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Wurl                   Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6370 days Last view: 6370 days |
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Originally posted by Scatterheart I understand that these soldiers are conditioned to kill and it was likely instinct, but don't you think that comment is just a little harsh. If a living creature was coming out of my nads I doubt I'd be very happy about being hassled by foreign occupants. Plus, it often takes a very long time for cars to pass these checkpoints. |
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6370 days Last view: 6370 days |
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| Your headers suck. | |||
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6370 days Last view: 6370 days |
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| Being one lazy-ass mofo, I only read the first couple of posts. PR may be difficult on the national level for the U.S. State Reps and local offices tend to have more of an effect on local happenings an thus more influence over our day to day lives. Regional parties on state, county and city levels have gained power without PR. The Populist Party, the Progressive Party, Greenback, Free Soil and various other parties have shown regional power in the past. PR on the smaller level would help smaller parties now, but mostly out of determined bloc voting and wide spread voter apathy for these "small" elections. Last election a leftist/socialist/green candidate had a strong third party showing, getting a little under 10% of the vote. Were all the positions up instead of just one, the county would have a fairly strong alternative party to contend with. But the problem is if that particular election was for state seats the left/socialist/green party would have made up a percentage which was likely not accurate of the overall view of the people. Thanks to mass voter apathy, a determined outside party could make a very strong bid for power with a relative lack of support. While I would love to see a Leftist-type party make a positive change, a ultra-right party could easily do the same. I'm not trying to defend our two-party system- I think it locks out many legitimate alternative views- it could create stability issues in the U.S. PR is a great system if you have high voter turn out, but potentially destabilizing in an often apathetic democracy.
I know that was sort of a ramble. But fuck, I'm tired. I'll try to get back on any questions and maybe go back to clarify the post later. |
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6370 days Last view: 6370 days |
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| As much as I don't like North Korea, they do have the right to test missles. It's not like it matters anyway; any major nation could wipe out North Korea with little difficulty. I kind of wish North Korea would nuke the U.S. so it could be all Mad Max-like. That'd kick ass. | |||
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6370 days Last view: 6370 days |
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| http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=554
No huge surprises here, but some disturbing rankings. The US domestic freedom of press has fallen pretty far down the list thanks mostly to the jailing of a reporter. In Iraq, the US has a terrible freedom of press rating, even by war-zone standards. Outside of the obvious "top secret" type stuff that goes along with war, reporter training by the US government brought it down. Sadly, a couple of other industrialized nations fell back thanks to new press laws, France being one. I'm not too up on that situation, but I think there were some crack downs after the riots earlier in the year. In addition, I think a couple of union papers were shut down. The usual dictatorships and a few nations with recent power changes are near the bottom, although many relatively new democracies placed well. Some good news, but plenty of bad. Hopefully things will improve as time goes on. Edit: The post-riot crap in France isn't counted, but it should show up on the next report. I think their fall on the list is related to a couple of new laws and the Union papers. (edited by Wurl on 06-20-06 03:38 PM) |
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6370 days Last view: 6370 days |
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| Skreename made a good point when he said it doesn't spawn stupidity as much as it puts in a public place. Without Myspace, lolHSdR4mA will stll happen, but in less public ways, like over the phone or at football games and all that crap. The dating is pretty stupid, though it's not like most high school dating is much better. Roughly the same chance of rape, too. | |||
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6370 days Last view: 6370 days |
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Originally posted by Randy53215 True, but so did Iraq at the start of the first Gulf War. I also doubt they would get much support from other nations. Originally posted by ziffhasnoaim/password I figure most of the war would be bombing North Korea to hell. And I'm sure South Koreans would be willing to occupy. Or maybe it'd be like Mercenaries. |
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6370 days Last view: 6370 days |
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| The gas leak and spike pit were my favorites. I still like the idea of "accidental drive-by shooting." | |||
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6370 days Last view: 6370 days |
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| I do have to defend Palestine, to a point. Although Palestine is hardly innocent, they are for the most part the victim. Israel inflicts many, many causalities to Palatines, many of them civilians. Israel also has tight control over check points, which requires Palatines to have papers allowing travel through the check points. Even if they have papers, it still may take hours to pass if they are allowed to pass at all. In addition, Israel has illegal (under international law) settlements and have bulldozed Palestine homes with no legal permission. Frankly, living in Palestine is shitty due in large part to the Israeli army (though there are other reasons and as stated before, Palestine is not a pure, innocent victim). That is why many Palestinians are very anti-Israeli. Some see a solution in armed conflict against Israel, including suicide bombing of (Israeli) civilian targets, as a solution. Israel, of course, wants to stop this and uses their huge military to fight back. Also, both sides see the land as their God-given land and thus are willing to fight for it. It's a cycle of violence and both sides contribute. Israel, however, is often the aggressor, but as an industrialized nation, could do much more to stop violence in general. I think Israel has the right to try to find their soldier, but they do not have the right to use tactics that harm civilians on such a massive scale. Israel was probably trying to intimidate Palestine’s citizens into turning against the soldier's captors, but by this all out attack on the civilian populace they are doing the exact opposite: furthering hate for themselves. | |||
