[MD] Down the road of mediocrity

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:


> [Arlo]
> And you assume this to be the case? You don't think maybe the Brits 
> got caught in an act of espionage? Would they (or us) admit it if 
> they had? I'm not sure what's going on here, but I am not so quick to 
> just assume "our side" or "their side" of the story, to the point of 
> risking war. But I ask myself, what benefit would it be to Iran to go 
> into open waters and kidnap British soldiers? This would be like 
> asking for the US and British to invade their country. On the other 
> hand, what benefit would it be to Britain (and the US) to conduct 
> espionage on Iran? Which is the more likely scenario? Us spying on 
> them and getting caught? Or them attempting to get us to invade them?

How about they made a mistake and are afraid to lose face by admitting it?

> [Platt]
> So food, shelter and clothing ought to taxpayer provided, too?
> 
> [Arlo]
> I have no problem with my tax dollars providing basic food staples. 
> Nor do I have a problem with tax-supported shelters or even 
> tax-subsidized loans for the poor to get basic housing. Now I assume 
> you'll try to make this into lobster tails and mansions for everyone, 
> but that's not the case.

Why work?




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