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[Sebastian] Send message Joined: 15 Feb 05 Posts: 25 Credit: 503,240 RAC: 0 |
Gee what Inteligance from the land of BLOND BOOBS Gee what Intelligence from a guy that evidently doesn't know anything about Sweden. And that statement that i quoted comes from a person who doesn't even can't spell to Intelligence. Or maybe im wrong but i thought for example that CIA spells Central Intelligence Agency and not Central Inteligance Agency. Ok maybe i have spelled something wrong now but, hey im not writing in my own language. Im not writing in english especially often. I know, it was totally unnecessary by me to post all this but i just got a bit a irritated at that guy. Im usually don't care about these threads when people are arguing about things that don't have anything to do with SETI or BOINC but now i couldn't restrain myself :P But now im gonna ignore this thread (especially Robert Ribbeck) and focus on those threads that have something to do with SETI and BOINC. I apologies for any bad grammar, spelling or sentence construction that you may find Robert Ribbeck and of course to any of you other that reads this. My sincerest condolences goes to the people of New Orleans. Happy Crunching :) Greetings from Sweden Greetings from Sweden |
[boinc.at] jbs Send message Joined: 17 Dec 99 Posts: 40 Credit: 1,001,969 RAC: 0 |
As Usual Thomas Your comments have nothing to do with Katrina. Dear Mister(?) R.B. To your information: "Thomas" is to be spellt TOMAS. It's a pitty that you don't understand Sverge ;-)) And all the idiots here (I think they are all EU-Citicens) wish the best for collecting all you can for the victims (do you know that most are all coloured?) jbs ...and for all those secret listeners Mozart wrote his Canons KV 231 and KV 233 |
Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0 |
(do you now that most are all coloured?) It's anybody's guess on how many transparent ones there are. |
[boinc.at] jbs Send message Joined: 17 Dec 99 Posts: 40 Credit: 1,001,969 RAC: 0 |
(do you now that most are all coloured?) ja, maybe sETI's? ok, it's past midnight here and today/tomorrow I've got to install a database handling Austrian documents older then the American Constitution... jbs ...and for all those secret listeners Mozart wrote his Canons KV 231 and KV 233 |
Tern Send message Joined: 4 Dec 03 Posts: 1122 Credit: 13,376,822 RAC: 44 |
I subscribe, and i'm personally among those definitely "anti-American Government policies". There are some other things I find questionable, like the christian Taliban over there, but as long as Robertsons terror threads generate an uproar, it's fine. I don't want to get into religion - it's up there with politics and the environment as topics to avoid. :-) (Weather at least used to be safe...) I'll just say that there IS no "typical American", and that is our major strength - but Pat Robertson is in no way close to the "average". Nor is Jesse Jackson, or any other extremist, on either end of our political spectrum. What the U.S. media sees fit to publicize, and the fraction of that the foreign media picks up and reports, is in no way representative of the people that _I_ know on a daily basis. And there is a definite "bias" to our media - just compare CNN reporting of an event to Fox's reporting of the same event. Which is more "accurate" seems to depend on the event, although I've found one being more careful of the facts than the other, while presenting them with an undeniable "viewpoint". The other sometimes just flat lies. Of course I find myself disagreeing with the present administration on some things; the problem is that I found myself disagreeing with the PRIOR administration on some things too. Neither is "perfect", although both have their whiners and cheerleaders. (Sound familiar?) I find myself having to divide "principles" from "methods and results". I generally agree more with the principles of one party, while seeing that their methods are sometimes unconstitutional and their results the opposite of what they claim to intend. I can only imagine what it looks like from the "outside". But then as a "somewhat typical American", I have NO idea how the process works anywhere else, but serious doubts that it is actually any better. I know of no country that I personally would rather live in; as flawed as we are, and as many countries as I've visited (yes, including most of Europe), I've found no other place on Earth with even the amount of freedom we still retain. I don't think the vast majority of Americans are xenophobic. Many however ARE frustrated by the seemingly constant "America-bashing", even from supposed allies. Some things are rightfully the business of the entire world; other things are our internal issues, and quite frankly, none of the business of any one else. A non-American wants to discuss Kyoto? Fine. I personally don't think it would have accomplished anything in this _specific_ case, and see some flaws in it as written, but agree that the goals and concepts are sound. But saying we should throw out any of the basic rights of our people, or give up some of our individual freedoms, or redesign our socioeconomic system, or limit our responses in national defense (beyond the limits set by our Constitution...), just to fit some "idealized but unrealistic" world-view that doesn't even work very well where it IS implemented... there's only one response to that, and it involves language not suitable for these boards. When you hear one thing as often as we do, it colors your response to the other, unfortunately. |
FZB Send message Joined: 16 Nov 01 Posts: 11 Credit: 1,943,154 RAC: 7 |
I don't think the vast majority of Americans are xenophobic. Many however ARE frustrated by the seemingly constant "America-bashing", even from supposed allies. I understand that it can come across like "backstabing" allies... on the other hand e.g. "old Europe" might have gotten the feeling they are no longer real allies, more like "stick with us or get lost"-allies after the "diplomacy" that started the iraq war... (and no, i am not a saddam fan, and yes, i realize that e.g. Schröder did really bad diplomatics the way HOW he said no to the iraq war [basicly to win the election IMO]). So some of the non americans are frustrated how less america seems to care about some aspects of the world we ALL live in (e.g. kyoto protocol). some "foreigners" get the feeling from time to time that the US abuse their power as a superpower and ignore the "lesser" nations because they can do. that said, coming back on topic (at least somewhat): even if a "country" (in the end that are individuals thinking different, so hard to speak of countries) has responsibility for environmental damage (IMO), you cannot pinpoint a hurrican as one nations "fault". and after all, katrina did not hit one "country", it hit individuals that now suffer and that is always a sad thing, no matter the country a person comes from, the color a person is and so on. and i bet with all of the posters (pro/contra american or whatever), that a huge percentage of people worldwide are saddned by the individual tragedies such events cause. |
Fuzzy Hollynoodles Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0 |
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KWSN - MajorKong Send message Joined: 5 Jan 00 Posts: 2892 Credit: 1,499,890 RAC: 0 |
Jeez, guys... People fsck'in DIED in Katrina and its aftermath. Can't we hold off on the National/International politics until at least all the dead are buried? Show some respect, will ya? Besides, number crunching is NOT the place to hold this debate. Please take it to the Cafe, or better yet to a non-S@H forum. https://youtu.be/iY57ErBkFFE #Texit Don't blame me, I voted for Johnson(L) in 2016. Truth is dangerous... especially when it challenges those in power. |
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