I heard some speculation on why the US media reports this way - it had something to do with jews or something
I'm trying very hard here not too come of as racist (which I'm not, by the way), but you actually hit the nail on the head.
Could it be that Disney, ABC, Time Warner, Viacom (and all their subsiduaries, which pretty much is 99% of the media) are run by groups with pro-Israeli agendas?
Well, they are, because they are all Jewish owned. Remember that next time you see coverage of this issue.
What, the five year olds shot in their beds by Palestinian gunmen had it coming to them? The kids blown up in their strollers?
Did anyone say that? In fact I specifically stated that "it didn't make it alright". Please shut up unless you have anything useful to contribute.
If you bothered to look at the actual statistics of who gets killed by Palestinian terrorism, you'd see that the vast majority, something like 80%, of the dead were *civilians*, not IDF soldiers
If you bothered to look at the Palestinian deaths, you'd find the exact same thing. What's your point caller? Are you trying to say killing is bad? Well, d'uh!!
Have you ever actually read the PLO constitution? It specifically states that violence and armed resistance and, yes, suicide bombings are considered the *only* valid means of securing a Palestinian state.
Have you read the US Constitution, which pretty much states the same thing? By the way, the PLO constitution does not mention suicide bombing, it mentions fighting to defend your nation. Sound familiar?
it is considered a duty and an honor and the only valid way to fight back against those eeeeevil Israelis.
Says who? Our leaders and media who want you to hate these people? Please read the link I referenced in my original post. It is a proper scientific study of the media where you get your information from. The media which you base your decissions and beliefs on.
If there's a more fucked-up philosophy out there, I don't know what it is.
Try taking a look at the Israeli's policies towards the west bank and gaza, contary to several UN resolutions. Then look at how the US uses it's veto powers in the UN to prevent any efforts to try and solve the problem. That's a fucked-up philosophy right there.
I am getting sick and tired of debating this issue with people who don't know the first thing about it. Goodbye.
Try getting a hold of the documentary "Palestine is still the issue". You might have problems getting it in the USA, it's banned there.
In it, a story is told of a young palestinion family, where the pregnant woman and her child died at a check point because they wouldn't let them through to a hospital. Guess what the husband did?
The documentary was not anti-Israeli, and it was full of stories from both sides about the suicide attacks. There was a Israeli father who lost both of his children in another attack, who stated that he understood why the person did it, after hearing what had happened to his family. It presented a reasonably balanced view of the issue. It didn't blame anyone for starting the problem, in fact it barely touched on the long history of the affair. It covered the endless cycle of violence, that won't end until both sides stop.
if the guy is pissed about his family getting killed from a tank, how about retaliating against the people who killed them?
They can't. You are talking about a rag-tag group of people who's organised society has been intentionally destroyed by another, taking on a massive conscript well trained and well supplied army. A paranoid army has every reason to shoot first and ask questions later, based on past experiences. I'm surprised they can even get a hold of maps to find the cafe.
The suicide bombers don't do it for the money. Most of them have lost familly to whoever they are attacking, and they feel it is the last resort to stike back. Of course, our propaganda makes them look like raving religious zealots, when in fact they are just very pissed off people.
It doesn't excuse what they do, but it doesn't help the problem by the media lying about their motives.
Our media presents a very disgraceful bias on these affairs. May I recommend that you take a look at this article, which is an analysis of the fairness of the media reporting.
Here is a massive report (194 pages), created by the European Union, on Echelon. You won't find a more comprehensive report on the subject anywhere else. Everything is covered, such as the why and how this is possible.
The question, simply, is whether it serves the purposes outlined in the US constitution. If so, it's perfectly acceptable to me.
It complies with the US constitution, but only to the letter of the law. It is completely against it in spirit.
Basically, the US agents spy on the UK citizens (it's also illegal here). In return, the UK agents spy on the US citizens. The data is exchanged, everything's all nice and legal.
Not unusual, many games find that the gamers can get to places they aren't supposed to. In the Half Life engine, players can give each other piggybacks up to even higher places.
The only problem is that you have to be rich before you move.
Not really. You only need enough cash to get your flights and a couple months living expenses. Get there, rent a flat and get a job. You might have to take up a crappy job until you find something more relevant to your skills, but that's not a big deal.
Some countries do have immigration requirements that involve having a certain amount of savings however.
Well, I hate to rain on your parade, but I'm pretty sure that the Echelon system outclasses anything the Chinese have.
The fact that this spy network can be created and operated for years without public knowledge suggests to me that they aren't being entirely honest with us. I'd be willing to be a large sum of money that the US also has a large computer warfare department. You have the best military in the world, so it follows that electronic warfare is also pretty advanced.
Modded as "interesting"? I'm sure more viruses have come out the USA than China. Please stop being racist, the Chinese are relatively indifferent to the US, they certainally don't hate you as much as you have been trained to hate them.
Yup, you are correct for credit cards, but I don't think debit cards are the same. I'm not sure is you guys have these in the States, examples are Switch, Solo and Electron.
Also, your card may be stolen without your knowledge, e.g. from a hotel room safe, or a pickpocket. I only use my credit card online, so someone could steal it from my wallet and it would take me a while to notice!
Yup, and retinal scans have to be taken up close. They can't be used to track you. All you need to foil them is a pair of sunglasses.
I've no problem with it being used in this way. It's the technologies that can track you without your consent I'm not happy with, e.g. RFID, OCR on license plates etc.
My handwritting is abysmal, and I get asked occasionally to redo the signature. Some do actually check.
I wonder if; say you lost some money when someone steals your card and uses it like that. Could you sue the shop for not checking? It's pretty negligent really.
