tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post5731340301673861194..comments2023-12-15T01:18:40.855+11:00Comments on Expat@Large: Sniff Thisexpat@largehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-71551603388879431512010-01-28T00:01:31.146+11:002010-01-28T00:01:31.146+11:00sorry that should read beg them not bed them...sorry that should read beg them not bed them...Lost in Melbournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03197275050826963568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-1842665083547041652010-01-27T23:55:45.912+11:002010-01-27T23:55:45.912+11:00It seems almost comedy to me that ANYONE would kno...It seems almost comedy to me that ANYONE would knowingly spend ANY money in payment for this type of obvious scam product. Imagine being forced to wonder around the place pretending that you actually believed that this piece of crap was actually detecting the presence of explosives. If it wasn't true we would write a sketch about it and bed the monty python guys to reform and do a stage performance of it for the International Comedy Festival...Lost in Melbournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03197275050826963568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-3389255452922036282010-01-25T14:51:31.319+11:002010-01-25T14:51:31.319+11:00DiB: I am just in an anti-religious mood at the mo...DiB: I am just in an anti-religious mood at the moment, for personal reasons. I was referring to what I see in the gullibilty and lack of logic that I see in this puchase as well as in religious beleif and other superstitions. I didn't mean to imply that this was a religious decision, far from it. Sorry if it came across that way.<br /><br />Reading back over the past 5 years, I don't see ANY positive references to religion, so I am not sure what you are referring to there! Unless you think that charity is an exclusive religious trait! In fact its the opposite - the world's largest philanthropists have all been non-believers.<br /><br />But oh YES! Follow The Money! (Even those philanthropist's money!) I have a great book open at the moment: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Game-Old-Empire-Economic-Corruption/dp/1576753956" rel="nofollow">A Game As Old As Empire</a>, which does a terrific job of detailing how the big money in the world cirulates from the rich elite back to the rich elite, while throwing the poor countries in the world into massive debt in the iddle of the cycle with the same money! <br /><br />You'd like it I'm sure. John Perkins (Confessions of an Economic Hitman) writes the introduction.expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-78929851321649261922010-01-25T07:27:15.551+11:002010-01-25T07:27:15.551+11:00And what I mean by the above is simply to follow t...And what I mean by the above is simply to follow the money. It wouldn't surprise me in the least that some muckity-muck (like that Iraqi MG) is getting a kickback on each unit the Iraqis bought.<br /><br />I also don't blame the police on the street, ignorance is bliss. How much formal education do you think those guys have? If it were solely that being raised in a country where belief in a god was ubiquitous you and I would be as ignorant as they are. Are we?dibabearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05160261542703053377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-67875920998631622662010-01-25T07:12:16.332+11:002010-01-25T07:12:16.332+11:00Blaming the belief in God/Allah/whatever is pretty...Blaming the belief in God/Allah/whatever is pretty rich considering other posts you've made. The blame should be on unbridled greed enabled by untold amounts of money being sucked into the space-like vacuum that is Iraq. That greed, much like the investment banking debacle, is due to lots of people just not giving a shit so long as they get their share.<br /><br />You don't need a god to have morals but it helps. Unless that god is money, of course, in which case "the greater good" is simply "the greater greed".dibabearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05160261542703053377noreply@blogger.com