tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post112187278002218432..comments2024-03-08T03:12:18.926-05:00Comments on Upon Further Review...: Wake me up when people stop acting like complete moronsJohn Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01895903722298748059noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1121981326375170602005-07-21T17:28:00.000-04:002005-07-21T17:28:00.000-04:00That's an over simplification. The reality is unl...That's an over simplification. The reality is unless you're ready to let people die in the street because they didn't plan as well as you did, then there has to be some way for society to take care of them on some basic level, and that does take money away from other people, but the only alternative is to abandon civilization and just have every man for himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1121894934834422972005-07-20T17:28:00.000-04:002005-07-20T17:28:00.000-04:00Maybe they should have called the bankruptcy bill ...Maybe they should have called the bankruptcy bill here the "Deferred Wealth Bill." Makes it sound friendlier and doesn't stigmatize peopleScott Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09235225484718294955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1121883394651306792005-07-20T14:16:00.000-04:002005-07-20T14:16:00.000-04:00We do do crap like that here and I don't think we ...We do do crap like that here and I don't think we learned it from you... but this is worse than usual.clemmatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13194179328482279010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804629.post-1121875178864199542005-07-20T11:59:00.000-04:002005-07-20T11:59:00.000-04:00Deferred success? What the hell is that? That in...Deferred success? What the hell is that? That indicates that the child has <I>chosen</I> to write vapid prose or misunderstand algebra, or whatever it is that they're busy failing. 'Defer' means 'postpone', and usually it means to do it intentionally.<BR/><BR/>People who can't add five and three are not giving seventeen as an answer on purpose, knowing that in a week they'll realize it's 8. They failed to get the question right.<BR/><BR/>That article really annoyed me.<BR/><BR/>I like their choice of headline, though.The Disgruntled Chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15578362014178118686noreply@blogger.com