Sentences with phrase «long argument from»

Not exact matches

My argument was to let «er rip — as long as consumers have fair access to the internet and a good chunk of monthly data usage, there will be tons of competitive options that will keep the vertically integrated companies from abusing their customers.

Neal and Taylor's argument was rooted in math: there were more consumers than there were IT users, which meant that over the long run the rate of improvement in consumer technologies would exceed that of enterprise - focused ones; IT departments needed to grapple with increased demand from their users to use the same technology they used at home.

Other than that, congratulations, that was the finest example of the logical fallacy known as an «Argument from Ignorance» that I have seen in a long time.

To say that it will never be forgiven as long as they don't believe removes all the force from Jesus» warning, and makes His argument redundantly self - evident.

A long series like this is probably not the best way to use a blog, since readers come and go, and miss a post or two, and since the argument builds from post-to-post, if someone is just jumping in or misses a few post, they won't understand the flow of thought that brought us here.

So long as the existence of any finite entity is acknowledged, the basic argument follows from its insufficiency to a self - sufficient existent.

He here offers a persuasive practical, as well as unabashedly moral, argument that personal merit and competition are in the short and long term interests of minorities, drawing on his own rise from poverty, which he describes as an escape from «the liberal plantation.»

A developed argument about American exceptionalism and the nature of the American Founding would take us a long way toward understanding why we don't want religion to be pushed from the shared mainstream over to one side's shore.

All of these considerations do not change the fact that for a long time American society has been organized around the image of the successful white Anglo - Saxon man, nor assuage the bitterness of those excluded from the central rewards of the society because of the fact of sex or race or age.22 Plato long ago pointed out that the tyrant who can gratify every whim is the greatest slave of all, because he is completely at the mercy of his own desires, but he did not mean that argument as an excuse for tyrants.

«I understood nothing of what they said, but I was always excited by the richness of their rhetoric, the intensity of their arguments, the urgency and longing behind that hot river of words that came pouring ceaselessly from them.»

The man they really need to consult is, once again, Cardinal Newman, who leveled devastating artillery against the argument from design, especially in The Idea of a University, which despite its well - deserved fame has long gone underutilized by philosophers of religion, perhaps because his critique of their work is so devastating.

From the beginning, Christians heeded the claims of reason, and it did not take long for their adversaries to learn that they were able to match them argument for argument.

The ordinary faithful are no longer remote from events in Rome and from the controversies and debates and arguments and tensions there.

@clarity: Well for you next argument for Christianity, L4H, I would love to see how long it takes before you deviate from the «Better method» if you'd like to try that.

When academic freedom is untethered from truth, it is no longer possible to make a reasonable (truthful) argument for academic freedom.

My argument is that just as the Lovins have succeeded in persuading an important sector of corporate leadership that efficient use of resources is profitable, someone will need to persuade corporate leadership that all will benefit in the long run from restraint in the exploitation of the global commons.

I expected that some people would not understand or would disagree with my argument, but I did not expect the warm and genuinely excited reactions from those whose own experience has led them to see Christ on the other side of the long border between contemporary Catholic and evangelical religious experiences.

It is my hope, moreover, that this argument may be reflected in a continuing shift away from the strict separationist ideal that has for so long guided (and often misguided) Supreme Court rulings on church - state issues.

The pessimists had other arguments, one of them being John Lesher, a junior guard from Delaware who does not take a shot unless his West Virginia teammates put the long rifle to his head.

Because the Wankel is such a departure from normal automotive engines, an ongoing argument has developed over how to determine its displacement or «size,» and as long as the dispute is unresolved, few people will experiment with the power plant in big - time competition.

Bronson reports that as long as parents «make up» with each other after the argument, the child recovered without damage from the incident.

The number of voters who don't know enough to form an opinion about the GOP trio ranges from 76 percent (for Turner, who has made name recognition — at least in NYC — a key argument of why he's the best candidate to face off against Gillibrand) to 84 percent (Maragos and Long).

I understand Long's argument from an intellectual standpoint, but it's still probably going to strike some people as a little strange.

In fairness I don't think he meant it in a development context - he'd be clearly wrong since the Washington Consensus is long dead and overwhelming evidence from Stiglitz, Ha - Joon Chang, Oxfam and others show that no country in history has lifted its people out of poverty without an active state, the infant industry arguments etc..

All I am suggesting is a small edit, I don't see why this should lead to a long argument or why I should refrain from making any suggestion because I don't know enough to fully answer the question.

His proposal, which would need voter approval, stems from the panel's argument that students» access to high - tech devices is crucial for long - term success.

