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   XPost: soc.men, can.politics   
   From: campbell@neotext.ca   
      
   On Tue, 26 May 2009 22:12:51 -0700, Meldon wrote:   
      
   > On May 27, 12:29 am, Duncan Patton a Campbell    
   > wrote:   
   >> 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,Meldonwrote:   
   >>   
   >> >> > 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- Hide quoted text -   
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   > The point was already clarified within the confines of the existing   
   > analogy by an astute poster. To further the point, a plastic model kit   
   > is missing piece or has the wrong parts; it is corrupt. Some of the   
   > parts are also broken. The model has never been assembled but it is   
   > corrupt and broken. For your sake, we accept your complete obliteration   
   > of two sound and completed narratives and await your substitute. What   
   > has society become?   
      
   The "model" you propose never flew.  It didn't exist.  Ever.  There   
   never was a working "model airplane".  So your conceit that it has been   
   broken or corrupted is bogus and dishonest in the extreme.   
      
   Dhu   
      
      
      
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   Duncan Patton a Campbell is Dhu   
      
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