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Reply to Israel continues with its one sided war in Politics JoeUser Forums

Larry, if you know your history very well you would know that a majority of wars were started by Israel, point two when you stack up a country with one of the largets arsenels againts a group of displaced people with a small arsenal of automatic weapons and explosives, and no real means of procuring or amassing much more in the wy of arms, to match that of Israel, then I would say that the odds are well and truely in the favor of Israel, call these people what ou like but nothing justifies the

Reply to White Privilege in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

One thing that comes more out of this debate as much as comes from the article is, that we who are whit are the cause of many of modern histories problems as much as we have done good, and if we all stopped being so thin skined and stoppped lokking for those to blame whether it be the right or left and looked at moving on and realising our mistakes them maybe we can truely move forward and find ways to really create a cohesive equal planet.

Reply to White Privilege in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

I recently heard a rather funny and yet great comment by an Austrlian Comic, simple philosphy, "I see all people as beige", why must people make it so hard to understand simple comments, and make it into a debate, the reality is we are all the same, some of us are different colours, some wear glasses, so gay so left some drive 4 x 4's, why mus things such as the above statements become so involved and spiteful, when the only thing we achieve is to miss the inital point,.....again, all to often

Reply to Freedom: Effects of The Environment, Society and Our Desires in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Great article, it's a shame that so many people believe that freedom can be dictated by so few under their terms, and when these are no met that freedom is forfited.

Israel continues with its one sided war in Politics JoeUser Forums

Is Israel justified in their contiunal murder of Palestinians, and when you take away a countrie's and its peoples sovergnty, their ability to self defence, and they fight with what they have left are they rightfully considered as terrosists. Are these people fighting a civil war or are they attacking another country in an in just way. While I agree that their metods and targets are not right, are they any less wrong than the treatment metered out to them by Israel, whose only major difference i

Reply to Republican "V" Democrate in Republican JoeUser Forums

Interesting comments, Brad thanks for filling in the gaps, what are you cynical about, I really am intrigued as to how the change happened, and why the Republicans not so much changed , as they allowed themselves to be percieved in a way that maybe does not reflect the nature of the rank and file membership, that and the fact that I am sure they could come up with better leaders than the current one. Then again the Democrates at this stage may end up with not much better. It's interesting but bo

Reply to Creating a society of dependents in Politics JoeUser Forums

Whilist I cannot speak for the US, in Australia the rich pay amost pay no tax, this is depending on what you call the rich of course, I am refering to those on income above $250k, in this fine country it is Middle Australia which pays the majority of taxs, and I would say that this would be the case for the US as well, as for stats, stats that come from the those gathered form all by governments tend to give very good insights, however statistics gathe

Republican "V" Democrate in Republican JoeUser Forums

I find it interesting when reading blogs and articles in the media in general portraying the Republican Party as the extreme right and the Democrates being the caring Liberal party of the left. If we look at history the above perception is in fact very incorrect, however it does seem that the Republican party somewhere ov the last 60 to 70 years moved away from a position of overtly being the liberal party of concience for middle America and the Paternal Intellegencier, to a more conser

Reply to The Selflessness of Open Source in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Away you go again Messy , ranting and raving, you obviously have little understanding of the Computer industry, and its history, the whole industry has been build on contribtuions from all sectors, many good programs have come from boths sides and so has crap, however you statements show how little you have to do with open source or how little you understand how much it has contributed to the software industry in general, I should add that I use softwa

Reply to Are You Afraid of a Boob? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I would agree with Robert above, all one has to do any night of the week and you can pretty much the same as was witnessed at the Superbowel, however the media attention it has garnered, is to say in the least a joke, I for one don't want to see any further lowering of television quality than has already happened, however there is plenty worse than this little stunt, and as for the part of the anomaty in question well, its just a boob, we've all seen o

Reply to Are You Afraid of a Boob? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Just had a terrible nights sleep, my kids keep waking up from terrible nightmares, where they are being attacked by large bare breasts, singing Janet Jackson songs.

Reply to Something Wrong in Misc JoeUser Forums

This is a rather glib reply, although understandable. However I do feel that all is not lost, one thng taht heartens me is the fact that the revolution happening in communications, makes it far easier for people to access the truth much faster, and also relay information and recieve info and comments from people and sources we in the past woould not have had access to, this in itself makes it much harder for politicans and the business elite hid what they should be brough to account for

Reply to The left kills millions yearly in Pure Technology JoeUser Forums

It's ineresting to note that even the maleria foundation which is opposing the "Total Ban" on DDT admits that its use is dangerous to humans, not only from direct contact , but due to its emergence in the food chain. They also admit that its use against mosquitos is becoming increasingly useless due to the fact that most strains of mosquitos are no longer irrated by it. It is also interesting to note that they do not dispute its danger, however would o

