Oy_the_Great

Get a room! *runs* Well, the thing is, we both have wonderful girlfriends that we love.. to brag with, so we don't need it :mrgreen:

Anesthesia already sent me a pleasant PM in which he apologies for his remark. He didn't mean to offend anyone. He's a great guy. :

Thanks Scars :) These aren't really classical pieces, but rather techno with a classical touch. Enjoy! DJ Shadow: Building steam with a Grain of Salt The Chemical Brothers: Asleep from Day Tomorow I'll try to post Vmser's Air on a G-string.

I have a girlfriend, I have a girlfriend, I have a girlfriend, I have a girlfriend, I have a girlfriend, I have a girlfriend. Look at me I have a girlfriend. I am eager to stress that I have a girlfriend too, because I think it will make me look cool and sophisticated amongst a forum of young people who can't get girlfriends. Can we please leave the cynical comments here? I was talking about a photo, and it was clearly a joke. Shadow added something about it, but I'm sure he's not proud he's got a girlfriend, I am just as proud of myself if I were a bachelor. No offence at all though, Anesthesia, I just don't like the hostility.

I'm pretty sure that people will finally take of their masks of agony and hate, and say: "heh, he's gone, now we can continue our joyful lives without acting like we're at war or that we like violence". At least, I hope that would happen. Perhaps I'll come back then.

Oh yeah! oo aaoooh, lada dida doooooh... BUT, what you guys don't know: are the lyrics :) I'm a big Royksopp fan, just check my classical post Bubs, Triumphant is uploaded there.

Would a picture of my girl be allowed? After all, it's not me we're talking about ;) Na, seriously now, I have a 2ÃÆââââ¬Ã¡Ãâì coin from the Vatican, which are pretty rare. But I couldn't care less about that, I also have a drawing of ChÃÆÃâÃâé, dating back from the period when he was in Cuba, so over 40 years ago now. It's the one in my avatar, but a lot bigger of course, and painted on wood.

All right! Today's a new day, and more time for some good music! The first is Hurt by Nine Inch Nails. Odd choice on the first sight? Well, this is one of the songs of NIN that leans on the door of classical music, it's one of those songs that slowly reach their peek. So that explains my choice. Second is R̮̦̉̉yksopp with Triumphant. R̮̦̉̉yksopp has quite a lot of songs where they get their inspiration from classical music, this is one of them. And finally, a minimalistic tune, by a Belgian artist, that is very often used in publicity for cell phones here, it's a beauty. Enjoy your day! Hurt - NIN Triumphant - R̮̦̉̉yksopp Struggle for Pleasure - Wim Mertens

Lol, the way this translation of the Bible is phrased makes me think of that scene in MP and the Holy Grail: :D

Vangelis - Conquest Of Paradise?

Give us a hint mate :)

Letting the economy act on its own accord, and not intervening is known as laissez faire. Just a little history lesson: "The laissez-faire school of economic thought holds a pure or economically liberal market view, that the free market is best left to its own devices." (Wikipedia) Economically liberal = deregulation of the economy. I :3> History *sigh* That's what progressive minds thought in the 18th century. Adam Smith said that the best way to achieve wealth in a nation would be to have a free market, just like you said. It would be guided by 'the invisible hand' that regulates all competition. Once, again, this was 1776, in his 'inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations'. Back then, Kings still reigned Europe, not the civilians. He didn't realise what would eventually happen if there weren't any rules to follow at all. Afterwards economists knew better; an economy without regulations is like a bunch of viruses without medication. The viruses are companies that take over all other competitive companies and eventually have more than half of the total market share, thus becoming monopolists, who can determine the price. If the economy is full of monopolists, there won't be any more competition, so the free market, lead by competition, the invisible hand, isn't free anymore. There need to be regulations against certain things that would happen in a free market without rules. A good example is the anti-trust law in the US. These regulations are what I call the medication for the spreading viruses. I hope you'll realise that being economically liberal = NOT a deregulation of the economy. Not at all.

