Oh, goodness…
By: Barry Belmont
By: Barry Belmont
Certainly as libertarians one should be as free as the wind to show pornographic content of any kind (of consenting adults) with consenting adults. Presumably this includes porn of the Buddha, the god Vishnu, Jesus Christ, and a panoply of other divine figures (Thor, Odin, Hathor, Ra, too!). However, an artist in Sweden by the [...]
13Dec10
Nickel and Dimed and Offended
By: Barry Belmont
So I know a lot of you had to read that “Nickel and Dimed” book as part of your freshmen orientation and I also know very few of you actually enjoyed it. You thought it was biased or boring or only kinda true or what have you. But this is the first time I’ve heard [...]
By: Barry Belmont
…and the connection of fist and face. So, a few activists in Hawaii, after having witnessed a clear violation of the First Amendment (namely, a Christian prayer said by public officials in the state’s senate chambers), pointed out that these legislators were in fact breaking the law. Not content to be told this, security escorted [...]
By: Barry Belmont
Adam Savage, one of the Mythbusters, recently went on a plane and related a story about how the TSA managed to miss some very deadly things on his person…two 12″ razor blades. In other words…can’t wait to fly home for Thanksgiving…
By: Barry Belmont
Oh, world…you got me again:
By: Barry Belmont
Claim: Government is the wrong tool for the job (if that job is the betterment of the human condition). There are correct and incorrect ways to increase the overall well-being of conscious creatures. We know for example that adding cholera to the drinking water is probably not a good way to increase well-being, similarly, we [...]
By: Barry Belmont
Claim: The lesser of two evils is still evil, and should not be legitimately supported. If you disagree with the idea of voting on moral/legal/philosophical/rational grounds because you feel it is an illegitimate use of coercion (and thus worsens the human condition), you should not vote. Say some society has developed whose members believe, truly [...]
By: Barry Belmont
Claim: No matter how smart you are, you are not qualified to actually understand the vast issues involved governmental procedures. Voting for our “representatives” to all work together in the vast “government” for the betterment of society is like each person (who votes) throwing in the ingredients they will taste good into a giant bowl. [...]
By: Barry Belmont
The city council of Cambridge, MA passed this resolution a month or two ago ordering an investigation into the feasibility of a installing a slide on a subway platform. SPOILER ALERT: This is not a joke. This is the video they are referencing:
