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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_by_cop "Suicide by cop" is a recognized pattern of behavior, as the above Wiki article discusses. Why haven't any of you discussed this alleged cause and the implications therefrom? From the above Wiki article: "The idea of committing suicide in t...

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FlashDangerpants wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:16 pm Another enlightening outbreak of those who pretend to be good Christians publicly revelling in other people's misery?

Why not discuss causation relative to this event? See http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... olice.html

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http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/26790 ... greenfield
This guy was really troubled. What could be the causes? Political activism? Sexual dysfunction? Science studies?

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DId Jefferson even use the phrase subsidiarity? No, not to my knowledge. The concept existed in ancient times. What evidence (sources) can you cite in support of this statement. I'm very interested in the concept. Thanks. This is just another word for delegation of power. The Roman Empire used indi...

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I've been reading about the American Humanism of Irving Babbitt. Now, I'll compare Camus to Babbitt. This article will be a start. I don't see any contemporary humanists extant today.

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Hobbes' Choice wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 9:28 pm DId Jefferson even use the phrase subsidiarity?
No, not to my knowledge.
The concept existed in ancient times.
What evidence (sources) can you cite in support of this statement. I'm very interested in the concept. Thanks.

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This morning I received the following quote in an email: "The way to have good and safe government is not to trust it all to one, but to divide it among the many, distributing to everyone exactly the functions in which he is competent ... - To let the National Government be entrusted with the ...

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How about learning a language online, using something like Duolingo? Lots of little challenges to be overcome, a clear sense of progression. You can comment on the process and get responses from other 'players'. And unlike most computer games, you can use the skills you acquire in real life, with r...

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This morning I finished Weil's short essay on the abolition of all political parties. It is really on the nature of all political parties. I highly recommend it to you. I've been thinking about party discipline recently, I expected my senator, a Democrat and a lawyer, to vote for Judge Neil Gorsuch...

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This morning I finished Weil's short essay on the abolition of all political parties. It is really on the nature of all political parties. I highly recommend it to you. I've been thinking about party discipline recently, I expected my senator, a Democrat and a lawyer, to vote for Judge Neil Gorsuch...

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Regarding the following article, http://forum.philosophynow.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=22495&p=323024#p322482 , this text from the U.S. Supreme Court reflects the current prevailing secular Weltanschauung: “Our precedents "have respected the private realm of family life which the state c...

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"Lurking in the background are assumptions about the ability to parent. Women are thought to be more nurturing than men, and heterosexuals are assumed to be natural parental material. Notice that if gender is the prime criterion, and women are to be preferred to men in matters of childrearing, ...

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Right now the police in the region are seeking a man named LUCIFER believing that he murdered a woman and stole her car. http://www.twincities.com/2017/07/31/stolen-car-used-by-mendota-heights-gunman-found-in-lake-elmo-police-say/ Why would birth parents name a child LUCIFER? The history of the nam...

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Right now the police in the region are seeking a man named LUCIFER believing that he murdered a woman and stole her car. http://www.twincities.com/2017/07/31/stolen-car-used-by-mendota-heights-gunman-found-in-lake-elmo-police-say/ Why would birth parents name a child LUCIFER? The history of the name...

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“When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.” ~ Simone Weil Whose life has sufficient or insufficient value for you so that they should be either ...

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