Ragnar_Rahl

32-year old male in Bangor, Washington, United States.

Online:	2 Years Ago	Name:	- Private -
Updated:	8 Years Ago	Gender:	Male
Joined:	14 Years Ago	Birthday:	August 3, 1989
President:	Not Saying	Email:	- Private -
Ideology:	Libertarian	Education:	Bachelors Degree
Party:	Undecided	Ethnicity:	White
Relationship:	Single	Income:	Not Saying
Interested:	in Women	Occupation:	Military
Looking:	Friendship, Dating, A Relationship	Religion:	Atheist

About Me:	I don't know why you'd want to concern yourself with this. If you do, ask me a question. Oh, and maybe so I repeat myself a little less, I CANNOT VOTE ON THIS WEBSITE NOOBS. My "looking" status is as it is primarily due to the requirement to be honest about keeping my eyes open. It does not go to the extent of bending my neck often :D
Activities:	Judo, reading, DDO, vidya games.
Beliefs:	I am an Objectivist, though more aligned with the David Kelley/TAS faction than the Leonard Peikoff/ARI faction. For those unfamiliar with this, it means, in short, that in matters of ultimate reality, what you see is what you get; that reasoning from experience and the abstractions made from experience is the root of all knowledge; that I live my life as an end in myself, and that the only societal arrangement compatible with these statements is the free market- the prohibition of non-retaliatory force and fraud against persons and their property from human relations.
Books:	Atlas Shrugged, the Wheel of Time series, the Sword of Truth series. This should not be construed as defining series as books, only as noting that the component books of these series are among my favorite books.
Music:	Metallica, Megadeth, Black Sabbath, Rush, Nine Inch Nails, Pantera, Iron Maiden, Anthrax, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Savatage, Sergei Rachmaninov, Type O Negative
Quotes:	" The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood (money) is the verdict you pronounce upon your life. If the source is corrupt, you have damned your own existence."--Atlas Shrugged
Sports Teams:	Minnesota Vikings.
TV Shows:	FullMetal Panic, Excel Saga, Death Note, Code Geass, Family Guy

152 Debates

If you are not free to choose between a pencil or a pen, than....

Resolution: If you are not free to choose between a pencil or a pen, than you are not free to write what you wantRules:1.) No Ad Hominem Attacks2.) Dismissed arguements will be considered droppedDebate Format:1st round: acceptance only2nd round: Arguements / no rebuttals3rd round: Rebuttals / no arguements4th round: Defense against rebuttals & closing remarks / no new arguements or rebuttals...

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Updated 8 Years Ago

Should Ron Paul's "Audit the Fed" be passed?

I know that this bill has a lot of support in Washington, but what about outside the capitol? Does anybody feel strongly against this bill?...

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Updated 9 Years Ago

The user possessing the username "Liquidus" has some form of access to the Internet.

My opponent offered this among infinitely other debates. I await his abiding by his word. ...

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Updated 10 Years Ago

Capitalism is a game; therefore it must be regulated as such by an authority.

Let's see if Ragnar is up on his game. 1,000 char maximum, 1st round for intros....

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Updated 10 Years Ago

Firing decisions based on union status should be outlawed - NEW

I thank Ragnar_Rahl for agreeing to debate this topic with me.Resolution: Firing decisions based on union status should be outlawed.Union: http://en.wikipedia.org...Character Limit: 6000RoundsRound 1: Acceptance onlyRound 2: Opening arguments/RebuttalsRound 3: Rebuttals/ResponsesRound 4: Closing, no new argumentsPro will argue that employers should not fire employees based purely on Union Status. Firing based on breaking policies or laws as part of the union is okay. Con will argu...

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Debate Statistics
Debates:	152
Lost:	50
Tied:	9
Won:	93
Win Ratio:	65.03%
Percentile:	99.90%
Elo Ranking:	2,938
Statistics based on completed debates.

