If you are clinicly addicted to porn you are a fucking weak willed pathetic loser.
I see the humor in your post but unfortunately it is a true condition. I guess you could apply your same logic to say Everquest or "EverCrack" or any other time consuming/wasting endevour. Sure this seems like a lame problem to you, but you don't have it. I guarantee you that these people definately don't get bored with it. In fact it is the opposite. They can't stop from getting more to the point that they want to see more and more crazy stuff. From pinups to hardcore to fetish to plain illegal. It goes from there to prostitution and affairs and *that* is what wrecks the marriage. It starts with porn and moves on to other things. I am glad you don't have that problem, but others do.
Look, you are perfectly entitled to your opinion but don't bash me for having one too. I happen to know several men who are clinically addicted to pron. They have been in treatment facilities, lost jobs, lost their wives and kids and still cannot control themselves. It is a real problem and it has real consequences. I have given this topics weeks of thought so get off your high horse and quit criticizing things you know diddly about.
I am glad your first posted comment is a good one...
A central tenet of professional education in Library Science is that public libraries have a mission to provide information to anyone who asks in a non-judgemental way.
This is exactly why I don't think any kind of governmental control over library internet access would work. Regardless of intent or implementation, it would only serve to undermine the very purpose of a public information store (library). It seems that in it's zeal to "protect" the public from harmful information, it instead is "protecting" us from ourselves.
I know it sounds odd that people might actually take care of each other and (gasp!) speak to strangers, but that's exactly the sort of behavior a public institution such as a library is supposed to foster. It's a community space.
I am totally with you on this one, but I just don't see it happening. I grew up in LA and none of the community monitoring that went on was for public good. If it happened, it was because the library workers were nazis and just wanted to control you while you were there. In small towns I have seen this would be much more practical. I also like your idea of the QA guy walking around "being friendly".
I can't honestly see the porn industry being keen to acquire lots of juvenile customers with stolen credit cards, either.
It's all about addiction. Get them hooked and they will stop at nothing to get more. It's just like tobacco and alcohol, once they start it is *very* hard to stop. As an industry they don't care whether it's internet porn, magazine porn or video porn. They make enough legitimate money that it doesn't matter if the initial taste was off a bogus card.
IIRC, a good portion of stolen credit card numbers end up in the hands of minors. So you could say, "young customers very rarely have legal credit cards."
Put the computers somewhere were an attendant can glance around and see the screens.
This opens a whole other can of worms too. Now you have "Content Monitors" and you can be sure the regular librarians don't want to have any extra duties. So you have to hire more staff, where does the money come from? Federal/State/Local funding? Now you have regulations about who can be hired and what their job functions should be. It gets to be a big hairy mess real fast.
Since when do we see ads popping up saying "Hey kiddies! Come look at naked ladies!"
They may not see popups but they may see porn-spam to web based e-mail used only in libraries. Not to mention results in search engines, and clever traps used to lure kids into chat rooms and porn sites.
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Whether or not actions of the U.S. "may have been the best thing at the time to do" doesn't mean that we aren't responsible.
I agree.
If the bloods and the crips (two U.S. street gangs for those outside the U.S.) destroyed your neighborhood and the bloods got wiped out, would you not hold the crips responsible?
If either the bloods or the crips got wiped out, I would gladly let them destroy my house! (assuming that is all I have to do) Don't get me started on LA street gangs...
As for the analogy, the people who were once the USSR are still alive. Mr. Putin was in the KGB during the cold war. It's not the country it's the people who made the decisions that are responsible. The UN war crimes tribunal is trying Milosovich, not Yugoslavia for crimes against humanity. He is responsible. I say if you want to fairly and equitably hold parties responsible, then organizations are less desirable.
Yeah, and if you make the mistake and kill someone, because it seemed like a good idea at the time, you are still held responsible for it -- though you might be able to avoid the electric chair.
Interesting analogy, but if you follow what I outlined above, you will see that I agree with you and that we should hold people responsible, not countries or governments. Even if that means holding Reagan or Bush Sr. accountable.
As for it being "childish and naive" to list "mistakes" of the American government...
