http://blog.b92.net/blog/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./ Chris Farmer sr http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rss@b92.net rss@b92.net Blog A-JE! RSS generator v0.3 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:50:49 +0000 http://blog.b92.net/user_stuff/avatars/mali/4/1004.jpg http://blog.b92.net/ 50 50 http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#k250522
There are values to both systems, and maybe we could try to take the best from both? Some balance between concern for distribution and social welfare while still allowing normal market mechanisms? Or you just keep beating your head against the wall while the country takes a generation or two to adapt--and no, it won't be rushed. ]]> http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#komentari Sat, 10 May 2008 22:16:24 GMT synclepitica http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./ http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#k234102
Chris: you have only passed level one (purchasing what you want). Your next Belgrade capitalism challenge awaits: buy something, and then have a go at returning it. Don't even leave the store before attempting to return your purchase. Make sure you don't park in a zone 1 before attempting this feat. ]]> http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#komentari Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:25:12 GMT Michael http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./ http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#k230730
Even if you don't care so much about how animals are treated (and I'm not one of those vegan, animal welfare activists, I do eat meat), you probably care about what you eat. If nothing, it's a health issue. I mean, chickens that are bred to be "top-heavy", i.e. with huge breasts and almost no legs, cannot be good for you. Only because someone at some point declared that white is good, and black is bad (I'm talking about meat here), turkeys and chickens are genetically altered to yield more white meat. And KFC is probably the worst place to eat chicken at, for the chicken meat itself, and for the way it is processed and cooked. What happened to the good old days when Belgraders used to go to their local green market, where they knew their butchers, usually villagers from the area, and knew where their food came from and how it was fed? The best tasting chicken was, but of course, the one that was allowed to roam freely, that was fed non-GM grains and allowed to pick its own food. If you're lazy to cook it yourself, or have no time, you could ask your butcher to bake it or fry it for you.

Back in the late eighties-early nineties, there existed briefly one KFC place in Belgrade, someone might remember, in Dositejeva street. It didn't last long, because Belgraders, used to the real taste of chicken, saw through KFC. After they'd try it, they'd realise how badly it tasted, and they'd never shop there again. Soon after, the fast food joint went out of business. It is unfortunate and sad that it is now emerging in Belgrade as the next great thing. I assume that after decades of isolation, Belgraders are hungry for anything foreign, however disgusting it might be. ]]> http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#komentari Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:08:31 GMT vjazma http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./ http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#k230299 http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#komentari Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:35:43 GMT noboole http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./ http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#k230209
KFC should be banned from any country that cares of her citizens' health. Is that the worst shit one could have?

And who's the owner of the franchise? Let me guess, a Milosevic family friend, turend rich on hyperinflation. Hmmm....

I praise the manager for preventing you from eating it, and I agree that you cannot have what you want only beacause you paid for it.

When resources are scarce, solidarity is important. Think it over for mankind's sake. ]]> http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#komentari Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:17:42 GMT Turnesol http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./ http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#k230063 http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#komentari Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:55:51 GMT Rasina http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./ http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#k230059 http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#komentari Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:52:28 GMT Rasina http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./ http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#k230001 And then the Colonel came to Serbia.Unfortunately, back in Kentucky, the good old marketing boys at KFC had neglected to read newspapers during these 30 years. No one told them, for example, that cold war had ended, that the Soviet Union had fallen, that communists were not the biggest global annoyance any more
I ate my one and only KFC meal in China, in 1988 = 20 years ago. So, good old marketing boys at KFC were reading the newspapers before that! ]]> http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#komentari Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:21:30 GMT MilutinM http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./ http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#k229792
our superior culture figured out that the road to anarchy and decay begins with absolute freedom of choice for the little man.

so:

1. consumers happy - checked - they have a shop
2. shop happy - checked - they bullied the money out of the (happy) consumers
3. Leader happy - checked - (happy) shop owner (most probably) feathered his nest real nicely to keep it all like this AND (happy) consumers think hes the greatest for letting them enjoy all this luxury!

ergo:
all happy!

Except Chris Farmer! But then again YOU bombed us. And yes, maybe in America you can get all dark meat, but thats why your stupid, fat and have GWB. And thats something we simply - dont wanna!

U see in order to make you Americans happy you need :

a KFC restaurant
a kind and pleasnat salesman(woman)
a whide selection of food to choose from
and on and on and on

While (the) we stop at the first point!
KFC? checked! YAY!
Happy, happy, joy, joy!

So abandon your silly, hedonistic ways and join us.

Be happy just because there is a KFC to go to in the first place. U`ll feel better...

C`mon, u know U wanna! ]]> http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#komentari Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:44:36 GMT Tibor Jóna http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./ http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#k229758
It's bad for ya. ]]> http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#komentari Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:57:43 GMT Rasina http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./ http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#k229696 most favoritest ever) fast food franchise. I recall the time when going to Budapest was of vital importance because a) they have genuine RPG stores and b) they have KFC. Seriously. When I was heading there in order to do TOEFL and SAT, the exams themselves were a distant third.

There was a period after Delta City opened during which I absolutely refused to visit that dread hall of consumerism, the temple of monopoly, the living, breathing collective entity existing for no other reason than to celebrate everything Mišković. At one point a friend pointed out that I was being hypocritical towards myself. I was giving money to Mišković either way, I'm just patting myself on the back, telling myself I'm so cool for boycotting something "obviously evil". So I went there. Only to eat at KFC mind you, shopping for clothes is the single most disturbing thing that can happen to me (further down the line are, in this exact order, speaking in public and death).

At this point, I was probably there a dozen times or so. Not once, not a single gorram time did I get dark meat. I swear. Of course, I never asked specifically for dark meat. I don't rightly care one way or the other. It just became amusing after first couple of visits that all I ever got was chicken breast (who knew there'd come a day I would complain about having breasts offered to me too often). The anticipation of possibly getting a drum stick at some point in the future remains a constant source of amusement.

Though I probably should note that I am very easily amused. ]]> http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#komentari Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:01:38 GMT Dawngreeter http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./ http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#k229677
you get bird flu as extra and free of charge. ]]> http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./#komentari Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:40:20 GMT skyspoter http://blog.b92.net/text/2769/K.F.C.C.C.P./