We should support Israel because of their strategic political value. Screw morality, lets only consider strategic value. They keep a kind of balance of power in the ME that's favorable to the west.

If the Palestinians won't stop, who says we can't be ruthless? Who would dare challenge the American Empire if our policy was this: Either enjoy the benefits of being our allies and trade partners, or be destroyed by our imperial might. That's was Rome's policy, and it works great. Playing the morality game like the British Empire is just silly.

The exception would be with countries we can not destroy, or whose existence is too valuable, in which case detente and balance of power would be the policies pursued. But for a marginalized people in the middle of a proxy war, who cares?

I'm not perfect.

Acolyte,

Has such a system ever been empirically tested? I may be more inclined to support the extreme if such a system was actually practiced with success. Just saying we get in to trouble whenever we say "Hey check this new grand plan with all these benefits! Theoretically it should work! Now lets implement it!"

Those evil democrats caused the housing crisis by imposing sub prime mortgage quotas. As for the other crises, I can only guess that the dems are at fault for that too.

But much of US military spending has to do with occupation costs in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Rooster,

Of course supporting animal rights is wrong, well it is for rats, monkeys, cattle, and other animals we use as instruments that drive our economy. By appealing to the moral sensitivities of others, it causes people to campaign for concessions that only cause further inefficiencies in the pharmaceutical and food markets, driving up prices. It's also a sin to give a crap, but even worse to exploit people's sensitivities for political influence like that. The same goes for advocating for factory workers to keep their jobs or enjoy pension plans when it is costly for the company to do so. It's a terrible evil, one that deserves hard time.

As for authoritarian government, I guess we need one in a world of immature children incapable of managing their own rights responsibly. Civic virtue and responsibility is bankrupt in American society, which is essential to a functional Republic. As for a revolt, good. We know who is not taking their reformation seriously and is a member of the surplus population we can dump on Europe.

My motivation behind supporting this law is to teach liberal idealists to stfu about their moral sensitivities with respect to equality and justice. I get so irritated by them, that the thought of seeing them sit in prison with a serial rapist seems like justice being served.

As for the law itself, yeah it's unconstitutional. Be happy we don't have an authoritarian government, because if we did it would be so much fun observing the government teach a lesson to that slothful and co-dependent hip hop generation that plagues our society today.

And Avo, the law can be given stipulations that prevent any negative side effects while satisfying the intended outcome.

Kemp,

You're welcome to offer insight on a better idea of what to do with them. The philosophical idea here is

1. Is the subculture/generation of nutty liberal idealists decadent?
2. What do we do about them?

My view is that 1 yes they are, and 2 see how they like it in prison. Specifically, I am thinking about a huge prison in the Arizona desert. They'll be housed in tents, and if we need more space we'll just add more tents. Moreover, they'll be put in chain gangs. Every man, woman and child will be subjected to meaningless labor for a few years to teach them good values. If they don't change, they can keep working at the desert prison for all I care.

What do you guys think of this title for a new porn video?

Deci and a Black girl.

We all know TU is so desperate he would consider at least 90% of the women in the world, while the rest of us have the self-respect to be somewhat selective.

I have noticed that black women with some caucasian features like a pointed nose, thinner lips, and facial structure seem to be the hottest black women.