That's a pretty good quote. I'll have to remember to use that some other time. It's great to deflect ad hominems, and is rather empowering to thinkers.

We should hold people of the past to the same moral standard to which we hold ourselves. Rape, slavery and total war was a big part of Roman culture, so should we just excuse it with a shrug? Fuck no.

Personally, I've found that a subjective view on morality tends to allow falling victim to all sorts rationalization of horrible acts. I also find that there is generally an objective truth in the world, surrounded by opinions and interpretations.

The Capcom producer's name is Alex Jones?

Evil, as opposed to good, as defined by logic, is immutable. This is actually one of the big points of Objectivist philosophy.

Firstly, nice try at turning my "I think you know that though" around on me with "...and I suspect you know it". Classy.

Absolutely right, sir!

Yes, I agree. I find this is the true message of the game.

Don't you dare put Ayn Rand and the collectivist douche Paul Ryan together. Ryan's the prototypical parasite that Rand hated.

As much as I love Washington, he shouldn't have owned slaves in the first place. Making postmortem amends for evil is never as moral as not committing evil in the first place.

Uhh, excuse me? We got to debating about the Industrial Revolution because it's an easy topic to use for explaining how regulation doesn't work. You didn't make an attempt to stop me from bringing it up before, and you even brought forth a rebuttal, but when I return with a reasonably well-thought-out response to you,…

The Triangle fire occurred in 1911; pretty far into the history of the industrialization period of the US, which means it was already quite deep in regulations, so to link the disaster to lack of regulation is a bit silly. I don't disagree with the claim that it lead to new agencies and regulations though. That's…

You're forgetting the power of public relations. Nobody wants to buy from a business that mistreats its workers. What's more, WORKERS won't want to work for a business that mistreats them. And that's where the powers of supply and demand come in. If workers demand better conditions, businesses have to either supply it…

Straw man. You're assuming Beijing has a free market, or that there has ever been an actually free market in the world. There really hasn't. In some form, government has intervened. There has been limited government presence in markets before, like Hong Kong, Singapore and Switzerland, and typically even that brings…

I want to like Cage's games, but when he says shit like this, I just get a bad taste in my mouth. He sounds like your typical hipster-film-douchebag-hack. How about you be constructive to the industry, instead of just running around talking about how disappointed you are with everyone but you.

That's called fraud. It's a form of coercion. Coercion is not free speech. This is voluntarism 101.

Care to make an actual rebuttal, or do you prefer to just throw meritless comments out to try and bolster your pitiful ego?

There's only been one amendment ever repealed, and it wasn't part of the Bill of Rights. Repealing an amendment that IS part of the Bill, like the Second, sets a very dangerous precedent.

Speech should not be regulated. If your dumbass tramples some other poor bastard because you panic at the word "fire", you're a stupid murderer, not the person who said the word. It's the same way that the gun doesn't pull its own trigger, the one initiating force on another individual does.

There's only been one amendment ever repealed, and it wasn't part of the Bill of Rights. Repealing an amendment that IS part of the Bill, like the Second, sets a very dangerous precedent.