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Quote: Originally Posted by Sam Stone You're still missing the point. The same aircraft is available in multiple configurations. If the demand for first-class declines, then airlines will order more aircraft configured for economy, and fleet fuel economy will increase. Of course, that assumes the loss of revenue from first-class (and presumably business-class) seat sales doesn't cause the airline to fail. There are several no-frills...

from John Mace Quote: We're discussing what would happen in Randesia, where people are Objectivists. Understood. But a serious question just the same. It seems that followers of Rand and libertarians are never happier than when they can hold forth and discuss all the various details of their philosophy, idealogy and beliefs. They seem to scorn the nuts and bolts actual real life political mechanics of building upon ideology and turning it...

Quote: Originally Posted by rhubarbarin BTW, if you make people run without shoes, they run on their toes/ball of the foot, like all other animals. Striking with your heel is very painful without padded atheletic shoes. This is how I run (usually in bare feet, or very light flexible shoes) and I no longer have the hip and ankle pain I used to from jogging. Huh, interesting. (It will surprise noone here that I have not tried running in bare...

Quote: Originally Posted by Argent Towers Which just proves my point. Religion is so universal that it's been with mankind practically as long as mankind itself has been around. So has belief in magic, yet that is no longer the norm. Of course, unlike religion we don't feel it necessary to bend over backward pretending that belief in magic should be treated as reasonable.

Reminiscent of a line heard many years ago... "When you get to Viet Nam, you will meet some of the bravest, most determined, most resourceful people you are ever likely to meet. And you will be there to kill them."

Quote: Originally Posted by intention Oh, now I get it. For you, this not about about whether this is terrorism. It's once again about Obama. I was being sarcastic. It's pretty obvious to me that the reason some people are working so hard to label this psychotic as a "terrorist" is only so they can say that Obama allowed a terrorist attack. It's about Obama for you guys on the far right, not for me. I was just...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kimmy_Gibbler It's because you write things like this, Bricker , that I am prepared to call you the most overrated attorney on these boards. And Mom said I'd never amount to anything. Quote: This is a pretty fatuous functionalism, even for you. When the Court in Lawrence can write such things as " Bowers was wrong the day it was decided [by the Supreme Court of the United States]," then...

Quote: Originally Posted by elucidator But to fling the metaphor right over the edge of absurdity, what happens if the "enemy" is a country more aligned to the values of St. Ayn than we are? A nation more fervently devoted to the capitalist ideal than our hopelessly non-rational nanny state? Wouldn't you be logically compelled to treason? Or can you dive into the "honesty and integrity" trapdoor? From...

http://detnews.com/article/20091112/...n-the-innocent In the Detroit area cops are confiscating autos and other personal property, apparently to enhance revenue. You can have the arrest dismissed but it still costs 1 thousand dollars to get your car back. I want nothing to do with law enforcement. If they saw a wad of money they could take it. All they have to do is declare it illegal and you have to expensively fight to get it back.

Quote: Originally Posted by Der Trihs An even sillier statement. Do you think that Gore considers breathing immoral? That puts out CO as well. Once again; the problem is not that CO2 is evil; the problem is that we are putting out too much of it. If his actions result in a net lowering of of CO2 output, then they are "CO2 moral". Only if you can be moral by proxy. You're arguing that Al Gore's personal actions are...