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It would be helpful to get some clarification on exactly how badges are earned and whether an individual can donate money and it be unknown to the rest of the members.

No. When the threat has passed you cannot retaliate using violence. The drunk driver that hit you still violated you and you may seek restitution. Restitution may take on a form other than monetary payment. An example would be an agreement to have no future contact enforced by a monetary bond. Restitution, not retaliation, must satisfy any need for revenge.

Vahleeb,A couple of questions for you. Is the brain dead patient already dead? Is pulling the plug an initiation of force? Is an entity required to be sentient to be considered human?

Meaning you cannot react violently.

1) None, after they have acted. 2) The individual gains acceptance in the society by assimilation. The recognition of rights will follow. 3) Private Property is a baseline. If a group or individual doesn't respect that it is an act of aggression. 4) #2 applies regardless of how they came to be. I probably should have asked earlier, but I would also like a clarification of your meaning of sentient.

Regardless of their "species", these scenarios are all manageable under a free societies, system of arbitration that would normally apply to humans. Colossal could counter-sue the drunk driver. The apes could sue the individual trespasser but not a collective of humans. The r selected aliens are an invasion and could be treated as such. The ants that seek asylum would be seeking it from individuals not a state and assuming, the Ants being alien do not participate in the accepted arbitration arrangement, they would have no protection or recourse to claim personal property.

K.o.t.H, I'm curious to know if you did an update that fixed it or did it happen in some other way?

Would it change anything if the mother was paid for the aborted body?

I'm curious, why was the initial post down voted?

I too have had the same problem with the IOS podcast app. I've been using the free RSSRadio app to download the FDR podcasts. My iphone is too old to use the FDR IOS app.

I'm having the same issue using version 7.1.2 (device not capable of upgrade) but I have found that as long as you don't "tap to try again" or "cancel download" you will be able to listen to the downloaded podcast even with the error. Turn off your wi-fi and cellular data and give it a try.

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This is a rough one and I feel sorry for you. I didn't get much from my dad. He's still alive and I still don't. I don't yearn for his approval (I dont know if I ever did) I think I may have emotionally cut him off shortly after my parents divorced when I was young. My solution is to break the cycle and give my kids what I know they need. I know this doesn't solve the problem of you or I getting over it, but, at least in my case, it makes me feel like I'm making a change that could last for generations, as long or hopefully longer than the generations of fathers of the past have been neglecting their kids.

Hillbillies are not yet protected either.

I agree Patrick, as I have stated in a previous post, a person should be able to deescalate most situations verbally resorting to violence only in self-defense.There is something to be said of the body language argument. Imagine a old west stlye gunfight. As soon as it becomes evident what is happenning as evidence by body language and verbal indicators the first aggression has already taken place. It would also apply to a street fight. The first aggression occurs before the first punch. The man who draws his pistol first or throws the first punch is escalating what has already started. I don't think the escalation in self-defense violates NAP.