Nice scenario, but in the real world, if you're a competent author you *will* get rewarded. It's inevitable. Famous people always get rewarded.
An obvious, redundant statement: the problem isn't the copying process. It's the price of the media. Prerecorded cds cost something like a dollar, to produce and distribute. They charge us fifteen times this.
I read a interesting comment here: why don't people copy newspapers? Because it's cheap! If CDs were cheaper, why would you bother copying them if you could buy the original for the same price as a copy?
Or, maybe, just maybe, he has 40+ billion to spare.
Re:CSI - Crummy Science for Idiots
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I guess you're making the same mistake I did when I started watching the show: confusing entertainment with science classes. If you want something realist, 100% accurate in every single detail, you should watch the Discovery channel. They even got a forensics show, I guess.
What amuses me about CSI is the drama, or even some of the thrill of discovering who is the bad guy. Not the science details.
Ask the average person about any of the things you mentioned. You'll probably end with "Huh?" for an answer.
It's not a science class. It's entertainment. If you want politically correct moral lessons, 100% accuracy you should go to a good educational facility. These things aren't mandatory on TV.
I don't watch many US news sources (I live in Brazil), but let me tell you what happens here: our major media companies (and the majority of the politicians) has a very "leftish" (if that is a word) speech. Everybody is always in favor of the people, very socialist-like.
When it comes to actions, they do and tell whatever they want to.
So, I take everything the media puts on with caution: yes, they tend to be kinda "left of center", like you said, but when the people (with money and power) behind the scenes need to act, things get pretty different. It has happened here in two presidential elections and is going to happen again.
Leftist is someone who thinks, speaks and, most importantly, acts leftist. A "left of center" media is just trying to get the audience they need.
I guess it's been like 3 or 4 years a large part of this community is yelling that Microsoft software is not secure. I dont't imagine a decent, well informed Sysadmin not knowing Windows isn't stable, secure, etc.
But what's easier? Criticize (sp?) Microsoft for making their (well-known) crappy OS, or blaming yourself (or the person in charge of choosing the OS on your company, for that matter) for a bad choice?
And for home users, who calls the computer vendor to complain they sold you a unstable, insecure OS?
People accept the crap MS sells because it's considered NORMAL fos a OS to be crappy.
The best "heavy criticism" you can do is DO NOT BUY MS PRODUCTS! If we start blaming people for making a bad choice of OS, not the company, things will be different.
Re:I'm sick of seeing this stupid argument!
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Lemmme see... What are we talking about, really? Oh, I remember. A MOVIE.
So, if Episode 2 is not a good movie, you're going to pull all your hair out? Be depressed and try to kill yourself?
And, your comparison with politics... is that serious? If it is, then yes, you deserve the "backstabbing politician".
Let me make another metaphor (sp?). Suppose you're a (insert your favorite baseball team here) fan. Well, last season they were champions, and you were happy. This season, they are second place. Are they shitting on your head? How come a wonderful team who was champion last season not be champion again? You deserve better! You went to the games! You bought pop-corn, expensive official t-shirts, caps, etc! They are making you "feel dirty" for liking them so much in the past.
Please. It's JUST a science fiction movie. Get a life.
You're right. Absolutely right. But your opinion (like mine) won't change anything. Not here on/., not anywhere.
Why? Because 90% of the Americans aprove George Bush, most without even knowing what they're aproving.
So, till the next terrorist attack, people will continue thinking "yes, let's punish those bastards, let's show them who's the boss". And, IMO, few things are going to change.
I experienced the same as you when I graduated: I guess it's a "course end syndrome".
My guess is that you can't stand attending classes anymore (that's what happened to me, basically because the projects and subjects were pretty academic), so the object of your study gets pretty annoying. What helped me was graduation. The moment my classes ended and I begun real-life job hunting and working, CS became beautiful again.
But in most cases (again, there are always some exceptions) big corporations don't add to the market. They normally end local small business, not creating jobs, but shifting already existing jobs.
As a real example: when the old state phone companies were sold to private companies, lots of technical jobs were created. With low wages. There is a demand for technical workers, but the wages won't increase. IMO, that happens because they are not willing to pay more. When the best workers demand higher wages, they are just replaced.
