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BruceVC

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  1. No this was just an example ..but don't kid yourself cheating on your partner in this way using this type of website and opportunities can lead to many bad things....its not always harmless Check this story, I knew the guy who was killed http://ewn.co.za/2014/03/26/Accused-confesses-to-Dustin-Bloms-murder http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/ex-stripper-held-for-montecasino-murder-1.1582682#.VdeEBfmqoqM
  2. But to not approve of moral choices people make doesn't have anything to do with it with being your business For example someone who hits his wife isn't really your business but you wouldn't approve right ? This is just about your opinion I never made an statement about morality or physical violence. "Cheating" isn't an area that I think is relevant to anyone concerned but those in relationships with those involved and the legal system (if needed) and any deities that might exist and/or care about that sort of thing. Yes, yes I was just using the physical violence as an example I misunderstood you, I thought you were saying you don't have an opinion on people who cheat on there partners as its not your business. I was then trying to explain, and clearly failing horribly, that you can still have an opinion on things that aren't your business
  3. But to not approve of moral choices people make doesn't have anything to do with it with being your business For example someone who hits his wife isn't really your business but you wouldn't approve right ? This is just about your opinion
  4. Well thats been one response but its highly unlikely these kids have seen there parents raping people ? Show me where I said anything about their parents. Well thats been one response but its highly unlikely these kids have seen there parents raping people ? Show me where I said anything about their parents. Oh I see..my bad I doubt kids this age are seeing rape in front of them but I see your point. I assumed you meant there parents because thats what other people are saying
  5. Well, well, well. Looks like we got ourselves a cheater-lover here now. We don't take your kind kindly here. " a cheater-lover " ... thats funny
  6. I hope I am not dragging down the level of decorum on this thread ..I just think sometimes one must take an opportunity when presented
  7. You say you not gay but what has that got to do with us dating, it can be a platonic relationship? Think of everything we have in common...we both like fantasy RPG ? We both like Pizza ? The more I think about it the more sense it makes ....is it because I live in South Africa and you not sure what you will tell your family? Don't worry about that I'll speak to them..I'm in sales so I'm good with people
  8. Voodoo. Well its true we do have people who believe in magic but its called Muti in South Africa
  9. No I am fine with passing judgement on people who cheat on there partners ...its the principle Volo imagine you and I were dating....would you cheat on me
  10. And capitalism is not? If you use the word capitalism to refer to the worst manifestations of the mixed-economy corporatism of today's Western world, then sure. If you use it to refer to an actual free-market system, then no, it would not be those things. Same to you. Corporatocracy and repressive monopolies are possible today because of a large government and its oversized jungle of rules and regulation, not in spite of it. Without regulation companies just get bigger and bigger, and explot their workers more and more. Wages get pushed lower and lower in order to compete, and people can't just buy from a smaller company that does things better because wages have been pushed so low that the only option is the cheaper prices of the giant company that can afford to sell for cheaper. I don't believe that economies should be planned, but I do think there need to be safeguards in place to protect workers and prevent monopolies, but at the same time, essential services such as power and health care should have a public option so everyone can afford it regardless of income or social status. Sure I don't disagree but no one wants that type of Capitalism I also agree that there needs to be a balance between profitability and working conditions but in my country we have a issue where the trade unions have become an aberration and are directly impacting the economic transformation. Our public sector is under huge pressure and many parastatals are dysfunctional but the private sector where I work is profitable and is actually what is keeping the country economically afloat But I do believe you should get paid what you contribute ...an uneducated mine worker despite the hard conditions can't expect a huge salary especially when you consider the global falling commodity prices and the Chinese economic slowdown
  11. Its interesting but people are blaming the " moral state of society " and saying its things like the various TV channels and social media One "commentator " even said its because we teach evolution at schools
  12. Well thats been one response but its highly unlikely these kids have seen there parents raping people ?
  13. I'm about to start my first play through...I'm very excited A hint, when Leliana asks you if she should kill the spy, saying yes makes her a murderqueen later in the game. o Okay and is this a good thing or a bad thing? Depends, do you want to see the world burn? Oh no...I always play the hero
  14. I hear you but I have no sympathy for people who want to cheat on there partners ...rather become single
  15. A group of 8 and 9 year old boys have been arrested for raping a 6 year old girl in South Africa ...anyway its obviously caused much discussion and self reflection as people are asking " how could this happen " ...you won't believe some of the stupid comments But what do you guys think could cause people of this age to do this ?
