Comments on: “I’ve got mine, Jack!” Is a Lie

By: Post Pandemic Poem – אסכולת הכורסא

Post Pandemic Poem – אסכולת הכורסא — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 15:39:17 +0000

[…] though our woes seem oversized,and future questions unsurmised,I'm calmer, Jack, I got my own;I rolled my sleeve and got me […]

By: Nigel Declan

Nigel Declan — Sun, 12 May 2013 05:04:35 +0000

I assume that you are aware that Stephen Colbert is not a real pundit, merely someone who satirizes real (mostly conservative) pundits. Suggesting that Stephen Colbert is lying by omission is akin to suggesting that Bob Newhart is lying because he is not actually talking on the telephone during his comedy routine. Technically, the criticism is correct, but it misunderstands the role of the speaker and imputes to him some sort of duty to describe libertarianism in a manner that is both accurate and consistent with your definition of libertarianism. Furthermore, you seem to be the one suggesting that Colbert’s opinions on objectivism (which, given Ayn Rand’s apparent revulsion towards altruism and charity, certainly doesn’t seem to necessarily involve the “you’ve got yours” aspect) are necessarily a commentary on libertarianism. It seems, therefore, that Colbert has made a perfectly reasonable commentary on one political/philosophical view which, although perhaps related, is distinct from libertarianism; you, however, have decided to impute his statements as lying (albeit by omission) about the political/philosophical view to which you subscribe.

By: Jeff Gamso

Jeff Gamso — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:24:06 +0000

You probably give Las Vegas too much credit when you say that it insists that it alone provide for the needs of the poor.

The real message, I suspect, is that it doesn’t give a rat’s ass for the poor and that anyone giving them sustenance induces them to stick around rather than either dying or migrating to a less heartless community. And of course, if they’re in a public park . . . .

Might have been OK if they were being fed on a poorly lit-street corner in a ghetto.