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(...) I am not sure I get it!?!... (...) Right. (...) Attractive, yes. Very interesting! (...) I am French, and I *love* debates! I am afraid of a "big brother is watching you" kind of society. When you say it makes everyone "responsible for his/her (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) because of their established slave labor practices & the 'first' world nations general willingness to look the other way for cheap stuff. (3 URLs) & just do a search for "chinese slave labor" or "laogai" I'm changing the forum to (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Ah, now there's where I'm concerned-- you added an extra qualifier to "decisive". Useful vs. Non-Useful (Dubya-esque). Each is still decisive, no? What's the 'decisive' element, minus the 'usefulness' qualification? (...) Hm. I guess that's (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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That title was supposed to be "open mouth, insert Bush" but I could see the risque sidepath that would be dragged down... ;-) (URL) "A political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your commander (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yikes! If you're suggesting that, based on my definition, I am allied with the corporate world, you have either misread my intent or I have miscommunicated it. Or perhaps I'm again misreading you. (...) Now I think perhaps you _are_ (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ha! If anything I would be implying the opposite! :) I'm trying my best not to place a judgement on being "decisive", though :) (...) Heh, yeah, that's how the corporate & political worlds love to define it. All the good, none of the bad. (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) To that, I have no objection. Increased empathy and understanding are always positive IMO, and if this test helps someone achieve these, then great! But in the professional world the test is actually used to evaluate people's management (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmm. Upon reflection, I see that I was inferring a value judgment where perhaps you didn't really imply one. It sounded, to me, as if you were making "decisiveness" a positive attribute, so that "more decisive" was more positive than "less (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) cameras (...) be (...) I think that cameras in law enforcement vehicles are an excellent idea all-around. If someone's committed a crime and they know that their actions are being recorded, I like to believe that this would have the effect of (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Interesting. In my own experience, necessarily limited just so, I have found this quite helpful. Granted its possible for someone reasonably bright to answer the questions so as to deliver whichever type they desire, but for bonafide (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) How would you define decisiveness, then? The speed at which you make a decision? I guess I'd say that if you either admit you could be wrong, or actually do change your mind frequently enough, you're less decisive. But that's just the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'll put it this way-- I'd wish a "truly fair" God existed-- one that believed in relative morality, etc. Because, hey, it IS somewhat comforting to know that "everything's gonna be ok" or whatever. Would I want a Christian God to exist? (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Oops, you're right. They aren't scheduled to (URL) switch to tabloid format> until 2006. I stand corrected. Sorry, it seemed funny at the time. Heh, love that (URL) wikipedia>. Who knew George Soros was involved with the Guardian? Anyhow, do (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) This behavior has been described as "confirmation bias," though I don't know if that's a formal designation or just what (URL) calls it. Either way, it speaks of the tendency to exclude data that doesn't fit one's preconceptions, and it's an (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) junk to back your case. Scott A (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Even shades of grey is a severely limitied viewpoint. It's a full-colour, 3D, fully interactive world baby. Al (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I would say that it's definitely a sliding scale, because we're all guilty of that to some extent. I certainly note such tendencies in myself--I just try to keep them in check. (...) That's an interesting separate question: do atheists, by and (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I've noticed that too. I've also noticed similar things with people who are just "decisive". They'll form an opinion early on, then focus on facts that support the opinion, rather than base the opinion on facts. Of course it's more like a (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Hi, Matthew. (...) Just to be clear, I did not mean to imply that you were necessarily providing *your* justification for the Canaanite genocide, just *a* justification, which is, I think what Stephane was asking for when he asked "How does your (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I wouldn't read too much into this sort of political endorsement. The same sort of thing happened four years ago, when Saddam was very much in support of Gore (because Bush's dad whupped him) while Pol Pot supported Bush because he'd been (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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