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Obama, a murderer?

Jan 25, 2009
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I was recently having a conversation with a forum host about what can and cant be said on his forum, which revolves around politics and economics. His strict instruction was that one couldn't denigrate any company or politician with spurious and Ad Hominem attacks. Now I would agree that Ad Hominem is a most unproductive way to go and certainly lends itself to closing down debate, rather than enlightening it. This is why I left my title as a question, rather than a statement, so as to avoid the accusation of Ad Hom. However, lets look at the facts firstly and see if I cannot convince you of his guilt. I am quite sure that he is a murderer, but I appreciate that many of you would consider him as not.

My question comes as a direct result of this action taken by the the Obama administration. His recent authorisation of a missile strike on a small village in Pakistan would seem to be a rite of passage for most presidents. And so as not be outdone orders his own, killing three children in the process. It would seem that this was a muscle flexing move for Obama according to the Guardian.

"The strikes will help Obama portray himself as a leader who, though ready to shift the balance of American power towards diplomacy, is not afraid of military action."

The tacit suggestion that violence has a role to play in negotiation as much as diplomacy, supposedly gives Obama an air of strength and control. I am sure many of you would agree with this analysis. Many of you I would suggest believe that the state has the right to kill all that it considers to be its enemy. But why?

Obomba

Rightly so, if I decided to shoot my neighbours for whom I didn't like and ended up taking out half the street and killing not just my neighbour but most of the neighbourhood I would be considered as a murderer. But yet when the state decides to hurl missiles with poor precision, its seen at worst as accidental and at best even noble. Even if you believe that they were aiming at killers, one cannot deny the innocence of three children. And that in any other situation we would be screaming for justice. Do I need to say more?

We the men of the mind...

Jan 22, 2009
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This is John Galt Speaking - Part 2

I have talked about the issues this video raises before. For most people religion is seen as the only true form of morality, whether they are religious or not. The religious sink into a pious mythology about the self being worthless and that only death will bring true hope and salvation to mankind. The nihilist believes in nothing but death and so ruthlessly pursues his own pleasures, even to the detriment and cost to his own life..

"And no one came along to say your life belongs to you.. And that the good, is to live it.."

"Both sides agree that morality is the surrender of your self interest and of your mind"

Mystics beware, your morality sits on a precipice.. XCowboy2's second part of his adaptation of Ayn Rand's speech by John Galt in her novel Atlas Shrugged...