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2010-08-14, 14:09 | Link #8602 | |
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2010-08-14, 14:39 | Link #8603 | |
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Ramadan ended on the 21/09/2009 last year, so it is 10/09/2010 this year (Hari Raya Puasa as it is known over here amongst the SEA Islamists). Official celebratory date is +1, so ironically, it falls on 9/11/2010. And I don't think they have anything to complain about. Within 3 years on its 12th anniversary, the date is going to clash with Nagasaki's bombing and Singapore's National Day. Take that! They don't have to worry though. The souls of the suicide bombers and dead terrorists are sealed back into hell 3 days earlier* on the 08/09/10**. Whatever follows suit** will be solely based on their individual intellect. * - End of Hungry Ghosts Festival on the Lunar Calendar. ** - Numerical sequence and word pun is coincidential and unintended.
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2010-08-14, 21:16 | Link #8604 | |
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Lee proposes three-step reunification with N. Korea
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2010-08-15, 03:39 | Link #8605 | |
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2010-08-15, 07:29 | Link #8606 | |
Sensei, aishite imasu
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Though the biggest obstacle is that the North Korean ruling elite is simply never going to allow the development of free communication, plus close and open economic ties with the South. They do that and it immediately becomes obvious that the Northern government can't provide anything for them. Forget the issues of integrating these radically different types of government. The North Korean system might not be able to keep itself intact for integration to happen. It's the same reason Stalin didn't let the Americans extend the Marshall plan to eastern Europe. After a long period of hardship, the loyalty of people and nations can be as simple as whose personally handing food to them. Last edited by Roger Rambo; 2010-08-15 at 07:39. |
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2010-08-15, 10:11 | Link #8607 |
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as of now, the South Koreans at least are still very interested in peace and unification (I took a trip to the DMZ, and the major theme of the day was reunification). Families were broken up, and the South Koreans feel for their brethren under hardship. Even for the North Koreans, brain washing can only go so far before they question if life isn't better on the outside.
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2010-08-15, 11:40 | Link #8608 | |
Sensei, aishite imasu
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Families being separated is a strong motivator. But is that really going to last much longer? People who were younger teenagers during the Korean war broke out are now well into their 70's. By the time this decade is out most of them are going to be dead. And does anybody here really think that in a decade the relationships between the North and the South will be any less inherently confrontational?
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This is why it's inherently silly for people to try to convince the North to open free communications and trade. These things may be good for North Korea in the long term, but they do absolutely no good for the North Korean regime. |
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2010-08-15, 11:44 | Link #8609 | |
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2010-08-15, 11:57 | Link #8610 | |
Sensei, aishite imasu
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Another thing that has to be seriously considered is how unification would affect the Korean health care system. The North Korean population has been beset for an extended period of time by starvation and completely inadaquete medical care. What you bassically have is a sudden influx of people into the system who are going to be far more expensive to treat, and won't have any economic basis from which to help prop up the system. It's easy to talk about unification when you don't actually have to sit down and address how you're really going to do it. |
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Deeper into the piece, the scientists refer to a "seminal study from the University of Michigan that showed people can better learn after walking in the woods than after walking a busy street". Quote:
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2010-08-16, 01:10 | Link #8612 | |
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What really rouse suspicions is the "walk in the woods" learning - it is so gimmicky like many of those advertised in travel commercials. In fact, the human brain learn faster when there are less thought processes running : it would take equally as long for a human being to learn a rain dance in the woods compared to breakdancing in a quiet danceroom. Outdoors don't enhance learning speed and capability - it is how fast the human brain can adapt to the neuron switch and out of preprogrammed habits. Otherwise the SAS wouldn't have a 85% dropout rate during the jungle phase.
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2010-08-16, 01:26 | Link #8613 |
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On the Eid question, there is possibility that it will fall on 9/10, which I personally am hoping for because I'd like to avoid misunderstandings, and something like this to the uninformed would seem very much out-of-taste and possibly result in violence. I'd like to avoid that. Of course, Eid al-Fitr is a three-day holiday, so there will still be celebrations on 9/11, it's just a question on if the first day will fall on it.
Now you also need to consider the first day of prayers. It varies depending on which religious leader you follow. For example, most Saudis started ramadan a day before Iraqis. So, assuming that the first day of Ramadan was last Thursday (which it was for me), then the first day of Eid is either 9/10 or 9/11. It's depressing that a topic like this has to come up. |
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Anyway, things like these are supposed to be ignored. Here is another example : Jennifer Aniston vs. Bill O’Reilly in culture wars. Who wins? Quote:
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2010-08-16, 13:04 | Link #8617 | |
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2010-08-16, 13:32 | Link #8618 |
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Insanity sells... it promotes fear and anxiety so you'll hang on through the next commercial break. The "news media" and "reality tv" in the US would be delivering snuff film if they thought they could get away with it.
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2010-08-16, 20:26 | Link #8620 |
Le fou, c'est moi
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^That's ancient history by news standards. I thought the Daily Mail had something new to update since 2009 but...apparently not.
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