"We probably only disagree more than most people just cause we are both willing to say what we think." I look at it as having deep discussions to refine our understandings. Most people don't

"Do you believe that smallpox, which has plagued mankind since prehistoric times, was eradicated through vaccination?" I have read a lot about it. The way that they would 'vaccinate' people against

"...I'm furious." Fury is an interesting thing. When there were tigers in the grass trying to eat our babies, fury enabled us to stand up with a pointy stick and stab them in the eye, to save

Hive is very dangerous to tyrants and overlords. It contains the means to administer voluntarist government. Every vote counts, and can't be stuffed in a ballot box if no one real cast it (or this could

Ok, well, I did try to edge around the DV issue in my above comment, but I guess clever semantical tricks just aren't gonna work around you! LOL Imma try to just leave you one comment that is responsive

I've lived all my life in America, and I was raised on a wilderness island in Alaska. It's hard for me to even imagine that kind of government interference in my life. America was created when English

We have moles That's something that never occurred to me before. I'm sooooo naive,LOL.

I don't feel welcome here I suggest you're reacting. I have a background as a biologist, and something that all higher animals do is focus on negatives, because in the wild those danger signals can kill

Whatever I'm driving becomes an exotic sports car. Now I can register one vehicle and get plates for two!

Never heard the term 'front plater' before. Good to know these kinds of insider knowledge. "...they use their superpowers for evil..." You should warn people before you spring a line like that.

statements that I had made about the dev. I have had some discussions with folks there, and am not drawn to that pool of talent, shall we say. I bet Lucy was as intolerable there as he was here. He should

I cannot express how keenly I feel your departure, particularly after reading this masterpiece. I hope you are well and hale.

You're aware that VP depletes differently now? The change made it so that every vote has the same value, until your VP is depleted (votes with an identical percentage, like 25% or 100% strength). It used

Honestly I pay so little attention I don't know if curation rewards on comments changed [edit: but my understanding is curation rewards didn't decline while author rewards did (on comments), making curation

We have had this conversation, I think. Neither one of us convinced the other then, and I don't think we have any new arguments now, so, I agree to disagree as agreeably as possible.

I think you're right.

All true. As to police, I started training my kids to use firearms when they were three. We lived on a gated compound innawoods where I homeschooled them, and if someone bad came to do bad things the police

I just think it's good manners to upvote people when I respond to their comments. I feel like my mom is frowning down at me for being rude if I don't.

Whether we are agree on the taxation description is mostly semantics. Fair enough. "I am more interested in finding pragmatic solutions for the problems you noticed downvotes have as opposed to debating

I blew my VP up some days ago following your conversation with KillerG, and upvoting good comments, and I can't get it back up above ~20%. That's why I haven't been able to upvote your comments either