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Is Democracy Antithetical to 'Terrorism'

Is Democracy Antithetical to Terror

  • Yes, It surely is

    Votes: 1 6.3%

  • Maybe / Sort of / In some ways

    Votes: 4 25.0%

  • No / Not applicable

    Votes: 11 68.8%
  • Total voters
    16
  • Poll closed .
The Mark said:
Well then, I rephrase:

"Playing devil's advocate, what if they are one of the rare instances of something being both popular and best?"
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Since we are playing what if. If something is popular and best, than it is.
 
megaprogman said:
Since we are playing what if. If something is popular and best, than it is.
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An accurate and succinct statement of the obvious!

Dodgy bastard…
 
megaprogman said:
What motivated this?
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Well, I was attempting to get you to admit that your analysis of the "Tea Party" could possibly be incorrect.

But, I was either too circumspect, or you were dodging the question.

Thus...

Perhaps too circumspect.
 
The Mark said:
Well, I was attempting to get you to admit that your analysis of the "Tea Party" could possibly be incorrect.

But, I was either too circumspect, or you were dodging the question.

Thus...

Perhaps too circumspect.
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Anything I say is possibly incorrect. I am human and humans are prone to error.
 
The Mark said:
Excellent.
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I thought it was a reasonable assumption that pretty much every post here, (at least those about politics) was someone's opinion. Given that opinion requires analysis of a fact, opinion can easily be wrong for a variety of reasons.

Do some not share this assumption?
 
megaprogman said:
I thought it was a reasonable assumption that pretty much every post here, (at least those about politics) was someone's opinion. Given that opinion requires analysis of a fact, opinion can easily be wrong for a variety of reasons.

Do some not share this assumption?
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I believe so.
 
megaprogman said:
Unfortunately, I think you are correct.
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You have disproven your comment on whatever you say being possibly in error in referencing something you thought, therefore you are. I free you from said conundrum.
 
SE102 said:
You have disproven your comment on whatever you say being possibly in error in referencing something you thought, therefore you are. I free you from said conundrum.
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The way I look at it is that I have a high confidence in my own thoughts being true, but I have been wrong before and I will be wrong again.
 
megaprogman said:
The way I look at it is that I have a high confidence in my own thoughts being true, but I have been wrong before and I will be wrong again.
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You do not err in thinking that you thought though. ;). hence you are free. :kitty:
 
SE102 said:
You do not err in thinking that you thought though. ;). hence you are free. :kitty:
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That would be because the information on that particular thing is highly reliable and easily understandable, making any conclusion easier to reach and less prone to error.

As the subject gets more complex and/or information less reliable, than the chance of error increases.
 
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Unfortunately until we absorb a significant enough amount of information in our lives (personally) all thought must be structured in a framework of unknowing.

:kitty:

Someone bang a tantric drum.
 
SE102 said:
Is democracy anti-thetical to terrorism?
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"The best form of government is Democracy, tempered with Assasination"
-Voltaire


so long as it is those who are governing who are terrified of us, i'm cool with it.
 
SE102 said:
Unfortunately until we absorb a significant enough amount of information in our lives (personally) all thought must be structured in a framework of unknowing.

:kitty:

Someone bang a tantric drum.
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This is completely true. I believe this is why we naturally tend to look for patterns. To make connections through that gulf of a lack of information.
 
Uh.... o_O
so long as it is those who are governing who are terrified of us, i'm cool with it.
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That kinda stuff was alright when voltaire was alive....
 
SE102 said:
Describe one of these.... patterns. :)
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Well, one expression of it would be superstitian. Someone either noticed or thought they noticed a correlation between two events (black cat and something bad happening) and the pattern matching in our brain linked them up.

Another one is when we get sick while eating something, we tend to not want that to eat again. In that case, our body is trying to detect patterns in an effort to defend itself.
 
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megaprogman said:
Well, one expression of it would be superstitian. Someone either noticed or thought they noticed a correlation between two events (black cat and something bad happening) and the pattern matching in our brain linked them up.
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Or likely auspicious events led people to learn from a larger causal pattern in the universe which is not often repeated, but leaves a memory so strong is is culturally passed on.
 
SE102 said:
Or likely auspicious events led people to learn from a larger causal pattern in the universe which is not often repeated, but leaves a memory so strong is is culturally passed on.
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Still the point remains. We, as humans, are constantly trying to figure out the relationships between stuff.
 
And this is like grinding your head against a wall because these patterns are only decipherable or 'perceivable' at a higher state of consciousness. They can be encoded and interpreted and divined but this is merely a result of the opacity of wordly thinking. Let us empty our mind of all thoughts...

 
SE102 said:
And this is like grinding your head against a wall because these patterns are only decipherable or 'perceivable' at a higher state of consciousness. They can be encoded and interpreted and divined but this is merely a result of the opacity of wordly thinking. Let us empty our mind of all thoughts...

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Science does a good job at figuring out the causes for things. The problem with pattern matching is that it cannot tell the difference between correlation and causation. So while pattern matching has some use, there are superior ways of gathering data.
 
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