silentstriker

It's everywhere. Nowhere is immune to it, sadly.

Gavaskar's book showed that. Though I was more offended by him being described in the thread as one of the greatest batsmen of all time than I would be that he was called racist.

Haha, cool man, same I got a lot of stuff due. For me I can't reconcile the difference because rationally and legally they're the same to me. Will look forward to your side of it. Even if I dont agree I know I am getting an intelligible response - which is the reason I engaged you in the first place.

Cont.
There are 100s of years worth of writing talking about the rights of man, including their economic activities. For they are just like any other activity. If you marry someone you are legally contracting to give up certain freedoms to gain some other benefits - just the same as you would in any other financial arrangement. Marriage is an economic transaction.

I'm sorry, who and what decides what is fair? You seem to miss the fact that there is an arbitrary nature in both instances/values being implement. One where the person whom it involves decides what is best for him and another where a person whom is not involved decides whether it is fair for the greater good.

It is akin to banning gay marriage on the basis that it will corrupt social morals and values. The gays themselves will argue that their marriage will affect no one but themselves and that is their right. The interventionists will argue that it is right to curtail those rights because they will degrade society and there must be a minimum set of values in the sphere of marriage.

I don't understand, how are economic liberties any different to social liberties? They're involving the actions of consenting individuals.

For example, you hold that marriage isn't an issue that should be legalised or promoted one way or another by government. That's exactly the same argument that most people would make for free enterprise transactions.

You hold that as long as it does not hurt someone, then people should be free to do the same. The economic argument goes towards society being affected at large but the proximity is that is so vague so as to allow similar arguments along not letting people have multiple partners because it affects the wider society as well.

It goes very closely with the drug example. Legalised or not, people are going to do it. Yet the people for criminalising the act argue that by doing so they also set a minimum standard and if they don't it will affect society as a whole.

I don't understand how you can logically differentiate them.

Was looking at your posting in the polygamy thread and it got me to a question I asked when talking with you earlier in the politics thread. You seem the ideal candidate to be a Libertarian and you seem a very logical and rational person without wanting to dictate people's rights.

Yet the irony is in the politics thread you were basically arguing against the same principles you argue for in the polygamy thread. Do you notice that, or can you reconcile that?

Cheers Manan - it is quite a humbling experience to defeat a legend, even if you aren't about all that much these days - on a separate note you really ought to go back to the Lohmann avatar!

Yeah man that was the main point I would've argued and also, the second point being whether such a right is flexible enough that it can be compromised in a society with a dangerous slope like India. I did not post in the thread because I'm sick and don't know whether I can come back and defend my views after I initially develop them. Would love to have a chat with you on this soon.

Hey SS, was just reading the polygamy thread. I'd love to know your views on whether 1)*** determination per-birth in general 2) *** determination per-birth in India should be legalized, if you don't mind. Cheers mate.

Can you go into the other room and ask Edmunds if he knows how??

Yeah, it does tend to be overwhelming at times. I do wish I had a firmer grounding in Chem before I started off. State-board science FTL. Although the Kaplan stuff seems to be reassuring in that they don't seem to assume prior grounding in the basic sciences.

I've 'acquired' the Kaplan material, Goljan and have subscribed to USMLE world. It's going along.

How do you find med school? You must have covered much of the material while in pre-med?

Yeah, largely my view as well. So annoying when people are like this tbh.

Haha, well, come to think of it I am looking for a study partner
It's going well. How's med school. Congrats on the funding approval! It's generally a year off after second year, isn't it?

****ing regulation. Don't why people want it so much. It's not like market failure ever harmed anyone etc...

mailed you.

Haha cheers. I remember seeing that video for the first time a few months ago, classic.

Thanks very much.

Can have your email, please?

Thanks mate - I just need someone to post battles when I'm not around, which is likely to be a lot towards the end as exams are coming up. We also need to figure out what we're doing as extras (eg last year we had quotes, but we rather scraped the barrell towards the end)