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I'm sure if we started dumping police cases in the ICC, they'd tell us to knock it off and pay for a competant legal system.

If you define society as a composite or gestalt of all the components that make it up, then the argument falls apart because the existence of those degrees means that they are valued. No, it means they are valued by the individual getting them. Since the cost is subsidized by the state, individuals...

Just forgot: 1) Legality of Awlaki's killing under U.S. laws has been conceded by most members To kill him requires him to be a legitimate military target- for it to be legal it must meet the standards set by international law. So saying that people agree with 1 but not 2 is nonsense- you can either...

Technically showing child mortality was higher in the past doesn't show that social welfare programs brought it down. I'm not saying they are useless, but the graph makes it pretty clear that the main change is technological over that time period as welfare and income have been much more stagnant In...

2) Legality of Awlaki's killing under international laws has been debated re: Geneva Conventions and there are legitimate arguments brought by e.g. Vympel. No there aren't. Vympel's "argument" is attacking wheter or not Anwar is a member of Al-Queda and thus a legitimate target. He keeps ...

Broomstick wrote:FDR got re-elected three times, despite the lingering problems of the Great Depression.

Yeah, but the second time, the economy was improving, the third time there was the threat of war and the fourth time we were in a war.

I think banks, by their very nature have to be big concentrations of wealth. So, the super-entity may not result from conspiracy. The real question, says the Zurich team, is whether it can exert concerted political power. Driffill feels 147 is too many to sustain collusion. Braha suspects they will ...

It was explained to you. No, it wasn't. It was said to be irrelevant. That is not an explanation. What you give here by contrast is actually an explanation, as it explains why it is considered irrelevant. In the course of doing so, you just copied the arguments of others that were talking about var...

So despite the fact the Purnell was arguing that the killing was legal and I used them to argue the killing was legal, it is quote mining because... well, you don't say. I was under the impression the mods job is to not only tell people that they have done something wrong, but explain what it is so ...

Since Thanas has declared that he is unwilling to discuss or read my posts, I will just leave him with a helpful tip- words have meaning: Quote mining is the deceitful tactic of taking quotes out of context in order to make them seemingly agree with the quote miner's viewpoint.[1] It's a way of lyin...

In what world does "at no point until you entered" suddenly mean "yeah, we have been talking about this already"? Want to try some more backpedalling and/or lying? I am focusing "myopically" on the legality, because that is how the entire argument with Vympel started o...

At no point until you entered was the focus on the dangers of abuse. I prefer to stick to a single topic because it is easier to deal with, especially with intellectually dishonest opponents, who I do poorly with. You've got to be kidding me. Nearly every single article I linked to talked about pot...

Wow, when choosing a personality for Luna, they decided to go for one none of the fans thought of. I guess the producers decided Twilight or Fluttershy 2.0 was silly.

No, Simon Jester entire line of argument was based on the exact same premise as yours. How about you just read the responces to that and explain what is wrong with them first. And your arguments have been piss poor and in the end do not address his central argument at all. You are still missing the...

Thank you for openly admitting Openly admitting what, Sammy boy? I admitted that I was refusing to acknowledge the posts of others that you were stealing without any independent thought. Because they're totally irrelevant. You've demonstrated you are far too stupid to stand on your own in this thre...

He means a better shot compared to the current situation, not the pre-invasion situation. I think he meant that now the embargo is lifted. From 1990 to 2003 we banned all trade with Iraq. It is supposed to have killed somewhere between a hundred thousand and over a million people. There was food ra...

If you can think of a way to apply the scientific method to questions of morality, I'd give a hell of a lot to hear it.

That is actually easy. You can see if certain actions are linked to increased life expectancy, a higher standard of living, etc.

Apparently you have to pay to get access to the article. Don't they know that when the costs of producing additional copies is zero, you should set the price to zero to achieve maximum social welfare?

Fortunately MR linked a free copy here:
http://www.davidskarbek.com/uploads/ExtortionAPSR.pdf

The decision to intervene in Libya but not in Syria was probably made because of the greater ease of securing diplomatic support for the former, I think. Gaddafi had pissed on Arab nations as well as western ones in the past, so there was Arab League support for at least the initial stages of the i...

Yes, that is exactly what I am doing. How did you guess? Thank you for openly admitting you are in blatant violation of debating rule #4. So please, call a third party moderater. I'm sure they would love to hear your explanation that you don't have to read peoples posts because they are quoting som...

1) they assume that the authorities are competent and almost never make mistakes (like for example chasing the wrong guy). Unfortunately, the authorites are run by humans who naturally tend to make mistakes and these mistakes can ruin your career or your life (if all of a sudden you have a criminal...

Of course, you're welcome to justify your characterization of the area of where Awlaki was killed as "an active war zone" as opposed to "a place in Yemen, which Samuel pretends can be considered a giant battlfield" at any time, btw. With evidence. This has been previously adress...

Because its self-evident, you pathetic little retard. I asked you to provide legal principles for your comment. Oh. I thought it was obvious. We can arrest people if we can get police to them and subdue them. An active war zone dramatically reduces the odds of this happening. In fact the Yemenis go...

What legal right does the US have to kill enemy combatants in an active war zone? Is that what you are asking? :lol: No it is not, you disengenuous little turd. Explain the legal principles by which you think "it is an active warzone so we can't arrest him" is directly related to why it i...

You honestly don't understand why "it is an active warzone so we can't arrest him" is directly related to why it is legal to kill? Are you dense? No, but you clearly are. Cite the legal principles you appeal to to make this argument. What legal right does the US have to kill enemy combata...