leaving 25 million to the whims of Saddam
As opposed to the whims of muslim fundamentalists and murderers rampaging around as of now?
I've met Iraqis who have suffered under Saddam Hussein, and they will all tell you that as bad as Iraq is now, the horror of living under Saddam's totalitarianism was far worse.
Anecdotal "evidence". And I'm not sure I even believe you know any iraqis. But please explain how things were worst in 1989 for the average iraqi?
And why only stop Saddam? The world is choke full of murderous dictators.
Anecdotes are a dime a dozen. Moreover, and as the previous poster replied, soldiers are not in the best position to judge the ramifications of the war (let alone realize they're not looking for any WMD)
Despite all their whining about software piracy I'm pretty sure that MS is delighted about this.
And I can confirm this first hand, having spent 10 years in Singapore from 1988 'till 1998. An entire modern shopping center used to be the center of piracy in Singapore (Sim Lim square). Ath first (from 1988-1990?) you would go to any shop and choose games/software in a catalog. The guy would make copies for you on the spot.
A few years later you could buy ziplock bags sitting on shelves with disks + manual for a few dollars. All in open view. From maybe 1994 onwards those disks became CDs. There were maybe 20-30 shops in the commercial center, none of them hiding. You would go buy your software like you would your groceries. I remember friend buying over 150 CDs (Windows, Office, games, 3D studio) at a time.
Around 1998, it was widely consider that Singapore was not 3rd world anymore. People actually had the money to buy original software. Microsoft which had always turned a blind eye, started requesting that the government raid the shops. In 1999, all the shops selling pirated software suddenly closed. An over 10 year old activity was shut down in the blink of an eye.
I am convinced that it was in MS's best interest to allow the rampant piracy until they had a strong foothold in the market. It made business sense anyway, at a time where no singaporean would spend the cash for an original version of Office.
France and Germany had reasons to support Saddam's regime, namely, they were profiting from the oil-for-food fiasco.
Name 5 reasons why...
And I always find it extraordinary when people such as yourself say more countries where with the US for this war. A HUGE majority of the people of Europe were against it, that includes your newfound allies (such as Poland). They need american money, would you honestly trust them more than France? Or is french (and german now it seems) bashing just to much of a pleasure to forgo?
Clue: Many of those new allies are eastern countries that used to be under the yoke of the USSR, of course they could'nt be alongside the US during Gulf War I.
I call bullshit on pretty much your whole post, asking to name 5 reasons for every point is just plain stupid. Btw Bush is against abortion, so he does wish to take away some women's rights. Isn't that enough? Oh and he's a religious nut by modern standards, but I'm ready to bet you consider abstinence an effective STD prevention method anyway.
do you honestly think we expected the *French* to send any actual troops to Iraq?
Guess who sent the third largest number of troops during Gulf War I? Why would you not expect France to send troops? I mean if there hadn't been all that WMD BS?
but a country that doesn't recognise freedom of speech cannot be condoned.
I you don't consider France as a country with freedom of speech, who else is left? All countries refrain free speech and that includes the US, whether by law or morality (Oh my god! I saw tits on tv).
The site is most probably illegal. It is allowed to operate because of a "legal loophole" in russian legislation (information taken from some computer magazine).
So Bush would let Dick Cheney say there is a link and all this time say the contrary?
Stop playing on words, Bush is guilty of pretending there is a link, and you're an indoctrinated idiot.
May I have your source for these affirmations? I mean the exact paragraph stating you may deprive prisoners of sleep, or threaten them. If you are unable to provide that you should be modded down accordingly of course.
Creating national standards is an eventual dead-end
But you're wrong, SECAM (instead of PAL or NTSC) is what essentially saved the french TV/Video industry (Thomson, which btw owns RCA).
And we still use SECAM in France...
Remember what? The minitel was born and used in most french households long before Joe average over in the US ever heard of the internet. Please explain how it was backward progress? (Although I agree that today it has lost its 'raison d'etre')
Your ignorance is amazing. France actually had the courage to follow the will of its people (whether you agree or not with the reasons for that). Surveys showed that more people in Spain were against the war then France (something like 80% versus 70%, same with poland ). Wake up you idiot.
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It means people who weren't born with a golden spoon in their mouth are able to afford things such as healthcare or, in this case, information. People like you probably consider the law of gravity a form of servitude. Wake up.
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leaving 25 million to the whims of Saddam
As opposed to the whims of muslim fundamentalists and murderers rampaging around as of now?
I've met Iraqis who have suffered under Saddam Hussein, and they will all tell you that as bad as Iraq is now, the horror of living under Saddam's totalitarianism was far worse.
