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Posted in: Absolute Fact / Universal Truth

01-04-2009, 9:53 PM
#20

If your argument holds that all arguments can be wrong, then this includes your argument that there are no absolute truths, which means they can exist, no matter how much you wish to protest. Never said they couldn't exist. I said they don't exist i... [Read More]

Posted in: Absolute Fact / Universal Truth

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01-04-2009, 9:38 PM
#18

^that, if you'd like it in another form. I never said we should reject all concepts if they aren't absolutely true. My concept is no absolute, this is correct to a certain extent. But the idea that other concepts, indeed, all concepts are similar to... [Read More]

Posted in: Absolute Fact / Universal Truth

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01-04-2009, 9:27 PM
#15

you're the one who brought this whole thing to a head in the other thread, and now you're just going to stick your tongue out at it and support your argument with your own argument? classy. ... What? @ Achilles: So, if my argument holds that all a... [Read More]

Posted in: Absolute Fact / Universal Truth

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01-04-2009, 9:23 PM
#12

For reasons I've already pointed out, your arguments fail under their own weight and shouldn't be accepted by anyone. Either you can do better or you cannot. If you can, please do so. If you cannot, please move along. Thanks. I don't believe in abso... [Read More]

Posted in: Absolute Fact / Universal Truth

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01-04-2009, 9:03 PM
#10

Please let me know how you indend to support this claim. Since one cannot prove a negative, you may want to consider withdrawing it since it is not provable and therefore speculation on your part. If it's a universal concept, then it doesn't require... [Read More]

Posted in: Absolute Fact / Universal Truth

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01-04-2009, 8:55 PM
#7

There are some facts that are fact - ie true in all cases. Water is made up of oxygen and hydrogen. Fact. Care to try and disprove that one? _EW_ Chemistry is a concept of humanity, therefore, it, and all variations thereof, can inevitably be wro... [Read More]

Posted in: Absolute Fact / Universal Truth

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01-04-2009, 8:40 PM
#5

If Universal truths exist, we don't know any of them. Humanity cannot, period, be objective enough to construct a universally true concept. When someone can tell me that the green they see is the green that the person next to them sees and prove it,... [Read More]

Posted in: Absolute Fact / Universal Truth

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01-04-2009, 8:33 PM
#2

Question: Are you every single individual on this planet, and know everything about absolutely everything? Because if you are, then I will be happy to accept that assessment.... [Read More]

Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD

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01-04-2009, 8:23 PM
#123

Sorry, but no. Achilles, if you'd please? _EW_ Facts are concepts, which are inevitably created by men, and thusly are inevitably flawed. This isn't to say that they can't be true for every perspective in existence: they can, but that doesn't mea... [Read More]

Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD

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01-04-2009, 3:58 PM
#120

lol ok man, attack human perception as a way to make this foolishness sound deep and ethereal. the fact remains that i can prove 1+1=2, and our eyes can perceive light, and you can offer no evidence to the contrary. How do you know my eyes can perce... [Read More]

Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD

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01-04-2009, 3:06 PM
#117

1+1=2 is not close to being an absolute, it is absolute, adding one object to another object of the same type makes two objects, adding 0.999 objects to 0.999 objects yields 1.998 objects. math like this is an example of absolute fact. when used to s... [Read More]

Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD

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01-04-2009, 2:50 PM
#115

No, it makes you look like a tool. It makes your opinion subjective, and most likely incorrect. You can argue that 1+1=3. The thing is, you would be wrong no matter how much you believed in it. Thus, the difference between fact and opinion. Hell,... [Read More]

Posted in: children and the hungry demand "rights"

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12-30-2008, 5:29 PM
#47

Clearly, they make their own jobs. Homes need to be built, so materials need to be bought in, so connections need to be made with people who provide materials. There's 3 jobs right there, making connections, shipping, and building. Who are they maki... [Read More]

Posted in: children and the hungry demand "rights"

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12-30-2008, 1:41 PM
#43

It's a bloody metaphor, stop being such a literalist, it means if you support a person, they'll never be able to support themselves, and that if a person learns to support themselves they won't need to depend on the aid of others ... I'm not being a... [Read More]

Posted in: children and the hungry demand "rights"

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12-29-2008, 11:43 PM
#39

The problem with your statement concerning countries in Africa is a lot of the aid ends up in the hands of corrupt officials rather than going to the people it was intended to help. I know a lot more about the situation than you realize. And how do... [Read More]

Posted in: children and the hungry demand "rights"

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12-29-2008, 11:19 PM
#37

Sorry but this sounds more like welfare and I'm not going to give up what I worked for to someone too lazy to actually work. So people starving in Africa just don't want to work, because there are so many jobs there, and they can actually get one, b... [Read More]

Posted in: children and the hungry demand "rights"

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12-29-2008, 11:05 PM
#35

Correction, it would affect the United States in that it would be yet another thing we'd pay for that most of the other countries wouldn't chip in. "From each according to his talent, to each according to his need." - Karl Marx America ha... [Read More]

Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?

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01-02-2009, 12:57 PM
#112

A personal note on Media Bias: As you all know, I am a pretty opinionated guy. I say what I think and pull no punches. About a week into Desert Shield (The Allied bombing campaign before Desert Storm) I got sick of hearing liberal crap about the US,... [Read More]

Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?

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01-01-2009, 9:32 PM
#95

Pot calling the Kettle black eh? I used two liberal sources, that admit there is a serious left-wing bias in the mainstream media. I'm well aware that I'm a conservative, but you're not exactly an unbiased person either. Then why is it that conser... [Read More]

Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?

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01-01-2009, 11:32 AM
#92

Hence the quotes around reliable. It is reliable in the sense that the data in it never changes, and, if it is properly researched and cited, then there's not going to be a lot of back and forth on it about what it says. Whereas Wiki can be edited by... [Read More]

Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?

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12-31-2008, 3:47 PM
#85

Wikipedia can be editted by anyone, and if it's something concerning a political issue, the articles tend to be suspect. But the Newsbusters BLOG, however lacking in source material as compared to the wikipedia given by jmac, is perfectly legit. Ho... [Read More]

Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?

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12-30-2008, 5:42 PM
#72

I'd watch the videos, but I'm on a slow connection right now, so I'll get back to you on that. Still, I'm not arguing that Olbermann isn't biased. He is, yes, very much so. But O'Reilly is also just as biased, that's my only real point of contention... [Read More]

Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?

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12-29-2008, 11:38 PM
#61

Don't even go there, cause I've already posted sources for what I've been saying in several threads. No, no you haven't, besides Fox News and Newsbusters. No, they all have a uniform left-wing tilt, look at the schools that teach journalists and lo... [Read More]

Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?

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12-29-2008, 10:45 PM
#54

jonathan7 there is a difference between simple bias and being a propaganda pulpit for a particular political party. Fox News may have some conservative leaning, but they do their best to be objective. Compare that to MSNBC's using Keith Oberman and... [Read More]

Posted in: The Official Obama debate thread.

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12-31-2008, 11:37 AM
#41

All right, grab the drool buckets, people, and attach them to your head. You'll need them if you read Eli Saslow's gushing article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/24/AR2008122402590.html) about Obama in the Washington Po... [Read More]

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