That's a logical fallacy, just because your helmet broke does NOT mean your head would have. The helmet is, ofcourse, larger than the head, meaning things that wouldn't have touched the head, will still hit the helmet. Reflex actions that instinctively protect the head are hampered by the helmet, twisting forces can actually be made worse by a helmet.

Then there's the whole subconscious "I feel safe so I can act more dangerously" aspect, car drivers perceiving you as safe so give you less room, and the tragic cases of children strangled by their cycle helmets [92][93][94][95][96][97][98][99][100][101][102][103]

-1 for deliberately playing the Americans don't do geography card

Because that should have fixed everything...

do you never google?

Can local government just "give" money back like this? Seems like it's public money, surely it can't just be given to a private company?

No, the value came out of the pockets of other shareholders since their shares are diluted by the value of his created shares

What they've actually discovered is the pattern of someone's inner monologue saying "fuck it that's close enough"

They were ALL pardoned, that was right, hence all those convicted under this law should be pardoned, that would be fair

I am opposed to this because it's unfair, unfair to single out one (very great admittedly) person persecuted under this law; all of the men criminalised under this law should be pardoned, since they did nothing that is wrong.

CFIT - also know as "Cumulogranite" or "rock filled clouds"

By way of counter example, the Juno Jupiter mission uses solar panels for it's power rather than RTGs. They would generate 12-14Kw at earth but due to the distance to will only produce 486W at Jupiter.

I didn't reply to dismiss your points, that has never been my aim, just pointing out the hypocrisy was enough

You don't seem to understand the meaning of that argument, it's when someone tries to claim a member of their own group as not a true member of their own group, I couldn't make that sort of statement about libertarians, since I am not one.

Keep trying to salvage victory tho :)

I didn't reply to dismiss your points, that has never been my aim, just pointing out the hypocrisy was enough

You don't seem to understand the meaning of that argument, it's when someone tries to dismiss a member of their own group as not a true member of their own group, I couldn't make that sort of statement about libertarians, since I am not one.

Keep trying to salvage victory tho :)

Quotes are intrinsically appeals to authority rather than intelligent argument, the quote in question is snappy but ultimately meaningless, the government controls the military so even if you have a hypothetical small government they will always have the power to take things from you via the police or the judiciary. All libertarians seem to forget a government is comprised of people, they do not become a hive mind, why do you think the phrase "activist judge" exists?

I wasn't dismissing your post I was highlighting your hypocrisy about "ignorance and intellectual laziness" when you committed exactly the same crime.

Yes, well that label does apply rather well to you, since you blindly copied and pasted all that from somewhere without any checking or thought, proved by the fact that the 2nd quote attributed to Jefferson was actually said by Gerald Ford, yes that intellectual titan.

that's a great quote, will store later use