Oh, it's this again.....

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

FUN FUN!

[Niels Bohr 72]

This is why Engineers and Writers don't get along. I don't like English. Although I got the highest grade in the class for English at the University, it's still not great.

Edited May 2, 2008 by consolemaster

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

Hey Monopoly University doesn't count!

[Mononoke28 137]

There's nothing better than coming to VJ on a boring Friday afternoon for some entertainment. I always find idiotic posts with bad spelling that just crack me up.

Thanks for the good times Console"master".

Diana

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It's not really surprising - there are plenty of people here who don't speak English as a first language.

People who do speak English as a first language and can't spell, punctuate or observe grammatical conventions - well they have no excuse.

Of course nobody's perfect.

[Jack and Barbara 0]

Nice, we a legit petitioner supporting for Mexico. Mopar to ya!

Yeah and legal too, weather you like it or not. Married to a wonderful white woman that sees the person first and not his/her color of skin, or at least doesn't see brown=bad and yellow=good.

By yellow are you referring to Chinese?

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

Not really chinese just of asian origin. That being said, I hold nothing against our asian brothers like some other members do against hispanics in this country.

Edited May 2, 2008 by GueraYTavo

[SMOKE 1,426]

It's not really surprising - there are plenty of people here who don't speak English as a first language.

People who do speak English as a first language and can't spell, punctuate or observe grammatical conventions - well they have no excuse.

Of course nobody's perfect.

wat mak u said somting lick thet!

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

wat mak u said somting lick thet!

Hey dude that wasn't an ESL speaker, that was Donald Duck! hahahaha

Edited May 2, 2008 by GueraYTavo

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

wat mak u said somting lick thet!

Please... Allow me...

Wot mayd yo sai somfin lyke thit?

[SMOKE 1,426]

wat mak u said somting lick thet!

Please... Allow me...

Wot mayd yo sai somfin lyke thit?

oh thanks 6

wat mak u said somting lick thet!

Hey dude that wasn't an ESL speaker, that was Donald Duck! hahahaha

it wasn't anything but a smart azz comment to 6.

its too slow on VJ today.

Edited May 2, 2008 by SMOKE

[Chica Yeyé 41]

It's not really surprising - there are plenty of people here who don't speak English as a first language.

People who do speak English as a first language and can't spell, punctuate or observe grammatical conventions - well they have no excuse.

Of course nobody's perfect.

I am...

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

wat mak u said somting lick thet!

Please... Allow me...

Wot mayd yo sai somfin lyke thit?

oh thanks 6

Tut-tut. It's Thanx

[DeadPoolX 9]

I'm just coming back into this thread now and so I'm going to respond to something said earlier -- about the "charitable will" of Americans. Some people on here (and in this country overall) seem to compare charity with taxation for government programs that supposedly provide for the less fortunate.

I don't see them being equal at all.

If I decide to be charitable and give out of my own free will, then it's my decision. That's a much different scenario than if I am taxed, where my money is taken and put into a program I may or may not agree with and used for purposes I can get absolutely no say in at all.

I hope everyone can see the point I'm making here. If I choose to help someone, then I will. However, if I am forced to do it, I suppose I will as well, but I won't like it nor will I view those taking my money or those receiving my money in any positive frame of reference, either. In effect, the latter position will eventually cause people to grow and harbor grudges, whereas the former will make them feel good about themselves and those they are helping.

[kerewin21 2]

I'm just coming back into this thread now and so I'm going to respond to something said earlier -- about the "charitable will" of Americans. Some people on here (and in this country overall) seem to compare charity with taxation for government programs that supposedly provide for the less fortunate.

I don't see them being equal at all.

If I decide to be charitable and give out of my own free will, then it's my decision. That's a much different scenario than if I am taxed, where my money is taken and put into a program I may or may not agree with and used for purposes I can get absolutely no say in at all.

I hope everyone can see the point I'm making here. If I choose to help someone, then I will. However, if I am forced to do it, I suppose I will as well, but I won't like it nor will I view those taking my money or those receiving my money in any positive frame of reference, either. In effect, the latter position will eventually cause people to grow and harbor grudges, whereas the former will make them feel good about themselves and those they are helping.

I see your point, but I can't imagine people donating the billions/(trillions?) of dollars needed to ensure that the poor in this country have food, housing, and medical care.

And what about the elderly? What would happen to Medicare if it were based only on charitable contributions? Grandma and Grandpa would not be able to afford to go to the doctor and would lose everything they had trying to pay their medical bills.

I'm proud of the fact that we as a people support the poor. I've seen kids die in other countries because their parents didn't have $10 for malaria pills and there was no government or charitable program to help them out. That doesn't happen here. Women and children aren't routinely living on the streets. People don't starve to death here. That's only achievable by having everyone who is able to contribute to the greater cause of taking care of each other.