How do you feel about the "gay-rights" movement,
and anal sex especially? I'm more interested in
the librating and community-building aspect
of the Internet. What about the liberating
aspect of cheap commodity hardware? I'm thinking
of more of a human-rights perspective here.
1. No. An AK-47 is versatile and rugged enough so
that it can be made by practically any country.
2. There have been at least 2 wars in Chechnya
in the second half of the 20th century.
3. The leftover weaponry from the Soviet empire
is long gone. Most of the weapons used were
manufactured in the last 10 years. (Weapons
manufacturing is always profitable.)
Strangely enough, weapons is the one thing that
isn't lacking at all in third-world countries.
I mean, even in the most backwater African
countries you will find an AK-47 in every village.
Western powers are content to sell weapons
even if they know that the weapons will be used
directly against them! For example, during
the wars in Chechnya, both sides used the exact
same weaponry. --
Did anybody else notice how far up north this
"center of mass" is? I mean, for a supposedly
"world-wide" effort, the result sure is biased.
There is a pervasive belief that somehow the
Internet is a "global" phenomenon, that it
somehow brings the world closer together, erases
national and ethnic boundaries. That belief is
simply ridiculous. I mean, look at that map!
If anything, that is a powerful testament to
the deep rift between the North and the South
hemispheres. Brazil, India and China have an
infinitesimal contribution (with populations in
the billions!) while the UK is deemed important
enough to have its own map. This should be a
wake-up call to anybody arrogant and chauvinistic
enough to claim that the Internet is "global",
or that it somehow creates a "global village";
the Internet is nothing but another tool to
fuel American (and European to a small degree)
cultural imperialism. This means that we can
expect in the future that as the rift between
North and South gets bigger, the tensions will
mount until we can expect a staggering conflict.
The Third World War will be between the
underpopulated, but staggeringly rich North and
the billions upon billions of the unwashed masses
of the South. (This is not my idea, BTW.)
Slashdot Mirror
That was art. Congratulations.
How do you feel about the "gay-rights" movement,
and anal sex especially? I'm more interested in
the librating and community-building aspect
of the Internet. What about the liberating
aspect of cheap commodity hardware? I'm thinking
of more of a human-rights perspective here.
1. No. An AK-47 is versatile and rugged enough so
that it can be made by practically any country.
2. There have been at least 2 wars in Chechnya
in the second half of the 20th century.
3. The leftover weaponry from the Soviet empire
is long gone. Most of the weapons used were
manufactured in the last 10 years. (Weapons
manufacturing is always profitable.)
--
Strangely enough, weapons is the one thing that
isn't lacking at all in third-world countries.
I mean, even in the most backwater African
countries you will find an AK-47 in every village.
Western powers are content to sell weapons
even if they know that the weapons will be used
directly against them! For example, during
the wars in Chechnya, both sides used the exact
same weaponry.
--
Mod Parent Up.
It was the only worthwhile comment in this
whole discussion.
--
Did anybody else notice how far up north this
"center of mass" is? I mean, for a supposedly
"world-wide" effort, the result sure is biased.
There is a pervasive belief that somehow the
Internet is a "global" phenomenon, that it
somehow brings the world closer together, erases
national and ethnic boundaries. That belief is
simply ridiculous. I mean, look at that map!
If anything, that is a powerful testament to
the deep rift between the North and the South
hemispheres. Brazil, India and China have an
infinitesimal contribution (with populations in
the billions!) while the UK is deemed important
enough to have its own map. This should be a
wake-up call to anybody arrogant and chauvinistic
enough to claim that the Internet is "global",
or that it somehow creates a "global village";
the Internet is nothing but another tool to
fuel American (and European to a small degree)
cultural imperialism. This means that we can
expect in the future that as the rift between
North and South gets bigger, the tensions will
mount until we can expect a staggering conflict.
The Third World War will be between the
underpopulated, but staggeringly rich North and
the billions upon billions of the unwashed masses
of the South. (This is not my idea, BTW.)
--