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Gualimole wrote:I thought Kal and I were being pretty civil. It's just that Nurem can get a little heated.

A little? A lot.

Nuremgard wrote:A little? A lot.

But don't you realize that nobody's opinions matter on the internet?

Gualimole wrote:But don't you realize that nobody's opinions matter on the internet?

I know but I always get heated in political arguments.

Saint William The Horrid

Nuremgard wrote:I know but I always get heated in political arguments.

For me, I have an urge to talk about politics on the internet, but I hate having to talk about it in RL. Maybe it's just that a lot of the people here are political junkies.

Nuremgard, Yukona

Gualimole wrote:For me, I have an urge to talk about politics on the internet, but I hate having to talk about it in RL. Maybe it's just that a lot of the people here are political junkies.

Well I'm gonna' take a break from it and have dinner.

Gualimole

Chernarus State wrote:I'm just gonna say this: can we go one day without talking about Syria that doesn't end in both sides acting like cünts to one another.

Weren't you the one who threw a fit because Lavan called you a bítch?

This ^

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

I'm so fickle. I keep changing Shazria between a Kingdom and an Empire.

Russkov Soviet, Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:I'm so fickle. I keep changing Shazria between a Kingdom and an Empire.

Can you give me 10 dollars for every time you have mentioned that you're fickle?

Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:I know but I always get heated in political arguments.

Same here, they always try to suppress me when I join conversations, they don't want too much wrongthink leaking out. lol

Nuremgard

Sulania wrote:Can you give me 10 dollars for every time you have mentioned that you're fickle?

Nope. I don't have any dollars.

Saint William The Horrid wrote:Same here, they always try to suppress me when I join conversations, they don't want too much wrongthink leaking out. lol

"Maybe because you're spitting bile and people don't want to get involved, I'm done dealing with this, you have been acting like an angry child I will not put up it anymore."

"We're already know this, we don't like it too, we're getting sick of hearing you preach at this point. Honestly you are doing serious damage to the image of the region all just because you are being a hot head and are not taking responsibility for what you say, and more people are annoyed at you at this point."

"You do know you can send telegrams to everyone right, so you can still have everyone see you comments , I'm not trying to stop people from being offended, I'm trying to stop you acting like a dick, you can say what you want but there's point where people don't want to hear how much you hate muslims"

Saint William The Horrid

Gualimole wrote:"Maybe because you're spitting bile and people don't want to get involved, I'm done dealing with this, you have been acting like an angry child I will not put up it anymore."

"We're already know this, we don't like it too, we're getting sick of hearing you preach at this point. Honestly you are doing serious damage to the image of the region all just because you are being a hot head and are not taking responsibility for what you say, and more people are annoyed at you at this point."

"You do know you can send telegrams to everyone right, so you can still have everyone see you comments , I'm not trying to stop people from being offended, I'm trying to stop you acting like a dick, you can say what you want but there's point where people don't want to hear how much you hate muslims"

Whaaa

Sulania wrote:Whaaa

That's what someone from Horrid's region has said about him constantly ranting about Islam and Muslims. He isn't being suppressed; he's being criticized by the people in his own region who are tired of his Islamophobia.

Axeldonia

Gualimole wrote:"Maybe because you're spitting bile and people don't want to get involved, I'm done dealing with this, you have been acting like an angry child I will not put up it anymore."

"We're already know this, we don't like it too, we're getting sick of hearing you preach at this point. Honestly you are doing serious damage to the image of the region all just because you are being a hot head and are not taking responsibility for what you say, and more people are annoyed at you at this point."

"You do know you can send telegrams to everyone right, so you can still have everyone see you comments , I'm not trying to stop people from being offended, I'm trying to stop you acting like a dick, you can say what you want but there's point where people don't want to hear how much you hate muslims"

Who said all this and to who?

Axeldonia

Gualimole wrote:That's what someone from Horrid's region has said about him constantly ranting about Islam and Muslims. He isn't being suppressed; he's being criticized by the people in his own region who are tired of his Islamophobia.

Never mind. This answered my question.

