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Serious / Re: Holy shit it's going down (fucking Russia)
« on: April 01, 2015, 11:59:42 AM »
I can't tell if this is a joke or if you legit fucked up that URL.
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Serious / Re: Holy shit it's going down (fucking Russia)« on: April 01, 2015, 11:59:42 AM »
I can't tell if this is a joke or if you legit fucked up that URL.
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Serious / Re: Serious personal question to LGBT users« on: April 01, 2015, 11:40:14 AM »Look I think if people can receive the news that their family died in a plane crash by text that you can text or call your sister if you think a phone call will go terribly.I support this course of action, really. You know your sister better than we do, but just being direct and honest might be the right way to go. 6423
Serious / Re: Obama Administration may stop protection and support of Israel« on: April 01, 2015, 11:31:39 AM »My opinion? Israel shouldn't exist. It's nothing against Jews. I say this because it's brought unnecessary suffering to them when America was practically a safe haven for them.I actually agree. I especially disagree with the Zionist idea that the Jews deserve a country all of their own. But, history is history. We can't change the fact that Israel exists in the here and now. If anyone's really to blame for the poor formation of Israel, it's the British Empire. Quote But the fact of the matter is Israel is a terrible place with terrible people and lost their moral high ground many decades ago.I can't disagree that Israel has its faults. But I can't agree that they don't have the moral high ground. I'd take a xenophobic Orthodox Jew from Israel over a fundamentalist Muslim from Gaza any day. But, fortunately for Israel, its worst elements don't exactly rule it. They give Arabs full rights of citizenship, allow them to serve in the Knesset and they have one on the Supreme Court. And they don't fire rockets from besides residential areas, schools and hospitals to make the Palestinians look bad when they retaliate. 6424
Serious / Re: Obama Administration may stop protection and support of Israel« on: April 01, 2015, 11:27:50 AM »Can you imagine all the things we could pay for if we didn't give Israel money?You could stop funding Hamas through the PA first. That seems like a smart first move. 6425
Serious / Re: Obama Administration may stop protection and support of Israel« on: April 01, 2015, 11:20:17 AM »Israel really is as bad as Palestine.Nowhere near. While I oppose the settlements in the West Bank, we shouldn't forget that the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank is legitimate under international law. Hamas is a disgusting, fundamentalist organisation that wilfully kills its own citizens to make Israel look bad. There will never be a Palestinian state so long as Hamas is in the mix. 6426
Serious / Obama Administration may stop protection and support of Israel« on: April 01, 2015, 11:07:11 AM »
Bloomberg
Quote (Bloomberg) -- While the world remains fixated on the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, the Obama administration is facing another foreign policy showdown in the United Nations Security Council.Jesus fucking Christ. 6427
The Flood / Re: Orange Tic Tacs or The others?« on: April 01, 2015, 10:32:31 AM »
Orange and lime.
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Serious / Re: Wait, why do we hate Bill Maher again?« on: April 01, 2015, 10:27:48 AM »Looking back to when Christopher Hitchens was on and displayed pro Iraq War sentiments, the audience literally booed him to the point where he flipped them off. YouTube Hitchens has got some fucking balls. 6429
Serious / Re: Wait, why do we hate Bill Maher again?« on: April 01, 2015, 10:25:11 AM »YouTube I've always enjoyed this. 6430
Serious / Re: The Iraq War« on: April 01, 2015, 10:20:41 AM »And to everyone else, just searching this page alone:Most of that is probably me. 6431
Serious / Re: Wait, why do we hate Bill Maher again?« on: April 01, 2015, 10:19:38 AM »
I don't usually like Maher, but that was pretty spot-on.
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Serious / Re: Wait, why do we hate Bill Maher again?« on: April 01, 2015, 10:12:33 AM »
Who the fuck is the annoying bitch with that autistic laugh.
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Serious / Re: The Iraq War« on: April 01, 2015, 10:08:15 AM »Democratization is the most obvious outcome of liberation by a Western country. And indeed, it was certainly one of the US's primary reasons for invading Iraq.Oh. My. God. I DON'T CARE why the US invaded. I care about the CONSEQUENCES of the invasion. If the US wanted to democratise Iraq, fantastic. Irrelevant to me. Again, you're equating support for the prosecution of the war with implicit support for the actions of the Bush Administration. Quote The US has more than enough of its own resources to reasonably sustain itself, but curiously its dependence on other countries skyrocketed during the Clinton and Bush years.Gee, I wonder if that has a simple and straightforward economic explanation. Quote But how can you say that factually incorrect claims about the threat of Iraq (which you've still yet to refute) would somehow demand its prioritization over literally genocide.I don't think it does. How have you not already gleaned that I think something substantial should've been done in Darfur. All I said was that I'm not sure the situation in Darfur was worse than Iraq in humanitarian terms. I think our prior diplomatic involvement gave us better grounds with which to involve ourselves in Iraq. Quote NK is cushy with China so it's unlikely we'll actually do something about them unless China decides Kim has gone off the wall.Exactly. Quote You support it but then... you don't for some inane reason.Jesus fucking tittycrackers. Let me put it to you in the best way I possibly can: I support the need to get the deficit down in the UK, I don't support the current government raising the bank levy to help with that. Is that a simple enough analogy for you? Quote How many countries do we know of that have been spying on the emails of countries that call us their ally? It's like patting them on the back in friendly way and putting a 'kick me' sign on their back.Yes, because countries should trust their allies implicitly and we can all dance around a tree singing kumbaya. Quote If you believe preposterous claims such as that, then I know the perfect place where you can hone your abilities as a logical gymnast.You know that pyramid you sent me, with the different 'levels' of argument? Yeah, this belongs right at the fucking bottom. Abu Ghraib was a tragedy, and yet it's not really on anybody's mind any more. Hardly a diplomatic meltdown. The Agadir Crisis was a diplomatic meltdown. . . This? Not so much. Quote He lied. Why do you insist on handwaving that?Okay then, he lied. Fuck Bush. Bush is a moron. Quote Iraq was hyped up the US government. The situation in Darfur was leagues worse than it was in Iraq.Any evidence? Let's not forget just how guilty Saddam was of genocide, too. Quote Darfur's tragedy is that it doesn't have any oil.And Bosnia had the same tragedy when the neocon Right didn't want to touch it. Yeah, it sucks. But that's why I'm not part of the neocon Right. Or at least the "establishment" neocons. We were right to intervene in Bosnia, despite the protestations of the slug Henry Kissinger. Quote Considering the fact that we're still in Iraq 12 yearsAre you mad? US forces left late 2011. But of course, that doesn't fit into your narrative of the US military trying to constantly find excuses to keep us in that region. I've said, several times, how toppling a regime is not a five year deal. You must, of course, be referring to our involvement with ISIL. I don't really care. The going's good. Quote Yeah, and I'm not going to list all the consequences all over again.Because the last time you did that I made a mockery of them. Quote Your batshit view of the world allowed it to happen.What the FUCK are you talking about? 6434
Serious / Re: This blog is great« on: April 01, 2015, 09:18:51 AM »
That was legitimately funny.
