tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post4944437546810492178..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: The Closing Chapterbionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-75241062280880373002017-10-07T13:51:08.768-07:002017-10-07T13:51:08.768-07:00Please read and do a review on "A Spontaneous...Please read and do a review on "A Spontaneous Order: The Capitalist Case For A Stateless Society" :)<br /><br />https://mises.org/library/spontaneous-order-capitalist-case-stateless-societyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-17500966075828459812017-09-11T19:07:48.419-07:002017-09-11T19:07:48.419-07:00Pick up a copy of Fools Errand by Scott Horton yet...Pick up a copy of Fools Errand by Scott Horton yet? Highly recommend you add it to your pile.....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18213670316380376289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-57585818362387172162017-09-11T14:06:28.922-07:002017-09-11T14:06:28.922-07:00Godspeed, Cam!Godspeed, Cam!EMPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-17826140951856407372017-09-11T06:08:33.800-07:002017-09-11T06:08:33.800-07:00BM,I enjoyed your insughtful post on culture and l...BM,I enjoyed your insughtful post on culture and libertarianism. I recently discovered your blog thanks to Jeff Deist @ MisesU. I have been in the libertarian circle for about 2 years now. It all started with the death of my 16 year old cousin who was gunned down due to gang activity. I was in search for truth being a 22 year old man at the time I wondered why have certain black American cultures degraded. I searched for a answer it brought me to a political philosophy libertarianism and capitalism as my economic thought. I got involved with my local Chicago chapter, but soon saw that I was surrounded by left libertarians. I say all this to say thank you. You have been a inspiration. I have found Christ again in my life and my wife and I finally understand it is culture that matters. I definitely see the west home to a once highly moral and ethical people is degrading. I hope to bring about change by being that example for generations to follow. Keep up the great work. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16275223014949453279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-69340020456101755462017-09-10T12:49:48.071-07:002017-09-10T12:49:48.071-07:00This is my last comment on the subject as well, un...This is my last comment on the subject as well, unless Bi-Mosq brings it up. Bionic knows that I'm mostly here for his history posts which I use to indoctrinate my children (bwahaha, twisting mustache).<br /><br />I don't see (or can't envision) libertarianism as a politically viable system. It is a philosophy that could affect politics, which uses the NAP as the basis for the theories. If gov-guns are used, it's not a viable libertarian solution to something, imo. As for the "scholars", they exist to post their thoughts on every known aspect of life. One can pick any subject and find their apologist. ["I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right." - Frederick the Great, (1712-1786) King of Prussia]<br /><br />The aforementioned nasty stuff that may happen under the libertarian theory can be found in just about any system (exponentially nasty sometimes). Pedophelia? Already happening big time. Shooting others because they can? Already happening. Yadda yadda, etc. ad nauseam. <br /><br />Ah, but find a helpful, non-government solution to a problem? From a business invention, to a large group uniting to lower their medical costs, all the way to an anarcho-syndicalist commune with a weekly rotating executive officer whose decisions are ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting by a simple majority - in the case of purely internal affairs - but by a two thirds majority in the case of more... That's a plus in my book. <br /><br />So NAP libertarianism is my happy place - even if those solutions are few and far between. Also, the tandem philosophy of Austrian Economics has stood the test of time. I've found that to be very helpful over the years. <br /><br /><br /><br />Brutushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06885083535036422093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-35462306542835983692017-09-10T04:07:02.368-07:002017-09-10T04:07:02.368-07:00Does a 50-year-old man have a "right" to...Does a 50-year-old man have a "right" to bugger a nine-year-old boy? Does the boy's father have a "right" to throttle the buggerer for violating the "right" of his son to be free from buggery? Do left-libertarians really believe their noble-sounding abstractions can answer the conundrum posed by Fred Reed in the passage below? <br /><br />“Why not pedophilia? There exists (with a website) an outfit called NAMBLA, the North American Man Boy Love Association, whose members believe they are entitled to engage in anal intercourse with your nine-year-old son. They aren't kidding, and they begin to get support from advanced minds in academia.<br /><br />“Here too a society that cannot simply say ‘no’ finds itself at the mercy of logic-choppers. Proponents of pedophilia might (and do) argue that it is natural, that our repugnance for it is merely a cultural artifact, a product of repressive patriarchal Christianity. The ancient Greeks engaged in it. Our designation of 15 or 18 as the age of consent is purely arbitrary; a boy of nine is human, has civil rights, and can choose. Anyway, pedophilia is harmful only because we teach our children that it is shameful, instead of teaching them that it is a natural celebration of life and love. Those who have tried it know it to be warm and loving, etc.”Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05242683448708605585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-4657346236399853352017-09-09T22:28:34.576-07:002017-09-09T22:28:34.576-07:00site:http://bionicmosquito.blogspot.in
is not work...site:http://bionicmosquito.blogspot.in<br />is not working for a whileAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-71175747523606786782017-09-09T21:36:41.287-07:002017-09-09T21:36:41.287-07:00I respect the decision you have made. I don't ...I respect the decision you have made. I don't like it personally, but it is (obviously) not up to me. For what it is worth, thank you for taking the high dive deep into Libertarianism and Culture over the past three years. I have grown and have learned much from it. And I know that I am not alone in feeling that way. And please take note that there is a third way. It doesn't have to be strictly that you understand far less than you thought you did or that you don’t write very clearly. Remember..."For now we see in a mirror dimly..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-71841780596604185832017-09-09T18:55:05.477-07:002017-09-09T18:55:05.477-07:00do not get disheartened.
