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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:03 PM Original message |
"What's a Luddite?" |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why the cowardly U after it is barely posted? (nt) |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Probably didn't |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It's not the content, |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
37. I rec for the name. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:03 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Same here |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I just gave an unrec because you're complaining about unrecs. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Yeah, within a couple of minutes after a thread is posted, somebody has to complain about UnRecs. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
53. can we unrec a post? damn. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Well, that'll show 'em... |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Attention, and you gave it to them. They thank you. n/t |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. You're fair and balanced. You will counter with a Recommend, right? |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Oh, thank you, thank you, oh great master |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
44. Question, TexasObserver, where does one SEE a negative vote? I don't have any visible |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. I'll try to explain. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. +1 for a good history lesson here |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. They were the folks who said the family & family values would be destroyed |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. sure. but they destroyed new technology. assigning that as the cause |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
45. I believe the point of the OP was that what YOU are saying is the |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
47. It is not the technology, per se |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
50. from ludlow. |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. Techno-utopians? I think the Pet Shop Boys fall into that group. |
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Puzzler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. What have the Pet Shop Boys got to do with this? |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
36. It was a joke. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. knr but shouldn't there be a link? |
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sl8 (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
59. From a Thomas Pynchon essay, I think. Link: |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. K&R from a proud Luddite with 16 years IT experience. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. So What? The Sophists weren't the charletans they were bashed for being, either... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. +1 (nt) |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. OMGWTFLOGIC! |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Here's what |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Lingustic change has no memory. |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. There's a ton of words that have absolutely nothing to do with their origin. |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Two sided coin |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Hello, fellow Aspie! |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
46. I know I'm late to the party |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. Weaving was a highly skilled profession and the weavers owned their looms. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. You're familiar with Edward Thompson ... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. See, if someone has a really stupid idea, and you don't like it, you're a Luddite! |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. no. I don't look for "IT" words. when I read the self-checkout thread I thought |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. CALVINIST! |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. Thanks!! K&R nt |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. Proud Luddite here...sorta. |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 06:28 AM Response to Reply #26 |
40. My wife & I saw a perfect example of what you're talking about. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
28. Pro-Nukers call me a Luddite for opposing nuclear power, BUT... |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
32. I'm a proud believer of Ned Ludd's reasoning. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
33. Was discussing this with someone just the other day -- |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
35. I'm a proud luddite. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
38. K&R |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
39. The Marxist distinction between a tool and a machine is relevant here |
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soarsboard2 (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
42. Basic Meaning |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
43. Ned Ludd did it. |
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Gedankenaustausch (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
48. neoluddism |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
49. Good post, but it fails to mention that Luddites recognize the damage machinery can do. |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. +1 |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
54. K & R hmmm I like the name...luddite can be a good thing... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
55. to be devil's advocate, the unabomber was a luddite |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. The unabomber was also... |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Not really |
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chimpyisstillsatan (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
57. can you redefine plagiarism, too? |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
60. I would like to point out that the definition of terms change over time. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I already said that, and got an angry lecture. |
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