en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1356032 Comments by tilgorekrout http://www.hoosieraccess.com/2011/04/20/petition-to-redistribute-gpa-scores/#IDComment149155345 time isn't a resource that can be hoarded; time is distributed evenly for everyone while they're alive. Thu, 5 May 2011 14:12:18 +0000 http://www.hoosieraccess.com/2011/04/20/petition-to-redistribute-gpa-scores/#IDComment149155345 http://www.hoosieraccess.com/2011/04/20/petition-to-redistribute-gpa-scores/#IDComment144995110 With curved classes I'd grant you a bit of ambiguity, but practically speaking, there are very few classes (none that I have ever experienced) that will actually curve down due to an abundance of high grades. There is still no real scarcity in grades as there is in the realm of material goods. It's not as simple as "the meanies took his success away" (for one thing, 'success' is an intangible concept-- call it what it is: material wealth); like I said before, we live in a world of finite resources, and I see no reason why we all should feel compelled to live under the philosophy that property allotments (which are arbitrary when we come into this world, and correlate with one's positive contributions to society only weakly) are somehow absolute and untouchable. You can believe in that, of course, but it strikes me as an incredibly flawed philosophy, the flaws of which reveal themselves to us increasingly with every year (it seems absurd that one person should be able to hypothetically control all of the material wealth on earth, and that every other living being should be morally compelled to shrug their shoulders and mutter 'the free market has spoken...') Fri, 22 Apr 2011 03:38:25 +0000 http://www.hoosieraccess.com/2011/04/20/petition-to-redistribute-gpa-scores/#IDComment144995110 http://www.hoosieraccess.com/2011/04/20/petition-to-redistribute-gpa-scores/#IDComment144704914 There isn't necessarily any concept of scarcity in GPA scores, as there is in material resources; the two concepts are not analogous. Whether I happen to get a 4.0 or a 0 GPA has no direct effect on someone else's opportunity to get a high/low GPA; however... privatization, hoarding, etc. necessarily decrease the amount of available resources for everyone else to utilize. If material resources were infinite, I suppose how I could see this argument being legitimate (though, under that philosophy, you'd basically be stating that those who cannot physically provide for themselves deserve no support... that's another story), but they're not, and so this is an obviously flawed analogy. Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:42:04 +0000 http://www.hoosieraccess.com/2011/04/20/petition-to-redistribute-gpa-scores/#IDComment144704914 http://bigpeace.com/jtreese/2011/01/27/why-are-we-in-afghanistan/#IDComment124289355 butbutbut... believing that our government/military are essentially a humanitarian organization JUST MAKES US FEEL SO GOOD ABOUT OURSELVES! Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:00:12 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/jtreese/2011/01/27/why-are-we-in-afghanistan/#IDComment124289355 http://bigpeace.com/jtreese/2011/01/27/why-are-we-in-afghanistan/#IDComment124288952 You're disgusting. Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:57:06 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/jtreese/2011/01/27/why-are-we-in-afghanistan/#IDComment124288952 http://bigpeace.com/jtreese/2011/01/27/why-are-we-in-afghanistan/#IDComment124288434 funny, that sounds kind of like what Islamic terrorism recruiters would say to their men regarding Westerners. THEY'RE ALL FASCISTS WHO WANT TO KILL US! WE MUST TAKE THE BATTLE TO THEM TO PROTECT OURSELVES! funny, funny, funny... Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:52:37 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/jtreese/2011/01/27/why-are-we-in-afghanistan/#IDComment124288434 http://bigpeace.com/jtreese/2011/01/27/why-are-we-in-afghanistan/#IDComment124288212 wait... so... NOT wishing to mow down countless human beings just to prove military might now falls under 'politically correct'? I hadn't been under the impression that being a bloodthirsty psychopath was a key aspect of being 'politically incorrect', but you're convincing me to re-evaluate my opinion on that matter. ...yikes. Do you know what they call people like you when they come from Islamic cultures? They call them f*cking terrorists! Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:50:44 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/jtreese/2011/01/27/why-are-we-in-afghanistan/#IDComment124288212 http://bigpeace.com/jtreese/2011/01/27/why-are-we-in-afghanistan/#IDComment124287706 What's this obsession over exporting our culture in the first place? Yeah, moving forward ideals like our basic civil rights is great, but that hardly need be a package deal with the goddamn baconator. Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:46:27 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/jtreese/2011/01/27/why-are-we-in-afghanistan/#IDComment124287706 http://bigpeace.com/jtreese/2011/01/27/why-are-we-in-afghanistan/#IDComment124287097 translation: ignoring your arguments and calling you crazy is a lot easier than trying to refute them. Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:41:45 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/jtreese/2011/01/27/why-are-we-in-afghanistan/#IDComment124287097 http://bigpeace.com/jtreese/2011/01/27/why-are-we-in-afghanistan/#IDComment124286823 "Why do conservatives bemoan the Federal government when they regulate the size of our toilets but expect other people, foreigners with no say at all in our government, to be passive while our government blows up their families (and enable Israel to do the same) and sticks guns in their faces? " ...because conservatism isn't a coherent political philosophy? Conservatives aren't against big government, per se, they're against big government when it has the potential to inconvenience them. On issues such as national security, they're willing to take everything their leaders say on complete faith, and basically give them as much power as they want, so long as they're convinced that there's a threat (and it's not very hard to convince them of that). And finally, and quite critically, there's this subconscious (or even, often times, overtly conscious) notion in many people's heads that the value of an American life is worth much more than the value of an Middle Eastern life. Compare the base number of casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan against the civilian deaths coming from terrorist actions, and TRY to tell me that they give a rat's ass about 'protecting innocent life'. Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:39:26 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/jtreese/2011/01/27/why-are-we-in-afghanistan/#IDComment124286823 http://frontpagemag.com/2010/05/07/hollywood-gets-it-right-again/#IDComment123128753 I call a political adaptation of Poe's Law on this-- this really sounds like something a person on the left might post if they were trying to make fun of how conservatives sound (I GOT A GUN GUNS = FREEDOM DON'T TAX ME LOL)... but, then again, you never know. Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:31:03 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2010/05/07/hollywood-gets-it-right-again/#IDComment123128753 http://frontpagemag.com/2010/05/07/hollywood-gets-it-right-again/#IDComment123128337 What utter nonsense-- "democracy in economic terms" is social democracy, a system in which people determine how to allocate resources by popular vote. Just because individuals are allowed to make (mostly-) free decisions with whatever resources they happen to own DOES NOT make such a system "democratic". ...in fact, I'm not sure if you entirely grasp what 'democracy' even means-- it sounds more like you wanted to make capitalism sound better by connecting it to a concept with established popular support (democracy)... even if the logical link is essentially non-existent. Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:25:48 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2010/05/07/hollywood-gets-it-right-again/#IDComment123128337 http://biggovernment.com/reasontv/2010/12/14/budget-chef-how-to-balance-budget-wo-raising-taxes/#IDComment116007725 I don't think you understand how a 'budget' works. In a budget, you have a set amount of money to spend on the things you need/want. The federal budget is [supposed to be] financed through tax revenue. When you cut taxes, you bring in LESS REVENUE. Taxes aren't spending, but they result in the same net effect-- decreasing revenue by $100B a year has mathematically the same effect as increasing spending by $100B a year. Understand? Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:02:00 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/reasontv/2010/12/14/budget-chef-how-to-balance-budget-wo-raising-taxes/#IDComment116007725 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2010/12/10/students-against-hummus-not-hamas/#IDComment115289692 "And, I think we can all agree: since Jews are bad, a Jewish military is really bad!" You lose all privileges to whine about liberals being over-sensitive to racism when you judge that anyone who doesn't 100% support Israel is an anti-Semite. Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:28:03 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2010/12/10/students-against-hummus-not-hamas/#IDComment115289692 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2010/12/10/students-against-hummus-not-hamas/#IDComment115289286 Even *I* can concede that this comment wins the thread. *slow clap* Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:24:36 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2010/12/10/students-against-hummus-not-hamas/#IDComment115289286 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2010/12/10/students-against-hummus-not-hamas/#IDComment115288999 "Good... good... let the hate flow through you!" Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:22:09 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2010/12/10/students-against-hummus-not-hamas/#IDComment115288999 http://biggovernment.com/smotley/2010/11/08/net-neutrality-the-kid-sitting-by-himself-in-the-high-school-cafeteria/#IDComment108630672 If freedom is letting your ISP decide what content you really need to see, you guys are simply inspiring in your love of freedom. Mon, 8 Nov 2010 22:05:40 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/smotley/2010/11/08/net-neutrality-the-kid-sitting-by-himself-in-the-high-school-cafeteria/#IDComment108630672 http://biggovernment.com/smotley/2010/11/08/net-neutrality-the-kid-sitting-by-himself-in-the-high-school-cafeteria/#IDComment108630134 I had no idea how much conservatives loved permitting big businesses to dominate every cubic inch of our lives. I mean, sometimes liberals get a bit like that with central government, but you guys REALLY take the cake-- it's like a full-on masochistic-sadistic relationship right here! Mon, 8 Nov 2010 22:03:23 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/smotley/2010/11/08/net-neutrality-the-kid-sitting-by-himself-in-the-high-school-cafeteria/#IDComment108630134 http://bigjournalism.com/wthuston/2010/10/01/when-a-journalist-hasnt-a-clue-about-the-constitution/#IDComment101792891 My god, are you ever a hateful person. The fact that you are a writer for this blog says a lot about this site. I mean, most of your readers engage as willfully into a spiteful "us vs them" mindset as you do, so, I mean, there's no problem with reader approval.. but if an outsider who DOESN'T have a worldview in which one political side is looked upon as subhumans stumbles in, don't expect this blog to catch any of those flies. Fri, 1 Oct 2010 14:37:10 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/wthuston/2010/10/01/when-a-journalist-hasnt-a-clue-about-the-constitution/#IDComment101792891 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/08/11/jon-stewart-the-race-card-is-maxed-out/#IDComment92690296 Failed reversal: 0 points. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:11:46 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/08/11/jon-stewart-the-race-card-is-maxed-out/#IDComment92690296