The average person can n...do not get disheartened.<br /><br />The average person can not follow the long chains of reasoning.<br /><br />Some men can think deeper and more refined thoughts than others. There are men who unfortunately cannot grasp a process of inference in long chains of deductive reasoning.<br /><br />https://mises.org/library/what-nazis-borrowed-marx<br /><br />there are people out there who read more than 5000 books.<br />I am not one of them. <br /><br />maxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-26309573850940082052017-09-09T17:28:01.402-07:002017-09-09T17:28:01.402-07:00BM, a lot of what you have written on culture has ...BM, a lot of what you have written on culture has given me some needed focus to issues I have been thinking about for quite a while. UC has too, for that mater. <br /><br />I have to say I find it entertaining how many of us struggle to answer what is after all a pretty simple question. The answer itself is subjective, maybe too subjective to put into words that others can relate to. <br /><br />I hope you are not overly discouraged by this. We are all individuals, a herd of cats as the saying goes. If we didn't surprise and confuse you with our responses occasionally, I imagine blogging would become pretty boring. <br /> Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14010513213569295642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-76347244193910508202017-09-09T17:03:26.352-07:002017-09-09T17:03:26.352-07:00"test site:http://bionicmosquito.blogspot.rs&..."test site:http://bionicmosquito.blogspot.rs"<br /><br />works for me..<br /><br />Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14010513213569295642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-51408269626213328092017-09-09T12:13:15.805-07:002017-09-09T12:13:15.805-07:00Bionic, goolag does not allow site search of your ...Bionic, goolag does not allow site search of your blog. in case you did not notice yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-17799060143039802082017-09-09T10:42:34.175-07:002017-09-09T10:42:34.175-07:00I always thought of myself as a Libertarian Christ...I always thought of myself as a Libertarian Christian, but there were things that bothered me, like abortion. I also noticed how Libertarians would read their views into events (like everybody else). For example, they tended to follow the conservative narrative following Katrina (White people found stuff but Blacks were looting, etc). <br />I finally changed when I thought of how, at the end of the sermon each Sunday, we would all stand & affirm our faith in the words of the Nicene creed (Episcopal, Rite II). I thought of the line, "He will come again in glory, to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom shall have no end."<br />And I said, "Oh, well, that's it then! I'm a Monarchist". Of course that's THE King. I don't miss the Hapsburgs or Romanovs much, and our current crop of monarchs seems to support the Lizard People theory. <br />As far as "isms" go, remember that these are abstractions that exist only between people's ears. Each ism is different for each person, so we have endless arguments about whose abstraction is better, since our over-academic society treats abstractions as much more real & important than actual people, things, or events.Phil Camphttp://nanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-25528522906077269812017-09-09T09:21:24.311-07:002017-09-09T09:21:24.311-07:00Bionic, I've followed your journey with fascin...Bionic, I've followed your journey with fascination, and I've learned so much by doing so. We share so much in outlook, but I could never express my beliefs as eloquently as you do. I too have explored the NAP pathway only to look up at one point and realize it's CULTURE stupid! Too bad that valuing Western Civilization is now deemed racist. This is how it ends. <br />I'm glad you're continuing to blog. Your book discussions are incredible! <br />So, Thanks, B.M.!!!<br />Capn Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08133441332228302495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-69814118683284589752017-09-09T07:24:23.470-07:002017-09-09T07:24:23.470-07:00Dear Bionic: I don't know who really said it f...Dear Bionic: I don't know who really said it first, but always have remembered "beware of isms". No matter who it was who issued that warning, I think he or she was and is still right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-64020042568541495902017-09-09T06:49:01.276-07:002017-09-09T06:49:01.276-07:00Without a commonly accepted set of expectations (c...Without a commonly accepted set of expectations (cultural norms) in interpersonal interactions, many a faux pas could be construed as NAP violations. A never ending search for redress.<br /><br />Left libertarians are tone deaf with regard to all the assumptions when interacting with other human beings. Assumptions required, otherwise each interaction would necessitate an endless communication of definitions to establish a modicum of common understanding, to successfully carry through an exchange.<br /><br />Well done BM.JaimeInTexashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729407700850451849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-55314655605317098012017-09-09T05:14:45.909-07:002017-09-09T05:14:45.909-07:00Well, I hope you keep writing on left-libertarians...Well, I hope you keep writing on left-libertarians, libertarian theory, and culture. I'm a longtime libertarian with longtime culturally conservative leanings. I find the subject endlessly fascinating. Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05242683448708605585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-18189289773699503302017-09-08T22:05:53.375-07:002017-09-08T22:05:53.375-07:00This post reaches levels of intellectual honestly ...This post reaches levels of intellectual honestly previously thought impossible.<br /><br />Sad to see my favorite subject get shelved but I look forward to seeing what books you will be covering. This blog has become something like a comfy old sofa for me.<br /><br />BM, your blog is a sofa. How does that make you feel? ;)Unhappy Conservative (2.0)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05647440445427537430noreply@blogger.com