"Espinosa" was a Portuguese Jew. His family was expelled from Portugal by the Holy Inquisition, roamed around other Catholic countries and eventually ended up finding safe haven in the Netherlands. The wealth and prosperity of the Netherlands is explained by a tradition of tolerance and freedom of expression.
Many Portuguese Jews, Muslims and free-thinkers in general were expelled or burned at the stake, depriving the nation from its cultural, scientific and economic elite.
As for the Portuguese, we can thank the Inquisition for centuries of social and economic decadence and also cultural irrelevance. You can still feel the effects today. But we're all going to heaven, so it must be great!
Whenever someone tells you that you must fight to kick out some people, because they have different thoughts, or religion, or look different from you, do yourself a favor and tell him to fuck off.
No, it's not. Train is a great means of transportation. Traffic jams are a serious candidate to being the most stupid, useless and avoidable problem of modern life.
as long as EVERYONE involved (not the mythical "society") agrees that what you do is indeed better and finances it voluntarily.
It's impossible that EVERYONE will agree on anything. A socialised education system benefits the vast majority of the people, but of course there are a few grumpy ones who want to be different for some reason. Either they don't want to be educated, or they are so rich that can afford to educate themselves and don't want to contribute to the rest. But THEY LIKE socialised roads and police force, don't they?
So, it the majority decides your taxes will be used for socialised education, then pay up, use the services you're entitled to, or else pack your bags and bye bye.
Yeah, look how disastrous it has been for the countries with socialised education. You talk like it's easy to take a college degree. It's not only about the money, dude.
It's fair that people have their education paid for by the State, then they can focus on studying hard and taking their degrees (which is not easy!!!), not trying desperately to raise cash to pay for tuition.
Yeah, let's quit making it better for everyone. After all, what can we do? It's not like we can manipulate our own environment and our own society, is it?
If everyone thought like you do we'd still be living in cages and hunt with clubs.
Payment cards with a chip use complicated standards to communicate (EMV). Everything is done encrypted so, even if they can take a peek at a conversation, they still have to break the card security mechanisms.
Public safety, i guess. Not a big deal, just a small piece of paper or the new one, a small, plastic smart card.
Being taken to a police station and wait until they can identify you.
The only situations when I'm asked the ID card by the cops is in car-related situations (pulled over, fines or accidents) or when I'm out for a drink and the bar is raided for some reason (not usual now, since I don't go out much).
I live in a democratic capitalist country in the EU and the law requires me to carry my ID card all the time. And I guess the same happens in most democratic, capitalist countries.
I think he has a minimum number of 'pose' shots written into his contract, because that's all he does every episode.
Apart from saving all the orphans and widows in the planet, finding a cure for cancer, defeating all the evil blood-thirsty dark-skinned terrorists all by himself, and so on. Reminds me of some bad 80's "tough guy" American movies.
CSI NY and LV are pretty cool but the Miami one seems targeted at a different audience. Who buys that ultra-nationalist, self-righteous, moralist crap?
I don't know, guy, maybe you ought to be exploring career opportunities in fast-food-service industry. And let some unemployed electronics tech have a shot at your present so-called job.
Fast-food matches the quality of the mainstream "music hits" these idiots shove down our throats constantly. So, they already have vast experience.
I wonder if the kid's biological father is a Martian hermaphrodite alien, with only one leg and 3 eyes, and the kid was adopted by a lesbian aunt that lives with a man pretending to be a woman, but he doesn't know.
Oh, the horror! Just imagine. Millions of people will be in trouble! Let's ban these evil searches right away!
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"Espinosa" was a Portuguese Jew. His family was expelled from Portugal by the Holy Inquisition, roamed around other Catholic countries and eventually ended up finding safe haven in the Netherlands. The wealth and prosperity of the Netherlands is explained by a tradition of tolerance and freedom of expression.
Many Portuguese Jews, Muslims and free-thinkers in general were expelled or burned at the stake, depriving the nation from its cultural, scientific and economic elite.
As for the Portuguese, we can thank the Inquisition for centuries of social and economic decadence and also cultural irrelevance. You can still feel the effects today. But we're all going to heaven, so it must be great!
