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Answer Upon - Stupid Opinion #2: that All Opinione are Equal - and, of course, we are not to Judge
OK, so you’ve read through Real Estate 101 and you’re pre-approved and you know how much you’re qualified to borrow. You’re ready to start shopping for houses! And you’ve found an agent with whom you feel comfortable working – by the way, this agent should be me, if you’re in the Waco area. Why get an agent, you ask? Don’t they cost extra? You could always just get those nice, color real estate magazines and/or drive around neighborhoods you like and just call the agents in the ads or on the signs. You have to call all those agents anyway since they NEVER put the price in the ads or on the flyers. Besides, once you call them, they’ll get you all fixed up and look out for your interests.OK, time for dirty little secret #2: The agent that has the property listed is working for the seller, not YOU! This isn’t really a secret since agents are required to disclose this if you have any substantive discussion about a house with them, but most buyers, especially first time buyers, don’t understand all the implications of this disclosure. Now the listing agent is not out to rip you off or anything, in fact we are duty bound to be honest and fair with all parties. Let’s say that you decide to make an offer on the house (under the asking
But what about slavery, I asked, wasn't that wrong?
Opinion. Just an opinion. Of course they were against slavery, but it was just an opinion.
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I tried logic. If all opinions were equal, then things would be both
There truly is no end to the possibilities of outsourcing. Management guru Tom Peters recently picked up on a reference to a New York Times article “Ogre To Slay? Outsource it to the Chinese”, about how affluent western children are paying their Chinese counterparts to complete the first levels of video games that they find monotonous. Peters comments: “The ‘factory’ is in Fuzhou, China. The workers are youngsters logging 12-hour shifts. Their clientelle? Fellow youngsters from ‘Seoul to San Francisco … who want to avoid the pain and time associated with those first few levels … Yup! I thought I’d seen it all! Goes to show you …”What is most eye-catching about this startling trend however is author Dan Ward’s observation that “this (is) an opportunity to provide commentary on the video game developers who clearly aren't satisfying their customers. If the games were really well designed (Design is everything in an experience economy, no?), they would be compelling from start to finish. No need to outsource level 1-3 to China … these kids aren't outsourcing their entertainment - they are outsourcing the boring / easy / introductory parts they don't care about... and they are sending the video game industry a message. I wonder if anyone is
But what about the quality of people of all races, of women and men, I asked, thinking that for sure they would agree. And they did - but were adamant that it was just a matter of opinion. So there I stood in front of the class, with black students agreeing that they too believed, like me, that all races were equal, but they were at the same time absolutely sure it was just a belief, an opinion. And women students likewise held that, like me, they believed in the equality of women and men, but unlike me, they were convinced it was just an opinion, and all opinions were equal.
But what about slavery, I asked, wasn't that wrong?
Opinion. Just an opinion. Of course they were against slavery, but it was just an opinion.
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I tried logic. If all opinions were equal, then things would be both
It seems to be a single-sided debate. When you mention keyword use, all thoughts normally go to the search engines. Copywriting, however, is more about your human visitors than it is the engines. In fact, even the mainstay of SEO copywriting (keywords) is based on a need to spur visitors along as they work through the information on your site. If you want truly effective SEO copy, you'll take time to learn that keyword use goes beyond the search engines.Let's go offline for a moment. Go get your telephone book. If you were going to conduct a search for, say, an office desk, how would you go about it? You'd look in the Yellow Pages™ under office furniture. Next you'd drill through the ads in search of ads that specifically mentioned "desks" or perhaps the particular kind of desk you want.SEO for Newspapers?When looking through the inserts that come with your Sunday newspaper, your eye would be especially drawn to office supply flyers that featured the word "desks" or a picture of desks. Why? Because you've got desks on the brain right now. You're going to be especially sensitive to that word because that's the current need you're trying to fill.The same, exact thing applies when someone searches onlin
But what about the quality of people of all races, of women and men, I asked, thinking that for sure they would agree. And they did - but were adamant that it was just a matter of opinion. So there I stood in front of the class, with black students agreeing that they too believed, like me, that all races were equal, but they were at the same time absolutely sure it was just a belief, an opinion. And women students likewise held that, like me, they believed in the equality of women and men, but unlike me, they were convinced it was just an opinion, and all opinions were equal.
