Text 11430, 64 rader
Skriven 2013-12-03 19:50:06 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
  Kommentar till text 11423 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
Ärende: Shannon Talley
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Hello Ward!

03 Dec 13 09:43, you wrote to me:

 RC>> BF> That's US capitalism for you. The shit that we now are adopting
 RC>> BF> in Europe as soon as we can.

 RC>> You dont see the pattern in his posts that I do...

 WD> Actually, in a number of areas Björn is right by stating that.

They say that at the Dinner table one doesnt talk religion or politics, why
must we endure **HIS** real world gripes which seem to be infinite?

WE HERE in Fidonet are not at fault for any real or imagined GRIPE he, you or
anyone else might have. Do you disagree?

This is part in parcel why this rift developed anyway, ten years of his
incessant whining about how the USA caused sunspots etc.

 WD> The best example I can think of is the continued downgrading of our
 WD> school systems which used to be of the highest academic levels and now
 WD> pride themselves that at the end of the track they can deliver a whole
 WD> lot of kids that know very little with very few skills but who feel
 WD> good about themselves. It's a trend which I noticed in the mid-70-ies
 WD> when I lectured at US high-schools, the same is now happening here. We
 WD> are creating a generation of idiots that don't know anything and have
 WD> a pill for everything.

and of course all of that is our fault?

Thats the problem with those who get coddled by govt, they cant take
responsibility for their own failures.

 RC>> Do companies in his country exist off of losses and not profit?
 RC>> Inbev a Belgian company bought anheiser Busch, does inbev have a
 RC>> intent to not make a profit, what about EADS, do they exist to not
 RC>> make a profit? What about SAAB?

 WD> You are right there, of course. In Dutch there is a saying which goes
 WD> like "If the smokestack isn't smoking, the company isn't making
 WD> money".

So it must be capitalism?

 RC>> Felten should become a North Korean sex tourist if capitalism
 RC>> offends him so?

 WD> Hey, why the insults again? Janis and I are campaigning against that
 WD> vocabulary, Scott has joined the effort ... there's no need for that
 WD> behaviour.

 WD> Don't like Björn's posts? Then don't read them ...

It wasnt an insult, its the only place he could go to avoid all forms of
capitalism, well maybe Cuba or Iran?

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Ross
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