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Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts?

From "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts?
Date 2015-08-09 14:20 +1000
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"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote in message 
news:3s6dsal36rhko6c2sqkfubcp09dk8m8n6n@4ax.com...
> Per SC Tom:
>>I think that should be (or stupid). 'And stupid' makes it sound like poor
>>people are stupid, which isn't necessarily true. I totally agree with your
>>statement though. Must be why Rent-A-Center and all those other rental
>>companies are making money hand over fist.
>
> Maybe splitting semantic hairs, but I would distinguish between "Stupid"
> and "Poor critical thinking skills".
>
> If I had a couple billion and wanted to spend it on one thing to make
> the world a better place I would start a foundation dedicated to
> developing and implementing grade school, middle school, high school,
> and college-level courses in critical thinking.

There isn't any evidence that the most stupid who
are the problem can be taught that by any method.

> One of the two teachers I remember the most fondly was my
> seventh-grade science teacher in Westport Ct, Mr Sheldt.
> One of the exercises he put us through was bringing full-page
> advertisements to class where we picked them apart as to
> what they were trying to do and how they went about it.

And I bet that the most stupid were unaffected by that approach.

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What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? MNMikeW <mnmiikkew@aol.com> - 2015-08-08 13:03 +0000
  Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? John McGaw <Nobody@Nowh.ere> - 2015-08-08 09:35 -0400
    Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-08-08 13:09 -0700
      Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> - 2015-08-08 18:26 -0400
        Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2015-08-08 20:20 -0400
          Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-08-08 17:35 -0700
          Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 14:20 +1000
            Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-08-09 12:56 -0700
              Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-08-09 13:13 -0700
                Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? I R A Darth Aggie <n0b0dy@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-11 21:39 +0000
  Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Meanie <meanie.brat@gmail.com> - 2015-08-08 16:52 -0400
    Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-08-08 14:06 -0700
      Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-08 22:23 +0000
        Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Meanie <meanie.brat@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 11:39 -0400
          Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> - 2015-08-09 10:53 -0500
            Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-09 13:55 -0400
              Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> - 2015-08-09 15:57 -0500
              Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Meanie <meanie.brat@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 17:29 -0400
            Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Meanie <meanie.brat@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 17:29 -0400
          Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-09 16:06 +0000
            Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Meanie <meanie.brat@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 17:20 -0400
              Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-09 17:36 -0400
                Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Meanie <meanie.brat@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 18:18 -0400
      Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Meanie <meanie.brat@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 11:37 -0400
        Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? 0scar <N0MAIL@N0NE.C0M> - 2015-08-09 09:48 -0700
        Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-08-09 13:09 -0700
          Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Meanie <meanie.brat@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 17:29 -0400
            Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-09 17:36 -0400
            Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Axel Berger <Axel_Berger@B.Maus.De> - 2015-08-09 23:36 +0200
              Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-08-09 14:57 -0700
                Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Meanie <meanie.brat@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 18:18 -0400
                Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-09 22:32 +0000
                Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Axel Berger <Axel_Berger@B.Maus.De> - 2015-08-10 01:59 +0200
                Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-08-09 17:24 -0700
                Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? MNMikeW <mnmiikkew@aol.com> - 2015-08-14 05:00 +0000
                Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-14 01:03 -0400
                Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? MNMikeW <mnmiikkew@aol.com> - 2015-08-14 04:59 +0000
                Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-14 01:02 -0400
                Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-13 22:36 -0700
                Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? crankypuss <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-14 04:39 -0600
                Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2015-08-10 00:16 -0400
            Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-08-09 14:48 -0700
              Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Meanie <meanie.brat@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 18:20 -0400
            Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-09 15:03 -0700
              Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Meanie <meanie.brat@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 18:25 -0400
          Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Axel Berger <Axel_Berger@B.Maus.De> - 2015-08-09 23:34 +0200
            Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-08-09 14:51 -0700
    Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? MNMikeW <mnmiikkew@aol.com> - 2015-08-14 04:55 +0000
      Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? MNMikeW <mnmiikkew@aol.com> - 2015-08-14 09:01 -0500
        Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? MNMikeW <mnmiikkew@aol.com> - 2015-08-14 14:41 +0000
  Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-08-10 10:04 -0400
    Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? M.L. <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-08-12 05:58 -0500
      Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-08-12 11:22 -0400
  Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> - 2015-08-10 09:25 -0500
  Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? MNMikeW <mnmiikkew@aol.com> - 2015-08-10 10:59 -0500
    Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> - 2015-08-10 11:19 -0500
  Re: What's your take on the new Verizon plan to drop contracts? Ashton Crusher <demi@moore.net> - 2015-08-15 15:17 -0700

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