i've been in lurker mode around these parts and ntb seems to have hit the nail right on the head with his arguments. all in all interesting views.
my only gripe is the fuckwit who keeps referring to the indonesian legal system as unreliable due to it being a "developing country".
to clear...
yeh ferrero's been a bit off lately. but still... and yes safin *sigh* and *double sigh*
to another post it's gustav keurten i believe he's brazilian.
i think.
hmm well this is interesting.
can it be the second day of o-week, i'm flying in on the first day.
either way, i'll be the one attempting to take your wallet from your bag.
the fundamental teachings of most religions are based on what is perceived to be "good", our definition of good has come out of these models of morality.
however the distortion and exploitation of these has been shown time and time again over the course of history. fundamentalists of any...
Fascism:
Refers to any system of government resembling Mussolini's
i.e:
- exalts nation and sometimes race about the individual
- uses violence and modern techniques of propaganda and censorship to forcibly suppress political opposition.
- engages in severe economical and social...
white rabbit you summed up what i wanted to say more articulately than i did.
hurrah for you.
p.s. i like zat wink [insert stereotypical french laugh]... :)
latham is too weak to be pm. if he crashes and burn after the media whiplash of his failure to make a public statement in terms of the tsunami, i don't believe he would even come close to how well howard has handled his critics. i'm not a big howard fan but he won his term based on his...
according to time (bush being person of the year 2004) - he in fact is the first president ever in american presidential history to have the most women and minorities in key positions of his cabinet, not just token ones. i'm not a great bush supporter but the more i read on him the more i...
the rebels are exploiting the unstable state of indonesia as a result of the tsunamis. foreigners being in the country aggrevates the situation further and the government does not want anymore unecessary deaths, least of all if they are foreigners.
i think the "mofos" are in fact the rebels.
i've been intending to watch that but i always get caught up in doing something else.
i don't know if you guys have heard about this but according to a wall street article by steven landsburg, in finland speeding fines are not determined by the speed you are going but by how much you earn...
the problem with some of the youth today (and i think this is where it has to start because we are in our most impressionable state), is that they aren't worldy enough. it's all fine to to make them read pamphlets and newspapers that highlight inequality and appeals to their humanitarian...
stalin's russia democratic? i'm sure you're aware of the event in history that russians have labelled the ezcovschina. how is that democratic let alone liberating?
tienanmen square.
pol pots systematic elimination of the "educated" class.
martial law under franco.
these were to...