Quote from: Meta Cognition on September 20, 2014, 11:47:16 AM

Not to mention, German soldiers often had belt buckles stamped with Gott mit uns.

I'd argue that this was just carrying on the military traditions of the second Reich and since it was basically the soldiers' battle cry in WWI, and had nothing to do with Adolf's beliefs. "Gott mit uns" was also all over Prussian heraldry since the 1700's.

I know, I'm not using it to argue for the religiosity of Hitler or the Nazi Party. The point is, descriptively speaking, religion was still a factor in German social life. Hitler made reference to God as much as he could in his speeches, simply because he was a good politician. And while the Catholics faced terrible persecution under the Nazis, to deny the presence of Christianity in the German social fabric is to deny the German social fabric.

Hitler
Stalin

Yes, except neither of them were militant because they were atheist.

Hitler's religious beliefs are incredibly controversial, although I myself am inclined to consider him an atheist. However, that doesn't change the fact that Nazi ideology is ridden with signs of pagan blood rites and nordic mythology. Not to mention, German soldiers often had belt buckles stamped with Gott mit uns.

As for Stalin and the Soviet Union, they were still very religious in the sense that they had instilled, or tried to instill, a sense of worshipfulness towards the State in much the same fashion as Imperial Japan or contemporary North Korea.

Both were atheists. Both were militants. The link isn't there, though.

Quote from: Meta Cognition on September 20, 2014, 11:34:14 AM

Quote from: RustingFloor on September 20, 2014, 11:31:40 AM

Where the king has legislative power.

Any government with hereditary positions is garbage.

Besides the point.

The existence of a monarchy is not, of itself, backwards, oppressive or otherwise undesirable.

meta pls

I live under one.

I can assure you that my worries lie with the Parliament, not the Monarch.

Aye.

Yes because I'm not some sort of uncultured mongoloid.

Great.

When do we start bombing them?

Not even gonna expound on the nightmare itself?

Would if I could, it's incredibly vague.

Something about a plane ride, and me driving in the dark, stalling and a creepy fucking bitch just standing right next to my window.

"hey, this is may sound weird but I'm friends with your ex bf, -redacted name-, and live only 2 hours away. Wanna do something?"

Oh yeah. Shit like that really gets the ladies going.

I used to be a neutral monist, although I learn towards materialism now and again.

But, in answer to your question, yes. Monism is metaphysically correct. Cartesian Dualism is something of a joke.

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on September 19, 2014, 03:43:35 PM

Spanking, yelling, and other extreme behaviors undermine you as a leader and as a parent.

Drill Sergeants aren't leaders?

Soldiers are capable of fully understanding the situation they're in and consenting to it. If they don't like it, they can drop out.

That being said, I'm sceptical of drill sergeants' methods.

You wanna know why it was a 51% vote? because some 1st generation bongs moved over and transfered to a Scottish place of residence, therefore the bongs could force their regime as much as they wanted with the scots.

Except it was a 55% vote.

Every child begins as a blank canvas

That's patently false.

The guy just has to kinda hope for the best.

I don't know why, but that really made me laugh.

ITT: Dustin engages in scientism.

Scientists tasked to combat global warming probably wouldn't do a very good job. They have little knowledge of economics, legislation, jurisprudence or anything else that needs serious consideration.

You could come up with a long list of catastrophes and unfortunate events caused by "experts" and to assume that those qualified in a specific area are capable of essentially acting as legislators is nothing short of dangerous.