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[Amagius]

So what's equal punishment when a poor person kills someone and when a rich person kills someone?

The murder analogy is quite flawed, in that, if you murder someone, time or life is being taken [rather than currency --Ed.]. Time and life are subjects that, even though one person may use their's differently, are constant among everyone.

[Sean]

*didn't read topic*

My friend has that shirt

[Frizzle]

Communism has only killed 100 million people to date. Let's give it another shot!

[Mr. Hobo]

How'd you come up with that number?

[Sean]

How'd you come up with that number?

Probably a loose estimate of the amount of people killed under communist rulers in Eastern Europe. Ya know, Russia, China, North Korea, etc?

Communism is good for population control, RIGHT?

[Frizzle]

Under the rule of communism, millions of people have died. That's an undeniable fact and far more then any other type of political establishment.

[Frizzle]

So the basic ideology of communism has killed millions. Stop grasping at straws.

[Alex]

Dictators, not the ideology, killed millions of people...

Edited by Alex, 19 April 2008 - 05:54 PM.

[Frizzle]

Support for Hitler? Can you read, or do you just make stuff in your head? What else can you expect from a lefty? Just untrue propoganda or infamously using someone else's words in the wrong context.

[Ives]

Capitalism like totally alienates the worker. Why should a movie star get paid more than a garbage man! Which job is more important to the existence of society?

On a more serious note. What do you think about equal punishment under the law? For example, which of the following is more fair:
A) A poor man driving an old Honda gets a $100 speeding ticket. A millionaire driving a Bentley gets a $100 speeding ticket.
B) A poor man dricing an old Honda gets a $100 speeding ticket. A millionaire driving a Bentley gets a $1500 speeding ticket.

A, because that way you actually disregard class altogether and charge the same price. Giving people breaks because the benefit the economy is stupid. You have to think critically: what is the economy anyways? The economy is a bunch of jargon to argue for sufficency. I like capitalism, but the economic statistics are just arguments for such, even though we live in an age of borderline socialism with the polices we institute.

[Melchoire]

A, because that way you actually disregard class altogether and charge the same price. Giving people breaks because the benefit the economy is stupid. You have to think critically: what is the economy anyways? The economy is a bunch of jargon to argue for sufficency. I like capitalism, but the economic statistics are just arguments for such, even though we live in an age of borderline socialism with the polices we institute.

I didn't even think of it that way, good point. =p