I'm not proposing shutting down globalization (whatever that means to you). I'm saying that big corporations enter the market, most times end local small business and DON'T increase wages.
Globalization should be about people and culture, not about profit.
I'll not flame. I'll try to correct a very mistaken point of view you wrote:
Would you really want to deny people in the 3rd world a chance to move ahead far more quickly than America ever did?
The third world is moving ahead, maybe fast, but, please, in the majority it's not moving faster than the US. Why? Because most (not all) multinational corporations take more than give. It's as simple as that.
I live in Brazil. Things here have two faces: yes, we have beatiful beaches, with lots of beautiful rich people living in big places. They are something like 3% of our population. The other 97%, lives with less than U$ 500,00 per month. And they work in big factories which pay low wages. And, yes, they get VCRs, new TVs. And that's all.
My point is: sometimes corporations treat us like indians: they give us mirrors and take the gold. And yes, it can make us move ahead faster, but, believe me, not as fast as they are.
May I ask you, first... Do you live in a third world country? I do. And I agree with you. Yes, corporations sometimes (or most times, whatever) install themselves in other countries and boost production and profits with better tecnology and science. And some people get better salaries for that.
BUT...
The vast majority of the workers are underpaid. I see this myself everyday here in Brazil.
You can choose where to look at. You can see the manager, well paid, living as a king. Or, you can look at the bulk of workers, the other 99%, with low wages. It's all a question of choice.
I'm sorry, but this has nothing to do with Socialism or Communism. It's simply exploitation. What you call "success" is making SA (and other countries, for that matter) poorer. I don't think that the common people in SA is rich enough to the point of throwing away money. But the government is.
And that brings me to the point again: this external policy the US is applying to other countries wouldn't be accepted for one second if someone did that to the US. See, for that matter, the recent event of Brazil's breaking the patent for some medications. Now, with the anthrax running loose, the US considers it too. Before, Brazil was the devil stealing your rights. Now, it's business as usual. So, before you shoot yourself in the foot, stop and think for a while. You might regret it after.
Re:Timothy McVeigh was a fundamentalist...
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Most things can be put in perspective, just like you did. For instance, one could claim that americans see everything through the basic prism of the corporate news-media. Therefore, most americans are fundamentalists. My point is, extremists or fundamentalists tend to act the same way, and in their practical results are the same. There's no need to make a difference between them. Besides, most americans are choosing not to approach the question of terrorism by many angles. The main mass of citizens in the US still wants the senseless bombings. Just like bin Laden wants to get rid of America.
We are blamed because we promote capitalism and trade in Saudi Arabia. But when we refuse to trade and refuse to invest our values in Iraq, we are blamed.
Sorry, but you have a very bised view of things. Saudi Arabia is going in national debt (that is, they're importing more than exporting). That's right, the biggest and richier producer of oil in the world is begining to owe money to the US. When did this started? Casually, after the US started "promoting" capitalism there.
Don't be so naive. The US isn't out there being altruistic. You're taking more than giving.
I understand your post is a flamebait, but I'd like to address some points:
Simple facts: They hate us because we're powerful, wealthy, intelligent, educated, and yes, free. Nothing but the destruction of all of these will quench their thirst for destruction. And yes, we can and will kill all the terrorists.
I'm sorry but no. It's not that simple. If it was, I would the first one suport this war. Stop thinking that the main "reason" for terrorism is envy. It's not. The main reason is your ignorance about what your country is doing at their places. Of course, it's much easier to ignore this, and go on saying they are just a bunch of crazy envious people that must be eliminated. Another thing: look at your priorities: you put powerful and wealthy before intelligent, educated and free.
... They say we should share are wealth to be loved around the world...
You're wrong again. Nobody is asking you to work for them. The main point is that globalization is always done at the expense of poorer countries. No american company invests money in other countries without wanting some profit. It happens all over the world, and, again, you choose to ignore it, because it's easier this way.
Your post is exactly the kind of reasoning that gives terrorist motivation; worst, it's a road ending in war. Don't expect the "collateral damages" to be only in Afghanistan.
