I doubt that very much, any more than anyone who wrote a book must have done a degree in literature first.Uzique wrote:
inobody is inventing any new philosophies without having read the classics at university first. that's all i'm saying.
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but i mean honestly. yall say they are just a tourist attraction. i mean, how much do they cost the tax payer?Uzique wrote:
that very nearly happened, if the media will lead you to believe anything11 Bravo wrote:
why dont they eradicate the royal family bollocks and use that money for education?
crack-squad of student hit-men stopped prince charles and camilla and were gonna MURDER them!
i've already been to several protest marches, so please try againJohnG@lt wrote:
All while you sit in your room playing WoW. CuteUzique wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11959950
what a brutal bunch of hardline, anarchists and young revolutionary marxist terrorists, eh galt?
and all that destruction and rioting behaviour! playing cards in the mud! dancing to dubstep! dressing up in costumes!
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It's been said a million times, they make more than they cost.11 Bravo wrote:
but i mean honestly. yall say they are just a tourist attraction. i mean, how much do they cost the tax payer?Uzique wrote:
that very nearly happened, if the media will lead you to believe anything11 Bravo wrote:
why dont they eradicate the royal family bollocks and use that money for education?
crack-squad of student hit-men stopped prince charles and camilla and were gonna MURDER them!
pretty much every philosophy since the greek era has been based on something before it. that's how human knowledge is structured.Dilbert_X wrote:
I doubt that very much, any more than anyone who wrote a book must have done a degree in literature first.Uzique wrote:
inobody is inventing any new philosophies without having read the classics at university first. that's all i'm saying.
I think you're grossly exaggerating the social value of arts and humanities courses at universities, the departments themselves have negilible value either.
Consider our media.. it's fucking 10x worse on global news. I could have sworn I was looking at a coup attempt last night in London. I figure that they do it to make us feel better at home.Uzique wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11959950
what a brutal bunch of hardline, anarchists and young revolutionary marxist terrorists, eh galt?
and all that destruction and rioting behaviour! playing cards in the mud! dancing to dubstep! dressing up in costumes!
SINISTER INDEED
Nope, read the sun and you get pretty much the same thingKmar wrote:
Consider our media.. it's fucking 10x worse on global news. I could have sworn I was looking at a coup attempt last night in London. I figure that they do it to make us feel better at home.Uzique wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11959950
what a brutal bunch of hardline, anarchists and young revolutionary marxist terrorists, eh galt?
and all that destruction and rioting behaviour! playing cards in the mud! dancing to dubstep! dressing up in costumes!
SINISTER INDEED
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It was to be expected. The police handled everything in the worst possible way, as usual.Kmar wrote:
Over here (on tv) they showed people needing stitches, police laying on the ground
Really? Ones I saw made me embarrassed to be a student, they sounded like idiots. Also there was one guy when asked why he was there, said something to the effect of "I don't really know". He looked much too old to be a student, and looked like he was just there to help start a riot.Kmar wrote:
It was actually quite funny.. they had all of these aftermath shots, but when they interviewed the students they seemed calm and reasonable. I mean, if it was truly out of control then surely they would have been able to catch more on camera. .. more "in the act" stuff. It's suspicious to say the least. Sadly, most people don't tick that kind of media manipulation.
Really, I think it was NBC nightly news. I'll see if it's online.ghettoperson wrote:
Really? Ones I saw made me embarrassed to be a student, they sounded like idiots. Also there was one guy when asked why he was there, said something to the effect of "I don't really know". He looked much too old to be a student, and looked like he was just there to help start a riot.Kmar wrote:
It was actually quite funny.. they had all of these aftermath shots, but when they interviewed the students they seemed calm and reasonable. I mean, if it was truly out of control then surely they would have been able to catch more on camera. .. more "in the act" stuff. It's suspicious to say the least. Sadly, most people don't tick that kind of media manipulation.
Don't worry I believe you, it's just the ones I saw on the BBC were morons. Anyway, as someone who isn't in university to spend all my time at protests, I have to go attend a lecture so I'll pick this up later.Kmar wrote:
Really, I think it was NBC nightly news. I'll see if it's online.ghettoperson wrote:
Really? Ones I saw made me embarrassed to be a student, they sounded like idiots. Also there was one guy when asked why he was there, said something to the effect of "I don't really know". He looked much too old to be a student, and looked like he was just there to help start a riot.Kmar wrote:
It was actually quite funny.. they had all of these aftermath shots, but when they interviewed the students they seemed calm and reasonable. I mean, if it was truly out of control then surely they would have been able to catch more on camera. .. more "in the act" stuff. It's suspicious to say the least. Sadly, most people don't tick that kind of media manipulation.
No, it's not about that. Retirement is a personal responsibility.Uzique wrote:
oh christ turq are you really going to pull that POPULATION CONTROL shit in every single thread?
there's 101 things we can do to prioritize education before we start setting up 'leisure camps' for our elderly
Phase it out basically. And raising taxes sometimes works too.Kmar wrote:
zeek, do you guys pay into your socialized pension all of your adult life like we do? If so how in the hell can turq say just to "scrap it". He might as well just say raise taxes. Same thing.
Which to do effectively would take more then a generation and probably 2. Australia started it in the mid 80s and are still paying lots of pensions.Turquoise wrote:
Phase it out basically. And raising taxes sometimes works too.Kmar wrote:
zeek, do you guys pay into your socialized pension all of your adult life like we do? If so how in the hell can turq say just to "scrap it". He might as well just say raise taxes. Same thing.
Fine. Then just say raise taxes. There is no "miracle money" to be found in scrapping pensions. You're just getting rid of something people have contributed to most of their life. Paying in to social retirement plans are not voluntary. Making someone pay you money work for you whilst getting nothing in return is borderline slavery. Taking someone's financial security when they are entering retirement is about as low as you can get. You're pitting social classes against each other.Turquoise wrote:
Phase it out basically. And raising taxes sometimes works too.Kmar wrote:
zeek, do you guys pay into your socialized pension all of your adult life like we do? If so how in the hell can turq say just to "scrap it". He might as well just say raise taxes. Same thing.
