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    • Communist state

      7 9.33%
    • Representative democracy

      35 46.67%
    • Constitutional monarchy

      7 9.33%
    • Parliamentary republic

      10 13.33%
    • Military dictatorship

      5 6.67%
    • Theocracy

      3 4.00%
    • Totalitarianism

      8 10.67%
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      Quote Originally Posted by Universal Mind View Post
      Kromoh, this is getting to be a very long exercise, and you are making it more and more pointless. Answer my questions and counter my points, or this is just going to be totally absurd. For example, saying that is not what communism is about does not answer why I cannot walk off with your television. You said possessions belong to everybody, so my question is legitimate, and you dodged it. Saying your opinion of me has dropped does not answer whether war is ever justified. Saying that I am just using justifications for war does not explain how the actions I listed are not effective in handling what we are facing. You refuse to explain what a monarch is accountable to other than his own ideology. You are not explaining how the blues, jazz, and rock and roll are worthless cultural phenomena. You are not answering or countering. You are just spewing. Answer my questions and counter my points, or else we are not even having a real debate. What is it going to be? If you want me to, I will just make a list of questions since you are having such a hard time keeping up with the specific issues. I'll tell you what. Let's do that. Answer these questions very directly, as if they were short answer questions on a test. If you will do that, I will continue with this.
      About communism: if you come into my house and take something fro mme, it's considered STEALING since you have your own. If you have the right to steal my TV, nothign stops me fro mstealing yours. Communism doesn't mean lack of laws.
      1. Has any war ever been justified?
      No.

      2. How should the United States handle organizations of terrorists who claim very passionately that they exist for the purpose of making us extinct due partly to our economic and social freedoms and protection of democracy?
      I don't think the US was wrong in invading Iraq at first. Iraq started a war (though it could have been forged by the US), so it's America's right to counterattack. But the soldiers should have lkeft Irq years ago.
      3. Do you see anything positive about the fact that Iraq has a democratic government that allows the people to vote on elected officials, considering the future they now have access to and the fact that they were living under a genocidal, international terrorist, totalitarian regime?
      They were living under a theocracy. The ones who didn't like it moved. What America is doing to Iraq is imposing capitalism.

      4. Under communism, the nation owns all possessions in common. Under that system, why would I not be allowed to walk into your the house any time I feel like it and walk away with your the television, since the house and the television belong to both of us?
      It's not like it belongs to both of us, as I already said. You understood it wrong. The whole of teh country's possessions belongs to the whole of the population. The possessiosn are then divided evenly. each has their own, none has more than the other. If you invaded my house, stole my television, therefore keeping 2 and leaving me with none, you'd be arrested.

      5. Would the house and the television really belong to both of us?
      Each house and each TV belongs to each of you. As I've explaiend above.

      6. In a constitutional monarchy, what is the monarch accountable to when he goes against the constitution, other than a parliament that can be threatened or paid off?
      You're just usign the worst example here. Corruption occurs everywhere, even in your proudly defended democracy. but a large parliament and an effective constitution would prevent it more than democracy prevents corruption.

      7. Why are blues, jazz, rock and roll, country music, speed metal, the disco that the world actually knows about, American architecture, American night club scenes, American cultural diverstity, American literature, American theater, American paintings, and American food dishes worthless culturally?
      Speed metal: don't know what it's about, it's not a world-wide thing as you think. Disco music might have been created y the US but it wasn't promoted by it. The others... It's not like they are worthless, it's just they they are not as worthy as they have been sponsored for. American architecture? Never heard of any. In fact, wooden walls are what make your houses be blown away by tornados. Night clubs, as i said, weren't promoted by America. America's "cultural diversity" only occurs because America has no own indentity, and therefore parasites others' cultures. American literature, never heard of anything slightly famous. American theatre - cannot bear to compete with the French's. Americna paintings? LOL never seen any. American food dishes? Fast-food? Parasited cuisines? Nah.