That's not exactly what I said. I said, "Throwing up a list of the brightest and most horrible as an attack is childish and naive." What I meant is that listing only the worst of mistakes and not including any other factor like food and medical aid to third world countries, and deposed dictators that made a positive impact on a country, you distort the truth to make a point. That is childish and naive. I try to remember my mistakes so that I don't repeat them, and apply the same thinking to leaders of nations.
Critical analysis of American government does not mean:
American people are bad.
Other governments are good.
I agree. In fact I enjoy critical analysis of anything that is worth the time. Given the place America has in the world, this is a worthwhile endevour.
So, after U.S. pressure to accept the Balfour Declaration it was passed with 33 of 56 (member nations) votes, 59%
OK, that is certainly one view of the situation, but I don't think it is the only one. Granted America wanted the resolution to pass, so pressure in the form of "hey, vote for this or there could be consequences" is not uncommon for any nation, let alone the US.
Let's see, U.N. resolution 42/159 states:
[SNIP]
What about resolutions 44/29, 46/51, etc. all the way up to 55/158 ? It seems that the U.S. and Israel did vote for them. Why that particular paragraph was eliminated is a matter of speculation. I cannot find any evidence to support your claim that it was the reason they did not vote for it. Even so, I can see why the U.S. would vote against it. The "alien domination" of the Native Americans would cause some concern for quite a few people if it were adopted. Does that make it right, of course not. Should we forget about it, no. Should we punish all Americans or make them go back to Europe because of what their anscestors did, absolutely not. I don't know if that would be the right thing to do with the Israel/Palestine issue either. Fact is, the Jews and the Palestinians have a very long history in that region which goes back well before 1948 or even Jesus Christ/Mohammed. It is much more of a religious issue than a political one. Especially considering that politics have only been a major factor in the last 50 years.
"The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
1. Strongly condemns the heinous acts of terrorism, which have caused
enormous loss of human life, destruction and damage in the cities of New York, host
city of the United Nations, and Washington, D.C., and in Pennsylvania;
2. Expresses its condolences and solidarity with the people and Government
of the United States of America in these sad and tragic circumstances;
3. Urgently calls for international cooperation to bring to justice the
perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of the outrages of 11 September 2001;
4. Also urgently calls for international cooperation to prevent and eradicate
acts of terrorism, and stresses that those responsible for aiding, supporting or
harbouring the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of such acts will be held
accountable."
So the UN seems to be backing the U.S. led coalition to forcibly remove terrorist organizations. How does that co-exist with the "colonial and racist regimes
" clause of the 42/159 resolution?
Someone who only plays games and programs is never going to need a Mac. Apple needs to encourage more people to be content producers, not cater to people who are not content producers.
Couldn't have said it better myself. I don't do enough serious digvid to need a Mac. If I did, I would get an Avid box anyway.
I believe that a "moon race" type effort to advance renewable energy, conservation, and public transportation technologies would be enormously
beneficial to the economy, and would have an ultimately beneficial effect
on society as a whole.
But that is not what is being proposed by the environmental lobbyists. They want regulation on industry and huge swaths of private land declared national sanctuaries. This would have a devastating impact on the economy.
Based on the past frequency of collisions with large NEOs, I would
gather that the probability of such an event occuring in the next 50 years
is very tiny.
In this you are somewhat correct. It is tiny, relative to say getting into an automobile accident this year, but large compared to getting struck by lightning. I would submit that there is not enough evidence (or at least contradicting evidence) to say with any certainty that the earth's temperature is rising or will rise in 50 years.
any
threat posed by global warming is neither enhanced nor diminished by the
threat posed by collisions with NEOs.
I merely used the one to put the other into perspective. Direct comparison is irrelevant.
Hence arguments like "that's all in the past, why do you bring it up now?" Well, because it's going to happen again
Very good point. There is a reason to study history and that is one of the best.
OK, so, you take this person, who may be a not so wonderful person, and you feed his anger. You train him how to make weapons. You train him in all aspects of guerilla/terrorist tactics. Then he does something bad. You have no responsibility?
Apply that thinking to your kids (assume you have some). You teach them how to read, write, do math and communicate. When they are 25 they go to Afghanistan and join the Taliban, go to college and learn how to make a nuclear bomb. Then they use it to kill Americans. Are you responsible? You 'trained' them and gave them the ability to learn and do simple things like 1+1 that leads to calculus and nuclear simulating. Does that make you responsible for the deaths they caused? I am not comparing apples to oranges here. America may have trained Osama to fight a guerilla war, but it did not train him to mastermind terrorist activites. He learned that afterwards and chose to go ahead with plans he made. He alone is responsible for what he does.
