Comments on: Casting the net – Lovely braaaaaiiins http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/ Left-wing news, opinion and activism Tue, 22 May 2012 12:51:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ad http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3920 ad Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:12:47 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3920 Comrade, we presume you consent to give the state 100% of your income. If you wish to opt out, here is a fifteen thousand page form to fill in. Comrade, we presume you consent to give the state 100% of your income. If you wish to opt out, here is a fifteen thousand page form to fill in.

]]> By: Lee Griffin http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3828 Lee Griffin Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:58:51 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3828 Well there is already presumed consent for simple medical procedures so there's nothing new here...and what exactly is optional about paying your taxes in todays world? :P Well there is already presumed consent for simple medical procedures so there’s nothing new here…and what exactly is optional about paying your taxes in todays world? :P

]]> By: ad http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3808 ad Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:53:48 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3808 As another thought: to what other areas should the doctrine of presumed consent by extended? Medical procedures? Taxes? Charitable donations? Life insurance? As another thought: to what other areas should the doctrine of presumed consent by extended?

Medical procedures? Taxes? Charitable donations? Life insurance?

]]> By: ad http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3807 ad Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:38:55 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3807 The more I see of this debate, the more I wonder what it would have looked like if the proposal to presume consent had been made by the Tories. The more I see of this debate, the more I wonder what it would have looked like if the proposal to presume consent had been made by the Tories.

]]> By: Lee Griffin http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3800 Lee Griffin Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:01:47 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3800 Great post Ian, cheers for the link Great post Ian, cheers for the link

]]> By: ian http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3798 ian Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:53:27 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3798 <a href="http://ibanda.blogs.com/panchromatica/2008/01/you-can-have-my.html" rel="nofollow">You can have my kidney, when you pry it from my cold dead hand (and other stories to frighten the children)</a> You can have my kidney, when you pry it from my cold dead hand (and other stories to frighten the children)

]]> By: Gracchi http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3791 Gracchi Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:17:20 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3791 I'd add Matt SInclair's post to the group http://sinclairsmusings.blogspot.com/2008/01/i-have-to-believe-that-when-my-eyes-are.html How is it an enlightenment/counter enlightenment issue Justin? I'd have thought the argument that we own our own bodies is a very Lockian one- whereas the argument that our bodies and ourselves by extension are only useful as part of a whole is more of a Romantic position. This is one I'm still thinking through- but I don't think the answer is simple. I’d add Matt SInclair’s post to the group http://sinclairsmusings.blogspot.com/2008/01/i-have-to-believe-that-when-my-eyes-are.html

How is it an enlightenment/counter enlightenment issue Justin? I’d have thought the argument that we own our own bodies is a very Lockian one- whereas the argument that our bodies and ourselves by extension are only useful as part of a whole is more of a Romantic position. This is one I’m still thinking through- but I don’t think the answer is simple.

]]> By: Aaron Heath http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3785 Aaron Heath Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:34:24 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3785 chrisc Lighten up dude. I'm certainly not being party political (see <a href="http://tygerland.net/2007/12/31/2007-a-political-year-part-one/" rel="nofollow">here</a> for my thoughts of Mr. Brown), it's just that most of the faux-outrage appears to be coming from the Tory bloggers. chrisc

Lighten up dude. I’m certainly not being party political (see here for my thoughts of Mr. Brown), it’s just that most of the faux-outrage appears to be coming from the Tory bloggers.

]]> By: Justin McKeating http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3784 Justin McKeating Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:29:40 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3784 I agree. It's more of a counter-Enlightenment / Enlightenment issue. I agree. It’s more of a counter-Enlightenment / Enlightenment issue.

]]> By: chrisc http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3779 chrisc Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:52:12 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/01/15/casting-the-net-lovely-braaaaaiiins/#comment-3779 Oh FFS - here we go again, not that LC is a *party* political site, oh no... I don't think the organ thing is a Tory / Lab issue is it? Oh FFS – here we go again, not that LC is a *party* political site, oh no…

I don’t think the organ thing is a Tory / Lab issue is it?

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