tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post7739921495247962457..comments2023-10-11T10:56:22.816-05:00Comments on Weeping Atlas Cedars: Google Results League Table: "_______ is Theft"Chris Hartmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777927963615322589noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post-35227773623752440672010-03-01T23:23:56.432-06:002010-03-01T23:23:56.432-06:00Thanks Albert.
I did check Hans's figures, bu...Thanks Albert.<br /><br />I did check Hans's figures, but improperly, by not placing quotation marks around the phrases.<br /><br />Doing this, I come up with some much smaller numbers, like 8 or 16. Most of the time. But then sometimes it says 39,000 results. Basically what it all comes down to is that my analytical method is way too unreliable to be of any real use.C - Loghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07061984603918623697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post-63500700160633601062010-03-01T02:47:55.624-06:002010-03-01T02:47:55.624-06:00Chris,
Have you double-checked Hans' figures?...Chris,<br /><br />Have you double-checked Hans' figures? I can't replicate any of his searches... So I guess your original post still stands.Albert Esplugashttp://www.albertesplugas.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post-40324774008926165972010-02-27T00:18:16.889-06:002010-02-27T00:18:16.889-06:00My mistake, I left out the quotes. With them it...My mistake, I left out the quotes. With them it's only 20'100tsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post-22795316675005481862010-02-26T23:09:29.400-06:002010-02-26T23:09:29.400-06:00taxes ARE theft = 21'100'000taxes ARE theft = 21'100'000tsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post-30890883300918460742010-02-25T17:40:15.401-06:002010-02-25T17:40:15.401-06:00I'd be careful with that logic. It can be appl...<em>I'd be careful with that logic. It can be applied in all sorts of ways. If society decides to make you a slave, we all benefit, except for the small interest group (you) that might well want to get the word out.</em><br /><br />I don't understand your point. My statement was not normative but descriptive. What you describe has already happened. And the "taxation is theft" word-spreaders would say it is happening right now. They just haven't yet gotten good enough at getting the word out.nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06816358571437309223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post-46073579977050657902010-02-25T12:49:06.301-06:002010-02-25T12:49:06.301-06:00"sex is theft": 40,400
"love is the..."sex is theft": 40,400<br />"love is theft": 57,000<br />"everything is theft": 111,000<br />"government is theft": 10,300,000 (!)<br /><br />:-)Hans Nowakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10153355370614123467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post-48693614907777145952010-02-25T10:09:22.222-06:002010-02-25T10:09:22.222-06:00it's the smallest interest group, where the lo...<i>it's the smallest interest group, where the losses to the respective theft would be most concentrated, that is doing the most to "get the word out."</i><br /><br />I'd be careful with that logic. It can be applied in all sorts of ways. If society decides to make you a slave, we all benefit, except for the small interest group (you) that might well want to get the word out.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04894012303210613148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post-77773145884898141222010-02-25T09:07:01.977-06:002010-02-25T09:07:01.977-06:00I agree with earlier comments regarding your prodi...I agree with earlier comments regarding your prodigious google-fu...<br /><br />Please explain how you got your numbers, Obi-wan!Kristan J. Wheatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02566135545863154089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post-17742238963194743882010-02-23T23:06:13.544-06:002010-02-23T23:06:13.544-06:00It's clear that nicole has studied some Politi...It's clear that <a href="http://www.bibliographing.com/" rel="nofollow">nicole</a> has studied some Political Economy, or else she is a political-economy savant; she's right on target with her insight that on any issue where the benefits are concentrated and the costs are diffuse, the concentrated interests will go to the mat to maximize their benefits, to the general detriment of the rest of us. This happens time and time again in public policy, for example in international trade policy. Great comment, nicole!C - Loghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07061984603918623697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post-33431529160772417222010-02-23T11:53:30.247-06:002010-02-23T11:53:30.247-06:00Your Google-Fu is strong.
How did you get those %...Your Google-Fu is strong.<br /><br />How did you get those %ages?Jake Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661158372662154515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post-45212724290527092942010-02-23T11:13:54.209-06:002010-02-23T11:13:54.209-06:00The "piracy" example wouldn't have d...The "piracy" example wouldn't have dawned on me either, but I like what we have here: it's the smallest interest group, where the losses to the respective theft would be most concentrated, that is doing the most to "get the word out."nicolehttp://www.bibliographing.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post-83558827981214533192010-02-23T11:01:01.610-06:002010-02-23T11:01:01.610-06:00Copyright pirates, eh?
All I can say to this po...Copyright pirates, eh? <br /><br />All I can say to this post is: "Feast your eyes on this mateys -- A whole chestful of laser discs!"Lord John Whorfinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12080650912806035914noreply@blogger.com