have you seen moraccan women?

now THAT will show em!

errrr, WUT???

Yeah I never really got the whole set yourself on fire thing

Obviously they do it because it is the only way they feel they can bring attention to their cause. When people set themselves on fire it becomes an international story, we are talking about it right now and doubt anybody here cares about Morocco. In Tibet if monks continue to do it then it will become more of a story internationally which is exactly what they want, it is a form of protest China does not want to happen and cannot stop--it is potentially effective. It is an extremely controlled environment, how do they get their message out? Not that I condone it, but if somebody is willing to die for their cause it makes quite a statement.

the whole world knows this photo

That particular tactic doesn't sound too bright. Maybe that's why they can't get a job. Just because you're educated doesn't mean you have common sense...

*And why protest over not having a job? Who's supposed to guarantee you a job? Start your own business. Be proactive. Have enough sense to pour piss out of a boot. I dunno. SMH.

Anybody bring marshmallows?

 

Originally Posted by ECUgirl

*And why protest over not having a job? Who's supposed to guarantee you a job? Start your own business. Be proactive. Have enough sense to pour piss out of a boot. I dunno. SMH.

Maybe they were and simply misunderstood their parents suggestion of starting a moroccan bbq.

 

Originally Posted by ECUgirl

*And why protest over not having a job? Who's supposed to guarantee you a job? Start your own business. Be proactive. Have enough sense to pour piss out of a boot. I dunno. SMH.

Not every country has the framework that provides the opportunity the USA does, very few do. That is why people move here, for the "American Dream". You can't just "start a business" in these countries (not even sure that you can in the US)

You can't use American thought or American standards to judge domestic politics in a foreign undeveloped country

 

Originally Posted by zeppelinzoso16

Not every country has the framework that provides the opportunity the USA does, very few do. That is why people move here, for the "American Dream". You can't just "start a business" in these countries (not even sure that you can in the US)

You can't use American thought or American standards to judge domestic politics in a foreign undeveloped country

Well, be that as it may, I doubt setting yourself on fire is a productive way of dealing with it, either. I admit, I don't know a lot about Morocco, but it really surprises me that they lack the freedom to start a business. I'm not saying that they can, just that I'm surprised. I used to work with an interpreter from Morocco and the dude was very educated/intelligent. He spoke like 5 languages. I guess that doesn't have any bearing on anything, but from speaking to him, he seemed to have mostly positive things to say about his country.

Isn't that gov't controlled society some type of Utopia for you libs? Sounds pleasant...

 

Originally Posted by Dyzalot

You obviously don't understand. There are reasons why they can't get jobs and it has to do with the lack of freedom.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...044723,00.html

Did you read my second post in response to zeppelin? I pretty much conceded that very thing...

And this is what libs want to do to us? Yay. Can't wait for that. Not that the conservatives seem to be much better at this point.

**Interesting article. I couldn't concentrate on it as much as I would've liked, my son was in my ear, but did it say why they confiscated the guy's vegetable cart? What did he do wrong? Just curious. That sucks :(

 

Originally Posted by ECUgirl

Did you read my second post in response to zeppelin? I pretty much conceded that very thing...(

Yes but not until after I responded to your first post... I haven't learned to read through a whole thread yet before before wanting to give my opinion on something. :p

 

Originally Posted by ECUgirl

**Interesting article. I couldn't concentrate on it as much as I would've liked, my son was in my ear, but did it say why they confiscated the guy's vegetable cart? What did he do wrong? Just curious. That sucks :(

Because he was "unlicensed". When laws are applied arbitraily and without consistency it leads to outcomes like this.

 

Originally Posted by zeppelinzoso16

Obviously they do it because it is the only way they feel they can bring attention to their cause. When people set themselves on fire it becomes an international story, we are talking about it right now and doubt anybody here cares about Morocco. In Tibet if monks continue to do it then it will become more of a story internationally which is exactly what they want, it is a form of protest China does not want to happen and cannot stop--it is potentially effective. It is an extremely controlled environment, how do they get their message out? Not that I condone it, but if somebody is willing to die for their cause it makes quite a statement.

the whole world knows this photo

I actually don't recall having seen this photo. What/when is it from?

& on a side note, if enough of them set themselves on fire & die, it will reduce the unemployment rate, so isn't it win/win for the government?

 

Originally Posted by Thrash

I actually don't recall having seen this photo. What/when is it from?

& on a side note, if enough of them set themselves on fire & die, it will reduce the unemployment rate, so isn't it win/win for the government?

That's a different angle of the photo from RATM's first album which I believe is a more well-know version of the incident. His name is Thich Quang Duc. Apparently he didn't make a sound the entire time he burned, pretty crazy.

 

Originally Posted by AmSlim22

do liberals really want their lives controlled by govt? im not sure that is as accurate as u think it is.

not their lives, just everyone elses

and seems really rough there - too bad these guys were unlucky and werent born 20 years earlier

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Morocco

edit2: looks like takes 7 days and $300 to start a business there - give them more excuses plz

http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/ex...ing-a-business

edit: looks like all estimates put the unemployment at 7-9%

SCD would be working 90 hour weeks if every college grad in USA w/o job set themselves on fire

these guys are clearly just idots