Wonderful. What a piece of work is man, the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals. How noble in reason! In action how like an angel! In apprehension, how like a god!! just another fun holiday murder spree. Fun, fun and no one has any right to be unhappy about it. Happy holidays to the families of the corpses.
In the “rear” view mirror. Naturally! Especially if your pants were destroyed by the explosion you’re coolly walking away from.
That’s also true, though at some point I think having hundreds of millions might just as well be the same as having billions. Not saying I would turn it down either - if someone offered me that kind of salary to do what I love. But I do have two relatives who are considered (on paper) to be billionaires, a cousin and my older brother. My brother bought a 19 million dollar mansion in Florida and now wants me and me mum to come live with him there - it’s very tempting. I mean to him, money isn’t an object because, it’s not something he has to worry about.
In a way it’s nice, in a sort of Great Gatsby way - being around the rich makes you feel rich, and you get to benefit from the blessings. I don’t think it’s necessarily an evil thing to be that rich. A lot depends on what you do with that money and also, whether you made it on the backs of slave labor or exploitation (and in many cases it’s almost impossible not to have done so).
Ha! Hind site is 20 20.
C’mon you gotta love the original Star Trek series at the very least. I mean it was a milestone and it’s still my favorite of all the Treks out there.
The fact that it has so many communities (for Trek in general) shows that it really resonates with people across the board. I can’t think of many other shows that have achieved that. Its the mix of science fiction and adventure with very human emotions and problems that make it so appealing, I think.
Well I agree, that’s actually why I mentioned Bill Gates. He does a give a lot back in philanthropic enterprises and also just to give to charities. And I agree that is something you should do if you have more money than God and King Midas combined.
Oh I don’t dispute that, I couldn’t list all the names that I’m sure were involved in making Windows a viable system. I think a lot of them did make tons of money, at least I hope so. I don’t mean to suggest one man invented the whole thing by himself.
My question is if no one man is worth a billion dollars - why are athletes worth several million. Unions aside, I know these people would be playing their sport even if nobody paid them at all. And I’m not saying they don’t work hard. I just don’t see how anything one person does in sports is worth several millions of dollars a year.
I’m sure he didn’t really invent the system out of whole cloth, most great inventions were copied from ideas of others.
That’s not necessarily true. My cousin is the nicest person you could meet, he was a programmer who tinkered around with a package delivery tracking system, and Fexex bought him out for almost 2 billion. He became one of our wealthiest citizens overnight. And he’s amazing, he doesn’t exploit people and he is not a bad person by any definition.
And even if it’s contrary to popular opinion, I don’t mind Bill Gates being a billionaire. I mean, I’d love to have invented the sole operating system for Windows and get all that money. My feeling is, if you make something that worthy you deserve to get paid over and over again.
That’s true, the elected government of Gaza is a horrible fascist state and they are just as bad as the monsters who are gunning down civilians in that region. However that doesn’t mean the people of Gaza aren’t worth saving and don’t have value. I just don’t understand why, when we’re talking about a relatively small strip of land, the Palestinians can’t have their own self-governed state, free from interference by Israel. Or is that just too much to ask for in this world.
Makes no never mind to me either way.
Why in fuck would I give a shit about being downvoted. Is that really what you people are here for, to be “upvoted” all the time?? Is that really supposed to frighten me into a retraction of my statement? If I was not being downvoted, I WOULD retract my statement - the whole point is that it’s designed to scare people and get them to downvote and show that I’ve told the truth by doing so.
I do and I will assign all jews in the world the consequences of their so-called “mighty” nation of Israel. Israel is death and horror. And anyone of that bent has earned my unending scorn.
I know you are deranged, but best of all, you are now also incapable of pleading sanity for yourself.
I’m glad my comment has had such an impact and caused such reverential analysis and back and forth. It proves my words were powerful and my ideas were provocative and contain harsh truths men do not want to face about themselves.
I once had some reverence for Jewish people but after seeing the wholesale slaughter (and yes I’ve seen photos not made public yet) by Israli armies and their soldiers laughing as they beat the brains out of kids, I can honestly say I have no repect for Jews any longer. IN my view, they make Nazis look like saints by comparison. I will never again support the jews or call them human beings in any way shape or form.
If Israel wants people in the U.S. not to turn completely anti-semitic, they need to stop slaughtering Palestinians of any kind.
That sort of ranked choice voting would be great in areas where there is truly a democratic option. In Utah, there is no other party except Republicans. They have gerrymandered every district so that only republicans can have their votes counted, and it is not possible to register as anything other than republican in Utah. That’s one reason we’re so in the pockets of big oil and gas industries here - it’s all about how much money politicians can line their pocket with. But the point is - there is no way to downvote anyone. Most of us don’t even get a chance to vote here.