On a site note: ADHD seems to be an America only problem. Here in Germany I never heard of a single case. So if ADHD is real all German's with ADHD go untreated.
Granted there is a difference. Yet, I think the US at least owes an apology to the Vietnamese civilians, many of whom are still suffering from the Dioxin poisoning of their environment (what is really nasty is that Dioxin causes genetic damages).
Given the fact that the Nixon administration was so desperate at the end that they seriously considered using nukes I am rather glad that the US did not continue this foolish war, but rather salutate Nixon for having put an end to it.
And later the art of exterminating "Indians" was very much advanced by the US ingeniously using econmic warfare by sponsoring
the killing of buffalos (Paragraph E).
I wonder if US paranoia can in part be attributed to the fact that the US never came to grips with its violent past.
Quite contrary to Germany. Could you imagine a US president kneeling in front of North Vietnamese monument to honor the Vietcong who died in the war with the US? Well, a German chancellor fell to his knees when visiting Poland in 1960s honoring the Polish soldiers that died in WWII.
WWII is the reason why Europeans loath war so much. Fortunately at this point in time the meaning of war seems to be clearly embedded in the European collective memory.
You display an attitude towards the EU that I encountered several times in the US. The opinion that the EU is only about the US.
This notion is so absurd that when I came across it for the first time I took me several minutes to get my head around this. It's such an alien and nonsensical concept to me.
The EU is first and foremost a consequence of our recent European history. In a sense Europe almost annihilated itself in WWII. It is the cultural memory of bloodshed and terror of an unmatched proportion that drives Europe towards integration. That it makes an awful lot of economic sense helps, too. To think that the EU is about the US is blindingly ethnocentric. If you hold on to this belief you will deride yourself of any chance to understand the political dynamics in Europe.
Can we agree that a lie implies the intent to say/writte what is clearly false? If so you do not grant me the benefit of the doubt that I missed the one tiny bit were you offered a glimpse of your own stance in the matter:
If you want to complain that Florida's counting and elections procedures suck, go ahead -- I'll join you
I apologize for having missed this line and are very happy to see that you feel that way. Although it seems to me that you are very narrowly referring to the mere technicalities of the election process within Florida. If so, changes in this area will still very much cement the status quo. I am much more concerned with the question if the federal election process as such is still adequate for the modern day US. IMHO it is utterly antiquated. A living fossil for other democracies to marvel at and wonder how their constitutions could have spawned from such a strange system.
Nowhere in that post did I say those things were how they should be, just that it is how they are. You are making things up, and it only makes you look stupid.
Maybe I was chasing ghosts, but after you laid this all out so neatly, I very much would like to know how you think things should be. Are you happy with the status quo or not? Do you see the need for improvment on a biger scale than how Florida should go about counting votes?
Then what do you make of the "dirty bomb" Padilla case? An American citizen imprisoned for 12 month now without having been able to speak to his lawyer. If this is not clearly against the letter an spirit of the constitution I fail to see how the Bill of Rights is worth the paper that it is written on.
Were you an Iraqi you'd be a very different person with a different set of values formed by the culture that you were born into. I find this though experiment rather interesting.
All the arguments you provided aim to preserve the status quo. You carefully avoided referring to any ideals or 1st order values to justify the current state of affairs. Maybe that actually derives truly from a pre-determined aspect of your character. In the latter case you'd probably would have argued for whatever status quo in Iraq and would have neither been killed nor thrown in jail as long as things stayed the same.
Guess what: Immigration from the US to Canada takes also place and the older fellow I am talking about holds a Ph.D. in physics and certainly did not regret his decision nor seems to care for pot in any way.
These kind of hearsay arguments are completely pointless. Only truly insightful data like a histogram based on age covering immigration to and from Canada and the US would add any value to this discussion.
The path towards dictatorship is a slippery slope. It does not happen over night. Be smart and patriotic. Fight for your freedoms within the system before this option is stripped away.
So if it is such a fine democracy how come it doesn't give full citizen rights to Arabs that always lived within its borders?
