Other than holding the most disproportionate amount of economic, political, and military power of any population in world history, you're absolutely correct.
Disproportionate to what, compared to whom, by what measure, using what data? I'd say most monarchs and their family held a greater disproportion of all of the above influences in most of human history. If anything, the US has made people more homogeneous, not less. Futhermore, there are no reliable measures, and by many measures the US is not in the lead for at least two out of three of the above, and the third is debatable. If military power can't be used effectively, should it really be considered power? If so, then Russia must have the most power in the world, considering it gets more sunlight than any other country.
I'm not saying the GP was at all correct -- I'll even go so far as to say he's completely inaccurate, and spouting the dogma of white supremacy -- but your statement was equally absurd, although perhaps not at first glance.
I store wind in my large assortment of windbags. I keep them all well protected in a very large domed building discreetly situated in Washington, D.C., whose exact location I cannot disclose for obvious security reasons. I've even had the cooperation of Google Maps in blurring the image of said warehouse.
AIDS only ruins one life. Teenage mothers ruin two.
Having a child when you're not prepared is worse than an STD. Don't get me wrong, I agree with the root of the problem -- lack of education and/or access to contraception/protection -- but motherhood essentially ends the education and/or career development of the unprepared parent. Its consequences reverberate through society in the form of welfare and increased crime, whereas STDs pretty much only affect the individual. Given the choice between curing all STDs and preventing all unwanted pregnancy, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter. Fortunately the solution to both was introducted almost 100 years ago with the latex condom.. now if we could just get people to use them.
Perhaps. It's equally likely that Iraq was a son's attempt to show up his old man, despite the fact that H.W. (at least in retrospect) knew better than to go into Baghdad. As Stewart observed, the intelligence of the Bushes seems to take a dip with each generation.
What's the old quote? Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity...
I would like to take this opportunity to announce that I will not be changing my name either, but I may be changing my appearance to resemble people with popular names.
I don't see how Tor would be a tool in an oppressive society. Quite the opposite: Its use, as was your experience, would be a beacon to "suspicious" activity.
No matter that you are free to pick your master, if you can't speak your mind or do what you want with your time and resources, you are a slave.
Except you can be a master as well. It's insanely easy to start your own business. If you don't have enough ambition, that's not slavery, it's laziness. Sure, there's a lot of risk involved, but the world doesn't owe you anything, let alone guarantees of success. You have the opportunity to succeed, which is all anyone should expect.
I rarely get mod points anymore (because I started modding people up with unpopular but valid opinions, and mod down people who are demonstrably wrong, both of which get undone in meta by people who either don't care, or don't know any better, which in turn lowers my moderation "accuracy score") otherwise I'd mod you up.
There's a reason actual sandboxes are only enjoyed by small children. The freedom to do whatever you want can be liberating and exhilarating, but only if you've been confined, and only until you realize that an environment without goals and limits is largely unfulfilling.
It's more like this: What could the surgeon have done that would have made her look *better*? She obviously wanted her eyes open more, for whatever reason, without considering that they were already perfectly fine, and that *any* change would look freakish. It's like having a circle, and then trying to make it more circular. It's impossible. If it didn't look like a circle to begin with, it was only because of your flawed perspective. Likewise, her desire to have more ideally caucasian-shaped eyes" was likely impossible, and no surgeon could have changed that.
Demand for plastic surgery exists largely because of a disconnect between reality and perception. Just look at Michael Jackson. He sees his nose as "too large", despite the fact that it's now a mere sliver (or possibly a cap, depending on who you believe). This woman apparently resolved the disconnect between reality and her self-perception, but not until it was too late.
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Woohoo, that's my birthday!
Yeah, but you can't let 'em feel like that!
If they feel like that, you've lost from the beginning. It's like you're going out with a girl; forgive me it goes the other way also. You're going out with a girl, what you really want to do is have a deep, close and intimate relationship, at least for one night. And, you know, you just can't let her feel like that, because if you do, it ain't going to happen
Other than holding the most disproportionate amount of economic, political, and military power of any population in world history, you're absolutely correct.
Disproportionate to what, compared to whom, by what measure, using what data? I'd say most monarchs and their family held a greater disproportion of all of the above influences in most of human history. If anything, the US has made people more homogeneous, not less. Futhermore, there are no reliable measures, and by many measures the US is not in the lead for at least two out of three of the above, and the third is debatable. If military power can't be used effectively, should it really be considered power? If so, then Russia must have the most power in the world, considering it gets more sunlight than any other country.
