Nonek Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Now, now. Lets not get personal about who is dismissive or who is rude to whom. The only way to settle this is by mud-wrestling. Naked. The first one refusing to take part is declared as fairy fruitcake gay-person. I will wrestle LadyCrimson. Funnily enough I watched that scene from Women in Love the other day. 1 Quite an experience to live in misery isn't it? That's what it is to be married with children.I've seen things you people can't even imagine. Pearly Kings glittering on the Elephant and Castle, Morris Men dancing 'til the last light of midsummer. I watched Druid fires burning in the ruins of Stonehenge, and Yorkshiremen gurning for prizes. All these things will be lost in time, like alopecia on a skinhead. Time for tiffin. Tea for the teapot!
Marcvs Caesar Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) I consider political correctness offensive.Is that better or worse when being offensive is considered politically correct? ... Oh man, that was deep thoughts. Too much coffee again. That is offensive, I expected better from a moderator. Edited February 18, 2015 by Marcvs Caesar
Blarghagh Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Which should go to show that we don't really care whether someone finds something offensive. 1
Marcvs Caesar Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Which should go to show that we don't really care whether someone finds something offensive. Then you're against political correctness! Wonderful.
BruceVC Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 You constantly seen to think less of me or doubt my posting intentions I went to the GG thread to discuss the GG movement, yes I didn't agree with most of it but there were some valid points raised. I didn't think it was correct the CNN assessment of GG and I raised that. I also didn't like the fact that certain elements of anti-GG were also sexist and dismissive of women who supported GG, like the criticism of that porn star. She raised some very valid points about the right of women to work in the porn industry and all the good they did to help disenfranchised women...yet her money wasn't good enough for some and she was criticised for her endeavors to help other women. I thought this was wrong and I unequivocally stated that So I'm not sure why you think I kept trying to snipe at people, disagreeing with people and stating that disagreement is not sniping...its called debate Well you flounced out of that thread several times after just stoking things up, so does seem like you were just trolling the thread with your silly act. Which is fine really, just don't pretend it was anything more than that - I highly doubt someone like you would ever be won over or something to make your purpose in there for something more lofty. And there you go again, suggesting I was acting in the GG thread. As I mentioned I did want to engage on certain topics in that thread but I wasn't following some parts of the whole GG story as intently as others so I thought it was best I disengaged because I was asked to give my opinion on things I had no idea what people were talking about. I explained this all, so going forward I tried to only comment on topics related to GG that I was well versed in, like the CNN story And remember in a debate you may not agree 100 % with someone but that doesn't mean you can't recognise a good or valid point. That was how I looked at the whole GG debates I participated in "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
Malcador Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 You did a lot more than that in the GG thread, heh, but whatever - that's Bruce for you. 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Nonek Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Bruce raising a good or valid point, which thread forum was this? Insert appropriate smiley indicating unrestrained hilarity. 1 Quite an experience to live in misery isn't it? That's what it is to be married with children.I've seen things you people can't even imagine. Pearly Kings glittering on the Elephant and Castle, Morris Men dancing 'til the last light of midsummer. I watched Druid fires burning in the ruins of Stonehenge, and Yorkshiremen gurning for prizes. All these things will be lost in time, like alopecia on a skinhead. Time for tiffin. Tea for the teapot!
Orogun01 Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 The truest sign of totalitarianism is that everything is political. 3 I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you.
Malcador Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 I thought it was the armed guards everywhere. 2 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Orogun01 Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 I thought it was the armed guards everywhere. Never saw more than a few. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you.
Fighter Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 I thought it was the armed guards everywhere. In the town where I was born in USSR the police didn't even have guns.
Malcador Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Well, it would be the truest sign - in that there'd be little debate on it. But having never experienced that kind of state (back home is just crime ridden), I'll yield to you guys on that. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
BruceVC Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Bruce raising a good or valid point, which thread forum was this? Insert appropriate smiley indicating unrestrained hilarity. Oh Nonek, thats clever and cheeky..I like it "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 I thought it was the armed guards everywhere. In the town where I was born in USSR the police didn't even have guns. What did they have? "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands
ShadySands Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Probably no need Free games updated 3/4/21
Meshugger Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Why should they need guns when local beaurocracy only needed to declare the the town as unneeded and forcibly move each citizen to another town as soon as anyone tried to "elevate beyond his position". "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
Fighter Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 What did they have? Nothing. Road police had battons to regulate traffic. Normal police on the street while they I'm sure had guns somewhere they didn't carry them. Violent street crime was practically nonexistent. Women could leave their baby carts with the baby outside a shop's door and it would be safe because even if something happened the random passers by would take care of it. It is unthinkable today but it was real. This was of course a small town, bigger cities were a little more hectic but only slightly.
BruceVC Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 What did they have? Nothing. Road police had battons to regulate traffic. Normal police on the street while they I'm sure had guns somewhere they didn't carry them. Violent street crime was practically nonexistent. Women could leave their baby carts with the baby outside a shop's door and it would be safe because even if something happened the random passers by would take care of it. It is unthinkable today but it was real. This was of course a small town, bigger cities were a little more hectic but only slightly. It sounds you are suggesting life was better under the USSR? "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
Malcador Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Heh, figures. But don't really see him saying that, just that it was safer in smaller towns. Security is just one factor, right ? Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
BruceVC Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Heh, figures. But don't really see him saying that, just that it was safer in smaller towns. Security is just one factor, right ? Yes security is one factor in many that make up a successful government and happy, progressive society "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
ShadySands Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 For some people it probably was better I asked my in-laws about it and got a lot of mixed answers but nobody seemed to hate it except for maybe during the final years Free games updated 3/4/21
Fighter Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 It sounds you are suggesting life was better under the USSR? I'm describing one aspect of USSR life. And only suggesting that nothing is completely black or white. Was life better? For me and anyone in my family. No. Very much no. But for a great many people who have no basic stability and are struggling for basic living standards, yes it was. 2
BruceVC Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 For some people it probably was better I asked my in-laws about it and got a lot of mixed answers but nobody seemed to hate it except for maybe during the final years Its interesting they have that view because the Baltic states are traditionally very anti-USSR and were very glad when Communism ended With Russia annexing parts of Ukraine the Baltic states have been very nervous and have been solidifying there support for NATO and the West, Obama has committed to stand by them against any Russia aggression. The thought of the Baltic states falling under the domain of Russia again is something which they consider anathema http://www.nytimes.com/video/multimedia/100000003089662/obama-affirms-rock-solid-support-for-baltic-states.html "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
Malcador Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Huh, I had thought Shady's wife was Russian proper rather than from Baltics. Odd segue, anyway. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
ShadySands Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 I'm not saying they want to go back to the Soviet Union because they don't (except for maybe my uncle) just that it's probably not how you think it is/was or as Fighter said not completely back or white Huh, I had thought Shady's wife was Russian proper rather than from Baltics. Odd segue, anyway. Well, they are all mixed but unlike here in the states they seem to only refer to themselves as one thing. Most of my wife's side lives in Estonia and Lithuania but a few also live in Russia and Ukraine. 1 Free games updated 3/4/21
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