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Message 46 of 86 (819168)
09-07-2017 1:08 PM
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09-07-2017 1:03 PM


Polite Lets Be
Lets keep our arguments focused on the substance of the discussion and not on each other.
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    Message 47 of 86 (819169)
    09-07-2017 1:15 PM
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    09-07-2017 1:08 PM


    Re: Polite Lets Be
    I tried but was pushed and gave an argument.
    Regards
    DL

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    Message 48 of 86 (819170)
    09-07-2017 1:17 PM
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    09-07-2017 1:03 PM


    Re: Dumbest We Are?
    Greatest I am writes:
    You did a disservice to all the millions who starve to death yearly as well as telling the less fit, who know that they are not as fit as some...
    They don't starve because they are "less fit". A victim is not "less fit". Calling them "less fit" is doing them a disservice, as if they deserve to die.

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    Message 49 of 86 (819175)
    09-07-2017 1:45 PM
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    09-07-2017 1:17 PM


    Re: Dumbest We Are?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSNYToj7yFw
    You think your way I will think mine.
    Regards
    DL

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    Message 50 of 86 (819264)
    09-08-2017 12:03 PM
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    09-07-2017 1:45 PM


    Re: Dumbest We Are?
    Greatest I am writes:
    You think your way I will think mine.
    You can think your way all you want without posting here. But if you're going to post here, back up what you claim.
    So far, what you've said about "fitness" is nonsense. Society is a matter of give and take. Those who take also give. You can not determine who is "fit" based on whether they are giving or taking at a given moment.

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    Message 51 of 86 (819270)
    09-08-2017 1:54 PM
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    09-08-2017 12:03 PM


    Re: Dumbest We Are?
    Your last is true, but they can be viewed as a subset of society whose fitness can be measured beside the more fit.
    The capability and capasity to give to a society is one of the measures of that individuals fitness. So is the lack of that ability.
    If not, show why not.
    Regards
    DL
    Edited by Greatest I am, : No reason given.

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    Message 52 of 86 (819316)
    09-09-2017 11:48 AM
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    09-08-2017 1:54 PM


    Re: Dumbest We Are?
    Greatest I am writes:
    The capability and capasity to give to a society is one of the measures of that individuals fitness. So is the lack of that ability.
    If not, show why not.
    I have already pointed out that there are no fixed subsets of "givers" and "takers". He who gives one day takes the next day. How do you measure contributions that don't involve dollars and cents? How do you determine what is a contribution and what is not?

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    Message 53 of 86 (819322)
    09-09-2017 12:22 PM
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    09-09-2017 11:48 AM


    Re: Dumbest We Are?
    Ringo
    I did not say that tax takers do not contribute at all. I said that they are less fit and contribute less due to having to be tax takers. Or something along that line.
    Certainly some of the less fit tax takers contribute, just not as much as the more fit or lucky.
    Regards
    DL

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    Message 54 of 86 (819325)
    09-09-2017 12:28 PM
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    09-09-2017 12:22 PM


    Re: Dumbest We Are?
    Greatest I am writes:
    I did not say that tax takers do not contribute at all. I said that they are less fit and contribute less due to having to be tax takers.
    I asked how you determine what is a contribution and what is not, and how you measure "how much" each contribution is. Without some kind of objective metric, you have no basis for claiming that one person is "more fit" than another.

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    Message 55 of 86 (819328)
    09-09-2017 12:42 PM
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    09-09-2017 12:28 PM


    Re: Dumbest We Are?
    You are asking for subjective judgements of individual cases.
    I can only answer if you give the scenario or issue you want me to address.
    I gave one fitness metric, that being tax paying v/s tax taking, that a state, if it could talk, would say that the payers are more fit than the takers.
    Other metrics could be reproduction, ability to raise children, contributions to science and the arts, the ability to help others.
    A short list but that is what comes to mind quickly.
    So what metric, if not those, should I be looking at.
    Which ones are you looking at that makes you think those I call less fit tax taxers are just as fit as taxpayers?
    Regards
    DL

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    Message 56 of 86 (819329)
    09-09-2017 12:54 PM
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    09-09-2017 12:42 PM


    Re: Dumbest We Are?
    Greatest I am writes:
    You are asking for subjective judgements of individual cases.
    No I'm not. I even used the word "objective". I'm asking for objective criteria which you can use to determine whether somebody is "more fit" than somebody else.
    Greatest I am writes:
    I gave one fitness metric, that being tax paying v/s tax taking....
    We've been over that. There isn't one finite group paying taxes and another finite group receiving the benefits of taxes. Everybody pays taxes and everybody receives the benefits of taxes.
    Greatest I am writes:
    Other metrics could be reproduction, ability to raise children...
    We've been over that too. In fact, people with lower incomes tend to have more children.
    Greatest I am writes:
    ... the ability to help others.
    Again everybody has the ability to help others. How do you measure the value of grandpa taking the kids to the park? How do you measure the value of pushing your neighbour's car out of a snowdrift?
    Greatest I am writes:
    So what metric, if not those, should I be looking at.
    You should be looking at a metric that supports your claim, an objective criterion that can be used to determine who is "fit" and who is not.

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    Message 57 of 86 (819333)
    09-09-2017 1:16 PM
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    09-09-2017 12:54 PM


    Re: Dumbest We Are?
    Ringo
    Seems we are about done if you want to believe you have refuted most of what I put, when you have not.
    "No I'm not. I even used the word "objective". I'm asking for objective criteria which you can use to determine whether somebody is "more fit" than somebody else."
    Since most issues are subjective, the only objective criteria I can give is death.
    The fittest is alive the least fit is dead.
    Regards
    DL

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    Message 58 of 86 (819335)
    09-09-2017 1:26 PM
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    09-09-2017 1:16 PM


    Re: Dumbest We Are?
    Greatest I am writes:
    Since most issues are subjective, the only objective criteria I can give is death.
    So, since you admit that your conclusion is based on subjective criteria, you must also admit that your conclusion is subjective. You might as well just tell us what your favorite colour is.

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    Message 59 of 86 (819340)
    09-09-2017 6:12 PM
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    09-09-2017 1:26 PM


    Re: Dumbest We Are?
    Maroon.
    But even that will be subjective as many of us are color blind.
    Regards
    DL

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    Message 60 of 86 (819390)
    09-10-2017 2:07 PM
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    09-09-2017 6:12 PM


    Re: Dumbest We Are?
    Greatest I am writes:
    But even that will be subjective as many of us are color blind.
    So your whole point about "fitness" isn't really a point at all. It's just an opinion.
    Edited by ringo, : No reason given.

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