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| Registered: March 15, 2007 |  Posts: 1,982 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting TheMadMartian: Quote:
Why is this thread still here? Either we have rules, or we don't.  +1 Are the moderators that much incompetent that they aren't able to lock a post who violate the rules of the board when they see one? Even more when 2 days ago I notified them of the fact in the second answers. And we are wondering why the spam thread aren't deleted and the account of those spammers deleted... |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Srehtims: Quote:
I provided the cartoon as an education.
Obviously for dome it did not take, for others they already know. Taking a stab at someone policy's i say. |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting TheMadMartian: Quote:
Why is this thread still here? Either we have rules, or we don't. I could not agree more. |
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| Registered: July 28, 2008 |  Posts: 42 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting No_Name_Needed: Quote:
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Why is this thread still here? Either we have rules, or we don't.
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Are the moderators that much incompetent that they aren't able to lock a post who violate the rules of the board when they see one? Even more when 2 days ago I notified them of the fact in the second answers.
And we are wondering why the spam thread aren't deleted and the account of those spammers deleted... lol - must be some sort of Social Holiday for them. Get it - SOCIAL HOLIDAY  back to DVD Profiler now. | | | | Last edited: by Kobeck |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 |  Posts: 581 |
| | Posted: | | | | Does it really matter? It's not spam. I do agree with that there's no need for political threads, but seems to me like most people here is offended by the comparison more than the "violation" of forum rules. | | |  |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 6,741 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting kosvines: Quote:
Does it really matter? It's not spam. I do agree with that there's no need for political threads, but seems to me like most people here is offended by the comparison more than the "violation" of forum rules. Chicken and egg. The rule is there because people with different political views (inner-american, american-european, ...) get at each other pretty fast. | | | Karsten
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting kosvines: Quote:
Does it really matter? It's not spam. I do agree with that there's no need for political threads, but seems to me like most people here is offended by the comparison more than the "violation" of forum rules. Im use to the ignorance of American conservatives. Always harking back to a time when American was the greatest exporter and creditor. And now is the greatest importer and debitor. Blaming the programs of liberals and various other systems of goverment. When in fact it was all there fault for not investing in there own pepole by having free higher education and health care. And flooding there finacial market with foreign money. |
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| Registered: October 30, 2008 | | Posts: 1,249 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting FilmAlba: Quote:
Im use to the ignorance of American conservatives. Always harking back to a time when American was the greatest exporter and creditor. And now is the greatest importer and debitor.
Blaming the programs of liberals and various other systems of goverment. When in fact it was all there fault for not investing in there own pepole by having free higher education and health care.
And flooding there finacial market with foreign money. And this is exactly the type of post around which political threads are never a good idea on so many forums. It's bad enough having two or more sides within your own country complaining about how the other side can't do a job right (each bringing up what they did well and ignoring their own faults... and yes, there is equal blame for this with an equal number of faults, screw-ups, failed improvements, and so on for each side of the line with each always saying it would have been perfect if the other side had just shut up). For it not to end up in an argument is always highly unlikely unless a lot of people know how to bite their tongue and let only one side of the multi-sided story be told. Having people from other countries step in and voice a "side" when they only deal with it through watching TV makes things even worse. National politics is frustrating enough; international and cross-national politics is a discussion disaster. | | | If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Blair: Quote:
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Im use to the ignorance of American conservatives. Always harking back to a time when American was the greatest exporter and creditor. And now is the greatest importer and debitor.
Blaming the programs of liberals and various other systems of goverment. When in fact it was all there fault for not investing in there own pepole by having free higher education and health care.
And flooding there finacial market with foreign money.
And this is exactly the type of post around which political threads are never a good idea on so many forums.
It's bad enough having two or more sides within your own country complaining about how the other side can't do a job right (each bringing up what they did well and ignoring their own faults... and yes, there is equal blame for this with an equal number of faults, screw-ups, failed improvements, and so on for each side of the line with each always saying it would have been perfect if the other side had just shut up). For it not to end up in an argument is always highly unlikely unless a lot of people know how to bite their tongue and let only one side of the multi-sided story be told.
