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What Next on the Slippery Slope to Freedom?

Posted August 10th, 2015 @ 10:42am in #marriage #polyamory #economics #freedom

One of my female friends has the view that monogamy is tantamount to slavery of men. Once you control a man’s access to sex, you own him.

This discussion requires some background briefing.

Fact: Men are happy when they are rubbing their penises on pleasant people or things. Or if they think they might soon. Or if they recently did. During other times, men are not as likely to be happy. But men are also human beings, and so they blame their bad moods on things like “stress” or a bad day at work.

Women can fact-check that claim by querying a man about his mood immediately before, during, or after sex. Now compare that answer to any randomly picked minute of the rest of his day. You might see a pattern.

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The Value of Men

Posted June 25th, 2015 @ 9:39am in #marriage #drought #gender

I live in drought country (California) and this place is starting to turn into a prequel for Mad Max. Every other pickup truck on the road has huge water containers strapped to the back. That’s because the local waste water treatment plant gives away recycled water (non-drinkable) to anyone who wants to keep their lawn alive.

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Voluntary Parent Tests

Posted April 5th, 2015 @ 9:17am in #parenting #marriage #children

Humorists have often pointed out that you need a license to go fishing but you don’t need a license to create a human being and ruin its life through bad parenting.

I can’t imagine my government requiring a license for parenting, no matter how sensible the idea sounds. To do so would be incompatible with basic freedom.

But what about a voluntary test for parents?

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The Two Biggest Problems in the United States are Food and Marriage

Posted February 27th, 2015 @ 10:03am in #diet #nutrition #divorce #marriage

Here’s the problem with food:

Broccoli is food.

Cake is food.

Those two things are not the same. Broccoli is good for your body and cake is not. When you have two items that are almost opposites, they probably should not have the same name. Would it make sense to have only one word to cover both criminal and victim?

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