Posts by Immanuel Goldstein

Contrary to the popular myth, the US and and Israel weren't always so close. Israel had no US help in 1948, actually, the US had an arms embargo on Israel at the time. And the common stand of the Department of State as well as in the...

Quote: Originally posted by midwinter And frankly, don't we issue some kind of statement like this about Israel or South Korea every 6 years or so? When a country is attacked, its powerful ally is usually commited to come to its...

An observation of the trends in the last hundred years shows a rapid increase in the number of people in the world who don't consider themsleves religious (seculars/agnostics/atheists, etc.), if I recall correctly that group is third in...

Quote: Originally posted by max_naylor Quote: Originally posted by Immanuel Goldstein I'd say they are somewhat insular, although their “island” is bigger. Size doesn't always matter. True enough about insularity, among other...

Quote: Originally posted by max_naylor What the hell are you talkin about dummy?! Dont forget this list of things you wouldn't have without us: [A most impressive list, I'd say] Quote: Without these inventions, you couldn't have...

Ignorance about geography is commonplace in many countries, but moreso when you live in a big super-poweful country, with only two terrestrial boundaries; then you tend to pay even less attention to the wider world out there. I'm told...

Quote: Originally posted by midwinter That's why in the South we have "y'all." I think “y'all” makes more sense.

Name: it begins with an I. Birthday: Some time in late April or early May (yes, thank you) as I use some archaic calendar, the year itself was deep in last century. Astrological sign: Taurus, I think. Mac(s) I own: Currently, a...

My basic approach mimics that of the real world. I prefer to use “vous” when joining a discussion (particularly if I'm new at the particular forum and don't know my interlocutors that well), changing later to “tu” on a case-by-case...

The name “Thomas” sounds close to ”teoma”, Aramaic for “twin”.