I'm not saying the GP was at all correct -- I'll even go so far as to say he's completely inaccurate, and spouting the dogma of white supremacy -- but your statement was equally absurd, although perhaps not at first glance.
I store wind in my large assortment of windbags. I keep them all well protected in a very large domed building discreetly situated in Washington, D.C., whose exact location I cannot disclose for obvious security reasons. I've even had the cooperation of Google Maps in blurring the image of said warehouse.
Jews don't consider translations of the Koran as authoritative (or even "holy", in any sense) for exactly this reason.
There are lots of reasons Jews don't consider the Koran to be authoritative, but translation is not one of them.
Free speech is one of its tentacles.
You say that like it's a good thing. I'm going to have orange spectacled nightmares for the rest of the week.
AIDS only ruins one life. Teenage mothers ruin two.
Having a child when you're not prepared is worse than an STD. Don't get me wrong, I agree with the root of the problem -- lack of education and/or access to contraception/protection -- but motherhood essentially ends the education and/or career development of the unprepared parent. Its consequences reverberate through society in the form of welfare and increased crime, whereas STDs pretty much only affect the individual. Given the choice between curing all STDs and preventing all unwanted pregnancy, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter. Fortunately the solution to both was introducted almost 100 years ago with the latex condom.. now if we could just get people to use them.
And with BOPL (broadband over plant leaves) a mere 10 years away, it will soon be a reality!
I'll have you know that I'm a blonde, and my room's temperature is on its way up to acchhh.. arghh..
Allow me to be the first to say, "WHAT EVER!"
Perhaps. It's equally likely that Iraq was a son's attempt to show up his old man, despite the fact that H.W. (at least in retrospect) knew better than to go into Baghdad. As Stewart observed, the intelligence of the Bushes seems to take a dip with each generation.
What's the old quote? Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity...
True, but if 100% of your products cause widespread damage, you get a seat at the UN Security Council.
Just another reason to stick with AMD.
North Korea has little computer use to speak of.
So you're saying they've mastered miniturization now?
nor that anyone would wake me up to let me know. :(
I would like to take this opportunity to announce that I will not be changing my name either, but I may be changing my appearance to resemble people with popular names.
Talk about a cure worse than the disease...
Time to start investing in potty chairs.
Wake me up when they've cured altruism.
Oh wait...
Are you playing any of these?
Short answer: Not really.
Long answer: I'm stuck on the pre-installation level of Duke Nuke 'Em Forever. The rest I finished several years ago, when they were released.
Now, that is not to say that the University is not allowed to draft up a reasonable set of rules.
Well that's always the problem, isn't it? Defining reasonable.
I don't see how Tor would be a tool in an oppressive society. Quite the opposite: Its use, as was your experience, would be a beacon to "suspicious" activity.
No matter that you are free to pick your master, if you can't speak your mind or do what you want with your time and resources, you are a slave.
Except you can be a master as well. It's insanely easy to start your own business. If you don't have enough ambition, that's not slavery, it's laziness. Sure, there's a lot of risk involved, but the world doesn't owe you anything, let alone guarantees of success. You have the opportunity to succeed, which is all anyone should expect.
I rarely get mod points anymore (because I started modding people up with unpopular but valid opinions, and mod down people who are demonstrably wrong, both of which get undone in meta by people who either don't care, or don't know any better, which in turn lowers my moderation "accuracy score") otherwise I'd mod you up.
There's a reason actual sandboxes are only enjoyed by small children. The freedom to do whatever you want can be liberating and exhilarating, but only if you've been confined, and only until you realize that an environment without goals and limits is largely unfulfilling.
It's more like this: What could the surgeon have done that would have made her look *better*? She obviously wanted her eyes open more, for whatever reason, without considering that they were already perfectly fine, and that *any* change would look freakish. It's like having a circle, and then trying to make it more circular. It's impossible. If it didn't look like a circle to begin with, it was only because of your flawed perspective. Likewise, her desire to have more ideally caucasian-shaped eyes" was likely impossible, and no surgeon could have changed that.
Demand for plastic surgery exists largely because of a disconnect between reality and perception. Just look at Michael Jackson. He sees his nose as "too large", despite the fact that it's now a mere sliver (or possibly a cap, depending on who you believe). This woman apparently resolved the disconnect between reality and her self-perception, but not until it was too late.