Recent content by gwiddison

Face is, the man's right. There's no correlation between video games and violence that's ever been proven. And, in fact, the release of hotly anticipated shooters tends to cause a drop in street crime, presumably because all the young men are inside playing instead of outside causing trouble...

It was the founder of PayPal. And the idea isn't his. The "Seasteading" movement has been around for years, he's just the first person with real money who's put his support behind it. But there are no plans for plasmids or Big Daddies. I'm guessing this will be less a libertarian utopia and more...

There are three main reasons to imprison someone. To protect the public by taking criminals off the street, to keep others from committing crimes by attaching punishment, and to rehabilitate the criminal. For the first, if a person is capable of committing a crime, they're more likely to commit...

You get to see your own future, and there are two potential paths in front of you. In one, you marry the girl/guy of your dreams. Gorgeous, smart, fun and crazy about you. You stay married the rest of your life, have children (if that's your thing) and grow old together. But you never become...

As to the first point. I agree that legality and morality are not equal quantities, but the term 'theft' is a legal term. If the removal of property is legal, it isn't theft. Whether or not it's wrong is a different issue. As to the difference between theft and taxation. The problem is that...

Two words: Penile cancer. The risk is about double if you're uncircumcised. Uncircumcised men are also much more prone to urinary tract infections and multiple STD's. I also have to disagree with the 'cons' list above. Loss of 50% of sexual pleasure? Where does that come from? I'm unaware...

I love when he just keeps upping the ante on the joke.