"10. Greens support progressivity in taxation as a matter of principle, believing that those who benefit most from the system have a responsibility to return more, their "fair share." "
Oh, so these people are claiming that if I earn 100 000 and pay 10% of this in taxes ( 10 000 ) I do not contribute more than somebody who earned 50 000 and paid 5 000 in taxes ?
Same with me. I read a lot of scary stories about Telocity... for the last 3 months everything worked just perfect. 3 or 4 times DNS server was down, never for long (10-15 minutes.)
I agree with you - it is unequal. However, as I said, educating people only goes so far. Most of the Europe (or pick some other first of secod world country) is already well educated and perfectly capable of making decisions on their own.
Cheap pop-culture is exactly that, cheap, easy going entertainment for the masses.If you wish to engage in something more meaningfull there are options available as well.
Do we want to introdoce goverment mandated culture ?
Perhaps you should read some books, instead of trolling slashdot.
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"The Negroes' rude ignorance has never invented any effectual
weapons of defense or destruction: they appear incapable of
forming any extensive plans of government or conquest: and the
obvious inferiority of their mental faculties has been discovered
and abused by the nations of the temperate zone." --Edward
Gibbon, historian and author of THE DECLINE AND
FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, (V.III, pg. 277)
Yeah, you can find this one in your local library.
Have you been able to figure out why there is so much difference between Africa and,say, Japan ?
Have you ?
Please enlighten us, instead of spitting standard lelftis bullshit.
BTW. you completely don't understand my point.
It is not about economical ups and downs (depression) but about complete lack of any advancement that is so characteristic to African continent.
"I presume a white supremacist like you wouldn't go for this?"
And you know what, white supremacy is not a dirty word. I see all kinds of "black heritage/pride" organizations here in US thriving and being pictured as an example of what "diversity" is all about. Why is it so "uncool" for white man to do the same ?
Interesting.
I would push it even further. Since Europeans were forced to live permanently in hard and unforgiving climate their society had to advance even more then peoples in southern asia. But... this is just a guessing game.
Do you have any pointers to some research being done as to the problem why there is so much disparity between races ?
"reading informal culture, like comics, e.g., Marvel or DC, where 80% of the heroes and villains are from the U.S., like if the rest of the world were just... guests on earth, I guess.
"
What the hell.. you are reading American comics and complaining that they feature American heroes/villains ?
BTW. If it weren't for the available markets US companies would not sell anything abroad. Obviously people want this cheap pop-culture and who are you to argue with them ?
Well, pyramids were created by Egyptians which were basically white ( or weren't neggro.)
However, your explanations is a bit flawed since there were other civilizations ( Indians in Asia, Aztecs in America, Arabs) which lived in similar climate and yet managed to create quite advanced civilizations.
Racism ? You know what racism is ?
If I state that blacks never managed to create advanced civilization and you can clearly see this being true ( point me to one ) then is this racis comment or simply stating the fact ?
Maybe they are happy with their current status and maybe they DONT need western style prosperity to be happy but if we gonna judge them by our standards then they are complete failure.
Well, I stated the truth. SA was prosperous when it was run by white people. We can argue about apartheid and related issues but economically it is very clear that since blacks took over, SA is going down fast ( what's funny, there are no more sanctions to deal with and still...)
Draw your own conclusions.
Apartheid was not that bad for blacks since there was constant illegal immigration from bordering countries.
It is hard to escape conclusion that blacks prefered apartheid to their native "free" countries.
Well, black Africans were always behind the curve.
This is precisely the reason that for other cultures Africa was basically, source of raw resources ( natural and human.)
Yeah but SA is really an European country ( if one ignores geographic location, of course.)
At least it was run until recently by Europeans and its infrastructure was not much different than it is in Europe or US.
It is very interesting (and scary) to see SA being basically destroyed by new, local goverment.
For some reason black Africans haven't managed to develop right social skills or whatever it is that makes western civilization constantly push ahead.
After all, Europe was almost completely destroyed after last war and pretty much had to start from scratch and look where it is now.
Everywhere else in Africa most of infrastructure ie either of colonial origin or run by outside (western) contractors. For the last 40 or so years, since most of colonial powers left, not much have changed there..
SA is quickly joining rest of the continent.
Already value of local currency is 50% of what it used to be in 1994. This country is doomed ( as just about every other run by communists)
"..sleep with Satan"
"Now they're just an MS pawn"
Oh ho, it is only business. Ensemble Studios (Age of Kings fame) released every game with MS being their publisher and somehow, in my humble opinion, their games are the best out there.
Fact is, they were forced to change hats in jannisaries to some unrealistic crap simply because MS was afraid that historically correct ones looked too much like KKK but, well, this kind of PC stupidity is not confined to MS.
It is not only Microsoft. 99% game companies release only for Windows ( on PC market) and it has nothing to do with world domination.
Linux is not gamers OS and there is no money to made there (remember Quake for Linux ?.) Simple as that.
It is not facism , not even close. These people were perfectly aware of conditions of H1 agreement.
You may call it rather bad economical move but not facism.
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"a few ultra-conservative Supreme Court Justices. Ugh"
As opposed to ultra-liberal few ?
Thanks. I will take ultra-conservative ones any day.
"10. Greens support progressivity in taxation as a matter of principle, believing that those who benefit most from the system have a responsibility to return more, their "fair share." "
Oh, so these people are claiming that if I earn 100 000 and pay 10% of this in taxes ( 10 000 ) I do not contribute more than somebody who earned 50 000 and paid 5 000 in taxes ?
