Word: argument
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimosn takes a ridiculous view of censorship, asserting that censorship is, of course, wrong, but the appropriateness of the message should be taken into account when putting up posters. That is just stupid, and the dissenters did a good job pointing out the flaw in the editorial's argument...
This has happened without debate or controversy. Where are all the people who have spent the past decades shrieking that the trust fund meant Social Security was self-supporting and that therefore benefits were beyond dispute? The argument was always nonsense. The people paying in money are different from the people drawing it out, so the size of the pay-in says nothing about the justice of the payout. And where are the trust-fund zealots now? If it's immoral bordering on treasonous to raid the Social Security trust fund for other government purposes (though all that means...
...would have to follow." He notes, for instance, that his tenants breathe air that is 50% fresher than that in most offices. That, along with an abundance of natural light, could perk up employees, hiking their productivity 10% or more, according to some studies. Durst calls this "the biggest argument for green buildings. If you can make people more efficient, that's a huge saving...
First, they are one Abercrombie & Fitch store too late for the former argument. As for the latter--can the existence of a few subdued, subterranean chain restaurants in Loker Commons really do more harm to the University's image than, say, the recent Harvard Institute for International Development scandal in Russia, or perhaps last spring's New York Times article depicting undergraduates as unhappy, desk-bound losers? It would seem to me nothing could enhance Harvard's image more than a bold headline proclaiming, "Harvard Students Happy!" So why such resistance...
...Argument Guy: Wanna argue? Five minutes for a dollar...