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• 135 comments on GT 2009-04-05

  1. Jeremy: I have two posts this week. One on Ephemeral Communities and two edutaining videos. Enjoy! [2009-04-05 12:31:49 pm]
  2. Nick Manley: For agorists: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=93966 [2009-04-05 4:10:14 pm]
  3. John: I predicted that the next two bubbles our economy suffers from will be an automotive bubble and a "green" technology ... [2009-04-05 4:24:16 pm]
  4. heather: so i live in portland, oregon, where anarchism is accepted more than most places in the us, and where it's ... [2009-04-05 4:35:19 pm]
  5. anonymouse: Heather, as a cyclist, I'd like to apologize on behalf of the greater cycling community, and to reassure you that ... [2009-04-05 7:01:12 pm]
  6. David Z: i blogged a bit about the urban farming initiative in detroit (and elsewhere), arguing instead for a homesteading approach. Homesteading Detroit: ... [2009-04-05 7:40:11 pm]
  7. Aster: Does anyone else here listen to Radio Ecoshock? I am not an environmentalist, or at least I could only be one ... [2009-04-06 1:16:43 am]
  8. John: This is a Cut & Paste I have been using trying to get more information out about the Hope Steffey ... [2009-04-06 5:04:34 am]
  9. anonymouse: Aster: cities are by far the lowest impact way of living. For a given energy budget they allow a much ... [2009-04-06 6:54:56 am]
  10. Nick Manley: I don't think this is very bad for classical liberalism. The issue of externalized costs for environmental damage has been ... [2009-04-06 12:46:03 pm]
  11. Aster: Anonymouse- I agree with you. I don't admire or trust most environmentalist intellectuals. Many are, as you say, romantic ... [2009-04-06 2:20:55 pm]
  12. Nick Manley: It's fine, Aster. Pay no heed. You're well within the boundaries set by Charles -- that's what counts. I would ... [2009-04-06 6:43:04 pm]
  13. Nick Manley: Hah, that's a bit America centric. I'd imagine the European countries and New Zealand are even more proactive then America ... [2009-04-06 6:47:12 pm]
  14. Soviet Onion: I don't think libertarians are at any worse a disadvantage when it comes to the potential threat of anthropogenic climate ... [2009-04-07 7:51:46 am]
  15. Nick Manley: Soviet Onion, Very thoughtful commentary! I am a bit too busy to ponder it deeply right now. I will surely return ... [2009-04-07 8:29:46 am]
  16. Soviet Onion: I thought of something in regard to Aster's comments on regressive collectivism and the environmental movement. It seems that both social ... [2009-04-07 4:08:39 pm]
  17. Aster: Soviet Onion- Thank you, indeed, for your very thoughtful response. I greatly appreciate, and I hope Charles does not mind ... [2009-04-07 4:23:52 pm]
  18. Nick Manley: Aster, The environmental damage issue is not the same as handgun distribution. There are tons of people with handguns who never ... [2009-04-07 5:31:24 pm]
  19. Nick Manley: Soviet Onion, You forgot to include me. I come from a more communalist background too. I am too vain not to ... [2009-04-07 6:06:35 pm]
  20. Aster: Soviet Onion- Drop dead wow. I didn't think anyone else believed in this. Thank you for the praise- it is much ... [2009-04-07 9:39:37 pm]
  21. Soviet Onion: Aster, It's funny, because you and Will hit the same insightful perspective from very different and unique perspectives, him from a ... [2009-04-08 12:35:41 pm]
  22. Aster: Nick- I don't have a strong opinion on gun rights. I used to be strongly in favour of RKBA- in fact it ... [2009-04-09 2:28:12 am]
  23. Nick Manley: Aster, Throwing bagels at people over political disagreements is petty. In more important news: New Missouri anti-abortion law destroys women's rights Denise Tiller, ... [2009-04-09 3:20:59 pm]
  24. Nick Manley: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,169685,00.html Woo! A judge saves the day. [2009-04-09 3:24:53 pm]
  25. Soviet Onion: Aster, Count me as one of those people who finds some guns romantic. I love Western-style firearms, even though the ... [2009-04-09 8:49:32 pm]
  26. Nick Manley: Blog readers, Anything I say is addressed to the whole blog. Er not to derail this interesting conversation, but the news story ... [2009-04-10 4:41:52 am]
  27. Nick Manley: Nukes can't be used in any pinpointed fashion whatsoever. [2009-04-10 4:47:49 am]