Following the final withdrawal of troops from Basra, a process which began on April 30th, this argument no longer holds.

Forward to the longer answer: You don't hear a lot of «bad apple» arguments from libertarian economists, whos mantra is more likely to be «there are macroeconomic problems, but only microeconomic causes».

Centre for Cities is supportive of all the arguments made in the speech, from having a long term plan for the North, to the recognition that it is city regions and not local authorities or regions that are the building blocks of the modern economy, to offering more powers for elected mayors.

He made that same Auschwitz / Catholic convent argument that I first heard from Long Island GOP Rep. Pete King, who's a Giuliani ally.

«That political argument has gridlocked us from moving forward for too long.»

While charter schools are popular alternatives to low - performing public schools in minority communities, Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat, has long felt that they hurt those public schools by taking money and space from them, the same argument teachers» unions have made.

Central to their argument is an understanding that the survival of all living creatures is limited by the concept of energy return on investment (EROI): that any living thing or living societies can survive only so long as they are capable of getting more net energy from any activity than they expend during the performance of that activity.

In one chapter, 100 pages long, the manipulations are so heavy and the argument so terse that he adds the following footnote: «The reductions that are necessary to go from one step to another [in this chapter] are often very elaborate and, on occasion, may require as many as ten, twenty, or even fifty pages.

The researchers found that, far from convincing people to change their minds, the new information reinforced their existing beliefs and actually made people think longer and harder, and with more in - depth arguments, about how they defended them.

The list included body hair, wisdom teeth, and the coccyx — superfluous features that served as Exhibit A in his argument that humans did not descend from «demigods» but rather from a long line of fur - insulated, plant - chewing creatures that sported tails.

Good arguments exist that the central regions should collapse first, producing a condensed protostar whose contraction is halted by the large buildup of thermal pressure when radiation can no longer escape from the interior to keep the (now opaque) body relatively cool.

The concept borrows from other fields of science such as chemistry, where theoretical arguments long ago argued that increased fluctuations can increase the efficiency of reactions.

There is a long argument about why this test is supposedly better, but the bottom line is that hormone levels in your saliva may not accurately reflect what is going on inside your body — the test which determines the ingredients is inferior and may be wrong from the start.

Interestingly, responding to those counter arguments helps me better articulate my point and really only reinforces my original statement It's fun to have a discussion with someone who has a different opinion as long as we actually listen to each other and refrain from personal insults (had some of those, too).

The only reason that matters from my perspective is that I can no longer make the argument that Anne Thompson was right in not predicting films she nor anyone else had yet seen.

We'd be foolish not to give some sort of shout out to other terrific scenes throughout the year, like the hilarious funeral sequence in Li» l Quinquin, which had us doubled over from laughter; both the border crossing and night vision sequences in Sicario; the ending of Carol, which should get an emotional response out of even the coldest souls; the opening long take in Buzzard, a painfully funny experience much like Entertainment; the bonkers final act of Jauja; a scorching scene from The Fool where the town mayor lays into her corrupt staff; everything that happens at Mamie Claire's house in Mistress America; the intense argument between Gerard Depardieu and Jacqueline Bissett in Welcome to New York; the tightrope sequence in The Walk, and much, much more.

It's He's Just Not That Into You with arguments about circumcision — and it won't make you long for the release of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, now inexplicably in production.

Moreover, I present the D.C. case only as possible cheating, and one could simply delete D.C. from the long list of cases documented in Charade without weakening the argument.

Also benefits from student A grade example essay, a brilliant way to see how to approach long exam questions, how to link up ideas and the best way to maintain your line of argument.

In particular, ministers will need to explain why it has taken the DfE longer than expected to convert underperforming schools into academies, despite their arguments these schools benefit the most from the change.

While charter schools are popular alternatives to low - performing public schools in minority communities, Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat, has long felt that they hurt those public schools by taking money and space from them, the same argument teachers» unions have made.

In another Albany chamber that same morning, a court prepared to hear the opening argument in a long - running education finance case, Maisto v. New York, that contends students from poorer communities are getting much less in per pupil spending — several thousands less — than their wealthier peers.

Destination, yes, a book giveaway of some type is a business investment — no argument from me there — but if your goal is feedback, I'd recommend that you give beta copies to people in your target audience who you can trust to provide honest feedback LONG before the final book is released for publication.

The Guardian explained how «Tor rips up the rulebook on digital rights management» and the BBC featured a long article with arguments from both sides, drawing links with the music industry's experience of the transition and highlighting that «the key difference with the music business is that the book trade can see what mistakes the record labels made and avoid them.»