BruceVC

Malc it hurts my feelings when you say things like that

Yes he is actually in my top 3 list of " most dysfunctional posters " on these forums And we know what a racist he is so this whole " I care about Bill Cosby because he is a black man just being slandered for being a black man " almost makes me want to vomit its so patently hypocritical coming from him of all people

And I assume you remember how you consider me the most erudite, reasonable, admired and influential person on these forums...I always use to get a little embarrassed by this type of positive attention. But I have come to accept it...who am I to deny people there role models

What exactly was so appaling about a famous guy sleeping with many women? Oh that's right he is black. i'm sure a white south african sees nothing wrong with white guy Sheen doing exactly the same, but god forbid if it's a black guy. Right Mr. Apartheid? No...I'm sorry. I refuse to be believe anyone can be so unaware of what an issue is when people make posts? You think this is about about some " famous guy sleeping with women " or " some black famous guy sleeping with women " ...you think this is about his race? I still can't believe you could be that stupid and uninformed? You must be trolling

That is very interesting, what have you noticed are any subtle side effects from the meningitis ? Maybe just minor effects if any ?

No austerity can be and is effective Its also about countries making structural reforms like reducing government debt, selling assets and reducing bloated staff counts from departments. So by making some difficult but not egregious reforms a country can gets its economy working again. Ireland and Spain are successfully doing it It's not that I necessarily disagree with you, and your point has some merit to it. But I also think it's worth pointing out you've happily revealed your considerable family wealth on this forum: you are, to be frank, loaded. So it's worth considering your robust defence of the status quo in that context. I'd have more respect for you if you'd ever held an opinion you couldn't afford, or if you offered a muscular Gordon Gekko / Randian-style defence of capitalism. Instead you come across as the worst sort of middle class, libtard SJW. I find this post disingenuous and unhelpful for a number of reasons So my family have been " successful " by understanding financial markets. Do we now attack investment bankers and traders because they do well? Lets not drag this discussion down to the lowest common denominator Monte where we only consider the opinions of people relevant who are impoverished or actually don't understand how financial markets work. It reminds me of the OWS (Occupy Wall Street ) movement..." down with the banks and the bankers ". Yet they can offer no viable, realistic or sustainable alternative to the banking system that most countries use and are a critical part of the economy of countries

This is a very good article because it accurately highlights the plight and views of moderate Iranians. And its the moderate Iranians that these negotiations and future with the West resonate the most with. The best part of the article is at the end IMO " I am so, so happy,” she wrote me. “Thank you President Obama. You stopped a war. . . . I hope your people understand it and appreciate it as we do. . . . Now we are a part of the world. " For me most of us want the same thing as members of humanity. We want peace and a prosperous future for our families. So these negotiations are part of those objectives. Yes I can understand the risks and concerns but I still am firmly convinced this is the right decision considering the geo-political reality of the region and what continued sanctions and or a military campaign against Iran would mean To aptly quote John Donne "Each man's death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee "

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/arts/bill-cosby-deposition-reveals-calculated-pursuit-of-young-women-using-fame-drugs-and-deceit.html?_r=0 For those interested more information about the appalling antics of Cosby through the decades

Yeah for me I have found any smoked cheese seems to have an artificial taste, which is unfair because its just smoke that flavors it ? Yet I am not a fan and generally prefer unsmoked cheese which always has that " authentic " cheese taste which I prefer

Direct quote when I was trying to get electricity for my construction site: "Look, since you are young and don't get it: I'd love to sign your permit, but nobody will believe I did it without getting paid off. So since they are going to say it ayway, I might as well take the money, right?" Geez, is it really that bad ? Did this happen to you personally or is this an exaggeration to enforce a point ?

Paul Krugman thinks you are full of it. Yes and I can also name equally credible economists who will agree that austerity can and does work Plus I saw an interview with Krugman on CNN where he discusses this point and his view on Greece's economic future and the impact of austerity is much more complex than just " austerity cannot work for Greece "

Hyperbole anyone? Your post is an egregious exaggeration my fine feathered friend Obama had to deal with a broken USA economy, 2 military ground occupations and loads of global animosity. Obama will be handing over a recovered USA economy, no more military ground occupations, an aerial military campaign and less animosity. Bush trumped him by far

Sure but anything can just be " fun " if you set your expectation bar low For me gaming is about entertainment and fun is just part of that. I would prefer a mature narrative and mature game choices. And mature for me means choices with real consequences, sex, racism, drugs etc. etc.

