These are Obama’s Riots!

Good luck trying to get any sort of intelligent debate from LJ Philban....she will jump in with some snarky comment but RARELY ever discusses the actual topic. You'll have more luck trying to communicate with your dog.

CynicalBill wrote: Good luck trying to get any sort of intelligent debate from LJ Philban....she will jump in with some snarky comment but RARELY ever discusses the actual topic. You'll have more luck trying to communicate with your dog.

Got it. That's called deflection. An extremely dishonest tactic where as a person will skirt around the edge of an issue, conjuring up all sorts of suppositions and assumptions, not based on what you said, but based on something they can create that vaguely sounds on topic, but really designed to derail the topic. Of course, that may be a faulty assumption on my part. That kind of deflection technique (very prevalent with lefties and socialists) usually is practiced by someone who is intelligent and clever. In the case of Lady Jazzer, my assumptions may be as flawed as her comments.

Analyzing my critique of greed, calling it envy --- seems to me both disingenuous, and deflective.

The problem with business today is that it rarely solves problems that really need to be solved - and rarely adds value by enhancing living standards or by creating something.

Wall street has been making money the last decade by exploiting ---- not by innovating, creating, or empowering.

Most of the worth we see is paper value - not real value.

I believe in capitalism. I believe in rewarding people who innovate, create, and enhance the well-being of those around them. But for the most part, that's not what Wall Street does these days.

bailey bud wrote: Analyzing my critique of greed, calling it envy --- seems to me both disingenuous, and deflective.

The problem with business today is that it rarely solves problems that really need to be solved - and rarely adds value by enhancing living standards or by creating something.

Wall street has been making money the last decade by exploiting ---- not by innovating, creating, or empowering.

Most of the worth we see is paper value - not real value.

I believe in capitalism. I believe in rewarding people who innovate, create, and enhance the well-being of those around them. But for the most part, that's not what Wall Street does these days.

In order for your view of capitalism to be realized, we are going to have to change human nature and the emotions which motivate people. What you are looking for is religion, not economics. Your concerns were addressed a couple of thousand years ago with the Sermon on the Mount.

You forgot, "...in my opinion" at the end. You state it like it is fact, which it is not. It is your opinion.

Conservation Voice wrote: You forgot, "...in my opinion" at the end. You state it like it is fact, which it is not. It is your opinion.

How often do we really see "IMO" on this board? Not very often.

Conservation Voice wrote: You forgot, "...in my opinion" at the end. You state it like it is fact, which it is not. It is your opinion.

It is extremely difficult to reply to such a post without insulting. But I will give it a try.

If I make a post it is my opinion, not the opinion of Fiddle Playing Joe, back home. Surely you can appreciate this. Very few newspaper editorials are prefaced with "This is my opinion:". But is it very clearly understood.

Please look upon an opinion forum as the expression of opinions. That would be the mature point of view.

Which is why it is sooo easy to be dismisive about what other people post here and other boards. "Opinions are like a**holes, everybody has one" But some folks come off as bigger a**holes when they act pretentious and dismiss every opinion that is not in step with theirs. IMO

Photo-fish wrote: Which is why it is sooo easy to be dismisive about what other people post here and other boards. "Opinions are like a**holes, everybody has one" But some folks come off as bigger a**holes when they act pretentious and dismiss every opinion that is not in step with theirs.

That's just your opinion :bash

Arlen wrote: Very few newspaper editorials are prefaced with "This is my opinion:". But is it very clearly understood.

It's understood because of their placement on the op-ed page, not in the pages devoted to news. That is the problem with Internet stories. Sometimes they are news stories; sometimes they are opinion pieces and are confused with news stories.