They were also conveniently not working the day of the London tube and bus bombings on 7/7. They even tried that scam the day Jean Charles de Menezes was gunned down at point blank after calmly walking through the ticket barriers, stopping to buy a newspaper and entering and sitting down in the tube train. Then it was leaked that the cameras were working fine, with their evidence not corrobating the police's version of events.
Those who are migrating are demanding cultural concessions for their "special" way of life.
Who says? Only the right-wing spin doctors and neo-con apologists looking for an excuse to play out their "Clash of Civilisations" fantasies, that's who. In the free world, people of all faiths, political persuasions, cultures, etc, are entitled to live out their lives the way they want to without the interference of proto-fascists and right-wing extremists. No-one is "demanding special concessions", just expecting to maintain their cultures and traditions, while fully contributing politically and socially in the society in which they live. It's called multi-culturism, pal. Get over it.
Behold France which is currently in upheaval because unsatisfied Muslims are striking out at the national culture which has been keeping them down, nevermind the fact that the Muslims themselves segregate themselves from the rest of society by refusing to conform to the culture into which they immigrated.
The rioters aren't Muslim against the world. They're borne of disenfranchised youth of all under-represented classes, irrespective of race and religion, who are resentful of being oppressed by a right-wing, racist police force. Islam has nothing to do with it. Only in the anti-semitic (Arabs are semites, too, you know) French media is this the case.
The Muslims themselves segregate themselves from the rest of society by refusing to conform to the culture into which they immigrated
No, they haven't. Every culture in the world has a right to exist in whatever society they exist in. It's perfectly legitimate to maintain one's traditions wherever you are. But that doesn't mean you've cut yourself from everyone else. Only a racist troll deliberately stirring trouble up would argue the contrary.
Their culture promotes the beating and repression of women, the removing of educational opportunities for all children (boy and girl), and the constant denigration and denunciation of "Western culture" as "whorish".
More stereotypical nonsense borne of prejudice. You really are pulling out the stops to promote your hatred, aren't you. Of course, it can be argued that Western culture is "whorish". That the West has become decadent is fairly obvious given the amount of waste and over-indulgence Capitalism generates, particularly when it is largely predicated upon the exploitation of the world's poor. Every hear of the "Whore of Babylon"?
The Muslims are demanding a political change in Europe from Western-style democracy to Sharia Law. They want the benefits of Western civilization without becoming involved in it. It is a culture war, not a political war. It has very little to do with the Middle East, but rather the expansion of Islam and Wahabi law across the whole of Europe.
No, it isn't. The rioters are looking for social justice. They're fed up with their poverty, the police oppression, etc. It has nothing to do with Islam versus the West. They want to fully participate in the Western econonmy. They want to enjoy the benefits of living in Western society and its thriving economy. They want to belong. But keeping their own cultures, whatever they are, is not mutually exclusive to that.
... in which case you make money by manufacturing a machine the express purpose of which industrialises evil.
Companies should have a moral code of conduct. It shouldn't matter if this is merely to do with their day-to-day industrial relations, ie how they treat their staff, or if it's in the kinds of business ventures they explore. In any civilised society businesses must recognise that what they do have human consequences which are not just measurable in fiscal statistics. Money isn't the only thing which is quantifiable: so too is human misery, just ask a holocaust survivor.
Companies job is to make money, not to do good or evil, if doing good will help the company make or save money then they will do it
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How can creation be evil, when it's A) not intended to be evil, and B) Not even expressly forbidden?
It's that pretend plea of innocence what allows evil to exist. Just ask Dr Mengele. After all, according to him, his actions weren't evil, since everything done was in the name of science, so... er... how could it be. And that's the same moral relativism and false logic you subscribe to: "it's not evil because I say it isn't".
PHP is a dynamic page generation platform that accesses a database. The bottlenecks aren't magically solved by PHP koolaid. With a strong preference for a sub-enterprise database that won't easily scale. You totally don't know what you're talking about
Sub-enterprise, eh? You mean like Oracle which now supports PHP. OR maybe MS SQL, too, for example. Alas, maybe you don't know what you're talking about either.
I hate to be reading what corporate horror stories are going on now in various parts of the world - 10 years from now.
