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A question.....

 
 
cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Fri 4 Jul, 2003 10:22 pm
BGW, Not a four year clinic on failing, but start a war with another country every year you're in office. Hmmmm, sounds familiar. c.i.
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BoGoWo
 
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Reply Sat 5 Jul, 2003 06:45 am
One person's "failure" strikes another, shall we say "limited intellect" as success.
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mamajuana
 
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Reply Sat 5 Jul, 2003 12:20 pm
If you're speaking of Bush, which I wasn't initially, I don't think he'd understand this at all, and would have to rely on Karl Rove to help him out, and Ari Felischer to deliver. In which case, he would have succeeded at something he set out to do, but failed.
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fresco
 
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Reply Sun 6 Jul, 2003 04:15 pm
I don't know if any of you saw the old British Comedy movie "Doctor in the House" where one of the medical students contrived to keep failing his exams because his rich aunt had bequeathed him a fantastic allowance to support him whilst he was a student. Of course it all fell apart when he inadertantly passed !

Aside from the movies, this is surely an example of Russell's paradox
(who shaves the barber, etc)
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JLNobody
 
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Reply Sun 6 Jul, 2003 06:17 pm
trth
I assume the question is presented as a logical paradox. Here's another one I like. The masochist says to the sadist "hurt me." After a moment of thought the sadist answers "No!" Soon the masochist responds "Thank you."
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BoGoWo
 
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Reply Mon 7 Jul, 2003 08:19 am
And with that "thankyou", the masochist becomes a sadist!
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JLNobody
 
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Reply Mon 7 Jul, 2003 04:18 pm
truth
I hadn't thought of that. I only noticed that in theory the masochist must always win, because in "losing" (i.e., suffering frustration) he's winning.
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mamajuana
 
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Reply Mon 7 Jul, 2003 09:40 pm
Circular questions - require thought, and many times humor.
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BoGoWo
 
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Reply Mon 7 Jul, 2003 09:53 pm
"Winning" and "Losing" have always been paradoxical concepts.
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