It's the culture of entitlement. It has nothing to do with slavery. These attitudes are re-enforced in their community by individuals and or groups with an agenda.
People get tired of reading countless useless postings of requests for translation. If I recall correctly, isn't posting in English a requirement on this forum? EDIT: never mind about the English requirement, it's another forum I'm thinking about.
There should be a requirement to have all non-English postings translated. I don't mind posting in the original language as long as there's an English translation with it. That way, people who are bilingual can verify the translation.
Anyhow, does anyone know why those hatches on the flight...
It's common among young adults. There's plenty of them in the US about "Bombs bursting in the air, etc..." Right now they're trying to decide what their gender is.
If what LKJ86 said is true about President Xi, or someone important, attending the sea trial "ceremony", it shouldn't surprise anyone that an advanced team of security is now in the area.
+1 for mentioning BIS where very few people are aware of them. While I wouldn't go as far as stating there are no countries left (I understand what you're trying to say), there are efforts to unite the planet under one authority. Unfortunately, it's all for the wrong reasons.
This whole situation makes me sick. Both Iran and Russia have Syria's permission to operate inside their country while others do not. Maybe if Israel and friends haven't pushed for a war against Saddam, the entire region wouldn't have been destabilized.
Regardless of what your opinion is of China, the Yuan can no longer be ignored. This news shouldn't be a surprise to anyone since China is keeping the lights on at the IMF, according to some financial pundits. Any bets that Lagarde's comment of moving the IMF HQ to China comes true?