First of all, thank you for questioning me. It always helps to do some more digging into what one really believes is true. I have been forced to find out why I say what I have said. Thank you.
Where did you get this "fact" from?
See this article about the modern history of Jews in Palestine. Some relevant quotes from the article:
"Owing to its own political compulsions, the British promised a Jewish homeland to the Jews in Palestine by the Balfour Declaration of November 1917"
"By end of 1947, the British had decided to withdraw from Palestine by May 1948. The state of Palestine was formally partitioned and Israel was formed in May 1948"
There are a ton of good books on the subject, one of which can be found here. In this one, it is clear that not all "facts" are genuine as may be the case with my comment on the international decree to form Israel. Relevant quote from the page is "The editors are keen to pursue the idea that historical 'facts' have been manipulated by elites through media such as history books."
Oh, right. I forgot the special unspoken assumption where Western culture is always right and appropriate in it's projection of force and decisions regarding other, non-Western, cultures. Sorry. My bad.
Your sarcasm is not relevant or intelligent and does nothing to help me see your point of view, which is the point of this conversation, correct?
The point is that the propaganda machine generated by the intelligentsia and the mass media in the U.S. is pervasive, hard-to-see, and incredibly effective.
Yes, but it is not universally available. As you mentioned, Bejing and Hong Kong are not the same. Furthermore, most propaganda machines can be described this way whether it's from the US, Japan or Cambodia.
In fact, it's almost never questioned
You are questioning it now. I always question everything someone else tells me regardless of the evidence supporting it. As for being (mis)taught history in school, every country teaches their kids that their country is the best and rarely if never did anything wrong. I challenge you to find a country where this is not the case.
These aren't good enough reasons to hate the American Government ??
Point of technicality: the American government changes every time the sitting president is not elected.
The problem here is that American's get all uptight because they think they personally are at fault, instead of taking responsibility for supporting a government that performs these actions. And the next time the U.S. gov is doing something questionable you probably won't get up and exercise your right to free speech either.
I agree 100%. Americans are ultimately responsible for the actions of their government. After all, they elected them. People in America protest all the time for things they disagree with from domestic to foreign issues. Just because we don't know about it doesn't mean it does not happen.
We created him and then we act like it's a big surprise when a created and particularly brutal monster turns on us
I don't mean to justify Osama in any way but I am sure that if the US gov could see the future they would not have trained him. It's too easy to point fingers of blame like that. Sure the US trained him, but they did not make him do anything. He chose to be a monster all by himself.
Maybe you should get real. It looks to me like you took this persons declaration of age to be something to attack his ideas with. That's ridiculous.
Nice troll, I won't comment.
Blaming everything that has happened between 1943 and 1989 on the Cold War is a bit silly.
That's not what I said, go back and read my post. said it *can* be attributed to the Cold War and then I went on to say that murder is almost never justified.
Surprisingly, I agree with you about the Jewish constituency; however, you ignored some things.
No I just did not want to include every detail about the history of that conflict. One thing I did not mention is that the Jews were there as a direct result of the holocaust and were granted the land there by a majority of nations at the time. They have international sanction to be there. This , and the financial backing of America, is why they have military and economic dominance in the region.
Your last argument is the most ridiculous and clearly shows that while the rest of your article is appears logical that you are operating on the basis of emotions for your deductive reasoning.
Again, nice troll, but I won't bite.
I doubt you have even been overseas.
Shows how much you know. I do understand how things work in other countries but I don't proclaim to be an expert on the internal workings of Pakistan or Chile. Most countries outside the US have more poverty, a lower literacy rate and some form of monarchy/dictatorship. This is not something you need to visit a country to find out. That's why they are called "third world". As for the "mighty mechanisms of the American mass media" go to a bar in China and ask them to turn the TV to CNN. If you make it out of prison, let me know what their answer is.
You'd probably like MacOS X if you gave it a shot.
