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I played TW1 and recently bought TW2 with all the DLC on special on Steam I thought TW1 was fun, not great but fun

Thanks, I have never been to Greece and its yet another EU country I want to visit Can I stay with you to keep travel costs down, just 5 days or so and I promise to be on my best behavior. I wont mention BLM or socialism once

Yes but with the amount of corruption and criminality ongoing in NZ, like the KFC smuggling cartel, you would expect NZ to demonstrate good governance. Your government has to redeem itself to its citizens You cant compare the UK to NZ and Johnson paid a fine so lets "not throw the baby out with the bathwater "

Wormie !!! Stop trying to beat Kanie the whole time, this is a gaming forum and not a competition

I suppose you right, its normal to overreact with politicians...its probably got to do with the general mistrust many people have towards their politicians And just for the record, I dont think your PM should have resigned. She made a mistake and it wouldnt have been fair or reasonable for her to resign over this incident

Yes and he has been fined already for this infringement Why must he now also resign, Elerond in life and in politics we dont want to overreact to everything our politicians do if its not criminality Especially if they good at their job, Johnson has been the PM for 2 of the most difficult UK crisis ever seen in living memory. Both BREXIT and Corona he helped steer the UK through and he should get some political credit for that I dont remember you demanding your PM resign when she was caught clubbing during lockdowns?

What !!! That's outrageous, who are these people Melkie we need names and addresses of these people so they can be brought in for questioning

This whole Partygate was just an unnecessary witch-hunt, the UK media and political parties are notorious for this type of outrage when a PM loses favorability. Remember all the negative attention towards Theresa May even though she tried extremely hard to deliver on BREXIT she still got blamed for the impasse that opposition parties were responsible for What is Johnson really guilty of? For spending 10 minutes having drinks with most of his staff at Downing Street and people are outraged because " they couldnt party and have social functions like the PM" Except essential services never stopped working in most countries even when their were no vaccines and many people in Downing street got sick and died because they had to work throughout the lockdowns so whats the big deal about social functions for people that are working together anyway everyday? Yes he " lied " but he didnt consider having 1-2 drinks as a party...I dont either? @Gfted1 Its a storm in a teacup, your instincts are correct as usual

Wikipedia is just a reference, you shouldnt use it for the foundation of your analysis or research It can be very useful as a starting point or just a quick summary of a debates talking points but its always recommended to use other websites for information But the biggest source of ongoing misinformation around Putins War is what comes directly from the Kremlin and the current Russian media houses. And sadly many Russians dont have access to alternative sources of information so they still think this unprovoked invasion was about Neo-Nazi, NATO and Nukes ( the 3 N )

Why dont you like Peterson? What points has he made that you disagree with ?

Jordan Peterson is an important intellectual and influencer, I agree with much of what he says but not everything But I wouldnt put him in the same group as the Pope, the Pope really rejects ostentatiousness and seems to absolutely care about the poor and downtrodden in ways I have never seen any Pope care in my lifetime I respect him immensely even if I disagree with some of his economic ideas Peterson is more a political commentator around SJ issues and culture wars, the Pope is ....well he is the Pope. That makes him more important then Peterson could ever be IMO

What an interesting person to meet, who was he ? Now we can end the fun guessing game of what Nordic country you live in

I was looking at Dark Side, it does look worthwhile and that Snow White Vampiress looks like a nice Romance option if you can

Was every Roman Catholic priest involved and was every region? I also was under the impression the RC church has recognized this terrible injustice If you follow your argument that means we can never trust any politician or any political party because some politicians are corrupt and break the law Its not really a reasonable or convincing way to accept systemic problems like this in any institution?

Interesting questions, I think Putin will not stop the overall invasion but they would stop shelling when the Pope is their I like the new Pope but I dont think he has that much authority, people like him but thats not the same as implementing his ideas on inequality or Capitalism or the ending of Putins War?

I think it was KB: The Legend (2008)

That was a good read, I like the whole " Wagner group said we dont get paid that much to attack that position "

That really sounds fun, I have only dabbled in RTS games like this. I played HoMM4 (?) and one of the Kings Bounty games and I enjoyed them ...I just hated the way the AI cheats and you cant win certain battles I should consider a game like CK3 once Im done with Oblivion?

No Putin started on this " lets starve the third world " (because first world countries wont starve ) several weeks ago with the Black Sea naval blockages Its not an idea, its a deliberate strategy to get sanctions dropped

I recommend Sky News for detailed coverage, I have been following some of the interviews with dozens of fans who have come from all over the world and many from ex-Colonial countries which is no surprise considering the reality of the real relationship between these countries and the UK But their are fans from Japan, USA, South America, Canada, Africa, India and Australia and NZ to name a few Its been an incredible few days to celebrate the life of this iconic monarch

I wonder, that would be ironic but I suppose that anti-Monarchy era is over?

Gorth are you mods worried people on this forum might start killing civilians if we say offensive things like celebrating the death of people

I dont know about that I just know about the reality of many third world countries being dependent on wheat from Ukraine and Russia is weaponizing starvation by its naval blockade https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/25/time-running-out-for-ukraine-grain-exports-from-besieged-seaports Not that it should matter which countries end of suffering from starvation due to Putins War and the naval blockade but its not just about wheat. Its about oil and other exports that come from Ukraine that will impact third world countries and increase hardships. But yes Africa is deeply impacted, its not just the countries in your list https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/africa-union-chairman-macky-sall-says-hell-visit-russia-and-ukraine-to-lobby-for-an/bzd4syd But can you think of anything more truly deplorable than weaponizing mass immigration due to starvation in order to end Western sanctions?

Its interesting the main objective in this article for Putin is not to win the war of attrition economically but to starve the people of Africa and ME so that increases immigration to the EU which puts economic pressure on the EU To quote from the article " In three vehemently anti-Western interviews given to Russian newspapers since the invasion, the previously publicity-shy Patrushev has declared that Europe is on the brink of “a deep economic and political crisis” with rising inflation and falling living standards already impacting the mood of Europeans, and that a fresh migrant crisis would create new security threats" "This posture suggests that the Kremlin believes it can outlast the West in weathering the impact of economic sanctions. Putin has little choice but to continue the war in hopes the Ukraine grain blockade will “lead to instability in the Middle East and provoke a new flood of refugees,” said Sergei Guriev, former chief economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development " "The world is gradually falling into an unprecedented food crisis. Tens of millions of people in Africa or in the Middle East will turn out to be on the brink of starvation — because of the West. In order to survive, they will flee to Europe. I’m not sure Europe will survive the crisis,” Patrushev told Russian state newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta in one of the interviews " Just when I think Putin cant do anything more reprehensible he comes up with something new So now the Ruskies are weaponizing starvation and famine. Black\brown people really dont have many friends in Russia

Nah, their would be no Western alliance or anti-Russian sentiment to the degree we seeing it if Putin hadn't invaded Ukraine. Its not hatred that has united the West but the constant attempts of Putin to ignore the sovereignty of former Soviet states and his attempts to recreate the Soviet borders and that objective has now led to an invasion on the border of the EU which automatically means the West will be " involved ". This is about safety and security for the West and its allies....its not about hatred that caused the initial Western response And its absolutely a war between 2 nations because its all caused by one thing, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Thats what caused it. The West is providing the financial and logistical support to Ukraine but their are no NATO forces in Ukraine or US soldiers and until that happens its not a war between NATO member states and Russia And something else, Putin has no agency or authority to tell any other country who they should or shouldn't politically or economically align with. Ukraine is an independent country and its important to accept and respect the fact that this means they get to decide their own future....Putin doesnt get to decide that