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  • Re: Can't hack it in the real world... join the army!

    [quote user="JAlanKatz"] [quote user="MatthewWilliam"] Can't they advertise like any other organisation? Who else would you arbitrarily ban from campus? After all, it's our choice who we work for, ain't it. [/quote] Do most universities permit mafia recruiters? Just a question. [/quote] The point is that universities
    Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by MatthewWilliam on Sun, Jun 8 2008
  • Re: Can't hack it in the real world... join the army!

    [quote user="JohnSchreimann"] Good for the Socialist Alternative Society. Military recruiters should get the hell off our campuses. [/quote] Can't they advertise like any other organisation? Who else would you arbitrarily ban from campus? After all, it's our choice who we work for, ain't it.
    Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by MatthewWilliam on Sun, Jun 8 2008
  • Re: Can't hack it in the real world... join the army!

    [quote user="Juan"]The profession of soldier is really libertarian. I mean, soldiers kill innocent people including children because politicians tell them to. Soldiers are really virtuous people you know. We need more soldiers and less shopkeepers. [/quote] We should be proud of the military not because of the job they do but rather in spite
    Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by MatthewWilliam on Sun, Jun 8 2008
  • Re: Countries closest to Libertarian / Austrian principles

    Countries without a fiat monetary system?
    Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by MatthewWilliam on Sun, Jun 8 2008
  • Re: Zeitgeist: The Movie - Full, Final version

    Seen it. When I watched part one I thought it was excellent. It sadly descends into a farce. I disagree with the film and personally think the reptilian humanoids are behind it all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Icke#Reptilian_humanoids"
    Posted to General (Forum) by MatthewWilliam on Sat, Jun 7 2008
  • Re: Countries closest to Libertarian / Austrian principles

    Here is the list of the Top 10 countries by Economic Freedom according to The Heritage Foundation: http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/topten.cfm Switzerland is in there but not Number 1. As for social freedom, I think Switzerland loses out (for reasons such as compulsory military service, having an ID card,etc). I think that the freest
    Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by MatthewWilliam on Sat, Jun 7 2008
  • Re: The Bread Crisis in Cairo

    [quote user="mormonchess"]http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0606/p04s05-wome.html[/quote] "Egyptians are... caught in a storm of stagnant wages, rising global food prices, rampant corruption, and a quickly advancing inflation rate that hit 16.4 percent in May" ...why doesn't the Egyptian government do something about all this? The
    Posted to Economics Questions (Forum) by MatthewWilliam on Sat, Jun 7 2008
  • Re: Joining a Compulsory Union

    [quote user="Telpeurion"] I'll find somewhere else to work. What do you guys think? Should I swallow my pride and submit for a summer job before college? [/quote] We seem to all be in agreement...no way! When I registered for college at the University of Sydney I was kindly asked for my compulsary $604 Student Union Fee. It was my first
    Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by MatthewWilliam on Fri, Jun 6 2008
  • The 'right' to reproduce: question

    In writing an essay on JS Mill I came across a passage where he challenges the right to reproduce. He asserts that prospective parents should be made to take a test to see whether or not they are suitable to have progeny. One-hundred and fifty years later adoption agencies are required to excessively screen prospective child recipients. Both these measures
    Posted to General (Forum) by MatthewWilliam on Fri, Jun 6 2008
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