[CP5670]

Actually, if one just wants maximum freedom the best place to go would be something like Antarctica. You can do whatever you please there; nobody is going to care.

I like the US, but not because of the "freedom" so much as the fact that it is leading scientific advancement. who needs freedom when you have that.

[01010]

Originally posted by CP5670
Actually, if one just wants maximum freedom the best place to go would be something like Antarctica. You can do whatever you please there; nobody is going to care.

I like the US, but not because of the "freedom" so much as the fact that it is leading scientific advancement. who needs freedom when you have that.

People who enjoy living their lives ?

[CP5670]

for the society as a whole though it is pretty useless by itself.

[Nico]

Originally posted by CP5670
Actually, if one just wants maximum freedom the best place to go would be something like Antarctica. You can do whatever you please there; nobody is going to care.

mmh, you can do nothing there, mostly coz there's nothing to do or use. snowballs maybe? Or dying from a cold, that would be neat! yeah!
"this stupid idea was brought to you by CP incorporated"

btw, what's useless? not sure what you're talking about

[Styxx]

Originally posted by CP5670
so much as the fact that it is leading scientific advancement...

Oooh, now is that some arrogant statement. Industrial development is one thing, scientific advancement is another. What is your proof that the US leads scientific advancement?

[an0n]

I think you'll find that if you remove Americas sheer scale, they get f00kin whooped at everything by the British and Japanese.

[CP5670]

Oooh, now is that some arrogant statement. Industrial development is one thing, scientific advancement is another. What is your proof that the US leads scientific advancement?

Well, consider that most of the major univerisities and academic institutions in the world today are located in the US, and that's where all of this stuff goes on. (some other nations are indeed technologically superior, but that is a matter of engineering and not theory) At least in the last 20 or so years, the cutting edge of math and physics research has gradually shifted towards the US, at least as far as theoretical stuff goes. (and I'm sure you can find specific examples to the contrary; this is in the generality)

mmh, you can do nothing there, mostly coz there's nothing to do or use. snowballs maybe? Or dying from a cold, that would be neat! yeah!

do math all day, of course! you don't need anything for that but your brain.

[Nico]

Originally posted by CP5670
do math all day, of course! you don't need anything for that but your brain.

how? no pen to buy (  ink would freeze anyway ), no battery for your calculator. man, you'd end up writing with your finger in the snow ( and your finger would fall after a day ).
try again

[Stealth]

what if it didn't

[CP5670]

how? no pen to buy (  ink would freeze anyway ), no battery for your calculator. man, you'd end up writing with your finger in the snow ( and your finger would fall after a day ).
try again

ah come on, you can just do everything in your head and get a solar power calculator. If you want to stay warm, just put on a spacesuit.

[Top Gun]

Originally posted by CODEDOG ND
Scholarships CAN'T be given to whites only, because it is racist, BUT they ARE given to blacks, hispanics, and Native Americans based on grades AND race.

..and seems as there's a direct correlation between grades and wealth, who does better.

Originally posted by CODEDOG ND
People are demanding the Federal Government impose more taxes so they can pay for the slave labor that was used to build the capital 200 years ago, and these people believe that just because they are black they should be given a cookie because their ancestors suffered.

Good, try hiking the taxes on big business to provide health care as well while you're at it.

Originally posted by CODEDOG ND
Conservative Minorities are considered Uncle Tom's and are mocked.

Which is verry odd because they're the ones running the government, schoolboards and all the other lucrative positions of power. It's all relative. Compared to Europeans (although I'm not sure for how much longer), American politics is Laughably unrepresentitive of the vast majority of the people.

[Warlock]

Guys stop already....I'm laughing myself to death here!

[Razor]

Originally posted by Top Gun
The USA is a land of opportunity and freedom if you happen to be a white, christian, male with money, aged between 21 and 70.



Reasons I can't stand Bush:

• Abstinence only education (read: propaganda) in schools.
  
  
  
• Puritencial stance with all social issues.
  
  
  
• War on drugs (which is kind of hypocritical for a reformed drunk, which is probably what happened to his brain cells).
  
  
  
• War on terror (read: freedom)
  
  
  
• The Appointment of John Ashcroft as Attourney General: A racist fanatical bigot who makes Osama Bin Laden look rational.
  
  
  
• Banging on about a lack of fair elections in Cuba (and using that as justification for a blockade against them) whilst his own election was controversial.
  
  
  
• The only reason he's there is because of daddy's money (who was influencial because of daddy's money and so on)
  
  
  
• A complete and utter contempt for the common man and the public services which are essential for us that aren't multi millionaires.
  
  
  
• Kyoto.
  
  
  
• Exploitive foregn policy.

P.S. CP: I'm not an American, christian male, aged between 21 and 70 with money, born into an influencial so it's in my interest to hate that retard along with most of the rest of the worls's population.

I absolutely agree with Top Gun. Bush was never supposed to be elected as president in US. Just tell me what did he ever do right during his mandate. He just fights wars, brainstorms about attacking Iraq and other countries just because he thinks that they are involved in the events of 11.9. I mean, anyone with an electron size brain could have thought of that.
I also heard one more thing about him. Wasn't he some kind of "executioner" in texas? ( Since texas is known for giving people death sentences)

[an0n]

an0n's views on world politics (read: the truth)
Bush = Chimp who cheated his way into office
Iraq = Just like every other country. Try to build bigger and better weapons and use them against their enemies. Can anyone say Hiroshima?
Kyoto = Nullified by America not signing
Ashcroft = "Slaves! Get your black slaves here! Work them heathens ta death."
Blair = Bush: I call him.....Mini-me

[Nico]

Originally posted by CP5670


ah come on, you can just do everything in your head and get a solar power calculator. If you want to stay warm, just put on a spacesuit.

you can buy that at your local store? man youre lucky

[Zeronet]

Originally posted by CP5670


Well, consider that most of the major univerisities and academic institutions in the world today are located in the US, and that's where all of this stuff goes on. (some other nations are indeed technologically superior, but that is a matter of engineering and not theory) At least in the last 20 or so years, the cutting edge of math and physics research has gradually shifted towards the US, at least as far as theoretical stuff goes. (and I'm sure you can find specific examples to the contrary; this is in the generality)

Engineering is a vital part of scientific advancement and your views are really opinion, because you have no proof. I could list a number of British advances, a recent Military one is the shielding we're putting on our tanks.

Still i find all this anti-US stuff foolish.

[Warlock]

**Plays his MP3 of "Things Yoda Would Say in Bed" and rushes back out**

[CP5670]

you can buy that at your local store? man youre lucky

Okay fine, but you can certainly buy a really thick coat.

Or how about this: just get a boat and go into some international waters where it is not as cold. Since you are not on any nation's territory, you are free to do what you want there, and you can even write down your math.

Engineering is a vital part of scientific advancement and your views are really opinion, because you have no proof. I could list a number of British advances, a recent Military one is the shielding we're putting on our tanks.

Not really; engineering is the application of science to practical issues. It can and does lead to scientific advancement but in experimentation only, and at least so far it has not gotten to the point where it can assist in the search for theories as well. The British could well be putting some kind of shields on their armor divisions, but the important part is the theory behind its operation. (although in this particular example the appropriate equations have probably been around for many decades) This stuff had been coming out Europe for centuries and for a while the USSR was doing very well, but they have all since stagnated. (since the US has gotten a reputation for being a center of research, all the good minds from around the world are coming here, and so that reputation starts to become a reality; once the wheel starts spinning it keeps doing so )

[an0n]

Japan Tech > USA Tech

[CP5670]

Of course, but there are not a whole lot of equations and formulas coming from there.