Excerpt From The Economist: Almost Made Me Throw Up On The Go Train.
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Holly_Golightly replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 12:39pm |
 Coolness: 158725 | oh non i don't want to say that it's impossible it's just that it's not a country known for that. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» databoy replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 12:47pm |
 Coolness: 106105 | Originally Posted By TREY
Aerial: sigh... you can't prejudiced the victims of violent crimes like that. Death is not a solution to those that suffers. Humans are resilient. Compassionate murder because they are victims of a crime is as bad as the original violent crime. +100 |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Gamos replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 1:15pm |
 Coolness: 93485 | I knew that rape went on as a tool and part of the spoils of war (duh). I just didnt know to the extent that it went on. I mean, sure, rape is phycologically traumatic, but imagine a girl being raped by ur own father in front of ur mother. Or imagine fucking a hole in the ground with razors in it. Like actually imagine. Like words can't even describe the feeling
And moohk, I really had a tough time understanding what you typed. But, just for the record, globalization, in its truest form and in the form used by The Economist, simply refers to the process of the equalization of prices of inputs, intermediates, factors of productions, and finished goods around the globe. You must be using the term out of context, because you won't find too many economists (or anyone who understands the issue) who thinks that is bad... In fact im pretty sure in the world of economists, it has been pretty much been accepted as a positive occurrence. So, if the Economist didn't take a pro-globalization stance, it wouldn't be called The Economist. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» databoy replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 2:21pm |
| Coolness: 106105 | The problem with economists is that they only care about numbers. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Horus replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 2:21pm |
 Coolness: 40740 | Originally Posted By GAMOS
I knew that rape went on as a tool and part of the spoils of war (duh). I just didnt know to the extent that it went on. I mean, sure, rape is phycologically traumatic, but imagine a girl being raped by ur own father in front of ur mother. Or imagine fucking a hole in the ground with razors in it. Like actually imagine. Like words can't even describe the feeling And moohk, I really had a tough time understanding what you typed. But, just for the record, globalization, in its truest form and in the form used by The Economist, simply refers to the process of the equalization of prices of inputs, intermediates, factors of productions, and finished goods around the globe. You must be using the term out of context, because you won't find too many economists (or anyone who understands the issue) who thinks that is bad... In fact im pretty sure in the world of economists, it has been pretty much been accepted as a positive occurrence. So, if the Economist didn't take a pro-globalization stance, it wouldn't be called The Economist. That in turns means turning people into a commodity. Think about that and go watch Alex Jones' Endgame movie, for an opposing but equally extreme, point of view. Then decide. Oh and I have a degree in Economics and use to read The Economist on a regular basis. We're just ALL about to get raped by international capital, but only figuratively for now. The problem with the atrocities in Africa is this : violence and horrors have a great tendency to trigger a thirst for retaliation among the victims. It does not end. Let's just nuke Africa. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» databoy replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 2:27pm |
| Coolness: 106105 | Originally Posted By HORUS
Let's just nuke Africa. What, AIDS doesnt work fast enough? |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moohk replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 2:58pm |
 Coolness: 69050 | sorry i wasn't clear. hysteria doesn't really make for a succinct critique on capitalist hegemony, does it. sometimes, its just like, if you're not laughing, you're crying, and the line blurs between making a joke and making commentary.. as well it should, i think, however i don't need to be unintelligible. i'm sorry dears, its just a bit painful what goes for 'common sense' .. eg., the overwhelmingly propensity for people to assume western-centric worldwiews as given ... thereby securing (arguably) oppressive theories as 'truest', all the easier to keep the gears greased, and the wheels of colonialism turning..
But, just for the record, globalization, in its truest form and in the form used by The Economist, simply refers to the process of the equalization of prices of inputs, intermediates, factors of productions, and finished goods around the globe. You must be using the term out of context, because you won't find too many economists (or anyone who understands the issue) who thinks that is bad...
oh man.. FYI, "truest form" is NOT = to "how 'the economist' uses the term". i think we probably come from different schools, so to speak, but with all due respect, i ask you to check yourself. its one thing to believe what you think, (or believe that you are thinking), but isn't assuming your dominance kind of arrogant? i think this is what is called 'economic indoctrination', and this is exactly the problem i have with 'the economist'. newsflash: economics is not a unified discipline committed to the neoliberal agenda. claiming that any non-keynesian perspectives about what economy is, could and should be, come from terms used 'out of context' and/or 'misunderstanding' is a pretty cheap rhetorical technique, don't you think? and at best, it oversimplifies economic theory and leaves out the ways in which markets can degrade human well-being, undermine societies, and threaten the planet. "Economic Globalization can be defined as the process of increasing economic integration between two countries, leading to the emergence of a global marketplace or a single world market[1] . Depending on the paradigm, globalization can be viewed as both a positive and a negative phenomenon." [ en.wikipedia.org ] (i don't mean to imply that wikipedia is an omnipotent source for describing 'how things are', and most likely, stalwart proponents of 'the economist' would argue its credibility, just as i argue 'the economist's... point being, more power to better acknowledgment of the diversity and complexity of economic thought, if we really want to think and say anything relevant to real world problems...). when you say i won't 'find too many' competing political/economical analysis, well, i think this is statement is consequence of the effectiveness of neo-liberal agendas, not least of which 'the economist' appears to set out and suceed in achieving... just because things are invisible to you doesn't mean they don't exist. visibility is convenient to a position of privilege, and being blind to the margins/peripheries is a strategy in seeking command of what seems to be true, objective, normal, valid, just or simply topical -- and this is how dominance functions... |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» databoy replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 3:28pm |
| Coolness: 106105 | :o My inner acivist just came in his pants. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Masa replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 3:31pm |
 Coolness: 158760 | Heh, bashing neoliberals on a rave forum will obviously be comforting for those poor people getting raped/killed in Congo :) |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DrGonzo replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 3:31pm |
 Coolness: 265945 | My acid just kicked in |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» JojoBizarre replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 3:32pm |
 Coolness: 294965 | lucky you... |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DrGonzo replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 3:35pm |
| Coolness: 265945 | i'm kidding.. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» databoy replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 3:37pm |
| Coolness: 106105 | Originally Posted By MASA
Heh, bashing neoliberals on a rave forum will obviously be comforting for those poor people getting raped/killed in Congo :) Indirectly, yes. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PonChalice replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 3:41pm |
 Coolness: 76245 | way back in 92.. ish, it was cool for the ravers to alter the Adidas logo so that it would spell acid.
sometime after that, it was said that its better to think about what you believe then to believe what you think. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» JojoBizarre replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 3:42pm |
| Coolness: 294965 | Originally Posted By DRGONZO
i'm kidding.. so do I |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DrGonzo replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 3:45pm |
| Coolness: 265945 | Originally Posted By JOJO_BIZARRE
Originally Posted By DrGonzo
i'm kidding.. so do I I figured as much |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Masa replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 3:46pm |
| Coolness: 158760 | Meh, regardless of The Economist's credibility/political stance, I still think it's nice they're "spreading the news", as it were.
Pon, that's a pretty nice motto there, future roomie! |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PonChalice replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 4:16pm |
| Coolness: 76245 | *acid* |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DrGonzo replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 4:20pm |
| Coolness: 265945 |  |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» JojoBizarre replied on Fri May 9, 2008 @ 4:21pm |
| Coolness: 294965 | acid in black and white! |
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