Globe & Maill : Cornwall Inquiry

They forgot the most important conclusion, that being; thanks to the beneficence of the always embracing legal system, decades of prosperous luxury were lavished on our dedicated men and women of the legal community. Homes were bought, cottage properties purchased, automobiles, snowmobiles, sons and daughters sent to prestigious schools of higher learning. Look at what escalating this case to the heights it achieved, did for the economy. It's time we look beyond trivial things like lives, characters, credibility and come to the realization, stunts like this are just plain "good for business" and whats good for business is good for the economy, and in tough times like now, isn't that what we really need. So friends don't look at this as another Susan Nelles fiasco, but look beyond, this was just plain good for business.

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"More and more, we are discovering that positive reinforcement alters behavior massively more effectively than negative reinforcement".

This would all depend upon the "alpha mentality" of the society you were attempting to apply it on. Positive reinforcement, acted upon individuals conditioned to negative reinforcement, is almost always interpreted as submissive behavior, and likewise manipulated by the individual or society to meet their needs or offer them a path of least resistance. It seldom alters their inherent perceived role in society and is subject to rapid reticence once unattended. As with anything else there are exceptions to the rule. The problem with some studies is they use the exception to justify the probability of its feasibility.

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The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

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You (Wilbur Williamsley, from safely away from youville, Canada) wrote: What people should be doing is taking a trip to the library to get a better understanding of basic economics principles. In a down turning economy, businesses like this will be the first to feel the squeeze, along with every other service based industry (ie) molly maid, doggy grooming, three months dental checkups will be back to six months and so on and so on. It's nothing new, it just the endless eb and flow of the cycle. which for some of you, you've forgotten, which by the way also is capitalized on by economists, because we tend to forget things like this with a certain predictability also.

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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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Another long day of computer bliss

Where does the time go... another day bites the dust.

To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.
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My goodness said the mad hatter to alice we're late oh so late.

We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others.
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In today's climate it is not only wise, but essential to counter negative short term media hype, with long term positive outlook. -A.Neave

In the face of insurmountable odds, we achieve the greatness, we thought impossible, because we chose to believe otherwise -Alexander Neave

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Today the sun is shining, time to enjoy its warmth, and give thanks for the abundance it provides.

Alarmist mentality is a good thing, if you're a dog. it's a trait I find quite annoying in humans though!

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Ok it is time to sleep

On this day many years ago a flower set forth a seed, and a seed grew. Generations now have passed, the flower gone, but the memory lasts.

Today we will conquer the world, or at least make sure the memo get sent out.

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