Bullhist.
Last thing I need is some idiot deciding FOR ME how much I can earn..
Yeah. ZX-81 was a not the best. Sinclair really made it with ZX Spectrum which was one of these "famous" micros (among c-64 and Apple)
Same with me. I read a lot of scary stories about Telocity ... for the last 3 months everything worked just perfect. 3 or 4 times DNS server was down, never for long (10-15 minutes.)
Flame ?
I think you need to cool down a bit.
Well, this stuff is about as good if not better, then your typical "GTK based frontend" served daily on freshmeat.
I agree with you - it is unequal. However, as I said, educating people only goes so far. Most of the Europe (or pick some other first of secod world country) is already well educated and perfectly capable of making decisions on their own.
Cheap pop-culture is exactly that, cheap, easy going entertainment for the masses.If you wish to engage in something more meaningfull there are options available as well.
Do we want to introdoce goverment mandated culture ?
Perhaps you should read some books, instead of trolling slashdot.
-----------------------------------
"The Negroes' rude ignorance has never invented any effectual
weapons of defense or destruction: they appear incapable of
forming any extensive plans of government or conquest: and the
obvious inferiority of their mental faculties has been discovered
and abused by the nations of the temperate zone." --Edward
Gibbon, historian and author of THE DECLINE AND
FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, (V.III, pg. 277)
Yeah, you can find this one in your local library.
PC at its best.
,say, Japan ?
Have you been able to figure out why there is so much difference between Africa and
Have you ?
Please enlighten us, instead of spitting standard lelftis bullshit.
BTW. you completely don't understand my point.
It is not about economical ups and downs (depression) but about complete lack of any advancement that is so characteristic to African continent.
"I presume a white supremacist like you wouldn't go for this?"
And you know what, white supremacy is not a dirty word. I see all kinds of "black heritage/pride" organizations here in US thriving and being pictured as an example of what "diversity" is all about. Why is it so "uncool" for white man to do the same ?
PS. My opinion about SA
Interesting. ... this is just a guessing game.
I would push it even further. Since Europeans were forced to live permanently in hard and unforgiving climate their society had to advance even more then peoples in southern asia. But
Do you have any pointers to some research being done as to the problem why there is so much disparity between races ?
"reading informal culture, like comics, e.g., Marvel or DC, where 80% of the heroes and villains are from the U.S., like if the rest of the world were just... guests on earth, I guess.
.. you are reading American comics and complaining that they feature American heroes/villains ?
"
What the hell
BTW. If it weren't for the available markets US companies would not sell anything abroad. Obviously people want this cheap pop-culture and who are you to argue with them ?
Well, pyramids were created by Egyptians which were basically white ( or weren't neggro.)
However, your explanations is a bit flawed since there were other civilizations ( Indians in Asia, Aztecs in America, Arabs) which lived in similar climate and yet managed to create quite advanced civilizations.
Racism ? You know what racism is ?
If I state that blacks never managed to create advanced civilization and you can clearly see this being true ( point me to one ) then is this racis comment or simply stating the fact ?
Maybe they are happy with their current status and maybe they DONT need western style prosperity to be happy but if we gonna judge them by our standards then they are complete failure.
Well, I stated the truth. SA was prosperous when it was run by white people. We can argue about apartheid and related issues but economically it is very clear that since blacks took over, SA is going down fast ( what's funny, there are no more sanctions to deal with and still ...)
Draw your own conclusions.
Apartheid was not that bad for blacks since there was constant illegal immigration from bordering countries.
It is hard to escape conclusion that blacks prefered apartheid to their native "free" countries.
Yeah,when SA was run by white people. That was the only reason for its prosperity. ... Do you call that progress ?
Look what's happening now
Well, black Africans were always behind the curve. .)
This is precisely the reason that for other cultures Africa was basically, source of raw resources ( natural and human
Yeah but SA is really an European country ( if one ignores geographic location, of course.)
At least it was run until recently by Europeans and its infrastructure was not much different than it is in Europe or US.
It is very interesting (and scary) to see SA being basically destroyed by new, local goverment.
For some reason black Africans haven't managed to develop right social skills or whatever it is that makes western civilization constantly push ahead.
After all, Europe was almost completely destroyed after last war and pretty much had to start from scratch and look where it is now.
Everywhere else in Africa most of infrastructure ie either of colonial origin or run by outside (western) contractors. For the last 40 or so years, since most of colonial powers left, not much have changed there..
Sad but true.
SA is quickly joining rest of the continent.
Already value of local currency is 50% of what it used to be in 1994. This country is doomed ( as just about every other run by communists)
"..sleep with Satan"
"Now they're just an MS pawn"
Oh ho, it is only business. Ensemble Studios (Age of Kings fame) released every game with MS being their publisher and somehow, in my humble opinion, their games are the best out there.
Fact is, they were forced to change hats in jannisaries to some unrealistic crap simply because MS was afraid that historically correct ones looked too much like KKK but, well, this kind of PC stupidity is not confined to MS.
It is not only Microsoft. 99% game companies release only for Windows ( on PC market) and it has nothing to do with world domination.
Linux is not gamers OS and there is no money to made there (remember Quake for Linux ?.) Simple as that.
Hmm ... I thought Unreal Tournament was way better than anything ID ever came up with and I know lot's of people who agree with that.
Second attempt was made based on some sort of federal civil rights law ...
Basically, they wanted them no matter what, and got them.
It is not facism , not even close. These people were perfectly aware of conditions of H1 agreement.
You may call it rather bad economical move but not facism.