John Galt

Reply to Religion of Peace Update: November 2006 in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

... and in other news Christians for 1500 years killed Muslims, Jews, and anyone that dared actually use their brains in the name of religion and the furthering of Christian Doctrine and thought nothing of it. Spanish Inquisition, witch hunts, Friday the 13th anyone? ... and in other news, Christian leaders in the south have been supporting the Jews monetarily in Israel. Why? Because they believe that it will hasten Armageddon and the unbelievers will be washed from the face of the eart

Excellent Quote: Philosophy Isn't Optional in Life JoeUser Forums

"Objectivism does not deny that 'many factors' are involved in historical causation. Economic, psychological, military, and other forces play a role. Ayn Rand does not, however, regard all these forces as primaries. "There is no dichotomy between philosophy and the specialized factors. Philosophy is not the only cause of the course of the centuries. It is the

Reply to Important Concept that Media doesn't Understand in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

Oh they had a lot to do with it, but it would never have happened if the UN understood that the precondition for all freedom is property rights and they were taking the Palistinian's land. You can sacrifice one group of people for another no matter the reason or how wealthy the other is. This is the lesson that Socialism has not learned.

Reply to Paul Thurrott Endorses Communism in International JoeUser Forums

Intellectual property is the most important form of property rights. If you don't get to own your own mind then you're a slave. Intellectual property rights have nothing to do with "the greater good". Where in god's name did you come up with that? They exist to protect the individual from the masses taking the mind of the person for their own use. (socialism) They exist to ensure that you can possess your own mind and make a living from yo

Important Concept that Media doesn't Understand in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

Everyone has been whining about Isreal killing innocent civiilians. Isreal is not killing innocent civilians. Hezbola is. They initated the conflict, not Isreal. Isreal has the right to defend itself, and anyone that dies in a just war is on the heads of the initator of the conflict. Hezbola is the terrorist organization that kidnapped Isreali soldiers, Hezbola is

Reply to A very Important Concept of All Laws in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

First the concept is "physical harm" not harm. Harm includes you losing a job because the other guy is better than you because you don't get as wealthy, which is irrational because simply being better certainly isn't a crime, in fact it's a virtue that we need to get back to worshiping. Physical harm means direct physical harm to your person or your property and thus the statement becomes very clear. Second: Insurance companies are free to put

Reply to A very Important Concept of All Laws in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

Dr. Guy: Exactly. And the argument about health care is only relivent in a country like Canada that forces public health care on you and forces you to pay for it thus breaking the point to the quote in the first place. Yes, Health care is great. But just because it's great, doesn't mean that you have to right to force others to get it too. What you do have a right to, is to expect that if you choose to pay for it, that you'll get serv

A very Important Concept of All Laws in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because, in the

Reply to Rathergate Part II in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

Actually Dr. Guy, even the dirties coal generation station is about 100 times more efficient than the number of cars required to produce the same amount of energy. It's called efficiency through making things big. Further most coal plants aren't all that dirty anymore. It's just there are thousands of them across the mid-west so it creates a lot via accumulation. But if you were to replace every fosil fuel burning peice of equipment with electic gene

Rathergate Part II in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

Dan Rather just did a piece on 60 minutes... Pushing ethanol fuels... It has to be the worst piece of reporting since Rathergate Part 1. Things he didn't mention or got plan wrong: Ethanol fuels barely has a net gain. That is it takes 99% of the energy that is produced from the end fuel to actually create the fuel. Given that oil wo

Terrorism is Still Terrorism Even if Your Skin is Red in International JoeUser Forums

Yes the title sounds racist, but it's just the opposite. I don't give a damn what colour your skin is, if you terrorize people, you're a terrorist. Period. In Ontario we have a bunch of natives blocking a rail line and a road because of a land claim dispute (which the natives in question gave up their claims to the land 150 years ago). They're fortifying the

Reply to Duh: 8 of 10 Car Accidents Caused by Inattention in International JoeUser Forums

stutefish: Exactly my point. As for the BS about slowing reaction times and people not being able to handle it.... It's BS. Here's why: 1. Speed limits essentially haven't changed in 50 years. 50 years ago cars took 10x (I'm not kidding) longer to stop then they do today. That means if I'm doing 160 km /hour I can still stop faster than a car doing 80 km 50 years ago. And then there are tires and handling characteristics that enable

