Posts by Steve Barnes
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Ng glorious basterd.
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Really? This discussion is taking place because the Chinese government (allegedly) hacked the gmail accounts of political activists yet you think they'd be better overlords than the US?
Yeah, my bad. I thought maybe invading peoples countries, locking people up in countries that don't adhere to the west's concept of basic human rights just to torture them, imposing their concept of "Democracy" (read corporate larceny) on countries trying to escape the fear of death squads run by tyrants in the pay of multinational greed heads? Was a tad worse than looking at your mail.
Hurrumph'
Thank you Kyle for suggesting someone get me a beer.
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I still find it odd that normally intelligent people still consider that the correct response to someone using drugs is to punish then to the point of locking them up and depriving their children of a parent or two. The whole "Drugs leads to Crime" is, almost 100% an affect of drugs being illegal. Sure, someone totally off their trolley can be a danger to themselves and others whether what got them into that state was legal or not is just not relevant, it is the danger itself that is relevant.
There are few that would say drinking and driving does not endanger innocent people but to then use that as an excuse to imprison people for selling alcohol would be preposterous. Some say that people who take drugs will take up crime to pay for their habit. Well, perhaps if their company hadn't sacked them after a drug test and they could pop down to the chemist to get their medicine they would have no need of criminal enterprise.
The History of illegitimisation of drugs is bound more to Racial and Political agendas than to any moral stance, in fact I would go as far as saying that the morals behind banning drugs are the more repugnant.
The British used Opium to finance trade with the Opium Wars China had banned the sale of Opium but the British found a ready and lucrative market. Now we have a situation with the Chinese sending us their Pseudo-ephedrine, not Officially of course but...
And do I have to mention Al Capone?. He would not have existed as such an animal without Prohibition and soo many hired Goons to boot.
I really can't believe I'm having to say any of this on PAS
The "War on Drugs" is a war on the people, the people "who don't count" for the advancement of "the haves and the have mores" as George Bush called them. We are just the fodder of a "War Machine" "War on Terror", "War on Drugs", "War on Fiscal Irresponsibility" oh, forget that one "War on Poverty" one we should, maybe, worry about, how are they going to "Win " that one?. -
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New Zealand is ideally placed to benefit from defensive advances in modern robot weaponry.
WARNING Will Robinson, there is a Chinaman behind the potting shed! whirrrrr... bleep.
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Tom, you can't see me franticly drumming my fingers on my desk but drumming they are. I will not sit back and allow you to launch into some medieval rant on the glories of war. Go back to watching the "History Channel" or "National Geographic" all they show are war programs or programs about weapons. We are not at war, we are not wanting to be at war. War is only on the agenda for the US of A
They have been making squillions out of it for the last 100 years.
China has had more history than you can shake your little stick at and if we have to bow to some big guy I would rather bow to tha age old wisdom of China than the rabid rightiousness of America. -
Now that's what I'm talkin' about!
What?, what were you talking about that and when. I would suggest you hadn't mentioned ponies, let alone actually talked about them. This is the sort of unsubstantiated claim that I, personally, have a problem with. Every time I tune into Mythbusters I have to put up with the little Ginger one claiming he had been talking about something that he patently hadn't. Call me a pendant but I call for a moratorium on unreferenced self quotation. From now on I demand the phrase to be used as follows.
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Hey, perhaps Google takes its motto "Don't be Evil" seriously. China bay be the biggest but it ain't the only game in town. When the average Xio starts to ask "Why won't Google come here" the Chinese Govt. might just have a rebellion on its hands that wont go away.
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I inadvertantly inhaled a teensy bit of chlorine gas while attempting to make said substance. Ooops.
From the man previously know as James Pink.
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And imagine how popular its going to be when granddad comes out and says its his big buzz.
Exactly,"You smokin' that old man shit bro? Have an Apple instead"