Think about this when buying your next computer

[Buddahaid]

Er... How about those Saints!

Budda

[gutted]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Er... How about those Saints!

Budda

Speechless.

[Shearwater]

Originally Posted by gutted

Speechless.

Thankfully.

[gutted]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Salute Gutted.

I like your mindset, very similar to mine.

And I dont understand why people here are gasping over what you said.

True words, every single one of them.

You cant help those countries by paying everything to them, do you except that they really would want to start putting their backs into it and try and make their lives better when they can just sit put and let the western worlds pay everything for them?

yeah, im somewhat of a harsh, abrupt, cold person. Sometimes getting critisized for showing no emotion by my own family members. When i should be happy, im only slightly amused. When i should be sad, im rather blank.

But its only because i see the world for what it is. I dont live in the clouds. And the whole political correctness hoopla needs to die 1 thousand deaths.

we cant keep catering to the lowest common denominator. in kids sports... why should everyone get a trophy? ohhh because we dont want their feelings hurt!!! no.... you lost! no trophy for you! get over it! kids need to learn at a young age that they aren't special.. and that life will throw them no bones. Thats why the youth today is so messed up. There are no consequences. If they can't make an A, they moan so that the standard for getting an A gets lowered.

nowhere in the constitution does it protect your "feelings". if you dont like something... don't look at it, or go shop somewhere else. you're NOT "special".


/the end

[Buddahaid]

Just about pulled my hair out when Fox switched to the Forty-whiners after the Redskins missed the FG.

Buddahaid

We now return control to the angry mobs topic of US bashing/defending.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Yeah, that's so oldschool. They don't even use lead anymore in the manufacturung process anymore in processors. But you are correct, those hybrid batteries are really toxic, and they mine them up in canada. I don't remember what the metal is though.

Nickel Metal Hydride most likely Nimh they call them.

But other metals are involved as well fun elements like arsinide and lithium and gold.

But you find these in nearly all modern electronics.

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by gutted

yeah, im somewhat of a harsh, abrupt, cold person. Sometimes getting critisized for showing no emotion by my own family members. When i should be happy, im only slightly amused. When i should be sad, im rather blank.

But its only because i see the world for what it is. I dont live in the clouds. And the whole political correctness hoopla needs to die 1 thousand deaths.

we cant keep catering to the lowest common denominator. in kids sports... why should everyone get a trophy? ohhh because we dont want their feelings hurt!!! no.... you lost! no trophy for you! get over it! kids need to learn at a young age that they aren't special.. and that life will throw them no bones. Thats why the youth today is so messed up. There are no consequences. If they can't make an A, they moan so that the standard for getting an A gets lowered.

nowhere in the constitution does it protect your "feelings". if you dont like something... don't look at it, or go shop somewhere else. you're NOT "special".


/the end

Wow You come across to me as having a pretty grim picture of the world. Cheer up buddie.

I think its a good thing that the USA runs around and helps everyone what other power nation does that? Even when the crap hits the fan of nations that aren't so friendly with USA, USA will send aid for its citizens. The USA even beat little old New Zealand in sending aid to Samoa when the tusami (4 stories high went 700mtrs inland -187 lives lost) hit a month or so ago. And we are suppose to be the protectors of our neighboring islands! The kiwi forums were packed with posters complaining on how slack we were that the USA tidy up the mess for us.

It is better to give than receive, it is better to serve than to be served. J C.

Yep PC bs is taking over the world. I agree. In New Zealand a law passed last yr where parents are not allowed to discipline their children. A simple smack will land you in court. To the PC w**kers smacking your children will lead them to a violent lifestyle later in life. What a load of friggin BS! I smacked my boys when they needed it, both adults now and they are not violent and they respect others especially their dad so thats a bonus

Not saying if you dont smack your kids they will fail, but discipline is needed in the family there is nothing wrong with a smack on the backside or hand when needed. But now if a child is misbehaving we are instead to call for "time out" and sit them down and go through steps on why they spat the dummy and try to understand them. What a load of crap. A simple smack on the backside would of fixed it. One other PC BS has come out where some professor is encouraging mothers to ask their babies if its okay if they change their nappy as this will not lead to confusion later on in their adult lives

That professor should be locked up for stupidity.