You can use a CLI when you feel like it, or a GUI when you feel like it - and both are world-class
I actually have access to a G4 at work and an iMac at a friends house. It's not that I have anything against Macs (my first computer was a Mac classic) it's just that I have no need to move to it. Hopefully in the future I will be able to devote some time to it and have a real base of understanding to compare it with other OSes.
...go to the trouble of using the Windows command line, which in my experience is miles away from the Linux or MacOS X.
Won't argue with you there, but the point was that it was possible. I can do it in Windows/Linux on a PC and you can on a Mac. Personally, I can do things much faster with a CLI than a GUI. Convenience be damned, I prefer to be a granular as possible and therefore get exactly what I want.
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you are justifying innumerable atrocities because of the 'Cold War' - please justify the Cold War.
In my post I specifically mentioned that I do not condone killing. I am certainly *not* justifying anything with the Cold War.
What the fuck does America care if Chile elects a socialist democratic government? and yet you still go in there and depose Salvador Allende, and the result is Gen. Pinochet and over 3,000 'disappeared'... justify that.
As I said, I am not justifying anything. Besides, who says I am an American? Big assumption there just because I question some anti-american sentiments. Do you have all the information on Salvador Allende and what his regime was doing? Do you know whether or not he was secretly collaberating with China to install a Communist government? Maybe America did and was somewhat justified in doing what it did. Maybe it did so at the request of it's citizens. Whatever the case may be, we can second guess every single action the US has made in the past 50 years and cast it in a negative light. It seems to me that the US has received the brunt of the blame for all the worlds ills because it is the source of so much scientific/technological/medicinal/industrial/econ omic progress. Growth cannot come without a price and it seems the price for Americans is hate.
Last I checked Perl is standard on most Linux distributions. Hey and Windows has this cool thing called "Command Prompt". I can even write a "script" called a batch file and it runs rename commands too! Yep, that's easy.
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If you are clinicly addicted to porn you are a fucking weak willed pathetic loser.
I see the humor in your post but unfortunately it is a true condition. I guess you could apply your same logic to say Everquest or "EverCrack" or any other time consuming/wasting endevour. Sure this seems like a lame problem to you, but you don't have it. I guarantee you that these people definately don't get bored with it. In fact it is the opposite. They can't stop from getting more to the point that they want to see more and more crazy stuff. From pinups to hardcore to fetish to plain illegal. It goes from there to prostitution and affairs and *that* is what wrecks the marriage. It starts with porn and moves on to other things. I am glad you don't have that problem, but others do.
Don't be an idiot and think before you post.
Look, you are perfectly entitled to your opinion but don't bash me for having one too. I happen to know several men who are clinically addicted to pron. They have been in treatment facilities, lost jobs, lost their wives and kids and still cannot control themselves. It is a real problem and it has real consequences. I have given this topics weeks of thought so get off your high horse and quit criticizing things you know diddly about.
I am glad your first posted comment is a good one...
A central tenet of professional education in Library Science is that public libraries have a mission to provide information to anyone who asks in a non-judgemental way.
This is exactly why I don't think any kind of governmental control over library internet access would work. Regardless of intent or implementation, it would only serve to undermine the very purpose of a public information store (library). It seems that in it's zeal to "protect" the public from harmful information, it instead is "protecting" us from ourselves.
I know it sounds odd that people might actually take care of each other and (gasp!) speak to strangers, but that's exactly the sort of behavior a public institution such as a library is supposed to foster. It's a community space.
I am totally with you on this one, but I just don't see it happening. I grew up in LA and none of the community monitoring that went on was for public good. If it happened, it was because the library workers were nazis and just wanted to control you while you were there. In small towns I have seen this would be much more practical. I also like your idea of the QA guy walking around "being friendly".
I can't honestly see the porn industry being keen to acquire lots of juvenile customers with stolen credit cards, either.
It's all about addiction. Get them hooked and they will stop at nothing to get more. It's just like tobacco and alcohol, once they start it is *very* hard to stop. As an industry they don't care whether it's internet porn, magazine porn or video porn. They make enough legitimate money that it doesn't matter if the initial taste was off a bogus card.
young customers very rarely have credit cards.
IIRC, a good portion of stolen credit card numbers end up in the hands of minors. So you could say, "young customers very rarely have legal credit cards."
Put the computers somewhere were an attendant can glance around and see the screens.
