tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post5138552224096918675..comments2024-03-26T19:47:09.310+08:00Comments on Lao Ren Cha - 老人茶: This Country For Old MenJenna Lynn Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-61217184107487993222013-02-10T09:33:15.694+08:002013-02-10T09:33:15.694+08:00One does not have the right to own every kind of p...One does not have the right to own every kind of private property, though. Bombs, certain drugs, nuclear material or weapons, etc.. I see no reason not to file certain (most, but maybe not all) guns I to that category. Unless you are arguing that it should be also legally your right to own, say, a truckload of heroine or a nuclear warhead. Then...well, you have fun with that, but you won't Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-30523274543744460122013-02-10T00:59:25.291+08:002013-02-10T00:59:25.291+08:00Properly understood, private firearm ownership is ...Properly understood, private firearm ownership is legitimized by <i>the moral right to private property</i>, not the merely legal 2nd Amendment - which leads directly to a more general point: in discussions of "rights" it is often useful to distinguish "is" from "ought", i.e. to distinguish between that which <i>is</i> socially accepted and legally instantiated (e.g.Mike Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-57192131792648765242013-01-31T03:55:51.526+08:002013-01-31T03:55:51.526+08:00This is a great article about the gun control deba...This is a great article about the gun control debate in the US. Unfortunately, for several reasons, I seriously doubt that anything will change.<br /><br />1. The 2nd amendment: gun owners or gun clubs intentionally or not intentionally try to ignore the 1st sentence, a well regulated militia…, and emphasize on ONLY one sentence, the right of the people to keep and bear arms…, in the entire Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-59165455749119100052013-01-22T12:28:58.979+08:002013-01-22T12:28:58.979+08:00Thank you for so eloquently putting into words how...Thank you for so eloquently putting into words how I've been feeling about the gun control debate that's been alive and well on my facebook page since the tragedy in CT. I've been living in Taipei for six months and have felt safer walking at night here than in any city in the US. I, too, find it ludicrous that so many people are concerned about their 2nd amendment rights when the US Andreanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-52558413567476915312013-01-22T00:58:47.898+08:002013-01-22T00:58:47.898+08:00I will say that for my first six months, as a resu...I will say that for my first six months, as a result of not really liking my coworkers or liking the bar scene, and not being into the only forums available/popular at the time (TEALIT and forumosa), I spent the first six or so months of my life in Taiwan almost completely friendless. I seriously had, like, three friends. Then one left to return to the USA. So I had two. Both were local and due Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-77425231401246540052013-01-22T00:55:53.662+08:002013-01-22T00:55:53.662+08:00I wish I had better advice for you than I do! I to...I wish I had better advice for you than I do! I took a long time to make friends at first, because most foreigners show up and start their social circle either at a fairly busy bar/pub of their choice, or through work. I'm not into the bar scene, especially the expat bar scene, and never have been, and I didn't like my initial foreign coworkers much (two or three of 'em were OK but Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-37055201174780789592013-01-21T22:53:37.246+08:002013-01-21T22:53:37.246+08:00I just moved to Taipei and I accidentally found yo...I just moved to Taipei and I accidentally found your blog. So I just wonder that if you would have any advice where I can met new people? I've tried to found something from internet but I haven't found anything. Something where foreign people met each other? Thank you very much. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-9592686870262823222013-01-20T05:04:52.766+08:002013-01-20T05:04:52.766+08:00Thanks for sharing the link.
I'm so glad I be...Thanks for sharing the link.<br /><br />I'm so glad I became familiar with (and was able to photograph) the blocks and lanes of that whole section of Taipei from about 2001-2, before there was any whiff of renovation.<br /><br />I don't think the concept of Historical Preservation (widespread in places like western Europe, North America, etc. since the 1970s) really has any correlation inJohn Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-19455306865115862882013-01-19T21:02:04.478+08:002013-01-19T21:02:04.478+08:00yeah for dihua jie! (ill just skip over the gun de...yeah for dihua jie! (ill just skip over the gun debate) my grandma lives there and i love visiting and staying with her. (not sure if you ever got my first comment, but your blog helped me a lot with those doable day trip hikes in taipei)<br />cathyhttp://cathywu.com/journal/treadling/noreply@blogger.com