Axeldonia, Gualimole

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:[spoiler=Today is April 14 and today are:]

Today is April 14 and today are:

- Air Force Reserve Birthday (USAFR)

- Ambedkar Jayanti (India)

- America Day (Honduras)

- Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad (Indonesia)

- Baby Massage Day

- Baisakhi (Pakistan)

- Black Day (South Korea)

- Children with Alopecia Day

- Commemoration of Anfal Genocide Against the Kurds (Iraqi Kurdistan)

- Day of Mologa (Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia)

- Day of the Georgian language (Georgia)

- Dhivehi Language Day (Maldives)

- Dictionary Day

- Global Day to End Child Sexual Abuse

- International Moment of Laughter Day

- Look up at the Sky Day

- Maha Thingyan (Myanmar)

- National Dolphin Day (United States)

- National Ex Spouse Day (United States)

- National Gardening Day (United States)

- National Pan American Day (United States)

- National Pecan Day (United States)

- National Reach as High as You Can Day (United States)

- N'Ko Alphabet Day (Mande speakers)

- Pan American Day (The Americas)

- Pathologists Assistant Day

- Slow Art Day

- South and Southeast Asian New Year

- Songkran (Thailand)

- Takayama Spring Festival (Takayama, Gifu, Japan)

- Vaisakhi (India)

- Youth Day (Angola)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 43BC – Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Caesar's assassin Decimus Brutus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, but is then immediately defeated by the army of the other consul, Aulus Hirtius.

- AD69 – Vitellius, commander of the Rhine armies, defeats Emperor Otho in the Battle of Bedriacum and seizes the throne.

- AD70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, surrounds the Jewish capital with four Roman legions.

- 0193 – Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).

- 0966 – After his marriage to the Christian Doubravka of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.

- 1028 – Henry III, son of Conrad, is elected King of Germany.

- 1205 – Battle of Adrianople between Bulgarians and Crusaders.

- 1294 – Temür, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty with the reigning titles Oljeitu and Chengzong.

- 1341 – Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V, Marquess of Saluzzo.

- 1434 – The foundation stone of Nantes Cathedral, France is laid.

- 1471 – In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne.

- 1561 – A Celestial phenomenon is reported over Nuremberg, described as an aerial battle.

- 1639 – Imperial forces are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz. The Swedish victory prolongs the Thirty Years' War and allows them to advance into Bohemia.

- 1699 – Khalsa: The Sikh religion was formalised as the Khalsa - the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints - by Guru Gobind Singh in northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.

- 1715 – The Yamasee War begins in South Carolina.

- 1775 – The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.

- 1816 – Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave rebellion and is killed. For this, he is remembered as the first national hero of Barbados.

- 1828 – Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary.

- 1849 – Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.

- 1865 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln died the next day.

- 1865 – U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.

- 1881 – The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.

- 1890 – The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.

- 1894 – The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.

- 1900 – The Exposition Universelle begins.

- 1906 – The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.

- 1908 – Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m) high downstream.

- 1909 – A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.

- 1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).

- 1927 – The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.

- 1928 – The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.

- 1931 – The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.

- 1939 – The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.

- 1940 – World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway in preparation for a larger force to arrive two days later.

- 1941 – World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacks Tobruk.

- 1942 – Malta receives the George Cross for its gallantry. The George Cross was given by King George VI himself and is now an emblem on the Maltese national flag.

- 1944 – Bombay explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds.

- 1958 – The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.

- 1967 – Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years.

- 1978 – Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.

- 1981 – STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.

- 1986 – In retaliation for the April 5 bombing in West Berlin in which two U.S. servicemen were killed, U.S. president Ronald Reagan orders major bombing raids against Libya, killing 60 people.

- 1986 – The heaviest hailstones ever recorded (1 kilogram (2.2 lb)) fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.

- 1988 – The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.

- 1988 – In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.

- 1991 – The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

- 1994 – In a U.S. friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people.

- 1999 – NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.

- 1999 – A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.

- 2002 – Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.

- 2003 – The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.

- 2003 – U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MS Achille Lauro in 1985.

- 2005 – The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to gay couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.

- 2010 – Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

- 2014 – Twin bomb blasts in Abuja, Nigeria, kill at least 75 people and injures 141 others.

