But a hundred million Chinese do!

Firewing, you're proposing that labor unions would "spawn everywhere" if... #7 & #8? Oh, I believe you.

You should really post the title of what you're about to post in quotes. Honestly, Michelle is more versed on the topic than you. And cuter!

"No you didn't say it directly. In context if which it was presented however, it can and was interpreted that way."

I'm very direct. I say what I mean. I generally do it very clearly. Bullshitting that you "interpreted" it as something other than what I said is an error on your end.

I said "hosted on a government website." That's it. And I explained why this is relevant. You chose to pretend I claimed more than I clearly did.

"You also seem to misunderstand the purpose of an abstract.... "

I merely remarked that what you linked is not evidence of anything. You providing a link to a single article would not make up for the fact that neither of us has read remotely enough on the topic to compose a decent literature review to have any basis for what's honest/dishonest and what's comprehensive and what's cherry-picking.

"And no, the abstract you posted nullifies nothing."

My point, again clearly stated, was simply that your linking an abstract provided us no evidence with which to further the discussion or support one position or another.

"Again, I make no claims to "know" or not know the safety of MSG in short term or long term. But the fact that you brought up ALS in this discussion on the safety of MSG clearly supports my claim, and that is, MSG is given undue vilification."

Seeing as you're a self-proclaimed expert and apparently claim to have a working knowledge of all material posted on the subject, I must bow to your expertise. If there is, in fact, a wealth of legitimate research finding MSG has no connection or ALS, you're probably right. If it is the case that no research connecting MSG to ALS is legitimate (ie, sound scientific research actually measuring what it purports to measure), you're probably right.

If you are, however, simply trusting government-approved sources and dismissing anything which provides contrary evidence, then my previous hypothesis that you're a sheep is only further supported.

Macro events like the discovery/utilization of resources are less direct. I'm a noob on the subject. If you would like to introduce other mechanics than government printing, feel free.

He argued that "ANY" currency a consumer wished be accepted. This is distinctly different from arguing that sellers should have the option of using private currencies, which I have not argued against.

"1. Social conservatives have attacked the legality of abortion, and to a lesser extent birth control."

I think the abortion debate is a legitimate one. Many women are against abortion. To speak as if only men oppose abortion is insulting to many women who oppose it. To frame is as a "women's issue" whereas being against it is being "against women" is overly simplistic and insulting to women who oppose abortion.

I agree that some conservatives' issues with birth control are just silly. I respect their beliefs, but, if they want to expand those beliefs, that's a cultural discussion with no place in politics. The fact is most Americans <3 birth control and aren't going to stop any time soon. My issue here is broadly accusing Republicans/Conservatives as waging a "war" on women when the majority of them don't care about contraception. Or when Republicans/Conservatives are accused of waging a "war" on women when they don't support socialized birth control.

It's not that expensive. I buy my own condoms. This is just a ridiculous debate. I live in America, not North Korea. I don't owe anyone a pill and nobody owes me a condom. Anyone who thinks otherwise is an intellectual lightweight and a little pansy besides. Nowhere in our Constitution can the argument be made that women deserve BC from society. And nowhere in our collective culture(s) could the argument be made until recently. Recently, when our deficits skyrocketed, our illegitimacy rates skyrocketed, healthcare and education costs [because of this baby culture] skyrocketed, work ethic was brutally beaten, relative production fell, and relative standard of living fell.

I just find the dishonesty disgusting. Non-socialists are waging a war against women by fighting for their freedoms and standard of living (which results in cheaper birth control and higher incomes, effectively providing the birth control for free and then some)? A minority of Republicans/Conservatives' disapproval of birth control is equated with a systematic war on women?

Sure, I disagree with those people's views on birth control, but I don't equate their views with that of the Republican Party of Conservatives in general. I disagree with both on many issues. But I have a little dignity, so I debate them on principle and don't insult everyone listening by accusing them of waging a war on women.

Nobody benefits from dishonesty and scare-tactics. The accused gets an overly broad negative label (and those who may deserve it thus escape it). Those who agree philosophically with those being dishonest/using scare-tactics are insulted, as if their position cannot be argued on its merits.

xeno syndicated is arguing for a state like North Korea. That's not a "fix" buddy, that's promising everything to everybody and ending up with starvation and poverty because you can't even make enough food to go around, let alone education and healthcare.

Thank you for openly stating your communist beliefs. It was awkward seeing you post them repeatedly while denying that the term applied to you. Here, at last, an open admission that you advocate tyranny and slavery, and that you hate free markets and free people.

"This one I think is the easiest one to start with.  Let's say I go to a local fast food joint to get a burger, intending to pay with either Zimbabwean franks OR perhaps concentrated orange juice futures credits...."

hahhahahahahhahahahhahaha! Oh my god. Funniest trolling ever. I can hardly respond because I can't stop laughing. What about the fact that the burger shack employees don't know anything about the value of Zimbabwean (HAHAHHAHAHA you must have NO idea what's happened to their currency!) currency or concentrated orange juice futures markets? It'd be economic chaos. Nobody would be dumb enough to use such a system. The valuations of all of these assets would be constantly in flux, ruining people's fortunes at the ebb and flow of the market. Nobody can keep up with all developments in all industries in a real-time basis, so your proposals would beg for rampant abuse across all sectors at all times, as everyone with inside info ditched assets about to fall in value and gobbled up assets about to rise in value. You're proposing insider-trading be increased exponentially, risking harm not only to markets and investors but ALL members of society. That sounds just.

I'd respond to your other 14 "points," but the trolling is too obvious at this point to continue my exercises in patience at this time.

Troll better plz. You're being lazy.

Justinian I, a "war on women" presumes women are too stupid to manage to afford really cheap birth control. Anyone arguing there's a war on women is waging one, claiming they're dumber than men.

Some republicans want women wearing chastity belts and virtually all democrats think women are too stupid to buy their own condoms/other BC.

*Figurative use of the word ass.

It's never worked anywhere. Arguments for it are based on feeeeeelings. They're targeted toward pansies who couldn't defend themselves with an army. As it turns out, our therapeutic culture has produced a lot of them. They're not very intelligent. They don't do any research or value facts. But they have feeeeeeelings and, damnit, they're gonna base votes on them.

Reminder: Samuel Adams Summer Ale is here!

Why would anyone drink Fosters? Is it worth trying, or is it the Australian version of Anheuser Busch/Molson Coors/etc?