This opens a whole other can of worms too. Now you have "Content Monitors" and you can be sure the regular librarians don't want to have any extra duties. So you have to hire more staff, where does the money come from? Federal/State/Local funding? Now you have regulations about who can be hired and what their job functions should be. It gets to be a big hairy mess real fast.
Since when do we see ads popping up saying "Hey kiddies! Come look at naked ladies!"
They may not see popups but they may see porn-spam to web based e-mail used only in libraries. Not to mention results in search engines, and clever traps used to lure kids into chat rooms and porn sites.
Put the abacus and crack pipe down. Step away from the crack pipe... You have *way* too much freaking time on your hands dude.
Here ends my happy thoughts for the day
You Evil Bastard...
Whether or not actions of the U.S. "may have been the best thing at the time to do" doesn't mean that we aren't responsible.
I agree.
If the bloods and the crips (two U.S. street gangs for those outside the U.S.) destroyed your neighborhood and the bloods got wiped out, would you not hold the crips responsible?
If either the bloods or the crips got wiped out, I would gladly let them destroy my house! (assuming that is all I have to do) Don't get me started on LA street gangs...
As for the analogy, the people who were once the USSR are still alive. Mr. Putin was in the KGB during the cold war. It's not the country it's the people who made the decisions that are responsible. The UN war crimes tribunal is trying Milosovich, not Yugoslavia for crimes against humanity. He is responsible. I say if you want to fairly and equitably hold parties responsible, then organizations are less desirable.
Yeah, and if you make the mistake and kill someone, because it seemed like a good idea at the time, you are still held responsible for it -- though you might be able to avoid the electric chair.
Interesting analogy, but if you follow what I outlined above, you will see that I agree with you and that we should hold people responsible, not countries or governments. Even if that means holding Reagan or Bush Sr. accountable.
As for it being "childish and naive" to list "mistakes" of the American government...
That's not exactly what I said. I said, "Throwing up a list of the brightest and most horrible as an attack is childish and naive." What I meant is that listing only the worst of mistakes and not including any other factor like food and medical aid to third world countries, and deposed dictators that made a positive impact on a country, you distort the truth to make a point. That is childish and naive. I try to remember my mistakes so that I don't repeat them, and apply the same thinking to leaders of nations.
I don't know what it is about me you don't like, but whatever it is, I hope you are happy.
Critical analysis of American government does not mean:
American people are bad.
Other governments are good.
I agree. In fact I enjoy critical analysis of anything that is worth the time. Given the place America has in the world, this is a worthwhile endevour.
So, after U.S. pressure to accept the Balfour Declaration it was passed with 33 of 56 (member nations) votes, 59%
OK, that is certainly one view of the situation, but I don't think it is the only one. Granted America wanted the resolution to pass, so pressure in the form of "hey, vote for this or there could be consequences" is not uncommon for any nation, let alone the US.
Let's see, U.N. resolution 42/159 states:
[SNIP]
What about resolutions 44/29, 46/51, etc. all the way up to 55/158 ? It seems that the U.S. and Israel did vote for them. Why that particular paragraph was eliminated is a matter of speculation. I cannot find any evidence to support your claim that it was the reason they did not vote for it. Even so, I can see why the U.S. would vote against it. The "alien domination" of the Native Americans would cause some concern for quite a few people if it were adopted. Does that make it right, of course not. Should we forget about it, no. Should we punish all Americans or make them go back to Europe because of what their anscestors did, absolutely not. I don't know if that would be the right thing to do with the Israel/Palestine issue either. Fact is, the Jews and the Palestinians have a very long history in that region which goes back well before 1948 or even Jesus Christ/Mohammed. It is much more of a religious issue than a political one. Especially considering that politics have only been a major factor in the last 50 years.
U.N. resolution A/56/L.1 states:
"The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
1. Strongly condemns the heinous acts of terrorism, which have caused enormous loss of human life, destruction and damage in the cities of New York, host city of the United Nations, and Washington, D.C., and in Pennsylvania;
2. Expresses its condolences and solidarity with the people and Government of the United States of America in these sad and tragic circumstances;
3. Urgently calls for international cooperation to bring to justice the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of the outrages of 11 September 2001;
4. Also urgently calls for international cooperation to prevent and eradicate acts of terrorism, and stresses that those responsible for aiding, supporting or harbouring the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of such acts will be held accountable."
