Ronin_3000

I did similar things when I was younger. Never killed any animals (although I threw my dog's poop in a neighbor's yard and they might've found out it was me and poisoned my dog). I would torture bugs though. Just the other day, I terrorized a cockroach/waterbug I found outside by stomping right next to it so it would get scared and run. I think I do this because society doesn't give a shit about cockroaches so I can get away with bullying them. Maybe if we had a slave class, I'd bully them like I bullied that cockroach.

What kind of animals did you kill and how? Why did your parents come to America?

I blame the strict modding. It makes discussion slow and unnatural. It also limits what can and can't be discussed. I tried to post a thread regarding Stefan's (((ethnicity))), but it wasn't allowed to be created.

Can you explain the spanking thing? Is it like spanking a woman during sex without her explicit consent?

How'd you get all that negative rep? This post seems intelligent to me.

Yeah, I guess the rules you are knowingly breaking are the passive aggressive rule and possibly the rule right before that. Am I right?

You're claiming I am criticizing the OP for a flaw I also possess. That is false. I never referenced his rep. That was you who drew that connection.

I never referenced his rep. When registered for FDR I remember reading that you're supposed to have proper grammar on this site. The OP has shit grammar, and his posts don't even make sense.

Your request seems counterintuitive to me. You're asking an-caps who are disillusioned with politics for political advice. Shouldn't you seek the help of people who actually believe in the power of democracy to create long-lasting positive change? I got an idea. Maybe try getting a whole bunch of people with signs to stand outside Parliament, chanting for them to let you out of the EU. Another idea: stage a draw Muhammad day every day. Keep getting more and more provocative with your drawings until the Muslims can't help but lash out in violent protest. There are 3 possible outcomes: 1. If your fellow citizens blame the artists for the violence instead of the Muslims, you know you can give up politics because the British no longer value freedom over speech over diversity. 2. If your fellow citizens stand by your art, the violence enacted by the Muslims will create a unified hatred for Muslims. This will make it easier to kick the Muslims out. 3. If the Muslims never become violent, no matter how provocative your Muhammad art is, then it means Muslims have successfully integrated into British culture, and you are a bigot for wanting to kick them out. For stage 1 of the draw Muhammad activity, you and your UKIP buddies could print T-shirts with a human figure and text on it saying "the prophet Muhammad." The figure can be as un-detailed as a stick figure or it could be Disney's Alladin. Doesn't really matter. Just walk around London and see what happens. I'd say wear helmets and armor, but that might look cringy. A Kevlar vest under the T-shirts couldn't hurt though. Stage 2: If no attacks take place after a month of wearing Muhammad shirts, then you and your UKIP buddies cosplay as Muhammad for a month. Stage 3: If still no attacks take place, stage a Muhammad parade with giant Muhammad balloons and floats. That's bound to get attacked. If the police stop your activities, then you have no free speech. Is peaceful political activism against the status quo possible without free speech? I argue no. Therefore, if the police stop you, you can give up on politics while saying "At least I tried."

I just got downboated 5 times. Hmm...wonder who it could be?

You lost me. Maybe I'm the dummy here, but nothing of what you said made any sense to me. Were you smoking some green marijuana when you made that post?

What's the point of modding if you let posts of this quality through? I can't believe this guy actually gives money to Stef. Maybe that's why his shit posts don't get modded?

I disagree with your premise. I don't want to frame blackmail as non-aggression. It's like asking me why I'm gay. I'm not gay, so I can't answer that question. If you're asking why I'm asking about blackmail in the first place, it's because blackmail is an issue that seems to be mitigated by law in a state, but I don't see how blackmail could be stopped in an an-cap society because it doesn't violate the NAP.

I don't think blackmail is aggression because it's just talking and deal-making. Aggression is when you physically attack someone or violate someone's property rights. I think fraud is also a violation of property rights. Blackmail is basically an agreement to keep a secret in exchange for money. If the blackmailer accepts money and then reveals the secret, then he is committing fraud. Otherwise, I don't see how he is doing anything immoral.

If you don't subscribe to the NAP then I don't think this question is for you. By "free society" I mean an an-cap society in which the NAP and property rights are the only rules.

Would you say that hitting someone who taunts you with name-calling can be moral self-defense or would it be excessive self-defense in violation of the NAP?

What would be some appropriate self-defense measures for name-calling? Would you say that hitting someone for name-calling is a too extreme form of self-defense?

Would you say name-calling is a violation of the NAP?

I posted a reply but it got modded. Gosh darn it.

An airing of dirty laundry could take the form of a joke. A comedian revealed Bill Cosby's rapes in one of his performances. My point was that I think speech is not aggression even if it is meant to compel others to commit suicide. I would not call that threat to burn down your store blackmail. Regarding the pictures, if you leave your curtains open, and I take pictures of you while I'm on my property, am I violating privacy? I would say no.

If I tell a joke that makes someone kill themselves, have I violated the NAP? I would say no. Blackmail is when I say I'm going to say a thing if you don't do want I want. If you do what I want, then I promise not to say thing.

How would blackmail work in a free society? As far as I can tell, it doesn't violate the NAP.

Here's his answer: "When I was about 9 years old I went with my father to the local county law library to "help" him look for an answer to a business tax problem he was having. He was not a lawyer and just feeling his way through the case books at the library and I was trying to help him. I thought I found the answer in a case and he did to -- so I thought being a lawyer was kind of easy and decided then to become a lawyer. By college I thought I was not smart enough to get through law school so I didn't seriously think about going until I took a course an undergraduate course of jurisprudence in my junior year taught by () a law professor who was very inspirational. I did reasonably well in the class and he encouraged me to take the LSAT and apply to law school. My LSAT scores were bad but I got into a third tier state law school () and did ok there and graduated and passed the bar and became a lawyer." Not sure where to go from here.

Yes, I think this chat was useful. Thank you.

I haven't asked him. I'll email him asking how he decided to become a lawyer. I'll bring this topic up next session.