17 Aug 07
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Originally posted by FMFRajk999:
[b]I don't believe you, quite frankly. I've read many of your posts on this forum and you don't come across as a person with broad horizons. ---- as a misanthropic idealogue who harps on about the same things all the time.
Please don't let this escapee from Cirque de Soleil off so easily. I (and am sure many many others) find your outing him far to humorous. Especially after what he said about you and always playing the "wiser than most" role, always absent of substance.
Your challenge was:
*So describe the Cuban food .
*Describe the airport - the immigration area.
*How did you get from the airport to the hotel?
*Describe downtown Havana.
I suggest he describe the airport, afterwards you can have the immigration area! This is the most entertaining bit I have ever seen on this site!!!! 😀
(edit to correct a couple of typos)
17 Aug 07
Originally posted by AThousandYoungMr. AThousandYoung:
Atheism did not result from Marxism. Where did you get that idea?
You are being far too clever!
Your reading comprehension is surely better than you are pretending, as you are a Berkley graduate.
The post you quote was obviously speaking to atheisms dominant status in USSR....not the whole world. If you are honest about your mis-understanding (which I doubt) of that post, re-read.
17 Aug 07
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Originally posted by MacSwainI read what people write, not what they "obviously meant". Trying to read peoples' minds just interferes with communication. Language is precise enough, and our psychic powers weak enough that it's best just to look at what was actually said.
Mr. AThousandYoung:
You are being far too clever!
Your reading comprehension is surely better than you are pretending, as you are a Berkley graduate.
The post you quote was obviously speaking to atheisms dominant status in USSR....not the whole world. If you are honest about your mis-understanding (which I doubt) of that post, re-read.
17 Aug 07
I realize this thread is to discuss atheisms' impact on USSR down-fall. However, it seems "Fidel" Chavez has crept in, so..a bit of info.
Jose Guerra, former director of economic policy at Venezuela's central bank, in comments broadcast by Globovision.
The currency fell 2.7 percent to 4,550 bolivars per dollar in the parallel market, where Venezuelans turn when they can't get permission from the government to buy dollars at the official exchange rate of 2,150, where it has been pegged since 2005.
The bolivar is down 25 percent since the beginning of the year in the parallel market.
17 Aug 07
Originally posted by AThousandYoungI'm sorry (tongue in cheek, since you do not read minds or detect subtlety) you did not read this thread title is:
I read what people write, not what they "obviously meant". Trying to read peoples' minds just interferes with communication. Language is precise enough, and our psychic powers weak enough that it's best just to look at what was actually said.
Did atheism destroy the USSR?
17 Aug 07
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Originally posted by MacSwainYou're the psychic here. You wrote
Don't know...why not ask the person who posted that statement?
The post you quote was obviously speaking to atheisms dominant status in USSR
Clearly, you understand that comment better than I do, and the poster isn't chiming in on this discussion.
17 Aug 07
Originally posted by MacSwainYeah ... he set himself up for it. I had a good laugh myself.
Rajk999:
Please don't let this escapee from Cirque de Soleil off so easily. I (and am sure many many others) find your outing him far to humorous. Especially after what he said about you and always playing the "wiser than most" role, always absent of substance.
Your challenge was:
*So describe the Cuban food .
*Describe the airport - the immigration ...[text shortened]... ntertaining bit I have ever seen on this site!!!! 😀
(edit to correct a couple of typos)
I dont think he will describe anything yet. He is probably trying to do some research on those travel websites to find out more about Cuba.
And I aint wiser than anyone. I just cant stand people defending communists or religious extremists.
18 Aug 07
Originally posted by Rajk999What did I set myself up for? What happened to me? WHy did you laugh? I am puzzled by all this. I read a couple of posts and realized that you're yet another of these daft idealogues that poison the RHP forum. So I made a sacrcastic exit and then I now see all these ludicrous posts about how I was "outed" and "set up". What on earth are you jabbering on about?
Yeah ... he set himself up for it. I had a good laugh myself.
I dont think he will describe anything yet. He is probably trying to do some research on those travel websites to find out more about Cuba.
And I aint wiser than anyone. I just cant stand people defending communists or religious extremists.
18 Aug 07
Originally posted by whodeyNo, uniformity killed it. When creativity is killed in children in the interest of uniformity, so are problem-solving skills. Eventually you end up with adults who were educated in a way that excluded the ability to solve simple problems. Example: You have a large number of returning soldiers and nothing for them to do. They become unemployed or drunk or both. You have roads that are so crappy that you can feed your entire nation except you can't get the produce to the cities. Hey -- why not hire the unemployed to build roads? No -- working that out or even coming up with that or any other solution would require creativity, which was banned.
This question makes about as much sense as others on this forum.
Discuss.
Just my two cents as an outsider...
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18 Aug 07
Originally posted by FMFYou're not well are you? Firstly, you label anyone that disagrees with your opinion as a "daft idealogue" or something similar rather than engage them in the debate. Clearly a tactic to get you off the hook. You never seem to finish a debate or discussion on any thread you engage in. Questions that are posed to you in a debate are left unanswered. You could at least give your opinion. Then you refer to "all these posts" about how you were outed. I see only one maybe two posts that have the word "out" in it in reference to you and those only made because once again you flee from a debate in midstream.
What did I set myself up for? What happened to me? WHy did you laugh? I am puzzled by all this. I read a couple of posts and realized that you're yet another of these daft idealogues that poison the RHP forum. So I made a sacrcastic exit and then I now see all these ludicrous posts about how I was "outed" and "set up". What on earth are you jabbering on about?
You might want to either grow up, grow a pair, or get some professional help.
18 Aug 07
Originally posted by FMFI will tell you. Cuba must be the only country on the planet that is stuck in a time warp. The first thing you notice when you land and when you walk through the airport and when you take a taxi to the hotel and when you get to Havana is the feeling that you are in an old 1940s movie.
What did I set myself up for? What happened to me? WHy did you laugh? I am puzzled by all this. I read a couple of posts and realized that you're yet another of these daft idealogues that poison the RHP forum. So I made a sacrcastic exit and then I now see all these ludicrous posts about how I was "outed" and "set up". What on earth are you jabbering on about?
So why dont we forget all that and get back into the discussion about why communism failed.
18 Aug 07
Originally posted by FMFI will tell you. Cuba must be the only country on the planet that is stuck in a time warp. The first thing you notice when you land and when you walk through the airport and when you take a taxi to the hotel and when you get to Havana is the feeling that you are in an old 1940s movie.
What did I set myself up for? What happened to me? WHy did you laugh? I am puzzled by all this. I read a couple of posts and realized that you're yet another of these daft idealogues that poison the RHP forum. So I made a sacrcastic exit and then I now see all these ludicrous posts about how I was "outed" and "set up". What on earth are you jabbering on about?
So why dont we forget all that and get back into the discussion about why communism failed.