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   XPost: soc.men, can.politics   
   From: campbell@neotext.ca   
      
   On Tue, 26 May 2009 22:45:26 -0400, PolishKnight wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   >  Duncan Patton a Campbell  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 26 May 2009 10:15:31 -0700, Meldon wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> > A closer representation is, I refuse to support a corrupt societal   
   >> > model; broken to the core as evidenced by the wealth of those who   
   >> > profit from it and the poverty of those who pay for it. Children have   
   >> > already been abandoned by the supra-parent and are considered   
   >> > "Collateral damage". I¹m now trying to save my own skin so that I can   
   >> > know my grandkids someday.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Society is neither corrupt nor broken.  That would require it to have   
   >> once been in perfect running order, and that has never yet been   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Dhu   
   >   
   > Strawman alert!   
   >   
   > An unbroken system is not the same as one in "perfect running order".  A   
   > car can be unbroken yet still emit CO2 and other gasses.   
      
   Strawman hirself: the original claim that society is corrupt and broken,   
   and I say this is nonsense.  States of existence like "corrupt" or   
   "broken" require something to have been uncorrupt or unbroken and in   
   good operation at some prior time.   
      
   Dhu   
      
   >   
   > It's a cute comparison because that's precisely what The One thinks he   
   > can do with the auto industry.  Just pass a law that says that cars   
   > should get 50 mpg and halve emissions because he says so.  And while   
   > they're at it, define PI = 3.0 to be convenient.  (Yes, that actually   
   > did happen once!)   
   >   
   > We're boiling the frog down under the Northern border and I for one have   
   > my swim trunks on.  As a renter, every time The One breaks something,   
   > real estate prices plummet further.  The Democrat retirees in my area   
   > are losing all their equity as I look forward to picking up their shacks   
   > for pennies on the dollar.  Just view it as a "positive action", Hippy.   
   >   
   > regards,   
   > PolishKnight   
      
      
      
      
      
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   Duncan Patton a Campbell is Dhu   
      
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