Seems to me that MS is just another company/individual jumping the "anti-terrorism wagon". Seems that anything can relate to terrosim now. Unfortunately, there are several people using terrorism as an excuse for their misbehaving. Even here in Brazil some corrupt politicians and other ill-intended persons are calling anything against them "acts of terrorism". The worst part is that the 9-11 attacks scared most of us, and some people (who couldn't (yet) recover a stable state of racional thinking) are hearing and praising these attempts of using the situation in their favor.
I've read several comments, articles and opinions about this war, since 9-11. Unfortunately, I've got the same conclusion, always: this isn't a winnable war. No war tecnology, modern warfare can win this war, and it's very simple to explain it: this war is not a military one.
The US (and the western world, by extension) isn't fighting a opressing regime or an expanding, threatening militar force. We are fighting terror, and senseless attacks on civilians. These attacks do not come from Taliban troops. They come from organized fundamentalists, which are functioning as any american corporation. The difference is the goal: the fundamentalists do not want profit, but some kind of religious "justice".
The real war isn't on Afghanistan: it's in the minds of a big number of people who think of the US as their biggest enemy.
Bombing Taliban sites or capturing/killing Osama bin Laden will not end terror. The terrorists are well spread all over the world. To stop these people, we'll have to make them stop wanting to hurt us. The bombs or the modern tecnology will not achieve this.
Your economical situation is NOT caused by loans...
You are proving my point that you couldn't be less aware of how things are in Brazil. Our national debt is getting to the point where it will not be payable anymore. When this happens, will the US bankers worry about it? Think what would happen if we stopped paying it. About our "crappy" economy... Why does the US imports food, clothing, shoes from Brazil? Your wonderful country with its powerful industry can't produce enough? Again, interesting.
It was the case with Taiwan and other Asian tigers but...
Yes, yes. The last time I heard there were 10 yo kids working in factories to be "more competitive", earning next to nothing. What a powerful industry!
Are you saying that Sun, Microsoft or IBM are exploiting anyone
The american justice seems to disagree with you. Microsoft is kinda having some hard times there. The only news I hear that can be good to Microsoft is that the government is easing things up. Sheesh.
People vote with their feet and in this contest we way ahead of you
You made me LOL with that. Last election in the US was decided on courts. By political reasoning. And Bush didn't get majority in individual voting. And, still there are americans that say that should a recount be issued, Bush would loose. Shame on you.
You obviously never heard anything about opression. I guess you think slavery was alright, cos they were following the original agreement.
On the other hand , none of this stuff is mandatory and if I don't care, nobody forces me to support or even listen to these people.
Of course. So the cold war was just a waste of time, cos you were not listening anyways. Noboby was forcing you to listen to their political theories, yet you went all the distance to build nukes that could end the world. Interesting.
You gonna "bomb" yourself into soviet style "age" if you continue to follow your leftist bullshit
I'm as much as a leftist as you are a rightist interested in exploiting poor countries. Draw your own conclusions too.
Your envy of our economical position and our social system is very transparent.
Yes... that's a very rational conclusion... I've been once to the US in a 15-day vacation. I don't intend to come back. Why? Because there's nothing else there to see, in my opinion. Do I envy you? No, I don't. Why? Because I can have all the things you think I envy. I live in a democratic country, maybe even more democratic than the US. You will never understand that, cos you can only think that the world wants to be like you. It's time to review these concepts.
Furthermore you do think this attack was justified and inside you rejoice from what had happened in NYC.
That's just offensive. I was deeply shocked by the attacks. Even people with opinions like yours are not going to make me feel the attack was justified. What I've been saying all this time is that thinking like yours lead crazy fundamentalists like those Taliban bastards to attack the US. Why do you think it was the US and not Europe, Latin America, Japan, or any other country that was attacked? You know, the US is not the better place to live in the world. I can think of several other places where life can be better.
If you borrow money you shall return that money. If you are unable to repay, DO NOT borrow. Couldn't be any simpler, could it ?
Yes, very simple. So simple we are paying interests 100 years old (literally, no exageration here), because if we say "we payed enough already", a banker says "no, I don't think so". Are you suggesting we stop paying, then?
Yeah, exactly... oh, and we do enjoy sane economical system as opposed to some leftist regimes you have in your state.
