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Re: We'll just wave...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:12:36 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
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We can’t eliminate the issue of someone killing someone else--that’ll never
happen. However, as your president stated, knowing this, we can’t just
say, ‘oh well, since we can’t eliminate it, let’s do nothing...’
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The problem is that, just doing something can and usually is worse than
doing nothing.
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Really? Trying to limit the carnage and death of your fellow citizens is
worse than doing nothing?
you’re beter than that.
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Logical fallacy alert... “We must do SOMETHING!!!!” “THIS is ‘something’” ...
“therefore we must do THIS”
Often, the right thing to do is, “nothing”, that is, don’t change the system as
a whole in response to a minor upset.
Also, I am reminded of Rahm “never let a good crisis go to waste” Emmanuel.
Everyone’s running around proposing all sorts of new laws
Where is the outrage over the hundreds of children killed in drone strikes? No
child should die needlessly. But are US kids better than Pakistani kids???
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Not where I was going at all--you jumped there. No fallacy. We must do something rational, proven and/or educated. I've demonstrated that other countries, other scenarios, other well-educated persons, have 'done something' and these (...) (12 years ago, 28-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Really?? The system worked??? I know 26 families that would beg to differ (...) So because the cause, even though it's just and best for your society, isn't worth the undertaking because it's too difficult? Wow, you Yanks have come along way (...) (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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