Bankers Need To Recconect With Their Morals?

[Schneibster]

Money.

[Atheist-Lite]

Money.

Rap and a bad media distorting values.

[Schneibster]

Values are for shit when you couldn't afford dinner for your kids last night.

[Clinton Huxley]

Hey, if you wanna ignore somebody who predicted the crash in 2000 and owns one more Nobel Prize than you, fine.

I refer you to my previous posts.

Argument from authority fallacy much?

Argument from authority is only a fallacy if the cited authority isn't actually an authority.

This one has a Nobel Prize.

You should probably bother to actually research what logical fallacy arguments mean before you try to use them in an actual argument.

Just sayin'.

Incorrect.

Oh, really?

http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacie ... ority.html

This fallacy is committed when the person in question is not a legitimate authority on the subject.

Duh.

From wiki:-

Most of what authority a has to say on subject matter S is correct.
a says p about S.
Therefore, p is correct.

You tedious bore, you.

[Horwood Beer-Master]

And the Great Recession has nothing to do with it.

OK.

Actually, I didn't make any comment at all about whether-or-not the summer riots had anything to do with the economic crisis (although as it happens, I think the cultural attitudes embodied by the rioters has been brewing within certain strata of British society for probably at least two-or-three decades now).

You were the one trying to imply that these riots were part of some growing economic/political awareness among the general population - linked in some way to students and the St. Paul's occupiers - and it was that implication alone I was disputing, not any influence current economic conditions may (or may not) have played in the riots.

[Schneibster]

From wiki:-

Most of what authority a has to say on subject matter S is correct.
a says p about S.
Therefore, p is correct.

You tedious bore, you.

That's an insult, so I win.

[Schneibster]

And the Great Recession has nothing to do with it.

OK.

Actually, I didn't make any comment at all about whether-or-not the summer riots had anything to do with the economic crisis

Stop it. I'm not going to bother splitting hairs with you. It's boring. If you want to talk about reality I'm here anytime.

[Clinton Huxley]

From wiki:-

Most of what authority a has to say on subject matter S is correct.
a says p about S.
Therefore, p is correct.

You tedious bore, you.

That's an insult, so I win.

Hopeless case.

[Atheist-Lite]

Some poor ethnic communities didn't riot. The Chinese didn't riot, the indians didin't riot and even the poverty stricken bangledeshi's didn't riot. The ones who did looting the shop appears to be unduly that subculture influenced by black american rap with its violent me-first messages. And with David Starkey I have to say some of the whites involved seemed to be those who have culturally turned 'black' with the same language characterised by homophobia, seeing women as property or whores, a need for fast cars, drugs and medalians...etc.

[Horwood Beer-Master]

And the Great Recession has nothing to do with it.

OK.

Actually, I didn't make any comment at all about whether-or-not the summer riots had anything to do with the economic crisis

Stop it. I'm not going to bother splitting hairs with you. It's boring. If you want to talk about reality I'm here anytime.

You: A is true.
Me: A is not true.
You: So you don't think B is true.
Me: No, I don't think A is true.
You: Stop splitting hairs!

[Schneibster]

And the Great Recession has nothing to do with it.

OK.

Actually, I didn't make any comment at all about whether-or-not the summer riots had anything to do with the economic crisis

Stop it. I'm not going to bother splitting hairs with you. It's boring. If you want to talk about reality I'm here anytime.

You: A is true.
Me: A is not true.
You: So you don't think B is true.
Me: No, I don't think A is true.
You: Stop splitting hairs!

It's still boring. i'm tired of playing "gotcha." You don't actually have anything to say, you're here to snipe. Go ahead. I don't care.

[Horwood Beer-Master]

...You don't actually have anything to say, you're here to snipe...

No I was here to dispute your implication in this post and this post that recent rioting in England was part of some kind of growing political/economic awareness or movement, rather than a bunch of thugs going on a mass free-for-all rampage because they felt they could get away with it.

Apparently rather than either concede or contest the point, you decided you'd seamlessly change the subject.

[Schneibster]

Ummm, I need to point out that it's rioting, and they're short of money because the economy's fucked up which is pretty much why they're rioting.

It's kinda obvious.

[Horwood Beer-Master]

Ummm, I need to point out that it's rioting, and they're short of money because the economy's fucked up which is pretty much why they're rioting.

It's kinda obvious.

Sometimes the apparently obvious is wrong.

[Schneibster]

Usually it's not and people who claim it is are trying to work you.