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I've been talking on Morrakiu's video on why he doesn't favor UHC
There's a guy names thedudefromsomewhere and he brought up externality issues in Health care and the free market
I don't know anything about externalities

and I watched a Milton Friedman video on externalities.

Here are some questions since I don't know jack shit about economics

is this any different from the law of unintended consequences?
and can negative externalities justify government intervention? how about in Health care?
Milton Friedman gave an example of how punishing people who pollute other property is a good way to correct the cost of negative externalities without the need of government regulation.
Can the same be done In health care? without the need of government price controls?

I know... stupid questions but I'd like to hear your thoughts

he has this site called "critique of libertarianism"

what do you think about it?

example: http://www.commondreams.org/views/081500-106.htm

Most of Mike's posts are links to websites

I watched the John Stossel special on the ABC website

what do you think of tiger farming?
Do you think it will save the tigers?

because it takes $4000-$10 000 to breed one tiger and just a bullet to get one off the wild

so farming could increase demand but because of that there would be increased poaching since it is cheaper.

What do you think?

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busted

What do you think?

Do you think its logical to compare the Spanish flu of 1918 to the current swine flu?

a debate with myself with some points taken from youtube users and some from Sam Harris

1 against: potential human life

for: through the process cloning all our cells could be potential humans

2 against: Embryos and blastocysts are human ever since sperm meets egg

for: a few cells are not a conscious being. No nervous system, no brain; not human.

3 against: why don't we make everyone unconscious and harvest their bodies

for: turning conscious people into unconscious and non-living thing would be an act of murder.

4 against: what if no one forced that person to become unconscious should we harvest their bodies?

for: they have experienced life and they have hopes and plans for the future. A blastocyst has never been in contact with other beings or shared any relationships with anyone else.


I have problem with 4 though because you can counter it by saying

what used to be a conscious being is no longer conscious, it has no hopes and dreams while knocked out.

Or

a conscious being made relationship with others, now that it is unconscious why don't we harvest it?


any thoughts? Maybe you can correct some mistakes I might've made.
Add any new arguments for or against?

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I can't watch any of his videos because I don't live in USA
the youtube message says: This video is not available in your country.

is there a way to get around this?

I've watched a TAA video response to a guy named Onision. The video's name is "Murder eaters".
I've realized now that there aren't many arguments to support a meat eating diet.

Vegetarians like to use the alien argument where if a super intelligent alien decided to eat you, it would suck.

Vegetarianism is good for health (just as long as you drink milk, eat eggs or fish for vitamin B12).

Vegetarianism is good for the environment since cows and animals release C02.

Vegetarianism is the most ethical because animals feel pain since they have a nervous system while vegetables and fruits don't.

There's the argument where because humans have large brains and they are responsible animals, humans don't have to eat meat like other Omnivores.

But I'll still eat meat regardless of what anyone tells me.

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summary:

plasticized bodies from China are on display. The bodies could be executed prisoners from China.

[pro DDT]

http://www.eco-imperialism.com/content/article.php3?id=89
http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.html#ref4  pro DDT

http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/Myths/myths.htm
http://info-pollution.com/ddtban.htm  anti DDT

I noticed many people commented on your channel about the debate.

So what are your thoughts?

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http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=education_campus_libertarians

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism_and_Objectivism

Ayn Rand condemns libertarianism as Anarchists
and libertarians are plagiarizers of her work but "with the teeth pulled out of them" 

but the definition of the word "libertarian" has changed over the years and there are different types of libertarian.

so was she condemning the type of libertarian we have now or anarchists?
most people who consider themselves as libertarian believe that the government is only necessary for protecting people's life and liberty and nothing more.

http://www.pidaychallenge.com/take-the-challenge

i can't even figure out question 1

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this is probably old
but more people should know about this.

no second-hand smoke
no carcinogens
none of the really dangerous chemicals in tobacco

just nicotine vapour

would anti-smokers favor this?

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ABC John Stossel special with Drew Carey from Reason Tv

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sweatshops = good

i haven't seen many people who favor prohibition on youtube but heres some comments from one of them.

alcohol and tobacco are not legal to produce or sell without the proper licensing, you cannot drink in public places nor can you grow tobacco. so they both are not fully legal. what i want to see is that people with personal use amounts of hemp, should not be prosecuted as criminals, rather people who choose to traffic large amounts of the drug be penalised. i believe legalisation is a joke and would turn some many people into mindless zombies. to many people have seen the adverse affects of short and long term usage of the drug, and it does not look good. Holland is experiencing the worst epidemic mental health patients and new users of drugs such as heroin and amphetamine than ever before, the government links this outbreak soley to the decriminalisation of hemp. so do you think the outlaw status of the drug is a good thing or a bad thing?.

basically he says there is an epidemic mental health crisis in the Netherlands because of drugs.
but in the Netherlands the drug use is half the percent than the US or Netherlands' neighboring countries and this includes heroin.

are you a member of parliament... i guess not, are you an advocate for higher standards of living... i guess not, also are you an advocate for lowering crime rates.....i guess not, all that tobacco, alcohol and other socially acceptable substances prove to people involved in society and governing society, all are fully aware of the affecting problems which grip youth and the free willing adult. so the question i ask you Mr Google it, is simply this, why make the problem worse?.

He is annoying so i started annoying him back. prohibition causes crime but he doesn't seem to listen.

anyhow his/her name is s13silly i made some comments on his/her channel. if you guys have any suggestions to get rid of him i would appreciate it. i left some comments on s13silly's channel feel free to correct me as well

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/02/tech-911-crtc.html

agree? disagree?

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