Posts by wiredtiger8

Michael Roberts7 said:Look, you’re absolutely entitled to share your opinion and cast your vote for someone who would handle things differently, or at least be honest about it today.
But please, try not to generalize so much; just because they follow other faiths and are mostly young men doesn't mean they aren't human beings—there are wonderful people among them, just as there are terrible ones.

It's easy to agree on certain points, like how any kind of extremism is unhealthy or abnormal. We also don't want to be lied to or cheated, and we believe everyone who doesn't qualify for asylum should be sent back.

I am not letting you off the hook until we find some common ground here.

Think about it—would you even want me as a neighbor? Imagine us sitting there with a couple of drinks, just going at it over the "hot button" issues...

Personally? I think it'd be a blast.

At least while my wife is out of town. 😁

Michael Roberts7 said:Extremists exist everywhere, and these people are fleeing from those very radicals. If they actually agreed with them, they would have stayed to fight for ISIS or the Taliban. It’s just like how some people centuries ago would hide in the woods because they saw no reason to go fighting in Jerusalem and places like that.
You’re still grouping all of Islam into one single bucket based solely on geography. Look at the percentage of Catholics in America—if they followed the Church's recommendations, they all should have gone out and voted against same-sex marriage, yet they didn't.

Well, looks like we can't even find common ground on the basics.

Fine, at the end of the day, it's your right to want them living in this country alongside you or as your neighbors.

My right is that I don't want them here.

Since it’s pretty damn obvious now that these migrants aren't following a single rule in the book—especially looking at what just went down over in Canada—it makes me wonder: why is this even happening?

Where do they get this kind of arrogance, this sheer nerve?

The answer is actually pretty simple. Nobody in Europe has actually shown them what a real rule of law looks like. This whole concept of a European rule of law works incredibly efficiently when they're dealing with, say, football hooligans. They use all the classic tools... water cannons, batons, tear gas, rubber bullets.

But for some reason nobody can even fathom using those same tactics against these... migrants.

The absolute worst thing that happened to them was being hit by those tiny little water cannons used by the Canadians at Horgoš.

So I’m asking you guys here... who is going to be the first one to make a "big move" and actually use real force against people who think they can just run wild and wreck things all over Europe whenever they feel like it?

My money is on the Canadians.

Michael Roberts7 said:Well, I don't think they are significantly smarter or more foolish than we are.
Fearing and defending against Islamization is about 500 or more years too late. People from regions where the decimal system was invented, or where the foundations of modern medicine and many other vital advancements lie, didn't all suddenly lose their minds and become fundamentalists overnight. We interact with those discoveries and a massive vocabulary of Arabic origin every single day.

Just as we adapted some of their ideas, most of them will eventually adapt ours. If there are people who refuse to adapt and don't believe in it, your question proves that, and I suppose we are similar in that regard. There is likely a segment of "us" that doesn't trust them any more than a certain percentage of "them" distrusts us.

Most of the mistakes the Islamic State makes today were made by our own liberal factions hundreds of years ago. This means we are at a similar stage of development, where a part of a religious community, roughly 1,400 years after its founding, still believes that killing non-believers is necessary.

Tell me, how can you judge them as people who are significantly better or worse than you, and who don't deserve to be viewed as individuals rather than being generalized and tossed into the trash along with those whom some of them are actually fleeing from?

See, you actually hit the nail on the head regarding the real issue.

Everything you wrote is spot on. The real problem is just those few hundred years of civilizational progress. If we look at this purely through a religious lens, they are lagging behind by those few centuries—which is exactly how much younger their faith (Islam) is compared to ours.

So, bottom line: we can never truly be the same.

And if we’re being honest, they *are* just a collection of individuals acting as a unit. Sure, you can pick out specific outliers, but as a whole, we aren't identical.
We aren't... not civilizationaly, not culturally, and not even religiously (though I'm not making that the main point here). Even the way Islam is practiced here in America, or the culture of American Muslims, is worlds apart—literally night and day—compared to Syrian, or especially Iraqi or Afghan Islam... it's just a plain old fact.

DobroJutro said:Those "democracy festivals" were just your typical elections where the beloved leaders walk away with 80% or 90% of the vote—standard stuff. Even the big-name advocates for free elections have backed them, stretching from Venezuela Bahrain all the way to Iran and Russia.

Look, just go ask someone—if you're near the Sutla area, you could even drop off some dry clothes. Maybe a few minutes of actual conversation will finally open your eyes.

CROSSING THE FROZEN SUTLA: "We're at the doorstep in Cleveland, we need clothes and food."

So, you're still talking nonsense.

