Why is it that China's authoritarian system is excused by Western inconsistencies?
Let me point out that in China, the BBC (government-owned media) would never, ever be permitted to criticize the government, except in the case that the government engages in self-criticism. But no, the West is always wrong and China is always vindicated. I know some bigoted Chinese nationalists that agree 100% with that sentiment.
Please stop saying that brown people are incapable of hygeine. What is this, Queen Victoria 1869? Please stop the right-wing crap and concentrate on helping, not hurting.
Gosh, you think that might be because the Swedes got off their asses and contributed? Why would any company work on support for a nation that is just going to steal anyway?
1. Who said humans are economically rational all the time? Seriously, who comes up with these straw men?
2. Working as a stripper is morally depraved and the industry is filled with slimy crooks who couldn't get jobs in the recording industry. If there was a job opening involving hooking up monkeys' brains to car batteries for research, and it paid more than the stripper job, then by your logic there would be a line of skanky women lined up for the interview on Monday morning.
"Provincial"? I think you need to look in the dictionary and look up the word...hipsters are hardly "provincial", they are sophisticated and urban. If you feel threatened by this, as it seems you do, then it is quite likely that it is you who are provincial. Let me guess, you must live in a place that has more churches than coffee shops? Do you know people who wear trucker hats...non-ironically? And would it kill you to do a few art projects instead of souping up the American JunkWagonMobile?
Great idea! Let's begin inoculating people with GM organisms, what could possibly go wrong? I mean, it's not like inoculations have led to increased autism...you might as well also deny the link between humans and climate change.
Spam relies on abusing free services, in order to exploit the economies of scale when cost = 0. Traditionally, this has been email, because the entire internet used it and it was free by design. Free services are what attract spammers, and as long as facebook is free, it will have spam. Charge a couple bucks for access to anything, and spam becomes uneconomical very quickly.
Funny how it's never the non-elites who have the shitty ideas like "let's kill 6 million people because we don't agree with their political views". It's always the elites. Funny, that.
Sounds like a typical case of Chinese quality fade. If MPC didn't have their own inspectors on the ground, watching EVERYTHING, then it's a good bet that after the first few orders, the Chinese supplier started cutting corners to make a pitiful few more cents on the deal. I've seen it a million times. I do this sort of thing for a living...this story is a common one.
Heh, I wonder how much they paid for the "powerful" domain name of information.com. Do people still type watches.com when they want to find watches online?
The forces of diversity and multiculturalism are rather hostile to families. It comes from the idea that we're ruining the planet, and making more humans is one of the worst things that anyone could ever do.
It got involved in WWII because Germany declared war.
For WWI, America got involved for no particular reason that anyone could think of. Crucial to U.S. participation was the massive domestic propaganda campaign executed by the Committee on Public Information overseen by George Creel. The campaign included tens of thousands of government-selected community leaders giving brief carefully scripted pro-war speeches at thousands of public gatherings. Along with other branches of government and private vigilante groups like the American Protective League, it also included the general repression and harassment of people either opposed to American entry into the war or of German heritage.
OK, let's talk about genetics versus the incredible hatred shown by the TV presenters. Is there a correlation there? You'd think on a place like Slashdot, people would understand genetics.
Genetics is the area of biological study concerned with heredity and with the variations between organisms that result from it.
A bigot is a person who is intolerant of opinions, lifestyles, or identities differing from his or her own.
How does a disapproval of a heriditary dictatorship have anything to do with tourist sites? I totally fail to see any correlation whatsoever with abhorring a concept like a "king" and taking photos of a staged tourist attraction. This is +5?
So, that makes it acceptable, then. Right then, all clear! Slur away!
Seriously, a lot of times that this sort of ugly bigotry gets expressed is just a socially acceptable way of expressing racism - southern USA is about 40% black, so you get to tar a lot of people with the same brush.
A sad day when a bigoted comment like this is modded up. The American south is home to most of America's black population, and a slur against them is merely a reflection of your [and moderators] tiny-minded ignorance and fear.
It seems that the British Empire used to award knighthoods to people who actually did something - social reformers, military heroes, literary giants, and so on. These days, they give it out to pop singers, movie set designers, and funny book writers. It would be nice for the award to have some other meaning than "you sure sold a lot of books!" It seems to be sort of like the Oscars or Emmys...more like a popularity contest than an award of any genuine merit.
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Let me point out that in China, the BBC (government-owned media) would never, ever be permitted to criticize the government, except in the case that the government engages in self-criticism. But no, the West is always wrong and China is always vindicated. I know some bigoted Chinese nationalists that agree 100% with that sentiment.
