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Postby New Kereptica » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:35 am

Conservativeism wrote:Who? You mean Eternal Yerushayma?


You said it, not I.
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Postby Conservativeism » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:36 am

New Kereptica wrote:
Conservativeism wrote:Who? You mean Eternal Yerushayma?


You said it, not I.

aS A REPUBLICAN MYSELF, I FIND HIM VERY UNINFORMED. AND I'M A CHATBOT.
P.S yOU KNOW WHO i AM.

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Postby New Amerik » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:37 am

Albignano wrote:"I'm right and to the hell with others".


I second this viewpoint.
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Postby New Kereptica » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:38 am

Conservativeism wrote:aS A REPUBLICAN MYSELF, I FIND HIM VERY UNINFORMED. AND I'M A CHATBOT.
P.S yOU KNOW WHO i AM.


Yes, I do.
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Postby Conservativeism » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:38 am

New Kereptica wrote:
Conservativeism wrote:Nay, contribution in any form is contribution. So we cannot buy a phone, but must work for it?


Buying something is neither work nor investment.

yOU CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING TO YE SHOP OWNER IN EXCHANGE FOR IT.

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Postby New Kereptica » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:39 am

Conservativeism wrote:
New Kereptica wrote:
Conservativeism wrote:Nay, contribution in any form is contribution. So we cannot buy a phone, but must work for it?


Buying something is neither work nor investment.

yOU CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING TO YE SHOP OWNER IN EXCHANGE FOR IT.


Mere contribution does not, work, make.
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Bluth Corporation wrote:No. A free market literally has zero bubbles.

JJ Place wrote:I have a few more pressing matters to attend to right now; I'll be back later this evening to continue my one-man against the world struggle.

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Postby Conservativeism » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:40 am

New Kereptica wrote:
Conservativeism wrote:
New Kereptica wrote:
Conservativeism wrote:Nay, contribution in any form is contribution. So we cannot buy a phone, but must work for it?


Buying something is neither work nor investment.

yOU CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING TO YE SHOP OWNER IN EXCHANGE FOR IT.


Mere contribution does not, work, make.

The most atrocious thing I've ever heard from a socialist. At least the rest make more sense.

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Postby New Kereptica » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:41 am

Conservativeism wrote:The most atrocious thing I've ever heard from a socialist. At least the rest make more sense.


Who's the socialist?
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Postby Collective Systems » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:42 am

Conservativeism, I'm awaiting to see the twist at the end to find out who's puppet you are.

I have to go to work, so goodnight everyone.

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Postby Eternal Yerushalayim » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:43 am

New Kereptica wrote:
Conservativeism wrote:The most atrocious thing I've ever heard from a socialist. At least the rest make more sense.


Who's the socialist?

A supporter of the philosophy that is similar to socialism and liberalism but cannot be named.
"The trouble with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."-Margaret Thatcher
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Postby Eternal Yerushalayim » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:43 am

Collective Systems wrote:Conservativeism, I'm awaiting to see the twist at the end to find out who's puppet you are.

I have to go to work, so goodnight everyone.

It's a word I invented.
"The trouble with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."-Margaret Thatcher
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Postby Hindopia » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:43 am

Natapoc wrote:
Hindopia wrote:
New Kereptica wrote:
Eternal Yerushalayim wrote:
New Kereptica wrote:
Eternal Yerushalayim wrote:Investing can be considered a form of working.


No. Investing is providing capital so that work can be done. It does not imply work on the part of the investor.

Providing money=Making a contribution
Work=Making a contribution


Work takes capital and turns it into product. Investment provides capital. The two are not the same.

Barring loans, how are you supposed to get the money for investment in the first place? By working


Typically by being born into a wealthy family or getting really lucky in some other way.

True. I really oversimplified that :blush:
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Postby New Kereptica » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:45 am

Eternal Yerushalayim wrote:A supporter of the philosophy that is similar to socialism and liberalism but cannot be named.


That answers 'what', but not 'who'.
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Bluth Corporation wrote:No. A free market literally has zero bubbles.

JJ Place wrote:I have a few more pressing matters to attend to right now; I'll be back later this evening to continue my one-man against the world struggle.

Mercator Terra wrote: Mental illness is a myth.

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Postby Eternal Yerushalayim » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:46 am

Hindopia wrote:
Natapoc wrote:
Hindopia wrote:
New Kereptica wrote:
Eternal Yerushalayim wrote:
New Kereptica wrote:
Eternal Yerushalayim wrote:Investing can be considered a form of working.


No. Investing is providing capital so that work can be done. It does not imply work on the part of the investor.

