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Important to note: The author of the article, Gary North, is the same guy who predicted a "failure of the global Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and
by theboywho 13y ago
Important to note:
The author of the article, Gary North, is the same guy who predicted a "failure of the global Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and that it would precipitate severe disruption and the complete collapse of the international economy, leaving American Christians to restore society following the collapse."
Also, he "favors capital punishment for a range of offenders; these include women who lie about their virginity, blasphemers, nonbelievers, children who curse their parents, male homosexuals, and other people who commit acts deemed capital offenses in the Old Testament. He also favors capital punishment for women who have abortions."
Everybody reading his article should take this into account.
- berrypicker 13y agoI checked out the comments before reading the article since it had a 'sensational' headline which usually follows up with a crappy article, glad I didn't waste my time. I'm wondering where all the up votes came from though.
- hendzen 13y agoThe article itself is not badly written. Keep in mind many people on this forum have a significant financial incentive to ensure that people don't think this way about BTC.
- nmarley 13y ago> ...many people on this forum have a significant financial incentive to ensure that people don't think this way about BTC. How can you make an assertion like that with no facts? Do you know that for sure? Do you have data to back that up?
- darkstar999 13y agoBased on the daily pro-bitcoin articles and comments here, I agree.
- ceol 13y agoThe data that there are three pro-BTC articles on the front page every day. It's personally why I've stopped visiting as often. We get it: You want to keep convincing yourself you didn't waste thousands of dollars on a huge, pointless bubble. Don't get pissed when it gets pointed out, though. And another data point: Your account has 6 comments, all Bitcoin-related in different threads. I wonder what virtual currency you invested in?
- khyryk 13y agoYep, half the people here are executives at American Express. rolls eyes
- sz4kerto 13y agoI just don't see how is one's view on abortion validate or invalidate his views on Bitcoins. Care to explain?
- theboywho 13y agoHis views on other topics do not necessarly validate or invalidate his views on Bitcoin, but these views can not be ignored and as I said in my comment, they should be taken into account while forming your own opinion about his article.
- blahbl4hblahtoo 13y agoThe pattern of the mans publicly disclosed ideas really paint a picture of who he is...in this case a right wing reactionary ideologue.
- tfb 13y agoIt serves as evidence that he is an uneducated idiot who lacks common sense.
- gnaritas 13y agoThen inability to reason in one area is a good indicator that a person simply doesn't reason well at all and casts suspicion on everything he says.
- macspoofing 13y agoInevitably you have to trust some expert opinion because there isn't enough hours in a day to research everything yourself. I don't know about you, but someone who holds the insane views that this nutbar does, would certainly make me question his competency to give sound economic advice.
- mason240 13y agoAccording to Wikipedia he literally describes himself as a theocrat.
- melvinmt 13y agoWhy is that relevant for this article?
- sjtgraham 13y agoAd hominem.
- sleepyhead 13y ago"Hitler is correct in this speech" - "He was responsible for killing X million people" "Ad hominem!"
- sjtgraham 13y agoReductio ad Hitlerum
- sleepyhead 13y agoYawn. So predictable.
- emiliobumachar 13y agoThe failed stab at futurology seems relevant to judge the weight of his current prediction.