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The Marriage Manifesto

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:55:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A great legal and political argument for why homosexual marriage shouldn't be legal.

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In the first place, it has been argued that to deny homosexuals the right to marry other homosexuals is denying them their civil rights, namely the right to marriage. While it is true that we do desire to ban homosexual marriage, we in no way are seeking to ban homosexuals the right to marry; so long as the two saying “I do” are of separate sexes. This is an argument that really holds no water. Yes civil rights are important, no one is willing to say that someone’s civil rights should be violated simply because that is the will of the majority. However the government can, and has in the past, suspended the rights of certain groups for the betterment of society.

Tags: marriage, homosexuals, heterosexuals, incest, polygamy

New Bill of Rights

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:53:57 GMT

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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall be violated, and warrants shall be issued, upon everything except probably cause, supported by a nodding of the head, and particularly describing the general area to be searched.

Tags: bill of rights

Life, Birth Control and Responsibility

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:52:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A great article about how to reform America away from birth control, abortion and how to make responsible adults out of our children.

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What constitutes life? Does one need to be able to walk, talk, hear, or think? Does one need to do none of those? Let us assume for a moment that life is simply the act of being; anything that is, is in fact a live. A rock, while not alive itself, is made up of living organisms. Plants are the most simple of all life. Christianity argues that a thing must possess a soul in order to constitute life. That brings up another argument, what constitutes a soul? Aristotle debates this topic in On the Soul; he argues that there are three types of souls. Plants consist of a simple soul; plants have the sense of touch but not seeing, hearing, smelling or tasting. If you proscribe to the Christian stance, then it could follow that one must have the sense of touch to be a live.

Tags: birth control, sex, life, responsibility, government, divorce

Political Philosophy with Cows

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:51:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A great way to learn about different types of regimes using cows!

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republicanism: You have two cows, you vote someone into office that will tax you and force you to sell one cow.

democracy: You have two cows, you vote to raise your own taxes that force you to sell one of the cows.

Lockeanism: The government gives you two cows, they then become your property.

Communism: You have two cows, out of the common good you give both for the use of the society.

Marxism: You have two cows, the government takes both and gives the milk away.

Socialism: You have two cows, the government takes one and sells it.

Fascism: You have two cows, the government takes both and shoots one while selling you the other.

Nazism: You have two cows, the government shoots you and takes the cows.

Tags: cows, government, politics, nazism, monarchy, democracy

Plato And Aristotle: Regimes

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:50:25 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A great synopsis of the regime forms found in Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Politics

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There might be some confusion concerning the nature of politics and the type of regimes. Today we tend to think of a number of regimes, although many of them are simply the same regime with a different title. We call the government in England a Constitutional Monarchy, yet it simply is a Monarchy. China we say is a Communist regime, yet really all the political form of Communism is Oligarchy. All the regimes currently in use today can be boiled down to a list of just a handful. These regimes were originally defined and stated by Plato and Aristotle, two classical Greek philosophers who concerned themselves heavily with the nature of the polis. To get an idea of what the regimes are, this essay will attempt to outline the various forms of government as laid down by both men. In order to deal with the two authors it will be prudent to describe Plato’s regimes first followed by Aristotle.

Tags: politics, republic, aristotle, plato, regimes, timocracy, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy

Locke's First Treatise Chapter II

Wed, 07 May 2008 06:08:26 GMT

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Having completed his introduction of Sir Robert Filmer’s work Patriarcha, Locke endeavors to explore the arguments made by Filmer. The first argument made is that of Paternal and Regal power. The argument for absolute monarchy according to Locke is far above anything man can think of, so high in fact “that Promises and Oaths, which tye the infinite Deity, cannot confine it.” This is a curious way of describing the idea behind absolute monarchy but upon further inspection one might find that even God cannot be described as an absolute Monarch in the manner in which Filmer uses the words. But if Locke is able to demonstrate that the logic used for absolute monarchy is faulty, then man can start a new with government by consent; Locke ends with “using their Reason to unite together into Society.”

Tags: john locke, first treatise, government, consent, regal power, paternal power, adam, eve, bible, genesis

Love and Hate in ABC Family's Greek

Wed, 07 May 2008 06:04:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A great article outlining the relationships of love and hatred in ABC Family's Greek

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The relationships which form after those of family and friends are those of sexual and enemies. They are the most difficult relationships to understand and to deal with though they are just as vital to who we are as humans as the others. Greek provides us with ample examples of both of the latter relationships just as it does the former. The relationships which form between males and females within the show on a sexual level are interconnected to those of the friendship and familial levels. For better or worse these relationship help to spur human passions and life to a level that the familial and friendship based relationships cannot.

Tags: greek, tv, sex, hate, enemies, love