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On Circumcision by Unvalanced, literature

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On Circumcision

The loudest argument I hear for circumcision is people arguing (incorrectly) that it has health benefits (it does, but it also have risks, and the risks negate the benefits). But another argument I hear is that everybody who they meet who is against circumcision has mental health problems, the implication being that mental health problems -cause- the issue with circumcision. Circumcision doesn't bother me because I don't like the way it looks. It doesn't even really bother me that I don't experience sexual pleasure. Circumcision bothers me because of what it says about other people's attitude towards me. It bothers me because it means I

On Anarcho-Capitalism by Unvalanced, literature

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On Anarcho-Capitalism

Anarcho-capitalism is often considered a cousin to minarchism - but it has one crucial difference which is precisely the difference between minarchism and capitalism: Anarcho-capitalists reject the doctrine of collective self-defense. Indeed, they necessarily reject the doctrine of self-defense entirely, as anywhere violence is encountered, the party that wins, wins; there is no agency which can be granted the function of determining whether the party that won was in the wrong or in the right, because that agency, granted that it had the right of arbitration which necessarily would require it possess the right to enforce that arbitration, wou

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On Sins

Sins are that which one recognizes as sins. Even absent Christianity, absent God, absent any religion, we still find heaven and hell - a life spent in regret and self-revulsion, or a life spent in satisfaction and self-contention. A short life, or an eternal one, our life is determined by whether we do that which we think is good, or that which we think is evil - a man who thinks he has done evil will be miserable and self-loathing. A man who thinks he has done good will be proud of himself - unless pride is a sin, in which case he will never escape his guilt. The ideal moral system does not construe as evil that is necessary to living, n

The Virtue of Selfishness by Unvalanced, literature

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The Virtue of Selfishness

I am selfish. Too selfish to drop a dollar in a beggar's cap, too selfish to care about the homeless on the street, too selfish to have any desire to help drug addicts come clean, too selfish to help a disadvantaged person live a normal life. These are characteristics of a selfish person. My selfishness runs deeper than that, however. I am too selfish to want to rule the world, no matter the benefits it brings me - for I want my life to be mine and mine alone. I am too selfish to lie - for I would not settle for being somebody other than me, for living a life besides the one I am living. I am too selfish to steal - for I want to know tha

On Canvas by Unvalanced, literature

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On Canvas

The ultimate canvas is the human form - the ultimate tools, the human mind. We each are granted but a single canvas to paint upon, to produce a masterpiece or to produce garbage. Some are granted superior canvas, or superior tools, with which to produce either masterpiece or garbage. But each has the opportunity to paint as they will. To sculpt what they will. A laugh line here - a hard muscular line there. Softness in the right place. Or in the wrong. Not all must appreciate the same aesthetic qualities. It is up to each of us to decide what to do with what we are granted, what qualities to pursue. But it is an act of greatest negl

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On Friendship

Friendship. What does friendship mean? What makes somebody a friend, as opposed to an acquaintance? Are you friends with somebody merely because you know them well? Doesn't that make everybody who reads an auto bibliography friends with the author? Are friends merely people you have a good time with? Friendship has been on my mind a lot lately, because of a problem I'm dealing with with an individual who has been my only serious friend for the past three years. This individual - well, it's between us, so I will simply explain it as that I was lied to, basically because my friend was afraid of hurting me with the truth. Now, this is a

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On Economics

Stagflation is the critical flaw in Keynesian economics. Keynes believed it could not happen. Effectively, stagflation is what happens when government starts increasing its spending during a depression - prices start rising (inflation), and the depression isn't reversed, partly because rising prices discourage additional spending. A more complicated, in-depth explanation would take a block of text you wouldn't care to wander through. In short, Keynesian economics relies upon the idea that inflation is strongly associated with economic growth, and that if government engages in inflationary economic activities, it will spur economic growth. Th

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Jun 11, 2014

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Tagged by LogicalWomen (https://www.deviantart.com/logicalwomen) Rules 1. You must post these rules. (HA!) 2. Each person has to share 10 facts about themselves. 3. Answer the 10 questions asked by the person who tagged you and make up 10 questions for the 10 you tag. 4. Choose 10 people and put their icons/names in your journal. (No!) 5. "Mention" the person you tagged with an "@" symbol in front of their name. 6. Not something like "You are tagged if you read that". 7. You have to legitimately tag 10 people. Tag however many you want. 8. No tag-backs. 9. You can't say that you don't do tags.  (Can too.  :-) ) 10. You MUST make a journal entry! My 10 Facts: 1.) My n

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May 21, 2014

Holy. Shit.

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This post brought to you by 10,000 IUs daily of Vitamin D and possibly, but not conclusively, St John's Wort.  Experiments are ongoing, but I've gone from struggling to stay out of clinical depression (that point when sorrow ceases to have meaning and boredom and ennui replace everything) and entertaining suicidal thoughts on a daily basis to "Wow.  This is what it feels like to feel good."  Been on vitamin D for a couple of weeks now, just added St John's Wort on a similar recommendation. I've had two other people try it.  We've each gone through these phases: Day 1: [Note: The difference is noticeable after less than 24 hours] "Well, thi

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Apr 30, 2014

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...$100 to the Parsemus Foundation, towards Vasalgel development, a reversible non-hormonal long-term male birth control treatment which will probably soon be on the market in India.  The research done and being done there to satisfy Indian medical testing laws doesn't meet FDA requirements, so Parsemus (AFAICT) purchased the rights to the treatment in the US, and began testing.  The first phase of testing was done on rabbits, with successful results for both the initial injection and reversal; they've moved on to baboons, and have most of the necessary funding in place.  Human trials are expected to begin in 2015, assuming the baboon trial i

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DangerMakesYouBust

Jun 20, 2014

Have my follow. And geez you must have a lot points to get a premium till hell freezes over.

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Jun 20, 2014

Got that to make a point, actually.

DangerMakesYouBust

Jun 20, 2014

What was the point? O.o

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Jun 20, 2014

Somebody accused somebody else of being moochers on DeviantArt on the grounds that the accuser had a subscription and the accused did not. I responded by getting this form of membership, and pointed out that from this perspective, they were the ones mooching, since I had put forward more support than they, and that at any rate whether or not one purchases a membership isn't indicative of one's support for the site. My point was essentially that I've donated far more points than was necessary to get "Till Hell Freezes Over" in the course of my stay in DeviantArt, and did so because membership didn't offer me any benefits I saw purpose in, whereas the donations (such as to maintain the Deviant Art Political Forum Club: dapoliticalforumclub.deviantar… ) -did- offer me purpose, and that therefore the possession or non-possession of membership status isn't indicative of one's direct financial support. I also pointed out that advertisements and pageviews in themselves are of value to DeviantArt, which is why membership is free in the first place, and that no member is a "moocher" in the first place. Accusations about the accuser's character may also have been involved.

It was a politically-motivated attack on libertarian principles (the person being attacked had espoused such) which I rebuked, in part by myself being one of the best-known libertarians on the politics forum and expressing my support in such a gratuitous, loud, and pointless fashion. (Gratuitous, loud, and pointless being the most effective approach to destroying somebody else's attempt at social signaling, which is really what that was, at its heart.)

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...er, thanks?

No, I mean, why?