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Kptlt. Neuerburg · 10-22-12, 09:54 PM

Well the final debate is finally over and I think both canidates did well. Obama came off strong where he needed to and kept Romney largely on the defencive. However both canidates seemed over aggresive at times and that doesn't always look good in the public eye.

A point of Romeny's that I would disagree with is that the US needs to spend more on defence when the military isn't asking for it. I mean technolgy has come so far that today it takes a squad or a platoon to do the job that during WW2 would have taken a company to do. And why spend money that the military doesn't want or doesn't need, isn't that the decision for the Joint Cheifs of Staff to make and not the president?

As for the whole thing with China, I think Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear said it best, "Copyright infringment doesn't translate terribly well into Mandarin." In China they rip off everything from everywhere, and there have been companys who have tryed to sue Chinese companys for making copies of their products and lost. So its not just the United States having to deal with China making knockoffs, its the whole world, and China isn't going to change their ways simply because a president gets re-elected or a canidate gets elected.

An example from the China episode of Top Gear a Chinese company selling knockoffs of Honda motorcycles changed the name from Honda to Hongda. YT links:

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Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,282 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Well the final debate is finally over and I think both canidates did well. Obama came off strong where he needed to and kept Romney largely on the defencive. However both canidates seemed over aggresive at times and that doesn't always look good in the public eye. A point of Romeny's that I would disagree with is that the US needs to spend more on defence when the military isn't asking for it. I mean technolgy has come so far that today it takes a squad or a platoon to do the job that during WW2 would have taken a company to do. And why spend money that the military doesn't want or doesn't need, isn't that the decision for the Joint Cheifs of Staff to make and not the president? As for the whole thing with China, I think Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear said it best, "Copyright infringment doesn't translate terribly well into Mandarin." In China they rip off everything from everywhere, and there have been companys who have tryed to sue Chinese companys for making copies of their products and lost. So its not just the United States having to deal with China making knockoffs, its the whole world, and China isn't going to change their ways simply because a president gets re-elected or a canidate gets elected. An example from the China episode of Top Gear a Chinese company selling knockoffs of Honda motorcycles changed the name from Honda to Hongda. YT links: __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin Last edited by Kptlt. Neuerburg; 10-22-12 at 10:04 PM.