Translation: multi-syllables bother me even when I know what they mean. I prefer my conversations dumbed down. I know how to make a blanket dismissal but I don't have a clue how to give supporting arguments.I'm not using jargon. If I wanted to talk about harmonic analysis, jacobians, and the discrete fourier transform then you might have a point. WTF is stoicism jargon for?
No doubt. A typical defense for this type of argument technique (and, by the way, if I were in charge, I might've called the technique something else to prevent confusion and mouth-foaming when seeing the word "Jargon," but alas...) might go something like this: "Well, it's no fault of my own that you're (oftentimes misspelled "your." I'll go ahead and submit that you're guilty of that, too) too simpleminded to understand my superior vocabulary." I meant to post the expected defense in my OP to head off your rebuttal before time was wasted in typing it, but damn it all to hell, you caught me on a slow day.
As an aside, my degree is in engineering and not literature so my takes on philosophy and the like are all of my own and independent of my degree.
Sweet. Give me a moment to bow my head at the Altar of Fuzz.
Who else than a doctor can legally sign a death certificate? The point that EMT cannot declare someone dead is still valid. Saying the argument is flawed and not demonstrating how is tantamount to 'you're wrong' and demonstrates just as much insight. Seems a popular strategy around here.
Fuck-an-a, dawg. Unlike some folks around here, I ain't going to call anyone ignorant without at the very least having an inkling of an idea of what I'm talking about. I was with a justice of the peace who majored in accounting (and didn't finish college) just last week who declared death on some poor non-swimmer. Lord knows I'm not an expert, but simply googling it (you might say I "researched" the subject) shows that RNs, nurse practitioners, and yes, some EMTs can declare death and sign death certificates (in Texas at least. Your mileage may vary, but Brent didn't kill a teammate in Wabash, Indiana after all). There are likely others who can declare death as well, but I didn't bother looking around any more than I had to.
Here is an example of a supporting argument:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/misc/hb_cod.pdf
But wtf does the cdc know in opposition to the circle jerk we see here?
As for your gasbag statement, perhaps some introspection is in order because your post is long on declarations and devoid of any reasoning.
Thanks, amigo, but your supporting "argument" hurts me to the core because in this case,
guidebook ≠ local law
. In any event, it was a good try but here's a protip: in the future, remember that a little research is most certainly in order BEFORE calling out others for being ignorant, and not when you're finished tap-dancing afterward.
Carry on.
rofl