Nevertheless, if we agree tha the cargo was so valuable than why not deliver 100% of the goods instead of only 50%? After all would it be OK to lose 50% of an uranium shipment from South Africa on each run and then argue that since the stuff is so expensive, it does not really mater as long as there is profit at the end of the trip. If you were to run a company in this way, I guarantee you, you would be out of the job in no time. If working for freeand being in chains every day is not being mistreated on daily basis then you are right. I mean if you get raped by the master once every two weeks that in your way of thinking wouldn't constitute mistreatment on daily basis. Being a little bit depressed in between the rapes somehow escaped your logic I presume?
If you think Germany or Sweden is homogeneous then you have not been to either country lately. Both have a large non-native populations and are still doing rather well. Just to quote some #s: Sweden has 1 million foreign born people out of a population of 9 million. That is more than 10% of the population. How do you like them cookies? Germany: 75 million people and 7 million immigrants = 9 % of the population.
You sound like a fellow from a documentary about Appalachia I watched some time ago. This fella had no front teeth, looked like a homeless bum, his house (if you could call that a house), OK his dwellings looked like some refugee hut and all he was able to present was his admiration for good old USA and his distaste for social programs that "make people weak". Mind you his vocabulary was shall we say not the most sophisticated which was probably due to the high quality education his beloved country bestowed upon him. I have not witnessed this kind of neglect even in the most forgotten parts of Romania. But boy was he proud! In the meantime Newt G. and the district he comes from receives the greatest amount of tax dollars in the country and GWII had cut 1 trillion in taxes for the super rich. Oh yes they need all the help from uncle Sam. So keep being proud and living a third world life in the country where the rich shop for $2 million dildos.
Yes, look at the inner cities where the black folk do not want to apply themselves at education. Yes, look at the inner cities where taking drugs and being in a gang is more important than educating yourself. Yes, look at the inner cities and see black girls getting pregnant. I guess this all the white man's fault. You mention that segregation is still alive and well today? Give an example! Comparing the Nazi's killing million of Jews to the southern whites who enslaved thousands of blacks who are now free is rediculous. IF you think the blacks should keep on complaining about their long dead relatives being enslaved then you are living in the past. It's over dude! Get over it! Grow up! Unless you are Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. Then you can make money off the idea that the black man is still being put down by the almighty white man. Maybe you think we should start up a big museum about Slavery and make a National Slavery Day with fireworks and all! Maybe you are jealous the Jews have a museum and the blacks don't?
You are going over the edge saxon. There is no such thing as a $2 million dildo. Unless you own one, then I guess it's true...
Well, let me open your eyes: http://www.malditopais.com/2007/04/09/beckam-has-given-victoria-a-two-millio-dollar-dildo/ and a direct quote: Victoria already has her own dildo. David Beckam has given his wife, Victoria Adams, a dildo in platinum with diamonds which is 2 million dollars worth. The purchase of sexual toys is very common among the Hollywood stars. Source. Sport.es I think his taxes should be lowered even more. After all, imagine if he could not afford a toy like that. In the meantime, people are living under the bridges .... well since they are collapsing maybe now they reside next to bridges.
Sounds like your hillbilly Appalachian friend has found that true happiness and pride for his country does not involve bribes and material possessions from the government. He is happy with what he has, yet the socialists demand that he have more expensive housing, more expensive education that would do him no good, all at the expense of those that work harder and are more productive. I thought socialists like you believe materialism is bad, or is it just when someone has more stuff than someone else? Less is more. Read and practice the Tao Te Ching. Stuff is overrated, meaningless. I hate stuff. I want less stuff. The less stuff I have, the happier that I am. The more of my stuff that I give to others, the happier that I am. You sound very unhappy and envious of those that you think have more than you do. It sounds like you have too much stuff, saxon22. Give your stuff away to those that you consider that are in need and you will see what I mean, that you will find true happiness. Your true happiness does not come from someone else giving unwillingly to someone else (taxing some people more than others). You have to give to others on your own. It would be good therapy for you to give directly to those that you think are in need, instead of trying to pry it out of someone else's hands. Change your thoughts and change your life. Less is more. You sound like you are looking for a socialist utopia where no one has to work, except for the wealth creators, and your every need is provided for through the magic of higher taxes on the wealthy, because everyone knows the wealthy have more than enough for everyone.
It is not that the urban poor do not want to apply themselves. How do you instill education in a family that only 40 years ago went to substantially lower quality schools, and for generations had been discriminated and abused. As for drugs, you try to live in a fucked up place and see if surviving without some extra help is possible. Also, do not forget who was helping pump narcotics to the US. Since you ae not well read I will give you a hint: CIA. Here is more on the subject: http://www.fas.org/irp/cia/product/cocaine2/south.html As for being in a gang. Again, you try to survive in a hood where the cops do not care and the only way to stay alive is to join a gang. You give those kids substandard education and nothing to do after school and then you are surprised they gangbang and sell drugs. Everybody wants a piece of the pie. The only way fir them is through street business. Also, you would be surprised who constitute the most customers, hint it ain't the folks living in the projects. The pregnancy part. I think it is directly connected to slavery. How can society be different. Since the 1500's when first slaves were brought to the New World the family structure of slaves have been systematically undermined by rapes, selling of family members and abuse. As for segregation, most places in US are segregated. How many places do you know where blacks and whites reside together? Same gos for schools, here is a link: http://www.progressive.org/media_mpfuentes053106 In Philadelphia and Cleveland, 78 percent was black or Hispanic. In Los Angeles, 84 percent. In Baltimore, 88 percent. In New York City, nearly 75 percent. Yes I think that there should also be a museum of slavery so that just like Holocaust, we would never forget what happened to the black people in the USA.