RobBob

Speaking of Saudi Arabia, what is the status of that guy from BC who was being railroaded by the Saudi courts? It sure sounded like he was getting the shaft for a car-bombing likely committed by Islamists.

I was actually looking for a joke, but all I could find was the old parrot-turkey fucker one.

Dr. Flash Amazing, How you were overlooked, I will never know, because you are the quintessential corporate cash waster, my friend! Happy Bird Day to you.

Not what I expected, but this is interesting: Turkey Sex Strike

Oh......

Hey, What's this new, smart-ass version of Iain about?

quote: trask is dead RIP And let this be a lesson to you, people. The next time you get an email that sez you can enlarge your penis at home...DELETE IT AT ONCE! [ 11-27-2002, 08:09 AM: Message edited by: RobBob ]

We are sad to report that DFA expired last night in what was termed a "masturbatory accident" in his closet, shortly after logging off the Sharma thread. trask is taking donations for a floral tribute to this prominent cc.com hipster goofball.

What happened to the topic of Islam? BTW, there's a story on NPR today about Chechens (supported by Al Queda) purported to be targeting old Russian nukes for terrorism. That could be ugly.

...or is it like when a guy named Jimmy Hoffa disappears and is reportedly cast into the foundation of a football stadium?

Come and rock me Amadeus! Amadeus, Amadeus...

Er war Superstar Er war populär Er war so exaltiert Genau das war sein Flair Er war ein Virtuose War ein Rockidol Und alles rief...

quote: Hey in case you didn't notice Greg's member stuff appears corrupt and that might disable him from posting. Remember kids, when your member an' stuff is corrupt, you're likely to end up on the disabled list...

Ya mean it? Hell, I was bracin' for a sprayfest. BTW, if I were you, with your lucky number, I'd have a shirt made up that said WM#3000. I bet it wouldn't take long before somebody from cc.com would recognize you.

quote: When you start going on about noticing higher instances of these traits, it makes it sound like you've conducted some extensive global benchmarking study into behavorial traits among Muslim nations and compared them to Western nations. I suspect that's not the case however. To draw a parallel, it sounds almost like some middle class white male talking like he knows how to solve the problems of poor inner city black kids. I'm glad to hear your opinion RobBob but to think that we can just sum up these problems in a couple of sentences is not very realistic. Three points, JGowans: 1. Maybe you have the time to sum up your opinion in more than a couple of sentences. I don't. I enjoy reading and participating in this board, but I have limited time. I don't have time to write a tome, or study a full-length Goatpost. I write, then post, and I cannot edit the damn thing to perfection. 2. Maybe you didn't identify with or agree with my posts, but it's interesting that, for instance, two different people chimed in to say that they also observed middle-easterners cheating in their engineering classes. They did identify with what I was saying. 3. I believe that you jumped to a conclusion, and henceforward your mind was closed to the point I was making. The little "parallel" you drew suggests that because I am a middle-class white male, I cannot offer clear observations about social groups other than my own. You are in a roundabout way calling me a racist with that one, and I don't appreciate it. If you have some kind of "white guilt" complex that keeps you from trying to objectively view the world, that's your problem, not mine. Re-read my post. It has to do with social customs and norms (in a higher-and-higher tech world), and not race. As you say, I did not conduct some sort of worldwide study in making my points. I have had the opportunity, however, to travel and to work with and employ people from a wide spectrum. I have read and studied (out of personal interest) about large-scale industrial accidents and commercial air crashes in particular. Many people on this board have traveled more than me; but I have been lucky to have traveled fairly extensively on four continents for business and pleasure. Off the top of my head, I have also employed people from 16 countries other than the US/5 different continents. I have gotten to know a number of these people well, and trying to understand the cultures in which they grew up is something that is interesting to me. If you don't like my posts in future, JGowans, pass'em by, but please don't try to ascribe biases to me that aren't there. You don't know me.

I noted the cheating in engr school by middle easterners because I think it is a symptom of a society that does not function well in a higher-tech world. I have noticed a higher incidence of these traits in countries or regions that appear to be more prone to human disasters, incompetence, and bumbling: -a blind eye or higher acceptance of "cheating," especially among elites -in technical matters a hesitance to deliver factual news to superiors and instead spin news positively -corruption accepted by society There are only a few evil Saddams and Bin Ladens in the world. There are a Hell of a lot more greedy and/or incompetent people in the world that are responsible for death and destruction. One quick example: The policemen in Mexico City who accidently killed people while chloroforming and robbing them. They didn't intend to kill them. But a combination of greed, incompetence, and corruption caused them to kill just as evilly as other murderers.

...eine kleine schweinhund [ 11-25-2002, 01:51 PM: Message edited by: RobBob ]

quote: Man, we sure know how to pick our allies. Here in the last month, it's been revealed that Pakistan shipped nuclear bomb technology to North Korea in exchange for missile technology as recently as this summer. Uncle Trickster, You been smokin that Oaxacan stuff again? We give $6 bn a year to these guys' adversaries...but it's all on "Goatland is a Binary World." One observation I have after viewing a small sample size of middle eastern Muslims (in engineering school in the late 70s): They cheated like Hell. We had two brothers in one classroom that would sit apart during lectures, then side-by-side during tests. The rest of us students knew they were cheating. They were not the exception for the middle-eastern engr students; a bunch of them appeared to be doing that. We figured that if they went back to Iran and their structures fell down, WTF? Maybe that's the attitude our profs took, because none of them were busted for it. Maybe it was the middle eastern culture and nothing to do with the religion, but those guys were unabashed cheaters.

quote: Rainier was pretty easy so maybe I'll break a sweat on Elbrus Easy as opposed to Ben Nevis?

I still like these Scott'tryx woollies:

some of us 'hounds were born in action suits.

ChucK, I agree...so I intend to ride, like Paul Revere, on a snowmobile throughout Yellowstone to warn everyone ASAP!

Wooly Chap seek Harry Pi: