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If Chuck Norris does nothing for two minutes he is being productive; he is not killing those who produce.

Perhaps the broken window fallacy[1] should be renamed to the murdered producers fallacy.

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window

surprisingly deep sentiment

What's that word for phrases that clear the mind? Things like "If a tree falls in a forest, does anyone hear it".. I think there's like a Buddhist/meditation/mantra type thing to it..

Koan. The word you're looking for is koan.

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