Fuck me.

And I'm feeling good.

>mfw realpolitik

but if that's what it comes to, so be it.

In that case I'm behind you. Refuse all you want.

Which is exactly why I said I would run. Did you not understand my first post?

Or you could actually stand up for your beliefs, and take the punishment.

Quote from: Meta Cognition on December 19, 2014, 02:30:34 PM

Quote from: Septy on December 19, 2014, 02:29:11 PM

You people act like going to war is an honor.

It is when you're fighting Nazis, ISIS or the like.

They probably tell their troops the same thing about Americans.

And yet the Americans aren't the ones declaring dead 11-year-old boys to be martyrs when they die in combat, and nor are the Americans explicitly condoning a medieval political ideology.

You people act like going to war is an honor.

It is when you're fighting Nazis, ISIS or the like.

Quote from: Meta Cognition on December 19, 2014, 12:06:34 PM

If I was forced to choose just one?

Verby.

Op didn't say least favorite

It's a good job I like Verbatim, then.

Did you really come up with that yourself?

Yes.

Yes I did.

Definitely power.

To fight ISIS?

Hand me a fucking rifle.

I'd probably serve in the fight against any other country too.

Lock this. Or delete it. Whatever

If I was forced to choose just one?

Verby.

Labels, especially political ones, are usually criticised for being too restrictive, and sorting people into a box. While I agree with this, I still like labels for their sheer utility. Therefore, I've tried to add a bit of nuance by giving you a broad compendium of political labels and then asking you to sort them into three categories.

Sort the labels into these categories:
- Happily Identify With
- Identify With Occasionally


If you don't know the definition of one of them - or simply don't care about its implications - then just ignore it or ask me. The last category, of course, needn't be included.

A note about the lexicon - if a label is comprised of two words, then the first usually denotes attitude while the second denotes content. For instance, a conservative libertarian would take a very conservative approach to libertarianism. While a libertarian conservative would use libertarianism as a way of reaching conservatism.

Here are the words:


Right, then. I'll sort them into my own categories:
Happily Identify With:

Occasionally Identify With:

Have a look through other people's; see if anything surprises you.

A woman trained in CQC fighting techniques will fuck up any sheep farming Taliban soldier, plain and simple. "But tyger women are weak!" Um no, given enough training a women can easily be stronger than the average man, and in hand to hand combat technique trumps brute strength. But how much does that even matter? Everyone get shot these days anyway

Nobody doubts the ability of women to be combatants.

However, experience in the Israeli army suggests that male and female soldiers don't mix in psychologically healthy ways, and in general women in the military are about three times more likely to be raped - especially by the enemy.

Combine all of this with their tradition as supporters to any big war effort and their socio-biological roles as mothers, I'd rather not bring women into the fold of licensed killers.