Yes...and a safe could fall out of an office window and blast me in the skull like Curley on the Three Stooges but that doesn't mean my discussing it is in an example of "realism". Simply asserting that something is possible doesn't make it real....I suppose it's possible that you might actually follow a logical argument and respond with something other than a simple restating of your already dismissed assertions, but I don't really think it's a realistic possibility....
It's not the fall that hurts...it's when you hit the ground.
Flipper wrote:Yes...and a safe could fall out of an office window and blast me in the skull like Curley on the Three Stooges but that doesn't mean my discussing it is in an example of "realism". Simply asserting that something is possible doesn't make it real....I suppose it's possible that you might actually follow a logical argument and respond with something other than a simple restating of your already dismissed assertions, but I don't really think it's a realistic possibility....
Who said that asserting something is possible made it real? I said that people here may be in situations where they want to transfer and recognizing those possibilities, although negative, was real. (BTW in this scenario with Nate I would not say that possibility is real). Why do you get so fired up?
Flipper wrote:Yes...and a safe could fall out of an office window and blast me in the skull like Curley on the Three Stooges but that doesn't mean my discussing it is in an example of "realism". Simply asserting that something is possible doesn't make it real....I suppose it's possible that you might actually follow a logical argument and respond with something other than a simple restating of your already dismissed assertions, but I don't really think it's a realistic possibility....
Who said that asserting something is possible made it real? I said that people here may be in situations where they want to transfer and recognizing those possibilities, although negative, was real. (BTW in this scenario with Nate I would not say that possibility is real). Why do you get so fired up?
Flipper is an angry, angry man.
From the halls of ivy...
It is not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work - work with us, not over us; stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it. ~Ronald Reagan
Flipper wrote:Yes...and a safe could fall out of an office window and blast me in the skull like Curley on the Three Stooges but that doesn't mean my discussing it is in an example of "realism". Simply asserting that something is possible doesn't make it real....I suppose it's possible that you might actually follow a logical argument and respond with something other than a simple restating of your already dismissed assertions, but I don't really think it's a realistic possibility....
Who said that asserting something is possible made it real? I said that people here may be in situations where they want to transfer and recognizing those possibilities, although negative, was real. (BTW in this scenario with Nate I would not say that possibility is real). Why do you get so fired up?
What...I ceaselessly hound you to admit that using the term "realism" to frame this whole topic was a poor choice of words and you think I'm fired up or angry? Pish posh...you don't know from angry. I only get angry over important stuff...like discussing what sucked worse, the last Clash album or Joey Ramone's solo work (a song about Maria Bartiromo? WTF Joey?)
I also get angry at gold bugs...but that's more of an "at work" issue...
It's not the fall that hurts...it's when you hit the ground.