Dude... Now you don't tell me how to run my state. What you said is as silly as me saying that your regime has created rightists like some tele-evangelists we see in the US. Do you enjoy they?. And, BTW, our state is doing better than the rest of Brazil. Oh, we are leftists? Should the US bomb us, too? And who the hell are you to preach about how to run Brazil?
Now here's what I think: you are so closed inside the US you forgot how the world outside is. You are so closed inside the US that you forgot that outside bad things happen because of US influence. But why should you care? The bad things happen outside, anyway. Oh, sorry. That was valid only till last tuesday. Now it's not anymore.
Oh really. So if I spend 5 years studying to get a good job, the fact that I can drive Ferrari it is slap in your poor ass face?
You may study 5 years just to buy a nice car, cool running shoes and lots of beer so you can burp in other people's face. It's a free country anyway.
No, because we worked hard.
Yes, right. You work soooo hard. Poor little thing. We are just enjoying the sun here.
Hmm, what about all these Jews being killed by crazy Muslims?
You tell me I'm biased when you can't even understand that "Israel against Muslims" is exactly the same thing as "Muslims against Israel". Read again use your brain to think.
Who are you to give us lessons how to run our country? Come back when you are able to feed your own population without killing homeless children.
I would feed my population if I didn't have to spend more money paying interests to US banks. But hey, you know how to run a country and you work hard, and everything you have comes from your sweat, isn't it?
Strangely, most of heat we are getting comes from places and nations that no sane person would consider a model to be followed.
I think that says something.
So you're bravely stating that every Mid-East person is dying to get the hell out of their homes and live like you do in the US? Their lives are very different from ours. Don't assume they envy our way of life. I really believe they don't envy us, they just want to be left alone.
Now, think of all the people living in the US, fearing the next terrorist attack. Is it sane to live like this? I think that says something too.
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Nice scenario, but in the real world, if you're a competent author you *will* get rewarded. It's inevitable. Famous people always get rewarded.
An obvious, redundant statement: the problem isn't the copying process. It's the price of the media. Prerecorded cds cost something like a dollar, to produce and distribute. They charge us fifteen times this.
I read a interesting comment here: why don't people copy newspapers? Because it's cheap! If CDs were cheaper, why would you bother copying them if you could buy the original for the same price as a copy?
Or, maybe, just maybe, he has 40+ billion to spare.
I guess you're making the same mistake I did when I started watching the show: confusing entertainment with science classes. If you want something realist, 100% accurate in every single detail, you should watch the Discovery channel. They even got a forensics show, I guess.
What amuses me about CSI is the drama, or even some of the thrill of discovering who is the bad guy. Not the science details.
Ask the average person about any of the things you mentioned. You'll probably end with "Huh?" for an answer.
It's not a science class. It's entertainment. If you want politically correct moral lessons, 100% accuracy you should go to a good educational facility. These things aren't mandatory on TV.
I don't watch many US news sources (I live in Brazil), but let me tell you what happens here: our major media companies (and the majority of the politicians) has a very "leftish" (if that is a word) speech. Everybody is always in favor of the people, very socialist-like.
When it comes to actions, they do and tell whatever they want to.
So, I take everything the media puts on with caution: yes, they tend to be kinda "left of center", like you said, but when the people (with money and power) behind the scenes need to act, things get pretty different. It has happened here in two presidential elections and is going to happen again.
Leftist is someone who thinks, speaks and, most importantly, acts leftist. A "left of center" media is just trying to get the audience they need.
...they deserve heavy criticism (4x)...
I guess it's been like 3 or 4 years a large part of this community is yelling that Microsoft software is not secure. I dont't imagine a decent, well informed Sysadmin not knowing Windows isn't stable, secure, etc.
But what's easier? Criticize (sp?) Microsoft for making their (well-known) crappy OS, or blaming yourself (or the person in charge of choosing the OS on your company, for that matter) for a bad choice?
And for home users, who calls the computer vendor to complain they sold you a unstable, insecure OS?
People accept the crap MS sells because it's considered NORMAL fos a OS to be crappy.
