nickie on 6/4/2017 at 17:27
Quote Posted by Kolya
nickie's hands?
Yes please, and can the rest of me go too?
Sulphur on 6/4/2017 at 17:31
Quote Posted by Tony_Tarantula
As I've said before....just because YOU as a lawyer are doing well
Renz isn't a lawyer, you incredibly confused tit. Unless you're arguing that dema and Renz are the same person and we the sheeple have all been charmed and taken in by their glittery intellects and taste in ersatz wool.
HEY, DEMA! RENZ! YOU GUYS DONE GOOFED!
Renzatic on 6/4/2017 at 19:20
Hello. My name is Demagogue. I am the avatar of erudition! Big words big words big words!
Kolya on 6/4/2017 at 20:46
Okay, so he got your background wrong, but that was not really the point.
You think the economy is going good but we need to protect the workforce from the faulting of globalisation. And Tony seems to think the same. He's just refusing to accept the current state as a "good economy", which is understandable. But still you only differ in degrees on the problem, as well as solutions apparently. You named "a small wealth gap" (as well as minimum wage and healthcare). And Tony pointed at the enormous income gap.
I mean, are you two even in different parties?
Renzatic on 6/4/2017 at 21:00
It's not that I disagree with him on the whole, so much as his conspiratorial hyperbole and overwrought doom 'n gloom prognostications make it hard to take him seriously, even when he does bring up the occasional good point.
It's "globalization has led to issues that need to be addressed sooner rather than later, before they become untenable" vs. "The 1st world is fucked. FUCKED! You and your idiot friends who believe everything they read have been bent over the barrel and humped dry by the cabal of global elitists who are using your blood, sweat, and tears to fund their New World Order!"
With Tony, it's not the argument so much as the delivery that people take issue with. That, and the way he'll build up a logical argument at first, then jump off the extreme end as he's nearing the end. "Obviously, our overreliance on corporate interests to act as the engine to drive an economy that relies primarily on endless growth has stunted wages in the low and middle class. Therefore, RAELIANS!"
SubJeff on 6/4/2017 at 22:39
Quote Posted by Tony_Tarantula
I wasn't under the impression that there were any headquartered in the UK. All the one I am familiar with operate primarily out of either Brussels or Frankfurt.
And why on earth are you asking me? I don't understand how the exact physical location of a regulatory agency's headquarters means jack shit for anybody other than the travel industry.
You spout a lot of vitriol and I was wondering how much you knew about Brexit's effects. Hardly anything it would seem, natch.
The location of the two tiny and inconsequential regulatory agencies - The European Medicines Agency and The European Banking Authority - makes quite a bit of difference, as you might realise if you had a clue.
Pyrian on 6/4/2017 at 23:21
Quote Posted by Kolya
I mean, are you two even in different parties?
The right wing seems to get most of its political power from pretending to be left wing. They're always like, "We care about the worker! Here, see, we'll give his boss more of the worker's money. That'll help him!" With about that level of subtlety, really. I always wonder, how does anybody fall for this nonsense?
nickie on 8/4/2017 at 19:51
I wasn't sure where to put this. It might seem more appropriate to the Trump thread, Trump being a person who seems to see a terrorist under every bed. But as it's to do with Europe, I'll post it here. I found it an interesting short read.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39540371) From Eta to Stockholm: Is terror more of a threat to Europe than before?
Slasher on 8/4/2017 at 20:10
Quote Posted by Tony_Tarantula
Just do ANYTHING to get outside your circle of privileged white collar white people.
That's the real irony. You're claiming to be against things like "white privilege" and for most progressive "equality" talking points while being completely oblivious to the reality that people less privileged than yourself live in.....and worse completely closed minded to any information about the less privileged to the point that you get angry if anyone tries to tell you..
You messianic enlightened champion of fly0ver c0untr3s downtrodden, you! Give me a hug!
not meant to be triggering
