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Post by Tamrin on Jan 23, 2012 19:32:34 GMT 10
The idea that 51% can vote the destruction of the rights of 49% is contrary to my belief in personal liberty. Is your belief relevant?No more OR less relevant than the opinions of each and every other citizen (that brings us back to Democracy). Mind you, the expression of an opinion is not in itself an argument. Bro. Brandt, does your opinion of personal liberty know no bounds? What about where another person's exercise of their unlimited liberty impacts on you? If there are due bounds, who sets and enforces them?
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Post by maximus on Jan 24, 2012 0:51:05 GMT 10
Smithee, since you brought it up. I have been working since I was a child. As a brick mason, driving and "idiot stick," logistics and project management. Spent time in the USAF and have served as a corrections officer. So yes, hard work. You have had many opportunities. He was also homeless and living under a bridge at one point...
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Post by brandt on Jan 24, 2012 1:18:22 GMT 10
That is true and a rough point that I worked my way out of. It seems like so long ago. Times change.
Brother Philip. The only bound on personal liberty is that I cannot infringe upon the liberty of another.
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Post by maximus on Jan 24, 2012 6:26:10 GMT 10
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Post by maximus on Jan 24, 2012 6:41:17 GMT 10
Democracy: Two wolves and a sheep voting on what is for dinner.
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Post by brandt on Jan 24, 2012 11:20:33 GMT 10
It does come down to basics. Is personal liberty important enough to be protected? From that decision others are derived. Path dependence.
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Post by brandt on Jan 24, 2012 11:24:18 GMT 10
Sorry I was a bit off beam there. When I called you a Psychologist I meant you should know what made people tick. What motivates them, how some people get waylaid and so on. I hear the profession is meant to be non-judgmental. Had you been a Sociologist I would have expected you to have some understanding of the forces which push people in different directions. I don't take much personal offense Brother. No harm, no foul. The only problem that I have with sociology, and my colleagues in that field know this about me, is that they have a tendency to ignore the sometimes uncomfortable empirical evidence. My current line of research that I am starting has to do with the forces and the realities of attitude shift in a non-linear fashion. Some social sciences have been plagued with dealing with non-linear systems. I am working on that right now. I still have time for my private life even after the time and half that I put in regularly on my own work and other work.
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Post by lanoo on Jan 24, 2012 12:47:10 GMT 10
"My current line of research that I am starting has to do with the forces and the realities of attitude shift in a non-linear fashion."
Please explain.
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Post by lanoo on Jan 24, 2012 13:09:26 GMT 10
"they have a tendency to ignore the sometimes uncomfortable empirical evidence."
Such as?
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Post by brandt on Jan 24, 2012 15:17:08 GMT 10
"My current line of research that I am starting has to do with the forces and the realities of attitude shift in a non-linear fashion." Please explain. Under situations of a continuous input but a dichotomous response variable we see some remarkable information. It does not work in the typical linear fashion that is celebrated in much of the social sciences. The harsh and extreme attitude shift between dichotomous variables is sometimes far more extreme than is useful. In any case I am attempting to develop a model that deals with jury decisions under sociological and governmental controls. (Yes, I am that boring)
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