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NoNameC68
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Is it right to deny parents control over what their children eat? Is it morally acceptable?

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Canuck
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Canuck
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[quote=tegan190"]I think schools should worry about giving kids a decent eduacation before they start all this. This is just another scheme using kids for money . . It really seem like they care about the kids health, but they only want the money provided by kids buying school lunches.[/quote]

[quote="Article"]About 86 percent of the district's students qualify for free or reduced price school lunches because their families live close to the poverty line.[/quote]

Xzeno
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On my eternal quest to know fallacies by name in case they happen to come up, I'd like someone to tell me what this fallacy is:

Like I said before, I think the schools should worry about giving the kids a decent education rather than excellent food.
Obviously, providing lower quality food does not improve the quality of education. The two have absolutely nothing to do with each other. One's food, one's education. Something about a false correlation?

Oh, and I am aware that a counter-argument about budget will be made. That hypothetical argument is working under the assumption that raw budget is the sole issue with both nutrition and education. That is, of course, not true.
Kevin4762
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You . . . have no idea what I meant.

I'm saying that instead of spending money on excellent lunch, how about spending money on excellent education instead.

There is no correlation. I never indicated there was. I said that instead of spending money here, spend money there.

Xzeno
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You . . . have no idea what I meant.
Say what you mean. You said nothing about money, originally.

There is no correlation. I never indicated there was.
You said that instead of doing X, we should do Y. This implied that whether or not we do X affected Y in any way.

I said that instead of spending money here, spend money there.
No you didn't. You said nothing about money.

Now that you have clarified the point, I reject the notion that spending money is the one and only flaw with the education system. We need better methods, not just more money.
Kevin4762
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Say what you mean. You said nothing about money, originally.


Any simple person would know that the statement I made involved money.
You said that instead of doing X, we should do Y. This implied that whether or not we do X affected Y in any way.



Whatever. WEPR is annoying anyway. You people overthink stuff and every thread here is about religion. They should rename this forum Religion and some other stuff.
qwerty1011
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Whatever. WEPR is annoying anyway. You people overthink stuff and every thread here is about religion. They should rename this forum Religion and some other stuff.


If it's annoying go away. It is impossible to overthink things since that's not even a word and if you just glanced at the list of discussions you'd see lots of non religious ones.
jets99
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that is just stupid to ban packed lunches just for that.

Kevin4762
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If it's annoying go away. It is impossible to overthink things since that's not even a word and if you just glanced at the list of discussions you'd see lots of non religious ones.



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qwerty1011
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No... You are new here. Especially since you think a picture counts as an adequate response. And you are new here in no way combats my argument.

Einfach
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You people overthink stuff

Define what it means to "overthink" AND explain why it is bad.
Kevin4762
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No... You are new here. Especially since you think a picture counts as an adequate response. And you are new here in no way combats my argument.


Basically, you want me to answer a question similar to, "Why are idiots dumb?"

I can like the forum, not the forum community. The topics in here are all the same, with the same response, and the same people.

It gets repetitive, annoying, and frustrating.
Define what it means to "overthink" AND explain why it is bad.


How about you look it up?
Xzeno
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Whatever. WEPR is annoying anyway. You people overthink stuff and every thread here is about religion. They should rename this forum Religion and some other stuff.
Yeah, it's a shame there are no non-religion threads. Like... what if there were some sort of thread about school lunches in Chicago? Wouldn't that be crazy?

Instead of attempting to rationalize things, you could simply admit that you're wrong. I demonstrated that your counter-argument was flawed. You could accept that. It's easier on everyone.

Also, if you want a change of pace on the forum, try not being wrong all the time. It worked for me :3
qwerty1011
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Basically, you want me to answer a question similar to, "Why are idiots dumb?"

I can like the forum, not the forum community. The topics in here are all the same, with the same response, and the same people.

It gets repetitive, annoying, and frustrating.


Give me one shred of evidence that you are right since all you're doing is making stuff up and not proving it. And you can only do that if you pretend to pray and call it religion.
valkery
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I can like the forum, not the forum community. The topics in here are all the same, with the same response, and the same people.
It gets repetitive, annoying, and frustrating.


Then go to facepunch, or one of the other mumerous online forums out there. Don't ***** about it to the people that get repetitive, annoying and frustrating and that come up with the same answer to everything...

Shut the **** up, and go away. We don't need you and your attitude.

How about you look it up?


How about you stop being a McAsshole, and answer his question.
qwerty1011
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've got the wiktionary ddefinition which is

To think or analyze too much.
and my definition which is shut up and stop taking words and giving them unnecessary negative connotations.
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