  28. Soviet Onion: We'll still have to dispose of the nukes we already have "after teh Revolution". I say we use em ... [2009-04-10 5:57:29 am]
  29. Nick Manley: LOL I actually agree with Aster that a top down weapon reduction is not a bad idea. It doesn't violate my ... [2009-04-10 6:11:46 am]
  30. Soviet Onion: Nick, You know, some evil laws are so simple that I think they just arise out of the common mindset of ... [2009-04-10 6:54:24 am]
  31. Nick Manley: Yes, Soviet Onion. There is also the issue of national defense to consider -- a consequence of certain tribalisms/nation-statism. It ... [2009-04-10 7:09:33 am]
  32. Soviet Onion: Pictures and a story of modern Swiss gun culture: Girl Beats Guys: A Swiss Teen Rifle Festival The funny thing about Finland ... [2009-04-10 8:00:34 am]
  33. Soviet Onion: Swiss secret weapon [2009-04-10 8:08:11 am]
  34. Nick Manley: Soviet Onion, Your knowledge does seem to indicate that there is no solid transnational correlation between gun violence and presence of ... [2009-04-10 9:12:48 am]
  35. Soviet Onion: Hopefully Aster sees the importance of at least letting the Swiss have guns. If the whole world goes to ... [2009-04-10 1:17:05 pm]
  36. Nick Manley: LOL Don't think Aster is really gung ho about grabbing the guns of peaceful honest folk like you or many undoubtedly ... [2009-04-10 1:24:21 pm]
  37. Nick Manley: LOL Don't think Aster is really gung ho about grabbing the guns of peaceful honest folk like you or many undoubtedly ... [2009-04-10 1:26:26 pm]
  38. Soviet Onion: Switzerland, Belgium and Germany. Germany ain't what it use to be, and if history has taught us is anything ... [2009-04-10 1:32:45 pm]
  39. Soviet Onion: Here's the stats from my personal collection. All homicide and robbery rates are per 100,000 people: UK stats from the ... [2009-04-10 3:04:42 pm]
  40. Soviet Onion: Hmm, the robbery stats didn't show up. I'll try again Here's the stats from my personal collection. All homicide ... [2009-04-10 3:06:13 pm]
  41. Aster: Soviet Onion- [I wrote most of this early yesterday, but due to internet issues I couldn't post it until now.] Thank you ... [2009-04-10 3:20:58 pm]
  42. Nick Manley: Aster, I thought long and hard about the bagel issue -- although, it seems such a small and minor thing to ... [2009-04-11 8:12:37 am]
  43. Jeremy: The problem with left-libertarianism (or with the 21st century rebirth and recasting of 19th century individualism, if you want to ... [2009-04-11 9:05:44 am]
  44. Rad Geek: As usual, speaking only for myself and my own reasoned understanding of libertarian principle. And presuming that, in what follows, ... [2009-04-11 2:21:08 pm]
  45. Nick Manley: Damn, Charles. You make my responses look dumb ( : I love your intelligence. I did think of the same ... [2009-04-11 2:57:26 pm]
  46. Aster: Charles and Soviet Onion- Wow. Those are some quite good arguments. I've spoken to my three friends, and your ... [2009-04-13 3:27:24 am]
  47. Nick Manley: I'd say that talking about rampant tankdom without discussing cultural issues would be deadly. There are certainly some people whose ... [2009-04-13 4:32:51 am]
  48. Soviet Onion: Aster, Just a couple of points: block I think you’re right- at least as far as hand guns go ... [2009-04-13 2:27:07 pm]
  49. Soviet Onion: What really convinces me is the image of a peaceful gun owner confronting me and asking ‘do you ... [2009-04-13 2:46:01 pm]
  50. Rad Geek: Aster, Now if this was a matter of a potentially large danger to other persons, empirically verifiable, the case ... [2009-04-13 4:30:38 pm]
  51. Nick Manley: Bravo! Gentlemen ( : Liberty lives... [2009-04-13 5:46:07 pm]
  52. Aster: "American Gun Culture Report" This is very good. Inspiringly good, in some places. I've many times thought of starting ... [2009-04-13 7:07:18 pm]
  53. Soviet Onion: You know, if you guys are gonna get involved with weapon culture and help me redeem it, you're going to ... [2009-04-13 7:09:32 pm]
  54. Aster: The AK-47. It looks scarier or visually presses more sociobiological buttons. I asked the question of a friend; he told ... [2009-04-13 8:26:21 pm]
  55. Soviet Onion: Aster, thank you for being wise. The AK-47 is indeed a better gun for anything but target practice. ... [2009-04-14 12:19:29 am]
