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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The First World War! |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2018, 10:14 am
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Replies: 30
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naturalplastic wrote: Are you just inanely nit picking?
Or do you have an actual point to make?
Okay, why would ANYONE writing the treaty of Versailles even MENTION Ireland? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The First World War! |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2018, 9:52 am
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naturalplastic wrote: The Treaty of Versailles freed Poland from Russia, but it did not free Ireland from the British Empire. You can't free Ireland from the British Empire in 1918. It isn't in the Empire, it's in the United Kingdom! |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Difference Between The Civil War and WWII |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2018, 3:27 pm
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Replies: 102
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| The Second World War was about stemming the Nazi tide, first and foremost. And also about stemming Japanese expansionism. I believe the motivation might not have always been altruistic. But who cares? We got rid of the Nazis, and we stemmed the Japanese tide. This is the nub of it. The allies fough... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: "The USA will be taking names" threat - response New Zealand |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2017, 5:43 pm
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Replies: 87
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| It is worth noting that the US embassy in London is currently trying to use their diplomatic status not to pay the city's congestion charge - even though City of London land is privately owned & diplomatic immunity only covers host nation costs not private landlord's bills. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why Won't America Use The Metric System? |
| Almighty_CRJ |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2017, 2:30 pm
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Replies: 34
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| The UK still uses feet, yards, and miles. And pounds. And they use stone, too (14 lbs). But temperature has been in Celsius for years. Tricky the British. They use metric apart from inches for body parts,feet for height & braking distances, miles for journeys, pounds for fruit & veg, stones... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Fidel Castro Dead At 90! |
| Almighty_CRJ |
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Posted: 27 Nov 2016, 6:42 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,395
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Kraichgauer wrote: Holy sh*t, old age did what the CIA and all those right wing fanatics couldn't do!
You know what they say: If you want a job done properly, do it yourself. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: There were people of color in medieval Europe! |
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Posted: 29 Oct 2016, 1:38 pm
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Replies: 21
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| Often, when a fantasy story or a story set in Medieval Europe has an all-white cast and the writers are called out for this, they will come back saying that including people of color would be "historically inaccurate". So having all-white casts in such stories would actually be historical... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Morality Machine Experiment! |
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Posted: 25 Sep 2016, 4:28 pm
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Replies: 22
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| This reward scheme is somewhat flawed. By spending any amount of money would be beneficial towards mankind. Even the $10. The sales will accrue a tax thus enabling the government to spend it. To truely be of no benefit to humanity, you'd have to live of the interest - thus leaving enough of a lump s... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: UK cops shot their guns just seven times in the last year |
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Posted: 29 Jul 2016, 7:22 am
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| Reminds me of an anecdote I heard on the internet. Can't prove it but for the amusement. Supposedly, Scotland Yard had a consultant, retired US police. The consultant was asked "What you do if someone aggressive was shouting at you and holding a brick?" "Shoot them." came the res... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: England's Universal Healthcare runs a 2.45B£ Deficit. |
| Almighty_CRJ |
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Posted: 20 May 2016, 12:25 pm
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Replies: 11
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| May I see a quote of someone calling it cheaper? |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: McDonald's customers ignore dying disabled man |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2015, 5:23 am
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Replies: 30
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| Saying everybody in that queue are selfish or lack empathy may well be a false dilemma. This happening in Britain gives one more element not previously mentioned so far - stiff upper lip. Societal rules designed to prevent unrest. Keep calm and carry on would literally apply here. Anyone who does no... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why America or UK not drop A-bomb or better H-Bomb on isis |
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Posted: 21 Feb 2015, 11:01 am
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Replies: 58
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MAD still exists. You nuke someone, you get nuked. The only exemption would require the agreement of every nuclear stakeholder, not just the majority.
Just because someone doesn't have their hand over the red button doesn't mean that they are never going to press it. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Minorities in uk more likely to be stopped and searched |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2015, 8:20 pm
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| For starters, you are innocent until proven guilty... (though obviously a lower standard is used for arrests) Hypothetically, you would be guilty. You being charged with trespass on someone else's land whilst standing on that person's land. You went there voluntarily when you left the house. Nobody... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Minorities in uk more likely to be stopped and searched |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2015, 5:37 pm
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Replies: 15
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| With all due respect to everybody's sensibilities, this is still the United Kingdom. The police represent the crown in this issue. An officer doesn't have to justify why they are stopping you. You are on royal land - it's up to you to justify your presence and activities here. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Cannibal rats heading for Scotland on a ghost ship |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2014, 5:09 pm
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Replies: 34
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| Even if they were eating each other, they didn't have a year's worth of rat meat to sustain them! They're all dead. Rats can breed 24 to a litter & eat their own droppings. 18 months, they'd definitely be dead. 12 months, a few malnourished specimens might survive. Not that their survival chanc... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Cannibal rats heading for Scotland on a ghost ship |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2014, 2:21 pm
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Replies: 34
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| Worst movie ever. So Rats who have known nothing other than eating other rats are going to crash into Scotland. At which point, they eat all the local rats before being hunted down by larger animals they don't recognize. If there is a film made, I'd recommend telling it from the rats perspective. |
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