There is a difference between guerrilla warfare and terrorism. Guerrilla fighters avoid pitched battles and instead use ambushes, sabotage, and fighting retreats. Terrorists deliberate target civilians, NOT the opposing army.
No one was klunking the people of Boston over the head with boxes of tea. Washington (who actually DID prefer to fight pitched battles...) was not holding the city of New York hostage. Yorktown was a battle, not a civilian massacre.
Its easy to claim nuance and insight by claiming the only difference between a terrorist and a patriot is the winner. Yet, the winner does not always write history: America conquered the west, but guess who is portrayed as the evil aggressor?
I don't know about you, but the biggest drones I've ever known have been the types get the straight As and live to regurgitate information on school tests.
That depends upon the school system you are extrapolating your data from. I am a high school senior in the IB program at a relatively poor north-Florida school. Those who make the A's in classes are the not usually the best at remembering information. I have a memory that is nothing exceptional, nor do I ever seriously study. This is the case for almost everyone within the the top 10% of the GPA bracket (ours is a weighted system based upon the difficulty of the course).
In a school program with an intellectual, thought-based curriculum your generalizations are false. Even in the regular classes at my high school, the A students are the ones who show promise. When the curriculum becomes easy enough, the A represents simple effort expended. If one is not willing to expend minimal energy because they lack initiative, I don't believe they hold much promise in any real-world setting.
Perhaps I am naive in my youth. However, I do not believe I'll find myself or my classmates as "drones" in the future. Our intellectual passion, creativity, and ability earned us our "A"s. Maybe if more schools adopted the IB program educational quality would improve nation or, even, world-wide.
While I can't cite a particular source, I do remember reading a study that my local newspaper conducted on a traffic light in our area that had a similar system installed. While accident rate hadn't "nearly doubled" it had certaintly increased remarkably.
The first step is to catch up. That's usually done by having foreign companies manufacture in your country. The second is joint ventures, where foreign companies offer the money, you create a company in your country and manufacture in license. That's also already achived.
Which is exactly what the United States as it began to industrialize after the Revolutionary War. The country blatantly ignored European patents so it could foster its own industry.
Its ironic how the United States complains as China follows its footsteps.
Hmm... perhaps this view is unpopular, but I found the staggering amount of detail fascinating. I read all three books, and Blue Mars was the best... but that was because chapter 13 explored the course of future science in the detail which the few of you consider to be "dry."
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There is a difference between guerrilla warfare and terrorism. Guerrilla fighters avoid pitched battles and instead use ambushes, sabotage, and fighting retreats. Terrorists deliberate target civilians, NOT the opposing army.
No one was klunking the people of Boston over the head with boxes of tea. Washington (who actually DID prefer to fight pitched battles...) was not holding the city of New York hostage. Yorktown was a battle, not a civilian massacre.
Its easy to claim nuance and insight by claiming the only difference between a terrorist and a patriot is the winner. Yet, the winner does not always write history: America conquered the west, but guess who is portrayed as the evil aggressor?
That depends upon the school system you are extrapolating your data from. I am a high school senior in the IB program at a relatively poor north-Florida school. Those who make the A's in classes are the not usually the best at remembering information. I have a memory that is nothing exceptional, nor do I ever seriously study. This is the case for almost everyone within the the top 10% of the GPA bracket (ours is a weighted system based upon the difficulty of the course).
In a school program with an intellectual, thought-based curriculum your generalizations are false. Even in the regular classes at my high school, the A students are the ones who show promise. When the curriculum becomes easy enough, the A represents simple effort expended. If one is not willing to expend minimal energy because they lack initiative, I don't believe they hold much promise in any real-world setting.
Perhaps I am naive in my youth. However, I do not believe I'll find myself or my classmates as "drones" in the future. Our intellectual passion, creativity, and ability earned us our "A"s. Maybe if more schools adopted the IB program educational quality would improve nation or, even, world-wide.
While I can't cite a particular source, I do remember reading a study that my local newspaper conducted on a traffic light in our area that had a similar system installed. While accident rate hadn't "nearly doubled" it had certaintly increased remarkably.
Well, it worked for Japan, that's for sure.
The first step is to catch up. That's usually done by having foreign companies manufacture in your country. The second is joint ventures, where foreign companies offer the money, you create a company in your country and manufacture in license. That's also already achived.
Which is exactly what the United States as it began to industrialize after the Revolutionary War. The country blatantly ignored European patents so it could foster its own industry.
Its ironic how the United States complains as China follows its footsteps.
Hmm... perhaps this view is unpopular, but I found the staggering amount of detail fascinating. I read all three books, and Blue Mars was the best... but that was because chapter 13 explored the course of future science in the detail which the few of you consider to be "dry."