I lived in France for ten months. They put Tony Parker's face on frosted flakes over there, if that gives you any indication of his level of fame. I would say that almost every young person has heard of him.
Since we have free speech in this country, why does it matter?
Since you are allowed to make harmful or offensive comments, there is no need for an "arbiter" thereof. However, it is perfectly alright to debate whether certain words are bad (i.e. convey harmful thoughts), which is exactly what we are doing in this thread.
It's wrong to suggest that federal and state taxation have nothing to do with each other. Decreases in federal spending leave more money in the pool that states can tap.
If the federal government stopped taxing its citizens to pay for the military, state and local governments could either 1) keep taxes the same so that people get to keep more of their own money, or 2) raise taxes so that the tax burden would be the same as if the feds were spending trillions on the war, but instead spend that money on schools.
Looks like we are in almost complete agreement. I'd like to point out that just because it's justifiable doesn't mean it's necessarily in our best interests. I think there are a lot of governments that it would be morally justifiable to take out, but clearly it wouldn't be in the interests of the U.S. to do so in the majority of cases.
If you think that Katrina was handled the way it was because the government doesn't care about black people, then I would have no problem with you satirically referring to it as "letting niggers drown". Words are just arbitrary sequences of sounds. They are only "bad" if they are used to express harmful or offensive thoughts.
Whether Bin Laden was behind the destruction of the twin towers isn't the most relevant thing. What's relevant is that Afghanistan is an Islamic theocracy, and Islamic theocracies tend to be bad for the world and for U.S. interests in particular.
Also, Afghan civilian support for the war has been as high as 70%, IIRC. They clearly didn't mind what we were doing; what they mind is the fact that we're still around and have killed more civilians doing the job than was necessary.
It's hard to know for sure, but there's a decent chance we'd be out already had it not been for the war in Iraq diverting attention and troops.
I'm against the war in Iraq. I think the war in Afghanistan was justified (but very stupidly prosecuted).
Racism is discrimination against people based on (perceived or real) racial characteristics. It's not using certain words. For the record, I harbor no ill will for members of any race and have many friends who could reasonably be called "brown".
Obviously no politician who cares less about non-Americans is going to publicly announce that by calling them "brown people". When I and other people against the war use that term, it is to signify that that is the mindset of most of those in favor of the war continuing, NOT to say that I condone people being lumped together under that label.
:) And even if nepotism or connections get you in the door, it'll be the experience you gained from programming out of class that will translate into increased productivity and creativity and make your boss realize hiring you was a good choice!
Nepotism. The nice word for this is "connections". Do you know anyone who knows anyone who knows anyone (etc.) who runs their own software company, or works at one in a high-enough position that hiring interns or entry-level, underpaid slaves falls under their authority? Find these people and get your foot in the door.
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The set of people who like eating meat and can afford it, but can't easily afford organic, local, and free-range is non-empty.
God, every time I hear about Quebec my desire to move there grows.
I lived in France for ten months. They put Tony Parker's face on frosted flakes over there, if that gives you any indication of his level of fame. I would say that almost every young person has heard of him.
Yes, I know who Tony Parker is. I'm not French, but I can say that he is very well-known in France. What's your point?
Fucking owned him. Wish I had mod points.
Basketball is the most popular sport in France after soccer. (The third is probably foosball. I'm not joking about this.)
"If America cared about thousands of Americans being killed they'd wage war on Detroit, or McDonalds, or the military contractors." --drsquare
Do you mind if I start using that as my sig? I'm long overdue for a new one.
Since we have free speech in this country, why does it matter?
Since you are allowed to make harmful or offensive comments, there is no need for an "arbiter" thereof. However, it is perfectly alright to debate whether certain words are bad (i.e. convey harmful thoughts), which is exactly what we are doing in this thread.
It's wrong to suggest that federal and state taxation have nothing to do with each other. Decreases in federal spending leave more money in the pool that states can tap.
If the federal government stopped taxing its citizens to pay for the military, state and local governments could either
1) keep taxes the same so that people get to keep more of their own money, or
2) raise taxes so that the tax burden would be the same as if the feds were spending trillions on the war, but instead spend that money on schools.
Looks like we are in almost complete agreement. I'd like to point out that just because it's justifiable doesn't mean it's necessarily in our best interests. I think there are a lot of governments that it would be morally justifiable to take out, but clearly it wouldn't be in the interests of the U.S. to do so in the majority of cases.
If you think that Katrina was handled the way it was because the government doesn't care about black people, then I would have no problem with you satirically referring to it as "letting niggers drown". Words are just arbitrary sequences of sounds. They are only "bad" if they are used to express harmful or offensive thoughts.
Whether Bin Laden was behind the destruction of the twin towers isn't the most relevant thing. What's relevant is that Afghanistan is an Islamic theocracy, and Islamic theocracies tend to be bad for the world and for U.S. interests in particular.
Also, Afghan civilian support for the war has been as high as 70%, IIRC. They clearly didn't mind what we were doing; what they mind is the fact that we're still around and have killed more civilians doing the job than was necessary.
It's hard to know for sure, but there's a decent chance we'd be out already had it not been for the war in Iraq diverting attention and troops.
I am in favor of the war in Afghanistan. (has nothing to do with the skin color of the people involved.)
I'm against the war in Iraq. I think the war in Afghanistan was justified (but very stupidly prosecuted).
Racism is discrimination against people based on (perceived or real) racial characteristics. It's not using certain words. For the record, I harbor no ill will for members of any race and have many friends who could reasonably be called "brown".
Obviously no politician who cares less about non-Americans is going to publicly announce that by calling them "brown people". When I and other people against the war use that term, it is to signify that that is the mindset of most of those in favor of the war continuing, NOT to say that I condone people being lumped together under that label.
Yes, which is why if we're to fight a war, there had better be a damn good reason to justify the deaths and destruction on both sides.
Thank god at least one elected official has some sense of priorities...
That's the point: we shouldn't be fighting senseless wars. I think if more Americans knew what the human consequences are, we wouldn't be.
Kudos to WikiLeaks.
True -- but whatever you call it, my point is the same: it's the best way to get a job.
:)
And even if nepotism or connections get you in the door, it'll be the experience you gained from programming out of class that will translate into increased productivity and creativity and make your boss realize hiring you was a good choice!
Nepotism. The nice word for this is "connections". Do you know anyone who knows anyone who knows anyone (etc.) who runs their own software company, or works at one in a high-enough position that hiring interns or entry-level, underpaid slaves falls under their authority? Find these people and get your foot in the door.
How are the data structures that computers write to the drive "base-2"? Please explain in detail what that actually means.
"Expand that up"? How? At best you're showing that hard disk capacity should be an integral number of bits, which it is.
Were you born this retarded, or did you play with leaden Chinese toys as a child?
Try Civ4. Modern units are much less likely to lose to spearmen than in previous games.
If this were so prevalent, wouldn't Intel think to have their auditors open the boxes of processors and have a look?