Yeah that made me laugh, it may seem relevant but the two countries aren't the same

No austerity can be and is effective Its also about countries making structural reforms like reducing government debt, selling assets and reducing bloated staff counts from departments. So by making some difficult but not egregious reforms a country can gets its economy working again. Ireland and Spain are successfully doing it

Okay fair enough so what was the purpose of the referendum and all the other theatrics like the trip to Russia?I think this was just part of the overall brinkmanship to make the Troika think he was serious about leaving the EU and to hopefully get better terms around the loans ? I

The Euro is politically popular in Greece. They want the incompatible combination of no austerity and euro membership, but of the two they apparently prefer Euro membership, something like 70% (?) want to accept the current deal despite it being stupid. That makes it politically untenable for Greece to leave without being (or appearing to be) forced out. Christine Lagarde is neither an armchair economist nor american, and her organisation is saying that they cannot lend to Greece under the current circumstances because the debt is odious and it would be illegal for them to contribute further to that. The European negotiators knew this before making the deal that relies on the IMF contributing. It's not so much disagreement about whether they'll achieve their goal, it's that they know that this deal won't get Greece back on track and that, as it stands, the deal is already dead as they've been told that one of their contributors cannot contribute under the conditions of their deal. Yet they still made the deal saying that the IMF would contribute, presumably not thinking that the IMF would leak then publicly say they won't contribute. That's a refusal to accept reality, it's very easy to insist that Greece must stay if you simply deny reality and decide that everything will work out fine in the end. Zora don't you feel betrayed and disappointed by Tsipras decision to suddenly acquiesce to harsher austerity. He fooled us all and created loads of resentment and consternation between certain member states. I didn't think he would fold so quick, I assumed the new austerity measures would have been much less severe than the Troika ones as I thought he was vindicated by the NO vote .....thats what the Greek people expected, they feel understandably betrayed. I would be seriously angry if I was Greek

I would only consider a game mature if I can see full porn scenes during my Romance options...it should be realistic

Yeah....the only issue is I know you guys aren't representing my view properly....you don't agree with it you find it funny. But when I read it I can't help laughing as well ...my various lines do sound funny and contradictory

How did it come across as "painfully obvious" to you, out of curiosity? To be honest most people wouldn't know that answer as most people dont need to focus on grammar once they leave school Also Amentep gave a very complex response to what should have been a simple answer...when people know something they normally respond in 2 lines or so But I'm not attacking him, he is a nice guy and genuinely helps people understand things if asked

Barti I didn't mean to sound rude to KP but the reality is I dont have the interest to try to convince someone they need to debate with me KP was wrong about Greece and I explained why ..,...his whole argument about the Greeks not having the economic resources to stick to austerity was proven false when Tsipras agreed to his own harsher austerity. Its not that my point proved KP wrong ,,,the Greeks did this themselves Yet he still refuses to see this ...I can't do anymore about such intransigence. And then he has the cheek to say " he cant debate with me because I'm a troll...."

I didn't ask for any of this gobbledygook! Just tell me if I was right, darn you! I can't even remember what a preposition or a predicate bloody well are...American education, I tell you...(or rather, how I completely and utterly failed to learn anything from it, particularly on this subject, ). (Unrelated: did you know that gobbledygook had a "d" in it? I sure didn't before Googling how to spell it!) I think so, the last sentence is a bit tricky but I think you were right on it. But English isn't my forte and I'm going on a lot of memory here (with a few glances over a grammar website). Yeah that was painfully obvious...you would have made things much easier if you just said like me " I'm not great on grammar" Remember you are still very good at using logic and appealing to a persons conscience to get them to admit they wrong....its that forum voodoo magic you use so skillfully

So whats interesting is there are places where correct grammar is important. For example my dad comes from an era where people had to learn to speak and pronounce English words correctly. He use to correct us when we were growing up and it was annoying albeit well meaning So I had this expectation to not say certain words throughout school and then apartheid ended and suddenly I realized that for 80 % of my country English wasn't even there first language....suddenly pronunciation become irrelevant and it was just sincere communication..and thats what still matters to me I do loads of documentation at work but I use spell check so I don't manually check my work

I didn't ask for any of this gobbledygook! Just tell me if I was right, darn you! I can't even remember what a preposition or a predicate bloody well are...American education, I tell you...(or rather, how I completely and utterly failed to learn anything from it, particularly on this subject, ). (Unrelated: did you know that gobbledygook had a "d" in it? I sure didn't before Googling how to spell it!) Barti I have a secret to tell you " no one really cares about your aptness in grammar or your usage of words " because as long you can be understood thats all people should expect I actually get annoyed when people have such a sense of superciliousness to correct a strangers grammar on a gaming website ...come on those people must get a real hobby

I'm sorry if I am coming across as lecturing you, I know this must be annoying Just forget its me saying it and take it constructively. It's not that so much as it's completely nonsensical to use that, a move that confounded almost everyone and was the reason for the departure of the deputy finance minister, as proof to support your opinion. This is on top of you saying that unemployment and standard of living, things austerity usually negatively affects, have no bearing on the success of austerity. I'm going to be honest, I'm almost positive you're a troll and that discussing anything with you is a waste of my time. I think I'm finally going to allow myself to be influenced by those foul anti-west cretiuns Zor and numbers and just start ignoring you from here on out. Sure, you can do that. You will just be denying yourself a different and relevant insight But I understand my view is intimidating and some people hide behind the point '" you a troll ...I am going to ignore you " ( yet most people never seem to ignore me ) because they don't like being proven wrong I cant help you with your confidence and how to take constructive criticism. Thats on you