[gutted]

nah, i just see all this lunacy around me and its turning me into a cynic.

[CaptainHaplo]

Guttted - mind if I keep you in mind for a cabinet position? I am the same way on some things, but more relaxed on others. What are you views on foreign policy?

[gutted]

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

Guttted - mind if I keep you in mind for a cabinet position? I am the same way on some things, but more relaxed on others. What are you views on foreign policy?

I'm a fan of Theodore Roosevelt's saying of:

"Speak softly and carry a big stick".

The previous administration was ALL stick.
The current administration is all talk and no stick.


Or in other words:

[Blacklight]

I have issues with this article. I HIGHLY doubt that our old American computers are being shipped over to Nigeria to be dumped. That stuff is recycled here, either that, or they make their way to American dumps and get buried here. It's just another article bashing Americans.

[Shearwater]

Originally Posted by Blacklight

I have issues with this article. I HIGHLY doubt that our old American computers are being shipped over to Nigeria to be dumped. That stuff is recycled here, either that, or they make their way to American dumps and get buried here. It's just another article bashing Americans.

I think there's some truth to it, but SPIEGEL sometimes has a way of passing information quite selectively to its readers. It's often a peculiar blend of information and interpretation despite calling itself a "news magazine." I'm a regular reader, but I often disagree (and I can see why others do as well).

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Blacklight

It's just another article bashing Americans.

To quote just the headline:

How Europe's discarded computer are poisoning Africa'S kids.

The article then mentions existing laws and regulations being avoided/broken becasue they create solutions more than twice as expensive than just shipping the waste illegally to africa.

much of what it is about is due to violations of laws - european ones, and american ones. That is different to Indias ship wrecking industry, that also founds modern slave labour: but nevertheless it is perfectly legal, and that means exploiting the weakness of those poor dogs is legal, too.

there are so many examples. Poisonous waste, for example, being dumped in some third world country. Yes, we have laws forbidding that. and still they get violated. Then, dumping nuclear waste. Relabelling no longer valid/fresh medical drugs, and selling them in the third world with forged expirations dates although they could do more good than bad now. And pefectly legal western industries still produce and sell chemical agents to the third world that to use in the EU or the US already is forbidden by law, due to their toxicity.

Originally Posted by August

Thank you Steve. That was exactly what I meant and all that I meant. It's difficult to believe that even with a language barrier anything more could have been read into it.

Are you two like siamese twins or something? Do you share the same brain?

You said

Originally Posted by August

Yeah because it's better to let those poor kids starve to death than allow them to do a potentially dangerous job.

Giving them two (2) options, either to starve to death or to engage in some hazardous or slavery type work. Now as is known from real life, this is often the case with US corporations, they don't care much about human rights or the health of the workers. US also supports things such as trafficking in humans and child prostitution in the Far-East.

And as far as napalm, it has has also been used by the US against children in the third world and is still used in some form today. Plenty of pics around, I hope I don't need to post those here.

But I don't mind going to the brig to bring attention to a worthy cause.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

Are you two like siamese twins or something? Do you share the same brain?

August said something. You misunderstood and went on the attack. I tried to clear up the misunderstanding. I got it right and he thanked me. So now you are insulting and attacking again. I haven't called you any names, and I haven't insulted or questioned your intelligence. Can you please show the same respect?

Giving them two (2) options, either to starve to death or to engage in some hazardous or slavery type work. Now as is known from real life, this is often the case with US corporations, they don't care much about human rights or the health of the workers. US also supports things such as trafficking in humans and child prostitution in the Far-East.

And as far as napalm, it has has also been used by the US against children in the third world and is still used in some form today. Plenty of pics around, I hope I don't need to post those here.

And most of us don't disagree.

But I don't mind going to the brig to bring attention to a worthy cause.

You didn't go to the brig because you brought up anything. You went to the brig because you insisted on making a personal attack. You can make your points with intelligence, or you can throw mud at people you disagree with. As the saying goes, you catch a lot more flies with honey than with vinegar.