But what about slavery, I asked, wasn't that wrong?
Opinion. Just an opinion. Of course they were against slavery, but it was just an opinion.
****
I tried logic. If all opinions were equal, then things would be both
Are you finding hard to mange your debts and fear that soon the debts may be out of control, increasing risks for your finances? Well you are the candidate for debt management program. A debt management program relieves you of your debt burden in such a way that debts are now easier to repay.You can find many expert companies in the business of offering debt management program to debt ridden people. You can apply to these experts and soon they take charge of your debts. First of all they will asses your debt position. Then they will look at your current repaying capability. You obviously are not in a convenient position to repay debts. Under debt management program, however, your actual repaying capacity is calculated after subtracting your regular expenses from your income. Then taking advantage of its contacts, debt management Program providing company negotiates with your creditors for reducing interest rate and even amount of debts. After it has been successfully done, you are relieved from paying high rate of interest on debts.Now you are required to pay lower monthly amount to the debt management program service provider. So all your debts are now brought down under reduced monthly payment to the one company providing the pr
But what about slavery, I asked, wasn't that wrong?
Opinion. Just an opinion. Of course they were against slavery, but it was just an opinion.
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I tried logic. If all opinions were equal, then things would be both
The written word is king of the marketing hill these days. Between the intangible nature of services and the intangible marketing challenge known as the Internet, having content that increases interest and drives sales is a service firm imperative.When selling services, content is your "free sample," the equivalent of the people in supermarkets giving out little cups of various kinds of food products for you to try before you buy. OK, well, maybe not exactly like that, but thematically the same. Your content conveys your company's personality (known in more stuffy business circles as your culture) as well as your expertise, which are both part of the criteria applied by prospects when making buying decisions.So here's the question that constitutes the title of this article: Is your content actually connecting? You can have loads of articles, white papers, web pages, and email messages, but if the words in those pieces aren't making a strong connection to your market, all that content is worthless.Here are some suggestions for creating connections with content:Be context specific. A piece of content needs to talk to a specific audience at the right level. If you market to financial
But what about slavery, I asked, wasn't that wrong?
Opinion. Just an opinion. Of course they were against slavery, but it was just an opinion.
****
I tried logic. If all opinions were equal, then things would be both
Conventional thinking leads us to understand that school and college going children do not have any special usage of the credit card, other than downloading the latest chartbuster or purchasing an occasional gift item. However in practicality, children today have gone overboard to such an extent with credit card spending, that they have plunged themselves into credit card debt.Once the child reaches the college, he is inundated with credit card offers galore. According to a 2001 Nellie Mae observation, it has been noticed that about 84 percent of undergraduate students have atleast have one credit card with an average balance of $2300. Close to 50 percent of students sign up for a credit card in their first year at college. Credit card companies are on a roll promoting students’ credit card on campus and through the internet. Students are lured by fascinating offers, discounts to pubs and clubs, freebies, extra airline mines and low introductory rates.The entire gamut of offers sounds and looks irresistible to your child and he can’t help but reach out to a credit card. The ‘I will pay later’ syndrome catches on the child and then he finds himself trapped in debt, if he cannot control his expenses. Some of the children end up a
But what about slavery, I asked, wasn't that wrong?
Opinion. Just an opinion. Of course they were against slavery, but it was just an opinion.
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I tried logic. If all opinions were equal, then things would be both true and not true. So women would be both equal to men, and not equal to men. Slavery would be both right and wrong. Beating children would be both right and wrong. That was the same as saying two and two equaled four, and did not equal four. A contradiction.
Forget it. Contradictions were irrelevant - or worse. Students looked at me as if I was mad to say that if things contradicted themselves, they could not both be true. What mattered was not attacking the sacred cow (and equally, I would hold, unsacred cow) of THE ABSOLUTE EQUALITY OF ALL OPINONS.
I was stunned, as stunned as if I had suddenly found myself in a society which looked exactly like mine, but where people believed parents had the right to kill babies at birth.
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Who are we to judge what is right and wrong, they held. It's all a matter of opinion - and then ANOTHER SACRED COW: everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Okay, I said (though I am not quite convi
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