stepped in to contradict the position it was OK - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 11:02:13
               everyone did, 4Tigs, you chose to not see it and instead - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 11:21:54
                    The threads are there - show me - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 11:34:33
                    he’s avoiding answering why he thinks libertarianism - pickle MU - 4/17 11:24:03
                         he believes there is only one pathway to being moral - - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 11:26:20
               everyone did (nm) - pickle MU - 4/17 11:11:01
               actually yes they did - meatiger MU - 4/17 11:05:49
                    The answer is not "I think it's disgusting" or "I can't - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 11:11:52
                         90Tiger, ummm, and Pickle were very clear - meatiger MU - 4/17 11:14:47
                              If a 40 year old man is having sex with a 12 year old girl - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 11:17:18
                                   as would everyone else, you're missing the entire concep - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 11:22:44
                                        What I was missing was you simply stating it is NEVER - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 11:35:54
                                             so substitute 14 or 16 or 17 in your critical statement - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 11:52:59
                                                  I stated it as I did for a reason - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 11:59:47
                                                       it's not a "moral void" - it just shows you want arbitrary a - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 12:03:36
                                                            I actually did want to hear that - for many threads and - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 12:05:11
                                                                 straw man - pickle MU - 4/17 12:07:15
                                                                      yes, correct. that is why fester was attacked (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 12:08:23
                                                                 Are you going to continue to ignore the question? (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 12:06:06
                                                                      The question is why I reject libertarianism - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 12:07:08
                                                                           are you going to state with clarity no 16 year old, - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 12:10:03
                                                                                I said elsewhere I believe it entirely possible a 16 or 17 - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 12:11:51
                                                                                     “12-year old charged with capital murder” - Texas - pickle MU - 4/17 12:15:38
                                                                                     lol, so you don't care whit about stripping anyone's - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 12:15:14
                                                                                     “Florida boy, 12, charged as an adult in brother’s murder” - pickle MU - 4/17 12:14:41
                                                                           no. the question is why you think it’s not compassionate (nm) - pickle MU - 4/17 12:07:48
                                                       you have lied this entire thread - pickle MU - 4/17 12:01:13
                                             yes, you tried to derail the topic - pickle MU - 4/17 11:39:27
                                                  yup. and i tried in vain to keep it on track. he was - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 11:47:42
                                                       You see it as a gotcha - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 12:01:24
                                                            I have moral clarity, 4Tigs. It isn't based on a date of - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 12:06:39
                                                                 And although you lied about it through last night - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 12:09:13
                                                                      The define it. you're dodging. How about 13? 14? 15? 16? - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 12:10:56
                                                                           There is no glowing line - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 12:26:34
                                                                                so you don't think there is a line, but want to set a line - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 12:35:27
                                                                                     I believe there is a moral obligation to protect the - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 12:36:53
                                                                                          more straw (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 14:09:33
                                                                                          another straw man (nm) - pickle MU - 4/17 12:38:02
                                                                                so you don't think there is a line, but you personall - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 12:33:00
                                                                                yet you spent an hour yesterday demanding objective - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 12:31:58
                                                                                     I asked what your line would be since you could not - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/17 12:38:17
                                   Is it OK if the guy is younger than 40?(nm) - Mo Texan MU - 4/17 11:22:38
                                   huh?(nm) - meatiger MU - 4/17 11:21:26
                                        he’s saying it’s always a violation of rights - pickle MU - 4/17 11:26:07
                                             yep. he spent an hour trying to get me to say that - 90Tiger STL - 4/17 11:28:20
                                                  just can’t get past the emotion to be objective - pickle MU - 4/17 11:31:38
                                   you’re only showing your misunderstanding of rights - pickle MU - 4/17 11:18:48




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