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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:32 AM Original message |
Poll question: There are 1000 Starving People Before You. You have The means to feed 800 of those 1000 |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. How are the remaining 200 defined? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. "Shoot the hostage" |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. "You told me to." |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'll take Door #3, Monty |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. If you want to keep changing the rules... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. and what if I was an orange Ostrich, and had to juggle fourteen balls in the air? |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
61. Let's say green dragons exist |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #61 |
80. Ahh, so you're really not interested at all and are just replying to be jerk. |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. It's sacrilege to call Mother Teresa a jerk |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. It's also sacrilege to pretend to be a saint. |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #89 |
96. Keep playing with yourself |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #87 |
123. Impiety: Your irreverence to my deity |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. You're a little late to the party |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. I had the same very first thought before I clicked. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
73. Ah yes. The magic jesus wand solution. Well played, Captain Kirk. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
114. Did she feed people? |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #114 |
120. Most definitely, she did |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
133. I was looking for that option too |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
4. Make applesauce |
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Sabriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. I would have the "Death Panels" decide |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
64. Right. They'll be in charge after Obama's plan is passed. |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. Neither of the choices |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I thought of that too... |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. You cannot |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
62. Too LATE, I already fed them ;=D |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #62 |
90. No, you ignored the parameters of the exercise |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. You cannot |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
58. You don't understand feeding huge groups do you. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #58 |
91. No, you do not understand plain English |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #91 |
127. Well then it is a |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. Give each of the 1,000 people 4/5ths of a meal |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. You do not have the means to do that |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. What? No forks & knives? How uncouth! n/t |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. That's not how food works. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
92. You're making a broad assumption outside teh parameters of the exercise |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #92 |
100. You didn't specify otherwise until now. In fact you said that they're before me. Your example sucks. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #100 |
103. I did specify |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #103 |
131. You said they were all before me, and now you say they are in different locations. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #92 |
111. The "parameters of the exercise" are ridiculous. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #111 |
136. Yep, they certainly are, because they keep changing |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. that makes no sense, food can be divided |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
104. You've altered the conditions of the exercise |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #104 |
119. if the other 200 are aware of the situation, you will have outright chaos |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. just make your damn psuedo-point and be done with it. Fishing expeditions like this are |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. +1 |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. LOL...it's pretty easy to figure out. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
107. You beat me to it |
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Make7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. Jesus would come in handy in a situation like this. ( n/t ) |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Yeah, but who wants leftovers? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
10. The "Sacrifice the few to save the many." ploy is the same as "The end justifies the means" |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Exactly |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. It's a handy exercise in reality. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. The "reality" is that saving the few to save the many is fine...unless you're part of the few. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. ...and as soon as you convince the other 60ish% of the populace, you'll have it. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Who are the few that are willing to sacrifice themselves? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
51. The reality is that we aren't facing such a dire choice. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. There is no possible way to separate the climate from the solution. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Fine. But, I don't have to go along with what comes out in the process. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #63 |
79. Then why do you follow politics at all? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #79 |
97. It beats working for a living. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #59 |
85. The analogy in the OP isn't relevant. It's an overstatement intended to quelch dissent. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #85 |
102. That's fine - just don't shoot the messenger. |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
126. When that imperfect option we all must settle for |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. Where is the "Feed Myself" option? |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. Demand > supply? I smell massive profits... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
16. Feed the neediest first, and concentrate on finding additional sources of food |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
19. OTHER: |
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Matt_in_STL (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
20. This is easy |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. No no no... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
21. Let them all starve. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
22. I would dispute the premise of the argument. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
26. Feed all 1000 80% of full ration. n/t |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:57 AM Original message |
Feed 800 and then find food for the next 200. |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
27. Who are these starving people and why don't they have food? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. Feed the thousand, each a little less than optimally. nt |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
31. NO! 1,000 people are starving. You can either fight to get food to all 1,000 or you can provide |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
33. i'd just break it down further so that all 1,000 can eat a little, then work on getting more food NT |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:06 PM Original message |
Split the stuff up in 1000 parts |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
34. weird question. |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
40. you feed all 1000, or you risk the 200 killing the others in their sleep |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
41. Make them work for it. |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
42. I get the point you're trying to make regarding healthcare - feed those you can right now |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. As soon as you come up with the votes, let us know what those other options are. (nt) |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. THATS just it |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. You've never negotiated anything, have you? |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. Where's the negotiation? That's an insane example, |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #69 |
88. So you don't ever buy a house because you can't guarantee the market? |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #88 |
130. The only reason Medicare for everyone was a non-starter is because they never put it on the table! |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
45. I would split it up evenly among all 1000 n/t |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
94. You have made a fallacious assumption |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #94 |
101. "There are 1000 Starving People Before You" |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
46. So Much Ignorance Found In Some Of The Replies. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #46 |
75. Hard questions are much easier if you just duck them. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
115. The premise involves food... |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
49. Why not feed all 1000 an amount equal to 80% of what you would've given them? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
50. Ask everyone to share. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
52. Fatten the 800 up to be feasted upon by the 200. |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #52 |
71. Sometimes... |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
53. Feed the liberals, let the conservatives starve. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
55. I sell half of my gun collection to feed the other 200. //nt |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
56. As the first 800 are given their food, ask them to share with their neighbors |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
65. SOYLENT GREEN is PEOPLE!!!!!! |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
66. Why can't I divide the food up differently, so everyone gets some? nt |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #66 |
78. Cuz they sez yer can't, that's why not!!11! |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #66 |
98. For the purposes of the exercise, you do not have the means to do that |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #98 |
121. I can't do the reasonable thing to meet everyone's needs? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #66 |
116. That's the only moral, reasonable and practical thing to do. nt |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
67. Please, utilitarianism isn't this simplistic. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
68. Wait until there are 2000 starving people. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
70. You do what you can with what you have, where you are. Period. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
72. Put them all on 3/4 rations, take the last quarter and barter for seeds. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
74. You can feed 1000 people, or feed 800 people and buy a corporate parasite a new Bugatti. |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. that is basically it. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #76 |
83. Yep. n/t |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
77. hmmm.... distribute the food equally and then let each decide if they want to ... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
81. Other: unrecommend a stilted poll. nt |
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Old Hob (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
82. IDK, but if I was one of the 200 that was left to starve and die I can tell you what I would do |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
84. There's a very simple solution to all this! |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
86. Oh come now. Food is divisible, up to a point, and 8/10 is hardly that point.... |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #86 |
105. You misread the conditions of the exercise |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #86 |
109. no...I think they only have 800 gift certificates to Olive Garden...how do you distribute... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. Oh, Olive Garden! Then some of the infants may be fed by flagrant breastfeeding there... |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
93. Just throw the food in |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
95. Feed the 800 and give the other 200 internet access so they can make up idiotic poll questions |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #95 |
108. ouch! |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
99. Taking this ridiculous analogy to it's proper conclusion |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
106. feed all 1000 80% of a meal |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #106 |
124. +1 |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
112. Donner, party of 200.. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
113. make soup out of the supplies and feed everyone. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
117. Feed as many as I can. |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
118. The 400 fattest folks get half rations. The other 600 get the full amount. |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
122. Simple |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
128. kick just to annoy some folks |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
129. why are they starving? |
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diamidue (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. Yes! Someone who gets to the root of the problem. n/t |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
134. I would put 1000 starving people to work, to make sure they're not freeloading off me, |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
135. Storm the kitchen, eff up the selfish quartermaster rationing the food, and FEED 'EM ALL! |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
137. Are you going somewhere with this? |
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