Having people from other countries step in and voice a "side" when they only deal with it through watching TV makes things even worse. National politics is frustrating enough; international and cross-national politics is a discussion disaster. True enough iam an outsider looking in and i do think aspects of America make it a great country. I always like to vocie my thoughts and see who will take the bait. You don't learn anything otherwise if you don't take the opertunity. I have met a lot of Americans and many i find to be hopelessly superficial in some sort of pursit of ever great social status. It's all about who you know and how you present yourself buying things just cause someone else has it. Having a swimming pool even though you don't swim sort of thing just cause it looks good to the guy next door. Im what you would term lower middle class in Scotland my dad just scrapes over £20,000 pounds a year yet my mums brothers are all millionaires. Yet there hardly living up it in any way that's just there to impress someone else. They buy enough to feel comfortable and thats it. And probley if i had there kind of doh i just buy a nice wee house in Edinburgh and be happy with it. Of course a room for nice home cinema would be nice  | | | | Last edited: by ShinyDiscGuy |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting kosvines: Quote:
Does it really matter? It's not spam. I do agree with that there's no need for political threads, but seems to me like most people here is offended by the comparison more than the "violation" of forum rules. As I only watched the beginning of the cartoon, enough to tell me it was of a political nature, I can honestly say that it is 100% about the violation of the forum rules for me. These threads rarely end well, and that is why they were banned. As I said earlier, either we have rules or we don't. If we do, then they need to be enforced and this thread needs to go. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
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We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | 1984 | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | I don't mean this to be insulting or political, but the impression we foreigners get is that Americans are simply incapable of seeing shades of grey, and seem to need a bugbear - something to fight - whether it's reds under the beds, weapons of mass destruction or islamic extremists. And this thread supports that - we're talking about a 62 year old cartoon and yet some people still seem to think it's relevant! |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting northbloke: Quote:
I don't mean this to be insulting or political, but the impression we foreigners get is that Americans are simply incapable of seeing shades of grey, and seem to need a bugbear - something to fight - whether it's reds under the beds, weapons of mass destruction or islamic extremists.
And this thread supports that - we're talking about a 62 year old cartoon and yet some people still seem to think it's relevant! The same happens here in Scotland. We are told all the time we have no economic competence or ability to defend our country outside the UK. Unionist have no choice really but to use these stupid arguments cause if Scots for even one second knew that we where capable the union would be dead in the water as Scots while yes share much in common with England like Canada does with America Austria to Germany. Britishness is only a common cultural group within the country's own distinct culture. Not a national identity. | | | | Last edited: by ShinyDiscGuy |
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| Registered: May 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,934 |
| | Posted: | | | | I am going to step into this one.
Nothing is free. Someone has to pay for it. So for Health Care to be provided to a person that cannot afford it, it must come from someone who can afford his own and somebody else's.
The government only has money that it gets from the people. And to misappropriate and misspend money is nothing more than thievery.
While I will agree, that there are basic necessities that need to be addressed, I think that any government should first prove that it can spend the peoples money wisely and prudently. If the US government would do that, then Healthcare could be provided for every us citizen and probably half the world, with the money that the federal government already collects.
So, should government spend the peoples money into bankruptcy on unwise investments, or should things be clearly thought out and spent properly.
As far as looking inside from out. If you would actually read the Healthcare bill that passed, you would actually find out that it has little to do with health care, but more to do with the controlling of the insurance industry (and eventually assume the large swath of cash that moves through it)
Ronald Reagan once said "There are 151 different taxes in a loaf of bread" That was in 1975 when bread was $.29. If you think about it, he is not far off, with the property taxes of all the fields manufacturers transport. The fuel surcharges, the SSI for employees the Medicare etc etc
This is completely out of hand.
That is all I will say... |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | Hello Moderators??  This thread seriously needs to be locked. Further posts are simply going to fuel the political discussion. | | | | Corey |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | I guess they took the week off. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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