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  • #151
    Originally posted by SlowwHand
    Why doesn't an American start a "Do You, As An American Citizen, Really Give A Damn What The Rest Of The World Thinks?" poll.

    Because if an American started that poll there would only be one button - no...

    ... well maybe a Bannana & No option too
    Unfairly Banned at Civfanatics twice...
    To protest the war I am using the UN Flag - Howard has said most Australians are for the war so clearly I am not an Aussie.

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    • #152
      Are you kiddin?! There's a grassroots movement afoot to replace our current national anthem WITH "The sound of music!"

      -=Vel=-
      The list of published books grows. If you're curious to see what sort of stories I weave out, head to Amazon.com and do an author search for "Christopher Hartpence." Help support Candle'Bre, a game created by gamers FOR gamers. All proceeds from my published works go directly to the project.

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      • #153
        I know you're strange, but you can't be that strange.
        “Now we declare… that the law-making power or the first and real effective source of law is the people or the body of citizens or the prevailing part of the people according to its election or its will expressed in general convention by vote, commanding or deciding that something be done or omitted in regard to human civil acts under penalty or temporal punishment….” (Marsilius of Padua, „Defensor Pacis“, AD 1324)

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        • #154
          I'd start it, but that low-down ferret RAH would kill it.
          You know how he is.
          Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
          "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
          He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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          • #155
            Hersh....thankfully, you are correct, sir!

            -=Vel=-
            Last edited by Velociryx; July 9, 2003, 12:40.
            The list of published books grows. If you're curious to see what sort of stories I weave out, head to Amazon.com and do an author search for "Christopher Hartpence." Help support Candle'Bre, a game created by gamers FOR gamers. All proceeds from my published works go directly to the project.

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            • #156
              I'd bet French toursim is down to the US too, Dan.

              Not as much. American tourism is down to France by about 25% this summer. French tourism to the US is down by less than 10%, IIRC.

              I wonder why they thought Woody Allen would things?

              Actually, it's not such a bad thought. Their most lucrative market is rich New Yorkers and the like. Anecdotal evidence from a family of a friend in New York suggests that French wine is taking a huge hit, for instance. And New York isn't normally your bastion of warmongering.

              It's incredibly easy to find one among Americans abroad.

              Those are just comparisons, not criticisms!

              You encounter amazing things when you are in a foreign land and try to talk in a seemingly common, but unliked language.

              France makes a lot of money on tourism. It would make good business sense for them to be a lot friendlier.

              Also, let's just say that there's a history regarding Estonia and Russia that is decidedly unfriendly and recent. This is not the case with France and the Anglophone countries.
              Last edited by DanS; July 9, 2003, 12:03.
              I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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              • #157
                Originally posted by DanS
                Those are just comparisons, not criticisms!
                How about comparison-based criticisms.

                The one about the bread still cracks me up.
                “Now we declare… that the law-making power or the first and real effective source of law is the people or the body of citizens or the prevailing part of the people according to its election or its will expressed in general convention by vote, commanding or deciding that something be done or omitted in regard to human civil acts under penalty or temporal punishment….” (Marsilius of Padua, „Defensor Pacis“, AD 1324)

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                • #158
                  The bread?
                  I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                  • #159
                    Originally posted by DanS
                    The bread?
                    I think I mentioned this in one of the food threads. At a seminar here, a yank was preaching the virtues of capitalism (think it was about shop opening hours). Out of millions of goods, he had to make the example that he can get 30 or so different kinds of bread at some store somewhere.
                    “Now we declare… that the law-making power or the first and real effective source of law is the people or the body of citizens or the prevailing part of the people according to its election or its will expressed in general convention by vote, commanding or deciding that something be done or omitted in regard to human civil acts under penalty or temporal punishment….” (Marsilius of Padua, „Defensor Pacis“, AD 1324)

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                    • #160
                      Originally posted by Velociryx
                      Now Hersh....why would Americans be abroad. We know nobody likes us anyway....

                      Sir Ralph....that's a good story....very illustrative of the point (not to mention, how ironic! After discovering that you weren't Russian after all, THEN they break out the Russian language....)

                      -=Vel=-
                      That's Estonians for ya
                      Originally posted by Serb:Please, remind me, how exactly and when exactly, Russia bullied its neighbors?
                      Originally posted by Ted Striker:Go Serb !
                      Originally posted by Pekka:If it was possible to capture the essentials of Sepultura in a dildo, I'd attach it to a bicycle and ride it up your azzes.

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                      • #161
                        At a seminar here, a yank was preaching the virtues of capitalism (think it was about shop opening hours). Out of millions of goods, he had to make the example that he can get 30 or so different kinds of bread at some store somewhere.

                        You should have pointed out that his example was absurd in most parts of Europe. As for store hours, well...
                        I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                        • #162
                          Originally posted by DanS

                          You should have pointed out that his example was absurd in most parts of Europe.
                          I did. And it's particularly absurd for Austria with its obession to create ever new breads.

                          "As for store hours, well... "

                          Well you know my opinion, scrap those rules. It just won't change much. Most shops don't even fully use the current hours.
                          “Now we declare… that the law-making power or the first and real effective source of law is the people or the body of citizens or the prevailing part of the people according to its election or its will expressed in general convention by vote, commanding or deciding that something be done or omitted in regard to human civil acts under penalty or temporal punishment….” (Marsilius of Padua, „Defensor Pacis“, AD 1324)

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                          • #163
                            Originally posted by HershOstropoler


                            I did. And it's particularly absurd for Austria with its obession to create ever new breads.

                            "As for store hours, well... "

                            Well you know my opinion, scrap those rules. It just won't change much. Most shops don't even fully use the current hours.
                            Government limiting store hours is ridiculous - I live in Adelaide where we have limits but am originally from Melbourne in Melbourne most stores are open 24 / 7 its really great.
                            Unfairly Banned at Civfanatics twice...
                            To protest the war I am using the UN Flag - Howard has said most Australians are for the war so clearly I am not an Aussie.

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                            • #164
                              Well you know my opinion, scrap those rules.

                              Well, you're a liberal. Would you expect the majority of Austrians to support that?

                              It just won't change much. Most shops don't even fully use the current hours.

                              That's true, and it's precisely why it should be changed. There might be a small minority of shops that would find it profitable to stay open late (besides liquor stores ).
                              I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                              • #165
                                All we have to do is make more kinds of bread for everyone and all the worlds problems would be solved.
                                I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
                                - Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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