Albert Schweitzer

Damm wobble. The problem is that this here is only verbal communication. You cant see our faces and so you cant realy judge what we mean with our postings. It is human nature then not to trust the others and interpret the worst. But believe me (I can only talk for myself) I am making fun of stereotypes, hey all computer games about Germans are stereotyping and I got no problem playing them (Wolfenstein II). Anyway, I talking to you not as an American but I am talking to Wobble. So stop defending something that does not exist: THE AMERICAN. But since you took this defense-position you see more and more of those (seriously meant)Anti-america threads, because people like silencer finally see that they can get some attention by posting purely provocating stuff. That also ruins some of our discussions with you because out of this derfense-position that you have chosen there is no good talking to you when it comes to realy serious topics cc US. But you must allow people to discuss about soemthing and I am sure a reasonable argument from your side can change our views. By the way. Harvard is not only a law-school!

Assault, you interpreted too much into my question. If you read between the lines: "the army poorly pays anything", then this is not what I meant. But I mean there must be something like adequate career planning. Noone goes into a profession saying: "wait and see what comes", or "I dont like working in an office" (which you also have to do as a soldier).

I have to admit Wobble that when I went to Lake Michigan, where my ount has a holiday house (because she doesnt want to stay in Kenya during the summer, too hot). I was asked by a neighbour if I speak swedish since I came from Switzerland. That is funny somehow, no?

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (KingBeast @ Feb. 11 2002,00:35)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Again I dont understand how bombing a police station or an airport "in retaliation" is going to help those who were killed by terrorists, or how this retaliation is going to stop future terror attacks. Workers in airports and polcie stations are civilians, the Israeli government should not target them for revenge.<span id='postcolor'> The mossad is probably the best Secret-Service in the world. I think they pretty well know what they target. However I do also think that they dont waste a second thought on wheter an attack may cause civilian casualties or not.

Ah, corresponding to your comment we would get the following map! Wobble, dont start exploding again, this is just a funny image, nothing to be taken serious, and not meant to seriously generalise American education

Hey L24A, there is a question that always kept me thinking.. Since you are dutch I suppose we can easily compare it to German /swiss standards. my question is the following: No doubt all of us once dreamed of becoming a soldier, however there are factors that need to be taken into consideration before taking such a professional choice. Do you think, or have you ever forcasted how well you be able to finance your living through a career in the military? I am asking that question because in contrast to some US soldiers most of us Europeans have a very good educational platform (I guess you got something like Abitur, right?), in contrast to many of them we do not choose the military because we dont find anything else. Therefore I am convinced that you could have chose other professions, now what made you so sure about that you will be able to finance your desired Life-quality through a career in your army? Did they promise you a certain career path or...? Or did you just decide: Thats What I wanna do, no matter what it means to me in my civil-life. (Okay maybe I am just dump and you are only doing your obligatory military service)

I want to see him on his knees beggin! ...no let him in will ya, you can throw him out any time he starts anoying you again. Give him a chance. And give us our member back!

Nice, we are getting into the "generalisation" mood again! First of all the suicide-bombings are NOT initiated by the palestine people but by terrorist organisations. Secondly Sharon does not only attack locations in Palestine but also cuts of the palestine people from the "feeding" roads. Barely any Palestine person now has the opportunity to work for his living (since most were employed as cheap labour in Israel, e.g. constructors or mechants etc). On the other hand it has to be clearly said that the last palestine weapon-transport on a ship that was caught by the Israeli was commanded by a admiral from Arafats delegation. There are many hidden things going on. It just made me smile when one week ago the EU decided not to go hand in hand with the US blaming Palestine for recent situation, that day the politicians of the EU clearly stated: we also see a large amount of guilt on the Israeli side. Sharons answer: It is no surprise that this answer comes from Europe where the anti-semitic movement (racism against jews) Â is growing again. Yeah right Sharon. Didnt you know, the Germans secretly won the war and we now have an SS-government in every city, with an SA Headquarter in Brussels and a great emperor in Rome. Sometimes it pisses me off that this is the only answer you get when you start discussing with someone from Isreal (especially if you are German).

Damm, I dont know, but I have the impression that this is more of a "Cold War" thread! Are we gonna compare russian balistic missiles against US balistic missiles next? By the way, at the moment my cousin and me are working on a extrasize handgun that is going to be first one in the world to shoot with nuclear bullets. We are having some trouble though reducing the size of the bullets to an acceptable weight and radius! Our bullets so far

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">why? would them being cheap and available make them function any better?<span id='postcolor'> no, it would mean that the price-value relationship would be considered as the best. Nothing more nothing less. (usually: available = cheap)

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (KingBeast @ Feb. 10 2002,19:06)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">In my opinion, price and availability would factor into the judging of a weapon as being "the best in the world"<span id='postcolor'> As with other products you would look at gobal demand and supply. This gun has conquered the world more than any other gun. However one has to admit that the Kalaschnikows are weapons, and unlike some other countries the USSR had no remorces of selling them toi anyone that was willing to pay for it. Now the result of this weapon-capitalism can be seen in the Gethos of the US(I know they arent Gethos but I dont know a different term for them). There you find tons of Ak's (there those amateurs shorten them in the front to be able to better cover under their clothes or in a car)

