hm.. interesting how the topic 'Freelancer Plot is Retarted!' turned into some super duper politics discussion...
well, for my two dimes...
@sadisticsavior,
<pre><font size=1 face=Courier><font size=1 face=Courier>Has Germany EVER won a war in it's entire history? </font> </font></pre>
correct me if i'm wrong, as all the wars that i've seen germany is in WW1 and WW2. well, i must say, germany was up against... lets see... Britain, France, Belgium, Russia, Italy(somewhat a turncoat-no offense), AMERICA and numerous other minors, like Poland, crushed in WW? well, and its allies, hungary and someone else, and another of the triple alliance.. well, only germnay stood after the first few brunts of the war casualties, so i must say, germany really did quite well, despite it was up against so much odds. they prepared for it, whereas Britain, the long lasting empire somewhat, practically lost the only naval battle by losing more ships (i kno germany never came back out) and in world war 2, the trench lines did stand alot. outflanking and outflanked on both sides...well, i was kinda dumb... two deep topless tunnels on the sides of one useless piece of land all thru norhtern europe.. well, Germany then was STILL up against more than it could chew.
n WWII we were fighting 2 major powers simultaneously...the Russians and Brits were not. Were it not for our supplies, England would not have even MADE it to the end of the war...we would have been liberating them along with France.
Japan was a major power? patriotism aside,(i'm korean) i'd say they were using their brains more than brawn. major power? after USA cut off their oil, Japan was all that you could see, nothign more. as for england not making thru the war, remember, Hitler had no intention to invade, just to keep them quiet somewhat. i don't remember them stepping onto english grounds. remember, engish were anglo-saxons, the race Hitler respected. as for america fighting two major powers, remember your history lessons ? america WASN'T in that war for more than a couple of years. they only went in AFTER pearl harbour. b4 that, they were just supplying arms and soldiers. SO, they weren't necessarily against bigger odds. Japan was probably against more, achieving MUCH MUCH more than the americans did. they covers almost all land on the pacific ocean. i'd say they spread their forces too thin. but still, they did more with less.
sadisticsavior seems to get a mouthful so far.. well, keep trying..
as for education levels, and someone, i'm sure more than one individual, was talking endlessly about how america is more advanced. well, pay tribute to the 'mixing pot' due to this mixing pot, many vaieties of ppl and culture came, along with knowledge, ppl learned from each other here, in america, not necessarily 'americans' it isn't necessarily all americans that are clever and such, i'm sure u were not stating that, but well, u were talking on the sides of 'most' i read this article in the newspaper a fwe months, ago, nvr thought it'd come in handy till now. well, i'm typing relevent stuff, this is about an international schooling contest.
the ranking 'provides the first 'big picture' comparison of the relative effectiveness of education systems across the developed world' the united nations children's Fund study said. "it is not based on the conventional yardstick of how many students reach what level of education, but on testing what pupils actually know and what they are able to do.," UNICEF said....skip..."it is clear that educational advantage is born not at school but in the home" said the report. "learning begins at birth" and is fostered by a "loving, secure, stimulating environment".. skip.. "the biggest thing is obviously the socio-economic background of the child and how well-educated their parents are"..skip.."germany, with its strong educational and intellectual tradition, occupies the 19th place out of the 24 nations, just behind the united states in the 18th place....skip the rest...."
i'll leave the opinions to you guys, seeing that ther's enough already.
well, 24 nations, america in 18th... if anyone was wandering, South Korea came a very firm first, followed closely by Japan in the second. heres the quote;
Geneva: South Korea has the most effective education system of the world's richest countries, with japan in second place and the united states and germany in the bottom, a UNITED STATES STUDY said yesterday"
looks like the US conducted the thing in the first place...
well, i think my post's getting long..
i hope the post aint closed by the time i come back to read replies.. or have it moved to the 'off topic' roooom...
and on a side note.. the debt is:
US$ 6,464,308,663,202.70 thats 12 zeros behind a '6', well, nearly a '7' but no need to embarass america too much is there?
ps. to those that want the full version of the article, mail me at
[email protected]
and sadisticsavior, you might wanna change ur signature pic of trent's a$$ into something like prof. whatisname.. the guy who trent went to race for.. the guy hiding in the bundschuh station.. well get his a$$, might look better
ps. why did my post make the entire screen stretch ?
presently, my world is upside down, so if u do not mind, u'll have to tok to my a$$
Edited by - kimk on 06-04-2003 10:10:12
Sun Apr 06, 2003 12:54 am 
.. just curious ....
