Dak
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Don't you guys have enough unused land to rival east Russia? They wanna escape a political/economic shithole, they can pull themselves up by the bootstraps in the Outback.
Dakryn's Batshit Theory of the Week
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Don't you guys have enough unused land to rival east Russia? They wanna escape a political/economic shithole, they can pull themselves up by the bootstraps in the Outback.
Dak
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Dak
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China to Liquidate US Treasuries
There goes that oft-repeated theory that China will have to keep servicing the debt.
There goes that oft-repeated theory that China will have to keep servicing the debt.
Saparmurat_Niyazov
Member
Satanstoenail
My Larpstyle determines my Derpstyle
Sure, throwing them out into the middle of the desert sounds like a great idea.
Dak
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Satanstoenail
My Larpstyle determines my Derpstyle
Dak
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Der Morgenstern
Trailer Park Bacchus
It'd be funny if I was actually a left-winger now, wouldn't it? You seem to be thinking that because I don't cater to your tin-hat outlooks that it somewhow makes me a liberal. Or it makes me a centrist. Or a conservative. Or a communist. Or a socialist. Or a fascist. Actually, it'd be apt if I identified specifically with any sort of partisan-based approach to politics. However, I am probably about as apolitical as could be within the environment in which I work on a daily basis. So really? Fuck you.
Dak
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Your use of the false dichotomy labeling system negates your conclusion.
Edit: Nice cop-out edit. My statement still applies. Being "apolitical" doesn't negate political effects on your life/ the lives of others.
Der Morgenstern
Trailer Park Bacchus
Yea, read again, cocksucker.
And all this Richard guy represents is a pragmatist. Big fucking whoop. What an insight. I refuse to label myself with the terms used in the game. What a superstar.
What I actually find the most amusing is that I haven't posted in this thread in a month or so, yet you are still so butthurt by me taking shots at your harebained observations and conclusions that you had to name drop me in a post as though the postings of a fellow Albertan on a blog with seven followers acts as some sort of vindication for you.
And all this Richard guy represents is a pragmatist. Big fucking whoop. What an insight. I refuse to label myself with the terms used in the game. What a superstar.
What I actually find the most amusing is that I haven't posted in this thread in a month or so, yet you are still so butthurt by me taking shots at your harebained observations and conclusions that you had to name drop me in a post as though the postings of a fellow Albertan on a blog with seven followers acts as some sort of vindication for you.
Dak
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Butthurt? Hardly. You had a certain geographical relevance to the blogger and the contents of the blog.
Nice appeal to majority though by mentioning his number of blogspot followers. You could have at least given his Twitter following number, since popularity seems to be important to you. Or you could have noted he is a successful entrepreneur RichardFantin.com. Nope, he's just some guy with 7 blogspot followers. Because the message is secondary to the popularity of the messenger.
Der Morgenstern
Trailer Park Bacchus
So at what point did I state that I believe my being apolitical creates an ivory tower for myself, safe from the political machinations of the world around me? Did you get this impression?
Oh wait. I see where you're going with this. Since I don't put a lot of stock in your view of current events that must mean I'm just blissfully ignorant of reality.
Very, very cute.
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Der Morgenstern
Trailer Park Bacchus
220 Twitter follows on a Twitter account he's using on an hourly basis to throw up links to news stories. Remarkable.
Also, fuckhead, if you had an ounce of reading comprehension that wasn't addled by your need to let your emotions get the best of you, you would have noticed I addressed his message as not being original in the slightest. He stresses the importance of objectivity, pragmatism, without influence from pre-concieved subscriptions to established attitudes and conventions. That outlook forms one of the conerstone criticisms of partisanship in politics. We have the new David Hume on our hands here obviously. Richard Fantin, salute.
Der Morgenstern
Trailer Park Bacchus
Dak
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Ah, so now the problem is a lack of "originality". You do enjoy red herrings.
My emotions? I am not slinging ad homs around with reckless abandon.
My emotions? I am not slinging ad homs around with reckless abandon.
Saparmurat_Niyazov
Member
ITT, you guys are faggots. 2 questions:
DM: I'm not clear, are you against pragmatism and objectivity? If so, why?
Dak: DM is right about one thing: your emotions to tend to cloud your worldview. I know people who view the world a lot like you do, and while they often identify the sources of our civilization's problems correctly, they can't "see the forest through the trees", if you catch my drift.
DM: I'm not clear, are you against pragmatism and objectivity? If so, why?
Dak: DM is right about one thing: your emotions to tend to cloud your worldview. I know people who view the world a lot like you do, and while they often identify the sources of our civilization's problems correctly, they can't "see the forest through the trees", if you catch my drift.
Dak
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While I am not a robot, I do not see how "emotions are preventing me from seeing the forest", or whatever that means. You will need to be more specific.
Einherjar86
Active Member
He's saying the blogger isn't proclaiming anything new by espousing non-ideological, "objective" critical thinking. In fact, political figures and partisan groups advocate objectivity all the time, despite the fact that their affiliation(s) is defined by an ideology that prohibits true objectivity.
They proclaim the value of non-ideology whilst themselves being bound up in it; very similar, in my opinion, to how Western democratic governments use the value of freedom as the very means to limit it.