Argh, I'm sorry piano, once again you'll have to forgive me if I sound harsh when I do, I'm always defending the rejects in the world and I can offend many others doing so. You know me :) I just didn't accept the fact that you said 2 things, 2 things that I really think the opposite of: You clearly gave us the idea that you supported the conserv'es, but then you say that it's a good thing that they invest more money in the army, which is obviously not there to help poor people, instead of in the welfare system. Is it so bad that your taxes don't go to bombs, aircrafts, warships and anti-missile shields but to the welfare system, that might be bureaucratic? I would much rather give a 10th of my salary (i.e. a part of the taxes) to people in a bureaucratic system, that sometimes work a little and to the people on the street than to the army. I don't really understand why you justify the military. In Belgium we have this minister of defence that claims we need a bigger army. I think that's just one of the worst things a country can do, it'll only create a cold-war effect. The more soldiers we have, the more our enemies will recruit. It's of course silly not to have an army, or your country will be run over and lose all credibility of being a powerful state. But I believe about 7% of all US taxes go to defence, right? I think that same percantage is 0.7% or less of all taxes in Belgium. And that's good; if we're talking about a few percentages of the taxes, we're obviously talking in billions. I would rather have a very balanced economy where everyone can live properly, where there aren't too many excesses and where taxes are used to construct roads, public schools, public sporting facilities and other public, err, stuff :) You also said . That's pretty harsh of you; you could even call it racist towards the poor, if they could be considered a race. Who says most of these people don't try hard to get a job? I know I would. Do you have proof that a big number of these people don't do a thing to get a job? I think only like 20% doesn't care anymore, the other 80 is probably doing nothing but it. And yes, there will always be people who like to do as little as possible, even if they have to take advantage of others. But there are at least as many of those people in businesses, I can guarantee you that. How do you think some people get promoted if they have competition for that spot? By taking credit for stuff they didn't do, or barely were involved. It happened a few times to my father, who did some great work, but then a colleague claimed he had mostly been doing it. He ran away with the promotion, although my father did the work. That's at least as bad as letting the community work for you IMHO. One last thing: unemployment rates in Belgium are 10-11%, in the US around 5%. The difference is largely due to the very high welfare payments here. I am an economist, and a convinced capitalist, so I think welfare shouldn't be too high, especially not in a country like Belgium where medical care, education and many other things are practically free. So I too want it to be lowered, but not too much; because I've been on the street, just to see what life is there; I could return to my warm, cozy family with everything I needed anytime. Those people told me what life is all about if you're on the lowest step of our community. They practically can't get a job anymore, not because they're not good employees, but because they live on the street and a company of course doesn't want those people. These people can only do jobs like picking up dirt for the city, doing some scrappy jobs for people etc. It's a vicious circle that's hard to escape. I know (my uncle in Arizona knows all about it) that that circle is nearly impossible to break through in the US, just because of the welfare system. If those people get sick, they can't afford going to a doctor, if those people break a leg, they can't affor going to a clinic where they'll get help soon. What I dislike about the US system is that you can get the best of care if you have the money, and people let you rot away if you don't. But anyway, I'm sorry to have offended you Piano, I was in a bad mood too :)

Yeah, I find that a sin as well. But I wouldn't really call it pride, rather hybris or being vain. btw hiya :)

Stupify - Disturbed

hybris? Then I sorta agree with you. But pride if you've achieved something worthy of being proud of, there's nothing wrong with that. It's only a terrible sin if you think you have more rights than others or that you're all of a sudden superior by achieving something. As in cursing?

Piano, you are once again the most right-winged subjective and (I'm sorry to say so) ignorant poster in this thread. I wouldn't mind to see what would happen if you ended up on the street. If you claim the conservatives are right that the pityful thing some Americans call alimentation (which isn't even enough to have a less than decent living) is still too much, you should really try and survive for just one month with the amount of money these people get. You probably have no idea how fast money slips through your hands when you have to pay everything yourself since your, most likely wealthy, parents pay everything you need. If you're on the street, getting a job where you can earn more than what alimentation supplies you, is incredibly hard if you don't have the right education, clothing, family or friends. I hope you're able to still find a tiny bit of what Jesus tried to tell us in your 'catholic' heart and at least grant these people the right to survive.

I'm sorry, do you mean liking and caring about yourself is wrong? Well, I guess I'll go straight to hell then. Good thing there's no such thing as hell.

Haha, yeah, homestarrunner is the best site ever. Click my www link to see another flash-thingie, badger-style!

There should be more people like us on this planet eh Katha? :wink:

Oh, there's a lot of luck going in hold em. Even when you're favourite to win, you can still get raped. Although, if you only play when you have a top notch hand - then sure you won't need luck. But if you play it to your outs and take risks, then there's luck involved. And it's more fun, and you generally win more often. Yeah, but of course, the more you play, the less chance of having good ro bad luck only; it all evens out :) And when you win most of the time then, you can only conclude that you're better than the others :) There's this board game called 'setllers of catan' I often play with friends. It can be compared to Risk; you need luck of the draw with the dices, but it's far more complicated than risk. I've only lost once with it, and before people were always saying I was so lucky. But eventually they admit I'm just better; if they get a stroke of luck, I still manage to win. It's all about knowing the game and being able to predict the opponent's moves/errors and not making any faults yourself.

Anytime Api! I'll post more every day, I have about 7 Gb of beautiful classical music on my comp. That's 10% of my total music files :

Yeah, but the problem is 'they' aren't the ones that are into Satanism. They are the people who disliked those people and named them worshippers of Satan. It has little to do with Satan actually; the religion focusses on the person itself, less than the common good or the group. I more or less agree, because, after all, we need to survive, but I think I'd rather be dead if there weren't any feelings between people. I've already found my soulmate in LP, though he's slightly more radical :)

Vicarious, the first song from 10,000 days, the new Tool album, is damn hard to play on the drums.

Ha - awesome LOL! I like the controversy in this thread. You see people, throw away those prejudices and be tolerant towards other cultures :)