(Even) Turkey abolishes the death penalty!

[MarkG]

Watch me halt production of Canadian currency for 10 years and watch its value skyrocket!

something tells me this wouldnt very good for the canadian economy

unlike the european economy which has not self-destructed in order to have a currency with a good dollar rate

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by MrFun
Damn it -- I provided a post, and then a swarm of other posts come afterwards.

Who the hell wants facts and figures and logic?

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Asher

paiktis, this thread is about the death penalty.

not according to you in your first posts

good to see you say this now (muffles laughter )

I tell Markos that the US doesn't care what the world thinks about it.
Suddenly you're throwing out arguments about Iraq and about how the US cares about what the world thinks about that...

you said the US doesnt care what the world thinks asher.

Is that the only way you can get "slam dunks"? Taking things out of context and arguing symantics until you "win"?

that's one way yes. with you though i didnt need to.

You really think that the fact that the US has the death penalty is going to realistically affect their foreign relations?

Only in a very minor way. in respect that the public image of a country affects its ability to receive help or not. like ive already said about a bazilion times before.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by MarkG

Watch me halt production of Canadian currency for 10 years and watch its value skyrocket!

something tells me this wouldnt very good for the canadian economy

unlike the european economy which has not self-destructed in order to have a currency with a good dollar rate

Don't all the countries in the EU also have their own currency?

What is the point of having two?

[Asher]

Originally posted by MarkG
something tells me this wouldnt very good for the canadian economy

unlike the european economy which has not self-destructed in order to have a currency with a good dollar rate

It's not as simple as that, Marky.
Comparing currency rates is something many people love to do, but it rarely has any true bearing on how powerful a country is.

It has to do with how they manage their currency and inflation more than anything else.

But I really do appreciate how you tried to use it in a fairly serious argument. It was great for a chuckle.

[MarkG]

I bet the people wrongly sentenced and executed is lower than you think.

i remember seeing a report of being as high as 1 out of 7

[MarkG]

Don't all the countries in the EU also have their own currency?

not since january 1st, 2002
check the news

[Jon Miller]

Go Asher

Go Asher

Woohoo

Jon Miller
(he is doing such a good job, I don't need to do anything)

[Asher]

Originally posted by paiktis22
not according to you in your first posts

good to see you say this now (muffles laughter )

My first posts were shots at Mark for his anti-American inferiority complex. Nothing close to foreign relations.

you said the US doesnt care what the world does asher.

In response to comments about...
guess
comon guess
ah, yes...
the death penalty.

paiktis, you should stick to making jokes.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Asher

Your post was too logical and well thought out to be on Poly. You should know better.

Oh -- damn. I forgot what website I was on.

That might also explain why Mark has not replied to it -- it's too rational for him.

[Bereta_Eder]

about Eu.

well it certaintly kicks Canada's ass but we already know that.


in economic termsits begger thanthe US and has won against the US in WTO in more cases of global trade than i can count.

so its not "nothing"

the only difference is that it doesnt have its scryscrapers blown out of the sky and it doesn have an army. yet.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by MarkG

I bet the people wrongly sentenced and executed is lower than you think.

i remember seeing a report of being as high as 1 out of 7

Well I remember seeing a report that all Greeks are really hairy.

Of course I don't know if it's true or not but it is a little far fetched.

So is 1 in 7. Which I'm sure came from an anti-DP group.

I could find a report from a pro-DP group that says none of the people executed was innocent.

I wouldn't believe that either.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by MarkG

I bet the people wrongly sentenced and executed is lower than you think.

i remember seeing a report of being as high as 1 out of 7

I know of only a couple of wrongly executed. There is no way it could be 1 ou of 7 (maybe for sentenced, but for a long while the government had not killed a innocent person for many decades).

Jon Miller
(I know Asher does not need my help on this, but I decided to reply to ignorance)

[Asher]

Originally posted by paiktis22
about Eu.

well it certaintly kicks Canada's ass but we already know that.

Canada never wanted to be a powerhouse.
See KH's quote on "Stealth Nation Technology".

in economic termsits begger thanthe US and has won against the US in WTO in more cases of global trade than i can count.

so its not "nothing"

Canada has won many WTO cases against the US too. Naturally we are bigger and better.

And last time I checked, the GDP of the US/EU were comparable.

the only difference is that it doesnt have its scryscrapers blown out of the sky and it doesn have an army. yet.

So in other words, the only difference is the EU is too new to have real enemies and also to new to have a real army.

Remind me as to the point of your argument again...

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Asher

My first posts were shots at Mark for his anti-American inferiority complex. Nothing close to foreign relations.

then you shouldnt have defended them.

In response to comments about...
guess
comon guess
ah, yes...
the death penalty.

you said the US doesn care what the world thinks. point.

paiktis, you should stick to making jokes.

i actually should have, because you dont help me sharpen my intelect much, despite having your masters cheering you on like a glatiator in the roman arena