I was reflecting the other day and was overwhelmed with a sense of beauty in what I saw. The middle of downtown. I was in awe of what humans have been able to accomplish. Business, accomplishment, progress, all of these things are what seperates man from beast. With all the talk from the left about evil corporations and faceless demons in control of people's lives, even the title of this topic heading "Big Business" one cannot deny the greatness that we have accomplished. Huge buildings of glass, streets, sewers, all of our greatness cannot be denied. I find the left's assault on business not only unfair and incorrect, but immoral. Business and progress is a moral issue and any tearing down of that morality is disgusting. Do you agree? You should.

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Hi, I'm studying archaeology for a degree and the main bulk of my course concerns the ancient near east. The Mesopotamians were most definitely not neolithic, neo-lithic meaning before writing...the first writing systems occured in the Near East before this time. The Time period concerned spands over 2000 yrs, from the Uruk period in particular. As for mathematics, the ancient near east were the first people to devise number systems, although not complex by our standards, when considered what we have achieved over the last few thousand years, it really isnt that much. However, no stone? That is incorrect, there are a great deal of temples in Mesopotamia, the platforms and ziggurats of the time can still be seen today. There was a great deal of stone, although not in the area, it was transprted to the area through trade. No Geometry? On the contrary, for the mesopotamians to have created the first pyramids, (they predate egyptians) these are step pyramids and geometry was used in their construction, the reason for them not being hollow is not because they couldn't do it, but rather, the ziggurats were designed to emulate the mountains that the gods originated from. Poorly designed from todays standards? what do expect when 5000 yrs have passed?

The ancient near east, was the birth of civilisation, without them, the rest of the world would never have advanced so quickly.

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I feel sorry for anyone who is so hungry they're willing to eat out of a trash can. But maybe that's just one of my crazy ideas

Thats the problem with liberals. They feel something and assume that their emotional reaction is an idea. Liberals don't know the difference between feeling and thinking.

Um, OK. But is that always a bad thing? And if you were so starving that you had to eat out of a trash can to live, wouldn't you want someone to take pity on you and give you some money/food???? I would....but hey! I'm a liberal with a "problem".

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yes, but if a hobo went for a job application in your factory, would you hire him? No, don't even lie about it. Not even if he went to college. There is more feeling in the world than you deem.

If he were qualified, yes. If I owned factories. i don't think my father owns factories either, maybe I'm wrong.

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I feel sorry for anyone who is so hungry they're willing to eat out of a trash can. But maybe that's just one of my crazy ideas

Thats the problem with liberals. They feel something and assume that their emotional reaction is an idea. Liberals don't know the difference between feeling and thinking.

yes, but if a hobo went for a job application in your factory, would you hire him? No, don't even lie about it. Not even if he went to college. There is more feeling in the world than you deem.

Good call FML, I have been saying that for years.

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I feel sorry for anyone who is so hungry they're willing to eat out of a trash can. But maybe that's just one of my crazy ideas

Thats the problem with liberals. They feel something and assume that their emotional reaction is an idea. Liberals don't know the difference between feeling and thinking.

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But maybe that's just one of my crazy ideas.

Yeah, I guess it is.

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I feel no pity for the homeless person, being as he could help himself out of it (I agree with the "Get a job" sentiment).

Actually, I'm sure it's pretty hard for some homeless people to find a job. A few homeless people have psychological problems, so they can't really get a real job. And some hiring people look at a homeless person and completely stereotype them. I feel sorry for anyone who is so hungry they're willing to eat out of a trash can. But maybe that's just one of my crazy ideas.

Actually Bushsupporter I feel that geminiangel reason was much better than...DARN BIG BIZZ IS BAD ARGHHHH.

I am just the messenger - don't shot me.

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Your logic is great. Thank you for your awesome and unmatched contribution to this board.

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I was having a mood swing when I wrote that "fatalistic" ending to your story FML. I guess I just wanted people to see both sides of the coin.

FML:

I understand completely what you are saying about the car thing.

Well, sort of.

Not all people who have big cars are rich. My next door neighbors are Mormon and have a VERY large family and thus need a pretty big car.

But, other than for that sort of reason, I think people shouldn't buy huge cars like that. Small, economical ones are much better for the ozone and parking.

HeliosLoire:

Don't claim that all homeless people would buy drugs and steal either. Plus, you can check out the "Not One Damn Dime Year!" thread if you want to be throttled and slashed for the things you are saying. But, you might want to read the thread before posting.

Also, what is wrong with a $300 lunch is that that money could be put to MUCH better use--but, it is theirs which you pointed out. You're right, they can do what they want. But, the money would do better to be put elsewhere.

But my Lexus post was in jest. He was buying into a stereotype so I was refining his stereotype. thats all.

I never claimed to be such. Rather than me having a aire of superiority, it would seem you have a complex of inferiority.

Is anyone else tired of FML acting like he is all superior to everyone else?

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The lexxus rolls off to a decadent restaurant where the 2 investment bankers spend $300.00 on lunch. They then head to a strip club where they each pay $500 to have a stripper give them head, although they are married. They end the night by getting drunk, snorting a couple lines of coke, and going home to argue with their wives and beat their kids.

Thats the problem with new money. They don't know how to act once they have obtained it. They bring subpar values to an above par spending capacity. Lexus only has one X and Lexus are more for upper middle class folks. You should make it a bentley or something.