- 2014 – Two hundred seventy-six schoolgirls are abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria.

- 2016 – In Japan, the foreshock of Kumamoto earthquakes occurs.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1527 – Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer

- 1629 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist

- 1866 – Anne Sullivan, American educator

- 1868 – Peter Behrens, German architect, designed the AEG turbine factory

- 1882 – Moritz Schlick, German-Austrian physicist and philosopher

- 1891 – B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist, jurist, and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Law and Justice

- 1892 – V. Gordon Childe, Australian archaeologist and philologist

- 1904 – John Gielgud, English actor, director, and producer

- 1912 – Robert Doisneau, French photographer and journalist

- 1921 – Thomas Schelling, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1925 – Rod Steiger, American soldier and actor

- 1927 – Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1940 – Julie Christie, English actress and activist

- 1950 – Péter Esterházy, Hungarian author

- 1973 – Adrien Brody, American actor

- 1977 – Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress and producer

- 1996 – Abigail Breslin, American actress

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Quote of the day

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.

- Norman Cousins (American Author, 1915-1990) -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Now hang on right there.

Where's Cesorion's birthday?

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Cesorion wrote:Now hang on right there.

Where's Cesorion's birthday?

It's your birthday today? Happy birthday!

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion

Gualimole wrote:That's what someone from Horrid's region has said about him constantly ranting about Islam and Muslims. He isn't being suppressed; he's being criticized by the people in his own region who are tired of his Islamophobia.

Actually, the government is actively trying to keep me FROM speaking my mind, along with other people with similar views. They are trying to keep certain view points private and not in the RMB. I find it SJWish.

Nuremgard wrote:It's your birthday today? Happy birthday!

Thank you

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Cesorion wrote:Thank you

How many years have you been on the planet now?

Cesorion

Nuremgard wrote:How many years have you been on the planet now?

14

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Saint William The Horrid

Cesorion wrote:14

You're only 14?!

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Cesorion

Nuremgard wrote:You're only 14?!

Apparently

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Cesorion wrote:14

Congratulations on your birthday, that's pretty cool!

Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion

Cesorion wrote:Apparently

Three things.

1) I am shocked by how young you are.

2) You are very articulate for a 14 year old.

3) I now feel like I should regulate my language in future.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Three things.

1) I am shocked by how young you are.

2) You are very articulate for a 14 year old.

3) I now feel like I should regulate my language in future.

1) No comment

2) Thank you. Tbh, I'm quite smarter that average 14 year olds

3 why?

Saint William The Horrid wrote:Congratulations on your birthday, that's pretty cool!

Thanks

Penguania And Antarctica

Cesorion wrote:1) No comment

2) Thank you. Tbh, I'm quite smarter that average 14 year olds

3 why?Thanks

Because you're 14 lol

Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion

Nuremgard wrote:Because you're 14 lol

No worries. Seen much worse

Penguania And Antarctica

Cesorion wrote:No worries. Seen much worse

Aww. This makes me sad. Kids don't have any innocence these days.

Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion

Nuremgard wrote:French assholes lol.

Think Wales will ever become independent?

I hope so, but not in my lifetime while Scotland remains part of the UK.

Nuremgard, Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:Aww. This makes me sad. Kids don't have any innocence these days.

Kinda true

Nuremgard

Ludania wrote:I hope so, but not in my lifetime while Scotland remains part of the UK.

You think Scotland leaving would be the catalyst for Welsh indy?

Cesorion wrote:Kinda true

Ah well. Hope you had a good day regardless.

Cesorion

Nuremgard wrote:Ah well. Hope you had a good day regardless.

Τhanks

Penguania And Antarctica

Au Minbo wrote:I hate spring

Why?

Au Minbo wrote:I hate spring

Same. All the insects start coming out which means whenever I open my windows, my house gets invaded by bees, wasps and flies.

My mum had a wasp in her bathroom the other day. I swear to God it must have been a queen. The bitch was huge and she refused to die no matter how much she was sprayed and stomped.

Au Minbo

Gualimole wrote:Why?

Because it is either rainy and wet, or it's snowing like it is now. All of this week was a fairly nice 50 F outside, now we get snow and sleet.

