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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] This is becoming laughable, so I'm shifting the focus a bit. The evolution debate has become pointless here. I'm to the point where I'm quite certain that Omega could not believe me if I punched him in the face, disappeared, and came back a week later and said "I punched you in the face," because he couldn't see any evidence of it, or where the primordial fist came from. BTW, we already know its fallacious to assume that the cell as we know it is the least complex bit of life. Virii, mitochondria and self-replicating DNA are simpler. They are also hard to preserve, hence the paucity of microscopic fossils. I put it to you, though, that some cells are MUCH simpler than others (red blood cells, for example) and so a progress can be inferred. Amino acids (known to exist primordially) Proteins (believed to have) Simple RNA / DNA Complex RNA / DNA Very simple cells Viruses Simple cells (red blood) Mitochondria Complex Cells Microscopic life with specialization. The ONLY example we don't have concrete evidince for (YET)is very simple cells. But I digress... Sol: Please point out some examples of small governments providing more freedom historically. Omega: Early US, maybe? Basically, the idea is that big governments that control everything are invariably opressive. Thus smaller government. ME: And the early US government FAILED MISERABLY. That's why it only lasted ten years. Each state under the Articles of Confederation acted selfishly, with no regard for the needs of the republic as a whole. They taxed each other to death, squabbled amongst themselves nearly to the point of armed conflict. And then there was Shay's Rebellion. The pre-constitutional government was stable for about 6 years, then things went rapidly downhill. Regulation or chaos? You choose. The "State's Rights" concept of government doesn't work. It never has. It didn't work for a small country of thirteen states, and it SURELY won't work on a huge country of fifty. Basically, it's taking power out of the hands on one regulatory machine, and giving it to a bunch of smaller ones even less equipped to handle it, and all working at cross-purposes. Kind of like the difference between a Indy race and a demolition derby. Besides, I just posted a couple quotes on how the founding fathers made it clear that religion should be kept out of state institutions as well, so the strength of your argument from that angle evaporated before you made it. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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