Thread: When will humanity expand into space?

> not having cmind on your Ignore list

Originally Posted by Xei

> not having cmind on your Ignore list

lol Xei.
I didn't know I needed him there.
I prefer mature conversation, even if I must be corrected (maturely) from time to time. I looked up three different sites for definitions of "homestead" and didn't see anything about claiming land. But whatever. The point is I'm not interested in trying to have anything resembling an intellectual conversation with someone who resorts to childish name-calling.

Originally Posted by sloth

lol Xei.
I didn't know I needed him there.
I prefer mature conversation, even if I must be corrected (maturely) from time to time. I looked up three different sites for definitions of "homestead" and didn't see anything about claiming land. But whatever. The point is I'm not interested in trying to have anything resembling an intellectual conversation with someone who resorts to childish name-calling.

Homestead principle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dude, seriously?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possess...ths_of_the_law

The legal tradition of homesteading goes back hundreds of years. How can you take part in a discussion about claiming new land without even knowing of the existence of the term "homesteading"? This literally made me LOL

Originally Posted by cmind

Homestead principle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dude, seriously?

Possession is nine-tenths of the law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The legal tradition of homesteading goes back hundreds of years. How can you take part in a discussion about claiming new land without even knowing of the existence of the term "homesteading"? This literally made me LOL

I said I'm not interested in conversing with someone who resorts to childish name-calling.
I accept your completely irrelevant point, that I did not know the definition of homesteading. You got me. I don't know why this excites you so much.
If this thread isn't already destroyed, the rest of us can talk about space colonization while you celebrate your victory by yourself.

Originally Posted by Original Poster

The most practical reason to go into space is in order to mine resources. I'm the kind of guy that prefers economically motivated industry (as opposed to societally motivated infrastructure) be handled privately (though I believe the employees should own the company on a democratic level). While colonization is an important first step, the first to stake new territory are those dreaming of opportunity.

Unfortunately this won't be very pretty. Cmind is trying to romanticize share-holders to an unfair degree. If oil companies here are pushing fracking even though it's proven to cause earthquakes, if it's been proven Monsanto is killing the bees (which would kill us, too) and they're suppressing the studies rather than changing or being dismantled, you can fully expect some awful atrocities to accompany space exploration, as well.

Any time there is new territory, it is likely to be a new "wild west". The internet is a good example. How would we enforce ANY sort of laws or agreements on another planet?

Originally Posted by sloth

The point is I'm not interested in trying to have anything resembling an intellectual conversation with someone who resorts to childish name-calling.

There's never any defence for personally insulting somebody you're having a discussion with. One wonders why such people are even engaging in dialogue: they haven't come to learn anything; they're not even trying to convince you of something.