Don't get me wrong Israel has more reason's than nay other nation to want to have WMD. But one should never forget who shot Rabin. Fanatism harbored by many Israelis can take a lot of credit for the mess we're in. I hope I will live to se the US administering the necessary kind of affectionate pressure on Israel to root this out and thus to enforce a fair and lasting peace once and for all.
P.S.: I'd think you'd be hard pressed to find many EU nations that posses WDM besides the British and French nukes. My country fortunately feels save enough not to have to waste money on such garbage technology.
The US have a large home market for media production, much larger than most other countries, this can be leveraged to out-compete pretty much any home media production of smaller cultures. That does not mean that people for instance in Norway don't like to watch Norwegian programming. It just means that a full feature Norwegian movie will not be economically viable. Even French or German movies hardly are, because they have such a smaller market to cater to.
Most European cultures are wealthy enough to compensate via media subsidies. Developing nations can not afford this, so you only find native movie making in developing countries with large and somewhat protected home markets (i.e. India and China).
Being not American but having the privilege to live in a free democratic society I can't get my head around why Americans feel compelled to stand up when their president enters the room.
I figure this is what you are supposed to do for a king or something of that kind, but for an elected representative? Nobody bothers to stand up for our the head of state in my country. The fellow got his job from us, and better lives up to our expectations. No reason to show him any more respect than any other human being. Just don't get it. Would any American care to explain to me why you are supposed to stand up for your president?
This wasn't there museum, this museum contained some of the oldest artifacts in the world. It truely belonged to all humans. If you can can not see this, you should have your head examined.
There are some things that are priceless because they are absolutly unique.
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You seem to have a problem distinguishing Socialism from Communism.
Last week I visited a Tec retail store here in Germany (called MediaMarkt - at pretty big chain in this country).
I was amazed to find that of the dozen Laptop computers on display two were running Linux (one Knoppix the other Suse).
They should first try to get some sensors integrated into suits, so that we'll finally find some sentient suits instead of PHBs in the offices.
This is the strangest post I've ever seen on /. It doesn't even qualify as trolling. What is the point of bad-mouthing a /. poster?
On a site note: ADHD seems to be an America only problem. Here in Germany I never heard of a single case. So if ADHD is real all German's with ADHD go untreated.
Granted there is a difference. Yet, I think the US at least owes an apology to the Vietnamese civilians, many of whom are still suffering from the Dioxin poisoning of their environment (what is really nasty is that Dioxin causes genetic damages).
Given the fact that the Nixon administration was so desperate at the end that they seriously considered using nukes I am rather glad that the US did not continue this foolish war, but rather salutate Nixon for having put an end to it.
Scary prospect.
And later the art of exterminating "Indians" was very much advanced by the US ingeniously using econmic warfare by sponsoring the killing of buffalos (Paragraph E).
I wonder if US paranoia can in part be attributed to the fact that the US never came to grips with its violent past.
Quite contrary to Germany. Could you imagine a US president kneeling in front of North Vietnamese monument to honor the Vietcong who died in the war with the US? Well, a German chancellor fell to his knees when visiting Poland in 1960s honoring the Polish soldiers that died in WWII.
WWII is the reason why Europeans loath war so much. Fortunately at this point in time the meaning of war seems to be clearly embedded in the European collective memory.
Is this guy serious? Are there actually people in the US that paranoid?
You display an attitude towards the EU that I encountered several times in the US. The opinion that the EU is only about the US.
This notion is so absurd that when I came across it for the first time I took me several minutes to get my head around this. It's such an alien and nonsensical concept to me.
The EU is first and foremost a consequence of our recent European history. In a sense Europe almost annihilated itself in WWII. It is the cultural memory of bloodshed and terror of an unmatched proportion that drives Europe towards integration. That it makes an awful lot of economic sense helps, too. To think that the EU is about the US is blindingly ethnocentric. If you hold on to this belief you will deride yourself of any chance to understand the political dynamics in Europe.
That is worse than false, it is a lie.
