Sunday, March 29, 2015

indicative of the way a lot of people in power behave?


nypost |  In 2012, Forbes magazine ranked Brunei the fifth-richest nation in the world. Yet there is little fun to be had: Alcohol is banned and there is virtually no nightlife or culture.

“I’m trying to think of a place that’s duller,” Australian writer Charles James told Fortune in 1999. “Maybe a British village in midwinter.”

In one way, the brothers adhere to Islamic law: As prescribed, each has several wives and families. But everything else they do is in defiance of the Koran and the law they’ve just imposed.

“It’s a radical double standard,” says Jillian Lauren, who wrote about her life as a member of Jefri’s harem in her memoir, “Some Girls.” “They have more money than anyone else. I know that they both have been married and divorced multiple times. It’s really hypocritical.”

“With their money, they could have cured diseases,” an adviser to Jefri told Fortune. “But they have little interest in the rest of humanity.”

Another described Jefri and his brother as incredibly dim. “They don’t have a lot of thoughts,” he said. “If you were a fly on the wall and heard their conversations, they’d take you to Bellevue.”

A third brother, Mohamed, was reported to loathe his brothers’ wantonness and profligacy. But when the Sultan tasked him with rebuilding the economy that he and Jefri had so badly damaged, he took more than $2 billion for himself and was promptly fired.

6 comments:

BigDonOne said...

The limits of human performance, physical or mental, depends fundamentally on genetics....

BigDonOne said...

Don't forget The Golden Rule:"He who has the Gold, makes the Rules...":

rohan said...

lol, did Dawn not listen to the program, or, did he listen but flatly fail to understand?

CNu said...

Either way doesn't matter. BD has shown beyond any shadow of a doubt that his command of this issue comes to a full and final stop at the "ethnie as species" system 1 bottleneck.

BigDonOne said...

The Truth is indicated by examining extreme cases. Show BD some environmental therapy that fixes Down Syndrome IQ-65 (a genetic condition), then we can talk....

CNu said...

You're right. Thank you ever so much for extensively showing yourself so that all might effortlessly examine you and have the truth clearly indicated....

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