Re: [OT] Why is Brazil like Bulgaria?
They also both contain an l, an i, an r and an a. Bob On Jan 5, 2011, at 1:31 AM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: Hi all, Stephen Barncard wrote: You mean some developers are better than the other developers? lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZldlyeR8DU At least from my point of view, the lesson of the fable Animal Farm is that Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely or Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it Unlimited power in the hands of few is the main common characteristic between Bulgaria and Brasil. Other is... that both names starts with B. :-) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: [OT] Why is Brazil like Bulgaria?
Hi all, Stephen Barncard wrote: You mean some developers are better than the other developers? lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZldlyeR8DU At least from my point of view, the lesson of the fable Animal Farm is that Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely or Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it Unlimited power in the hands of few is the main common characteristic between Bulgaria and Brasil. Other is... that both names starts with B. :-) J. Landman Gay wrote: I think he means we're all pigs. :) ROTFL :-D Funny enough, where I live, only in December you could see roasted pigs in every Food Market: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_roast http://www.dr1.com/forums/best-dr/109899-pig-roast-dr.html But precisely because that, I avoid them in this month. In the country where I live, electric energy fails every day, for many hours. Just imagine the effect of electric brownouts on refrigerated products of all kinds. Just imagine... If you ever visit this country, think twice before eating or drinking any kind of refrigerated product. Really. Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-Why-is-Brazil-like-Bulgaria-tp3170465p3175061.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: [OT] Why is Brazil like Bulgaria?
On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 11:07 -0200, Andre Garzia wrote: People outside imagine Brazil being some banana republic where carismatic leader can do any ruthless thing and get away with it but this is not the case, they can get away with robbing any amount of money, passing any kind of idiotic law, doing every kind of moronic display of ignorance, complete lack of common sense and really bad sense of fashion and so on Obviously they are thinking of Venezuela... just a small error of geography ;) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: [OT] Why is Brazil like Bulgaria?
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Curry Kenworthy cu...@pair.com wrote: Andre wrote: Curry Kenworthy wrote: Unlimited power in the hands of few is the main common characteristic between Bulgaria and Brasil. Oh there is no unlimited power in here. People outside imagine Brazil ... ... ... Just wanted to clarify that I am NOT the author of that quote as it might appear; my message quoted the previous message. Curry, no no no, I was not talking about you, I was making a general remark. I've seen a lot of news during the last days and I wrote that email but it is not targeted at any one. Nice history chapter! Thanks! D Best, Curry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: [OT] Why is Brazil like Bulgaria?
That is as good a history of Brazil as I have ever heard. A couple points: I don't think people so much ascribe to political philosophies, as the look instead for the one that seems to give them the most, or take away the least from them. That is why nations with fairly good economical systems and politics can be overthrown. You simply convince the poor masses (every country has them) that they are poor, not because they have not tried to better themselves and their lives, but because those rich guys over there took all their money! Now the claim may or may not be true. Sometimes those rich guys over there really DID take all their money! But sometimes not. It really makes no difference, because the goal is to get a lot of people angry at the people who actually wield the power, so that you have a ready made army of sorts, at which the people who have the power will need to defend themselves or run. The resulting people who now have the power after the coup may not be (and probably will not be) better that the ones they replaced, especially seeing that they were willing to deceive the masses into doing what they wanted in the first place. Well it worked great once, why abandon a perfectly good method on moral grounds?? So the solution is not any particular political system, at least in my opinion. The solution has always been, and must always be, some kind of quantum leap in the moral fiber of the people in general. For America it was the fact that so very many displaced European Christians showed up in the same place at the same time and decided they wanted a better world for themselves and their children. How well things worked out in the end will be a subject of endless debate among the international community, so let me just concede that point up front. But there have been good and bad Republics. There have been good and bad Socialist States. There have even been good and bad Totalitarian States!! The moral fiber of the people, and subsequently their leaders, is the key, and not the politics. That is my point. Bob ps. List-Gods please don't banish me from list-post heaven. It was an OT post!! And I didn't mention anything about cheese! On Jan 5, 2011, at 5:07 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: So in summary: Same guys in power: really big muddy place - United Kingdom - Empire - Republic New guys in power, as bad as the previous ones: Last 8 years ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: [OT] Why is Brazil like Bulgaria?
Hi Richmond, Are you making plans to return to Scotland with your family in this year? Stephen, this is time of the year when we remember George Orwell's book: http://www.george-orwell.org/Animal_Farm/index.html Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-Why-is-Brazil-like-Bulgaria-tp3170465p3174833.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: [OT] Why is Brazil like Bulgaria?
You mean some developers are better than the other developers? lol I read 1984 in 1960. On 4 January 2011 20:05, Alejandro Tejada capellan2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Richmond, Are you making plans to return to Scotland with your family in this year? Stephen, this is time of the year when we remember George Orwell's book: http://www.george-orwell.org/Animal_Farm/index.html Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-Why-is-Brazil-like-Bulgaria-tp3170465p3174833.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: [OT] Why is Brazil like Bulgaria?
On 1/4/11 10:51 PM, stephen barncard wrote: You mean some developers are better than the other developers? lol I think he means we're all pigs. :) -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