The best "heavy criticism" you can do is DO NOT BUY MS PRODUCTS! If we start blaming people for making a bad choice of OS, not the company, things will be different.
Lemmme see... What are we talking about, really? Oh, I remember. A MOVIE.
So, if Episode 2 is not a good movie, you're going to pull all your hair out? Be depressed and try to kill yourself?
And, your comparison with politics... is that serious? If it is, then yes, you deserve the "backstabbing politician".
Let me make another metaphor (sp?). Suppose you're a (insert your favorite baseball team here) fan. Well, last season they were champions, and you were happy. This season, they are second place. Are they shitting on your head? How come a wonderful team who was champion last season not be champion again? You deserve better! You went to the games! You bought pop-corn, expensive official t-shirts, caps, etc! They are making you "feel dirty" for liking them so much in the past.
Please. It's JUST a science fiction movie. Get a life.
Freedom without responsability isn't democracy. It's anarchy. That's why your neighbour doesn't have the "freedom" to kill you.
That's the main point. Kids should be totally free, but should be responsible too.
Unless you were being ironic.
You're right. Absolutely right. But your opinion (like mine) won't change anything. Not here on /., not anywhere.
Why? Because 90% of the Americans aprove George Bush, most without even knowing what they're aproving.
So, till the next terrorist attack, people will continue thinking "yes, let's punish those bastards, let's show them who's the boss". And, IMO, few things are going to change.
I experienced the same as you when I graduated: I guess it's a "course end syndrome".
My guess is that you can't stand attending classes anymore (that's what happened to me, basically because the projects and subjects were pretty academic), so the object of your study gets pretty annoying. What helped me was graduation. The moment my classes ended and I begun real-life job hunting and working, CS became beautiful again.
Yes, you are correct.
But in most cases (again, there are always some exceptions) big corporations don't add to the market. They normally end local small business, not creating jobs, but shifting already existing jobs.
As a real example: when the old state phone companies were sold to private companies, lots of technical jobs were created. With low wages. There is a demand for technical workers, but the wages won't increase. IMO, that happens because they are not willing to pay more. When the best workers demand higher wages, they are just replaced.
I'm not proposing shutting down globalization (whatever that means to you). I'm saying that big corporations enter the market, most times end local small business and DON'T increase wages.
Globalization should be about people and culture, not about profit.
I'll not flame. I'll try to correct a very mistaken point of view you wrote:
Would you really want to deny people in the 3rd world a chance to move ahead far more quickly than America ever did?
The third world is moving ahead, maybe fast, but, please, in the majority it's not moving faster than the US. Why? Because most (not all) multinational corporations take more than give. It's as simple as that.
I live in Brazil. Things here have two faces: yes, we have beatiful beaches, with lots of beautiful rich people living in big places. They are something like 3% of our population. The other 97%, lives with less than U$ 500,00 per month. And they work in big factories which pay low wages. And, yes, they get VCRs, new TVs. And that's all.
My point is: sometimes corporations treat us like indians: they give us mirrors and take the gold. And yes, it can make us move ahead faster, but, believe me, not as fast as they are.
May I ask you, first... Do you live in a third world country? I do. And I agree with you. Yes, corporations sometimes (or most times, whatever) install themselves in other countries and boost production and profits with better tecnology and science. And some people get better salaries for that.
BUT...
The vast majority of the workers are underpaid. I see this myself everyday here in Brazil.
You can choose where to look at. You can see the manager, well paid, living as a king. Or, you can look at the bulk of workers, the other 99%, with low wages. It's all a question of choice.
I'm sorry, but this has nothing to do with Socialism or Communism. It's simply exploitation. What you call "success" is making SA (and other countries, for that matter) poorer. I don't think that the common people in SA is rich enough to the point of throwing away money. But the government is.
And that brings me to the point again: this external policy the US is applying to other countries wouldn't be accepted for one second if someone did that to the US. See, for that matter, the recent event of Brazil's breaking the patent for some medications. Now, with the anthrax running loose, the US considers it too. Before, Brazil was the devil stealing your rights. Now, it's business as usual. So, before you shoot yourself in the foot, stop and think for a while. You might regret it after.
