> Zarf BeebleBrix wrote:
Valid questions?
1: What questions. <

These questions:
  1) Do you have a mental illness.
  2) Do you accept treatment for this illness.
  3) Does this mean we can trust your decision making and judgement?
  4) Does this mean you should hold the position you hold?
  5) Does this mean you can handle the position you hold?

> 2: Why?  What purpose would they serve other than to influence your vote? <

  It is not just the answers that would influence my vote, but how the answers were given, if answers were given, the manner in which answers were given, would all play their part in my final decision regarding wether or not I would trust this man to do this job.

> It's a simple problem: Yes, we should know about mental illnesses.  But the issue is that if you say you will not discriminate against someone with mental illnesses, then you should not need to know about said mental illnesses unless you can find another justification for it. <

  Sir Winston Churchill (if you do not know, Sir Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War Two) suffered from depression, badly. He called it his "Black Dog". After the war his dog ultimately finished him off.
  Sir Winston Churchill was honest about his condition, he would not hide it from others, and (most importantly) would not hide it from himself, he was honest (almost brutally so) with himself, meaning that he would always tackle it head on.
In my book that is a man I could trust more than most "normal" people as that is a man that is clearly under no illusions, and is not in the habit of self deception.
  This may sound like 20/20 hindsight, but I would have voted for Churchill.

> Think of it like this: We lived in some world where technology allowed the dissemination of race to be possible.  When candidates go on TV, give speeches, etc., they all look like the same race.

Unless you can answer the question I posed above, what you are doing is equivalent to someone saying "I want to know what race this guy is!  Honest, I wouldn't vote for or against someone just because of their race!  I just want to know!"  In short, either:
A: You're lying, or
B: You're telling the truth, but other people who will discriminate would discriminate, and that becomes a more serious issue than letting you know just for the sake of knowing. <

  Race is not the same as mental stability and trustworthiness. You race does not dictate wether or not you can trust yourself to get the job done, let alone wther or not anyone else can trust you.

"Things one should be able to find on the internets"

.Japanese girls that actually find white nerds attractive.
.Chinese girls that...
.Korean girls that...
.Vietnamese...
.Russian girls that don't want me for money.
.Thai girls that...
.Ukrainian girls...
.Hungarian...
.Star Trek porn
.Cos-players that want to meet.
.Cos-players that want to "meet".
.The address of "the Cammy Girl".
.Marathon bars.
.Opal Fruits.
.An OS not in league with Satan.
.An OS not in league with Loki.
.A page that loads the information you want BEFORE it loads the flash-based advert measuring 2GB.
.Adverts made by companies that realise that making an advert as annoying as possible is a bad idea.
.A Dutch cafe's mail order page.

When you lot aren't here I touch myself.

Then I wipe myself on your chair.

> Black_Wing wrote:
> ahhh   Fokker..... Its all a joke.    ok.
I guess Im the one who doesnt understand the......... joke.

I guess thats the back door out of the round room ? <

Wait a minute...

...do you think you won something?

Wow... I can't believe you're getting this crabby over what was obviously a joke statement... What exactly are you hoping to prove? Other than the well known fact that I don't do Economics for good reason?

> Black_Wing wrote:
> [...] Explain the same "minefield"...that the UK "Conservative" might wander into......seems simple enough to me.
You wrote the same thing, and Im asking the same question. <

  You seem unable to understand that I said "... the UK is going to wander into the same minefield" and not "The Conservatives are going to wander into the same minefield".
Look man, unless you "get" this there is no point in trying.

> "Rampant Capitalism"   Explain that......Its your statement.
Explain to us JUST HOW it came to be that,  In your opinion and words "Bad Debt", which became "Frivolous money Lending".....  and well..."Retarded money lending"
Can you PLEASE explain all of this.
How did this "Debt" be it retarded or Frivolous or bad come to be ?? <

Partly idiotic mortgage lending, partly big banks taking the piss, toxic investments (Don't know what one of those is but they sound cool)... Mostly; Companies more powerful than governments... HRBS is so big now that the government HAS TO pump money into it to keep it afloat, without HRBS the entire economy of the country would collapse...
...idiotic situation...