Can we agree that a lie implies the intent to say/writte what is clearly false? If so you do not grant me the benefit of the doubt that I missed the one tiny bit were you offered a glimpse of your own stance in the matter:
If you want to complain that Florida's counting and elections procedures suck, go ahead -- I'll join you
I apologize for having missed this line and are very happy to see that you feel that way. Although it seems to me that you are very narrowly referring to the mere technicalities of the election process within Florida. If so, changes in this area will still very much cement the status quo. I am much more concerned with the question if the federal election process as such is still adequate for the modern day US. IMHO it is utterly antiquated. A living fossil for other democracies to marvel at and wonder how their constitutions could have spawned from such a strange system.
Nowhere in that post did I say those things were how they should be, just that it is how they are. You are making things up, and it only makes you look stupid.
Maybe I was chasing ghosts, but after you laid this all out so neatly, I very much would like to know how you think things should be. Are you happy with the status quo or not? Do you see the need for improvment on a biger scale than how Florida should go about counting votes?
Then what do you make of the "dirty bomb" Padilla case? An American citizen imprisoned for 12 month now without having been able to speak to his lawyer. If this is not clearly against the letter an spirit of the constitution I fail to see how the Bill of Rights is worth the paper that it is written on.
Disregard you may but care to answere my question?
Do you actually believe that this is the way the constitution should be interpreted?
Maybe because this matters?
Were you an Iraqi you'd be a very different person with a different set of values formed by the culture that you were born into. I find this though experiment rather interesting.
All the arguments you provided aim to preserve the status quo. You carefully avoided referring to any ideals or 1st order values to justify the current state of affairs. Maybe that actually derives truly from a pre-determined aspect of your character. In the latter case you'd probably would have argued for whatever status quo in Iraq and would have neither been killed nor thrown in jail as long as things stayed the same.
These kind of hair split arguments make America all so popular with the rest of the world.
Look, the promised land, the blessed republic, with all these wonderful laws. Look, how cleverly we can argue to bend them.
Do you actually believe that this is the way the constitution should be interpreted?
I figure Canada will always be welcome to join the EU ;-)
Guess what: Immigration from the US to Canada takes also place and the older fellow I am talking about holds a Ph.D. in physics and certainly did not regret his decision nor seems to care for pot in any way.
These kind of hearsay arguments are completely pointless. Only truly insightful data like a histogram based on age covering immigration to and from Canada and the US would add any value to this discussion.
Many outside of the US feel the same and are therefore quite concerned.
The path towards dictatorship is a slippery slope. It does not happen over night. Be smart and patriotic. Fight for your freedoms within the system before this option is stripped away.
So if it is such a fine democracy how come it doesn't give full citizen rights to Arabs that always lived within its borders?
Don't get me wrong Israel has more reason's than nay other nation to want to have WMD. But one should never forget who shot Rabin. Fanatism harbored by many Israelis can take a lot of credit for the mess we're in. I hope I will live to se the US administering the necessary kind of affectionate pressure on Israel to root this out and thus to enforce a fair and lasting peace once and for all.
P.S.: I'd think you'd be hard pressed to find many EU nations that posses WDM besides the British and French nukes. My country fortunately feels save enough not to have to waste money on such garbage technology.
Let's return the statue of liberty. That'll teach 'em.
The US have a large home market for media production, much larger than most other countries, this can be leveraged to out-compete pretty much any home media production of smaller cultures. That does not mean that people for instance in Norway don't like to watch Norwegian programming. It just means that a full feature Norwegian movie will not be economically viable. Even French or German movies hardly are, because they have such a smaller market to cater to.
Most European cultures are wealthy enough to compensate via media subsidies. Developing nations can not afford this, so you only find native movie making in developing countries with large and somewhat protected home markets (i.e. India and China).
Being not American but having the privilege to live in a free democratic society I can't get my head around why Americans feel compelled to stand up when their president enters the room.
I figure this is what you are supposed to do for a king or something of that kind, but for an elected representative? Nobody bothers to stand up for our the head of state in my country. The fellow got his job from us, and better lives up to our expectations. No reason to show him any more respect than any other human being. Just don't get it. Would any American care to explain to me why you are supposed to stand up for your president?
Boo hoo. They looted their own museum, oh well.
This wasn't there museum, this museum contained some of the oldest artifacts in the world. It truely belonged to all humans. If you can can not see this, you should have your head examined.
There are some things that are priceless because they are absolutly unique.