  16. No you right, you don't need to use your real details ....it is stupid
  17. But its not just for married people
  18. Its a dating website ...you get together for one night stands basically
  19. Yes I would think its obvious that most countries have hybrid systems of socialism and capitalism But why do you think Capitalism is a bad thing? I have explained my definition where it means simply that the private sector is primarily responsible for the growth of the economy ...don't you agree? I hope you respond because you do have a MA in social science
  20. I'm about to start my first play through...I'm very excited A hint, when Leliana asks you if she should kill the spy, saying yes makes her a murderqueen later in the game. Okay and is this a good thing or a bad thing?
  21. I'm about to start my first play through...I'm very excited
  22. The existence of a private sector requires repression and authoritarianism. Edit: Where's my avatar? Well you may see it as repression and authoritarianism but I see it as competition and innovation....and this is one of the foundations that the West achieved historical ascendancy from and contributed towards its success ...free markets my friend, free markets
  23. And capitalism is not? No its not suppose to be, its about the private sector being responsible for the growth of the economy. And parts of the profits made need to be reinvested back into the company to ensure robustness and development Yes some mistakes have been made, like the 2008 financial crisis, but the system works and makes sense
  24. OK, so using the alternative definition social democrat = socialist so your making a distinction earlier is redundant. No one argues he wants a violent overthrow of the government or Stalinist repression. But government is always coercive, so once he establishes a confiscatory level of taxation whoever refuses to pay will still go to prison, just like the guy in my quote (of course he'd need a like minded Congress and I don't see that happening soon, but that seems like a poor argument for electing someone President). I gotta agree with Wrath there. Even if socialism is initially established through democratic means, the violence and human rights abuses will follow sooner or later: Socialism, in its aspiration to manage society top-down, is intrinsically repressive and authoritarian, and from there it's a small step towards totalitarianism - a step that will always be taken as long as it relies on filling its central planning and leadership positions with human beings ("power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely"). And on the practical side of things, socialism's economic theories are based on ideal-world assumptions ("perfect humans"; "greed and rent-seeking don't exist"; "incentives aren't a thing") and wishful thinking ("surely via state-controlled education and media we can program people to behave like that"). They don't work in reality. In reality, prohibiting private citizens from owning means of production and replacing profit-motivated economic activity with bureaucratic central planning, does not bring about a workers' paradise - it brings about scarcity. And in order to keep up the charade, the leaders of such a "democratic socialist" state need someone to blame for that 'unexpected' onset of scarcity and approaching humanitarian crisis - they need conspiracy theories about sabotage by "bourgeoisie elements" and "class enemies", they need to stop people from listening to investigative journalists who report on the scarcity, etc. And in such an environment, laws to end free speech and persecute the opposition practically pass themselves. --- If you're blind to history (with its many socialist experiments that all turned out the same way), then at least learn from current events - all of the above can currently be observed playing out step by step in Venezuela. After having reached scarcity in pretty much all essential goods, they're now at the stage where... opposition politicians are being thrown in jail for trumped-up charges or simply banned from participating in the upcoming election, private homes are being raided by the military for suspicions of "hoarding food items", peaceful university student activists are targeted by prosecutors with allegations of "destabilizing the government", media outlets and journalists are being subjected to systematic "censorship and intimidation", and TV and radio is "now almost entirely dominated by the government and its obligatory announcements". ...and things are headed to get worse from here. This, ladies and gents, is "democratic socialism". --- So: Sorry, but I can't overlook Sander's unabashed support of socialism as some sort of peculiar but charming quirk, or something that I should pretend is just a funny way of saying "liberal" in his case. He calls himself a socialist and really means it, and that matters. Bernie Sander's socialism is like Ron Paul's racist newsletters IMO - it makes someone who'd otherwise be a much needed authentic anti-establishment candidate, unelectable. But Venezuela is a really bad example of a socialist experiment gone wrong...no one in the USA would follow such an extreme system of government
  25. I think that will be very challenging for you. Oh you bad boy...no dinner for you, off to bed !!! Yes you make some good points, another reason is most animals are seen as defenseless as opposed to humans But we shouldn't kid ourselves, in my own country people do live and die in poverty ...so we talking about the type of poverty that leads to death for human beings.For example people die in South Africa from exposure to the elements
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