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| I'm not sure, but I think internet publication is included on the list. | |||
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Originally posted by Kasdarack /d/? |
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6370 days Last view: 6370 days |
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Originally posted by Vyper For one, Palestine has continually had to fight to keep their homeland. The Ottoman Turks ruled Palestine, the English colonized Palestine and now there's Israel. I have no problem with the "Jewish state" existing, but I do have a problem when they use their military to reduce Palestine to a third world nation while right nearby the Israeli settlements (many of which are illegal under international law) have running water, swimming pools, paved roads and so on. Also the fact that Palestinians have to go through military check points to travel within their own country, even the undisputed parts. The frustration from this inspires many to resort to "terrorist" tactics, which of course leads Israel to using more military force. Also, the fact that Israel continually attacks civilian targets when many citizens do not participate in "terrorist" activities. Originally posted by Vyper As stated before, the Israeli army continually attacks civilian targets, which I consider to be a terrorist action. |
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6370 days Last view: 6370 days |
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Originally posted by witeasprinwow Although the Korean Worker's Party controls North Korea, they openly (well, open by North Korean standards) reject the notion that they are a Marxist-Leninist state and have attacked Marxism-Leninism in favor of their "self reliance" ideology. |
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6370 days Last view: 6370 days |
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Not going to lie, that deer-head thing was pretty neat.
Originally posted by Cara Zeltina On a semi-related note, who else started singing that song from the Disney movie "My Date With The President's Daughter" at some point during the game? |
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6370 days Last view: 6370 days |
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| Well, I was thinking about getting a tattoo saying "bAbY gRRRRRRL" right above my ass crack. | |||
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6370 days Last view: 6370 days |
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| Ever heard of satire? | |||
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6370 days Last view: 6370 days |
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Originally posted by Amanda I hate Coldstone so much. Who the hell wants to pay $6-10 for ice cream that really isn't that great? That and it's killing the local ice cream places that don't cost so God damn much. |
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6370 days Last view: 6370 days |
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| Mid-Boss of Disgaea. By far the best I can think of. | |||
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6370 days Last view: 6370 days |
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| This is one of the better games I've played recently, actually. It's an old-style adventure game with a decent sense of humor. Soviet Unterzögersdorf is a tiny country and the last remaining country Soviet bloc nation. Stuff happens, ect. It has full Russian dialogue with German and English subs. Plus, it's free.
http://www.monochrom.at/suz-game/index_en.htm |
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6370 days Last view: 6370 days |
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| Alright, I'm sure I'll leave stuff out, phrase poorly, ect. but here I go...
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capitalism is not beneficial to society as a whole. Capitalism is a self-destructive system that inevitably derives into a hegemony of the few over the many. Racism is ultimately a product of Capitalism in countries like the U.S. As long as Capitalism exists in its current state, profits will be more important than people. Capitalism is better at creating wealth, but is not able to distribute it as to benefit the majority of society. A Capitalist system will sacrifice technological progress in favor of profits. (see oil industry) Communism is possible, but not without social change and a socialistic transition period followed by destruction of formal government. Human greed, which supposedly disproves Communism, is cultural in origin, not natural part of true "human nature." This, however, does not mean that it is not in human nature to take priority for one's basic survival needs. Wilsonian Idealism (specifically relating to his idea of an able "ruling class") , Leninism/Vanguard Party/"Dictatorship of the People," or government by the "most able of men" (taken from Monroe quote, refers to upper-class) is incapable of benefiting society as a whole. No government should infringe on basic human rights. Thos rights being the following: freedom of speech, freedom to assemble, freedom for self determination*, freedom to any lifestyle one chooses (so long as it does not infringe on other's rights) and freedom to exist. Although true equality between sexes is impossible, men an women should be paid equally for equal work. Women should also have the fundamental right to have control over their bodies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have more to add and need to clarify some of my points. *needs to be clarified. (edited by Wurl on 07-25-06 12:07 AM) |
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