Comment by Jen R on August 5, 2008 at 9:04pm

The photo I'm using for the group is attributed to "millicent_bystander" on Flickr.

Comment by Parallax on August 14, 2008 at 10:58pm

Hi, I thought I was the only one.

Comment by equinox on August 23, 2008 at 10:10pm

Promoting selfish genes...The simplest way (in the Occam's Razor sense) to keep evolution progressing is to keep the genes alive...

Comment by Jen R on August 29, 2008 at 11:31am

Hi Parallax! Sorry, I haven't logged in for a while. You're definitely not the only one. I just wish we knew how to find each other!

Comment by Jen R on November 27, 2008 at 12:49am

Glad to see you, D!

Comment by Christopher Peter Robinson on January 17, 2009 at 12:04pm

@equinox: Actually, the best way to keep evolution progressing is to keep beneficial genes alive.

A better way to think of it is through the right to live.

Comment by Jen R on February 13, 2009 at 8:26pm

Ain't that the truth, Justin.

Comment by Christopher Peter Robinson on March 7, 2009 at 11:37pm

Ummm... the box is what you put the paper in. The booth is what you but yourself in.

We need a new political party.

Comment by Jen R on March 8, 2009 at 5:53pm

Ah, but *which* new party? The consistent life ethic party? I'd love it, but I'm not sure how big it would be. The "fiscally liberal, socially conservative" party? That's a huge underrepresented group, but I don't know how many of us would actually fit it. Especially since "socially conservative" would include things like prayer in public schools and opposition to gay rights. The "libertarians, except pro-life"? Not my bag, but anyway that already kind of exists -- you certainly can be a pro-lifer in the Libertarian Party, and plenty of libertarians argue that abortion violates the "no use of force" principle.

Comment by Ockraz on March 8, 2009 at 7:45pm

That kind of sounds like something I've been talking about lately.

I'm actually trying to get together some friends to do a political blog based on the Nolan chart- a liberal, a conservative, a libertarian and me :) - the chart calls me a 'statist', but that's because Nolan was a libertarian. I call myself an 'egalitarian'.

The idea is that the left is okay with expanding government influence in economic matters, but not in the area of social/moral issues. The right is the converse. Libertarians want neither, and a 'statist' favors both.

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