US elections

[Russell Standish]

I know this might be an impossible dream, but could we keep the list
clear of parochial US election discussion, as it is clearly off-topic.

Who the US chooses as their president has a significant impact on our
country, but there's bugger all I can do to influence that result
anyway, so I may as well find out who won after Americans have voted.

Cheers

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[John Mikes]

Russell:

wise words with one flaw: the US doesnot CHOOSE, people are 'trapped into' especially now that ANY group can spend ANY sum to influence a choosing. People are susceptible to persuasion - (true or false ones) and the White House is fo sale.

I participated over the past 80 years in many elections, before 1970 in Hungary (pre-nazi, nazi, commi) then in the US (capialistic aristo-democratic, whatever) and appreciate your words deeply.

I wish you could ask for clearing the list from faith-related distractions as well (although there is a lot of 'faith' called scientific idea) - except of cours those that I harbor <G>.

 

Regards

John Mikes

 

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[Craig Weinberg]

I have to say that it's interesting to see how nobody seems to agree on everything here (on the everything list) but I find that everyone that I disagree with most in one area, I seem agree with them most in another. Or others who I disagree with slightly on everything but in unique balance. Some kind of Myers-Briggs type complementarity at work.

Craig

[John Clark]

On Tue, Sep 11,  Russell Standish <li...@hpcoders.com.au> wrote:

> I know this might be an impossible dream, but could we keep the list clear of parochial US election discussion, as it is clearly off-topic.

How could anything be off topic on the everything list?

  John K Clark

[Bruno Marchal]

LOL

Of course, on the everything-list we discuss about the search for a theory of everything, which is a very *particular* thing.

Some things can be invoked, only if it seems to be a counter-example to a TOE proposal.

It is doubtful we found a theory explaining all observable forces, from gravitation to love, which would be contradicted by the US election. Russell Standish was correct. US election are out of topic.

Oh! You can use US election and international cannabis prohibition as illustrating a giant innumeracy: a lack in elementary logic education, which does not help for the unification quest.

Bruno

http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/

[John Mikes]

You outsiders cannot really know how "out-of-topic" this fallacy may be. It is an attempt to use money for dulling the human mind. Really no relationship to the list's aims.

JohnM