Munger explains the opportunistic approach of Berkshire Hathaway and the importance of their business experience to their investment success (and vice versa), dismisses gold as an investment «civilised people don't invest in gold, they invest in productive businesses» and comments on the dynamics of the macro economy and his enthusiasm for the two US presidential candidates (in spite of the «poisonous» state of US politics).
Not exact matches
I
do not deny this god's existence, but this god is not one a
civilised man would worship.Can someone explain what it truly means to be benevolent or is it left in the hands of false prophets like these who demonize
people in the name of their lord?
thanks for the sensible comment fatboy yep i know i
do get that they
do nt really mean it, but i just cant come to terms with that, i
do nt really expect
civilised culture in a sport but generally from the
people in the world, yep you are right about the real world, maybe thats the reason it annoys me extremely, i mean look our world is rotten to the core, the human mindset is terrible when it faces danger or problems for himself, and maybe thats the reason i just want football to stay as just as an entertainment industry but when i see that
people even here let the words flow in any kind of way just because the are frustrated, i really cant come to terms with it, i really love black humor and some akbs react angrily when some fans tell some wheelchair jokes or for example on the post from admin where one could write jokes about wenger, some were really awesome, but when
people cant control their emotion after a game and abuse other
people it just irritates me as hell cause i really think that thats one of the big problems in the world..
«If you can not look for vehicles in a more
civilised manner than having troops going into
people's houses, breaking down their gates and say you are looking for vehicles, you can not go to DVLA and look through the database and find out what government vehicles are available then what kind of efficiency
do we have in government?
It presages a law captured by the rhetoric of the right to freedom of expression without due regard to the value underlying the particular exercise of that right; a law in which, under the guise of the right to freedom of expression, the «right» to offend can be exercised without responsibility or restraint providing it
does not cause a disruption or disturbance in the nature of public disorder; a law in which an impoverished amoral concept of «public order» is judicially ordained; a law in which the right to freedom of expression trumps — or tramples upon — other rights and values which are the vital rights and properties of a free and democratic society; a law to which any number of vulnerable individuals and minorities may be exposed to uncivil, and even odious, ethnic, sexist, homophobic, anti-Christian, anti-Semitic, and anti-Islamic taunts providing no public disorder results; a law in which good and decent
people can be used as fodder to promote a cause or promote an action for which they are not responsible and over which they have no direct control; a law which demeans the dignity of the
persons adversely affected by those asserting their right to freedom of expression in a disorderly or offensive manner; a law in which the mores or standards of society are set without regard to the reasonable expectations of citizens in a free and democratic society; and a law marked by a lack of empathy by the sensibilities, feelings and emotional frailties of
people who can be deeply and genuinely affronted by language and behaviour that is beyond the pale in a civil and
civilised society.