Attrition in Argument
Attrition never wins arguments. Can you truly win an argument through attrition? No. Attrition is the failure of having the ability to argue. Those who argue via attrition do not know how to address counter issues or even see any part of the issue from the other standpoint or point of view. Often those who argue with attrition accuse the other of weakness regarding opinion or stance without really taking the time for the initial understanding of the other side. This is because they have developed an ego that never allowed them to learn in school or in life. Those who argue via attrition are usually unjust and already know they have a lesser foundation but never human enough to admit it.
Blessed be those who think.
Thomas Paul Murphy
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Todays Health Buddy Quote
Today’s Health Buddy Quote 05 10 2010
“You must be the change you see in this world” my father read to me this off the screen of his health buddy. And I agree with this but had to add a little sarcasm after many an endless bad day.
“Who wrote that?” I asked.
“Mahtama Gandhi.” My father replied.
I replied, “Well we are until we are chin deep in $h17 !”
Today's post has no relation or read into as to the prior post. In other words I have great respect for Gandhi. A quality I find very admirable in India Indians is that they are magnanimous with their advice. I mean they always have seemed to give good advice no matter how your mood is regarding whether you are feuding with them or not. Of course now that I have said this Murphy's law will try and prove me wrong. But I will give them credit that they have the fewer roads to hell that are paved with good intent, than any group I have known.
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
“You must be the change you see in this world” my father read to me this off the screen of his health buddy. And I agree with this but had to add a little sarcasm after many an endless bad day.
“Who wrote that?” I asked.
“Mahtama Gandhi.” My father replied.
I replied, “Well we are until we are chin deep in $h17 !”
Today's post has no relation or read into as to the prior post. In other words I have great respect for Gandhi. A quality I find very admirable in India Indians is that they are magnanimous with their advice. I mean they always have seemed to give good advice no matter how your mood is regarding whether you are feuding with them or not. Of course now that I have said this Murphy's law will try and prove me wrong. But I will give them credit that they have the fewer roads to hell that are paved with good intent, than any group I have known.
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Saturday, May 8, 2010
The men shortest on knowledge..... 05 08 2010
"The men shortest on knowledge, posture the most."
Thomas Paul Murphy
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Thomas Paul Murphy
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Friday, May 7, 2010
Those Who Will Never Admit Their Wrong......
"Those who never will admit they are wrong, will never know wrong from right."
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Three Before Bed
Productivity Based Languages
“The way the Chinese language is written in symbolism, makes for it to be read like a data operations management flowchart or other type of flow chart. It is no wonder productivity has caught up with them.”
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Self Deception
“To insult someone unjustly and wish it were true.”
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The Hating Type
“Once you establish a culture of hate within yourself you will always find someone new to hate in absence of someone old, because it is yourself that you can neither accept or change.”
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How to spot a liar.
How to spot a liar.
See which eye the lie is in and then look in the other and listen.
How to spot a liar.
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
See which eye the lie is in and then look in the other and listen.
How to spot a liar.
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Neighbors
"To have a good neighbor, you have to be a good neighbor."
I can't be the one that thought of this first?
Thomas
I can't be the one that thought of this first?
Thomas
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Ethnic Grocery Store
Ethnic Grocery Store 05 02 2010
Sometimes I go shopping at ethnic grocery stores. As I am shopping there, I think a bigot or racist would never come here. I often find a product at a store like this that I enjoy and lead’s to happiness for me, at least for awhile. I know what some people are missing.J
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Complements and Human Nature
Complements and Human Nature 05 02 2010
My father and I started talking about complements today.
“A black lady at the gym today complemented me on my upper body development. I didn’t quite know what to day. People rarely give complements.” I said.
“What did you say?” My father asked.
“I didn’t know what to say, I just said “Thank you.”
“Sometimes they complement you when you are down and sometimes they put you down when you are up. I think you told me that.” He said.
“That’s just part of human nature.” He said.
“It’s the opposite of human nature. What separates us from the animals is we have a conscience.” I said.
Before I could continue he said, “That’s part of rationality.”
“Yes and that also separates us from animals. But it goes back to the bible, “Don onto others as you would have them do onto you.” I said.
“Mostly today people just like to insult you, to keep you down. A complement is a rarity. They tell you in business not to complement because it is a weakness and often regarded as insulting. I think that jealousy is not on the scale of human nature. It is somewhat lower.”
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Thursday, April 29, 2010
The Italian Problem
If Italians properly raised and disciplined their children there would be no Mafia. If there was no Mafia there would be no drug trade. If there was no drug trade there would be no illegal immigration problem in this country. There would also be no corruption in the Roman Catholic Church.
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Friday, April 9, 2010
Favorite Quote About Me
"I hate everything that Murphy does."
William Morris
This was said to all the people fishing on the pier when I was in High School, and he said it right in front of me and to me!!!
William Morris
This was said to all the people fishing on the pier when I was in High School, and he said it right in front of me and to me!!!
If you keep them busy.....
If you keep them busy, it screws them up.
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
The Pied Piper to the Children
“The Pied Piper to the Children
As you go about places it is fun to see things that we can label as, “Something that doesn’t work and won’t be fixed.””
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
As you go about places it is fun to see things that we can label as, “Something that doesn’t work and won’t be fixed.””
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
It thinks what it see's is your final step.....
"It thinks what it see’s is your final step, when it sticks out its foot. When actually it is your first of ten.”
Copyright 04 07 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Copyright 04 07 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Leader's
"Leader's don't point the finger at others, they point the way forward."
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Monday, April 5, 2010
Modern Maturity
“A majority of people over the age of 18 need to try harder at being men and women. How come we don’t hear the ever so subtly different term, “God’s favorite adults.”?”
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Erasing Embarrassing Moments?
"Have you ever caught someone in an embarrassing moment, act or expression. They
know it and so do you. And you probably have a good laugh to yourself for awhile. What happens next is after awhile they emphatically act out the opposite of what you saw them do to try and make you think that you didn't see what you first saw. You can be assured what you first saw is the truth, when you see them act out the appropriate behavior that they learned but did not follow. It's too late, people are not as dumb as you think.
Just consider it a matter of good human nature for them to try and erase their bad behavoir in this fashion and not an insult to your intelligence, "See, see I'm really not like that!"
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
know it and so do you. And you probably have a good laugh to yourself for awhile. What happens next is after awhile they emphatically act out the opposite of what you saw them do to try and make you think that you didn't see what you first saw. You can be assured what you first saw is the truth, when you see them act out the appropriate behavior that they learned but did not follow. It's too late, people are not as dumb as you think.
Just consider it a matter of good human nature for them to try and erase their bad behavoir in this fashion and not an insult to your intelligence, "See, see I'm really not like that!"
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Conflict
"A lot of life is about when you get pissed at someone and figuring out what to do about it."
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Envy and Jealousy
"To be distracted and then told what you already knew but couldn't remember because you were distracted."
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
Copyright 2010 Thomas Paul Murphy
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