So the UN seems to be backing the U.S. led coalition to forcibly remove terrorist organizations. How does that co-exist with the "colonial and racist regimes " clause of the 42/159 resolution?
Someone who only plays games and programs is never going to need a Mac. Apple needs to encourage more people to be content producers, not cater to people who are not content producers.
Couldn't have said it better myself. I don't do enough serious digvid to need a Mac. If I did, I would get an Avid box anyway.
I believe that a "moon race" type effort to advance renewable energy, conservation, and public transportation technologies would be enormously beneficial to the economy, and would have an ultimately beneficial effect on society as a whole.
But that is not what is being proposed by the environmental lobbyists. They want regulation on industry and huge swaths of private land declared national sanctuaries. This would have a devastating impact on the economy.
Based on the past frequency of collisions with large NEOs, I would gather that the probability of such an event occuring in the next 50 years is very tiny.
In this you are somewhat correct. It is tiny, relative to say getting into an automobile accident this year, but large compared to getting struck by lightning. I would submit that there is not enough evidence (or at least contradicting evidence) to say with any certainty that the earth's temperature is rising or will rise in 50 years.
any threat posed by global warming is neither enhanced nor diminished by the threat posed by collisions with NEOs.
I merely used the one to put the other into perspective. Direct comparison is irrelevant.
Hence arguments like "that's all in the past, why do you bring it up now?" Well, because it's going to happen again
Very good point. There is a reason to study history and that is one of the best.
OK, so, you take this person, who may be a not so wonderful person, and you feed his anger. You train him how to make weapons. You train him in all aspects of guerilla/terrorist tactics. Then he does something bad. You have no responsibility?
Apply that thinking to your kids (assume you have some). You teach them how to read, write, do math and communicate. When they are 25 they go to Afghanistan and join the Taliban, go to college and learn how to make a nuclear bomb. Then they use it to kill Americans. Are you responsible? You 'trained' them and gave them the ability to learn and do simple things like 1+1 that leads to calculus and nuclear simulating. Does that make you responsible for the deaths they caused? I am not comparing apples to oranges here. America may have trained Osama to fight a guerilla war, but it did not train him to mastermind terrorist activites. He learned that afterwards and chose to go ahead with plans he made. He alone is responsible for what he does.
First of all, thank you for questioning me. It always helps to do some more digging into what one really believes is true. I have been forced to find out why I say what I have said. Thank you.
Where did you get this "fact" from?
See this article about the modern history of Jews in Palestine. Some relevant quotes from the article:
"Owing to its own political compulsions, the British promised a Jewish homeland to the Jews in Palestine by the Balfour Declaration of November 1917"
"By end of 1947, the British had decided to withdraw from Palestine by May 1948. The state of Palestine was formally partitioned and Israel was formed in May 1948"
There are a ton of good books on the subject, one of which can be found here. In this one, it is clear that not all "facts" are genuine as may be the case with my comment on the international decree to form Israel. Relevant quote from the page is "The editors are keen to pursue the idea that historical 'facts' have been manipulated by elites through media such as history books."
Oh, right. I forgot the special unspoken assumption where Western culture is always right and appropriate in it's projection of force and decisions regarding other, non-Western, cultures. Sorry. My bad.
Your sarcasm is not relevant or intelligent and does nothing to help me see your point of view, which is the point of this conversation, correct?
The point is that the propaganda machine generated by the intelligentsia and the mass media in the U.S. is pervasive, hard-to-see, and incredibly effective.
Yes, but it is not universally available. As you mentioned, Bejing and Hong Kong are not the same. Furthermore, most propaganda machines can be described this way whether it's from the US, Japan or Cambodia.
In fact, it's almost never questioned
You are questioning it now. I always question everything someone else tells me regardless of the evidence supporting it. As for being (mis)taught history in school, every country teaches their kids that their country is the best and rarely if never did anything wrong. I challenge you to find a country where this is not the case.
These aren't good enough reasons to hate the American Government ??
Point of technicality: the American government changes every time the sitting president is not elected.
