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In response to "I'm in love with Mel's imagery of a dragon guarding its stash. That is the GOP and its allied interests exactly." by TWuG

I'm even more cynical than that...

Posted by Mel Profit (aka mel profit) Oct 1 '13, 11:25

I've got mine. I'm going to get more. Some of it is actually yours but I'm going to convince you that I deserve it. It's in your own interest to let me take some of yours because if someone stops me they'll stop you when you work hard enough and do it too.

But don't listen to me. I'm a lost cause on this.

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I don't think so - it's just human nature to credit yourself for your successes, and devalue the contributions made by others. - Roger More Oct 1, 11:46 9
- Your IM is one of the reasons I fear for our brand of democracy, frankly. "Free speech" means spreading bad information is protected - con_carne Oct 1, 11:54 6
  - It's protected from government ban, but it's not protected from other free speech. - Roger More Oct 1, 12:18 3
    - I'm going to invent a Mecha Free Speech Robot to do battle with the BS-Robot. - Mel Profit Oct 1, 12:20 2
      - I like BS-Bot - it implies a kneejerk response that isn't interested in alternate views -- nm - Roger More Oct 1, 12:25 1
        
        (while lots of robots - Data, Johnny 5, the T-800 - suffer Pinocchio syndrome and want to be human) -- nm - Roger More Oct 1, 12:27
  - with multiple cable news channels, the ability to select your own totally biased editorial views is returning us to the yellow journalism of the 1800' - zeitgeist Oct 1, 12:14 1
    - I can loan you a proofreader if you like. -- nm - William Randolph Hearst Oct 1, 12:21
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  - Yeah, I suppose I'm thinking more about ordinary people than the leadership/interest groups that started the convo -- nm - Roger More Oct 1, 11:53
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and... - znufrii Oct 1, 11:27 12
- and... - Mel Profit Oct 1, 11:29 11
  - *sends their kids to public school, votes for people who make sure no one else gets public school* The list goes on and on. -- nm - con_carne Oct 1, 11:47 3
    - Did you mean "sends their kids to private school, votes against school vouchers"? - Dr.Vermin Oct 1, 12:25 2
      - Oh, there are lots of votes against public schools. They happen at the local level and are votes against - TWuG Oct 1, 12:32
      - I don't see the problem in that, as they are still paying for public schools. -- nm - Reagen Oct 1, 12:30
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    - the latter seems to me to be more of a "I get mine first" attitude. -- nm - Reagen Oct 1, 12:28
    - because there are so many out there who are the latter...that's worse. - Mel Profit Oct 1, 11:43 1
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  - and... - znufrii Oct 1, 11:34 2
    - and... -- (link) - znufrii Oct 1, 11:36 1
      - my desire to set the entire thing alight is diminished. thank you. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 1, 11:40

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