GreatWhiteNorth
God of War
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Ah yes, or his DUI shouldn't be a crime stance.
Every philosophical libertarian (of which I am one) goes through a college-sophomore type period where s/he holds a bunch of positions like that. E.g., the drinking and driving isn't the crime, it's the harming of other people, and it's wrong to punish the first until the second happens. Or any age of consent is necessarily arbitrary, and therefore any law establishing one is wrong. I have no idea how old TRUT is, but for most of us, those dorm-room beliefs eventually run right smack into the real world, and the real world wins. Not for him.
Every philosophical libertarian (of which I am one) goes through a college-sophomore type period where s/he holds a bunch of positions like that. E.g., the drinking and driving isn't the crime, it's the harming of other people, and it's wrong to punish the first until the second happens. Or any age of consent is necessarily arbitrary, and therefore any law establishing one is wrong. I have no idea how old TRUT is, but for most of us, those dorm-room beliefs eventually run right smack into the real world, and the real world wins. Not for him.
I'll say this... Watching Simmons play D is almost weird. He's got such range that he hardly ever has to actually strain himself to make a play. He'll have to dive, sure, but he's never really stretched out, flailing because he's just already there. And he's so fundamentally sound on routine stuff that he looks almost stiff/robotic. It's just different than almost anybody.
Every philosophical libertarian (of which I am one) goes through a college-sophomore type period where s/he holds a bunch of positions like that. E.g., the drinking and driving isn't the crime, it's the harming of other people, and it's wrong to punish the first until the second happens. Or any age of consent is necessarily arbitrary, and therefore any law establishing one is wrong. I have no idea how old TRUT is, but for most of us, those dorm-room beliefs eventually run right smack into the real world, and the real world wins. Not for him.
This post deserved a footnote somewhere along the way. You're slipping, Verc.