Comments on: Fight? http://www.ceaselessone.com/student/2007/07/fight/ Things I learn while living life as per usual Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:58:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Boris Dieseldorff http://www.ceaselessone.com/student/2007/07/fight/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Boris Dieseldorff Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:27:00 +0000 http://www.ceaselessone.com/student/?p=81#comment-50 I think I mean rational here as in analytical; ie holding a good robot as an ideal for rationalism. I do not mean chill smart thinking peeps. I apologize if this was misconstrued.<br/><br/>My point was that humans are human and won't simply run numbers to decide what is better. I think I mean rational here as in analytical; ie holding a good robot as an ideal for rationalism. I do not mean chill smart thinking peeps. I apologize if this was misconstrued.

My point was that humans are human and won’t simply run numbers to decide what is better.

]]> By: Tim Smith http://www.ceaselessone.com/student/2007/07/fight/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Tim Smith Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:23:00 +0000 http://www.ceaselessone.com/student/?p=81#comment-49 Extra "rights" necessarily come at someone else's expense. (see also: Russia, where being rich means you don't have to play by the rule of law.) This would further disadvantage the impoverished and accrue no obvious benefit to anyone.<br/><br/>Also: you are not always right. I see no justification for claiming that an American caste system would only be repugnant to 'the less rational minds' of the general population. Extra “rights” necessarily come at someone else’s expense. (see also: Russia, where being rich means you don’t have to play by the rule of law.) This would further disadvantage the impoverished and accrue no obvious benefit to anyone.

Also: you are not always right. I see no justification for claiming that an American caste system would only be repugnant to ‘the less rational minds’ of the general population.

]]> By: Boris Dieseldorff http://www.ceaselessone.com/student/2007/07/fight/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Boris Dieseldorff Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.ceaselessone.com/student/?p=81#comment-43 Valid. But the neat thing about the article's suggestion is the explicitness of it. Imagine if the law was that you didn't even have to go get slapped on the wrist. In other words, if there was an absolute difference in addition to a relative difference that came at a large premium, would the rich be up for it. And would everyone else be OK with that?<br/><br/>It seems like there might even be old money new money tensions somewhere in there... Valid. But the neat thing about the article’s suggestion is the explicitness of it. Imagine if the law was that you didn’t even have to go get slapped on the wrist. In other words, if there was an absolute difference in addition to a relative difference that came at a large premium, would the rich be up for it. And would everyone else be OK with that?

It seems like there might even be old money new money tensions somewhere in there…

]]> By: Bruno http://www.ceaselessone.com/student/2007/07/fight/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Bruno Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:55:00 +0000 http://www.ceaselessone.com/student/?p=81#comment-42 Umm the rich already have extra rights. The right to speed. Yeah eventually you can accumulate too many points on your license and not be able to drive anymore. But the rich have the "right" to speed because if they get caught the ticket won't be a big deal to them.<br/><br/>Then there is the hiring of $500/hr lawyers to get out of their messes. Or how a certain someone told in all seriousness that the only reason they got into a certain law school is b/c of her dad's financial contributions to that university. I could go on... Umm the rich already have extra rights. The right to speed. Yeah eventually you can accumulate too many points on your license and not be able to drive anymore. But the rich have the “right” to speed because if they get caught the ticket won’t be a big deal to them.

Then there is the hiring of $500/hr lawyers to get out of their messes. Or how a certain someone told in all seriousness that the only reason they got into a certain law school is b/c of her dad’s financial contributions to that university. I could go on…

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