We are discussing how the life is ten times worse in Western capitalist countries, not the civility of the death penalty.
You twist my words again!
I didn't say IN western capitalist countries. I meant the consequences caused by the life-style we have.
In context, in many fundamentalist countries due process of law is dismissed in place of sham show trials. They execute you not because you have murdered anyone, they kill you in cold blood for merely expressing yourself.
How many million dollars did that old lady get again because she burned her legs at McPuke with a coffee?
Justice for money! is an american phrase.
I also gave you a name. You should at least do a little research before you start to mix subjects again and try to not answer the questions that are... uncomfortable for you.
Ah yes, the age old story where anything you say against your country is anti-patriotic and borderline treason. Hmmm....lets see then. Does that mean when I said "**** Bill Clinton" a couple years ago that I should be thrown into jail? I don't think so.
Age old? Well, it's not that long ago. And again I still wait for your statement about the person I mentioned before. Doesn't fit into arguments, right?
Besides that you got pretty well what I meant and there is no need to hide behind wonnabe sarcasm.
I can say anything I want in my country about my country without fear of retribution.
You are living in a dreamworld fella. Do some "progressive" statements about 9-11 and you will see how fast you change your opinion.
You missed my point. I mentioned that I can buy anything I want because it is a capitalist system. In the context in which I wrote it, I wanted to focus on the lack of free, laizze-faire enterprise in these fundamentalist countries. The limitation of economic freedom and progress was my main point, not the purchase of pot.
I didn't miss your point at all. But you missed mine. Pot was just an example for a good that underlies restrictions by the government for trading, like a lot of other stuff. You can't buy everything at any time. Also there is no proof that it needs a capitalistoc system to provide people with everything you want.
Another point is... even you could buy a lot of stuff, if you don't have the money you can't buy ****! Exactly that was (and still is) the problem in the former communistic countries here in Europe. After the communists finally gave way to capitalism, the stores were full with goods from the western world, but they didn't have the bucks to buy it. But on the counterpart the cheap stuff from their own country wasn't sold anymore, so they had to buy the expensive stuff. They ended up having less than before. Or do you wonna tell me now that Russia e.g is a wealthy and proepering country more than 10 years after Gorbatchev kicked the communists out of the Kremlin?
And in regards to that...it's the law, voted and ruled on by the majority. See my other comments on democracy and consensual sex with minors..
Repeating it doesn't make it more true. It has nothing to do with subject!
Ironically, Maryland, which has some of the strictest gun laws in the United States also has the highest death rate. Interestingly enough, states with concealed handgun permits have some of the lowest crime rates, capital and otherwise.
I'm not surprised at all. As long as the guns are not banned nation-wide it will stay like this. I hope I don't have to explain to you why...
I can and will defend myself. You can call me anything you want, but I maintain that the ability to defend yourself is an inalienable right for all people.
I'm not trying to change the way you think or the way you live your life. I merely wanted to hear your opinion on why we are worse off, nothing more nothing less.
And you got an answer but didn't get it. Too bad. All the main points of my post aou just twiested or ignored them.
The law that he was arrested under " says that if you crack a system meant to protect a copyright work, you go to jail; if you produce software for the purpose of cracking anti-circumvention measures, you go to jail."
Too bad that this is not a crime in the country where he lives and works. So US laws apply to anyone, even the crime is not committed on US soil and the criminal was also not committing a crime in his home country? Interesting point of view!
He was arrested because he violated the law. End of story.
Yup! That's how you always end a subject when it starts to become uncomfortable...
I'm interested to hear your opinion as to how a copyright law violates civil rights.
It violates the civil rights of a person when you are imprisioned by a third country even though you didn't commit that crime on it's soil, nor it is a crime in your own country.
It's the same as if you would go to jail in Singapore because you stepped on a bill of singapore money in Japan. The DMCA is violating the souvereignity of other countries and their laws. End of story!
Ever heard of Kosovo or Bosnia? Yeah, thought so.
Ever noticed that you mix up arrogance with competence?
Only two days drive away from Germany and European governments stood idle while thousands of Muslim refugees were being slaughtered.
Does that have any effect on my opinion and the subject we discuss? I don't even know why you bring up that subject now. I am not responsible for the actions of my other european governments. And maybe I should remind you, that not very long ago Germany was a divided country and a lot of people were against a reunification and military souvereignity. Not even 10 years later they are supposed to fight in first row. Another thing is that the germans have quite a history in that region from WWII. It wouldn't have been very smart to involve them into military action in a region like that. It's hard to be smart, huh?
Nothing was done.
I still wonder what all this has to do with the original subject? You asked why we are 10x worse and I answered. It's amazing... now you even talk about the wars in the balkan and how european policy failed during this time. I try very hard, but I can't see any correlation...
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Ever heard of the IMF?
Yes... and you?
Sounds very similar to what Marx said.
And? He was a smart man, although he wasn't right about everything it doesn't mean he was wrong in general.
I'd like to hear it. In all honesty, I am very interested in debating these topics/issues further. You are one of the few people here on MR that I can really debate with.![]()
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Another try to be funny... but that's just it... a try.
Regards,
groovebuster