  56. Nick Manley: Soviet Onion, Where would we get them? The magazine looks decent. [2009-04-14 7:22:21 am]
  57. Rad Geek: Soviet Onion, Back when my dad was a prisoner of Uncle Sam's slave army, one of the standard demonstrations in boot ... [2009-04-14 8:44:40 am]
  58. Nick Manley: On the contrary, you're telling us how effective such weapons can be in resisting tyranny ( : Yeah, those so ... [2009-04-14 9:12:17 am]
  59. Rad Geek: Nick, Well, maybe, but I think she can answer the questions posed for herself, and I think that letting her do ... [2009-04-14 9:51:30 am]
  60. Soviet Onion: Charles, I had a friend in high school who's father fought in the Afghan War on the Soviet side. When ... [2009-04-14 3:55:08 pm]
  61. Soviet Onion: Charles, I had a friend in high school who's father fought in the Afghan War on the Soviet side. When ... [2009-04-14 4:01:20 pm]
  62. Nick Manley: Oh I wasn't disparaging her or the discussion. I was trying to conceptualize the philosophic issues. Given how fucked up ... [2009-04-14 4:37:07 pm]
  63. Aster: Nick- If I've drifted into poor methodology here, the problem is a form of atomism, not organicism. And, yes, my ... [2009-04-14 4:44:30 pm]
  64. Nick Manley: BTW, to all concerned: Gus D has written some articles that remind me of this discussion: http://www.dizerega.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/LIBUNITY%20copy.PDF http://www.dizerega.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/DEMSPON1.PDF [2009-04-14 5:02:19 pm]
  65. Nick Manley: Not looking for an argument, Aster. I am not out to convince you of atomism. Please do not speak to ... [2009-04-14 5:10:52 pm]
  66. Nick Manley: Well, I've concluded that I'd trust Soviet Onion with a tank in his backyard... Can't say that's true of everyone! ( ... [2009-04-14 6:16:01 pm]
  67. Nick Manley: I am going Stirnite. All laws are nothing to me -- and Soviet Onion can do whatever the fuck he ... [2009-04-14 6:18:00 pm]
  68. Nick Manley: *Apart from homicide and those other you know obvious crimes... [2009-04-14 6:19:18 pm]
  69. Soviet Onion: If Soviet imports a tank, then I am no snitch.> Yeah sure, just let me sell my chateau on ... [2009-04-14 7:15:39 pm]
  70. Nick Manley: Contractual duels are acceptable ways for cowboy anarchists to settle disputes ( : [2009-04-14 7:20:27 pm]
  71. Soviet Onion: Ever read "An American Experiment in Anarcho-Capitalism: the not so wild, Wild West"? Apparently they actually did things more ... [2009-04-14 7:46:25 pm]
  72. Aster: Charles- I said only somewhat less demonic purposes. I've no desire whatsoever to defend the U.S. forces in the Vietnam ... [2009-04-15 12:00:28 am]
  73. Nick Manley: I should have clarifed my statement: I meant that all of contemporary politics seems to be tribalistic. On second thought, ... [2009-04-15 8:45:56 am]
  74. Nick Manley: I am not sure I understand how the U.S. would have fought the cold war without hot interventions like Korea-Vietnam. ... [2009-04-15 9:02:12 am]
  75. Nick Manley: *It's I'd note that there are alternative views of what brought it down. The right's line is that the warfare state ... [2009-04-15 9:08:57 am]
  76. Soviet Onion: That’s where Rand’s criticism of Libertarianism really shines. If private property rights are divorced from any genuine concern ... [2009-04-15 12:00:45 pm]
  77. Nick Manley: That's the liberal answer... The U.S. was always way ahead of the Soviet Union -- missile gap was a sham. Stalin ... [2009-04-15 12:26:43 pm]
  78. Roderick T. Long: Having been involved in the gun rights movement when I was living in NC, I can confirm that the pro-gun ... [2009-04-15 2:23:55 pm]
  79. Nick Manley: LOL That's such a stereotypical face off... Were they reflexively pro-cop with guns? Onion, Rand had a larger philosophic project. Rothbard himself claimed ... [2009-04-15 2:59:50 pm]
  80. Soviet Onion: I swear, on my honor, never to lift a firearm in an act of aggression, but only in the defense ... [2009-04-15 9:18:53 pm]
  81. Aster: Soviet Onion- Hollywood liberals aren't all that bad, at least compared to Nazis and Old Testament Patriarchs... I think Hollywood does ... [2009-04-15 10:08:30 pm]
  82. Aster: Soviet (et al.)- I've been corresponding with a friend by the name of Strypey in relation to the weapons rights issue. ... [2009-04-15 11:07:30 pm]
