Comment Re:And to them I say (Score 1) 419
This begs the question of causality.
No it doesn't. It raises the question.
"Begging the question" refers to the logical fallacy of assuming an initial point to be true when it isn't necessarily.
This begs the question of causality.
No it doesn't. It raises the question.
"Begging the question" refers to the logical fallacy of assuming an initial point to be true when it isn't necessarily.
Of course the requirement to have a lawyer in even the most basic of cases is another fundamental failure of the legal system.
but since both the law makers (congress) and reviewers (judges), are mostly all ex-lawyers, it shouldn't be too surprising that run a system the requires that you purchase their services to use.
isn't that Monsanto's MO.
Patent the food crop and sue anyone that grows it, right?
true, and there are candidates that aren't even following the same path that we did... my money is on the cephalopods: they seems to be quite intelligent and have a dexterity we could only dream of.
yeah, mankind will never go back, not in this era of civilization anyway.
we have become to trite and petty, we much rather kill each other off or maybe just watch american idle that achieve anything that might be beneficial to mankind as a whole.
hell, we even stopped curing our ailments when we realized that treatments could be more profitable that cures.
but take heart, hopefully we've left enough record that mankind's successors to this planet will have a chance to learn from our failure.
My spleen just doesn't matter
Don't really care about my bladder
But I don't leave home without
My pancreas
lol, no offense taken, I'll be sure to use the sarcasm tags in the future.
"1,000 times less intense than the levels to which our naked eyes are sensitive"
yeah apparently Japanese scientists have a different definition of visible than I do. I always had that stupid "if I can see it then it is visible, if I can't see it then it isn't visible".
I bet it is just like with cellular mitosis: audibly noisy when my cells divide, just so quiet that I can't personally hear it.
yes, I did mean for the greater good of the economy. Although I'd say there are precious few cases were a business that uses legal or political means to stay afloat manages to fully recover.
They are far more likely to fall into a regular bailout cycle - see Chrysler for an example.
yeah. The real problem is the assumption that a company should expect to run in perpetuity.
Do your thing. Provide value. When someone better comes along either innovate and compete or say "hey, we had a good run", close up shop, and go try something new.
Both are good solutions.
Soliciting protection from the government, bankruptcy, and fighting to your last breath aren't very productive solutions.
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