Damned Texans

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I LOVE that. In fact, although you may or may not agree with my take-away, I have used a very similar argument to justify space exploration- I believe capitalism is the best form of government our species is currently capable of maintaining, and if you accept that, then we must expand or die. 

I agree. I think space exploration is the key to our future, specifically asteroid mining. 

 We agree on something! There is hope.

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I consider myself a cancer cell.

That seems harsh, but I get your metaphor. We have never found a perfect system, and probably never will, but capitalism has advantages that we need right now to develop and expand. Corporations are necessary evils, no doubt.

That's when I realised that the pepper should be fresh. We didn't start the fight though. My granddad threw the first punch.

That is hilarious. I teach Krav Maga, and I had a student rescue a stranger one time while walking at night. My student- a 26 year old woman- was walking home from a night course at the college when she saw a woman being assaulted. She stepped in and put the guy down, and they ran. The lady was hysterical and very angry that her pepper spray hadn't worked. After examining it, my student found it was "homemade" pepper spray...literally a small squirt bottle filled with water, with pepper from the shaker poured in. 

I put qualifiers in, just for you.

Thank you

I'm curious, knowing something of your views...what is your take on the "Muslim Invasion" of the UK?

But I do worry that the far right and the militant Islamists will feed off each other and cause problems.

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Having spent more time than I ever wanted to in their company, I have my doubts about peace. This is a religion that has been warlike and intolerant for millennia, and I have seen no sign of change. Certainly there are muslims who aren't "out to get us", as it were, but...the trouble they are causing in Europe, and here in the US, as well as their blanket refusal to assimilate...I hope you are correct but I sincerely doubt it. Seek peace, and prepare for war.