Fannie Mae-No Politics (FNMA)

[kthomp19]

No. A non-traditional meaning was used. Profits here clearly do not mean the excess of returns over expenditure. Here profits equal no risk and no losing of money compared to a cost basis. A word, profit, can have more than one meaning.

The problem here is that the traditional definition of "profits" in that exchange also conforms with what you said. Therefore there is no indication that your usage could have been non-traditional until I asked. Having a conversation is rather tedious when one cannot trust that words are being used in traditional ways. Especially a way that I have never run across; do you have an example of someone else using "profits" in your manner instead of the traditional one?

Here profits equal no risk and no losing of money compared to a cost basis.

Then you will need to give your (likely non-standard) definition of "risk" as well. Do you really mean there is no chance of a highly dilutive equity raise, or any other event, that leaves the commons less valuable in the future than they are today?

How is it known whether or not I gamble in casinos?

From one of your previous posts, and an assumption that you have not taken up casino gambling since that time. Have you?

Non-Aristolean logic allows for no numbers at all by bypassing the law of identity and the law of the excluded middle. So the answer is neither if presented with a choice of numbers between $100 and $800 and none if presented with a range of between $100 and $800.

Gotthard Günther said: "I have demonstrated that man is incapable of thinking except with an Aristotelian logic due to the peculiar energetic (electric) qualities of physical existence." What is the purpose of your bringing non-Aristotelian logic into the discussion? Are you capable of non-Aristotelian logical thinking?

It doesn't matter in the end; I was trying to see how you view a hypothetical event that could give insight as to an investment philosophy, but since you don't even acknowledge the possibility of losing money this particular thread of conversation is moot.

Does the sun rise in the east, travel overhead on a clear day and set in the west?

Impossible to say without knowing where the observer is and the time of year.

What would Aristotle say?

Something Aristotelian, I would imagine.

Cannot be correct? Please explain what is meant by "cannot be correct." Please define the words "correct" and "incorrect."

On a message board words are the main form of communication. Therefore words can only be defined by other words; in this case I do not think other forms of media will help. I cannot trust that you will not question my definitions by asking for yet more definitions of the words used.