It's still a better name than "The Gimp". Seriously, what was the guy thinking? LOL Pulp Fiction LOLZ!@#!#!@
Take a look at the security provisions of the homeowners' insurance that the bank requires that they buy.
Please stop saying that brown people are incapable of hygeine. What is this, Queen Victoria 1869? Please stop the right-wing crap and concentrate on helping, not hurting.
Gosh, you think that might be because the Swedes got off their asses and contributed? Why would any company work on support for a nation that is just going to steal anyway?
Inter Armas Silent Leges. The Constitution is not a suicide pact.
2. Working as a stripper is morally depraved and the industry is filled with slimy crooks who couldn't get jobs in the recording industry. If there was a job opening involving hooking up monkeys' brains to car batteries for research, and it paid more than the stripper job, then by your logic there would be a line of skanky women lined up for the interview on Monday morning.
"Provincial"? I think you need to look in the dictionary and look up the word...hipsters are hardly "provincial", they are sophisticated and urban. If you feel threatened by this, as it seems you do, then it is quite likely that it is you who are provincial. Let me guess, you must live in a place that has more churches than coffee shops? Do you know people who wear trucker hats...non-ironically? And would it kill you to do a few art projects instead of souping up the American JunkWagonMobile?
Great idea! Let's begin inoculating people with GM organisms, what could possibly go wrong? I mean, it's not like inoculations have led to increased autism...you might as well also deny the link between humans and climate change.
Spam relies on abusing free services, in order to exploit the economies of scale when cost = 0. Traditionally, this has been email, because the entire internet used it and it was free by design. Free services are what attract spammers, and as long as facebook is free, it will have spam. Charge a couple bucks for access to anything, and spam becomes uneconomical very quickly.
Humans don't reproduce by cloning, dumbass. Or maybe that's the only way you can think of to reproduce, the rest of us have other ideas...
Funny how it's never the non-elites who have the shitty ideas like "let's kill 6 million people because we don't agree with their political views". It's always the elites. Funny, that.
Sounds like a typical case of Chinese quality fade. If MPC didn't have their own inspectors on the ground, watching EVERYTHING, then it's a good bet that after the first few orders, the Chinese supplier started cutting corners to make a pitiful few more cents on the deal. I've seen it a million times. I do this sort of thing for a living...this story is a common one.
Heh, I wonder how much they paid for the "powerful" domain name of information.com. Do people still type watches.com when they want to find watches online?
Notice something about all the markets Microsoft has failed in? They're markets where they can't leverage their operating system monopoly.
The forces of diversity and multiculturalism are rather hostile to families. It comes from the idea that we're ruining the planet, and making more humans is one of the worst things that anyone could ever do.
For WWI, America got involved for no particular reason that anyone could think of. Crucial to U.S. participation was the massive domestic propaganda campaign executed by the Committee on Public Information overseen by George Creel. The campaign included tens of thousands of government-selected community leaders giving brief carefully scripted pro-war speeches at thousands of public gatherings. Along with other branches of government and private vigilante groups like the American Protective League, it also included the general repression and harassment of people either opposed to American entry into the war or of German heritage.
OK, maybe I'm missing something - how does writing funny books actively inspire and help others?
That's the definition of a "King". And way to totally ignore my other point about the tourist site, and run away with the "rest my case" nonsense.
Genetics is the area of biological study concerned with heredity and with the variations between organisms that result from it.
A bigot is a person who is intolerant of opinions, lifestyles, or identities differing from his or her own.
How does a disapproval of a heriditary dictatorship have anything to do with tourist sites? I totally fail to see any correlation whatsoever with abhorring a concept like a "king" and taking photos of a staged tourist attraction. This is +5?
Seriously, a lot of times that this sort of ugly bigotry gets expressed is just a socially acceptable way of expressing racism - southern USA is about 40% black, so you get to tar a lot of people with the same brush.
A sad day when a bigoted comment like this is modded up. The American south is home to most of America's black population, and a slur against them is merely a reflection of your [and moderators] tiny-minded ignorance and fear.
It seems that the British Empire used to award knighthoods to people who actually did something - social reformers, military heroes, literary giants, and so on. These days, they give it out to pop singers, movie set designers, and funny book writers. It would be nice for the award to have some other meaning than "you sure sold a lot of books!" It seems to be sort of like the Oscars or Emmys...more like a popularity contest than an award of any genuine merit.