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GreenlightmeansGO
Joined: 11 Dec 2006
Location: Daegu
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 Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:37 pm Post subject: Why I am staying in Korea |
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Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics:
29 have been accused of spousal abuse
7 have been arrested for fraud
19 have been accused of writing bad cheques
117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
3 have done time for assault
71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
8 have been arrested for shoplifting
21 are currently defendants in lawsuits
84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year
373 in total or approximately 70%
Can you guess which organization this is?
Give up yet?
It's the 535 members of the SOUTH AFRICAN PARLIAMENT -
(The same group that cranks out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line!)
(I didn't write this, just copied it off Facebook - Green) |
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Beeyee
Joined: 29 May 2007
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| Amen. I wouldn't go back to Police State UK unless my life depended on it. |
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Trevor
Joined: 16 Nov 2005
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| Beeyee wrote: |
| Amen. I wouldn't go back to Police State UK unless my life depended on it. |
Don't they have like 27 surveilance cameras in the UK for every man woman and child? I forget the statistic but its something ridiculous like that.
I read a story that in the UK anxiety disorders and pathological paranoia is skyrocketing.
I mean, duh,,,I wonder why? |
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Beeyee
Joined: 29 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 5:40 am Post subject: |
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| Trevor wrote: |
| Beeyee wrote: |
| Amen. I wouldn't go back to Police State UK unless my life depended on it. |
Don't they have like 27 surveilance cameras in the UK for every man woman and child? I forget the statistic but its something ridiculous like that.
I read a story that in the UK anxiety disorders and pathological paranoia is skyrocketing.
I mean, duh,,,I wonder why? |
Something like that. About 3 years ago it was predicted that you were seen on 300 different 'security' cameras in an average day. It's likely a far higher number now. |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:39 am Post subject: |
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| In capitalist United States, tears cry you! |
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TeeBee
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:50 am Post subject: |
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I think I heard this one somewhere before...
Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics:
* 29 have been accused of spousal abuse
* Seven have been arrested for fraud
* 19 have been accused of writing bad checks
* 117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least two businesses
* Three have done time for assault
* 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
* 14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
* Eight have been arrested for shoplifting
* 21 are defendants in lawsuits
* 84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year
Can you guess which organisation this is?
Give up yet?
It is the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group of idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line. You gotta pass this one on!
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A593129 |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:01 am Post subject: |
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| So let's get this straight: in so-called 'democracies', people with power and influence get away with shit that people without power and influence wouldn't? Are you kidding me? |
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GreenlightmeansGO
Joined: 11 Dec 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:03 am Post subject: |
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Thank you for that. I guess the situation isn't that bad in SA...
But...the likely next president is a misogynist, money-hungry, ignorant, divisive and dangerous individual. |
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Teelo
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Wellington, NZ
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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| jkelly80 wrote: |
| In capitalist United States, tears cry you! |
In soviet Russia, threads troll you! |
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Korussian
Joined: 15 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Teelo wrote: |
| jkelly80 wrote: |
| In capitalist United States, tears cry you! |
In soviet Russia, threads troll you! |
That's a misconception. In fact, trolls would start lining up early in the dark of morning on alternate Wednesdays, clapping their hands together in the sub-zero frost to keep the blood moving. After hours of waiting and shoving, shoving and waiting, the first lucky ones would make it toward the front of the line, to stand behind those who had hoarded enough from the last shipment to bribe the guard soldiers with meat pies and half-rotting potatoes. By late afternoon, with the sun part-way down on the horizon, these blue-fingered ones too would be allowed inside to rifle through the dregs left over in the tubes: half-written posts, 0-view-count fragments, threads starting with the words, "It's 100% true"...
In Soviet Russia, the trolls went hungry. After the walls fell, a few moved to Korea, to begin lucrative careers as ESL teachers and troll on vibrant, better populated boards. |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Korussian wrote: |
| Teelo wrote: |
| jkelly80 wrote: |
| In capitalist United States, tears cry you! |
In soviet Russia, threads troll you! |
That's a misconception. In fact, trolls would start lining up early in the dark of morning on alternate Wednesdays, clapping their hands together in the sub-zero frost to keep the blood moving. After hours of waiting and shoving, shoving and waiting, the first lucky ones would make it toward the front of the line, to stand behind those who had hoarded enough from the last shipment to bribe the guard soldiers with meat pies and half-rotting potatoes. By late afternoon, with the sun part-way down on the horizon, these blue-fingered ones too would be allowed inside to rifle through the dregs left over in the tubes: half-written posts, 0-view-count fragments, threads starting with the words "It's 100% true"...
In Soviet Russia, the trolls went hungry. After the walls fell, a few moved to Korea, to begin lucrative careers as ESL teachers and troll on vibrant, better populated boards. |
What a country! |
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tefain
Joined: 19 Sep 2007
Location: Not too far out there
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject: Re: Why I am staying in Korea |
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| GreenlightmeansGO wrote: |
Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics:
29 have been accused of spousal abuse
7 have been arrested for fraud
19 have been accused of writing bad cheques
117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
3 have done time for assault
71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
8 have been arrested for shoplifting
21 are currently defendants in lawsuits
84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year
373 in total or approximately 70%
Can you guess which organization this is? |
I was going to say Samsung, but 70% sounded a bit low.  |
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Michael_75
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Beeyee wrote: |
| Trevor wrote: |
| Beeyee wrote: |
| Amen. I wouldn't go back to Police State UK unless my life depended on it. |
Don't they have like 27 surveilance cameras in the UK for every man woman and child? I forget the statistic but its something ridiculous like that.
I read a story that in the UK anxiety disorders and pathological paranoia is skyrocketing.
I mean, duh,,,I wonder why? |
Something like that. About 3 years ago it was predicted that you were seen on 300 different 'security' cameras in an average day. It's likely a far higher number now. |
There aren't that many. That would mean over 1.5 billion... Estimated to be around 4 million a few years ago, one for every 14 people. 300 times a day on camera is about right though. Some people claim that there should be no problem with this unless you're breaking the law. There is a problem with this, though I can never really explain why. |
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IncognitoHFX
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: Yeongtong, Suwon
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Beeyee wrote: |
| Trevor wrote: |
| Beeyee wrote: |
| Amen. I wouldn't go back to Police State UK unless my life depended on it. |
Don't they have like 27 surveilance cameras in the UK for every man woman and child? I forget the statistic but its something ridiculous like that.
I read a story that in the UK anxiety disorders and pathological paranoia is skyrocketing.
I mean, duh,,,I wonder why? |
Something like that. About 3 years ago it was predicted that you were seen on 300 different 'security' cameras in an average day. It's likely a far higher number now. |
Damn, so many silly walks to see... so little time. |
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joshuahirtle27
Joined: 23 Mar 2008
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