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RE: "Synthesizing our way to success!" My in-depth look at the @adamkokesh vs @larkenrose & @kafkanarchy84 debates and the KokeshForPresident campaign
Does the non-aggression principle apply to verbal aggression? Isn't the very idea of debate adversarial?
Perhaps it's just semantics but it feels better when good people are working towards common ground to find the truth and to solve problems than focusing on differences.
No, the NAP does not apply to words, unless someone is saying things you do not want said on your property and you ask them to stop/leave. You really should look into learning more about the foundations of voluntaryism.
This drives me nuts! No one is trying to avoid solutions or “focus on differences.”
It reminds me of someone saying
“Sure slavery is bad, but why not try to find some common ground with the slavemasters. They’re not all bad.”
You guys need to become comfortable with black and white at times, in my opinion.
Words have meanings. An apple is not an orange, no matter how much “common ground” the two fruits have.
Lying, for instance, is violence and an infringement on our unalienable rights as it attacks our reality. I'm a simple kind of person. I do not feel the need to know every definition because I only go by right and wrong. Words may not violate NAP by your definition. In my opinion, they should or the NAP is incomplete.
Your slavery analogy.. Who is trying to find common ground with the slavemasters? ?
I think black and white to a fault, my friend. I was watching one of your videos and you were talking what a good thing it was that there was disagreement (debate?) going on. That I was uncomfortable with because when people disagree, someone's right and someone's wrong (black and white). That certainly isn't the goal though, to disagree. The goal is the truth and for everyone to see it.
Theft of one's property sure seems like it would violate the NAP but according to you, it doesn't if you get conned out of your money... no violence... that's the rule right.. .words can't be violent.
what kind of a non aggression principle is that? either your logic is off or your principle is or both
With all due respect, and in love, I do not care at all if you are uncomfortable that ideas are being discussed.