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So it's not the word or the concept that's the problem, it's the morons. I don't think the concept of treachery or treason is ridiculous or outdated particularly, though I agree they are terms that should be used with care. That so few prosecutions occur for treason in most developed countries is testimony to the regard that the law has for the appropriate use of the term.

Ogul, on 31 December 2009 - 07:15 PM, said: I thought they removed that a few years back. Not at all, I spoke about it to a colleague in Xiamen the other day and he's just had his first child, his family are not big on only children so they have been saving for 10 years to pay the fine. Even then that will still lead to neutral growth, he said he could never afford 3. All these policies are dead in a Catholic country of course. I'll...

I can understand that. I didn't say all opportunites are equal. However, I include connections into Effort. You have to make the effort to get and keep those connections happy enough to be useful. That requires Effort and Talent. Money provides you easier access to opportunities, but not having money does not shut the door on those opportunities, just makes it harder. Boo hoo. Buck up and get after it. Quit whining about bread and water...

In my old company most of the executives were Masons. The current systems are rigged to make sure the wealthy stay at the top. It's ludicrous to think differently. You need to be unnaturally lucky or talented to become a millionaire if you're born working class. But having said that I know several - all immensely clever, driven & fortunate. As someone who quit their cushy job to start his own business and is actively working...

tristang, on 30 December 2009 - 08:05 PM, said: Exactly. If I've worked hard to provide a better life for my kids, then I deserve to have my kids go to better schools. And don't give that "same opportunities" crap. Why not? Look, by your own logic: What if you haven't worked hard? Do you still deserve to provide a better life for your kids? Because there are more people born into money than...

Quote Read this book: http://www.amazon.co...n/dp/0393060691 He's already done it all for you. What did he have to say about it?

Will, on 31 December 2009 - 10:23 AM, said: You don't go back to being a sales agent or stock boy and work your way up again. What a kick in the balls that would be if they did.

Christian U, on 31 December 2009 - 08:58 AM, said: Trisgul, certainly? No I like Tristogul just a bit better. It's got that scary Eastern Europe ring to it.

Christian U, on 31 December 2009 - 09:31 AM, said: <SNIP> Again, think of existentialism as a movement. Or materialism. The idea that there is nothing great or transcendent about us, that humans are an accidental product of evolution that will relatively soon disappear again, more or less without a trace and the universe won't even notice, that there's no grand plan to any individual life and that whatever you do...

Christian U, on 27 December 2009 - 04:06 PM, said: Out of interest, and because it ties into the whole idea of men feeling threatened by gay men - How many of you have been hit on by gay people, and how did (or would) you feel about it? I get hit on by gay men far more often than by women. Which itself is annoying, but the fact that they do it doesn't bother me.