      A few examples of American culture that is worthful are reggae, the hippie movement, jazz, blues, the 60's rock. Can't deny their value. Unfortunately it seems that you don't even know your own culture.

      8. What is the most successful monarchy in history, and do how were its citizens more benefitted than the current citizens of the United States?
      It's impossible to compare different ages, first off. I don't know the most successful monarchy, as i don't like to compare things that way, nor am I a historian, but I'd say the Portuguese, the Egiptian and the Macedonian. Those are just a few.

      9. How is it not thievery when the government considers everything a person earns to be the property of everybody else?
      It's not property of eveyrbody else. Stop twisting things. That itself makes your argument invalid, but anyway.
      You work for the benefit of society. You are given what's needed to live a healthy, educated life. everyone is given the same amount - the distribution is fair. Your possessions are yours, your neighbour's possessiosn are his, the difference is that the possessions are the same.

      10. Why is American culture celebrated more than any other all over the world (since it sucks so much, according to... Kromoh)?
      Because of America's economical wealth. America sells culture and media. It makes money. They do their best to promote the American crap, because it gives them money. That's why it is so present. And that's why most european countries despise america so much.

      11. Did Japan surrender before the first nuclear attack?

      12. Did Japan surrender before the second nuclear attack?
      They were about to. They weren't given the opportunity. They didn't receive a threat. America just went and bombed Japan. And even though, it doesn't justify a nuclear bomb. Nothing does. You're too much used to your hero image, and thinking the nuclear bomb was not an act of heroism ruins that image. That's why you don't accept it. You don't accept the bad your country has done and still does.


      13. Briefly describe the tax code and corporate regulations of Brazil.
      Briefly? They're capitalist.

      14. Why are Americans able to make capitalism work so well that it is the biggest financial success of all time?
      Because of making money through exploiting other countries. If it were an Olimpic game, America would be analogous to one who cheats.

      15. Why did the American rewriting of the Japanese constitution in 1945 lead to Japan's ranking as the second wealthiest nation in the world in 2008?
      Japan was already a rapidly developing country. The matter is that American statistics deny it. In fact, the war only help Japan down. And in fact, I'd say Japan is only not incredibly wealthier than America because of lack of space.

      16. Do you assume that the success of Japan could not also happen for Iraq, and would you be glad if it did?
      The Japan case was not a success, It was tampering with. Nothing justifies war. Nothing justifies war. Nothing justifies war. Nothing justifies war. Nothing justifies war. Nothing justifies war. Nothing justifies war. Nothing justifies war. Nothing justifies war. Nothing justifies war. Nothing justifies war. Nothing justifies war. Nothing justifies war. Nothing justifies war. Nothing justifies war. Nothing justifies war. (...)
      17. Why do you so strongly believe Americans and Japanese can make capitalism a major financial success but Brazilians can't?
      STOP-BEING-SO-IGNORANT. You don't know anythign about Brazil. You don't. A country's problems are not that simple. As I've said and repeated and repeated and repeated. If they were that simple, Brazil would be 7x more developed than the US. Brazil was exploited, exploited by Portugal, by Spain, by England, by the US, by Holland. Experts say that if Brazil hadn't been exploited, itwould be 7x wealthier than the US. America was lucky not to be. It's a historical thing. You can't solve a country's problems that easily. And you still haven't answered me, do you take geography classes?
      18. Do you admit that Americans have the wealthiest "poor" class in the world?
      The wealthiest, and the most ignorant. The most prejudicial, the most brainwashed. You're supporting war, what else do I have to say?

      19. What does "justificating" mean?
      Justifying, my bad. Turns out English is not my first. Do you happen to know Brazil's official language? I would bet my current clothes you don't. No wikipedia, please


      Remember... direct answers, as if they are on a short answer test that will be graded. Direct answers. Thank you.
      Did my best. Not sure it's enough to confront your ignorance. And you're welcome.
      Last edited by Kromoh; 05-24-2008 at 01:51 AM.
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