Reply to Iraq and Kosovo what's the difference? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Great article Brad, cant't say I agree with all of it but some good points, one int I do agree on is the propensity in your country as in ours where the film industry believe that for some reason we must jump when they speak, this does not mean that I disagree with many things they say, it's just the way that they presume that somehow they have some sought of moral, intelligent high ground because they are more prominent than the rest of us, maybe I ju

Reply to Of course the White House fears free election in Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

Interesting that nowhere in Bush's state of the union address does he mention the Iraqi peoples desires, just those of the US controlled administration, interesting that this would be acceptable, as we all know from history most demoracies have some early teething problems, however these will be magnified over time if the will of the Iraqi people is ignored, as for stability, I would suspect that while there would be some risk to stability, and there i

Reply to The left kills millions yearly in Pure Technology JoeUser Forums

Why is it everytime someone shows concern for safety, or or enviorment or human rights, you lot launch at them as all being from the left, do you even understand what is left and right, or centre and so on. I am starting to believe that while you maybe very intelligent people, you really look to the simplest denominator and blame this. I was always of the opinion that most people are generally decent and caring, and thus it does not reflect on one's po

Reply to Linux, goes mainstream and gets Serious in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

I forgot to mention that as with most Linux distros, Sun does have the full system available on CD as a demo which run straight from the CD, this is free and is worth a look.

Reply to Linux, goes mainstream and gets Serious in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

MasonM, have you tried loading WINE onto linux, it has come a long way and now runs most Windows software, by virtue of the fact that it is not an emulator, it does not slow down the OS, so running windows software on Linux is in the main not disadvantaged by the slower running speeds found when running emulators, although I do find that even with these in most cases the speed difference is not noticeable, I run win 4 lin on Lindows and notice no real difference, however I am going to run Sun Ja

Reply to Was - IS Iraq a threat to US security in Politics JoeUser Forums

Yes whilist I am generally sceptical about most US administartions, I do have praise for the Gore/Clinton Administration, imagin what the world would have been had the president that the people elected won power instead of the one "Jeb Helped", that should raise a few Republican Neck Hairs, however "If it looks like shit, and smells like Shit and tastes like Shit, then it must be Shit" And you guys wonder why the rest of the world no longer trusts the Washington, especially the current

Linux, goes mainstream and gets Serious in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

I know that most of you guys are dedicated Windows people, and so am I otherwise how could I skin , which I will admit is something I really have relegated to my list of favourite hobbies, and am starting to realise the potential that the group of Stardock products give one who is involved in Web development and Corporate Image Design, that said I also have a strong affection for Linux, so much so that I am slowly including it in my consulting business as it becomes relevant to my Clients.

Reply to US Demoracy in Politics JoeUser Forums

Messy Buu, are you saying that in your mind at least any country that is communist is automatically to be considered an enemy, I mean come on, do you realy believe that anyone with a different political view point to the philisophy of your government is an enemy. Get real my friend. As for Arabs, I doubt that anyone would deny the fact that they too are to blame for many conflicts in the middle east. I would also like to state that in this day and age it is hard to imagin that

Reply to US Demoracy in Politics JoeUser Forums

I forgot to mention that this was the same member of parliment that refered to our current Prime Minister John Howard as a arselicker, the arse being liched was that of George Bush Jnr. Australians too do not take shit especially from those who have no right to come into our country and tell us how to govern it, it dosen't work here, no matter what the threat.

Reply to US Demoracy in Politics JoeUser Forums

Mess Buu, you have a strange idea of what is morally right, I'm sorry but, the US has no right to try and exert any pressure over the possible outcome of an election in another country, no matter how you want to look at it, and not too many countries try this sought of behaviour, and it is the same as taking over a country as you are imposing your will on that country. The US needs to get over its fear of communism, of course this fear is built out of a fear of an ideology which may challenge t

Reply to US Demoracy in Politics JoeUser Forums

The Arabs who terroise Israel are the one who have had their country stolen, lively hood destroyed, families murded, and homeland divided to a point that it is impossible to even grow food, or get to work, what did they do to Israel, nothing except live where the Israelies wanted to, and while we are on this subject, it is worth mentioning that every single proposal for peace made by the arab states in relation to Israels position in the Middle East ha

Reply to The Capture of Saddam Hussein - A Non American Perspective in Politics JoeUser Forums

Interesting and very good article, in relation to one of Anthony R's comment, re where these WMDs were made and who the suppliers where, true about Russia, France and Germany, although relative late commers, however you seem to have selective memory here Anthony, the biggest supplier of arms and aid to Iraq was in fact the US, and maybe when you show photos of leaders visiting Iraq, you be a little bit more honest and Include Donald Rumsfeld, for a start, who practially lived over there. I did t