Category Archives: Social Commentary

Space Advocacy Fallacies

Wow. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a single piece so rife with them. Not sure it’s worth my while to fisk it, but others can have at it in comments.

Here are just a few (ignoring his misstatement of the purpose of government in the very first sentence):

  • The spin-off benefits of human spaceflight exceeds the cost.
  • We don’t spend any money in space, it’s all spent on earth.
  • We need giant government projects.
  • Why are we spending money on bullets instead of what I want to spend it on?

And on and on. I should note that this is Tinkerbell thinking.

The World’s Smallest Violin

That’s what I’m playing for people who can’t successfully prosecute idiotic and immoral anti-prostitution laws. Glenn has the right idea:

…why not just legalize prostitution. Legal prostitution is safer and healthier, and it’ll provide employment opportunities for some of those unemployed college grads.

It’s not like it goes away if you make it illegal.

Yeah, I know. I’m just being a crazy “right winger,” as usual.