Re:Stop Equating “Science” with Truth (2017)
by slowmovintarget on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @12:28AM
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It is possible for the state to compel without violence. That is still force.
Re:Stop Equating “Science” with Truth (2017)
by bawolff on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @02:24AM
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Typically the various methods are just very indirect ways to threaten violence, which if you thumb your nose at strongly enough, eventually ends in you getting arrested (or if you refuse to be arrested and resist, shot).
Yes its regrettable that the media seems to be mucking up its role as the fourth estate (or at least sowing division and acting in ways that seem less than beneficial to the well being of the group). However, that's hardly unique in history, and arguably one of the primary functions of a free press is to spread dissent in order to keep the power of the state in check.
> Harmful behavior is prosecuted (the word you're looking for is "force"... not violence).
Is there a difference? or is it "force" when it happens to other people, "violence" when it happens to you or you disagree with it?