  83. Aster: Correction: there should have been a break before the words 'Had a Read' Strypey's letter begins there and ends ... [2009-04-15 11:12:12 pm]
  84. Nick Manley: No Cold War debate, folks? I was polite... [2009-04-16 5:21:59 am]
  85. Nick Manley: The actual Cold War produced this: "Joya, now 30, first spoke out more than five years ago. As a delegate at ... [2009-04-16 5:48:04 am]
  86. Nick Manley: The actual Cold War produced this: "Joya, now 30, first spoke out more than five years ago. As a delegate at ... [2009-04-16 5:49:26 am]
  87. Nick Manley: The actual Cold War produced this: "Joya, now 30, first spoke out more than five years ago. As a delegate at ... [2009-04-16 5:49:41 am]
  88. Roderick T. Long: I think so much of the mutual misunderstanding between libertarians of different traditions (I see a spectrum running from Randianism ... [2009-04-16 12:34:12 pm]
  89. Nick Manley: Precisely. Aster's friend's comments are intelligent, but I do disagree that there's no point in keeping guns around. There's no ... [2009-04-16 2:08:34 pm]
  90. Soviet Onion: I would answer yes to the first question, for the reasons I laid out in my last email. ... [2009-04-16 9:15:09 pm]
  91. Soviet Onion: As an addendum, where's it written that you can't work to eliminate the causes of violence and own guns as ... [2009-04-17 12:32:55 am]
  92. Soviet Onion: I hope my hitman digression didn't seem excessively morbid. My point was to illustrate that even here, with Strypey's ... [2009-04-17 12:39:37 am]
  93. Soviet Onion: Apparently the whole world went Calvinist while we were sleeping. [2009-04-17 12:41:59 am]
  94. Nick Manley: Soviet, You're clearly more adept at arguing this issue then me. Keep up the good work! [2009-04-17 4:39:42 am]
  95. Aster: Soviet Onion- An acquaintance of mine agrees that a .22 is the weapon of choice for a hit man, but for ... [2009-04-17 6:52:58 am]
  96. Soviet Onion: An acquaintance of mine agrees that a .22 is the weapon of choice for a hit man, but ... [2009-04-17 1:30:09 pm]
  97. Marja Erwin: We have something of an ant infestation. I suspect these come from an adjoining apartment (partly because they are concentrated ... [2009-04-17 1:54:58 pm]
  98. Marja Erwin: More on gun rights: http://joaquincienfuegos.blogspot.com/2009/04/reflection-on-left-and-my-arrest.html [2009-04-17 2:21:26 pm]
  99. Soviet Onion: Marja, OMG people driving around with semi-automatic rifles on their person! What's this country coming to? I mean, you ... [2009-04-17 8:17:47 pm]
  100. Soviet Onion: Alas, I must confess, I too once owned a Swiss Army Knife. Take me away!! [2009-04-17 8:19:42 pm]
  101. Nick Manley: "It's official: Congressional and EPA clean air regulations have warmed the Arctic and other regions. See here. A new NASA study ... [2009-04-18 7:59:16 am]
  102. Marja Erwin: The sulfates react with rainwater to form sulphuric acid, destroying forests and releasing additional carbon dioxide. [2009-04-18 8:52:58 am]
  103. Nick Manley: Thank you! Marja. I confess I don't have the scientific knowledge needed to respond to you. My question is: given that ... [2009-04-18 9:37:21 am]
  104. Aster: I think the our evaluation of the science of global warming should precede our wishes, doubts, and fears- or politics. There ... [2009-04-18 3:09:28 pm]
  105. Soviet Onion: First, stop paying people to pollute: No more subsidized roads. No more free lunch for big box distributors and the ... [2009-04-18 11:26:03 pm]
  106. Soviet Onion: Of course, all this would require telling several massive and well-funded interest groups to go fuck themselves, and so it ... [2009-04-18 11:38:34 pm]
  107. Nick Manley: Nods On the more positive side, the looting American based auto industry may have to start selling greener cars to satisfy ... [2009-04-19 11:42:14 am]
  108. Nick Manley: Clarification: the looting heads of the big three -- who all showed up to Congress together. [2009-04-19 11:47:10 am]
  109. Soviet Onion: How about we just reduce the artificial dependence on cars in the first place via the combination of zoning laws ... [2009-04-19 5:48:41 pm]
  110. Nick Manley: I am not as anti-car as some environmentalist tracts can be -- anarchist publisher AK Press sells a manifesto for ... [2009-04-20 6:46:46 pm]
