Comment Re:Why stop there? (Score 1) 470
I think I misunderstood the point you were making.
Basically, raising minimum wage has always preceded a spike in unemployment.
LK
I think I misunderstood the point you were making.
Basically, raising minimum wage has always preceded a spike in unemployment.
LK
The copyright belongs to the photographer not the "model".
LK
How about pseudoscience like "forcing people to pay more for something won't make them buy less of it" (higher minimum wage)?
History bears this out. It's not pseudoscience. It's economics 101.
LK
It's not simply belief. Witches exist. I know some.
That's not to say that they have any kind of supernatural powers but they follow the Wiccan religion.
Tighten up your claims, please.
LK
It's not defamation of character if what you say is true.
Basically, if you're not photoshopping someone's head onto another body, revenge porn is not defamation.
LK
It's not bigotry to say "No, your relationship with your partner is not the same thing as a marriage and we will not recognize it as such."
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Would you please stop with this "gay is the new black" bullshit.
It's offensive.
LK
Joe McCarthy would be proud.
So would Martin Luther King.
"My father did not take a bullet for same-sex marriage" - Bernice King
LK
Don't worry. After 6 PM, the people with jobs get home from work and start balancing things out.
LK
If you're so civilized, why are you having such problems with people shooting each other?
LK
What makes him think that he has the right to decide that for me?
LK
Bruce,
Why do you act in such an abrasive and hostile manner when you discuss social issues about which you have opinions?
LK
Something's been troubling me recently about the whole "corporations are people" thing. If corporations are people, what's to prevent corporations from running for public office? Suppose a corporation was founded in the US at least 35 years ago, could that corporation run for President? It's the logical (and frightening) conclusion to the "corporations are people" argument. How long until the companies stop merely buying candidates and instead BECOME the candidates?
You've fallen victim to propaganda.
There are many people who use the term "corporations are people" because it's absurd, the desire is to create a backlash against a strawman. Corporations are not "people". Corporations are "persons". There's an enormous difference.
I'll explain a few things.
The constitution references three types of being with rights.
Some of us belong to all three categories.
A person can be a living human being or a corporate person. Corporations are "persons" under the law, not people.
Only a human being can be a citizen. Corporations are not and can not be citizens.
The people are all of the citizens of the country, collectively and individually. This includes corporations, individual human beings as well as groups of corporations and human beings.
A requirement for for holding a constitutionally defined office is citizenship. One can not be a Senator, a Representative or the President unless one is a citizen. To be a citizen, one must be a human being.
Have you ever noticed that no one has ever sued the dog that bit him? If a car's brakes fail and you're struck, you don't sue the car. You sue the owner and/or the manufacturer. Same reason.
Corporate personhood isn't controversial or dangerous in any way. In fact, it's the very reason for incorporation. To "incorporate" is to "bring together into one (legal)body".
Non-persons can not be the object of legal proceedings. Non-persons can not own property. Non-persons do not have legal responsibilities.
What would the point of forming a corporation be if it weren't a separate being?
LK
She calls US paranoid for thinking that the government would ever trample our rights.
LK
Anyone can make an omelet with eggs. The trick is to make one with none.
