Society already provides creators 'incentive' to create. It's called wages. So many content 'creators' are works-for-hire, and these seem to be plentiful enough. Of course, then you have to incentivise the 'hiring' and funding...
'Big government' is just a paid shill for 'Big corps'. You'd have a half a point if you allowed for your corporate Randian overlords being less than perfect, but no, selfish self-interest MUST win over any form of altruism or enlightened self-interest.
Open access to is not resale, or you would not be able to get anyone other than the account holder to use it, likely not even other family/household members.
The 'fairy tales' can suggest morality, that's fine. I have no problem with a bronze-age book saying "Thou shalt not kill". I have a problem with this is imposed on me as an absolute morality, or I am hectored with it, or even worse, the hypocrites then go and kill people who don't agree with them.
I think making yourself the supreme admired leader doesn't make you 'god' - there is no evidence of Hitler expecting people to worship him.
The trouble with religious thinking is that it paints everything as religious. Atheism is not and cannot be a religion. Otherwise I have a 'religion' of not believing in the Easter Bunny. And you may have a 'religion' of not believing in Islam. Just because it is a 'belief' doesn't make it a religion - otherwise all lotteries and gambling are religion! So atheism is a 'religion' in the same way that bald is a hair colour.
You are reasoning yourself in circles by saying that the law is against murder, and (legitimate) self-defence isn't murder. However, you're missing the key bit - *legitimate* self-defence.
Self-defence is usually legal, but subject to reasonableness - in most places, if someone spits at you or even takes a swing, an appropriate response is not to pull a knife or a gun. Usually, murder is defined as killing someone outside of 'allowable' situations. These include non-intentionality/accident (manslaughter), war (and other government-sanctioned killing), and self-defence. However, these need to be specfically called out as not all killing in 'self-defence' is legit (look at the Trayvon Martin situation - there was a need for a Stand Your ground law to give people the right to gun other people down without it automatically being murder).
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The trouble with religious thinking is that it paints everything as religious. Atheism is not and cannot be a religion. Otherwise I have a 'religion' of not believing in the Easter Bunny. And you may have a 'religion' of not believing in Islam. Just because it is a 'belief' doesn't make it a religion - otherwise all lotteries and gambling are religion! So atheism is a 'religion' in the same way that bald is a hair colour.
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Self-defence is usually legal, but subject to reasonableness - in most places, if someone spits at you or even takes a swing, an appropriate response is not to pull a knife or a gun. Usually, murder is defined as killing someone outside of 'allowable' situations. These include non-intentionality/accident (manslaughter), war (and other government-sanctioned killing), and self-defence. However, these need to be specfically called out as not all killing in 'self-defence' is legit (look at the Trayvon Martin situation - there was a need for a Stand Your ground law to give people the right to gun other people down without it automatically being murder).
So ninja's point makes more sense here.
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