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I'm trying very hard here not too come of as racist (which I'm not, by the way), but you actually hit the nail on the head.
Could it be that Disney, ABC, Time Warner, Viacom (and all their subsiduaries, which pretty much is 99% of the media) are run by groups with pro-Israeli agendas?
Well, they are, because they are all Jewish owned. Remember that next time you see coverage of this issue.
Did anyone say that? In fact I specifically stated that "it didn't make it alright". Please shut up unless you have anything useful to contribute.
If you bothered to look at the actual statistics of who gets killed by Palestinian terrorism, you'd see that the vast majority, something like 80%, of the dead were *civilians*, not IDF soldiers
If you bothered to look at the Palestinian deaths, you'd find the exact same thing. What's your point caller? Are you trying to say killing is bad? Well, d'uh!!
Have you ever actually read the PLO constitution? It specifically states that violence and armed resistance and, yes, suicide bombings are considered the *only* valid means of securing a Palestinian state.
Have you read the US Constitution, which pretty much states the same thing? By the way, the PLO constitution does not mention suicide bombing, it mentions fighting to defend your nation. Sound familiar?
it is considered a duty and an honor and the only valid way to fight back against those eeeeevil Israelis.
Says who? Our leaders and media who want you to hate these people? Please read the link I referenced in my original post. It is a proper scientific study of the media where you get your information from. The media which you base your decissions and beliefs on.
If there's a more fucked-up philosophy out there, I don't know what it is.
Try taking a look at the Israeli's policies towards the west bank and gaza, contary to several UN resolutions. Then look at how the US uses it's veto powers in the UN to prevent any efforts to try and solve the problem. That's a fucked-up philosophy right there.
I am getting sick and tired of debating this issue with people who don't know the first thing about it. Goodbye.
In it, a story is told of a young palestinion family, where the pregnant woman and her child died at a check point because they wouldn't let them through to a hospital. Guess what the husband did?
The documentary was not anti-Israeli, and it was full of stories from both sides about the suicide attacks. There was a Israeli father who lost both of his children in another attack, who stated that he understood why the person did it, after hearing what had happened to his family. It presented a reasonably balanced view of the issue. It didn't blame anyone for starting the problem, in fact it barely touched on the long history of the affair. It covered the endless cycle of violence, that won't end until both sides stop.
They can't. You are talking about a rag-tag group of people who's organised society has been intentionally destroyed by another, taking on a massive conscript well trained and well supplied army. A paranoid army has every reason to shoot first and ask questions later, based on past experiences. I'm surprised they can even get a hold of maps to find the cafe.
It doesn't excuse what they do, but it doesn't help the problem by the media lying about their motives.
Our media presents a very disgraceful bias on these affairs. May I recommend that you take a look at this article, which is an analysis of the fairness of the media reporting.
Read and be afraid. Be very afraid.
Automatically yes, but I'm sure they can poll the phone at any time. SMS text messages get pushed onto the phone, and they always arrive very quickly.
It complies with the US constitution, but only to the letter of the law. It is completely against it in spirit.
Basically, the US agents spy on the UK citizens (it's also illegal here). In return, the UK agents spy on the US citizens. The data is exchanged, everything's all nice and legal.
Not unusual, many games find that the gamers can get to places they aren't supposed to. In the Half Life engine, players can give each other piggybacks up to even higher places.
And yes, it's a Smartphone. Yes, it's an M$ operating system. Do I have to unsubscribe now? ;-)
It's a great phone, despite some bleeding-edge problems. Several real games out for it, plus unofficial GB/GBC, NES and SNES emulators.
And DIVX!! I've got Attack of the Clones on it just now. Great for public transport!
Runs on older machines (2 years old spec), ultra-realistic, good team play. And you get to shoot Nazis!!
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I've never gotten a job through any other means, ever the crappy jobs I had during University were gotten through friends/family.
It's undoubtably the best way to go about it.
If the interviewer knew about such things, he/she would not be working as an interviewer!
Not really. You only need enough cash to get your flights and a couple months living expenses. Get there, rent a flat and get a job. You might have to take up a crappy job until you find something more relevant to your skills, but that's not a big deal.
Some countries do have immigration requirements that involve having a certain amount of savings however.
Until the GHCQ starts to give guided tours, I'm assuming I have zero privacy in the UK.
It would have to be an incredibly funny forwarded joke for that to happen. This might do it:
"Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! ... Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!
The fact that this spy network can be created and operated for years without public knowledge suggests to me that they aren't being entirely honest with us. I'd be willing to be a large sum of money that the US also has a large computer warfare department. You have the best military in the world, so it follows that electronic warfare is also pretty advanced.
Fair point, but at the time I posted there were only a whole load of anti-Chinese posts and there was a clear racist tendancy that made me angry.
And the US doesn't?
Modded as "interesting"? I'm sure more viruses have come out the USA than China. Please stop being racist, the Chinese are relatively indifferent to the US, they certainally don't hate you as much as you have been trained to hate them.
Also, your card may be stolen without your knowledge, e.g. from a hotel room safe, or a pickpocket. I only use my credit card online, so someone could steal it from my wallet and it would take me a while to notice!
Hmm, in Scotland, it means F*ck the Pope. Ironic, because RFC means "Rangers Football Club", who's supporters will often shout the above slur! ;-)
I've no problem with it being used in this way. It's the technologies that can track you without your consent I'm not happy with, e.g. RFID, OCR on license plates etc.
I wonder if; say you lost some money when someone steals your card and uses it like that. Could you sue the shop for not checking? It's pretty negligent really.