tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28615995.post6213156633662534918..comments2023-09-30T04:41:24.558-07:00Comments on Ephemeral Isle: Save the NHS.. For the high jumpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28615995.post-50059417088012906172011-06-03T17:04:32.960-07:002011-06-03T17:04:32.960-07:00:) Ironmistress, I didn't know this was a comp...:) Ironmistress, I didn't know this was a competition to vanquish one another! Really, please tell me our little chats haven't put you in such a snit. Please please please?<br /><br />(You're so cute when you're angry!)Wesleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28615995.post-20323094576372807452011-06-03T02:21:21.016-07:002011-06-03T02:21:21.016-07:00Wesley, I'd like you to provide less rhetorics...Wesley, I'd like you to provide less rhetorics and more cold facts. Please prove factually that I am wrong or admit your defeat. Going into ad hominems is a sign of defeat.Ironmistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980947020126620086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28615995.post-43430019060219747622011-06-02T12:48:21.045-07:002011-06-02T12:48:21.045-07:00Ironmistress, I guess anyone can make up a slogan....Ironmistress, I guess anyone can make up a slogan. It's just most of us aren't quite as long-winded about it.Wesleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28615995.post-13517729234384198822011-06-02T12:45:24.723-07:002011-06-02T12:45:24.723-07:00That's right, Ironmistress.
Roll over, play d...That's right, Ironmistress.<br /><br />Roll over, play dead.<br /><br />Ignorance is in your head.Wesleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28615995.post-86828364037258747282011-06-02T00:08:31.926-07:002011-06-02T00:08:31.926-07:00I would say that capitalists are unable to earn mo...<i>I would say that capitalists are unable to earn money from anyone who is unwilling to buy their products, as said products are not mandated - Unlike government "products" (programs), which must be purchased via taxation under penalty of fines, imprisonment, or both.</i><br /><br />You seem not to understand the concept of "voluntary coercion". <br /><br />Voluntary coercion means a virtually free choice of either choosing to act or refuse from action, where refusal will lead into an even worse situation.<br /><br />You may refuse from buying a car, in which case you are on mercy of trains and buses. You may refuse from buying a computer, which will deny from your access to Internet. You may refuse from following the fashion, which will lead you unattractive in the eyes of the opposite sex. And so on.<br /><br />Capitalism is full of said voluntary coercions, which ensure you will either buy or cry and buy. If you think you are clever and not dance to the Capitalist's tune, you are singled out.<br /><br />You may refuse from education. Which will leave you uncompetitive in the job market. You may refuse from health care. Which will result in incapacitation or death. These are things where refusal is a catastrophe. Yet the commodity is quite the same between all the providers and there are no real choices.<br /><br />What makes you think profit-seeking industry would do better job on natural cartels such as health care or education?<br /><br />Or will the result be lousy commodities at maximum present where the small guy pays through the nose?<br /><br />Our difference is that I have first hand experience on how Capitalism works in the real world and I know it is a scam. You don't.Ironmistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980947020126620086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28615995.post-78014254933076151272011-06-01T19:19:19.769-07:002011-06-01T19:19:19.769-07:00I would say that capitalists are unable to earn mo...I would say that capitalists are unable to earn money from anyone who is unwilling to buy their products, as said products are not mandated - Unlike government "products" (programs), which must be purchased via taxation under penalty of fines, imprisonment, or both.<br /><br />But why bother? Oh wait, I did.<br /><br />Not that it'll make a difference to your cloistered hatred of free enterprise and those who practice it, Ironmistress.Wesleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28615995.post-45395309239117883702011-06-01T19:11:57.418-07:002011-06-01T19:11:57.418-07:00Oh joy! Ironmistress is riding her unicorn into th...Oh joy! Ironmistress is riding her unicorn into the false dawn of her failed ideology once more. We knew we could count on you, IM!<br /><br />(For the sake of the readers who may not follow IM on David's other comment posts: A more reasoned rebuttal fails to produce any discernible nods to logic, so the above is probably the best response in this instance. Check some of the other comments out; they're mildly entertaining.)<br /><br />Ironmistress, you're probably very fun at a party - It would provide a venue where you would be able to broaden your repertoire.Wesleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28615995.post-59267291378194713322011-06-01T14:54:30.610-07:002011-06-01T14:54:30.610-07:00Wesley, when the Capitalists steal big money from ...Wesley, when the Capitalists steal big money from the people, the result is not likely to be any better.Ironmistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980947020126620086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28615995.post-35837776770217270172011-06-01T14:07:38.554-07:002011-06-01T14:07:38.554-07:00Particularly since politicians use big money stole...Particularly since politicians use big money stolen from people they supposedly represent to bribe "scientists" to "prove" the politicians' pet worldviews are correct.Wesleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28615995.post-1361213727325275562011-06-01T10:03:01.984-07:002011-06-01T10:03:01.984-07:00Science and politics usually mix very badly togeth...Science and politics usually mix very badly together.<br /><br />As do science and big money.Ironmistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980947020126620086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28615995.post-46257845106725460962011-06-01T07:32:46.526-07:002011-06-01T07:32:46.526-07:00But they do have lots of jolly nice machines that ...But they do have lots of jolly nice machines that go *ping*. So there's that.C Palmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28615995.post-76618768966348424472011-06-01T03:01:28.765-07:002011-06-01T03:01:28.765-07:00Smells like eugenics. And we all know where that e...Smells like eugenics. And we all know where that ended up everywhere it was attempted.<br /><br /> cheers<br /><br />eoneonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08580152241525427599noreply@blogger.com