Hypocritical USA haters in Levis... - Page 5

09-26-2006, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Well, fantasy can be funny.

Perhaps, rich, you should take up martial arts -- something I need to get back into myself, and if you can't get out more and see how many varieties of people our wide land contains and their worthiness, at the very least read Soldier of Fortune for one year. You don't grok me because you don't have the concepts; you haven't had the education. I'm realer than you'd like, and I challenge your ideas of how human beings are by my mere existence, to say nothing of what I post. I'm here to chivvy you into a wider world, being less provincial in my outlook than you.

Oh, ick! You read Soldier of Fortune? Well, I suppose you would. I used to know a guy that wrote for them, and, in real life, he was the most arrogant wussy boy you'd ever want to meet. He bought a jeep for $5,000 from some friends of mine, and drove off into the sunset and never sent them the agreed upon monthly payments. He DID send them a free subscription to the mag, tho. I liked the thinly veiled classifieds in the back for killers for hire. You're a man of the world, alright, UG. In fact, I bet you're Bruce's alter ego when he gets tired of being so nice and funny, and wants to let out his inner Neanderthal. :p

9th Engineer · 09-26-2006, 11:28 PM

I'm not sure if I buy into the rant about people being educated here and then leaving for other countries (I hear that alot). Although higher education in the States is great, it's also pricey, and it's certainly not a monopoly. I hear people refering to education as a commodity, why is it so wrong then to buy a good education here and do with it whatever you want? I'm not saying I want to run off and do work for the Chinese government or anything like that, but can you call someone a traitor for accepting a better job overseas??

09-27-2006, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Ibram

hey, I'm not saying thats not how it SHOULD work or that its not how I would do things. I'm just saying, thats not how international politics work. I, however, am not a country, and so I dont give a shit for how international politics work, I'll do things my way, how I see fit.

Then what are you doing in here discussing it, if you don't give a shit about it? Just want to throw a monkey-wrench in a conversation you have nothing to do with... get your ego on? Thanks.

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Originally Posted by 9th Engineer

I'm not sure if I buy into the rant about people being educated here and then leaving for other countries (I hear that alot). Although higher education in the States is great, it's also pricey, and it's certainly not a monopoly. I hear people refering to education as a commodity, why is it so wrong then to buy a good education here and do with it whatever you want? I'm not saying I want to run off and do work for the Chinese government or anything like that, but can you call someone a traitor for accepting a better job overseas??

The "rant" is about usury. If you feel the US is so "evil" and "terrible"... don't have anything to do with something you find so distasteful, again letting your ethical/moral system dictate your actions. Part of that is staying out of our educational system if the US is your ultimate evil. It ain't hard.
If you hate global warming, don't work for company that uses a coal burning turbine with no exhaust scrubbers and just pays the fines. Any of this getting through?

9th Engineer · 09-27-2006, 07:26 PM

I wasn't refering so much to people who hate the US so much as people who don't mind it but plan to work in another country for better wages or ethical (company specific) concerns or whatnot. I got ranted at after making the statement that I should learn Japanese or Chinese since they seem to be sucking up so many grads now...

Ibby · 09-27-2006, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Then what are you doing in here discussing it, if you don't give a shit about it? Just want to throw a monkey-wrench in a conversation you have nothing to do with... get your ego on? Thanks.

Well that's polite...

I said I dont give a shit about how it WORKS, because I dont give a shit about how anything works, I do things my way or not at all.

My, my, someone's irritable.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-27-2006, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by marichiko

In fact, I bet you're Bruce's alter ego when he gets tired of being so nice and funny, and wants to let out his inner Neanderthal. :p

No, I don't bluster, my Neanderthal is physical.

09-28-2006, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Ibram

Well that's polite...

I said I dont give a shit about how it WORKS, because I dont give a shit about how anything works, I do things my way or not at all.

My, my, someone's irritable.

No, annoyed, because you are acting like you don't get it when you do. You do that a lot. It is a cheap way of debating.
Just debate, if your point is weak, then concede or just stop.

09-28-2006, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 9th Engineer

I wasn't refering so much to people who hate the US so much as people who don't mind it but plan to work in another country for better wages or ethical (company specific) concerns or whatnot. I got ranted at after making the statement that I should learn Japanese or Chinese since they seem to be sucking up so many grads now...

Oh, I don't care about them... but if they want to go to school here they need to learn conversational English first.
Part of this rant should be that English needs to be our national language and all business and paperwork should be in that one language.
Either that or their nations need to have all of their documents and business in both languages in all cases. Which you know is not going to happen. (I don't want to hear about most)

richlevy · 10-02-2006, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Well, fantasy can be funny.

Perhaps, rich, you should take up martial arts -- something I need to get back into myself, and if you can't get out more and see how many varieties of people our wide land contains and their worthiness, at the very least read Soldier of Fortune for one year. You don't grok me because you don't have the concepts; you haven't had the education. I'm realer than you'd like, and I challenge your ideas of how human beings are by my mere existence, to say nothing of what I post. I'm here to chivvy you into a wider world, being less provincial in my outlook than you.

BTW, I ran this post through Gender Guesser.

This would explain a lot.

Flint · 10-03-2006, 02:27 PM

"Weak emphasis could indicate European" ha ha ha

09-26-2006, 11:28 PM	#62
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	I'm not sure if I buy into the rant about people being educated here and then leaving for other countries (I hear that alot). Although higher education in the States is great, it's also pricey, and it's certainly not a monopoly. I hear people refering to education as a commodity, why is it so wrong then to buy a good education here and do with it whatever you want? I'm not saying I want to run off and do work for the Chinese government or anything like that, but can you call someone a traitor for accepting a better job overseas?? __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

09-27-2006, 07:26 PM	#64
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	I wasn't refering so much to people who hate the US so much as people who don't mind it but plan to work in another country for better wages or ethical (company specific) concerns or whatnot. I got ranted at after making the statement that I should learn Japanese or Chinese since they seem to be sucking up so many grads now... __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

10-03-2006, 02:27 PM	#70
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	??? "Weak emphasis could indicate European" ha ha ha __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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