1. The Russians only arrived in Syria ten days ago—they didn't create this refugee crisis.
2. Here’s a hard fact for you: only about 20% of these "refugees" are actually Syrian.

And hey, since you're such a huge protector of them, why don't you head down toward Sutla yourself... go offer some humanitarian aid.

Besides, what is there left to ask? We already know the drill... they're all doctors, dentists, engineers, or students...
...which accounts for that 20% of Syrians within the total migrant mass. So, what's the deal with the other 80%? That's Afghans, Iraqis, Pakistanis, and Bangladeshis—and frankly, the truth behind that is anyone's guess...

fadedmason3 said:Since the offensive launched, fueled by Russian airstrikes supporting the regime's forces, some 35,000 people have been forced to flee the outskirts of Aleppo, according to a spokesperson for the UN

UN reports 35,000 displaced following regime offensive in Aleppo

And there you have it—a perfect illustration of who is responsible for churning out these refugees before they inevitably end up at our own borders.

So, who’s actually "manufacturing" them?

Is it the Russians?

I still don't get one thing...

You people here who are constantly out there championing immigrants, refugees—call them whatever you want at this point... I can wrap my head around having a stance that sort of... partially... supports certain aspects of their struggles or whatever... it doesn't even matter right now.

But this relentless, non-stop defense of absolutely everything tied to them... like... they aren't worse workers than Americans or anyone else... their culture isn't actually different from ours... they aren't more or less uneducated... it’s not true that they can't integrate... it’s not true that they’re going to flip the entire demographic structure of the US in just a few years... blah, blah, blah...

...Well, that part just flies right over my head.

Is it actually possible that you believe all that? Are they really just identical in every single way to the native-born population here in America?
What, they just need a month or two... or maybe a year to settle in and find their footing? And that's it?
Everything stays exactly the same as it was before they arrived, except maybe some demographic stats look a little better?

Michael Lee4 said:Who cares if it's at 3:00? I'm usually drinking until 5 anyway. That's why getting up at 8:00 feels like death. Like I said, if the race was actually intense, I'd get up, but this? No chance.

I mean, who wouldn't want that?!... alcohol aside. 😁

Watching this whole debate unfold, I’ve gotta say a few things.
Last year, Red Bull basically opted for the simplest strategy in the book... and it was basically "don't worry about being the F1 champion, just don't be the champion paired with Webber." They somehow stumbled into luck at the very end and walked away with the title thanks to Vettel.
And honestly, it doesn't even matter that Webber is a tier below Vettel in terms of raw talent.
Webber just had one of those weird "out of body" moments last season—the kind of thing that happens to even the mediocre drivers (kind of like what happened to Massa back in the day).
I can't quite wrap my head around it, but the plain truth is that Webber was performing way above his weight class last year. Even if you argue Vettel was struggling or too green or whatever, the fact remains that in several races, Webber was actually faster than Vettel.
Dammit... I guess even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Edit: It’s also a complete mystery to me—for those who actually remember—how Gerhard Berger always seemed to be absolutely legendary (and winning!) at Hockenheim (that old, high-speed version), yet on any other track, he wasn't even in the conversation for a podium.

Michael Lee4 said:He didn't make a mistake... he just went out there, got dirty, someone passed him, so he immediately went on a rampage to take it back, collided with them, and shoved them off the track just so he could overtake them where there was zero chance of doing it fairly.

That was Nico Rosberg, not Michael Schumacher.

darkmarlin16 said:

Someone is going to get absolutely screwed, and I mean like, totally wrecked. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Look, Maminho... I don't trust you one bit. This is already your second post mentioning "those types" of people...

I just don't know... man, this whole internet thing is pure evil... honestly, it's just like alcoholism.

goldenpilot2 said:You’re dead wrong— if he'd actually stayed on track instead of spinning out, nobody would be talking about this-- because his rear end was practically hovering over the edge of the asphalt. And don't even get me started on how "brilliant" it is to expose those BOC formulas to a potential collision.

So yeah, the logic? Zero points. Total fail.

Spot on. If he had just stayed put, there wouldn't have been a penalty, but he didn't.

He just couldn't wait for the rest of the field to clear, so he pulled that reckless move trying to squeeze through them.
It's plain as day.
For everyone.
Besides, even Lewis Hamilton went out of his way to apologize to Andrea di Resta, which tells you everything you need to know—the situation is crystal clear.
And let's be honest, Lewis doesn't go around handing out apologies like candy very often.

Roger Wright94 said:Then you'll go and remember that Irvin also lost out on the title in the final race. Though—let's be honest—his performance swings were absolutely massive.

