Dynasty on starvation. Am I being overly sensitive?

[DBowling]

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Well, obviously I disagree. I don't see it as an opinion, I see it as a statement of fact. And as such I would like to see the reasoning behind it.

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are you saying you think he should lose his ability to moderate if he does not do as you ask?

[Il_Mostro]

Are you purposfully trying to misunderstand?

If I rephrase it as
"I see it as a statement of fact. And as such I would like to see the evidence for it"

Better?

[Il_Mostro]

No

[superleeds]

Where's the 'I disagree with Dynasty, and would be amused by his attempts to explain his statement' option

[ripdog]

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Where's the 'I disagree with Dynasty, and would be amused by his attempts to explain his statement' option

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I voted "other", but this is what I was thinking when I made the vote.

[Felix_Nietsche]

Most of the world's starvation is self inflicted.
The causes of starvation inlude:
1. Psychotic Govt (eg North Korea, they have money for nuclear weapons but not to feed their own people)
2. Incompetant Govt (usually centrally controlled economies)
3. Having excessively large familes (having 15-20 kids)
4. War

I see that North Korea is asking for food donations.
Every kilogram of food donated will go to feed the North Korean Army while the people will continued to be starved. Meanwhile the money that the North Korean govt 'saves' by not wasting the money on food will go into their nuclear program.

[Il_Mostro]

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Most of the world's starvation is self inflicted.

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The rest of your post I somewhat agree with, or at least can see where you come from. But the first sentence is not really correct, is it? Define self inflicted.

Also note that I'm not advocating mindlessly spending money on aid. It was not that part of Dynasty's post I didn't agree with.

[sam h]

Dynasty's statement was absurd. But he has the right not to explain it. Sometimes people say things that they would rather just see buried and forgotten. I've certainly done that before on this board, and probably will sometime again. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[Il_Mostro]

Maybe it's just me, but I much prefer to admit I was wrong and move on than to try to bury it. I probably have instances where I have not done so, but that's not really intentional.

Btw, I don't talk about the "right" anyone has the right to say anything (more or less) around here. But I much prefer an environment where people either argue their point, or if they can't, admit that they can't or conclude that they where wrong. And that goes even more for moderators, since they set the example of what's acceptable behaviour on the board.

Rant over.

[Il_Mostro]

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Dynasty's statement was absurd

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There are now 11 voters who belive Dynasty was correct in concluding that anyone who starves to death basically does so by choice. I wonder if it's possible to get one or more of them to offer any reasoning behind their belifs