The problem here is that American's get all uptight because they think they personally are at fault, instead of taking responsibility for supporting a government that performs these actions. And the next time the U.S. gov is doing something questionable you probably won't get up and exercise your right to free speech either.
I agree 100%. Americans are ultimately responsible for the actions of their government. After all, they elected them. People in America protest all the time for things they disagree with from domestic to foreign issues. Just because we don't know about it doesn't mean it does not happen.
We created him and then we act like it's a big surprise when a created and particularly brutal monster turns on us
I don't mean to justify Osama in any way but I am sure that if the US gov could see the future they would not have trained him. It's too easy to point fingers of blame like that. Sure the US trained him, but they did not make him do anything. He chose to be a monster all by himself.
So, right after saying you want a free OS and that Linux is coolor than Steve, you admit to running a Windows game.
Ever hear of Wine? Bill doesn't get any money if I run Civ3 on Wine.
Maybe you should get real. It looks to me like you took this persons declaration of age to be something to attack his ideas with. That's ridiculous.
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Nice troll, I won't comment.
Blaming everything that has happened between 1943 and 1989 on the Cold War is a bit silly.
That's not what I said, go back and read my post. said it *can* be attributed to the Cold War and then I went on to say that murder is almost never justified.
Surprisingly, I agree with you about the Jewish constituency; however, you ignored some things
No I just did not want to include every detail about the history of that conflict. One thing I did not mention is that the Jews were there as a direct result of the holocaust and were granted the land there by a majority of nations at the time. They have international sanction to be there. This , and the financial backing of America, is why they have military and economic dominance in the region.
Your last argument is the most ridiculous and clearly shows that while the rest of your article is appears logical that you are operating on the basis of emotions for your deductive reasoning
Again, nice troll, but I won't bite.
I doubt you have even been overseas
Shows how much you know. I do understand how things work in other countries but I don't proclaim to be an expert on the internal workings of Pakistan or Chile. Most countries outside the US have more poverty, a lower literacy rate and some form of monarchy/dictatorship. This is not something you need to visit a country to find out. That's why they are called "third world". As for the "mighty mechanisms of the American mass media" go to a bar in China and ask them to turn the TV to CNN. If you make it out of prison, let me know what their answer is.
You'd probably like MacOS X if you gave it a shot.
You can use a CLI when you feel like it, or a GUI when you feel like it - and both are world-class
I actually have access to a G4 at work and an iMac at a friends house. It's not that I have anything against Macs (my first computer was a Mac classic) it's just that I have no need to move to it. Hopefully in the future I will be able to devote some time to it and have a real base of understanding to compare it with other OSes.
...go to the trouble of using the Windows command line, which in my experience is miles away from the Linux or MacOS X.
Won't argue with you there, but the point was that it was possible. I can do it in Windows/Linux on a PC and you can on a Mac. Personally, I can do things much faster with a CLI than a GUI. Convenience be damned, I prefer to be a granular as possible and therefore get exactly what I want.
you are justifying innumerable atrocities because of the 'Cold War' - please justify the Cold War.
n omic progress. Growth cannot come without a price and it seems the price for Americans is hate.
In my post I specifically mentioned that I do not condone killing. I am certainly *not* justifying anything with the Cold War.
What the fuck does America care if Chile elects a socialist democratic government? and yet you still go in there and depose Salvador Allende, and the result is Gen. Pinochet and over 3,000 'disappeared'... justify that.
As I said, I am not justifying anything. Besides, who says I am an American? Big assumption there just because I question some anti-american sentiments. Do you have all the information on Salvador Allende and what his regime was doing? Do you know whether or not he was secretly collaberating with China to install a Communist government? Maybe America did and was somewhat justified in doing what it did. Maybe it did so at the request of it's citizens. Whatever the case may be, we can second guess every single action the US has made in the past 50 years and cast it in a negative light. It seems to me that the US has received the brunt of the blame for all the worlds ills because it is the source of so much scientific/technological/medicinal/industrial/eco
What kind of job title comes with those responsabilities (compiling a kernel and playing Civ3), anyhow?
Working at home has it's advantages...
How am I going to change that with a GUI?
Last I checked Perl is standard on most Linux distributions. Hey and Windows has this cool thing called "Command Prompt". I can even write a "script" called a batch file and it runs rename commands too! Yep, that's easy.