In fact, the more of a PITA it is to get into a position of power, the more likely you are to get highly corrupt and/or otherwise nasty people in power.
Why would a person want to become President? It is a huge pain. In order for the cost/benefit to work out, all of that needs to be counterbalanced by the benefits. Therefore, people with deep seated psychological problems and the extremely corrupt are more likely to want to gain power.
I remember reading about the history of the bill of rights and how the anti-Federalists really wanted to make sure that you could say anything you want, as long as it didn't offend anyone.
I do find it interesting that you chose to go after a pretty inconsequential part of my critique: the number of times that you made the same prigish, nit-picky point.
I trust that this means that you are satisfied with the rest of my analysis.
You are now free to take the last word. I'm sure I've more than belabored this point. Everyone else knows what I'm saying and you will not change your mind.
No, I'm pretty sure my point was quite clear. I think the rest of us understand exactly what I meant. The 'Whoosh!' is the sound of the idea travelling at high speed past you.
So try this on for size:
Your relentless focus on a phrase where a few people have typed the wrong letter distracts mightily from the conversation that people are trying to have. Yes, it is not the correct phrase. Yes, the letters are relatively far apart such that it seems as though a typo would be hard to make between 'e' and 'y' on a standard sized keyboard. Of course, I do much of my typing on my phone, and boy, those keys are a lot closer there, and if I'm off slightly to the right, maybe it thinks I'm trying to type 'probably' cause it thinks I hit the 't'. And sheesh, when you are focused on getting an idea out, sometimes the words come out slightly jumbled. I don't think most people edit their web posts as though they are turning in their dissertation, nor should they.
So, there's about a zillion different ways that someone can absolutely know what they are talking about and put the wrong letter there. Your focus on that indicates that you are a bit of a self-righteous prig, more interested in playing gotcha to inflate your ego than having a conversation like an adult.
and it is your job to correct them, right? make sure that you do it in such a way that you assume that the other person does think of it incorrectly and that they are a real dum dum.
I recently flew to Germany on Lufthansa. This is my first international flight, so I have no idea if this is SOP, but we were served a meal and it came with a metal fork, metal spoon and metal knife.
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Well said
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Why would a person want to become President? It is a huge pain. In order for the cost/benefit to work out, all of that needs to be counterbalanced by the benefits. Therefore, people with deep seated psychological problems and the extremely corrupt are more likely to want to gain power.
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Occupy Wall Street Greek Yoghurt!
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And that this will also be an economic panecea?
Sign me up!
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Breaking an immoral law doesn't mean you are immoral. In fact, breaking an immoral law is often a moral imperative.
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Intended just not admitted to seems more reasonable at this point.
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Yes, they always are, aren't they? /eyeroll
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Cause there are no other laws by which to protect you from 'some guy jerkin' it'.
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A child has seen a boob!
Holy crap, this nation will fall apart!
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That's the point of the 1st amendment, right?
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Was this overturned?
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I trust that this means that you are satisfied with the rest of my analysis.
You are now free to take the last word. I'm sure I've more than belabored this point. Everyone else knows what I'm saying and you will not change your mind.
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So try this on for size:
Your relentless focus on a phrase where a few people have typed the wrong letter distracts mightily from the conversation that people are trying to have. Yes, it is not the correct phrase. Yes, the letters are relatively far apart such that it seems as though a typo would be hard to make between 'e' and 'y' on a standard sized keyboard. Of course, I do much of my typing on my phone, and boy, those keys are a lot closer there, and if I'm off slightly to the right, maybe it thinks I'm trying to type 'probably' cause it thinks I hit the 't'. And sheesh, when you are focused on getting an idea out, sometimes the words come out slightly jumbled. I don't think most people edit their web posts as though they are turning in their dissertation, nor should they.
So, there's about a zillion different ways that someone can absolutely know what they are talking about and put the wrong letter there. Your focus on that indicates that you are a bit of a self-righteous prig, more interested in playing gotcha to inflate your ego than having a conversation like an adult.
Hope that gives you something to chew on.
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Amazingly, we landed safely and without incident.
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