The sad thing is that I couldn't tell it wasn't kosher until Chomsky came in. 6435
Serious / Re: Serious personal question to LGBT users« on: April 01, 2015, 08:13:12 AM »
Exorcism.
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Serious / Re: Boycotting states to protest legislation« on: March 31, 2015, 07:15:47 PM »
It's sort of like how Thatcher didn't want to impose sanctions on Apartheid South Africa since it would disproportionately harm blacks the most. Boycotting the state isn't going to help anybody.
If they actually want to do anything, they should be calling for boycotts of the businesses who use their freedoms in bigoted ways. But like most slacktivists they're probably too lazy to think that much into it. 6437
The Flood / Re: Mmm mmmmmm, Tara Reid in a bikini.« on: March 31, 2015, 04:49:20 PM »
I think my penis just committed suicide.
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Serious / Re: And just like that, my opinion of UKIP drops dramatically« on: March 31, 2015, 02:46:57 PM »UKIP is a joke bro. The only good thing is Farage's hilarious speeches in the EU.And the Euroscepticism. 6439
Serious / Re: And just like that, my opinion of UKIP drops dramatically« on: March 31, 2015, 02:34:47 PM »A question about UKIP; are they also involved in paramilitary activities like Golden Dawn?No, none of our parties are. 6440
Serious / Re: And just like that, my opinion of UKIP drops dramatically« on: March 31, 2015, 01:57:43 PM »I swear you bounce from Conservatives to UKIP every single fucking day.I think UKIP is a good political force; Euroscepticism is a good thing to lay out on the table, as well as things like abolishing inheritance tax and shifting around the income tax brackets. But the one thing I've always disagreed with UKIP on is their attitude to immigration. I'd only vote for UKIP if I was confident the incumbent Tory in my constituency would be re-elected (which he probably will be) only to increase their share of the vote and encourage a Conservative minority government to ally with UKIP and the DUP. I've never wanted UKIP to even take my own constituency, let alone be a part of whatever government is formed next. 6441
Serious / And just like that, my opinion of UKIP drops dramatically« on: March 31, 2015, 01:51:18 PM »
UKIP leader Farage pledges 90 percent immigration cut
Quote London (AFP) - The head of the UK Independence Party on Tuesday promised to slash net migration into Britain by 90 percent as he unveiled an election poster showing escalators riding up the White Cliffs of Dover. 6442
The Flood / Re: HONORARY AMERICANS THREAD« on: March 31, 2015, 12:28:45 PM »Britbongistan. Bear in mind both of my mother's parents are American.FUCKEN IMMGRANTS 6444
The Flood / Re: that nigel farage is nothing but a slimy snake« on: March 31, 2015, 10:52:57 AM »6445
The Flood / Re: Why did you pick your avatar(s)?« on: March 31, 2015, 10:41:05 AM »
Because the European Union can go fuck itself.
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Serious / Re: Why I oppose the European Union« on: March 31, 2015, 10:27:02 AM »I am not sure, do you really think that NATO would be successful at doing that? If it actually was then the ideas of an unified EU military wouldn't be starting to get more trending as of late, don't you think?I think it would be capable. Only, however, if, as Door says, there is a punishment mechanism for those who don't meet the 2pc spending requirement. 6448
Serious / Re: Why I oppose the European Union« on: March 31, 2015, 10:23:07 AM »Yeah, but would it actually be better for Europe to return into a rabble of nation states without a central organization focused on the area?I think a higher degree of involvement from NATO could keep Europe united in matters of defence. 6449
Serious / Re: A hypothetical question in regards to money/currency« on: March 31, 2015, 10:15:07 AM »
This is pretty much the economy we'll have post-scarcity, with the caveat that nobody will actually be working but still have access to the goods and services.
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Serious / Re: Why I oppose the European Union« on: March 31, 2015, 10:12:35 AM »So, how would you feel about an actual federal Europe?oh god kill me |