Politics & Stuff

[Rmpr 8,977]

Yeah I meant 'win' in the more traditional way. I could even argue that even if they achieved their objectives they would not have won because they war would not be really over.

Do they want to end it though?

[Yeboii 1,844]

Afghanistan is unwinnable, but it's not Vietnam. In Afghanistan we're talking about 15, 000 troops, 15, 000 civilians, and unknown number of Taliban killed in about 12 years. In Vietnam, it was about 800, 000 fighters killed and millions of civilians the vast majority of whom were also killed in a 12 year period ('63-'75). We're talking the difference between say 50-100K dead and millions.

North Korea is the weirdest country in the world. This is what happens when countries become isolated. They start to listen to their own internal lies only and they forget what's true and what's not ("Did we make that up to scare people o is it true?). You look at South Korea and what a generally very good country that's become and then you look . North Korea is just impoverished, isolated, and ruled by maniacs who would be funny if not for the actual misery they inflict on their people.

Sad to see how you speak of North Korea

[Yeboii 1,844]

The Icelandic president = one of the, if not THE, coolest president in the world

[Rmpr 8,977]

*cough* http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/13128-politics-stuff/?p=619737 *cough*

[Mundaka 243]

Sad to see how you speak of North Korea

How so? He has sympathy for the people...

[Yeboii 1,844]

How so? He has sympathy for the people...

He thinks he knows whats going on in North Korea but he does not. Just because the foreign media wants you to think that North Korea is bad does not mean it is.

[Kieran. 6,317]

[Amblève. 4,995]

@Kieran., my Engels, stop posting stuff that's actually telling us the truth!

[Mundaka 243]

He thinks he knows whats going on in North Korea but he does not. Just because the foreign media wants you to think that North Korea is bad does not mean it is.

I think we have a pretty good idea...

30% of their budget goes into their military

human rights are heavily restricted (no free speech, everything that comes in the media passes the government)

more than 100k political prisoners in inhumane conditions..

nuclear threats

some scuds on their town square

looks like a lovely bunch...

[Yeboii 1,844]

I think we have a pretty good idea...

30% of their budget goes into their military

human rights are heavily restricted (no free speech, everything that comes in the media passes the government)

more than 100k political prisoners in inhumane conditions..

nuclear threats

some scuds on their town square

looks like a lovely bunch...

Haha.. check how much percentage of the USA budget they spend in their military. People like to hate the countries for how they are but fail to see how they became that way. Check Arabia and what Britain did there and check Korea (and more) and what the USA did there...

[Rmpr 8,977]

@Kieran., my Engels, stop posting stuff that's actually telling us the truth!

What if I tell that 96% of all the money in the world is owned by 0.89% of the its population?

EDIT 1: Doing the math (and this is really vague), you get 62 million people owning $164,000,000,000,000.00 or $2,645,161,054.29 per person.

EDIT 2: Doing the reverse, you get 6.938 billion people owning $16,000,000,000,000.00 or $2,306.14 per person.

[Mundaka 243]

Haha.. check how much percentage of the USA budget they spend in their military. People like to hate the countries for how they are but fail to see how they became that way. Check Arabia and what Britain did there and check Korea (and more) and what the USA did there...

That would be 2,5%....

[CHOULO19 24,332]

It's funny how most people so quickly believe that those who oppose them politically are the root of all evil. If you really think there are people who sit around planning the destruction of the world and torture of innocent people just for the heck of it then you really need to cut down on watching cartoons!

[Mundaka 243]

What if I tell that 96% of all the money in the world is owned by 0.89% of the world's population?

And therefor:

Press Summary of Agenda 21

(based on the final text)

On 22 December 1989, the United Nations General Assembly called for a global

meeting that would devise strategies to halt and reverse the effects of

environmental degradation "in the context of increased national and

international efforts to promote sustainable and environmentally sound

development in all countries."

Agenda 21, adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and

Development on 14 June 1992, is the international community's response to that

request. It is a comprehensive programme of action to be implemented "from now

and into the twenty-first century" by Governments, development agencies, United

Nations organizations and independent sector groups in every area where human

(economic) activity affects the environment. The programme should be studied in

conjunction with the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and the

principles for the sustainable management of forests. These were also adopted at

the Conference, known as the Earth Summit, which was held from 3 to 14 June 1992

in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Underlying Agenda 21 is the notion that humanity has reached a defining

moment in its history. We can continue our present policies which serve to

deepen the economic divisions within and between

countries; which increase

poverty, hunger, sickness and illiteracy worldwide; and which are causing the

continued deterioration of the ecosystem on which we depend for life on

Earth.

Or we can change course. We can improve the living standards of those who are

in need. We can better manage and protect the ecosystem and bring about a more

prosperous future for us all. "No nation canachieve this on its own," states

Mr. Maurice Strong, Secretary-General of the Conference, in the preamble to

Agenda 21. "Together we can in a global partnership for sustainable

development."

http://www.unep.org/documents.multilingual/default.asp?documentid=78&articleid=1163

I sure hope we will execute this...

[Mundaka 243]

It's funny how most people so quickly believe that those who oppose them politically are the root of all evil. If you really think there are people who sit around planning the destruction of the world and torture of innocent people just for the heck of it then you really need to cut down on watching cartoons!

So you dont think there's something like terrorism, nuclear treats from iran/n korea,..?