Yeah, sure—while Schumi was dealing with a broken leg. I also distinctly remember how Schumi didn't have any trouble playing "water boy" once he finally made his comeback toward the end of the season.
Not that I felt particularly bad about it... honestly, not even close.

wanderingbison9 said:It’s honestly such a bummer that he lost that championship in the final seconds back then—maybe we’d be watching a completely different version of Mass today...🙄 I mean, maybe he wouldn't have been technically superior, but he would've had more grit, more hunger...

Yeah, in the thirty-odd years I've been following NASCAR, that whole situation with Mass and that stolen title is the one that sticks with me most.

I just like the guy... regardless of how he handles a car. Back during the Michael Schumacher days at Ford, he actually knew how to play his part and wait for his shot once Schumi moved on. And man, did he get his shot.

But luck just wasn't on his side... what a shame.

If you ask me, ever since that mess, he hasn't driven nearly as well as he's capable of—and let's be real, his ceiling was never quite "champion" level anyway.

Honestly, I don't get why everyone is acting so shocked about Massa being labeled as "subpar" behind the wheel. It was always obvious they had a clear hierarchy with a designated number one and number two driver.

That’s just how Ford operates—it's their playbook, and you can bet your life they aren't changing it anytime soon.

Besides, was Rubens actually any better?

Or even Max Mosley? (I mean, sure, he had more "experience" under his belt... but as far as pure driving talent goes, not even close)

mistybear87 said:I've been thinking about it, and honestly, the way they shut down Rubens last year was quite a decisive move, wasn't it? 😉

Yeah, sure, but I’m talking about Vitaly Petrov.

Look, when you're dealing with Rubens, Schumi would pull the exact same move again... don't you doubt it for a second. 😁

Joshua Doyle11 said:Word on the street is that Mercedes-Benz is rolling out a brand new exhaust setup this weekend, inspired by what Renault has been doing, along with those famous flexible wings.🙂
It’ll be interesting to see how much that actually gives the German team an edge, especially since everyone else is showing up to the table with their own fresh updates too.🤷

I honestly feel like Michael Schumacher hasn't quite said his final word just yet.🙂
He didn't just come back to scrap for a single point here and there; he's clearly looking to kickstart his momentum and get those results rolling again.
It feels like a total pipe dream right now, but hey, you can never say never.

Yeah... but I don't even see the drive in him, which is what makes this whole thing feel so illogical to me...

...for instance, during that last race in Turkey, his move to "close the door" on Vitaly Petrov was half-hearted at best... he didn't even defend properly, and when Petrov lunged down the inside, he didn't react fast enough... it looked incredibly unfocused for him, almost like he just didn't care.

Then again... if he lands on the podium or somehow pulls off a win, I’m certain that would be enough to "bring him back to life."

Honestly, this thread has turned into a complete circus lately. It’s getting nasty—like, really nasty.
There's this whole group being lumped together under the label "NYC Taxi" and slapped with the most disgusting insults you can imagine. Look, I get it—people are frustrated with NYC taxi drivers, I really do. But I just can't wrap my head around why everyone is basically adopting the exact slurs other users are using to trash them.
I'm not one to love generalizations, even if I get where they're coming from sometimes.
But here's the thing... if people were talking like this in other sections of this Reddit—say, in Politics or Big Brother—they’d be hit with an instant permaban. No questions asked. Yet here? People aren't even getting a warning.
Please, let's try to keep some level of decency around here.

Back in '83, we had the Brabham BT52.

http://carblueprints.info/eng/view/b...m-bt52-f1-1983

neoneagle4 said:First off, mods—please, I’m begging you, just leave this poll up for at least seven days 🙂 because there’s something I need to get off my chest.

Look, his driving skills? Unquestionable. On that front, he’s easily one of the best out there—that's not even a debate. But we aren't talking about his talent here; we're talking about him as a person. 😁

I’ve been following Formula 1 since the early 90s, and honestly, I don't think there's a driver I've ever disliked more than him.
And I seriously doubt anyone will ever be worse—especially after what he pulled back in
Austin in '97. If you'd asked me then, I would have said he should’ve been banned from the track for life... 😁
Sportsmanship? Zero. Absolutely none. And if you ask me, that was the exact moment most Formula 1 fans just completely lost their stomach for him.

If you're actually looking for an opinion on him as a person, don't judge him by how he acts on the track—judge him by how he acts off it.
On the track, we already know the deal... he doesn't know anyone, not even his own brother. To me, that's just what defines all champions.
As for off the track... well... let's say regarding that massive disaster where 200,000 people died, he donated $20 million in cash. He could have easily given a million... and he still would've been considered a legend. That says a lot about his character, doesn't it?
Besides, he's actually loved by his mechanics over at Ferrari... which, hey, actually tells you something about who he is as a guy.