GeforceRE: Naughty humour
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 26-07-02 AT 09:19 PM (GMT)]The Australian Prime Minister, John Howard was in England meeting the
Queen at Balmoral. They were discussing Australia and Howard’s plans
for the future.
Howard asked the queen if it was possible to turn Australia into a
Kingdom to increase its force in the world market. The Queen replied,
“One needs a King for a Kingdom and you are most certainly not a
King.”
He then asks if it is possible to turn Australia into an Empire. The
Queen replies, “For an Empire one needs an Emperor you are most
certainly not an Emperor.”
Howard thinks for a moment and then asks if it is possible to turn
Australia into a principality. The Queen replies, “For a principality
one needs a Prince and you Mr. Howard are certainly not a prince.”
The Queen adds further, “Without meaning to be rude Mr. Howard I think
Australia should remain as a country.”
GeforceRE: Anti terror war-Isrealis style.
I don’t. I also think of the victims caused by American and British bombardments. But most of these African countries are not well respected democratic regimes, like Israel. There lays the big difference. Ofcourse, we know little on the situations in Chechnya, Tibet, Kashmir …
GeforceRE: Anti terror war-Isrealis style.
I don’t. I also think of the victims caused by American and British bombardments. But most of these African countries are not well respected democratic regimes, like Israel. There lays the big difference. Ofcourse, we know little on the situations in Chechnya, Tibet, Kashmir …
GeforceRE: Eugenics
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 26-07-02 AT 05:20 PM (GMT)]I still have my ‘##### Chirac’ T-shirt 🙂
Let us continue the Eugenetics thread somewhere else cause this is a modem-killer.
GeforceRE: Eugenics
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 26-07-02 AT 05:20 PM (GMT)]I still have my ‘##### Chirac’ T-shirt 🙂
Let us continue the Eugenetics thread somewhere else cause this is a modem-killer.
GeforceRE: Benjamin……
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 26-07-02 AT 05:31 PM (GMT)]Mongu, that’s exactly how I felt when we drove from Cape Town Int. to waterfront in a hired minivan. You feel spoilt, fat … I have also visited Soweto in Jo’burg which made me think from a totally new angle. Soweto was not the place I thought it to be, some criminal hell-hole. In fact, it was much safer than some places I know here in Belgium. My brother, who has lived in SA for 5 years already, says it was one of the most friendly places in SA. I wouldn’t call SA a first world country, neither a third. It’s more like something in between. Just like in India, you can see no poverty if you don’t want to (never been to India myself but my parents did). I’ve made some nice pictures in Soweto, but I didn’t like the idea of using a camera there, not that I was afraid of losing it, but the feeling of having to photograph these people’s homes. I felt like a spoilt tourist, but the guy who lived there said it was OK for him.
When my scanner works, i’ll try to post some pictures of soweto. Than you’ll see the other side of SA, the one which you don’t find in the Travellers guide or the Michelin.
One last remark, my other brother is an IT. His dream is to move to India, and teach the people over there how to work with computers. I’ve always thought of China and India to become the new economic superpowers of the 21th century, leaving US and EU behind. Not the first 50 years, but afterwarts.
Hé don’t confuse the Belgian flag with the German. That’s like comparing waffles with würst 🙂
GeforceRE: Benjamin……
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 26-07-02 AT 05:31 PM (GMT)]Mongu, that’s exactly how I felt when we drove from Cape Town Int. to waterfront in a hired minivan. You feel spoilt, fat … I have also visited Soweto in Jo’burg which made me think from a totally new angle. Soweto was not the place I thought it to be, some criminal hell-hole. In fact, it was much safer than some places I know here in Belgium. My brother, who has lived in SA for 5 years already, says it was one of the most friendly places in SA. I wouldn’t call SA a first world country, neither a third. It’s more like something in between. Just like in India, you can see no poverty if you don’t want to (never been to India myself but my parents did). I’ve made some nice pictures in Soweto, but I didn’t like the idea of using a camera there, not that I was afraid of losing it, but the feeling of having to photograph these people’s homes. I felt like a spoilt tourist, but the guy who lived there said it was OK for him.
When my scanner works, i’ll try to post some pictures of soweto. Than you’ll see the other side of SA, the one which you don’t find in the Travellers guide or the Michelin.
One last remark, my other brother is an IT. His dream is to move to India, and teach the people over there how to work with computers. I’ve always thought of China and India to become the new economic superpowers of the 21th century, leaving US and EU behind. Not the first 50 years, but afterwarts.
Hé don’t confuse the Belgian flag with the German. That’s like comparing waffles with würst 🙂
Geforcemore
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 25-07-02 AT 05:38 PM (GMT)]1. Snowman,
Well I did say you shouldn’t generalise a whole nation, and I always use the term Bush-administration rather than America. But it makes it easier ofcourse, and if a nation’s policy doesn’t represent half of its population, than what’s the use of democracy ?! It’s America’s politics, therefor not the politics of ALL Americans, that’s a big difference. But people vote for a leader and that leader is supposed to represent that nation, therefor not all of its people. I hope you understand what I mean.
