There is nothing whatsoever wrong with labeling nonsense as such. If it is nonsense it is nonsense. We can devote five paragraphs to describing it in a number of styles of prose and it would still be nonsense.
Sometimes I want to call nonsense nonsense and bullshit bullshit. I have those days. We all do. Today was one of them.
I am not going to apologize for something adults ought to be perfectly capable of dealing with. So much time wasted focusing on the style of the message rather than the argument itself. That's a choice made by the reader. Just like someone listening to rap music can choose to conclude it is foul crap and ignore the underlying messages, which may or may not be valid. The reader (or listener) makes the choice.
I have yet to see a solid argument showing that the statement I responded to was nothing more than nonsense. I repeat it here for convenience:
> Then again, the hours that were cut also wouldn't have to be paid to the people not working them. In a perfect situation this would have led to higher employment numbers and happier employees.
Slicing it up and paraphrasing:
"they would have received a 25% cut in pay"
"they would have to hire more people to make up for the deficit in man-hours"
"people would be happier"
"employment would increase"
So:
We pass a law that says "people can only work six hours".
Everyone loses 25% of their pay. Whole households.
Companies still need to make widgets so they run more shifts and hire more people.
Yet now entire households have a severe income deficit.
People are forced to make ends meet and either work double shifts or look for a second job.
This does not lead to happier employees, happy families, good family life, well-cared-for kids, etc.
And so, the statement is nonsense. People get paid less, work more and are miserable. They are not going to be happy and the higher employment numbers are fake and useless. This is as close to nonsense as one can get and yes, it'd take a very unique state of mind to think this a sensible idea.
Sometimes I want to call nonsense nonsense and bullshit bullshit. I have those days. We all do. Today was one of them.
I am not going to apologize for something adults ought to be perfectly capable of dealing with. So much time wasted focusing on the style of the message rather than the argument itself. That's a choice made by the reader. Just like someone listening to rap music can choose to conclude it is foul crap and ignore the underlying messages, which may or may not be valid. The reader (or listener) makes the choice.
I have yet to see a solid argument showing that the statement I responded to was nothing more than nonsense. I repeat it here for convenience:
> Then again, the hours that were cut also wouldn't have to be paid to the people not working them. In a perfect situation this would have led to higher employment numbers and happier employees.
Slicing it up and paraphrasing:
"they would have received a 25% cut in pay"
"they would have to hire more people to make up for the deficit in man-hours"
"people would be happier"
"employment would increase"
So:
We pass a law that says "people can only work six hours".
Everyone loses 25% of their pay. Whole households.
Companies still need to make widgets so they run more shifts and hire more people.
Yet now entire households have a severe income deficit.
People are forced to make ends meet and either work double shifts or look for a second job.
This does not lead to happier employees, happy families, good family life, well-cared-for kids, etc.
And so, the statement is nonsense. People get paid less, work more and are miserable. They are not going to be happy and the higher employment numbers are fake and useless. This is as close to nonsense as one can get and yes, it'd take a very unique state of mind to think this a sensible idea.
Offensive? So be it. It happens to be the truth.