  111. Soviet Onion: It's the standard perspective of most of people seeking social change to view luxury and material affluence with suspicion and ... [2009-04-20 7:14:10 pm]
  112. Nick Manley: I admit I have only the thinnest idea of what fusion is... Until now! Lol. Anyhow, Obama is proposing a new high ... [2009-04-20 7:59:59 pm]
  113. Aster: 'It’s the standard perspective of most people seeking social change to view luxury and material affluence with suspicion and disdain; ... [2009-04-21 5:02:51 am]
  114. Nick Manley: Reading Lolita in Tehran discusses how the Marxian leftists sided with the Islamists against the liberals -- who wanted to ... [2009-04-21 7:30:29 am]
  115. Nick Manley: From the book: "Criminals should not be tried. The trial of a criminal is against human rights. Human rights demand that ... [2009-04-21 7:56:45 am]
  116. Aster: 'Western'. 'Western', according to non-Western conservative, means reason, individualism, freedom- the open society- to be condemned as incompatible with tribe and ... [2009-04-21 4:29:12 pm]
  117. Rad Geek: Aster, I don't think it even has much of anything to do with geography. (Athens is closer to Baghdad than it ... [2009-04-21 11:19:52 pm]
  118. Nick Manley: Well, I just read Obama created a corporation for community and national service -- weird expansion of government backed corporations. He's ... [2009-04-22 10:59:06 am]
  119. Soviet Onion: Slavery - Just Do It. Send the propaganda posters off to the presses immediately. [2009-04-22 3:04:41 pm]
  120. Gabriel: How about this for a T-shirt: Other people are not your property - they are the STATE's property [2009-04-22 8:00:44 pm]
  121. Danyl Strype: Anyhow, Obama is proposing a new high speed passenger service for the U.S. http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/78374.html Much Libertarian humor will now ensue about Mussolini ... [2009-04-29 12:32:17 am]
  122. Danyl Strype: "Anyhow, Obama is proposing a new high speed passenger service for the U.S. http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/78374.html Much Libertarian humor will now ensue about Mussolini ... [2009-04-29 1:00:03 am]
  123. Aster: Stryples!! Charles- This is Strypey, my Wellington friend whose correspondence I posted here earlier. He rocks. I met him through ... [2009-04-29 1:40:57 am]
  124. Nick Manley: I wasn't saying there was anything instrinically fascist about trains. It wasn't even my intention to say the above was ... [2009-04-29 3:42:09 am]
  125. Nick Manley: On cars: I have no strong opinion. I am 21 but don't know how to drive ( : [2009-04-29 4:32:47 am]
  126. Danyl Strype: Nick, I was responding to the link you posted, rather than to you directly. I agree that 'public-private partnerships' (to ... [2009-04-29 4:36:02 am]
  127. Nick Manley: Yes, I am not sure if that's Proudhon or not. Bakinun wrote on federalism too..I think -- not entirely sure. It ... [2009-04-29 8:48:35 am]
  128. Roderick T. Long: Re western civ: Also, pre-Islamic Egypt is part of the Western tradition but post-Islamic Egypt isn't. Or so I ... [2009-04-29 10:20:08 am]
  129. Soviet Onion: One of the early anarchist thinkers (was it Proudhon?) used the pan-european train network - managed as it ... [2009-04-29 10:20:35 am]
  130. Rad Geek: Roderick: Re western civ: Also, pre-Islamic Egypt is part of the Western tradition but post-Islamic Egypt isn’t. Or so ... [2009-04-29 11:12:36 am]
  131. Rad Geek: Strypes, Welcome! BTW Watch out for swine ‘flu hysteria, it’s causing serious psychosomatic complications here… Here in northwest Aztlan it's causing ... [2009-04-29 11:18:24 am]
  132. Soviet Onion: Yeah but Charles, you forget that Chinese people have all those mystical healing powers like Tai Chi and acupuncture. ... [2009-04-29 12:09:00 pm]
  133. Roderick T. Long: After the fall of Communism, the westernmost countries in what during the Cold War was usually called Eastern Europe suddenly ... [2009-04-29 1:14:11 pm]
  134. Nick Manley: I didn't want to derail the other conversation, so I am using shameless Sunday ( : Aster, If a non-combatant ... [2009-04-30 9:06:49 am]
  135. Nick Manley: Hah I guess I can be accused of a bit of anarcho-subjectivism above. Presumably, the governmental pliot is part of the much ... [2009-04-30 2:40:36 pm]
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