demonicturtle wrote:It seems to me, David, that you are basing your ethics on convenience (a huge fallacy I might add). The only reason individual rights should be acknowledged by the masses in your mind is because of the fact that you cannot think of another answer.
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Sounds like Lomax, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt....
I'm basing my ethics on a combo of the basic moral axiom of "man's life and his well being", which can be extended to{but only once we accept the basic moral axiom} life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness aka individual rights.....the only real difference between me and Rand/individualism is that I take a scientific approach to the formation of our ethical codes, in that I would define and then prohibit the manufacture and sale of junk foods and products etc.
Coca-cola and pepsi wouldn't exist within my ethical framework.
As for IR's being acknowledged by the masses,....the truth is, they need to be understood and acknowledged by everyone{ideally}, but humans being what they are, people can reject people's basic rights whilst wanting them enacted on their behalf{how convenient}.
Remember, there's no Platonic realm, that's all bullshit made up by a religious dickhead and largely rejected by his intellectual superior{Aristotle}, so don't ass-ume that ethics are a reflection of anything but man, reality and logic.
I notice you're also concerned about Jews, so tell me, have you done some basic fact finding, ie, have you determined that Jews own and control the US mass media??
Then they have the audacity to deny their Jewish criminal mentality. 
