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    Quote Originally Posted by imdying View Post
    You jest? There will always be money (or I guess rather there will always be an economy ).
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    Yep and if you don't work you don't get any.

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    Quote Originally Posted by avgas View Post
    Can't the same be said for work?
    Does the deep wind roll through the valley on the cry of a song?

    Quote Originally Posted by BoristheBiter View Post
    Yep and if you don't work you don't get any.
    Yes you will.

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    Quote Originally Posted by imdying View Post
    This is rubbish.

    Really, as I've said many times before, the problem is one of over population. We don't have 200,000 unemployed in this country, we have about 2,000,000 more people than we need.
    How do you reckon that figure?
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    Quote Originally Posted by imdying View Post
    Does the deep wind roll through the valley on the cry of a song?
    It can do according to this man.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lorenz
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    Quote Originally Posted by racefactory View Post
    How do you reckon that figure?
    It's an arbitrary number. I don't know the actual number of unemployed we have and I don't care enough about it to research it. As far as the number we need to cull goes, that depends on when it happens, how much shit we're in by the time we finally realise that it's no longer just an option, how big the population is by the time we get to that realisation, and how many non contributors we're willing to accomodate (assuming Rossi lived here, but wasn't working, and had lost all the money he'd made racing, would you cull him? Or would you be happy to pay him a benefit in recognition of the amount of pleasure he'd given to motogp fans over the years? People like him have contributed their shall many times over IMO, YMMV).

    Quote Originally Posted by avgas View Post
    It can do according to this man.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lorenz
    Sorry, you weren't meant to take that literally, see post 161.

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    Quote Originally Posted by imdying View Post
    Does the deep wind roll through the valley on the cry of a song?

    Yes you will.
    Please tell me how?

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    Quote Originally Posted by imdying View Post
    assuming Rossi lived here, but wasn't working, and had lost all the money he'd made racing, would you cull him? Or would you be happy to pay him a benefit in recognition of the amount of pleasure he'd given to motogp fans over the years?
    I'd pay him a benefit. Dpb, dole and accomodation supplement triple pack.
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    imdying if they revolt we have a reason to cull them off. Doesn't that help your cause?
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    Quote Originally Posted by racefactory View Post
    I'd pay him a benefit. Dpb, dole and accomodation supplement triple pack.
    And that's called superannuation, payment for services rendered.

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    Quote Originally Posted by imdying View Post
    It's an arbitrary number. I don't know the actual number of unemployed we have and I don't care enough about it to research it. As far as the number we need to cull goes, that depends on when it happens, how much shit we're in by the time we finally realise that it's no longer just an option, how big the population is by the time we get to that realisation, and how many non contributors we're willing to accomodate (assuming Rossi lived here, but wasn't working, and had lost all the money he'd made racing, would you cull him? Or would you be happy to pay him a benefit in recognition of the amount of pleasure he'd given to motogp fans over the years? People like him have contributed their shall many times over IMO, YMMV).

    So if we aren't going to cull rossi who do we cull?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BoristheBiter View Post
    And that's called superannuation, payment for services rendered.
    X2 if he gets pregnant.
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    Quote Originally Posted by racefactory View Post
    X2 if he gets pregnant.
    now even i would pay if that happened.

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    Quote Originally Posted by avgas View Post
    if they revolt we have a reason to cull them off. Doesn't that help your cause?
    Not my cause, I wish I had that sort of power

    The world would naturally get there by itself (if you accept there's a finite number of people the earth can support). However it seems likely that it will not come to that because collective society is foolish enough to believe that we're civilised enough to figure out another solution (mass birth control, whatever).

    Those who're actually pulling the strings don't give a fig about saving the great unwashed, but they do care about retaining the status quo... so it seems likely we'll have another 'great' war to achieve the cull in a way that is and has always been considered acceptable to society (for the unwashed will be taught that the greatest contribution one can make to society is to die for it).

    Quote Originally Posted by BoristheBiter View Post
    So if we aren't going to cull rossi who do we cull?
    Good question... Assuming war doesn't fix the problem first, and I assume it will, or perhaps nature via plague (who knows, ask a medium?), then it'll sure be interesting to see how they figure that one out if it came to it

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    That's really it though isn't it, what the world really needs right now is a war to fix everything and then we can have fun starting the viscous cycle all over again.
    ...Full throttle till you see god, then brake.

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    Quote Originally Posted by imdying View Post
    Not my cause, I wish I had that sort of power

    The world would naturally get there by itself (if you accept there's a finite number of people the earth can support). However it seems likely that it will not come to that because collective society is foolish enough to believe that we're civilised enough to figure out another solution (mass birth control, whatever).

    Those who're actually pulling the strings don't give a fig about saving the great unwashed, but they do care about retaining the status quo... so it seems likely we'll have another 'great' war to achieve the cull in a way that is and has always been considered acceptable to society (for the unwashed will be taught that the greatest contribution one can make to society is to die for it).

    Good question... Assuming war doesn't fix the problem first, and I assume it will, or perhaps nature via plague (who knows, ask a medium?), then it'll sure be interesting to see how they figure that one out if it came to it
    I doubt we will see another war big enough to achieve that, I think what is more likely to happen (actually is already happening) is a widespread collapse of the planet's ability to sustain us resulting in mass starvation in some areas and widespread emigration to areas that are able to provide food and water. A very small percentage of the population are able to insulate themselves, and here in dear little NZ we are well set to weather the storm - except for the fact that a lot of people are already looking at us as a place to go.
    Don't blame me, I voted Green.

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