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Hey dickweed, all I said was how do we know what their infant mortality rate is...they're UNCONTACTED. Did you see this part of my post? Quote:
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I think he's contacted them. Crap, there goes the whole "uncontacted" mystique.
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My argument is based on you making the assumption that they have better health plan and are overall happier based on NOTHING! That is called faith.
I base my argument that their life would be better by introducing civilization on historical FACTS. That is called science. That is why I brought a god into it. It is not the American God I specify, or Yahweh, or Xenu, or what ever magical power you think makes them healthier then me. I mention all of them because each one is an example of YOUR type arrogance. I don't care if you use the term higher power, god, or pixie dust. You making an assumption that contradicts greater empirical evidence means you have FAITH not reasoning to backup your argument. The work less comment was because I use it as one (and only one) of my goal posts in a happiness measurement. And historically if they are hunter/gathers as these pictures indicate to me then they work a shitload. If you have to work 160 hours a week to feed your tribe you are not spending free time in the pursuit of happiness. Yet you call those who use reasoning to say that we should contact them and introduce civilization to them arrogant? No we are not arrogant, we are civilized, and realize that magic does not make a person healthy.
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Where the fuck did I make any assumption that "they have better health plan?" Where the fuck did I make any assumption?
All I did was pose that, since we know nothing about them, PERHAPS they have a lower infant mortality rate than we could know. We don't know! How is it, if you're so civilized and advanced, you are still such a neanderthal? PERHAPS. It's Engrish. Speak it. Listen fuckwad, you're getting on my last nerve. Use me as your little hopping post for whatever cause you're trying to advance...but try to be accurate about what I said. And don't make assumptions about what I might think of as my faith. You know less about me than you do the forest-dwellars. Or stick a cock in your mouth, a healthy one please. Did I remember to say Fuck You? Oh, sorry. Fuck you.
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My HUGE assumptions is based on thousands of case histories. What are your HUGE assumptions based on? I assume that to start them on the road to civilization WILL make their life better. Why do you want to keep them working, sick, and ignorant? Because history tells me that is what they are.
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NEITHER OF US MADE ANY ASSUMPTIONS YOU ASSUMPTION MAKING ASSHAT.
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This is the basis of the FACT that EVERYTHING is a theory and is the base argument for creationism. Because it is a theory it could be eventually proven wrong. Therefore maybe magic does exist. I tend to believe that the apple (without any further extenuating circumstances) will fall to the ground. And you know what? I bet you I will be right. Using what has been shown in the past I am willing to bet these people are hungry, sick, and unhappy. And you know what? Since I believe the apple will hit the ground, I bet you I will be right.
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Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, what apple? I'm too stupid to get the apple thing. Do you eat it?
Oh, and HUH?
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The rest of it is just us backing up our argument. I use "what we know" as my basis for argument and you use "what you don't know" as the basis for your argument. Faith vs. Science again at war.
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You are pulling out historical agreement where none exists. It is the nature of historians to argue and find flaws with each others' theses. How detailed are your case studies? Are they from archaeological studies, in which case they are blurred by the lack of detailed records and the vast swathes of blank and unlit terrirtory. Are they from recently observed cultures, in which case the observation is through modern eyes. We. Do. Not. Know. How. Happy. They. Are. In what way am I making 'HUGE assumptions' by stating that we do not know enough about these uncontacted people to make assumptions about them? |
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I'm sorry, were you not taught science in school? What analogy would you like me to use?
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