Most things can be put in perspective, just like you did. For instance, one could claim that americans see everything through the basic prism of the corporate news-media. Therefore, most americans are fundamentalists.
My point is, extremists or fundamentalists tend to act the same way, and in their practical results are the same. There's no need to make a difference between them.
Besides, most americans are choosing not to approach the question of terrorism by many angles. The main mass of citizens in the US still wants the senseless bombings. Just like bin Laden wants to get rid of America.
We are blamed because we promote capitalism and trade in Saudi Arabia. But when we refuse to trade and refuse to invest our values in Iraq, we are blamed.
Sorry, but you have a very bised view of things. Saudi Arabia is going in national debt (that is, they're importing more than exporting). That's right, the biggest and richier producer of oil in the world is begining to owe money to the US. When did this started? Casually, after the US started "promoting" capitalism there.
Don't be so naive. The US isn't out there being altruistic. You're taking more than giving.
I understand your post is a flamebait, but I'd like to address some points:
... They say we should share are wealth to be loved around the world...
Simple facts: They hate us because we're powerful, wealthy, intelligent, educated, and yes, free. Nothing but the destruction of all of these will quench their thirst for destruction. And yes, we can and will kill all the terrorists.
I'm sorry but no. It's not that simple. If it was, I would the first one suport this war. Stop thinking that the main "reason" for terrorism is envy. It's not. The main reason is your ignorance about what your country is doing at their places.
Of course, it's much easier to ignore this, and go on saying they are just a bunch of crazy envious people that must be eliminated.
Another thing: look at your priorities: you put powerful and wealthy before intelligent, educated and free.
You're wrong again. Nobody is asking you to work for them. The main point is that globalization is always done at the expense of poorer countries. No american company invests money in other countries without wanting some profit. It happens all over the world, and, again, you choose to ignore it, because it's easier this way.
Your post is exactly the kind of reasoning that gives terrorist motivation; worst, it's a road ending in war. Don't expect the "collateral damages" to be only in Afghanistan.
Seems to me that MS is just another company/individual jumping the "anti-terrorism wagon". Seems that anything can relate to terrosim now.
Unfortunately, there are several people using terrorism as an excuse for their misbehaving. Even here in Brazil some corrupt politicians and other ill-intended persons are calling anything against them "acts of terrorism".
The worst part is that the 9-11 attacks scared most of us, and some people (who couldn't (yet) recover a stable state of racional thinking) are hearing and praising these attempts of using the situation in their favor.
These are terrible news. In every sense.
I've read several comments, articles and opinions about this war, since 9-11. Unfortunately, I've got the same conclusion, always: this isn't a winnable war. No war tecnology, modern warfare can win this war, and it's very simple to explain it: this war is not a military one.
The US (and the western world, by extension) isn't fighting a opressing regime or an expanding, threatening militar force. We are fighting terror, and senseless attacks on civilians. These attacks do not come from Taliban troops. They come from organized fundamentalists, which are functioning as any american corporation. The difference is the goal: the fundamentalists do not want profit, but some kind of religious "justice".
The real war isn't on Afghanistan: it's in the minds of a big number of people who think of the US as their biggest enemy.
Bombing Taliban sites or capturing/killing Osama bin Laden will not end terror. The terrorists are well spread all over the world. To stop these people, we'll have to make them stop wanting to hurt us. The bombs or the modern tecnology will not achieve this.
I rest my case too. I won't convince you of anything. Your mind is as closed as your "case".
I said this will go on forever.
Your economical situation is NOT caused by loans...
You are proving my point that you couldn't be less aware of how things are in Brazil. Our national debt is getting to the point where it will not be payable anymore. When this happens, will the US bankers worry about it? Think what would happen if we stopped paying it.
About our "crappy" economy... Why does the US imports food, clothing, shoes from Brazil? Your wonderful country with its powerful industry can't produce enough? Again, interesting.
It was the case with Taiwan and other Asian tigers but...
Yes, yes. The last time I heard there were 10 yo kids working in factories to be "more competitive", earning next to nothing. What a powerful industry!
Are you saying that Sun, Microsoft or IBM are exploiting anyone
The american justice seems to disagree with you. Microsoft is kinda having some hard times there. The only news I hear that can be good to Microsoft is that the government is easing things up. Sheesh.
