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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7642038" data-attributes="member: 177">Ugh.&nbsp; That analogy doesn't serve you well here. Stealing suggests that someone's not going to be happy with us for taking the boat.&nbsp; That means there's risk, there will be consequences.&nbsp; We undertake a risk only if we have a purpose worth the risk.&nbsp; Unless we are young and stupid, we are probably not going to take the risk of stealing the boat to float aimlessly down the river.&nbsp; We are going to steal the boat when we have a purpose of going somewhere specific for which the boat is useful.&nbsp; That's fine.&nbsp; For you.The interesting point in this is the &quot;if we use them up&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; That's not what is happening in this analogy.&nbsp; It is more, &quot;if they get caught in an eddy or run aground and won't go any farther&quot;.&nbsp; Those of us willing to steer are not going to end up in many backwaters by happenstance, and if we do, we can always gt ourselves back into a notable current.Who is this &quot;we&quot;?&nbsp; If you want to say, &quot;I am on a joyride here,&quot; I am more than fine with that.&nbsp; But, the fact that folks disagree with you suggests there's no general, &quot;we&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7642038, member: 177"] Ugh. That analogy doesn't serve you well here. Stealing suggests that someone's not going to be happy with us for taking the boat. That means there's risk, there will be consequences. We undertake a risk only if we have a purpose worth the risk. Unless we are young and stupid, we are probably not going to take the risk of stealing the boat to float aimlessly down the river. We are going to steal the boat when we have a purpose of going somewhere specific for which the boat is useful. That's fine. For you. The interesting point in this is the "if we use them up". That's not what is happening in this analogy. It is more, "if they get caught in an eddy or run aground and won't go any farther". Those of us willing to steer are not going to end up in many backwaters by happenstance, and if we do, we can always gt ourselves back into a notable current. Who is this "we"? If you want to say, "I am on a joyride here," I am more than fine with that. But, the fact that folks disagree with you suggests there's no general, "we". [/QUOTE]

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