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none of us is as stupid as all of us

ALL countries do this to protect internal businesses. That's the nature of the game.

exactly! when did wanting your country to win become a bad thing? nationalism in small doses is good!

idealised feminism, maybe. but irl, it's about swapping places, and men being on the bottom.

nah, giving implies that you have a choice in the matter.

please enlighten me with your fully documented study supporting your conclusions. It does not take a wealthy country, it takes an individual willing to work hard and sacrifice. Anything else is just blame shifting.

We do support the country that provides our wealth - we participate in the local economy. We give to charity. We provide a valuable service to the community. We help others in need.

You seem to conflate paying taxes with supporting a country/region, when that is not the case.

almost the same story here, except I grew up in a trailer park in GA. I'd say that more than luck, it was me (you) seizing opportunities, and not getting dragged down in the local (in my case MJ happy) culture.

ummm, maybe because they are the ones that EARNED the money, so they have a right to say where it goes?

it's pretty simple: quit educating the females.

Think I'm joking? There are studies proving an inverse correlation between education and number of progeny.

I'm with ethereal, that's arguing a point without a distinction

this was a Linux system, I remember reading the articles taking about it (but it's been a while)...

I'd rather they not develop 'socially' the way most high-schoolers do: conform to the group, if you're different you're wrong. Our children get plenty of socialization among their cousins and other home-schooled friends.

I already have all the children I can comfortably support, and we plan on ADAPTING ;)

I would have to say that they are both true. We are, I believe, at a peak in our moral cycle. You're hemmed in by your narrow, human lifespan perspective.

How has science altered human behavior? We still lie, cheat, steal, and kill. Civilization is a thin veneer, and one that can be stripped away in a calamity.

The pendulum swings, and civilization rises and falls.

keep drinking the kool-aid. seriously, every response up to this has been you defending the ongoing actions of the government. are you a government employee?

riiight, he was forced to blockade the CSA after they seceded...

and you want to give up as much of your income as possible for taxes? Ludicrous argument.

thanks for the link - that was very interesting!

good thing that didn't happen in today's culture - I'm sure his competitors would have sold the chemicals along with a no-resale clause in the contract...

and it requires the above traits in people close to the person, not Ritalin or other mood altering drugs, to truly solve the problem, and not just mask it.

not even then - the English longbow went through armor like butter - it pissed the Aristocracy off to no end that a commoner could kill them from a distance.

there is zero recidivism. Every school shooter in the last two decades so far is dead or jailed.

We don't change our laws because not enough people buy the pap that making guns illegal will stop shooting, and too many people believe the government will outright take rights once we have no physical way to enforce our demands.

let me ask a rhetorical question: suppose you were the head of a large multinational corporation. Every day you have meetings where you have to make decisions that may irrevocably alter the course of the company. You depend on a small group of people to filter up to you all pertinent information needed to make the decisions accurately. How well do you think that would work? I say that no one can do very well in that instance, all the leader can do is set the tone, and hope that his people will implement the spirit of his intentions.

don't you mean that his policies and decisions were inadequate to fix the issues caused by his predecessor? <putsonflameretardantcoat>

with so many distributed cameras, why not use them to make a composite, hi-def image, like we do with radio telescopes?

yep, sustainability is not just for the biosphere, it's for the econosphere too. It's great to provide big benefits to everyone, but then when things turn down, we get the mess we are in today.

and then there's Iceland. They did it right and told the banks to go pound sand.

so are they still married? :)

Being broke makes you learn things too: for most of my 20s (and 30s, and 40s) I haven't had the money to pay people to do things for me. So I learned to do them myself - not always expertly, but they get done. I think a lot of people have fallen into the fallacy that 'time is money', and spend their time on Mad Men instead of fixing stuff around the house.

butyoureagirl would be more correct, I guess she lacks judgement and a knowledge of the English language... <ducks/>

long life spam? I already get that in my inbox ;)