HONK!!!

Prostitution was the Founding Fathers version of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

They ALL are fans of 100% laissez-faire.

Limited Government and freedom to do what YOU want provided you do no harm to Others.

Consider the Declaration of Independence.

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

I do not recall them making a prohibition on the Oldest Profession.

If getting a hooker makes you happy, you have done what they intended. In fact the founding fathers participated in sex all over the place, especially Benjamin Franklin when he was in France.

No matter you have diverted the discussion WAY away from a man killing a Lion which he did legally, took the head as a trophy, gave the villagers the meat for food. Get over it.

Huh? I didn't they were virtuous. But part of hunting is agreeing to their terms. They broke some laws either on purpose or by mistake then compounded it by covering it up...if the story is accurate. BUT THAT IS SUDE BAR TO MY OVER ALL POINT. The hatred of hunting and the lack of ability to recognize all hunting has a trophy aspect to it. It's not free meat like so many think.

Hear, hear

Again why I said Moral, Legal and Ethical are NOT mutually inclusive.

Cuz the govt there is 100% virtuous. I 'm curious regarding the research. Shit we tag every canadian goose -those jerks will also try to kill you. No majestic lion is somehow "worth" more than á frustrating goose. I 'd like some objective reasoning as to why. Is Godzilla worthy of migration study and abused by us? This doesn 't even hit the scale of human death and human destruction through lack of reason.

After reviewing some of the emotional comments from numerous religionists on this post, I'm certainly glad we now have an "Ignore" button.

You have to understand, AG, we DO consider ourselves to be VERY moral.

And we are seldom at odds with the Founding Fathers.

As for infallibility, well, I'm already on record as taking some minor variance on rare occasion, but not here. This one seems pretty straight forward in OUR book.

As to where we place her - well, I suppose that's different for each of us, but for me - I consider Ayn Rand to be one of the greatest minds of the 20th century - and in the realm of Philosophy, 2nd only to Aristotle as the greatest mind ever.

As for She vs the Founding Fathers - yes, in those areas they disagree - I side with Her.

Yep...I've been waiting for AG to whip out his scriptures.

Societies rise and fall period.

A moral compass is an individual driver that falls apart in groups large enough to be called a society.

Even on actions deemed "moral" by close to everyone, the philosophical underpinning for WHY an action is moral or not varies widely.

Your concept of morality is not the only one in the universe, and based on your intolerance for differing opinions, not even close to being the "highest" or "best" moral stance.

lol I made a face at "stability" and "sustainable" too.

Seriously, you are standing philosophy on its head. The "moral compass of Western Civilization" is how we got into our current mess. It comes with Christianity, Islam, and a number of other abominable religions that we can well do without. Objectivism is a philosophy for living on earth, and I would prefer to practice it NOT looking over my shoulder for Cecil or any other members of his species.

mmmhmmmm

LOL I miss you!

seriously. most of what you just said is irrelevant to the discussion.

"all of which is largely beside the point. The end focus of Objectivism being to identify a reality conforming metaphysical and epistemological base from which to further identify the guiding principles for maximizing the individuals happiness & success in its life. The life of a rational, self aware, thinking and, yes, caring being. "

what is your take on fetus organ harvesting? just want to make sure you are consistent and get there is a hierachy and animals are under you.

Off somewhere eating breast of Bambi...

Name some so we can hash them out for ya.

NOBODY here really knows where I personally stand on all these issues. You and I should have a phone conversation sometime, I think you might be flabbergasted.

You clearly don't get the point of this site, do you?

I get that there were mistakes made and possibly a cover up, and that needs to be dealt with...what I can't understand is the overall hatred for hunting and people don't seem to understand that all hunting is a form of trophy hunting (unless you're living off the land somewhere, but that's not the issue).
I'm just amazed that people let their emotions take over rather than trying to understand why trophy hunting exists...there are benefits and not just monetary, but humans and animals are both better off for it. BLIND SPOT. I'm seriously stunned by the lunatic over reactions going on...angry mobs sharing one emotional top knot. It's scary!