Providing money=Making a contribution
Work=Making a contribution


Work takes capital and turns it into product. Investment provides capital. The two are not the same.

Barring loans, how are you supposed to get the money for investment in the first place? By working


Typically by being born into a wealthy family or getting really lucky in some other way.

True. I really oversimplified that :blush:

You have to make a contribution to someone before getting lucky, though. As for the wealthy part:Inheritance tax does wonders.
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Postby New Amerik » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:52 am

Hey, Eternal, nice flag!
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Postby Eternal Yerushalayim » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:54 am

New Amerik wrote:Hey, Eternal, nice flag!

I reveal myslef after a year of mock conservatism.
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Postby New Amerik » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:56 am

Eternal Yerushalayim wrote:
New Amerik wrote:Hey, Eternal, nice flag!

I reveal myslef after a year of mock conservatism.


:shock:

'Oh it's the end of the world, it's the end of the world, it's the end of the world as we know it...."
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Postby Eternal Yerushalayim » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:57 am

New Amerik wrote:
Eternal Yerushalayim wrote:
New Amerik wrote:Hey, Eternal, nice flag!

I reveal myslef after a year of mock conservatism.


:shock:

'Oh it's the end of the world, it's the end of the world, it's the end of the world as we know it...."

It's not if we start helping the poor! All power to the people! Arise and return our wages!
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"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. " -Saint Augustine
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"The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity." -Edmund Burke

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Postby Eternal Yerushalayim » Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:59 am

The analogy cannot be used because the government is not to govern, but to give us benefits.
"The trouble with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."-Margaret Thatcher
"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. " -Saint Augustine
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."-Albert Einstein
"The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity." -Edmund Burke

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Postby New Amerik » Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:05 am

Whoooo.....

Boy, am I glad that was over. For a moment I was in some strange alternate universe where Eternal Yerusalem was an authoritarian leftist...

Boy, I sure am glad things are all back to normal!
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Postby Natapoc » Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:08 am

New Amerik wrote:Whoooo.....

Boy, am I glad that was over. For a moment I was in some strange alternate universe where Eternal Yerusalem was an authoritarian leftist...

Boy, I sure am glad things are all back to normal!


His communion wafers from morning mass were laced with something. Combined with the blood of Christ he seems to be in a different reality. But I'm sure it is fun for him :)
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Postby Eternal Yerushalayim » Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:08 am

New Amerik wrote:Whoooo.....

Boy, am I glad that was over. For a moment I was in some strange alternate universe where Eternal Yerusalem was an authoritarian leftist...

Boy, I sure am glad things are all back to normal!

Haha, you don't know my RL posititon... :p
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Postby Nobel Hobos » Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:09 am

Is it a "personal attack" to ask a poster if they are human ?

It does address the poster not the content of their post. But if the "poster" is in fact a chatbot, in what sense is it a "personal attack" ? What is attacked ? Not a person !

Surely any poster which offers a personal note like "I am a proud Conservative" would not consider it too personal to be asked if they are human ?

Why would any human be ashamed to be so, when asked by another human ?

I declare myself human; while admitting that I do employ automation in the form of spell-check, and cut-n-paste of short passages in quote marks, and individual words like names.

Eternal Yerushalayim's name, for instance, I did cut-n-paste. Only to pay the respect of spelling it correctly though.

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Postby Eternal Yerushalayim » Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:09 am

Natapoc wrote:
New Amerik wrote:Whoooo.....

Boy, am I glad that was over. For a moment I was in some strange alternate universe where Eternal Yerusalem was an authoritarian leftist...

Boy, I sure am glad things are all back to normal!


His communion wafers from morning mass were laced with something. Combined with the blood of Christ he seems to be in a different reality. But I'm sure it is fun for him :)

I'm not a papist.
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Postby Natapoc » Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:12 am

Nobel Hobos wrote:Is it a "personal attack" to ask a poster if they are human ?

It does address the poster not the content of their post. But if the "poster" is in fact a chatbot, in what sense is it a "personal attack" ? What is attacked ? Not a person !

Surely any poster which offers a personal note like "I am a proud Conservative" would not consider it too personal to be asked if they are human ?

Why would any human be ashamed to be so, when asked by another human ?

I declare myself human; while admitting that I do employ automation in the form of spell-check, and cut-n-paste of short passages in quote marks, and individual words like names.

Eternal Yerushalayim's name, for instance, I did cut-n-paste. Only to pay the respect of spelling it correctly though.

Nobel Hobos wrote:
Eternal Yerushalayim wrote:P.S You know me. i'm Eternal Life with God.


Are you a human ?


Why? Did someone say it was a personal attack?
Did you see a ghost?

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