A couple of those headlines are accurate, but the majority of them are just sensational. Am I supposed to measure the rightness/wrongness of my government by the words foreign press uses to sell newspapers?
I understand that completely. The starvation of 3rd world countries is not due to lack of available food. I was just commenting on how Americans are expected to feel guilty for everything, including too little food getting to Africa, and now too much.
You'd think, that as the third-most populated country and first in consumerism that we'd be sucking up everyone else's resources. For oil, yes. But not for everything. According to the Foreign Agricultural Service:
How much of its agricultural products does the United States export? American farmers export 45 percent of their wheat, 34 percent of their soybeans, 71 percent of their almonds, and more than 60 percent of their sunflower oil.
For many food products, U.S. producers are among the lowest cost producers in the world.
So, while we do, in fact, have a large global consumer footprint, we still, as a nation of plenty, have to capacity to contribute back resources.
YRO aside, it is currently illegal is gamble in most of the United States anyway, except certain states and indian reservations. So, in this case, I don't really feel that anyone's "rights" are being trampled. All that's happening is that a loophole by which US citizens could gamble in foreign countries without leaving their houses has been closed.
How does Encyclopedia Britannica do it? Or the NYT? For one thing, Wiki'ers are supposed to cite their sources. If sources are cited or don't check out, edits don't get made. That's the way it ought to be. Statements of fact should always be allowed, and statements of opinion should be quotes from notable figures (such as a historian or something), and the person making the statement should be identified.
I like the idea of there being "gatekeepers" who keep the "canonical" article, pulling from various "dev branches", a la Linux development. I think Wikipedia could use this more mature approach now. In the beginning, of course, it benefited greatly from its openness, but now it's time for editors to start provided more focused guidance.
Hey, it's still important. In order to fully appreciate the minute photographic evidence in "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Moon", you need to make sure you have a quality TV.
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Dude. You forgot the first and second rules of Project Mayhem.
Now we gotta take your balls.
The sanctions are not directed at NK, it's prople, or its military. It's directed squarely at Kim Jong Il.
Nevertheless, he was right even when the consensus was that he was wrong.
Therefore, consensus is a big pile of horse-shit. QED.
The GP isn't saying 3-4000 dead isn't relevant, he's saying 3-4000 dead isn't a generation. Which it's not.
Tell that to Copernicus.
Do you even know what OPEC is? Do you even know what countries it is comprised of?
TFHT's need to read more and post less.
It's /., goes without saying.
And if I close my eyes, I might miss the Pink Unicorn.
There is no life on Mars. There probably never was life on Mars. There is no ecosystem to protect. Let's terraform it.
A couple of those headlines are accurate, but the majority of them are just sensational. Am I supposed to measure the rightness/wrongness of my government by the words foreign press uses to sell newspapers?
Well, you were incited, weren't you?
1. He doesn't want Israel wiped off the map.
2. He thinks Israel should be wiped off the map.
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I know a movie you'd probably enjoy.
They're too busy scrubbing rootkits off their PC's.
I understand that completely. The starvation of 3rd world countries is not due to lack of available food. I was just commenting on how Americans are expected to feel guilty for everything, including too little food getting to Africa, and now too much.
I haven't met any of these preachers you speak of. Have you?
Yeah, when we're talking about starving Africans, we're not sending enough food.
So, while we do, in fact, have a large global consumer footprint, we still, as a nation of plenty, have to capacity to contribute back resources.
YRO aside, it is currently illegal is gamble in most of the United States anyway, except certain states and indian reservations. So, in this case, I don't really feel that anyone's "rights" are being trampled. All that's happening is that a loophole by which US citizens could gamble in foreign countries without leaving their houses has been closed.
Whoop-dee-doo.
Would those have strawberries, whipped cream, and blueberries?
I want some.
Umm... so, you've decided "to hell with the moral high-ground?"
You're just as bad as he is now. Congrats.
How does Encyclopedia Britannica do it? Or the NYT? For one thing, Wiki'ers are supposed to cite their sources. If sources are cited or don't check out, edits don't get made. That's the way it ought to be. Statements of fact should always be allowed, and statements of opinion should be quotes from notable figures (such as a historian or something), and the person making the statement should be identified.
Just my $0.02.
I like the idea of there being "gatekeepers" who keep the "canonical" article, pulling from various "dev branches", a la Linux development. I think Wikipedia could use this more mature approach now. In the beginning, of course, it benefited greatly from its openness, but now it's time for editors to start provided more focused guidance.
Umm.... I don't see the castigation. Maybe you should chill out? Maybe?
And WTF do Republicans have to do with it? Or fascists, for that matter?
So was being a Jew in 1930's Germany. Guns and prisons don't give "legality" the same moral authority as "ethicality."
You mean... they're Zodar?
Hey, it's still important. In order to fully appreciate the minute photographic evidence in "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Moon", you need to make sure you have a quality TV.