Whenever someone tells you that you must fight to kick out some people, because they have different thoughts, or religion, or look different from you, do yourself a favor and tell him to fuck off.
The dimmer is just hooked up to a resister behind the wall, which gobbles up the remaining current
Now, that would make a great (and fun) wall heater.
Welcome. It's called capitalism. Love it or leave it.
No, it's not. Train is a great means of transportation. Traffic jams are a serious candidate to being the most stupid, useless and avoidable problem of modern life.
It will make wonders here in Southern Europe. Though I'm afraid it will be beeping all the time with the traffic jams and narrow streets.
Hey, I invented another use for it. Just sleep all your way to work in the jammed traffic. The car will be doing the usual start-stop all by itself.
A thousand what?
as long as EVERYONE involved (not the mythical "society") agrees that what you do is indeed better and finances it voluntarily.
It's impossible that EVERYONE will agree on anything. A socialised education system benefits the vast majority of the people, but of course there are a few grumpy ones who want to be different for some reason. Either they don't want to be educated, or they are so rich that can afford to educate themselves and don't want to contribute to the rest. But THEY LIKE socialised roads and police force, don't they?
So, it the majority decides your taxes will be used for socialised education, then pay up, use the services you're entitled to, or else pack your bags and bye bye.
Yes, because the private companies never screw up.
Yeah, look how disastrous it has been for the countries with socialised education. You talk like it's easy to take a college degree. It's not only about the money, dude.
It's fair that people have their education paid for by the State, then they can focus on studying hard and taking their degrees (which is not easy!!!), not trying desperately to raise cash to pay for tuition.
Life is not meant to be fair, live with it.
Yeah, let's quit making it better for everyone. After all, what can we do? It's not like we can manipulate our own environment and our own society, is it?
If everyone thought like you do we'd still be living in cages and hunt with clubs.
And 640K of memory is enough for anyone...
Payment cards with a chip use complicated standards to communicate (EMV). Everything is done encrypted so, even if they can take a peek at a conversation, they still have to break the card security mechanisms.
The only situations when I'm asked the ID card by the cops is in car-related situations (pulled over, fines or accidents) or when I'm out for a drink and the bar is raided for some reason (not usual now, since I don't go out much).
Motorola: Sorry guys, no RIM job for anyone.
Oh my god, those evil commie bastards!
I live in a democratic capitalist country in the EU and the law requires me to carry my ID card all the time. And I guess the same happens in most democratic, capitalist countries.
The difference is between having a public police force and having each person hire a bunch of thugs to protect him. I think I wasn't explicit enough.
It makes a huge difference. With all the problems it may have, the first option is civilised. The second is barbaric.
Just leave the car slowly charging at night, while you're sleeping. The electric companies will love you for that.
Cool, let's just drop police altogether and hire a bunch of thugs to protect us. Then we can happily go back to the Middle Ages.
I think he has a minimum number of 'pose' shots written into his contract, because that's all he does every episode.
Apart from saving all the orphans and widows in the planet, finding a cure for cancer, defeating all the evil blood-thirsty dark-skinned terrorists all by himself, and so on. Reminds me of some bad 80's "tough guy" American movies.
CSI NY and LV are pretty cool but the Miami one seems targeted at a different audience. Who buys that ultra-nationalist, self-righteous, moralist crap?
You've been playing too much Doom. Have you taken your medication today?
Tower of Babel.
"The whole world" did not believe. Only right-wing Americans did.
The rest of the world (where I live) knew it was only bullshit all the time, except for half a dozen Bush-ass-kisser politicians and media pundits.
I've used Cacti. It's based on RRDTool. It's pretty and also useful.
I don't know, guy, maybe you ought to be exploring career opportunities in fast-food-service industry. And let some unemployed electronics tech have a shot at your present so-called job.
Fast-food matches the quality of the mainstream "music hits" these idiots shove down our throats constantly. So, they already have vast experience.
I wonder if the kid's biological father is a Martian hermaphrodite alien, with only one leg and 3 eyes, and the kid was adopted by a lesbian aunt that lives with a man pretending to be a woman, but he doesn't know.
Oh, the horror! Just imagine. Millions of people will be in trouble! Let's ban these evil searches right away!