Duh: 8 of 10 Car Accidents Caused by Inattention in International JoeUser Forums

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060420/distracted_driving_060420/20060420?hub=TopStories So why did I post this to a politics forum? Because of the compltion of the title: ... NOT SPEEDING. Yes, that's right, speed as nothing to do with the vast majority of accidents. More to the point, from my experience driving with

More Important to see than Schindler's List in Movie Reviews JoeUser Forums

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1181589,00.html I remember back in High school the entire school got to go see Schindler's List for free. It was heralded as one of the most important films ever made. I skipped out on it. Why? Because victim mentality is not my thing. Yes it happened, yes it's horrible, if we bothered to actually und

Paul Thurrott Endorses Communism in International JoeUser Forums

On his blog Paul Thurrott just suggested that the rest of the world needs to do what France is doing and steal the Intellectual property of Apple "for the greater good". Otherwise known as communism. http://www.internet-nexus.com/2006/03/france-pushes-for-free-choice-on-song.htm My response to him: Little tip. Communism failed horribly, star

Reply to Thugs: AKA Bullies in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Good for all of you. There needs to be more of you. However, the Taliban is the bully, they enslave people. The United States, whom until recently under Bush has been about freeing people need not worry what a bully thinks of them. You kick their ass and you use exactly their own tactics against them. Terrorize the terrorists. Make no mistake, this is about the initiation of force. The taliban does so, the United States, even under B

Reply to Intel "monopoly" at an end in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

I was being sarcastic...

Intel "monopoly" at an end in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30338 Just in time for the US Justice department to decide that they need to split it up. (Just like Standard Oil, AT&T, and every other time they've exercised the inane laws of anti-trust which require you to break them and have someone tell you about it before you'll ever know that you have...<!-- Ju-Anchor-Footer-Start -

Reply to Relief is coming in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It has...

Thugs: AKA Bullies in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Now-a-days it seems that there is at least one in everything you do. Whether it be business (i.e. the government) or some community event or walking down the street. There’s always someone that is willing to use physical threat or other forms of coercion to get what they want. And the worst part about it? They get away with it. In Toronto we’re having horrib

Reply to The West Commits Suicide at the hands of their own Values. in International JoeUser Forums

One final pedantic critique (I find JG too unhinged to respond to on any other level): 'The West Commits Suicide at the hands of their own Values.' If you commit suicide, you do it by definition at your OWN hands, not at the hands of anyone / anything else ... BTW, there is no contradiction in what I said by your own definition. Only that I'm being specific as to how they are commiting suicide and what is causing it.... As

Reply to The West Commits Suicide at the hands of their own Values. in International JoeUser Forums

Sorry about the spelling. Late night writing and trying to get it out of my fingers... (no excuse) Mean while the house has passed or is about to pass a law requiring all political blog writers to register with the government. (man I'm glad I"m not an American, I'd be thrown in jail under this new law in a heart beat!) Mean while the DMCA act makes it a federal crime to even publish information about how to hack something in theory. O

Socialism is as Socialism Does in International JoeUser Forums

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/02/12/ndp-hargrove060212.html?ref=rss Ironic? Hell yes. Predictable? Of course. When you're entire platform revolves around enslaving those that work hard, and steal from anyone that works hard to make a living, ignoring the concept of freedom of speech and association? That's nothing. Mind what p

The West Commits Suicide at the hands of their own Values. in International JoeUser Forums

http://www.aynrand.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=17003.0&dlv_id=15181&JServSessionIdr007=3ud5su7qf1.app14b All because of moral equivalence. The belief that right and wrong are all about point of view, and not about objective measurements. Further, combine that with a contradictory value system that tells us to "turn the other cheek" and volia, you have the de

Reply to Muslims of the World Unite in Hypcrisy! in International JoeUser Forums

300 AD to 1800AD give or take a few years. The Protestant "reformation" took the teeth out of Christianity... al least in a few parts of the world. Yes, Protestantism formed christianity before the 1800s but it was only in the late 1700s that anything actually changed, and the burnings at the stake ended. Why? Because of rational thought. Because of capitalism and science. Why was capitalism and science able to take hold? Because the protestants took