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offline Anus_Presley on 2003-09-22 14:57 [#00873762]
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this is all such utterr bullshit.


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2003-09-22 14:59 [#00873767]
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You really do have no idea what you're talking about
do you?

Have you even read anything about the era of the British
Empire? The Cold Hard Facts are that we were fucking
tyrannical and left people with nothing to actually even
fight back at us with. We went in and basically fucked their
shit up for a long time. The reason it all seemed so
peaceful is because there was nothing to fucking fight for
then. They were under the thumb basically and there was
nothing they could do.

The unrest now is directly related to the state the state
that being part of the British Empire left them in. Before
you start arguing about something fucking read up on it and
have some basis for your arguments. Looking at it from your
point of view it's going to look fucking sweet. Christ on a
large fucking pole.


 

offline TonyFish from the realm of our dreams on 2003-09-22 15:05 [#00873773]
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and when you realise the amount of work that goes into
serious software dev. it isn't too 'fucking' much. It's too
much but minus the fucking! :)


 

offline TonyFish from the realm of our dreams on 2003-09-22 15:30 [#00873808]
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that didn't quite come out the way it was meant to!


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-09-22 15:32 [#00873811]
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:(


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2003-09-23 03:15 [#00874425]
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Promo you walking abortion, you come out with some real
loony shit. I wouldn't mind arguing with someone if they
actually backed up their statements with a teeny weeny bit
of fact. You make stupid assertions and then don't qualify
them. That's what separates the smart people from the
ignorant and foolish.


 

offline addi b from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-09-23 10:13 [#00874807]
Points: 160 Status: Lurker



guys, Promo is just one of those totally ignorant capitalist
cunts who couldnt back up his moronic comments even if hi´s
life depended on it.
But what irritates about this is when people complain about
Bill Gates not giving enough money because he is so rich :(
Its just fucking stupid how much people envy those who are
rich and shamly pretend they would be more giving if they
had that sum of money. THE LACK OF MONEY IS NOT THE PROBLEM,
BUT OUR SICK VALUE AND ENSLAVEMENT OF IT ARE!
Our world society should never EVER produce something like
Bill Gates and his riches, so its extremely stupid to expect
him to sort things like this out. Money doesnt solve
problems.....governments and the world community SHOULD but
are doing a terrible thing of it at the moment.
I listened to a Jeffrey Sachs lecture here in Iceland last
week and learned the following;
1.it would take only 1,9% of the worlds income per /capita
to successfully feed the world and cure most desieses
(malaria,hepatitis and many more)
2.The USA, Greece and Italy only spend 0.15% of their income
on under-developed countries ,Luxemburg give the most at
1%!
3. It would take the same amount of money to cure malaria in
the 3rd world countries as USA are spending in only 1,5 days
in Iraq! :(

This should give you some idea of the situation. But what
remains is that western governments really dont understand
the magnitude of this problem, like Jeffrey Sachs said this
problem is actually easily solvable but western governments
really dont give 2 shits about whats going on in 3rd world
countries. The root of the problem is Western Civilizations
SICK value and use of money. The world just doesnt think
collectively anymore, its anyone for themselves as we pride
ourselves in mediocrity and arrogance.
Its cunts like Promo here who promote this sick delusive
thinking to the world.

Addi b has spoken






 

offline TonyFish from the realm of our dreams on 2003-09-23 10:20 [#00874814]
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may I point out that there is a slight difference
between Greece and the USA! Greece is a. not doing too well
economically at the moment and b. was still considered a
'developing country' 3 or 4 years ago. Bad use of
statistics. The role of the USA in the context of aiding
under-developped countries is vastly more
significant than Greece. Lol


 

offline TonyFish from the realm of our dreams on 2003-09-23 10:23 [#00874821]
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Also you are basically saying capitalism is shit, which it
is but until someone can successfully implement communism
(ie. until humans are no longer selfish creatures that only
care for their own well-being) that's unfortunately what
we're lumped with... :(


 

offline AK47 on 2003-09-23 12:20 [#00874964]
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I found this article might be helpful to make sense
out of - the big picture if you will.

History of America's involvement in Africa


 

offline promo from United Kingdom on 2003-09-23 12:24 [#00874971]
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jonesy,

Jonesy my dear fellow don't cry. I know you lost the
argument but its ok, everything is going to be ok.


 

offline AK47 on 2003-09-23 12:38 [#00874987]
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No he is just a racist, plain and simple


 

offline ThisIsntMusic from Long Island, NY (United States) on 2003-09-23 12:50 [#00874992]
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Well its obvious promo is just trying to piss us off, why,
who knows. He's either being sarcastic or just a dick.


 

offline xian_ecci from los angeles on 2003-09-23 13:13 [#00875023]
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"Fuck Gates and fuck his donation. We should be taking over
the bakery not gratefully excepting the crumbs from the
table of the rich."

Why don't you stick to your motto and keep it in the first
person, Jones.. And while you're at it, why don't you leave
your laptop and higher education behind and go fight for
yourself in the 3rd world.

We all know we're blind, so no need to keep reminding us.
I'm sure that once we've all got electronic neck collars
ensuring every maneuver we make is promoting the almighty
equality that we'll all be delighted.. Until then, boycot
microsoft, join unicef, cut the hypocrisy and give me a
fucking break. the man helped develop software that many
people utilize, pays more in taxes that any of us will ever
make, and is making a big donation. could he do more? sure.
is he a just and noble man? probably not. he worked hard
and got payed more than he should have because now
everyone's gotta have their computers.

And if you're one of the wankers programming dirty junkmail
in order to defeat the evil Gates and 'take over the
bakery', Blow me because now I got to clean out my hardrive
once a week.

Work your ideas and stop bitching.



 

offline TonyFish from the realm of our dreams on 2003-09-23 13:30 [#00875052]
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I think he's just being a dick to stir up a bit of
controversy.


 

offline TonyFish from the realm of our dreams on 2003-09-23 13:34 [#00875057]
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so joney you use linux/unix then right?


 

offline rockenjohnny from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2003-09-23 14:00 [#00875091]
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wild thread!


 

offline promo from United Kingdom on 2003-09-23 14:07 [#00875099]
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I believe very much in helping out 3rd World countries,
absolutely. Am very passionate about it in fact. I see a
good future, but the future has to be based on commerce and
trade. I have a lot of positive ideas as to how we can push
forward 3rd world countries into a more prosperous age where
the people enjoy a more respectable way of living. It would
be one of my upmost priorities in fact if I was running the
show.


 


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