Au Minbo wrote:Because it is either rainy and wet, or it's snowing like it is now. All of this week was a fairly nice 50 F outside, now we get snow and sleet.

It's not like that where I live. It's usually rainy during the very beginning of the year where I live, and it is around this time where the weather becomes pretty hospitable.

Saint William The Horrid wrote:Actually, the government is actively trying to keep me FROM speaking my mind, along with other people with similar views. They are trying to keep certain view points private and not in the RMB. I find it SJWish.

From what I have seen, your posts have never been suppressed.

Saint William The Horrid

Gualimole wrote:It's not like that where I live. It's usually rainy during the very beginning of the year where I live, and it is around this time where the weather becomes pretty hospitable.

Early spring is usually still winter for us, then mid to late spring is "mud season" where driving on dirt roads is nearly impossible. We were in the midst of mud season but now we are expecting quite a few inches of snow over the weekend.

Au Minbo wrote:Early spring is usually still winter for us, then mid to late spring is "mud season" where driving on dirt roads is nearly impossible. We were in the midst of mud season but now we are expecting quite a few inches of snow over the weekend.

For where I live, early spring is the ideal spring that everyone likes to imagine, while late spring is basically the same thing as summer.

Gualimole wrote:From what I have seen, your posts have never been suppressed.

Oh, I see where the misunderstanding is then, I should have been a bit more clear. They are suppressing speech by demanding people with certain view points to keep their views spoken outside the RMB, while certain other viewpoints are allowed. My region is a democracy, with free speech guaranteed in the constitution, so you can see where the issue is. Whether you actually agree with these views in particular or not is besides the point.

Saint William The Horrid wrote:Oh, I see where the misunderstanding is then, I should have been a bit more clear. They are suppressing speech by demanding people with certain view points to keep their views spoken outside the RMB, while certain other viewpoints are allowed. My region is a democracy, with free speech guaranteed in the constitution, so you can see where the issue is. Whether you actually agree with these views in particular or not is besides the point.

And have they tried to enforce their demands? If not, then your region's free speech policy has not been violated. And BTW, the mods don't care if your region guarantees free speech or not. Your region's government is nothing more but roleplay to them. It holds no actual power in the grand scheme of things.

Axeldonia

Gualimole wrote:For where I live, early spring is the ideal spring that everyone likes to imagine, while late spring is basically the same thing as summer.

What even is summer :p

[spoiler]“Look, I’m the Secretary of State, the damn Secretary of State, I say, and even I know how to make tea properly,” complains your elderly Secretary of State, pointing to the desk nameplate that says Secretary of State. “The problem with young people today, well, besides being constantly glued to their Pear Phones, is that they don’t know how to slow down and take their time. We should make tea-making and kitchen skills a part of the national curriculum, and encourage all those teenagers and twenty-somethings to stop rushing around, and to appreciate a proper tea service.”[/spoiler]

Tea-making skills? A tea service? What is this? England crossed with Japan? I subsidised coffee growers instead.

Shazrians: https://youtu.be/rEQzlToy3jU?t=8

Axeldonia

Saint William The Horrid wrote:Oh, I see where the misunderstanding is then, I should have been a bit more clear. They are suppressing speech by demanding people with certain view points to keep their views spoken outside the RMB, while certain other viewpoints are allowed. My region is a democracy, with free speech guaranteed in the constitution, so you can see where the issue is. Whether you actually agree with these views in particular or not is besides the point.

It's not your region!

Au Minbo wrote:What even is summer :p

The warmest, and usually driest, part of the year. It usually occurs somewhere in the middle of the year, but when it occurs and ends can depend on your region's climate.

Nuremgard

Gualimole wrote:And have they tried to enforce their demands? If not, then your region's free speech policy has not been violated. And BTW, the mods don't care if your region guarantees free speech or not. Your region's government is nothing more but roleplay to them. It holds no actual power in the grand scheme of things.

Oh, I'm definitely aware of that last part. And I suppose you're right about the beginning, I haven't seen it physically enforced, so I'm hoping that it is more of just a policy that is encouraged but not enforced. Anyways, I'm not looking for trouble, just a conversation. I really like my new region and its community.

