[Vision2020] Another Answer to School Shootings . . .

[Joe Campbell]

What is the deal with the alleged connection between Obamacare and
(supposed) "corporate welfare to big pharma," as you say Scott? That is
clearly what he's getting at. I confess ignorance on this matter --
meaning, I have no idea whether there is a link between the two or not. Is
there a link? Does anyone know if the comment has any basis? Of course, big
pharma has been consistently helped by big government but that was true
before Obama and as far as I can tell both Dems and Repubs have been guilty
of this sin. Is there something in Obamacare that I've missed suggesting
that the situation is likely to get worse? Joe

On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Scott Dredge <scooterd408 at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  It's interesting that Bouma chooses to list his biases for his 'ideas' on
> preventing massacres.  Vouchers = parents are allowed to send their kids to
> schools with better security (and as an added bonus Bouma essentially lists
> that the vouchers target teacher's unions).  And now, he pretty much writes
> that preventing kids from being medicated will prevent shootings (and as an
> added bonus, Obamacare is stopped and that thus corporate welfare to big
> pharma would be curtailed).  This is pretty much the worst spin I've ever
> seen put on anything.  If he continues in this vein, I'm guessing that his
> next move will be '[insert any conservative cause] will prevent school
> shootings because [insert any random bullshit] and as an added bonus
> [insert underlying Biblical or financial justification]'.
>
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> From: thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 13:41:58 -0800
> To: philosopher.joe at gmail.com
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Another Answer to School Shootings . . .
>
> It should also be noted that those shooters, identified in the article
> linked by Bouma's comment, wore under garments (so it has been reported by
> a source best left un identified).  Could the donning of undergarments have
> been a contributing factor in the commission of these heinous murders?
>
> If so, Moscow, you can feel safe with me.  I haven't worn underwear since
> 1968.
>
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares"
> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
>
> On Jan 2, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> The article that Bouma refers to and his use of it provide nice examples
> of fallacious reasoning. In the article, there is a list of school shooters
> and then the claim that all of them (not all school shooters but everyone
> on the list) happened to be prescribed some kind of medication, though in
> some instances the medication is listed merely as "Med for Depression."
> Then the claim that the medications are responsible and so we should reject
> Obama-care!
>
> One fallacy is the confusion of correlation and causation. All the
> shooters drank water as well but that doesn't mean that drinking water was
> the cause of the shootings. One needs to establish at least "4 cells" of
> information in order to make a case for a causal relation: How many took
> the meds and became shooters? How many didn't take the meds and became
> shooters? How many took the meds and didn't become shooters? How many
> didn't take the meds and didn't become shooters? Correlation fallacies
> focus on just one bit of this information, In this case, we don't really
> even get the first cell of info since we don't know that the shooters took
> the meds, just that they were prescribed medication (not sure how we could
> know this latter point either, by the way) -- and a variety of meds to
> boot, some unknown or listed just as "Med for Depression."
>
> Today's logic lesson was brought to you by Starbucks coffee!
>
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Does this message from Bouma auger a merging of Freeze Church ans Christ
> Church?
>
> w.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>
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>
> https://chumly.com/n/19166c9
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares"
> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
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