Re: Semester 1 Chatter Thread
Nebuchanezzar said:
I don't expect any of you to really be swayed. After all - it's ANZAC Day. It's taboo.
And no-one's yet be pwned. Once again - taboo. I can't expect too much from Australians. :rofl:
Ok, this is how things work. If the majority of people believe that someone is pwned, then obviously, they are pwned. The majority of people posting on this thread are (again) laughing at you. I wonder who's pwned?
Yes, because it's shadowing the more important stuff.
So there's a rule that says you have to dedicate 24 hours exactly to grief. Then do as you please, guyz. Once again, ANZAC day isn't dedicated to thinking about the horrors of war. It's also dedicated to the celebration of Australian spirit and culture. A day can serve two purposes.
Do you use one computer to listen to music, another to go on the internet, another to do assignments and another one to play games? Or do you combine a few elements into one.
And of Stazi's generalisations?
My generalisations often are preceded with 'generally speaking' or something of that nature. Also, they're logical, rather than illogical.
lol. Interestingly, the poorest countries on earth are the least happy. There's no correlation.
Bhutan? One of the happiest nations in the world, and also one of the poorest. Do you think that under communism the poorest countries will stop being poor? If their markets are closed and everything is done 'in-house', nothing changes (with the exception of a lack of FDI, and thus foreign income flows).
And capitalism also increases average incomes: look at China. Communism = a lot of unhappiness, poverty and depression. Fear of the government also exists. Progressive liberalisation = higher GDP/capita = more purchasing power = more access to resources, etc.
But the redistrubution of wealth will be much better for all. I honestly don't know where this economy>all argument came from. I hope it dies one day.
Who is it better for? It's not better than people who are earning more than the average (which is 50% of the population). It won't even be better for probably another 25% of the population, as their income will also decline due to higher taxes and lower industry.
Poor argument. What incentive is there for the Smiths of this world to go out and clean toilets all day? They still do it, don't they?
The incentive for them is their paycheck. They are likely not educated, and don't have much work experience. This is the most logical way for them to make money.
My argument isn't poor. If you are earning $50k/year, are you going to work 12 hours/day, 7 days/week in the pursuit of money and creating an empire? An empire that will create an insane number of new jobs and bring money into Australia? Wouldn't you slack off. Hell, there's loads of articles talking about reward and effort being correlated.
Yeah once again that last sentence is totally untrue for communism so lol. And I don't see any problem with paying more taxes for increased services, nor do most people apparently, so lol more.
Why isn't it true? Did you grow up under a communist system? My grandfather and father worked with many such workers. They put in a lot of work, whilst other people didn't give a shit. If everyone is paid the average wage, why wouldn't the alcoholic get the average wage?
I'm sorry...did you miss the results of the last election?
No...We don't have much of an Aussie Battler anymore with high incomes per capita and purchasing power parity compared to other nations.
Perhaps you could have talked to my late Uncle Noel who first got me on to these ideas? Nice try. :rofl:
Yeah maybe I should. I shouldn't have made the generalisation but I would guess that the
majority of diggers like ANZAC day. Did your late Uncle Noel also get you onto the communism ideas?
