Foolish AC, you're mixing continents again. The US seems to me to be on a similar path to 1930s Germany. The "advanced" US system produces absolutism and fundamentalism... "We're all sinners", a recent quote from the head of your esteemed regime, shows that democracy and separation of powers is in a sorry state in the USA. John Ashcroft -- well, need I say more.
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If you think that there is no difference between communism and democratic socialism, you would do a great service by letting the assorted communist parties and socialist parties in Europe know that they have been weakening their hand by dividing their strength, when all along they've wanted the same thing.
Seriously, I would never vote communist -- I have frequently voted for social democrats. Labour in Ireland, the SDP in Germany, the Socialist party in France... none of them communists, all of them socialists of varying degree.
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You must be very lonely, being a socialist in the USA. Most of your compatriots won't know the difference and will think that you're a communist. Good luck to you.
Hot on the heels of the tech. community organizing for political purposes, banana-eaters, low-fat milk drinkers and Chevy truck drivers across the USA have all expressed their interest in joining together to lobby for their shared political values. When asked what those values might be... this is a ridiculous article.
I actually do live in the US now, in St. Louis since 1998. Is there much support in Wales for republicanism? There's Alex Salmond and the SNP up north, and I've heard of Plaid Cymru (spelling?), but nothing much is reported -- at least on the BBC.
They were as nasty then as they are now. I hail from Macroom, Co. Cork. One of my primary school teachers parents were local IRB activist during the War of Independence. His claim to fame was to have shot three British Army officers, the local taxi driver who ferried them and the taxi driver's dog when the IRB ambushed them as they were unarmed and on a fishing trip at the nearby river Sullane. The "Free State Army" (i.e., what became the Irish Army) was no better... the Ballykelly massacre is infamous in Ireland for its brutality and pointlessness. BTW, "Paddy" is offensive to us. I'm all for republicanism in the classic French sense -- liberty, equality, fraternity. But the sociopaths have hijacked the ideals of Wolfe Tone for a long time now.
That's nonsense. The government is elected by the people to represent them, and is given specific powers to use on their behalf. Violence, legislating, tax collection... The people don't do any of these things.
Given your use of the pejorative term "paddy", I'm guessing you're a Brit. Why do so many people mistakenly think that "easter1916" means "IRA wanker"? I chose it because I happen to agree with the ideals laid out in the Proclamation of the Republic, not because of any warm feelings towards violent types.
I hear you... I am white-skinned (actually, closer to a very unfetching blueish / pinkish colour), Irish and got the latex encased finger up the ass every time I flew through the UK in the 1980s. Did it piss me off? Yes. Did I think they shouldn't do that? No. I was mid-20s, Irish, male, and flying around Europe in what would appear to be erratic patterns -- perfect profile for a IRA activist. Once the troubles up north died down, British police stopped doing that to me. That's life. At least they were always polite and courteous and practically apologetic about it (and even more embarrassed than I was, I think).
I am heartily sick of the cult of personality that surrounds the founding fathers. I recommend that you read the article in current issue of The Atlantic Monthly to disabuse yourself of the notion that they were infallible. I am even more tired of this quote:
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants
which is bandied about as if it were an absolute truth. Explain to me; why is automatically necessary to use violence every now and then? Does that really seem reasonable to you? How would it do good for 'liberty' (another overused word)?
Hear hear, we run web apps on exactly the same environment without "extra" attention paid to code optimization and can easily support 100 concurrent users.
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Foolish AC, you're mixing continents again. The US seems to me to be on a similar path to 1930s Germany. The "advanced" US system produces absolutism and fundamentalism... "We're all sinners", a recent quote from the head of your esteemed regime, shows that democracy and separation of powers is in a sorry state in the USA. John Ashcroft -- well, need I say more.
Seriously, I would never vote communist -- I have frequently voted for social democrats. Labour in Ireland, the SDP in Germany, the Socialist party in France... none of them communists, all of them socialists of varying degree.
You must be very lonely, being a socialist in the USA. Most of your compatriots won't know the difference and will think that you're a communist. Good luck to you.
Hot on the heels of the tech. community organizing for political purposes, banana-eaters, low-fat milk drinkers and Chevy truck drivers across the USA have all expressed their interest in joining together to lobby for their shared political values. When asked what those values might be... this is a ridiculous article.
Damn it, this post is riddled with typos and other errors. The place name should be Ballyseedy, Co. Kerry, not Ballykelly.
I actually do live in the US now, in St. Louis since 1998. Is there much support in Wales for republicanism? There's Alex Salmond and the SNP up north, and I've heard of Plaid Cymru (spelling?), but nothing much is reported -- at least on the BBC.
They were as nasty then as they are now. I hail from Macroom, Co. Cork. One of my primary school teachers parents were local IRB activist during the War of Independence. His claim to fame was to have shot three British Army officers, the local taxi driver who ferried them and the taxi driver's dog when the IRB ambushed them as they were unarmed and on a fishing trip at the nearby river Sullane.
The "Free State Army" (i.e., what became the Irish Army) was no better... the Ballykelly massacre is infamous in Ireland for its brutality and pointlessness.
BTW, "Paddy" is offensive to us.
I'm all for republicanism in the classic French sense -- liberty, equality, fraternity. But the sociopaths have hijacked the ideals of Wolfe Tone for a long time now.
That's nonsense. The government is elected by the people to represent them, and is given specific powers to use on their behalf. Violence, legislating, tax collection... The people don't do any of these things.
Given your use of the pejorative term "paddy", I'm guessing you're a Brit. Why do so many people mistakenly think that "easter1916" means "IRA wanker"? I chose it because I happen to agree with the ideals laid out in the Proclamation of the Republic, not because of any warm feelings towards violent types.
Well spotted. Not plastic at all -- born in Cavan, grew up in Cork.
I hear you... I am white-skinned (actually, closer to a very unfetching blueish / pinkish colour), Irish and got the latex encased finger up the ass every time I flew through the UK in the 1980s. Did it piss me off? Yes. Did I think they shouldn't do that? No. I was mid-20s, Irish, male, and flying around Europe in what would appear to be erratic patterns -- perfect profile for a IRA activist. Once the troubles up north died down, British police stopped doing that to me. That's life. At least they were always polite and courteous and practically apologetic about it (and even more embarrassed than I was, I think).
Waive your flag -- unintentionally funny and accurate.
No, we don't agree on that at all.
I'd sooner trust the BBC or Reuters than Pentagon News Network or Faux News Network. All reporting is biased, some more so than others.
I have considered that there might be a higher being, but found no evidence to support this theory. Do you have some?
'God' is a crutch for fools.
Specifically, cocaine. It's an appetite suppressant and it's very light, too -- you'll have no trouble hauling a gram or twenty in and out of work.
Use Eclipse and I am sure you will understand why.
No different than Dubliners, New Yorkers, Londoners, etc.
An example of English borrowing words from Irish:
"go leor" -- (in abundance) "galore"
Hear hear, we run web apps on exactly the same environment without "extra" attention paid to code optimization and can easily support 100 concurrent users.
John Potato. So. What's your point?