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Stefan Member
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Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:04 pm
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Dudes. Lets not also forget the latest ruling by the WTO and the impact it has on NAFTA with subsidies on timber. Ottawa will appeal to the International Trade group.
Don't think what happens to just timber in the U.S....but also think about what is happening in Canada.....and South America where Weyerhaeuser now has large plots of land.....
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16088 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
Stefan wrote: | I liked it when Georgie was on vacation. Nothing happened. |
Cept 75 US and over 1k iraqis killed oh and Katrina
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Tom Admin
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Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:36 pm
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OK guys, no more politics. Stay on topic or this gets locked.
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MtnGoat Member
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Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:28 pm
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Malachai Constant wrote: | Yes, it is impossible to prove a universal negative, satisfied |
Yes. Therefore, it's an invalid argument to make... if you intend any kind of proof to back it up.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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Malachai Constant Member
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MtnGoat wrote: | Malachai Constant wrote: | Yes, it is impossible to prove a universal negative, satisfied |
Yes. Therefore, it's an invalid argument to make... if you intend any kind of proof to back it up. |
WRONG just because something cannot logically be proved it does not mean the argument is invalid. Few things can be logically proved except mathematical proofs (and only there when axioms are assumed to be true). In the case of using the "Free Market" to conserve natural resources. The result is the well know url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons]Tragedy of the commons[/url]. Historical Precedent is another example where unfettered development of natural resources led to decimation of forests and depletion on american oilfields in the late 19th and early 20 centuries. For future reference I am tired and will not play your sophistic games.
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MtnGoat Member
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:03 am
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Quote: | WRONG just because something cannot logically be proved it does not mean the argument is invalid. |
I expect rational argument to be grounded in rational process and method, and this includes the *requirement* for testability.
If you are making a statement that has no possible condition for testability, wether or not you actually PURSUE said testability, you're making an irrational statement by definition... since reason cannot be applied to something non testable.
If irrational conditions are not invalid as argument, then you're not pursuing a rational argument.
Zillions and zillions of things can be proven beyond mathematics. I can prove I have an apple in my lunchbox. I can prove my eyes have a certain color. We can prove so and so's finger prints are on a stolen article.
We can even determine if these questions are provable without actually doing so, and that's all that is required to meet the testability standard.
So when you claim we can know what the market response is to logging public lands under regulatory conditions that as far as I know have never existed, yes, I have a problem with those statements.
And since they cannot be tested, anyone using these ideas in rationally examining this issue is introducing a source of error into what they are basing decisions upon.
Quote: | Historical Precedent is another example where unfettered development of natural resources led to decimation of forests and depletion on american oilfields in the late 19th and early 20 centuries. |
I think you'll find, if you care to actually examine these cases, that the free market played little role in any of these situations. Oil fields and production and transport right monopolies were granted and protected by govt power and law, just like they did with railroad lands and the forests that went with them.
The sad fact is, the use of these issues as "proof" that free markets don't work is actually proof of the abuse of govt power by NOT permitting free markets.
Quote: | For future reference I am tired and will not play your sophistic games. |
If you can't even see the point of defending what you think you know, and why you think you know it, that's fine with me. That will leave me an open field to critique points without response.
I'm uncertain why it's too much trouble to show arguments have empirical value and rational basis, but that this is the case shows something about the nature of the arguments being made.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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Guiran Member
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:40 am
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But I imagine you'd have no problem defending the statement:
"Free markets always provide the best solution."
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:51 am
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Lead Dog Member
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:13 am
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This whole thread has become sooooooo Wake me up when M/C goes home.
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16088 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:27 am
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Malachai Constant wrote: | That sounds like a personal attack to me. |
Nope. It was long ago established that personal attacks come only in the form of something like me calling you a jerk. Sarcasm, inuendo, do not qualify. Sorry, jerk.
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MtnGoat Member
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:27 am
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If it's considered an "attack" to examine the basis of your posts, then maybe it's time to consider the nature of their content.
I did not attack *you*. I critiqued the basis of your statement. And I didn't post butt showing icons either.... whose derisive nature *does* indicate personal attack.
as for marylou, she apparently has a problem with discussing thread topics in any depth, beyond initial claims and statements made in response to said topic.
I trust any discussion of any other points made by any other posters will be met with the same criteria for "hijacking".
the bottom line... if you expect to have a rational discussion, use rational arguments... which does not include the untestable.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16088 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
Goat I did not say you attacked me that was for Leaddogs benefit
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MtnGoat Member
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:33 am
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Guiran wrote: | But I imagine you'd have no problem defending the statement:
"Free markets always provide the best solution." |
Nope, I wouldn't have a problem defending it... but I wouldn't claim that that statement is a rationally testable argument, as it contains value judgements I(best).
After all, there's a difference between using admittedly irrational defenses and ideals, and using irrational ones but claiming they are not. I have no problem admitting the idea of "best" is in the eye of the beholder, and will never contend that 'best' is sufficient for rational argument without explicit modifiers that contain testable axioms to establish context.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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