Activity Statistics
Forum Posts:	19305
Votes Cast:	155
Opinion Arguments:	0
Opinion Questions:	0
Poll Votes:	4
Poll Topics:	0

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The BIG Issues
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•	Abortion	ProComments On the grounds that rights derive from rationality, a trait not present in fetuses.
•	Affirmative Action	Con
•	Animal Rights	ConComments See abortion with substitution exchange and refund.
•	Barack Obama	ConComments Almost as commie as Bush.
•	Border Fence	Con
•	Capitalism	ProComments And real, laissez-faire, balls-to-the-wall capitalism, none of that sissy Keynes stuff.
•	Civil Unions	UndComments What form will this union take? See comment for gay marriage.
•	Death Penalty	Pro
•	Drug Legalization	ProComments As long as they are not smoked, smoking forces the chemicals into other people's lungs.
•	Electoral College	ProComments Screw democracy.
•	Environmental Protection	ConComments Private property owners, of course, should protect whatever they deem necessary, and be able to purchase such protection from the gummint, including lung protection.
•	Estate Tax	ConComments It's a tax... except in the case of the intestate, who did not transfer their property, and should not be assumed to have done so. If someone doesn't have a will, up for grabs.
•	European Union	ConComments Europe's bad, union's bad, hehehe. Also isn't constraining looters like Greece, which is the one thing it might have been good for.
•	Euthanasia	ProComments Note, that I have no intention of making use of this right, no matter the circumstance :D
•	Federal Reserve	ConComments Fiat bad.
•	Flat Tax	ConComments Taxes are bad mmkay?
•	Free Trade	ProComments See capitalism.
•	Gay Marriage	UndComments Marriage, gay or straight, should have no legal status.
•	Global Warming Exists	ProComments All the time, ever heard of sunlight? And yes, there's a long term trend involved. No anthropogenic origins have been demonstrated
•	Globalization	ProComments See capitalism.
•	Gold Standard	ProComments I don't particularly care whether it's gold, so much as that there's a standard. Something real, lasting, and with luxury rather than mere utility value so it's capable of indefinitely sustaining some demand as a currency no matter how much general p
•	Gun Rights	ProComments Gun ownership is not an initation of force.
•	Homeschooling	UndComments Seems kind of a poor idea for most people, but their choice not yours.
•	Internet Censorship	ConComments The only people with any rights implicit in what is said on a website are the typer and the owner of the server.
•	Iran-Iraq War	UndComments I supported invasion in Iraq, not occupation. I do not favor present escalation in Iraq or Iran.
•	Labor Union	UndComments Labor unions should be permitted to form- but, they should have no special rights, an employer has the right to make nonmembership (or membership) a condition of employment, they should not, if on strike, be permitted to block the path of replacement
•	Legalized Prostitution	ProComments Not a matter to involve government guns in. Also, prostitutes for me pl0x.
•	Medicaid & Medicare	ConComments Not a matter to involve government guns in.
•	Medical Marijuana	ProComments Not a matter to involve government guns in.
•	Military Intervention	ProComments Occasionally, for non-altruistic reasons, against those governments or other actors which have initiated force.
•	Minimum Wage	ConComments Oh wait I do like the minimum wage. The lowest amount you should be able to pay someone should be whatever is in the contract you both signed oh snap. :P
•	National Health Care	ConComments Not a matter to involve government guns in.
•	National Retail Sales Tax	ConComments Sales are Not a matter to involve government guns in.
•	Occupy Movement	ConComments "Yer a greedy fatcat" is no excuse to trespass on private property, break windows, etc.
•	Progressive Tax	ConComments Income is Not a matter to involve government guns in.
•	Racial Profiling	ConComments Race is Not a matter to involve government guns in.
•	Redistribution	ConComments Income is Not a matter to involve government guns in.
•	Smoking Ban	ProComments This only applies to chewed tobacco, or patches, and such. Not smoked. And should probably be treated roughly like jaywalking today. Btw, legalize jaywalking, except on private roads of nonconsenters.
•	Social Programs	ConComments Forget the programs, what a stupid, uninformative name. "Social programs?" Subsidized dancing?
•	Social Security	Con
•	Socialism	ConComments The means of production are Not a matter to involve government guns in.
•	Stimulus Spending	ConComments Vague macroeconomic statistics are Not a matter to involve government guns in.
•	Term Limits	ConComments Why throw someone even worse in office just to avoid giving the one not as bad more time in office, especially when the chance of more time avoids all the agent-principal problems associated with lame ducks?
•	Torture	ProComments Only on those already convicted of a crime that should be a crime, enemy combatants, etc, for punishment or intelligence purposes. No gathering pretrial evidence with it or such nonsense.
•	United Nations	ConComments The United Nations exists for two purposes- to render the victims of aggression impotent, and to degrade the meaning of rights.
•	War in Afghanistan	ProComments Only to flush Osama out. Rebuilding the government there and whatnot is not a proper use of our time.
•	War on Terror	ConComments Terrorism is a tactic, not a foe. Besides, then we'd have to declare war on the perpetrators of the Boston Tea Party.
•	Welfare	ConComments The success or failure of personal economics is Not a matter to involve government guns in.