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If you do stupid stuff and it creates a disaster, (Original Post) Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 OP
That is my posting style. ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #1
Dig up, stupid! Salviati Aug 2014 #2
It doesn't persist because they are stupid. It persists because it's profitable. woo me with science Aug 2014 #3
Actually I agree. Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #5
Absolutely woo me with science Aug 2014 #6
Stupid is as stupid does. nt. neverforget Aug 2014 #4

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
3. It doesn't persist because they are stupid. It persists because it's profitable.
Sun Aug 10, 2014, 02:17 PM
Aug 2014

There is a difference between evil and stupidity.

ISIS: The Spoils of the “Great Loot” in the Middle East
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Jackpine Radical

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5. Actually I agree.
Sun Aug 10, 2014, 04:46 PM
Aug 2014

I even coined an aphorism to encapsulate my view.

Never ascribe to mere stupidity anything that is better explained by malice, avarice, or absence of conscience.

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