Insinuating I'm stupid, ignoring my questions and now pointing out nobody like me. It's as if you're trying to make me cry.
Dear me.
Osborne's no plan B , blown out of the water
-
Sam Slater
- Posts: 11624
- Joined: Fri Jul 14, 2017 2:40 am
Re: Sam Slater
[i]I used to spend a lot of time criticizing Islam on here in the noughties - but things are much better now.[/i]
Re: Osborne's no plan B , blown out of the water
David Johnson wrote:
> Those of us who can remember the dim and distant past of May
> 2010 will recall that the government plan was to introduce
> unprecedented cuts in spending mainly in the public sector
> which would gain confidence and support in the markets and
> investment community and that as a result, the private sector
> would more than compensate in new jobs for the job losses in
> the public sector.
When I first heard this I almost spat a cup of coffee across the room as less likely to happen than one of my premium bonds winning the top prize. So far I'm right and I've no reason to think it will happen any time soon.
> Those of us who can remember the dim and distant past of May
> 2010 will recall that the government plan was to introduce
> unprecedented cuts in spending mainly in the public sector
> which would gain confidence and support in the markets and
> investment community and that as a result, the private sector
> would more than compensate in new jobs for the job losses in
> the public sector.
When I first heard this I almost spat a cup of coffee across the room as less likely to happen than one of my premium bonds winning the top prize. So far I'm right and I've no reason to think it will happen any time soon.
Re: David
jimslip wrote:
> You are forgetting one major thing David, the UK doesn't
> actually manufacture anything anymore. So your ideas may well
> work in Germany or France where they still have factories, but
> I wonder where all that investment money would have ended up
> over here? When you talk about stimulating growth, what you
> forget is that as soon as people have money they spend it on
> foreign goods, not British goods. Do you see Germans driving
> British cars? Do you see the French eating British cheeses? No
> you don't, all stimulating growth does is enrich our foreign
> suppliers.
>
>
>
Exactly.
Despite the UK being the 5th biggest economy in the world and the 6th biggest producer of manufactured goods with manufacturing taking up 12% of GDP we could produce much more reducing both imports and unemployment.
Just look back though some of my replies to other threads here on the OT forum for a few examples.
> You are forgetting one major thing David, the UK doesn't
> actually manufacture anything anymore. So your ideas may well
> work in Germany or France where they still have factories, but
> I wonder where all that investment money would have ended up
> over here? When you talk about stimulating growth, what you
> forget is that as soon as people have money they spend it on
> foreign goods, not British goods. Do you see Germans driving
> British cars? Do you see the French eating British cheeses? No
> you don't, all stimulating growth does is enrich our foreign
> suppliers.
>
>
>
Exactly.
Despite the UK being the 5th biggest economy in the world and the 6th biggest producer of manufactured goods with manufacturing taking up 12% of GDP we could produce much more reducing both imports and unemployment.
Just look back though some of my replies to other threads here on the OT forum for a few examples.
-
David Johnson
- Posts: 7844
- Joined: Fri Jul 14, 2017 2:40 am
Re: Sam Slater
"Insinuating"
Insinuating? Not at all to be fair. I was merely pointing out directly the situation in which you would appear more stupid than I had previously thought.
I'm stupid"
No not at all. It was a compliment when I argued that you would be more stupid than I thought, if you believed an assumption, or in your case more a statement of fact, about war deaths based on a complete rewrite of world history i.e. instead of a British victory in the 1st World War, the German, Ottoman and Habsburg Empires were left unchecked, could be thought equally credible to my assumption that the Future Jobs Fund and Small Business Fund available on May 6th would be available on May 7th 2010 under Labour.
The fact that I believed in the possibility that you could more stupid than I already thought, should be a cause of rejoicing for you.
","
I have no comment on the comma, but if I wasn't nipping off to watch Newsnight I would come up with something.
"ignoring my questions "
No, not ignoring your questions to be fair. The validity of your assumptions based on a total rewrite of probably the most significant event in the 20th Century is beyond meaningful discussion outside a seance room.
"and now pointing out nobody like me"
I would have thought that "likes" would be a more useful choice in this phrase, to be fair.
No, I am not "pointing out nobody like me" . To be precise many on the forum may well love you deeply, but are just not arsed enough to respond to your posts. Do not assume love equates to responses to your post. Believe me.
"It's as if you're trying"
No I am not trying to do anything to be fair other than to illustrate the utter tedium of the Sam Slater approach to having a discussion which takes two sentences and extends them to the length of War and Peace, Ulysses and the Old Testament combined whilst not containing any of the quality of these books.
" to make me cry."
This is an Interweb forum to be fair. Emotional support is best dealt with via your doctor.
I feel sure you get my point.
CHeers
David
PS How is the GCSE philosophical discourse option going? Tough eh?
Insinuating? Not at all to be fair. I was merely pointing out directly the situation in which you would appear more stupid than I had previously thought.
I'm stupid"
No not at all. It was a compliment when I argued that you would be more stupid than I thought, if you believed an assumption, or in your case more a statement of fact, about war deaths based on a complete rewrite of world history i.e. instead of a British victory in the 1st World War, the German, Ottoman and Habsburg Empires were left unchecked, could be thought equally credible to my assumption that the Future Jobs Fund and Small Business Fund available on May 6th would be available on May 7th 2010 under Labour.
The fact that I believed in the possibility that you could more stupid than I already thought, should be a cause of rejoicing for you.
","
I have no comment on the comma, but if I wasn't nipping off to watch Newsnight I would come up with something.
"ignoring my questions "
No, not ignoring your questions to be fair. The validity of your assumptions based on a total rewrite of probably the most significant event in the 20th Century is beyond meaningful discussion outside a seance room.
"and now pointing out nobody like me"
I would have thought that "likes" would be a more useful choice in this phrase, to be fair.
No, I am not "pointing out nobody like me" . To be precise many on the forum may well love you deeply, but are just not arsed enough to respond to your posts. Do not assume love equates to responses to your post. Believe me.
"It's as if you're trying"
No I am not trying to do anything to be fair other than to illustrate the utter tedium of the Sam Slater approach to having a discussion which takes two sentences and extends them to the length of War and Peace, Ulysses and the Old Testament combined whilst not containing any of the quality of these books.
" to make me cry."
This is an Interweb forum to be fair. Emotional support is best dealt with via your doctor.
I feel sure you get my point.
CHeers
David
PS How is the GCSE philosophical discourse option going? Tough eh?