Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : High Tolerance Plasticity -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Warpfactor who wrote (9495)	10/14/2001 1:29:21 AM
From: whitepine	Respond to of 23153

You might appreciate a reprint of "Clash of Civilizations" that was written by Huntington in '93. sunday-times.co.uk and on the front page there is a link. More food for thought than we could discuss here, but the article is worthy of our time, IMHO.

To: Warpfactor who wrote (9495)	10/14/2001 10:38:34 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23153

And the first time someone finds a reason to screw you over based on an arbitrary reason, you will scream like a stuck pig and howl about fairness and due process and equal protection. Cool ideas as long as they apply to you and nobody else. Some people are more equal than others (extra credit if you can cite the author of that one). You just don't get it...... How about we cancel the passport and drivers license of anyone who exhibits any signs of ethnic prejudice? Is that OK if the "authorities" think it's necessary?

To: Warpfactor who wrote (9495)	10/14/2001 11:27:37 AM
From: kodiak_bull	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23153

The Chinese!!! I never thought I'd say this about the Beijing regime, but you gotta love those guys. What a hoot. I guess there is a place in the world if not for racial profiling, then for national profiling (if you deign to call these various dictatorships and satraps "nations"). In essence, though, it IS the answer. If "Islamic states" (by that I mean the 20 or so nations, many ending in "stan") cannot control their own mad dogs, then the rest of the world will have to shun them. Sorry, no visas, no plane tickets, no access to universities, ski resorts in Europe (well, okay, ski resorts, but you have to come by private jet, your own, or ferry & train). Islamic states and islamic followers wish to live in the 12th century, fine. Let them travel by camel caravan. You gotta love the Chinese approach.