en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1987633 Comments by ulmflb http://listverse.com/2010/12/28/10-unforgettable-stories-history-forgot#IDComment118510001 Yes, I miss Randall too... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:15:21 +0000 http://listverse.com/2010/12/28/10-unforgettable-stories-history-forgot#IDComment118510001 http://listverse.com/2010/12/24/top-10-greatest-benefits-of-capitalism#IDComment117863703 Well, we are communicating in the world wide web, which was developed by the CERN, a public institution. And ARPANET was a military development, paid with tax dollars. The computers and the network equipment you consider to be an example of the benefits of capitalism are the result of governmental led R&D. Its "-ism" is more "social" than "capital" actually! Fri, 24 Dec 2010 21:26:08 +0000 http://listverse.com/2010/12/24/top-10-greatest-benefits-of-capitalism#IDComment117863703 http://listverse.com/2010/12/24/top-10-greatest-benefits-of-capitalism#IDComment117862361 She couldn't make it without hard work. But that is not enough. She needs luck, tons of it. She needed not to get sick. She needed to be in the right country. She needed to find the good scholarship. She needed a lot of things. Nobody can say that Dhoah Thoan is not a hard worker. You can bet that you don't know anyone that work as hard as he does. But he was born in Sudan, and all his hard work can keep his son from starving to death. Pedro Jimenez could have make it, that was a hard working SOB. But he was legally shot by a racist Texan landowner who claimed that he was trespassing when he was crossing the border... I'm not saying that the girl you talked about has no merit and owned everything to luck. I'm not saying that you own everything to luck. But without luck, in the system that you preach for, everything is impossible. Human beings live in society to have a better and more easy life. Solidarity is in human nature. Not wanting to pay taxes to aid people in need, is not being smarter or having a better understanding of the world, it's just being a greedy and selfish bastard. Just see a world map, which countries have the biggest standard of living? The longest and more healthy life? It's easy, it's certainly not in the US. It's in the countries where they pay the biggest taxes! Fri, 24 Dec 2010 21:12:49 +0000 http://listverse.com/2010/12/24/top-10-greatest-benefits-of-capitalism#IDComment117862361 http://listverse.com/2010/12/07/top-10-greatest-mathematicians#IDComment114311275 You sure can explain a lot with culture, but you are omitting history. The Caliphates and Indian Kingdoms that excelled in mathematics were conquered and destroyed by others, less scientifically inclined. Those cultures did not only excelled in mathematics, which was not only a curiosity, but in a lot of other sciences, like medicine, metallurgy, cartography, architecture, etc. We are not sure why the Islamic Golden Age ended and Islamic Science declined but Mongol and Western Invasions sure played a big role. For India, I don't know the history. In both cases, the last 200 years of western imperialism sure didn't help. To consider that some religions are "better" than other seems to me a very dangerous idea. Sure, the Internet was not invented by an Arab, but the reason for this lies more in the fact that his country was destroyed several times and is now controlled by western countries that want its natural resources than in his religion. Tue, 7 Dec 2010 17:23:16 +0000 http://listverse.com/2010/12/07/top-10-greatest-mathematicians#IDComment114311275 http://listverse.com/2010/11/28/8-potentially-world-ending-nuclear-scares#IDComment112765260 "easily capture their silos"... Are you aware that Chuck Norris is not a member of the US armed forces? Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:12:59 +0000 http://listverse.com/2010/11/28/8-potentially-world-ending-nuclear-scares#IDComment112765260 http://listverse.com/2010/11/23/top-10-shocking-historical-beliefs-and-practices#IDComment111831749 The term "race" is very problematic because it doesn't have an exact definition, and imprecision is an enemy of science. It also has very negative connotations, as anyone who has heard of eugenics, concentration camps, genocides, etc., knows. Therefore, talking about "race" is a bad idea. It gives you bad science and bad politics. What you really want, it's to talk about heredity and environment. You are not going to get that with "race". Thu, 25 Nov 2010 05:06:05 +0000 http://listverse.com/2010/11/23/top-10-shocking-historical-beliefs-and-practices#IDComment111831749 http://listverse.com/2010/11/21/top-10-most-dangerous-terrorist-threats#IDComment111301587 The problem is that terrorists don't represent an entire population but the causes behind their actions might affect a hell lot of people. When applying your logic, if for example I'm legally and democratically fighting against the actions of a government X that is clearly violating mine and other people rights, my cause becomes "wrong" the moment an idiot does something stupid and government X becomes automatically the good guys. How long is going to take to the government X to figure out that it has all to gain by lowering its guard and letting somebody of "my side" blow a bomb? Or simply paying someone to do it. In the present war against terror, I don't think that pulling out from some countries and finally allowing the creation of a viable Palestinian State should be considered a "terrorist victory", but quite the opposite. If you wait for the bombs to stop blowing before you try to solve the problems, you are going to wait a long time. Because there will always be at least one idiot to blow another bomb. I'm just interested in dealing with those issues in a manner that works. I'm not advocating to give peace to the terrorists but to give peace to the populations where the terrorists live. Which is the only way to defeat terror groups in the long term. Kill all the brutes is clearly not working, it just creates more brutes. Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:20:12 +0000 http://listverse.com/2010/11/21/top-10-most-dangerous-terrorist-threats#IDComment111301587 http://listverse.com/2010/11/21/top-10-most-dangerous-terrorist-threats#IDComment111200616 I think it is a mistake to consider the cause meaningless, because the only real solution to most of the causes of terrorism is political and by dismissing the issues you are forfeiting all chances of peace. Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:36:36 +0000 http://listverse.com/2010/11/21/top-10-most-dangerous-terrorist-threats#IDComment111200616 http://listverse.com/2010/11/11/10-animals-you-wouldnt-believe-people-eat#IDComment109231556 You are well fed not because you are a hard working person, but because you live in a country were food is largely available at a cheap price. The horrible image of the African child with his big belly starving to death is not due to his parents laziness, you can bet that they worked their asses of, but just to where they live. Doing what you want in your own home is not a problem, nobody can force you to eat dog, but the western world have been know to try to force its views to the rest of the world... Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:45:49 +0000 http://listverse.com/2010/11/11/10-animals-you-wouldnt-believe-people-eat#IDComment109231556 http://listverse.com/2010/11/11/10-animals-you-wouldnt-believe-people-eat#IDComment109229579 Actually, the companion part is accessory, dogs were raised because they were useful, to have dogs just as pet without serving any other use is a very recent trend, food have been scarce during all history of mankind, and it's just in the last 50 years that food scarcity stopped being a problem in the western world and that dogs became just pets for the common people. I agree that other animals species were raised just for food. But dogs were not raised to be a companion, they were raised to be tools. Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:32:32 +0000 http://listverse.com/2010/11/11/10-animals-you-wouldnt-believe-people-eat#IDComment109229579 http://listverse.com/2010/11/11/10-animals-you-wouldnt-believe-people-eat#IDComment109227826 Some races were bred for food in Asia and ancient Mexico. I don't know if any race was bred for that purpose in the western world, but if it was, it's very likely that it has disappeared, like all the races bred for long gone uses (the turnspit dogs, for example). Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:20:11 +0000 http://listverse.com/2010/11/11/10-animals-you-wouldnt-believe-people-eat#IDComment109227826 http://listverse.com/2010/11/07/top-10-cases-of-extreme-game-addiction#IDComment108422122 I guess all these cases are parental neglect cases. Sun, 7 Nov 2010 21:16:05 +0000 http://listverse.com/2010/11/07/top-10-cases-of-extreme-game-addiction#IDComment108422122 http://listverse.com/2010/10/26/10-ridiculous-cases-of-political-correctness#IDComment106238710 Not all GM seeds have the terminator gene, and therefore, can reproduce. Also, they still produce pollen and can pollinate other plants, which acquire some traits from the GM plant. As those traits are patented, according to US jurisprudence, the farmer whose plants have been contaminated owes the patent holder money... This is a very real problem. In the Mexican state of Oaxaca, the place with more maize varieties in the world, 80 % of all corn crops are now contaminated with GM genes, it's not science fiction or ecotrashtalk, it's a documented fact. Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:53:03 +0000 http://listverse.com/2010/10/26/10-ridiculous-cases-of-political-correctness#IDComment106238710 http://listverse.com/2010/10/26/10-ridiculous-cases-of-political-correctness#IDComment106179133 Africa does not want GMO. It's their choice. They export maize non contaminated by GMO and that's an important income for those countries. Accepting that aid would endanger future harvests, because a farmer will always keep seeds for the future and contamination is a real issue. USAid could donate non GMO food or authorize the milling of the GMO maize, but they won't because that could imply that there is something wrong with it. We are not talking about a PC issue here, the Africans countries are defending their agribusiness and their right to choose not to become dependent of foreign companies for their seeds, USAid is defending Monsanto and Co. Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:57:27 +0000 http://listverse.com/2010/10/26/10-ridiculous-cases-of-political-correctness#IDComment106179133 http://listverse.com/2010/10/26/10-ridiculous-cases-of-political-correctness#IDComment106176266 You are right. Santa is insidious communist propaganda! Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:36:30 +0000 http://listverse.com/2010/10/26/10-ridiculous-cases-of-political-correctness#IDComment106176266