Anecdotal "evidence". And I'm not sure I even believe you know any iraqis. But please explain how things were worst in 1989 for the average iraqi?
And why only stop Saddam? The world is choke full of murderous dictators.
So what's *your* solution Mr. Sarcasm?
Anecdotes are a dime a dozen. Moreover, and as the previous poster replied, soldiers are not in the best position to judge the ramifications of the war (let alone realize they're not looking for any WMD)
And I can confirm this first hand, having spent 10 years in Singapore from 1988 'till 1998. An entire modern shopping center used to be the center of piracy in Singapore (Sim Lim square). Ath first (from 1988-1990?) you would go to any shop and choose games/software in a catalog. The guy would make copies for you on the spot.
A few years later you could buy ziplock bags sitting on shelves with disks + manual for a few dollars. All in open view. From maybe 1994 onwards those disks became CDs. There were maybe 20-30 shops in the commercial center, none of them hiding. You would go buy your software like you would your groceries. I remember friend buying over 150 CDs (Windows, Office, games, 3D studio) at a time.
Around 1998, it was widely consider that Singapore was not 3rd world anymore. People actually had the money to buy original software. Microsoft which had always turned a blind eye, started requesting that the government raid the shops. In 1999, all the shops selling pirated software suddenly closed. An over 10 year old activity was shut down in the blink of an eye.
I am convinced that it was in MS's best interest to allow the rampant piracy until they had a strong foothold in the market. It made business sense anyway, at a time where no singaporean would spend the cash for an original version of Office.
Name 5 reasons why...
And I always find it extraordinary when people such as yourself say more countries where with the US for this war. A HUGE majority of the people of Europe were against it, that includes your newfound allies (such as Poland). They need american money, would you honestly trust them more than France? Or is french (and german now it seems) bashing just to much of a pleasure to forgo?
Clue: Many of those new allies are eastern countries that used to be under the yoke of the USSR, of course they could'nt be alongside the US during Gulf War I.
I call bullshit on pretty much your whole post, asking to name 5 reasons for every point is just plain stupid. Btw Bush is against abortion, so he does wish to take away some women's rights. Isn't that enough? Oh and he's a religious nut by modern standards, but I'm ready to bet you consider abstinence an effective STD prevention method anyway.
So your point is that cancer is worst than having the flu? True, but everyone already knows that.
That's hardly a solution to his problem. English is the de facto business language. There's always a time when you have to use it.
Do you make that up as you go? Some facts would be nice.
Guess who sent the third largest number of troops during Gulf War I? Why would you not expect France to send troops? I mean if there hadn't been all that WMD BS?
I you don't consider France as a country with freedom of speech, who else is left? All countries refrain free speech and that includes the US, whether by law or morality (Oh my god! I saw tits on tv).
Can you openly say you want to kill the president (I mean if you're Joe Average)? How can you have free speech when you have libel laws?
It's not AVT but TVA (taxe sur la valeur ajoutee). A tad strange you would get that wrong living in France.
You just forgot to mention that Finland actually joined with the nazis until 1944. And like someone else replied, you forgot Washington and Canberra.
The site is most probably illegal. It is allowed to operate because of a "legal loophole" in russian legislation (information taken from some computer magazine).
France's cheating ways
You sure don't know how to lose graciously. Are you obsessed with France? Feel inadequate?
He also said french-speaking... not french. Many of those comics actually come from belgium.
So Bush would let Dick Cheney say there is a link and all this time say the contrary?
Stop playing on words, Bush is guilty of pretending there is a link, and you're an indoctrinated idiot.
Or maybe it would have taken a long time to reimplement all these native functionalities?
Unless you are better informed than I am, how do you know it wasn't a wedding party? (No Fox news link please..)
May I have your source for these affirmations? I mean the exact paragraph stating you may deprive prisoners of sleep, or threaten them.
If you are unable to provide that you should be modded down accordingly of course.
But you're wrong, SECAM (instead of PAL or NTSC) is what essentially saved the french TV/Video industry (Thomson, which btw owns RCA). And we still use SECAM in France...
Remember what? The minitel was born and used in most french households long before Joe average over in the US ever heard of the internet. Please explain how it was backward progress? (Although I agree that today it has lost its 'raison d'etre')
Iraq was invaded for geo-political reasons (that includes oil). Have a nice life dreaming up truths.
Your ignorance is amazing. France actually had the courage to follow the will of its people (whether you agree or not with the reasons for that). Surveys showed that more people in Spain were against the war then France (something like 80% versus 70%, same with poland ). Wake up you idiot.
It means people who weren't born with a golden spoon in their mouth are able to afford things such as healthcare or, in this case, information. People like you probably consider the law of gravity a form of servitude. Wake up.