Hello, Anonymous here again. Just to let you all know, I'm not an atheist or agnostic or whatever. I'm a Christian, actually, not that that should really matter in the course of rational argument. I just mention this to show you I'm being objective, not biased.

Balderdash, Mr. Adams. The world could have gotten along fine without religion... I'm not sure if it'd be any better, but it probably would not be significantly worse off, if at all. We wouldn't have had the Crusades... or the concentration camps... or the subjugation of women... at least not for the same reasons; we probably still would have had stupid wars and conflicts. On the whole, though, I think people would be more rational today, more sane, less blindly submissive to authority, if religion hadn't existed; we'd develop different reasons to stay "in line."

I'm not sure on this one. This reminds me of the current health care debate: should federal dollars go to fund abortions? I'm pro-choice, but I know if I was a pro-lifer, I would not want to pay taxes to aid what I considered to be murder. On the other hand, the bitter part of me wants to say, "Oh well. Deal with it," because I'm an ardent pacifist, and yet I still have to pay taxes to fund what is unquestionably murder, just because my views aren't as popular as those of the pro-life crowd. Now, is this just? No. Then again, my problem isn't solved by extending the same dilemma to others (even if I don't see what the dilemma is). So I don't know. Sorry for the rant.

As much as I hate to get into a grammar war, "have" is acceptable, though I would have chosen "are." "Were" would be, too, but it doesn't make sense in context (past tense conclusion of a present tense idea).

I agree with the general message, but I doubt America is the GREATEST country ever "stole."

I choose liberty. And terrorism isn't escalating to that point... paranoia is.

But men should have a say in making the laws, and they should constantly be questioning them and the authority they create.

Here, here!

I don't know... If you believe everything you read, read a wide selection of literature from an array of viewpoints. That way, at worst, you'll end up neutral, and at best you'll learn to think.

Ah yes... this guy strikes me as sort of a militant John Stuart Mill.

Is anyone besides me tired of the terms fascism, socialism, and communism being used interchangeably? and of the comparisons between democracy and Nazism? and of the phrase "America's not a democracy; it's a republic," when in fact a republic is a KIND of democracy, as any person with a middle elementary education-on should know?

Excellent, Bushie should have read more Ben Franklin.

Rights aren't granted by God; they are intrinsic of physical existence (I'm not an atheist, by the way; I just subscribe to the philosophy that all life forms belong to themselves, and thus have the right to, at the very least, make decisions for themselves, so long as those decisions don't hurt others. All other rights are derived from this basic principle. I don't see how rights can be given and taken away by an authority figure, even God. Otherwise, in what sense are they natural, inalienable?)

So when Bush approved ridiculous tax cuts for the wealthy and drove the rest of the US into a recession... what was that?

Generalized, but fair.

Or democratically-elected representatives and executives. Religion is not an integral part of fair, successful government. If you ask me, religion and government should not be integrated at all.

this quote was AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Great quote writing a paper on the monetary system, looking forward to learning more about the fallacy of the FED

And while they're living at the expense of others, the elite today, through international finance structuring, have almost the entire world under its ruling thumb. Welcome to the new world of international corporate government where YOUR money is god and slavery is the way to get the most of it and the mass of the people blindly believe that if we keep feeding the monster we have created they will eventually get it right and solve all our problems. When will people realize that when money is put into circulation it is borrowed from the Fed by local banks and the loaned into circulation in the form of coin and paper and digital transactions. The interest on the loan is never put into circulation. The loan can never be paid off and the interest grows and grows until we have a national debt that can never be paid off no matter how many future generations of our children are chained into the system by signing their natural rights away through government enforced contracts they all think they must enter into to be a part of a 'civilized' society. From birth to death we are fast becoming perpetual slaves forever in debt to the government who decide who lives and who dies for the benefit of its system and the elite who 'operate' it.

Yes indeed, and the non worker is paid by the government by taxing (stealing) from those who do work and use that to bait the nnon working people into free lunch programs designed to prompt and ensure their dependence on government from birth to death with free choice tossed into the rubbish bin as government gets stronger in relation to the amount of dependence the people have on it. What is the result of all this? We will soon know and God help us then.

There is only the beast system and it's enemys and its enemies that do not fear it.

THE MOST REPEATED LIE: :Government spends money." They cannot get money from your banks when the fed has said that their system: "works only with credit" that would keep its value "if there wre fewer people bidding against each other," ---booklet, Keeping Our Money (their credit) Healthy. Library of congress Catalog No, 60-14368 Revised Jan 1979 They have no need for money when all of us will risk our lives or even die for strips of paper, For clarity see: www.morpix.biz/x4

Smoking weed is nothing but a social activity. You and some friends throw down 5 bucks smoke a blunt chill eat video games and eat everything in your fridge. Iv smoked millions of times and never wanted to kill my brother so fuck you anslinger your mother should have swallowed you

Anslinger was a complete dick.. He pretty much prohibited cannabis by himself.. what a complete fuck.. and a racist dick I hope he wasn't even buried.. they should have just put him in the bin

The man is so limited in his thinking...