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Harbal wrote:

bobevenson wrote: Of course, since the average limey can't even pronounce a word with twelve letters, much less know its meaning.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Julie Andrews. Eat your words evenson.

From the American movie "Mary Poppins." A damn limey couldn't come up with a word like that.

bobevenson wrote:A damn limey couldn't come up with a word like that.

I would certainly like to think that is the case.

And Dick Van Dyke's cockney accent was a disgrace.

Harbal wrote:And Dick Van Dyke's cockney accent was a disgrace.

Funnily enough I read something somewhere once that said it might have been better than we thought as he took it from some very old cockneys.

Arising_uk wrote:Funnily enough I read something somewhere once that said it might have been better than we thought as he took it from some very old cockneys.

Well, even more funnily enough, if they gave him a part in East Enders, I'd start watching it.

Harbal wrote:And Dick Van Dyke's cockney accent was a disgrace.

Please, anybody's cockney accent is a disgrace to the spoken word.

bobevenson wrote:Lie No. 1
The basically conscript-style US Army where its the only way your poorer citizens can get an education or healthcare.

Ah! See this is where hyperbole gets one, so no it is not the 'only' way but are you more concerned with the 'conscript-style' description? If so I'll start with my reasoning on this one, I got this from an in-law who was a 20-year regimental colour sergeant major in the Guards. He was also an urban/jungle combat and weapons specialist trainer and did a fair bit training US forces and his considered opinion was that the US still trains its squaddies in pretty much the same way as they did the conscript army of WWII and very different from the professionalised British Army, hence my comment. He also thought that pound-for-pound a British Army squad would beat its equivalent US squad and that they regularly do so in war-games, of course this would never happen in real-life as the American Army is the most well-equipped army in the world and the most heavily mechanized, as such they pretty much just kill everything in their way and then send in the ground-troops to mop-up.
Now the education and healthcare bit, did you know that the regular soldier intake into the US Army is actually above the average with respect to high-school graduation but are still drawn largely from the poorer section of your society? That the average service term is about six years which means the bulk pretty much only stay for one term, now given that they are obviously the brighter of the bunch it's not hard to guess that they join the army, serve and then take advantage of the education funds that the Army offer when they leave. Or you could just take a look at all the forums where the kids are asking about the educational benefits of joining the Army.

Lie No. 2
And you have no solution, or at least not one that if implemented wouldn't lead to hyper-inflation.

Point me towards your reply to FDP's crushing critique of your idea if it was to be implemented.

Lie No. 3
There is no inflationary 'crime' other than in your delusional head.

Show me on your statute books where government inflationary policy is a crime other than in your head.

In American baseball, three strikes and you're out. I guess that's why you follow that sissy game of cricket.[/b][/size]

You're a nutter!
p.s.
Oh! And in cricket, if you're out you're out. No second and third chances, it's a brutal game that way.
p.p.s
Forgot the healthcare, they get great healthcare when in and get reasonable plan offers when they leave.

Harbal wrote:Well, even more funnily enough, if they gave him a part in East Enders, I'd start watching it.

Me too!

bobevenson wrote:Please, anybody's cockney accent is a disgrace to the spoken word.

It can't be anybody boob.

Arising_uk wrote:Show me on your statute books where government inflationary policy is a crime other than in your head.

Show me Hitler's statute books where anything he did was a crime. Crimes against humanity aren't written in statute books, and monetary inflation is a crime against humanity.

bobevenson wrote:Show me Hitler's statute books where anything he did was a crime. Crimes against humanity aren't written in statute books, and monetary inflation is a crime against humanity.

Go away bob as you're an idiot, you know why? Because the reason why govts try to manage inflation is exactly because of the history of such things as hyper-inflation and the fact that such things can occur because of price inflation. Your idealistic view of economics is infantile and I for one am *yawningly* bored of your schtick. As you may well have a point but your insanity makes you truly incapable of learning from discussion with others and as such completely unsuitable to be upon a forum that attempts to promote Philosophy now.

Arising_uk wrote:

bobevenson wrote:Show me Hitler's statute books where anything he did was a crime. Crimes against humanity aren't written in statute books, and monetary inflation is a crime against humanity.

The reason why govts try to manage inflation...

Governments don't try to manage inflation, they are hellbent to create inflation!

Arising_uk wrote:

bobevenson wrote:Show me Hitler's statute books where anything he did was a crime. Crimes against humanity aren't written in statute books, and monetary inflation is a crime against humanity.

The reason why govts try to manage inflation...

Governments don't try to manage inflation, they are hellbent to create inflation!

bobevenson wrote:

Arising_uk wrote:

bobevenson wrote:Show me Hitler's statute books where anything he did was a crime. Crimes against humanity aren't written in statute books, and monetary inflation is a crime against humanity.

The reason why govts try to manage inflation...

Governments don't try to manage inflation, they are hellbent to create inflation!

bobevenson wrote:

Arising_uk wrote:

bobevenson wrote:Show me Hitler's statute books where anything he did was a crime. Crimes against humanity aren't written in statute books, and monetary inflation is a crime against humanity.

The reason why govts try to manage inflation...

Governments don't try to manage inflation, they are hellbent to create inflation!

We heard you the first time.