The author was comparing tougher laws with softer laws, not tough laws with NO law.
Say, sending people to jail is a good, effective soft law against crime compared to the tough law of simply killing every criminal. The fact that periods of anarchy provided no punishment against criminals has no effect on this observation.
Compare, for example, the developments in Chile (US-supported dictatorship) vs. Cuba (USSR-supported dictatorship). Chile is the Latin America's top economy, while Cuba is the very lowest.
While I am no socialist, if you take a look at the UN Human Development Index, you will notice that Cuba actually scores pretty well for the region. Certainly a lot better than a dozen countries which have had the "blessing" of being under the American boot.
But yes, be sure to take only the "top" as a proof. It certainly makes you look better than looking at the whole picture.
The best part of political stability is that your right to be left alone is preserved. Most Latin American countries solved the worse part of their political problems two decades ago. I am really sorry that unlike us, you have to be going through all this now.
I am really sorry that the common Venezuelan, that should be able to take care of his family or study without being bothered will have instead to forcibly pick sides due to all the political extremism Venezuela has been going through. And the first thing extremism breeds is stupidity. Anyone that sees those RCTV videos on Youtube will see how moronically single-minded their coverage is on the one hand, and how criminally hypocritical Chavez's (who promoted a failed coup-d'état against the government) reaction is to this. RCTV's calls for "freedom of the press" and "democracy" are trite. Chavez's "socialism" and "bolivarianism" are trite.
What is a reasonable man to do when living in an age of extremes, and extreme stupidity?
It could be. But thanks to all that bullshit, I bet the newer MacBooks will have 8-bit displays or Apple will quit their deceptive advertising.
So the system works.
So, in a situation in which an NDA must be created, Google exeuctive tried their best to create an NDA they thought wouldn't stand up in court, hence attempting to "do no eveil".
So, did anyone identify Google-worshipping as a disease? Because here's a textbook example of it, I am sure.
Nope. You will never hear about these, because "150 Iraqis die in a car-bomb blast" is more sensational than "15 Iraqi children have their sight restored due to help from US military doctors".
How many people did your people have to kill for every child your people "saved"?
Funny that you mention, but the company I work for uses both Hitachi and EMC mainframes and CentOS. We have never been denied support from either of them. The techies who really do the job know our setup is reasonable and won't bother us.
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The author was comparing tougher laws with softer laws, not tough laws with NO law.
Say, sending people to jail is a good, effective soft law against crime compared to the tough law of simply killing every criminal. The fact that periods of anarchy provided no punishment against criminals has no effect on this observation.
Since when is doing reports and presentations "productive"? These are bureaucracy-feeding tasks, not productivity tasks.
While I am no socialist, if you take a look at the UN Human Development Index, you will notice that Cuba actually scores pretty well for the region. Certainly a lot better than a dozen countries which have had the "blessing" of being under the American boot.
But yes, be sure to take only the "top" as a proof. It certainly makes you look better than looking at the whole picture.
The best part of political stability is that your right to be left alone is preserved. Most Latin American countries solved the worse part of their political problems two decades ago. I am really sorry that unlike us, you have to be going through all this now. I am really sorry that the common Venezuelan, that should be able to take care of his family or study without being bothered will have instead to forcibly pick sides due to all the political extremism Venezuela has been going through. And the first thing extremism breeds is stupidity. Anyone that sees those RCTV videos on Youtube will see how moronically single-minded their coverage is on the one hand, and how criminally hypocritical Chavez's (who promoted a failed coup-d'état against the government) reaction is to this. RCTV's calls for "freedom of the press" and "democracy" are trite. Chavez's "socialism" and "bolivarianism" are trite. What is a reasonable man to do when living in an age of extremes, and extreme stupidity?
It could be. But thanks to all that bullshit, I bet the newer MacBooks will have 8-bit displays or Apple will quit their deceptive advertising. So the system works.
Good. Windows compatibility is one of the things that killed OS/2.
You never had it.
So, did anyone identify Google-worshipping as a disease? Because here's a textbook example of it, I am sure.
How many people did your people have to kill for every child your people "saved"?
Funny that you mention, but the company I work for uses both Hitachi and EMC mainframes and CentOS. We have never been denied support from either of them. The techies who really do the job know our setup is reasonable and won't bother us.