Freedom of Choice, yes or no.

cokewithvanilla
cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
edited August 2010 in The Clubhouse
As an American, do you value the freedom of choice?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,474
    edited August 2010
    This message is hidden because cokewithvanilla is on your ignore list.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited August 2010
    Unforunately the above message isnt hidden because cokewithvanilla isnt on my ignore list. Yet.

    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited August 2010
    What the hell does this have to do with beer-chucks?? :rolleyes:
    "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    Benjamin Franklin, February 17th, 1775.

    "The day that I have to give up my constitutional rights AND let some dude rub my junk...well, let's just say that it's gonna be a real bad day for the dude trying to rub my junk!!"
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited August 2010
    cokewithvanilla wrote: »
    As an American, do you value the freedom of choice?
    Why would you move the problematic thread in a different thread with a question that is easy to retrace to the problematic thread?

    Everyone is allowed to their opinion in more than just America but NA as a whole and many other countries but that doesn't mean your, mine or anybody else's opinion can be imposed on anyone elses, right? Get back to talking audio and specially the new Polk products, it's much healthier to do such around here ;)
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited August 2010
    TECHNOKID wrote: »
    Why would you move the problematic thread in a different thread with a question that is easy to retrace to the problematic thread?

    Everyone is allowed to their opinion in more than just America but NA as a whole and many other countries but that doesn't mean your, mine or anybody else's opinion can be imposed on anyone elses, right? Get back to talking audio and specially the new Polk products, it's much healthier to do such around here ;)
    Why?
    Because like a fly, he is just buzzing around picking up and leaving diseased bits here and there more irrating than anything else. :p



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,164
    edited August 2010
    What an idiot............that asks an idiotic question. Another one for the IL.

    BTW, I hate my freedom, it sucks, it causes too much trouble making my own decisions. Please take away my freedom. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,999
    edited August 2010
    I'm not American....so I'm not going to vote
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2010
    If this thread could talk it would ask to be shut down.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited August 2010
    Keiko wrote: »
    Must be something else besides vanilla in that Coke.

    My thoughts exactly!
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2010
    I thought political stuff wasn't allowed? Especially a hot topic like this.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,696
    edited August 2010
    cokewithvanilla wrote: »
    As an American, do you value the freedom of choice?

    I've checked the official Rule Book and in response to posts like this, everyone has free reign to post cat pictures. If they so choose.

    I choose to do so .....


    cat-sleeps-on-your-face.jpg


    I voted "No", BTW.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,164
    edited August 2010
    I hate Freedom, it encourages free thinking..................and that's never a good thing. Opression has worked for so many outside the "Free" World; it's time to adopt that ideology. :rolleyes:.

    H9


    P.s. Yep, the above is a load of BS
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Amherst
    Amherst Posts: 695
    edited August 2010
    Keiko wrote: »
    Must be something else besides vanilla in that Coke.

    Nah just straight coke.....in mass quantity.
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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited August 2010
    if it were a question of free will i might answer...
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited August 2010
    Too much coke with vanilla today?
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,953
    edited August 2010
    Just the fact that the OP even asks that question, says volumes.
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited August 2010
    tonyb wrote: »
    Just the fact that the OP even asks that question, says volumes.

    I asked because Snow over there thinks it is more American to "buy american" than it is to have the choice to buy whatever you wish.

    It's a simple question that 90% of americans should answer "yes" to. But when I told snow that people appreciate their freedom in america more than they appreciate being told to "buy american" (because that is snows solution to the poor economy) he thought I was crazy.

    If it needs to be closed, then someone should close it...
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,164
    edited August 2010
    So why not keep this between you and Snow..............why would you think we would care about your personal debate with Snow?

    This is not the place for this type of non-sense

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited August 2010
    my butt itches guys...Keiko you seen any super bugs lately?
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited August 2010
    It is terrible how the Iranians have imprisioned Choice for "trespassing". Free Choice.
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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited August 2010
    why don't you ask a a question with more clarity...

    Would you pay more for american manufactured goods... vs. cheap and just good enough manufactured goods from countries that pay slave wages???....

    Americans vote with their pocketbooks.

    I buy organic food from the grocery store even though it costs 10% - 15% more. My thought being that if enough people make the same choice the demand will go up and will drive down the costs.

    But I do drive a POS toyota because my perception is that it's more reliable, will last longer and have a greater resale value should i decide to not drive it till it drops.

    p.s. -- I agree that the we have lost our american made industrial production capacity -- unless your in the market for an advance technical fighter jet or a nuclear class submarine.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,164
    edited August 2010
    BlueFox wrote: »
    It is terrible how the Iranians have imprisioned Choice for "trespassing". Free Choice.


    He said "American" not Iranian, please stay on topic

    :rolleyes::rolleyes:
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited August 2010
    wayne3burk wrote: »
    why don't you ask a a question with more clarity...

    Would you pay more for american manufactured goods... vs. cheap and just good enough manufactured goods from countries that pay slave wages???....

    Americans vote with their pocketbooks.

    I buy organic food from the grocery store even though it costs 10% - 15% more. My thought being that if enough people make the same choice the demand will go up and will drive down the costs.

    But I do drive a POS toyota because my perception is that it's more reliable, will last longer and have a greater resale value should i decide to not drive it till it drops.

    p.s. -- I agree that the we have lost our american made industrial production capacity -- unless your in the market for an advance technical fighter jet or a nuclear class submarine.

    The problem is, as I saw it, snow thought that everyone should be made to buy american... and lose their freedom of choice... and I told him that was unamerican (and he thought I was a fool for saying it)

    Sure, some will choose to buy american whether or not its lesser quality, but you like to have that choice. Would you like to be told that you have to buy organic fruit? or that you have to buy that toyota?
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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited August 2010
    before global markets and NAFTA. All countries economies were protected with import tariffs. What a concept.

    Lets put trade barriers back up.

    Then the choice is to buy consumer goods of whatever quality cheaper that were produced in the US. -- or pay 15% more for goods produced outside of our borders.

    That works for me.
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited August 2010
    did we really need two threads about something that the OP will never understand?

    2nd person ever to be added to the bozo list for me, and that takes a lot.
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited August 2010
    Where in the world do they have free choice?
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