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you have no clue about what it takes to get to a WC semi final. China with all its organizational skill and money can't even make it to the WC on a regular basis.

please reflect on how crazy the idea of 'don't let in muslims' is. its a false either-or you are setting up.

^^zeluva : it could've been a political decision to polarize the muslim vote or something. i don't know anything about UK politics but there is possibility of something like that being the motivation.

ok, the award was unpragmatic but you sound against it in principle. which isn't the position i hold.

@cardsharp ^^ eh, Rushdie has had a literary career. they knighted him for it. if some idiot decides to blow himself up based on an inconsequential award, its purely the fault of the idiot.

i hope to lay my hands on a Mercedes CLS class or S Class one day. [most likely won't be afford a new one though, pre owned]

i am ignorant of chinese history, but how did china not fall victim to full blown colonialism the way india did?

language is not a barrier throughout the world btw. india and the west speak the same language and therefore the transfusion of culture is very very easy. we're never going to be copying chinese mannerisms, clothing or entertainment habits as easily or to the same extent as we copy the west.

language is the biggest barrier i guess. even though we may begin to appreciate more things about chinese food / cinema / corporate ethic etc over time, very unlikely that we'd ever end up learning chinese in india.

hmm, that doesn't bode too well in my opinion. if there is anyone i'd like to have full executive power, it'd have to be an engineer / scientist and not a lawyer / historian. the problem with democracy is that it elects too many low IQ smooth talkers/ people with connections into office...

he is exaggerating and playing to the audience of course. to my dismay, india isn't a whole lot safer for blasphemers either (taslima nasrin?).

where is the fugly X-32 on the list?

actual, if you think carefully, india really does need a complete 5th gen AF to stand a chance against China. they'll always have a numerical advantage with a 4+ gen AF.

actually makes a lot of sense to buy f35 instead of mmrca. it'll only be 1.25x as expensive and the 250+ Su30s will keep the skies safe for the next 5 years or so. it won't happen though.

is there a darker shade to chinese history than the japanese occupation. i watched a few vids on youtube about the nanking massacre and unit 731. pretty shocking. fascism has to be hands down the worst and most inhuman ideology of all time.

offtopic, but nationality has nothing to do with a person's ability to kid himself.

these lists are useless. lady gaga? WTF?

thats hardly an answer.

on point 2, if North Korea were to orchestrate a direct attack on the US, i don't think the military pact with China will help, or will it. Will china stand by a military pact ally in its hour of folly?

hmmm, makes me wonder if the USAF F16s far exceed any other ones around if 50% of the systems are totally classified (is that the same as black?) raises interesting questions about the JSF program too.