Because obviously he won't keep UK troops in Iraq longer than they need to be for their own safety because he'll be impartial: Blair to Join the Carlyle Group
Biometrics can be much more secure, if used properly. A study in the UK presented at the recent biometric consortium conferences make it claer see http://www.biometrics.org/bc2005/Presentations/Con ference/Wednesday%20September%2021/Wed_Ballroom%20 B/Statham%20-%20Comparing%20Auth%20Mechanisms.pdf
Because obviously such a study was totally independent and in no way biased towards the industry which in no way stands to make an absolute packet from developing and selling the technology to commercial enterprises...:rolleyes:
Ahh... yes, but she was a British, whereas you're English. Both different things. You English weren't even native to these islands, then. Funny how you trump "Welsh" heroes LOL
Also following the London underground bombings of July, a misleading spam email was circulated stating that regardless of signal, mobile phones would still be able to connect to the UK's emergency services (999) if the user dialled 112. Obviously, if there is no signal, there's no way of being able to connect to the network and therefore dial any number. On the underground, you cannot presently get a signal. So, obviously the bombers (or anyone else for that matter) never used their mobiles to trigger them.
I suspect the London bombs were triggered via cell phone.
Rubbish. How could they? You can't get a mobile signal on the underground because it's so far underground. The bombs were on timers - at least, they were until the police decided to change the story for reasons known only unto them.
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They were also conveniently not working the day of the London tube and bus bombings on 7/7. They even tried that scam the day Jean Charles de Menezes was gunned down at point blank after calmly walking through the ticket barriers, stopping to buy a newspaper and entering and sitting down in the tube train. Then it was leaked that the cameras were working fine, with their evidence not corrobating the police's version of events.
Wow, the trolls/govt shills are in town ...
Who says? Only the right-wing spin doctors and neo-con apologists looking for an excuse to play out their "Clash of Civilisations" fantasies, that's who. In the free world, people of all faiths, political persuasions, cultures, etc, are entitled to live out their lives the way they want to without the interference of proto-fascists and right-wing extremists. No-one is "demanding special concessions", just expecting to maintain their cultures and traditions, while fully contributing politically and socially in the society in which they live. It's called multi-culturism, pal. Get over it.
The rioters aren't Muslim against the world. They're borne of disenfranchised youth of all under-represented classes, irrespective of race and religion, who are resentful of being oppressed by a right-wing, racist police force. Islam has nothing to do with it. Only in the anti-semitic (Arabs are semites, too, you know) French media is this the case.
No, they haven't. Every culture in the world has a right to exist in whatever society they exist in. It's perfectly legitimate to maintain one's traditions wherever you are. But that doesn't mean you've cut yourself from everyone else. Only a racist troll deliberately stirring trouble up would argue the contrary.
More stereotypical nonsense borne of prejudice. You really are pulling out the stops to promote your hatred, aren't you. Of course, it can be argued that Western culture is "whorish". That the West has become decadent is fairly obvious given the amount of waste and over-indulgence Capitalism generates, particularly when it is largely predicated upon the exploitation of the world's poor. Every hear of the "Whore of Babylon"?
No, it isn't. The rioters are looking for social justice. They're fed up with their poverty, the police oppression, etc. It has nothing to do with Islam versus the West. They want to fully participate in the Western econonmy. They want to enjoy the benefits of living in Western society and its thriving economy. They want to belong. But keeping their own cultures, whatever they are, is not mutually exclusive to that.
... in which case you make money by manufacturing a machine the express purpose of which industrialises evil.
Companies should have a moral code of conduct. It shouldn't matter if this is merely to do with their day-to-day industrial relations, ie how they treat their staff, or if it's in the kinds of business ventures they explore. In any civilised society businesses must recognise that what they do have human consequences which are not just measurable in fiscal statistics. Money isn't the only thing which is quantifiable: so too is human misery, just ask a holocaust survivor.
Sub-enterprise, eh? You mean like Oracle which now supports PHP. OR maybe MS SQL, too, for example. Alas, maybe you don't know what you're talking about either.
Because obviously he won't keep UK troops in Iraq longer than they need to be for their own safety because he'll be impartial: Blair to Join the Carlyle Group
Because obviously such a study was totally independent and in no way biased towards the industry which in no way stands to make an absolute packet from developing and selling the technology to commercial enterprises ... :rolleyes:
Ahh ... yes, but she was a British, whereas you're English. Both different things. You English weren't even native to these islands, then. Funny how you trump "Welsh" heroes LOL
Yes, but most of us would rather have a real Lara Croft than any machine lookalikie ;-)
Perhaps, but the London Underground have already stated that mobile phones don't work on their subway, and won't work till at least 2008 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/travel/features/tube/ tube_mobile.shtml/).
Also following the London underground bombings of July, a misleading spam email was circulated stating that regardless of signal, mobile phones would still be able to connect to the UK's emergency services (999) if the user dialled 112. Obviously, if there is no signal, there's no way of being able to connect to the network and therefore dial any number. On the underground, you cannot presently get a signal. So, obviously the bombers (or anyone else for that matter) never used their mobiles to trigger them.