People vote with their feet and in this contest we way ahead of you
You made me LOL with that. Last election in the US was decided on courts. By political reasoning. And Bush didn't get majority in individual voting. And, still there are americans that say that should a recount be issued, Bush would loose. Shame on you.
Please, just follow original agreement.
You obviously never heard anything about opression. I guess you think slavery was alright, cos they were following the original agreement.
On the other hand , none of this stuff is mandatory and if I don't care, nobody forces me to support or even listen to these people.
Of course. So the cold war was just a waste of time, cos you were not listening anyways. Noboby was forcing you to listen to their political theories, yet you went all the distance to build nukes that could end the world. Interesting.
You gonna "bomb" yourself into soviet style "age" if you continue to follow your leftist bullshit
I'm as much as a leftist as you are a rightist interested in exploiting poor countries. Draw your own conclusions too.
Your envy of our economical position and our social system is very transparent.
Yes... that's a very rational conclusion...
I've been once to the US in a 15-day vacation. I don't intend to come back. Why? Because there's nothing else there to see, in my opinion.
Do I envy you? No, I don't. Why? Because I can have all the things you think I envy. I live in a democratic country, maybe even more democratic than the US. You will never understand that, cos you can only think that the world wants to be like you. It's time to review these concepts.
Furthermore you do think this attack was justified and inside you rejoice from what had happened in NYC.
That's just offensive. I was deeply shocked by the attacks. Even people with opinions like yours are not going to make me feel the attack was justified. What I've been saying all this time is that thinking like yours lead crazy fundamentalists like those Taliban bastards to attack the US. Why do you think it was the US and not Europe, Latin America, Japan, or any other country that was attacked? You know, the US is not the better place to live in the world. I can think of several other places where life can be better.
This will go on forever. But it's funny, anyway.
... oh, and we do enjoy sane economical system as opposed to some leftist regimes you have in your state.
No, your post indicated something else.
Read it all and use your brain, I repeat.
If you borrow money you shall return that money. If you are unable to repay, DO NOT borrow. Couldn't be any simpler, could it ?
Yes, very simple. So simple we are paying interests 100 years old (literally, no exageration here), because if we say "we payed enough already", a banker says "no, I don't think so". Are you suggesting we stop paying, then?
Yeah, exactly
Dude... Now you don't tell me how to run my state. What you said is as silly as me saying that your regime has created rightists like some tele-evangelists we see in the US. Do you enjoy they?. And, BTW, our state is doing better than the rest of Brazil. Oh, we are leftists? Should the US bomb us, too? And who the hell are you to preach about how to run Brazil?
Now here's what I think: you are so closed inside the US you forgot how the world outside is.
You are so closed inside the US that you forgot that outside bad things happen because of US influence. But why should you care? The bad things happen outside, anyway.
Oh, sorry. That was valid only till last tuesday. Now it's not anymore.
Oh really. So if I spend 5 years studying to get a good job, the fact that I can drive Ferrari it is slap in your poor ass face?
You may study 5 years just to buy a nice car, cool running shoes and lots of beer so you can burp in other people's face. It's a free country anyway.
No, because we worked hard.
Yes, right. You work soooo hard. Poor little thing. We are just enjoying the sun here.
Hmm, what about all these Jews being killed by crazy Muslims?
You tell me I'm biased when you can't even understand that "Israel against Muslims" is exactly the same thing as "Muslims against Israel". Read again use your brain to think.
Who are you to give us lessons how to run our country? Come back when you are able to feed your own population without killing homeless children.
I would feed my population if I didn't have to spend more money paying interests to US banks. But hey, you know how to run a country and you work hard, and everything you have comes from your sweat, isn't it?
Strangely, most of heat we are getting comes from places and nations that no sane person would consider a model to be followed.
I think that says something.
So you're bravely stating that every Mid-East person is dying to get the hell out of their homes and live like you do in the US? Their lives are very different from ours. Don't assume they envy our way of life. I really believe they don't envy us, they just want to be left alone.
Now, think of all the people living in the US, fearing the next terrorist attack. Is it sane to live like this? I think that says something too.