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Re: Wild Fires in Colorado
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 8:21 pm
by Beyond
geckzilla wrote:Judging by the crickets I suppose I wrote something terribly ignorant or awkward or both.
At least the fires are getting under control in Colorado.
Crickets
You hear crickets
I think the Good ship Asterisk* is flying through Maxwell Smarts Cone of Silence.
Or... The vast majority of posters are on shore leave.
I don't think I've seen the boards this quiet since i came aboard.
Maybe it's something in the air.
Or... the calm before a storm.
Oh well, it'll go away... like everything else.
Re: Wild Fires in Colorado
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 9:59 pm
by Chris Peterson
geckzilla wrote:Judging by the crickets I suppose I wrote something terribly ignorant or awkward or both.
Nothing I took that way.
Re: Wild Fires in Colorado
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 12:41 pm
by rstevenson
Nor I. I just ran out of things to say about that subject.
Rob
Re: Wild Fires in Colorado
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 3:16 pm
by geckzilla
Good, because that's my least favorite way of learning.
Re: Wild Fires in Colorado
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 4:47 pm
by Ann
Chris Peterson wrote:rstevenson wrote:
2. Suasion, moral or otherwise
There are more ethically acceptable ways of approaching this, however. For instance, in the U.S. the tax system is set up so that people are effectively rewarded for having more kids. Rewarding people for having no kids or just one doesn't seem objectionable (other than politically, perhaps). Financial incentives, as opposed to legal or financial disincentives could be very effective, and at the same time avoid the ethically questionable approaches of the Chinese.
I've just returned home after spending eight days in northern England attending a course, having a quite lovely time. While I was there, a female English writer suggested that women who want to become great writers should have only one child. Many people who heard about this were quite upset about it. A woman making up her mind she will only have one child, can you imagine?
Ann
Re: Wild Fires in Colorado
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 4:54 pm
by Chris Peterson
Ann wrote:A woman making up her mind she will only have one child, can you imagine?
I'm afraid that here in the U.S. we have a sizable minority opposed to the idea of a woman making up her own mind about anything.
Re: Wild Fires in Colorado
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 7:27 pm
by neufer
Chris Peterson wrote:Ann wrote:
A woman making up her mind she will only have one child, can you imagine?
I'm afraid that here in the U.S. we have a sizable minority opposed to the idea of a woman making up her own mind about anything.
They have minds
Re: Wild Fires in Colorado
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 8:02 pm
by geckzilla
Singular, Art. We lack the semi-autonomous, semi-retarded co-pilot.
Re: Wild Fires in Colorado
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 12:37 am
by Chris Peterson
geckzilla wrote:Singular, Art. We lack the semi-autonomous, semi-retarded co-pilot.
My wife might disagree, at times.
Re: Wild Fires in Colorado
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 1:21 am
by geckzilla
I think I might be very confused right now.
Re: Wild Fires in Colorado
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:40 am
by bystander
geckzilla wrote:I think I might be very confused right now.
There you go. There's that ...
geckzilla wrote:... semi-autonomous, semi-retarded co-pilot.
Re: Wild Fires in Colorado
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 2:31 pm
by geckzilla
I promise I don't have one of those!