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Would your son like to clean himself if he had a bidet instead? (I'm assuming you are from the u.s. and you only use toilet paper).

Ohh I see, books are on the cdn but the fdrurl shorteners are still pointing outside the cdn: http://freedomainradio.com/FreeBooks.aspx

http://media.freedomainradio.com/feed//handbook_human_ownership/FDR_Book_the_handbook_human_ownership.mp3 and http://media.freedomainradio.com/feed//against_the_gods/FDR_Book_against_the_gods.mp3 are downloading really slowly, heads up if they aren't on the cdn yet.

Not teaching them to be virtuous, just stop abusing them. The butterfly effect begins at home.

It's a parenting crisis.

Completely crazy idea that still avoids the main issue: But if you know where are they going to do the piercing, couldn't you try to bribe the store beforehand to do otherwise? So they tell a white lie like "due to the shape of your daughter's ears a nerve might be damaged if we perform the perforation". It could buy you some time to think something better if you still have the will to keep talking with your sister in law. If they have a plan B to do the piercing, then it won't be of much help.

If you listen to FDR podcasts on that iPod you are probably finding a better north

I feel that piracy is wrong but I would like to see it proved as aesthetically unpreferable behavior. Could you(or anyone) make the case?

1. Assume determinism true. 2. Engage in an argument. 3. ??? 4. Profit Just kidding, but seriously, debating while holding determinism as true is a contradiction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-refuting_idea#Determinism Edit: What Kevin said.

No expert on phimosis here and just did a quick visit to the wikipedia page, why did you choose circumcision over the non surgical options? Even the other surgical options sound more appealing than full circumcision.

Can anyone create a state without using force in the statist paradigm? (disregard the oxymoron) Can anyone create a dro without using force in the free market paradigm?

@FreedomPhilosophy Sorry, I misunderstood the original post.

Would this still be valid in a free society? (without government subsidies/intervention on meat, bread, etc)

No, that's the conclusion you keep trying to shove since the beginning, I provided a methodology that you keep ignoring and never address. Exactly, you arrived at a contradiction, which means the premise is invalid. Anyway, I'm leaving the thread.

You already received the test on several responses for your hypothesis on this thread if you reread them, they summarize to: "Physical evidence implies logical consistency/concept validity. (p => q)" or "Logical inconsistency/invalid concept implies non existence of physical evidence" (¬q => ¬p) >Q1: What evidence / proof would you need to believe in religion and no longer be atheist? Describe the scenario. You can either prove p=>q (provide any physical evidence for something supernatural) and/or negate ¬q=>¬p (prove the claim "supernatural exist" isn't a contradiction). >Q2: If there is no scenario that will convince you that there is god, then isn't that the same as blind faith religious belief in god? There are infinite scenarios that would convince a rational person that supernatural exists(see Q1), the problem is that the premise itself doesn't allow any of them to be valid ; )

You are using a strawman here. Physical evidence implies logical consistency/concept validity. (p => q) "Something supernatural exists" is a logical contradiction therefore you won't find any physical instance of the concept. (¬q => ¬p) Which is not the same as the position you seem trying to push on this thread: "There is no physical evidence therefore you can't prove/disprove it." (¬p => ?)

This is the same as asking what is the proof that will change your mind about 2+2=5.

I can't see the "Why do you want to join . .." field on your profile, maybe it's only visible to admins? (or you deleted it?)

Oh, I missunderstood then, my bad. You got a point there, but I think the onus is on you to expose him to new things (which you probably are already doing), not on him, at least until he starts exploring by himself.

Just anecdotical, but I really hated when my parents prevented me from playing video games but didn't provide any alternatives (like spending time to play/interact with me). I would do the same as your son, sit in couch/bed and grow resenftul towards them and their irrationality (not sure if he does the later, hope not). What other options does he have?, maybe he just doesn't know what else to do or hasn't found yet another passion besides video games.

Good vids, thanks for sharing [Y]

Not sure if you have the bone marrow/pbsc transplant already covered but if we both happen to be HLA compatible I'm more than willing to become a donor if you ever need it. (note: i live in argentina and i don't know what my HLA type is yet) Wish you the best.

Saw this diagram being thrown in a btc chatroom, do you think it relates to the situation?

It's going up and down: https://btc-e.com/

I was just hearing that one yesterday: http://media.freedomainradio.com/feed/FDR_497_Intermittent_Slavery.mp3