Posted by kazoo on September 20, 2001, at 1:21:45
In reply to feeling nothing, posted by sar on September 18, 2001, at 23:54:44
> ... don't we exploit the shit out of them?
^^^^^^^^^^^
No, not really.
After all, the U.S. gave Afghanistan 132 million U.S. dollars in aid in just this year alone (according to CNN) and has done so for many years.
I realize that by today's standard with POWERBALL lottery sums exceeding 300 million (at times), that this amount is a mere drop in the bucket, but it also happens to be the ONLY drop in the bucket. No other country does this.
And this money is exclusive of the medical, humanitarian and food supplies we give in generous amounts with no quid pro quo expressed.
So much for exploitation.
"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." is something you will not find in the Koran. Can't be translated in Arabic without losing the essence.Re. feeling nothing, I give you Cole Porter:
I get no kick from champagne
Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all
So tell me why should it be true
That I get a kick out of youSome they may go for cocaine
I'm sure that if, I took even one sniff
It would bore me terrifically too
But I get a kick out of youkazoo
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