I agree with the sympathy-part, Snowman. But we should have sympathy for everyone who suffers, wheter they are Americans, Russians, Chinese, Afghans, Israeli’s, Serbs, Iraqi’s or Palestinians … If this is the sympathy you mean I agree, but if you mean hanging out the stars and strips out of my window on IX-XI, sorry that’s not me. That would be against my principles (not because I’m anti-Americanist or so, just because I think that has nothing to do with sympathy but with politics). A couple of days after IX-XI, on school, we HAD to keep 3 minutes of silence. For the massacres in Rwanda (for which our nation was partially responsable) we didn’t even keep 3 secondes of silence, eventhough about 300 (or more) as many were killed, so make the sum 300*3 min = 900 min.
2. PII
I’m not questioning Bush’s legitimacy. I’m over that stage already. But even for a fairly elected president,t is it OK for me to finds his politics short-sighted? As the most powerful man in this world, isn’t it normal that he gets the most criticism. OK for me if you want to bash the PM of Belgium (hell I do it all the time) or New Zealand if you know who they are ofcourse.
Geforcemore
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 25-07-02 AT 05:38 PM (GMT)]1. Snowman,
Well I did say you shouldn’t generalise a whole nation, and I always use the term Bush-administration rather than America. But it makes it easier ofcourse, and if a nation’s policy doesn’t represent half of its population, than what’s the use of democracy ?! It’s America’s politics, therefor not the politics of ALL Americans, that’s a big difference. But people vote for a leader and that leader is supposed to represent that nation, therefor not all of its people. I hope you understand what I mean.
I agree with the sympathy-part, Snowman. But we should have sympathy for everyone who suffers, wheter they are Americans, Russians, Chinese, Afghans, Israeli’s, Serbs, Iraqi’s or Palestinians … If this is the sympathy you mean I agree, but if you mean hanging out the stars and strips out of my window on IX-XI, sorry that’s not me. That would be against my principles (not because I’m anti-Americanist or so, just because I think that has nothing to do with sympathy but with politics). A couple of days after IX-XI, on school, we HAD to keep 3 minutes of silence. For the massacres in Rwanda (for which our nation was partially responsable) we didn’t even keep 3 secondes of silence, eventhough about 300 (or more) as many were killed, so make the sum 300*3 min = 900 min.
2. PII
I’m not questioning Bush’s legitimacy. I’m over that stage already. But even for a fairly elected president,t is it OK for me to finds his politics short-sighted? As the most powerful man in this world, isn’t it normal that he gets the most criticism. OK for me if you want to bash the PM of Belgium (hell I do it all the time) or New Zealand if you know who they are ofcourse.
GeforceRE: Geforce, get over it
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 25-07-02 AT 03:23 PM (GMT)]Nope, some people actually do care, not because they like me that much, but because there are others who share my opinion, my dearest Phantom. Anyway, you called me an idiot about a zillion times (and vice versa about a zillion times minus one, but I’m willing to raise that number to a zillion times if that will make you happier. ).
Maybe you should buy a calender of Bush, one which will tell you exactly how much days he’ll remain in office … 620-619-618 … LOL 😀 on the back, you can add some of his most intelligent quotes. I’m sure that will sell good in Europe. }>
GeforceRE: Geforce, get over it
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 25-07-02 AT 03:23 PM (GMT)]Nope, some people actually do care, not because they like me that much, but because there are others who share my opinion, my dearest Phantom. Anyway, you called me an idiot about a zillion times (and vice versa about a zillion times minus one, but I’m willing to raise that number to a zillion times if that will make you happier. ).
Maybe you should buy a calender of Bush, one which will tell you exactly how much days he’ll remain in office … 620-619-618 … LOL 😀 on the back, you can add some of his most intelligent quotes. I’m sure that will sell good in Europe. }>
GeforceRE: IDF/AF F-16 attack goes wrong
Yeah like one Hellfire could destroy such a big building. You would have to fire 4 – 5 of them.
GeforceRE: IDF/AF F-16 attack goes wrong
Yeah like one Hellfire could destroy such a big building. You would have to fire 4 – 5 of them.
GeforceRE: Aye Cayramba, haha very funny…
1. Eugentics is not the same as trying to prevent ill children of being born. The Nazi’s were the ones who wanted to use this technique so only Aryans could be born. I’m pro-Abortion, if you think a child will have no chances of surviving, you can better make a wise decission.
2. People will have to pay for this technique, which means a bigger gap between the rich and the poor, who can’t afford this. So the rich people will become even more perfect and the poor ones will be left out of society, ending in a modern nazi-world.
3. It’s practically impossible because you’ll need to perform tests on foetusses. I think this alone is already immoral.
GeforceRE: Aye Cayramba, haha very funny…
1. Eugentics is not the same as trying to prevent ill children of being born. The Nazi’s were the ones who wanted to use this technique so only Aryans could be born. I’m pro-Abortion, if you think a child will have no chances of surviving, you can better make a wise decission.
2. People will have to pay for this technique, which means a bigger gap between the rich and the poor, who can’t afford this. So the rich people will become even more perfect and the poor ones will be left out of society, ending in a modern nazi-world.
3. It’s practically impossible because you’ll need to perform tests on foetusses. I think this alone is already immoral.
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