Fail Quotes

Started by Travis Retriever, October 17, 2009, 03:00:20 PM

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Paul Krugman could fill an entire fail quotes thread with his Keynesian stupidity, I swear.
"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—'No. You move.'"
-Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 537

"You're being arrogant!" --Most arrogant people

Example:

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And not to be outdone:

"Harm obviously isn't a good standard to judge crime" --James
"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—'No. You move.'"
-Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 537

You should have continued his fail by at least one clause:

"Harm obviously isn't a good standard to judge crime, because someone stealing your unused eighth car doesn't harm you"

Really? He didn't spend money to get that car? He doesn't have equity due to his ownership of that car? He has no opportunity to make money in the future from that car, by selling or renting it?

Major unbelievable fail.

Every post by fernieboy100 on this video: [yt]ZyEOPBx6i8o[/yt]

These creationists really make Christianity out as a very amoral religion.
"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—'No. You move.'"
-Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 537

"actually you never have told me how you tell the difference between right and wrong - all you say is go read a book - then you get mad when i wont read it." --fernboy100, ignoring that I also posted a video on the very subject, and that the answer to his question was in the book...
"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—'No. You move.'"
-Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 537

March 20, 2011, 06:55:49 PM #756 Last Edit: March 20, 2011, 07:08:23 PM by surhotchaperchlorome
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I wasn't sure whether to start another thread on this.
Oh well.

*EDIT*:  Is the above video a fail quote?
"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—'No. You move.'"
-Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 537

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Epic fail in the second half of the video:  doctor justifying the FDA.
+4 million people killed as a result of the FDA withholding drugs + defense of this = epic fail.
"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—'No. You move.'"
-Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 537

March 22, 2011, 10:49:31 PM #758 Last Edit: April 02, 2011, 11:18:12 AM by surhotchaperchlorome
What's worse than a statist defending statism?  Watching someone claiming to be a Libertarian defend statist policies too...

From the comments of this video (fails in red as usual):


Panpiper:  Copyright violation is not a crime of theft, it is more analogous to a crime of trespass.
I create a video, which I sell access to online. If it is copied and freely distributed by anyone, I cannot sell access to it. Being unable to profit from it, I cannot continue to create videos. The end result is that I do 'not' create videos. An absolute abrogation of the concept of intellectual property will virtually destroy certain kinds of art.


Me:  For your benefit: mises.org/daily/5025 ("The Fight against Intellectual Property" by Jacob H. Huebert)

Panpiper:  Yes, I am familiar with those arguments, and I am not just unpersuaded; I believe a subsection of libertarianism is being led by the nose straight towards IP socialism with collectivist, utilitarian arguments. A film maker investing millions of their labor and capital into creating a work does not automatically have their work become the collective property of all man kind, simply because it was combined with bits instead of atoms. Socialism destroys that which it would steal.

Me:  Just because someone doesn't have a government granted monopoly of something (IP) doesn't mean he can't sell it, or profit from it. Nor does it mean that innovation can't occur, as the fashion industry and the article linked show.

How about this: mises.org/daily/3631 ("The Fallacy of Intellectual Property" by Daniel Krawisz)


Panpiper:  @vspqbd I cannot compete with free. If I make a video and try to sell it, while others are giving my work away for free, it is quite impossible to earn my investment back. You call it a government granted monopoly. I call it my property, which they simply protect as any, because it is the direct result of my own labor and capital. That others should have the 'right' to copy it, to distribute it, to sell it even, without compensating me for my own investment of labor and capital, is outrageous.

*EDIT* Fixed the hyperlink.
"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—'No. You move.'"
-Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 537

I find myself less and less willing to get into huge debates with statists.  I seem to be more willing to just make a few points, and if that doesn't at least push them in the right direction, then it's obvious they're not interested in virtue, and thus I am trying to give them a pill they believe they don't need.
However, if anyone who wants to see me give rebutting commentary to the above IP-nonsense/state apologetics (much like in the Economic Insanity thread), just say so. :)
"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—'No. You move.'"
-Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 537


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Note how he doesn't really seem to address the argument that taxation is theft.
So property ownership is subjective?  Makes me wonder what his bank account information is...
"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—'No. You move.'"
-Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 537

Some jackass on a gaming forum:

Quotelike it or not, and dig up as many studies as you can, piracy definitely hurts digital media sales. I know far too many people who do it. though I will say, far more music than games and movies. you can make a study read whatever you want it to. as the saying goes, there's lies, damn lies, and statistics.

It doesn't matter actual research says, piracy is horrible and nothing will convince me otherwise!

I really hate dogmatic pricks.

Quotelike it or not, and dig up as many studies as you can, piracy definitely hurts digital media sales. I know far too many people who do it. though I will say, far more music than games and movies. you can make a study read whatever you want it to. as the saying goes, there's lies, damn lies, and statistics.
Why do I now have a powerful urge to pirate as many video games, music and movies as my connection can handle?
"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—'No. You move.'"
-Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 537

Because you are a vile, human degenerate who enjoys the sight of misery and anguish while helping himself to another spoon of baby seal?