It's arguments like this that make fundamentalist Christians think the theory of evolution is a satanic plot to corrupt our children and turn them into terrorists.
And even if that's not really why, this kind of thinking certainly doesn't help the theory's public image.
Yes, but it's arguments like yours that make evolutionists think fundamentalist Christianity is a mass ineptitude movement designed to corrupt logical thought processes and turn people into non-thinking idiots.
And even if that's not true, that kind of thikning certainly doesn't help the Christians' public image.
I will never trust you. You are a doctor. It is in your best interest to keep me just well enough to survive, but sick enough to keep returning. You are exceptionally greedy, and you wouldn't hesitate to prolong, rather than cure, any illness. I will only go to doctors if I need to, and I will second guess EVERYTHING you say. It is for the best, because you wouldn't hesitate to kill me by making me take medications that are dangerous, but which you get kickbacks for prescribing.
This argument can be applid to your plumber equally to a doctor. For that matter, why not take on GM or Microsoft or (insert pretty much anyone that provides any service or product here) with the same complaint? After all, I'd say the majority of product and service providers in the world work with a business model that revolves around repeat customers. That doesn't mean doctors should be singled out for vilification, rather, we either need to change our business models, or, more realistically, our expectations of profit margins or of the services/products we are purchasing.
It's the capitalist circle of life you're describing. It's just the way the system works. If I had a dollar for every time my @#$%^& mechanic charged me too much or replaced a belt that was just fine, I could probably by myself a whole new car.
Actually, that is just one theory about the Dorian invasion. In fact, there isn't that much solidly known about the identity, ethnic or otherwise, of the Dorians.
Wow, I feel almost privileged to have been turned down for a job with these kinds of people.
I've always thought it was a compliment when stupid people think *you're* stupid.
Next up: Legislators install 360 degree cameras in public schools, because sexual predators are using them as channels to target children. Thousands of new jobs created so that millions of hours of tape can be meticulously reviewed to hunt out sexual abuse in schools. Lawsuits brought over the installation of cameras in washrooms and changing rooms. Arrests made over newly-hired film reviewers viewing tapes of children in school showers and posting them to the Internet.
Yet again a donkey solution posed to a common problem.
How about educating children so that they don't run off to meet people IRL they met on IRC or MySpace or whatever? How about parents spending enough time with kids to know when their child is engaging in this behaviour, or how about parents having meaningful conversations with their kids to ensure that they know the dangers involved in these behaviours?
I'm sorry, but we can't build in 345786 extra layers of time and money-wasting effort just to guard against the stupidity of a few users. I'm sorry, but if you can't protect your children, or teach your children to protect themselves enough to avoid being preyed on by the one in a million MySpace users who wants to abuse them, then you have bigger problems.
Driving your kid to school every day in the morning is more hazardous to their health than logging onto MySpace. Leaving your kid under the protection "in loco parentis" of his/her teachers for 8 hours a day is probably more likely to result in sexual abuse than logging into MySpace. Having a gun in your house is probably more dangerous to your child than logging onto MySpace.
Anyway, maintaining meticulous MySpace records doesn't stop the problem, it only fuels witch hunts and probably violates more peoples' privacies than anything else.
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And even if that's not really why, this kind of thinking certainly doesn't help the theory's public image.
Yes, but it's arguments like yours that make evolutionists think fundamentalist Christianity is a mass ineptitude movement designed to corrupt logical thought processes and turn people into non-thinking idiots. And even if that's not true, that kind of thikning certainly doesn't help the Christians' public image.
I will never trust you. You are a doctor. It is in your best interest to keep me just well enough to survive, but sick enough to keep returning. You are exceptionally greedy, and you wouldn't hesitate to prolong, rather than cure, any illness. I will only go to doctors if I need to, and I will second guess EVERYTHING you say. It is for the best, because you wouldn't hesitate to kill me by making me take medications that are dangerous, but which you get kickbacks for prescribing. This argument can be applid to your plumber equally to a doctor. For that matter, why not take on GM or Microsoft or (insert pretty much anyone that provides any service or product here) with the same complaint? After all, I'd say the majority of product and service providers in the world work with a business model that revolves around repeat customers. That doesn't mean doctors should be singled out for vilification, rather, we either need to change our business models, or, more realistically, our expectations of profit margins or of the services/products we are purchasing. It's the capitalist circle of life you're describing. It's just the way the system works. If I had a dollar for every time my @#$%^& mechanic charged me too much or replaced a belt that was just fine, I could probably by myself a whole new car.
You got room and board with that 15k too, eh?
Actually, that is just one theory about the Dorian invasion. In fact, there isn't that much solidly known about the identity, ethnic or otherwise, of the Dorians.
Wow, I feel almost privileged to have been turned down for a job with these kinds of people. I've always thought it was a compliment when stupid people think *you're* stupid.
Next up: Legislators install 360 degree cameras in public schools, because sexual predators are using them as channels to target children. Thousands of new jobs created so that millions of hours of tape can be meticulously reviewed to hunt out sexual abuse in schools. Lawsuits brought over the installation of cameras in washrooms and changing rooms. Arrests made over newly-hired film reviewers viewing tapes of children in school showers and posting them to the Internet.
Yet again a donkey solution posed to a common problem.
How about educating children so that they don't run off to meet people IRL they met on IRC or MySpace or whatever? How about parents spending enough time with kids to know when their child is engaging in this behaviour, or how about parents having meaningful conversations with their kids to ensure that they know the dangers involved in these behaviours?
I'm sorry, but we can't build in 345786 extra layers of time and money-wasting effort just to guard against the stupidity of a few users. I'm sorry, but if you can't protect your children, or teach your children to protect themselves enough to avoid being preyed on by the one in a million MySpace users who wants to abuse them, then you have bigger problems.
Driving your kid to school every day in the morning is more hazardous to their health than logging onto MySpace.
Leaving your kid under the protection "in loco parentis" of his/her teachers for 8 hours a day is probably more likely to result in sexual abuse than logging into MySpace.
Having a gun in your house is probably more dangerous to your child than logging onto MySpace.
Anyway, maintaining meticulous MySpace records doesn't stop the problem, it only fuels witch hunts and probably violates more peoples' privacies than anything else.