> You see, if you dont know what you are talking about......you know..... have even a LITTLE knowledge on the subject..... Dont comment. <

Dude, if you are really this incapable of spotting a joke how the smeg have you lasted in IC?

> BUT>>>>......
If you actually do your homework Assignment like I gave you..... You might actually educate yourself, and have a much different understanding of the situation.
Basically, Im saving you from yourself.
You can thank me later. <

I understand everything I need to: My countries economy is reliant on ONE SINGLE BANK.

> Einstein wrote:
> When I ran I was clear of depression, besides it is an unpaid position, and I only solicited 3 votes, all people who knew me. 90 something people voted for me
As for the rest, your just a troll. Go away troll <

  Are you afraid of my valid questions? Or do you think the public do not have a right to know? I have to ask because some of the more important questions have gone noicably unanswered.

> Sitting Duck wrote:
Mental health problems such as depression are incredibly common <

Really? It's a good job you pointed that out to me otherwise I'd have never figured that out during my weekly visits to the shrink.

> and it is very short sighted of you Fokker to make any mention of them. <

Because telling Flint to go and get some real help rather than just chanting "I'm better now, I'm better now" whilst surfing for survival on the tsunami of the mania that will inevitable lead to an almighty (and if previous experience is anything to go by, very public) crash is so short sighted so ast to be legally blind?

> Many people suffer from conditions such as depression and many people also make full recoveries. <

  And all of these people do this WITH PROFFESSIONAL HELP, not by self deceit and happy thoughts.

> Someone's previous problems may not in any way hinder them or affect their thought or decision making processes. <

  Not telling me anything I don't already know. About Flint. About you, on the other hand, this say a great deal. You are, at time of writing, unaware that I am a medicated mental patient, aren't you? And you are also unaware of Flint's very public admission of his mental health problems (not solely deprerssion, but bi-polar disorder, and then some) and his very public admission that he is refusing all treatments and therapies because he thinks he knows better than the doctors, who are quacks...
  ...To be honest I think he's right about the quak part; If I had made such refusals I'd have awoken one morning to find my room filled with police officers armed with CS Spray and doctors armed with... um... whatever that white shit in the needle is... I think it's Valium.

> That was a low blow and was full of ignorance about mental health issues <

  Hmm... I could be a gentleman and let this slide, after all, you didn't know... But...

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> sKoE )= wrote:
> I don't like '5 star ratings'. They really dont do anything...and throwing in you use halves as well -- thats just weird.
My rating system goes:
SHIT: The movie was so shit, if i met someone who helped create it i would punch them in the face. Twice.
ENTERTAINING: The movie was ok. I was bored during parts, but most of it i was able to sit through.
GOOD: The movie was very enjoyable. At a later date im sure i'll watch it again, and id certainly recommend other people to watch it.
GREAT: Awesome!! I could watch this twice in a row, and still enjoy it the second time. <

I go for the "out of ten" system, but unlike everyone else in the universe I don't automatically give a "good" film 8/10, more like 5/10 or 6/10.

What? The Cuban socialist master-plan to bring down the US economy with cigars has been thwarted by Americas' own rampant captialism?
Irony much?

I'd be more gleeful but thanks to the past actions of certain Conservatives the UK is destined to wander into the same minefield.

Don't listen to me, the public have no right to know.

Were you honest about your health when you were asking for votes?
Did the people that voted for you know about you health?
Would they have voted for you had they known the truth?

Like it or not, the following questions are valid questions to be asking of someone in your position, Michael.

  1) Do you have a mental illness.
  2) Do you accept treatment for this illness.
  3) Does this mean we can trust your decision making and judgement?
  4) Does this mean you should hold the position you hold?
  5) Why should we fuel your delusion?
  6) Why should we play your game?

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