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Originally posted by OurManFlint I just watched the movie "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," and it made my blood really boil to how people can actually want a total free market system. It just goes to show that the people in the high places at buisness don't really have ethics when it comes to making them a profit, and it shows with how much freedom they have to have no ethics.

Don't shade the whole 'free market' because of them.
They are a extreme case (and yes I watched the movie too) at that.
I can understand why you'd want to hate after watching it, it pissed me off too, however take a step back and realize there around thousands of real, ethical businesses out there that don't deserve to be grouped with this this scum.
Thanks to them, we all have Sarbanes-Oxley to deal with to counter these ever happening again.

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Originally posted by Fir3start3r Thanks to them, we all have Sarbanes-Oxley to deal with to counter these ever happening again.

Yeah. Thanks to them we have fucking SOX. It fucking SUX.

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Originally posted by trancaholic Moreover, I'm puzzled as to what makes the riots in France "international"? It seems to me that only one country is involved?

It's outside of the US. You see, it might involve every country on earth, but if the US are part of it it's a "national" matter, and the real important issue to discuss is what the US should do in the situation. If they don't have fuck all to do with it, it's an "international" matter.

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i'd vote philosophy, but i have absolutely no interest in the things you put in the parentheses for it... all the subjects in parentheses that do ineterst me are directly relavant to philosphy... so...

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Originally posted by tathi International Issues is what i find the most interesting, with Religious idiots coming in second

Religious fanatics from Osama to the President of Iran to President Bush seem to be at the forefront of many major International issues of major import.

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Originally posted by DaveSZ Religious fanatics from Osama to the President of Iran to President Bush seem to be at the forefront of many major International issues of major import.

You really would put Bush in with that group? Because Bush goes around and says..Iran should be whipped off the earth, or Iraq should be whipped off the earth huh? Fuckin idiot.

Well Kapaden to be quite honest, maybe Bush isn't a religious FANATIC, but he has in the past he has had "fanatic" tendencies.

IE: "The CRUSADE in Afghanistan".

Are you honestly trying to tell me there aren't people in the White House that would edit shit like that out of the president's speech? Please, Bush appeals to millions of Americans because he is very Christian and suprise, so is a huge portion (if not most) of the United States.


Whether he's a fanatic or not, meh I dont care, but for the leader of the country that posseses: A) The most firepower B) The most political influence and C) The strongest economy D) The sort of "center of the universe"/"Best there is" attitude, you'd think the leader would be a little bit more impartial and conserved about his religious views... Especially when democracy is what he's trying to convey, not 2000 year old bedtime/ghost stories about a jew with brown hair that probably didnt even exist, or if he did, simply wasn't all that special but became a huge icon. (Fun fact: Elvis is the second most recognisable person on earth, only to Jesus, wait wtf, no one's ever seen Jesus! Oh wait, well, Jehova's witnesses have witnessed god... God is jesus according to the trinity, oh wait shit... Jehova's witnesses used white out to get rid of the trinity in their bibles, shit... Nope, guess no one's seen jesus in oh I dunno, 2000 years!)

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