I am operating on an imperfect memory of these books, but I read a TON of them when I was little, and it is not at all clear to me why this book about orphans in a train car turned into a series about these orphans solving mysteries. Was there something mysterious in the first book? Were their parents both detectives? Cause I feel like rather than write this book, then write separate, more logically situated mysteries, the author was just like "I already invented four characters, that is plenty of characters for one lifetime!"
I know what you mean. I'm Kristen-Stewart-dancing-for-a-few-seconds-in-the-trailer-for-On-the-Road-sexual.
Yup. Didn't mean to target you, I hope that was clear--just where it happened to fall in the commenting thread. It's just very frustrating to have this beautiful, clear, thoughtful examination of the topic greeted with a throwaway like "Oh I don't think that will ever work for [reasons contradicted in the article] so why bother."
Yeah, I think I see, but I also think that any coordinated international action against a US company would result in major diplomatic kerfuffles.
[Oops hit save too soon] Like right now Europe and the US are actively working on a treaty to expand intercontinental trade, and the possibility of companies being ideologically targeted would hinder that significantly.
Not saying it's RIGHT. Just saying it's politically unlikely.
Well, as the article points out, Israel! Where they were used to invest in infrastructure and a merchant fleet, bolstering the overall development of that country significantly. As is explained at length in the article which people should read before making blanket statements about Bandaids!
The US basically does not recognize international law. I don't think we're signatories to a single treaty that would allow American companies to be broadly targeted in such a way. So probably not, although individual countries may be able to threaten the specific operations of individual companies on their soil.
NOTE FROM US GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL: in training, we use Mr. Sketch scented markers all the time and all of us are pretty into it. All your government is trained by smelly markers. END NOTE FROM US GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.
Wait, did you check to make sure none of the dudes are robots? Always start a date with a paradox, just to be safe.h
Yeah, Krakow seems much prettier/cooler, but I'm sure we'll make it there for weekends. Warsaw DOES have a poster museum, which is an awesome thing to have.
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