I don't think that we have to rely on any particular author's take on how zombies behave and move. Thinking about what constitutes a zombie, physiologically and biologically, we can determine what a zombie is capable of and how they act. But we definitely want to give credit to Romero, though even he admits that zombies change from movie to movie even in his works.Originally Posted by UChessmaster
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
If you go through sheer science, zombies shouldn`t be able to do anything they do though. I think going through the guy that popularized them is the best way to go, even if it has a few holes here and there.
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful. -Marie Curie
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24902058
what. a. total. bullshit.
I've seen few different coverages, compared them together. and i can reach only one conclusion of that: total bullshit.
the march had to organize its own protection because it couldn't trust the police(last one, and the one two years ago were obliterated by provocation by either police or anarchist groups - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r6dotpqGf0 example of undercover policeman attacking a passer-by, later confirmed to be 100% innocent, guess what the consequences were for the policemen... none).
Whole march was peaceful, ppl waving flags and all, singing patriotic songs and occasional flares/fireworks - the rainbow arch 's mini-park wasn't even a part of the march's route -and it was always burned/destroyed down when it was repaired, so blaming this on the march is kinda retarded. the march also got attacked from squatters building - someone was throwing rocks and bottles on them. Embassy incident was retarded, but well - it was small group of ppl, 10-15 ppl maximum from what i've seen.
Also - the Warsaw's city hall decided to delegalize the march when it was very close to the end, with police blocking the other routes than forward - therefore giving the police legal reason to attack it, and no real way for the march to comply to the delegalization.
even if you count the misbehaving ppl, the ones that 'attacked' the embassy, and provocators you'll totall them at 200-300 people tops.... march had 50 thousand people in it.
oh, did i mention that police could prevent the embassy incident by putting just few guys in front of it? yep they didn't even cover/protect the march's route. they waited for people to do some retarded stuff(probably some idiot anarchists) and they did nothing to prevent that.
about guys wearing masks - well, it is legal.
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What do you expect from a country that follows in the steps of New Jersey's finest?
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“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
China to relax one child per couple policy
I think this is a bad idea. It's already crowded, over-populated, and polluted in mainland China... adding more people will just make the situation worse.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
worse for Chinese, not china's government.
It's harder to govern people in over-crowded and polluted conditions. As the population grows and resources like land and jobs get ever more scarce, there will be more discontent leading to rebellion and then revolution. Even though they are the source of the discontent, people lash out at those they can hold responsible (like the government).
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
You know what's a lot harder to govern? A country where there is a substantial disparity between the number of men and women in an age group.
Specifically due to the socio-economic problems that result. The back room abortions or outright abandonment of girls, the inherent disgruntlement that happens when a noticeable portion of their population is unable to find a wife and the ensuing problems that result from that.
Not to mention this is nothing new. The rural areas have been allowing more than one child for a long time (especially if the first is a daughter), and Shanghai has been doing it for at least a decade. It's even pretty normal to allow two children if both of the parents were only children.
It would probably help if you didn't get your news from CNN, the shittiest of all news networks. The real question is China's policy change A Good Thing or a Bad Thing?
Most other news sites carrying this story mention the things I posted above.
You got me there. Not sure why it struck me as important when I read it, since I've talked to Chinese in China and there are a lot of special clauses to the one child rule, so this isn't really that big a development. I think I posted it just so I could comment on overpopulation and crowding.
As far as citing CNN, I've been looking for a different news site to use instead (because CNN is pretty ridiculous) but MSNBC and FoxNews are definitely not candidates. I visited Al Jazeera America but their stories are more global and less focused on the US than what I'm looking for. Same problem with BBC. Any suggestions? I might try HuffPo or NPR if they have sites, but they have too liberal a cant for my tastes.
edit: it turns out it's important enough that it's also a major headline on AJA, NPR, and HuffPo, with the HuffPo article saying it would allow 10 million couples to have a second child.
Last edited by Animeniax; Fri, 11-15-2013 at 04:55 PM.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
You know I just realized, considering how obsolete inheritance laws are why were the Chinese killing their daughters anyway?
This will probably help you Carnage:
Gender Equality in China. Most of the changes are very recent, and discrimination is rampant the more rural you go.
Though it isn't all bad, modern Chinese weddings.
Probably a social pride/family name thing... if you can only have one child, better to be a boy so he can carry on the family name, patriarchal society kind of thing.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
The biggest thing that strikes out for me as a problem with China's previous policy is the sudden reduction in the working population and its economic backlashes when the current birthing generation retires. It becomes an artificially created aging population.
Last edited by Buffalobiian; Fri, 11-15-2013 at 10:02 PM.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
You know everyone brings this up as a problem, especially for Japan which is incredibly low birth rates. In the end this will be a greater positive than con, because technology will be taking away many jobs and it will be much easier to have a smaller population to support handing out jobs rather than a large one without resorting to socialism.
Oh, I'm all for population downsizing. I do believe the world is populated enough as it is given our available resources. I just don't think a policy change that induces a sudden cliff-like drop would help, as opposed to some way of tapering down birth rates instead.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
http://www.onislam.net/english/news/...s-mosques.html
I'll just drop it here.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/1...n_4308937.html
You know I don't understand why so many people complain about Wal-Mart wages. It's not like the company is reaping huge rewards, the corporation had a 3.5% profit margin last year, which is pitiful compared to the S&P 500 index. Unless I'm missing something, it seems to me like tv and movie stars really never have any clue what they're talking about.
True but a 3.5% profit margin on their volume of sales is still beaucoup dollary doos. TV and movie stars piss me off asking common folk to donate. Why don't they donate some of their millions... it would go a lot further than $10 from each average joe.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
That doesn't make a financial difference per shareholder.
Maybe not, but for the schlubs making minimum wage with no health insurance who have to rely on food drives for their holiday meals all they see is $$$$$. Don't get me wrong, I have very little sympathy for them. If you can't make livable wages then you deserve to eat out of aluminum cans, though I feel bad for their kids.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
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