Loafer's Nook - 23 skidoo and more fooding.
POSTED BY: Jadehand
UPDATED: Saturday, October 21, 2006 10:32
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Quote:yes, but the whole fun of it is projecting this innocent genteel image, so that when you get to the Sex Pistols and what not, the world is doubly scandalised.
Originally posted by SimonWho:
Ah, such genteel English behaviour.
We did give the world the Sex Pistols too you know.
Shocking folks is fun. May as well do it properly.
Oh on a side note - this note taped to the water cooler by my boss, i thought it was amusing -
'Rota's have been completed for November and december, including the christmas period, I hope everyone is happy with them.
However hope is a precarious seesaw and is bound to come crashing down to earth sooner or later.
Your Lord and Master,
Neil_______'
He he.
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Quote:JUst explain to me what you mean by strawman?
Originally posted by citizen:
It sounds terribly like a strawman argument against anything other than capitalism to me.
is it a reference to the books or does it have meaning IRL?
'cause you've piqued my interest and worried me slightly. (If you've read the books you'll know why!)
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It's a logical fallacy:
Quote:
A straw man argument is a logical fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position. To "set up a straw man" or "set up a straw-man argument" is to create a position that is easy to refute, then attribute that position to the opponent. A straw-man argument can be a successful rhetorical technique (that is, it may succeed in persuading people) but it is in fact misleading, because the opponent's actual argument has not been refuted.
Its name is derived from the practice of using straw men in combat training. In such training, a scarecrow is made in the image of the enemy with the single intent of attacking it. [1] It is occasionally called a straw dog fallacy [2] or a scarecrow argument.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man_argument
EDIT:
Quote:Therein lies the rub. "I hate the commercialisation of Capitalism!" He says "I prefer to be hit over the head with a log which is the only alternative!".
But he seemed to be on the side of anything other than capitalism!
So is this indicative of what non-capitalists believe? is the situation merely a choice between glorious personal choice with the slight inconvenience of commercialisation or no choice but to be hit over the head with a log?
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
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cool.
I understand now.
See, before that, i'd only seen straw men used in the context of a group of excessively rich types with a belief that 'civilistation' is a disease and hate most humans the same way Hitler hated the jews, and therefore spend large amounts of time capturing torturing and killing them in nasty ways.
the mere possibility that there might exist a straw man outside of fiction was a little alarming.
but no, i get you, cheers for letting me get on with my day with out fear of them.
Read Micheal Marshall Smith if you don't have a clue what i'm on about.
but keep your teddy bear handy.
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Quote:
Originally posted by SimonWho:
As far as painkillers go, I'm a great believer in Aspirin which is cheap, natural and plentiful.
I'm allergic to asprin.
Serenity,
President of The Juggled Gosling Chatroom
Bride8
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Seryn: Your boss is funny! lol
Serenity,
President of The Juggled Gosling Chatroom
Bride8
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Quote:
Originally posted by seryn:
Shocking folks is fun. May as well do it properly.
"But you sleep like a ghost with me
It's as simple as that
So tell me I'm mad
Roll me up and breathe me in
Come to my madness
My opium den
Come to my madness
Make sense of it again."
Goodbye to all that. III-The Opium Den (Brave)-Marillion
visit WWW.Marillion.com for a better way of life.
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I've only just got in from work. I've driven like 300 miles today (no exageration).
Very Tired. I think I might go to Kung Fu tommorrow.
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
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Wow! That's like, all the way across the country and back!
Put your feet up and have a cocktail!
oooh, my printer just started making some very odd noises....uh oh!
Serenity,
President of The Juggled Gosling Chatroom
Bride8
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so, you have a tough day driving all up and down the country, and you want to go get yourself beaten to pulp in the morning?
i'll never understand men, not as long as i live
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