LOL. Check out the "Addicted to the Drug War" thread. Donh has been giving him a major butt-kicking.
Thanks. But it does get tiresome at times.
Is it too much to ask that Debaters of a given issue would stake a claim?? Assume advocacy for their positions??
Sheesh.
Incidentally, concerning ourselves with Debate opponents who are willing to stake an intellectual position and defend it, I think that the "nut" of your ongoing disagreement with "annalex" over the matter of existential Property Rights is found in the (arguably Objectivist, among others) notion of "Prior Claim"... that is, the recognition of Rights creates the moral basis for the assumption of Rights.
My recognition of the Right to Life entitles me to Life, given that I extend that respect to others.
My recognition of the Right to Liberty entitles me to Liberty, given that I extend that respect to others.
My recognition of the Right to Property entitles me to....??
His counter will run something like, "But why can you 'recognize' the Right to Property, in the first place?" I expect that the trump runs something like, "I am here; I require farmland for my family." His counter-counter will claim that since Land is Finite, Prior Claim should not enjoy Absolute Right. The response thereto is Julian Simon's stuff demonstrating that "resources" are, in fact, infinite -- being a creation of human ingenuity -- which makes the "finite" argument against Prior Claim a moot point.
Tried this angle with him?