Category: Philosophy
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Guns and Crime
by Jason Stotts I hate how everything that becomes politicized becomes covered in layers upon layers of lies and deceptions as people try to bend reality to meet their political agendas. Frankly, I find it disgusting. Firearms are definitely one of those topics where people let their emotions run roughshod over their reason and attempt…
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The Obama Administration and the Path to Tyranny
by Jason Stotts With all the scandals and terrible policies of the Obama administration, I think it’s about time for a good old fashioned IMPEACHMENT! “They’ll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner.” Barack Obama – Either failed to act or prevented military action in Benghazi. Caused the death of a US…
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ATLOSCon 2013
by Jason Stotts If you’re going to be in the Atlanta area over Memorial Day weekend, definitely check out ATLOSCon! They’ve got a great line up of people and it’s a really great conference. You can find their full schedule of events here. Hopefully next year things will work out and I’ll be able to…
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Help Save California’s Nude Beaches
by Jason Stotts Nude beaches in California have been under attack and many historically nude beaches have lost their designation. The state of California is now wasting taxpayer money patrolling these beaches and citing people for nudity. This is a travesty. As I wrote in my essay on nude beaches, being nude in nature, especially…
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CatalystCon West
by Jason Stotts The deadline for CatalystCon West speaker submissions is coming up soon and I’m planning on attending after hearing so many good things about the prior Catalystcons. However, I need some feedback on my proposal. I feel like it’s just a little off and needs some fine-tuning. Take a look at it and…
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Ignorance and Myopia
by Jason Stotts When I first started studying philosophy, I was surprised at how committed I was to beliefs that I had never really considered. In fact, I seemed to be trapped in a web of ideas that I had obtained through the culture through a kind of mental osmosis. I was committed to this…
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Bailey Amendment to Remove Unconstitutional Laws
by Jason Stotts I recently listened to Diana Hsieh’s interview of Stephen Bailey on Limiting Government by Constitutional Amendment, which I recommend you listen to. The topic of the show was Bailey’s idea to amend the constitution to allow challenges of any law on constitutional grounds to come from any citizen, obviating the onerous conditions under…