To understand the problem of natural right, one must start, not from the "scientific" understanding of political things but from their "natural" understanding, i.e., from the way in which they present themselves in political life, in action, when they are our business, when we have to make decisions. This does not mean that political life necessarily knows of natural right. Natural right had to be discovered, and there was political life prior to that discovery. It means merely that political life in all its forms necessarily points toward natural right as an inevitable problem. Awareness of this problem is not older than political science but coeval with it. Hence a political life that does not know of the idea of natural is necessarily unaware of the possibility of political science and, indeed, of the possibility of science as such, just as a political life that is aware of the the possibility of sicence necessarily knows natural right as a problem.

Leo Strauss, Natural Right and History

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Strictly bidniss, yo

This is a bit of a long read, but well worth it. This is an actual ad in
New York craigslist captioned:

I'm tired of beating around the bush. I'm a beautiful (spectacularly |
beautiful) girl.

Below the ad is a response from a guy in NYC.

Reply to: pers-439244849@craigslist.org |
Date: 2007-10-03, 4:18PM CDT |
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THIS APPEARED ON CRAIG'S LIST |
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What am I doing wrong? |
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Okay, I'm tired of beating around the bush. I'm a beautiful |
(spectacularly beautiful) 25 year old girl. I'm articulate and classy. |
I'm not from New York . I'm looking to get married to a guy who makes |
at |
least half a million a year. I know how that sounds, but keep in mind |
that a million a year is middle class in New York City, so I don't |
think |
I'm overreaching at all. |
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Are there any guys who make 500K or more on this board? Any wives? |
Could |
you send me some tips? I dated a business man who makes average around |
200 - 250. But that's where I seem to hit a roadblock. 250,000 won't |
get |
me to central park west. I know a woman in my yoga class who was |
married |
to an investment banker and lives in Tribeca, and she's not as pretty |
as |
I am, nor is she a great genius. So what is she doing right? How do I |
get to her level? |
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Here are my questions specifically: |
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- Where do you single rich men hang out? Give me specifics- bars, |
restaurants, gyms |
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-What are you looking for in a mate? Be honest guys, you won't hurt my |
feelings |
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-Is there an age range I should be targeting (I'm 25)? |
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- Why are some of the women living lavish lifestyles on the upper east |
side so plain? I've seen really 'plain jane' boring types who have |
nothing to offer married to incredibly wealthy guys. I've seen drop |
dead |
gorgeous girls in singles bars in the east village. What's the story |
there? |
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- Jobs I should look out for? Everyone knows - lawyer, investment |
banker, doctor. How much do those guys really make? And where do they |
hang out? Where do the hedge fund guys hang out? |
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- How you decide marriage vs. just a girlfriend? I am looking for |
MARRIAGE ONLY |
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Please hold your insults - I'm putting myself out there in an honest |
way. Most beautiful women are superficial; at least I'm being up front |
about it. I wouldn't be searching for these kind of guys if I wasn't |
able to match them - in looks, culture, sophistication, and keeping a |
nice home and hearth. |
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it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial |
interests |
Craig's List PostingID: |
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THE ANSWER |
Dear Pers-: |
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I read your posting with great interest and have thought meaningfully |
about your dilemma. I offer the following analysis of your predicament. |
Firstly, I'm not wasting your time, I qualify as a guy who fits your |
bill; that is I make more than $500K per year. That said here's how I |
see it. |
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Your offer, from the prospective of a guy like me, is plain and simple |
a |
crappy business deal. Here's why. Cutting through all the B.S., what |
you |
suggest is a simple trade: you bring your looks to the party and I |
bring |
my money. Fine, simple. But here's the rub, your looks will fade and my |
money will likely continue into perpetuity...in fact, it is very likely |
that my income increases but it is an absolute certainty that you won't |
be getting any more beautiful! |
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So, in economic terms you are a depreciating asset and I am an earning |
asset . Not only are you a depreciating asset, your depreciation |
accelerates! Let me explain, you're 25 now and will likely stay pretty |
hot for the next 5 years, but less so each year. Then the fade begins |
in |
earnest. By 35 stick a fork in you! |
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So in Wall Street terms, we would call you a trading position, not a |
buy |
and hold...hence the rub...marriage. It doesn't make good business |
sense |
to "buy you" (which is what you're asking) so I'd rather lease. In case |
you think I'm being cruel, I would say the following. If my money were |
to go away, so would you, so when your beauty fades I need an out. It's |
as simple as that. So a deal that makes sense is dating, not marriage. |
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Separately, I was taught early in my career about efficient markets. |
So, |
I wonder why a girl as "articulate, classy and spectacularly beautiful |
" |
as you has been unable to find your sugar daddy. I find it hard to |
believe that if you are as gorgeous as you say you are that the $500K |
hasn't found you, if not only for a tryout. |
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By the way, you could always find a way to make your own money and then |
we wouldn't need to have this difficult conversation. |
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With all that said, I must say you're going about it the right way. |
Classic "pump and dump." |
I hope this is helpful, and if you want to enter into some sort of |
lease, let me know. |

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Rob Campbell |
J.P.Morgan |
Diversified Industrials Investment Banking |
277 Park Avenue , 16/F, New York, NY 10172 |

Submitted by Dheeraj Chand on Mon, 2007-10-08 16:02.

Holy moly. Racism is real?

Quoth The Washington Post:
We took the same bus in to work every day. She was attractive, intelligent, witty and available, and I would have quickly asked her out had she been black. But she was white, so the move required considerable thought.
I polled my friends. Among the brothers, the consensus was a nonchalant "Why not?" Among the sisters, it lay midway between an apprehensive "Why?" and an anxious "Please don't!"
I asked her out on a Friday date anyway. She liked the dinner, the play and, it seemed, me. On her front stoop, there was an awkward moment as we silently considered what to do next. I pointed out a nearly flat tire on the car in her driveway. She said she'd get her dad to fix it. Ending the small talk, she hugged me, kissed me on the cheek and said goodnight.
Not wanting to appear too eager, I decided to wait until our Monday commute to talk again. She wasn't on the bus, but she called me at work and invited me to join her for coffee.
She took two sips from her latte, then got straight to the point. "My car was taken from my driveway Saturday night. Did you steal it?"
No one said it would be easy to bridge the racial divide.
 
Submitted by Dheeraj Chand on Thu, 2007-04-19 15:08.