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Subject:	Re: Finally--a use of public funding that I can really get behind!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Wed, 20 Aug 2003 18:35:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton wrote: > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote: > > On what basis do you make this anecdotal assertion, and for what reason? > > I'd like a name-by-name accounting of the PhD's that you deem non- > > functional, and also *why* you deem them non-functional, so that I can > > review your accusation. > > Dave, that was awesome. Though honestly I think you're taking this a bit too > seriously. Ah, the perils of failing to include the 8^) Seriously, I'm not terribly caught up in the real-worldliness of PhDs, though I admit that the cliche about absentminded professors kind of gets on my nerves, too. > Now, the motorcyclists themselves get into just as many accidents as they did > before. However, whereas before people would get into an accident and flat- > out die, now the helmet keeps them alive enough to need to mooch off of > medicare and whatnot. So it may actually be completely the opposite. You'd > have to do a study. Hmm. That's interesting, and I confess that I hadn't heard that point before. Sounds like the oft-touted Law of Unintended Consequences. > > I tried three different ways to ask politely if you're insane, but they all > > came out as insults, so I deleted them. > > This is what makes these debates so priceless. But let's hope you put that in > for comedic flare rather than rhetorical or emotional intent debate-wise. Yeah, I think Carl's sharp enough to spot my unbridled hilarity, despite the tragedy of his Conservative Neurosis! If it was perceived as a serious insult, however, then I apologize. Dave!

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		Re: Finally--a use of public funding that I can really get behind!
(...) I grew up with two for parents... and look what that did to me. (...) No apology is necessary where no offense is taken, and I figured that if I wanted to post here where the numbers are decidedly against me, I better have thick skin anyway! (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Finally--a use of public funding that I can really get behind!
(...) Dave, that was awesome. Though honestly I think you're taking this a bit too seriously. (...) Actually, while that's a good theory, I'm not sure it's exactly true. I recently heard the stats on ... uh... Maine or New Hampshire's (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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