Fail Quotes

[Ibrahim90]

[Quoting Fennec, not Travis]

My belief (and, if I understand it correctly, yours and Hawkeye's) would more closely be considered compatabilist (an option he seems to be ignoring). The whole idea of coming up with a scientific model is so we can overlay it on a part of the universe and use it to explain what's going on and make predictions about it. Free will absolutely works as such a model, even if what's going on is technically something else.

This reminds me of the people who get all uppity about there being no such thing as centrifugal force. Yes, the "force" behind it is just inertia, but when you're trying to resolve physical equations in a rotating reference frame you HAVE to come up with a centrifugal component!

I think the whole determinism argument is self-defeating anyway. Should we punish someone for a crime when he doesn't have free will? Well, if we do punish him, that wasn't OUR choice, because WE don't have free will! The whole concept, as far as I can see, is completely useless.

Frankly, reading this, The most Fennec could get away with is occasionalism, rather than determinism. in that event, people have freedom of intention (if not total freedom of will), actual execution/manifestation/etc are controlled externally (usually by a god--doesn't have to be, but it usually is). this agent would act in a matter that appears deterministic, and may even be rationalistic, but is not.

but yeah, this is a waste of time arguing over.

[BlameThe1st]

http://comments.deviantart.com/1/262776938/3523195833

I swear to Celestia this troll is incorrigible. His two main arguments are "No! You are wrong!" and "Google it!"

[Travis Retriever]

http://comments.deviantart.com/1/262776938/3523195833

I swear to Celestia this troll is incorrigible. His two main arguments are "No! You are wrong!" and "Google it!"

With a name like "SatanicSocialist" he might as well have called himself, "PayAttentionToMe!" or "IDoThisJustToPissOffMyParents"

[Ibrahim90]

With a name like "SatanicSocialist" he might as well have called himself, "PayAttentionToMe!" or "IDoThisJustToPissOffMyParents"

heh, frankly his handle has great lulz value: it's like saying "ArabicspeakingPalestinian" or "MittRomneyisamormon" or "dogsarewolves" or "assholeUSpresident" or "bluntGerman" or even 'AtheistSwede".

[R.E.H.W.R.]

Considering our declawed cat was feral for a year before she adopted us, This is a damn insult to both.

[evensgrey]

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Bout time he had another one of these

I'm not understanding why you put this in Fail Quotes, though.

[ArtemisVale]

I'm not understanding why you put this in Fail Quotes, though.

I meant to put this in fav quotes xD

[Travis Retriever]

I meant to put this in fav quotes xD

S'okay.  It happens to all of us at some point.

[BlameThe1st]

My response in r/politicalhumor:

Sounds like a joke that Kim Jong Un would tell his kids. Rolls eyes.

For the record, libertarians are not against traffic laws or any laws for that matter. What we oppose are laws and rules and regulations that do more harm than good. The fact that the majority of laws in this country fall under that category--from laws prohibiting people from smoking a plant or drinking raw milk, to laws prohibiting children from opening lemonade stands or food trucks from operating near restaurants--gives the illusion that we oppose all laws. The law should not prevent you from doing anything unless your actions may hurt someone else. That's not really a libertarian position. That's simply common sense.

I know this comment is going to fall on deaf ears and be downvoted because people in this subreddit only want to address strawman arguments than actual arguments, which really shows who the real children are.

[Travis Retriever]

My response in r/politicalhumor:

Sounds like a joke that Kim Jong Un would tell his kids. Rolls eyes.

For the record, libertarians are not against traffic laws or any laws for that matter. What we oppose are laws and rules and regulations that do more harm than good. The fact that the majority of laws in this country fall under that category--from laws prohibiting people from smoking a plant or drinking raw milk, to laws prohibiting children from opening lemonade stands or food trucks from operating near restaurants--gives the illusion that we oppose all laws. The law should not prevent you from doing anything unless your actions may hurt someone else. That's not really a libertarian position. That's simply common sense.

I know this comment is going to fall on deaf ears and be downvoted because people in this subreddit only want to address strawman arguments than actual arguments, which really shows who the real children are.

Child traumatizing and bullying--teh ebil when religious do it for their dogma, but teh awesome when statists do it for their agenda and dogma...
Also, he does know that libertarianism isn't about rules or whatever--hell, even dictionary.com will tell you that anarchy = without rulers; NOT without rules.  Big difference.

[R.E.H.W.R.]

[ArtemisVale]

What a coincidence! I don't like living in a country with stupid people either :T

[Ibrahim90]

well, that's funny Mr. Green. See, from living in this country 7 years, and it having more public schools than Kuwait (and better funded ones), I could have sworn the country is already overflowing with stupid people.

actually, let me add to that: any group of people processed through public schools tends to overflow with stupid individuals.

[Travis Retriever]

well, that's funny Mr. Green. See, from living in this country 7 years, and it having more public schools than Kuwait (and better funded ones), I could have sworn the country is already overflowing with stupid people.

actually, let me add to that: any group of people processed through public schools tends to overflow with stupid individuals.

"We need more government education!"
"Why?"
"We're a country of stupid people!"
"Who is in charge of the education?"
"The government!"
Sometimes, it really is that simple, people.

[FeatheredTerror]

http://phys.org/news/2014-07-declassify-dinosaurs-great-great-grandparents-birds.html

For fuck's sake! When are the BANDits going to quit it? And of course all the "science" reporting outlets are gobbling this shit up without mentioning that the authors are part of a fringe group notorious for doing bad research.