Now dont get too specific...man I probably have seen them playing. But they are not world relevant! by the way. TO get back to the topic, how is holland in Ice-hockey? did the US play already? Germany played against Slovenia yesterday. And Austria played, forgot against who though

football is where 22 players run round after the ball and at the end the Germans always win -Gary Lineker-

I know you probably have it in every country but in Germany we got a site where people with a inferiority complex (or superiority) can posts their pictures. Translated this page would be called AM-I-SEXY! I dont know, but this "moral booster" girls dont appear particularly beautiful to me (not at all, maybe in your country they are). Anyway on this "Am I sexy" Site there are now and then acceptable nice girls to be seen. What you need to do as a Site-visitor is to give grades to those girls a grade and then they will know at the end of the day "how sexy" they are considered to be! The adress is "binichsexy.de". Not that I want to show how beautiful german girls can be, but I was surprised to see that a girl like this one is so stupid to publish her picture on such a dumbass site. I could forgive her though!

no! Screw the germans, they are arrogant, allways think they know everything better, the got a bad soccer team, they caused WWII (and WWI), they introduced Communism to Russia, they developed the Protestantism. Their women dont shave their armpits, they initiated the idea of the Nuclear bomb.... they got no sense of humor...and they all smell like Bratwurst Did I forget something? For the people that dont know the MP44

Arafat is in a very difficult situation. There is an old saying that characterises it very well: The more you use of your power, the more you loose it! Arafat has to be careful, he cannot overbend his authority, this would cause his political death (e.g by pressuring palestine terrorist organisations). Unfortunately is this exactly what the Israeli government wants. A different leader than Arafat, probably a more extreme one, would push more global sympathy to the Israeli side, and encourage them to take a "great militay step" into the palestine territory. Worldwide protest would then be less than if a Palestine under Arafats administration would be attacked. (I know a German should shut up, but I feel somehow more sympathy for the palestine people, even though they are terribly stupid in expressing their political wants)

Fact is that none, neither russia nor the US won the medal last olympics. It was the Tscheck republic. Fact is that England (even though 5-1) is in one of the most difficult groups of the whole World-Cup. So all your british pride of having beaten Germany for the first time in Germany means nothing anymore. Now you got to look forward, and there it looks pretty dark. Fact is, that the dutch deserve to play in the world-cup. It is ashame that we have to accept little nonesense countries from the middle East instead. Just because each continent has a certain potential of countries that max-min need to participate.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (L24A @ Feb. 09 2002,19:46)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">All the "royals" should be lined up against a wall and shot <span id='postcolor'> What a touching remark on this occasion. Bravo!<span id='postcolor'> Yap, I agree! An absolute inapropriate comment!

Hah Red Octobre. You might be right, but on the other hand. Do you know how many geologists and other scientists located down there. They have to stay in their Iglus all day long cause it is so damm christ cold. And all they do is once during the day they have to go outside, get the newest figures and control their instruments. Then they walk back in and are damm bored. So all they can do is read books, surf online for barely dressed girls and discuss in stupid fora (plural of forum?)

Nap, I think that was South-America. One of those Mayas or Inka tribes. Dont know exactly cause Indiana Jones hasnt searched for it yet.

I hope so, otherwise this statistic will turn out not to be representative.

Germany is using MIGs (second hand from East Germany! By the way Silencer, Potatoes originate from america....

Ahm. good question! What do you mean? Is this again one of those "I have to know it to stay young" abreviations like thx and 4u? Okay I got it! WHUT = Where have you Turned Transexual (you missed a T though)? Â Oh good question, I did my operation in Asia, I know some good doctors there which have specialised themselves in the area of "silicon for men"! (the continent is called Eurasia not Europe (that is rather a political/historical term)

Havent heard a childish comment like that

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (supah @ Feb. 08 2002,23:21)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Sorry albert u may very well be a famous tropical explorer but ur opinion sucks IMHO. The german build the Tornado together with the italians and the British. It turned out to be the stupid ppl choicein fighter aviation. Unamnoucvarable, UGLY AS SIN, and weak. If 10 tornado's take of from leeuwarden Airbase (which i live near) 4 come back before they even reach the targeting range because of mechanical defects. There are targeting ranges on the frisian islands. The onlyu aircraft which routinly land at leeuwarden cuz they have failures are tornado's. The last 8!!!! aircraft to have crashed there were tornado's. Its crap, it was designed by germans and italians and brits (who have a saving grace for making the EE Lightning, can u spell cooooooooooool) so that opinion dont fly (like the tornado). Â Id have the F-5 any day, at least it resembles a aircraft not a brick like the tornado. (pls note that i have nothing against the germans/italians/british in general i like them allot just ppl qouting that ther nation designs prety planes when the have a monstrosity like the tornado on their consience)<span id='postcolor'> Yeah, I agree, I was more talking about cars though. But since this thread is about planes I need to reply to that (obligatory). The Tornado is not, a hyper-ugly plane. It may not be beautiful, there I agree. But what do you expect when you got an international cooperation! What you can expect is a crossover of different styles. As for the Tornado that would mean Schnitzel with Mozarella and Mint Sauce. What can you expect from that? My comment was rather about: can planes be sexy. And my statement was: Yes, even (or maybe especially) if they dont wear bombs and guns ! Wheter you like German-engineering or not doesnt change much about it! (and eh, the Eurofighter is gonna be goddamm ugly too, be prepared)