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Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Twirling Time, Jan 21, 2020.

  1. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    The same dog the Penn State dude was boning?
     
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  2. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    It's not that elementary in practice.

    If everyone did all the "shoulds" . ... we wouldn't ever need international cooperation to codify all kinds of "shoulds" that people don't actually do in reality, as elementary as they seem. ... including, perhaps, neutral inspectors making sure that everyone is adhering to agreed-upon standards.

    A country like China is secretive, has a history of cutting corners and always prioritizes the political needs of Xi Jinping over everything else; even if it means behaving in harmful ways. If we had any evidence that a lab leak caused the pandemic, it would at least give the international community some leverage in getting China to sign onto protocols.

    Simply because we'd know definitively that the pandemic was caused by an accident would put pressure on people doing similar research to standardize protocols and take them more seriously than they might have otherwise. It would lead to better regulation.
     
  3. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Are you being held against your will? Blink once for yes, twice for no.
     
  4. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

  5. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    these fucking guys, a thread

     
  6. Smallpotatoes

    Smallpotatoes Well-Known Member

    Rogan barely spent a week at UMass-Boston. What qualifies him to be someone millions of people turn to to make sense of the world?

    Why does anyone need anyone else to make sense of the world for them?

    While we’re at it, where did RFK, Jr. get his medical degree?

    And why do experts have to be willing to debate anyone?
     
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  7. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    What does his lack of time at college have to do with anything? George Carlin and Louis CK didn't spend a day in college from what I can tell and people admire their thoughts. (With the obvious caveat about CK).

    Jeff Dunham went to college. I wouldn't listen to a word he says.
     
  8. Smallpotatoes

    Smallpotatoes Well-Known Member

    He doesn’t have the formal education to know that what RFK Jr. Is saying is wrong.
    That’s the problem.
    You really think Tim Pool, a ninth-grade dropout, could know enough about anything to be a competent journalist?
     
  9. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    If you're going to challenge the knowledge and the competency of someone who has 8 or more years of college education and decades of experience in a highly specialized field, you need to have a clue what the hell you're talking about. Neither Rogan nor Kennedy do. That's not a debate.
     
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  10. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    It wasn't initially expressed in those terms. It was what does a person who didn't get through a term at UMass Boston could ever know.

    Citing his lack of higher education is a poor argumentative technique. Along with his taking a job as an actor in his thirties.
     
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  11. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    Challenge his statements based on what he said. Not based on whether he graduated college or some job he took. It's cheap.
     
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  12. Smallpotatoes

    Smallpotatoes Well-Known Member

    Shouldn’t someone who millions of people turn to to make sense of the world have enough formal education to understand the issues he’s making sense of for people?
    What, exactly, qualifies him for that role?
    And why does or should that role even exist?
     
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