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"If you are worried about "the planet" or "society" and your shit is not completely together, you need to prioritize. You are not going to leap frog over your problems and fix everyone else's." - BP
On the universe - "There's not necessarily a point." - Matthew Bruce Alexander
"At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
"..we don't solve that problem by rallying against the state because the state doesn't care what you think. You fix those problems by not acting like them in your life to other people and not allowing people who act like them to be in your life, if they must persist in being unjust authority figures, tyrants." -BP (135)
"I have this conspiracy theory that vegans were promoted and created to convince some people to eat healthy in case we run out of real food, than we can eat the vegans, who so graciously prepared themselves to become a healthy cannibalist meal. Just a thought." - BP
"Just had a statist threaten to "kick my ass" because I beat them in an argument... kinda helps prove my point about the whole "supporters of violence" thing... ...but really how is getting your ass kicked by a pacifist going to help your debating skills dude? lol ... non-violence people.. just find it and stick to it. " - BP
"Someday people will realize that there are no shortcuts to freedom. Doesn't work. Writing a new constitution in no way addresses the problems we have. The government won't even follow the one they gave us, so why would anyone think they will ratify and follow another? No shortcuts to a non-violent peaceful society, raise your kids without violence, that's all that will work, so it's clearly a multi-generational problem, ignoring this and trying to "do something, anything" only makes all this shit worse. Calling for war too... that's the kicker, if what you want is the same as the system we have (war) then you are not ready for a peaceful society.
And in fact are one of the reasons we don't have a non-violent society. Look at the obvious here.... government, as you know Dave is the problem and you want to just do some more government. You really think you can fix the problem by pretending the problem is a solution? That's too bad, because this plan of yours will 100% for sure fail and then you will be talking about war, as if that is better than what we have at the moment. There will be no revolution in that way, only a few scattered crazies who will be easily isolated and destroyed. The real solution takes time, if you don't want to do it right, then things will continue to be wrong." - BP
"A "right" is what people seem to use to say "please let me continue to do what I am capable if no one were to stop me."" - BP
"How are we ever going to have rational individuals with irrational belief systems like religion being excepted even by so called "libertarians" and "anarchists"? If we want people to examine the state rationally and critically, how can we not ask them to do the same with religion? Religion will die before the state anyway, it seems and I welcome it's demise." - BP
"Would you accept a mystical argument for why your dry cleaner ruined a shirt? Would you accept a supernatural explanation for why your spouse cheats? Hell no! So why would anyone believe religion?" - BP
"Here's how silly the theists position is.. They make positive claims about non existent beings, the atheist refutes these silly claims so easily debate for theist becomes nearly impossible. So in a desperate ploy the theist begs the atheist to make a positive claim so they can refute it... sigh. You have no argument and you are begging us to take yours so you can have a chance to defeat it.. just become an atheist already.. geez." - BP
"It's the myth that the constitution can work that holds many back. The state is a bad idea to begin with, there's no doing it right. Yes, some systems are better than others, like some cages are more comfortable than others. I still won't compromise that way." - BP
"This stuff matters to me not because of any perceived influence it has on society. I'm concerned with the individual and the trouble it causes people to know deep down that government is violence but to still find a way to support the idea in some way. I could be wrong but it seems this kind of internal contradiction is dangerous and from my experience it is." - BP
"Faith is a bad thing in my view. The truth is better. Better results are produced for the individual when they lose these contradictions. If you are concerned about the results of society you are missing the point and moving away from what you have control over. I have control over my decisions and I will not freely support that which is immoral." - BP
"If we are still talking to people about liberty through the state... we are not yet even talking about liberty." - BP
"The truth hurts for a reason. I can't be concerned about that. I need to put it out there, in all it's bluntness... or it's a waste of time, spinning our wheels." - BP
"Few will appreciate what I have to say now and that doesn't matter. It's still the right thing to do." - BP
"Focus on improving your own life, forget about all these conspiracies (imagined and real) you can't do anything about any of that.. just work on being a better person." - BP