Ghan wrote:It's not your region!

It's the region I'm in, and I'm a citizen of it, so in that way it is my region. It's not a region I own, but I'm part of it and am happy to be a citizen.

Gualimole wrote:The warmest, and usually driest, part of the year. It usually occurs somewhere in the middle of the year, but when it occurs and ends can depend on your region's climate.

If only summer would get here sooner. Nothing more fun than kayaking out to the middle of a lake and eating lunch then goin back

Saint William The Horrid wrote:Oh, I'm definitely aware of that last part. And I suppose you're right about the beginning, I haven't seen it physically enforced, so I'm hoping that it is more of just a policy that is encouraged but not enforced. Anyways, I'm not looking for trouble, just a conversation. I really like my new region and its community.

When you're openly inciting hatred against a certain group of people, you are going to see that people don't want you to spout such bile. How old are you, BTW? I had the exact same problem you currently do when I was around 15.

Axeldonia

Gualimole wrote:When you're openly inciting hatred against a certain group of people, you are going to see that people don't want you to spout such bile. How old are you, BTW? I had the exact same problem you currently do when I was around 15.

Thankfully you grew out of your teenage edginess.

Axeldonia

Au Minbo wrote:If only summer would get here sooner. Nothing more fun than kayaking out to the middle of a lake and eating lunch then goin back

I really don't like the summer. It's too warm in southern California when summer comes forth.

Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:Thankfully you grew out of your teenage edginess.

You should consider doing that too.

Nuremgard

Gualimole wrote:When you're openly inciting hatred against a certain group of people, you are going to see that people don't want you to spout such bile. How old are you, BTW? I had the exact same problem you currently do when I was around 15.

I'm all for free speech and people speaking their mind, even if it's against me. I speak my views and they speak theirs, completely fair. That's the way I think it should be at least, free speech should apply to all. But I am 17, I actually used to be a standard Libertarian who was pretty socially liberal, my views changed. I always keep my sources wide open, I look through the major news and the independent news, across the political spectrum, I read a lot of different view points.

Gualimole wrote:You should consider doing that too.

Oh, that was a legit burn. You wee c*nt.

Axeldonia, Gualimole

Nuremgard wrote:Oh, that was a legit burn. You wee c*nt.

At least you're mature enough to accept it.

Saint William The Horrid wrote:I'm all for free speech and people speaking their mind, even if it's against me. I speak my views and they speak theirs, completely fair. That's the way I think it should be at least, free speech should apply to all. But I am 17, I actually used to be a standard Libertarian who was pretty socially liberal, my views changed. I always keep my sources wide open, I look through the major news and the independent news, across the political spectrum, I read a lot of different view points.

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them."

-Karl Popper

Nuremgard, Axeldonia

Gualimole wrote:At least you're mature enough to accept it.

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them."

-Karl Popper

But according to the alt-right, wanting to exterminate Jews is a legitimate political opinion.

Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:But according to the alt-right, wanting to exterminate Jews is a legitimate political opinion.

And anyone who says otherwise is either in on the Jewish conspiracy or is afraid of being proven wrong.

/s

The fact of the matter is that some opinions are not legitimate and should not be brought up so as to not give the ridiculous a platform. Unfortunately, many "classical liberals" don't understand that.

Nuremgard, Axeldonia

Gualimole wrote:And anyone who says otherwise is either in on the Jewish conspiracy or is afraid of being proven wrong.

/s

The fact of the matter is that some opinions are not legitimate and should not be brought up so as to not give the ridiculous a platform. Unfortunately, many "classical liberals" don't understand that.

I'm always very suspicious of people who are too quick to jump to the far-right's defence and claim they do it out of free speech, not because they agree with them.

Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:I'm always very suspicious of people who are too quick to jump to the far-right's defence and claim they do it out of free speech, not because they agree with them.

I'm tired of how people these days care about the right to have certain opinions instead of caring about the substance of these certain opinions.

Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Yukona

Gualimole wrote:I'm tired of how people these days care about the right to have certain opinions instead of caring about the substance of these certain opinions.

Yeah. I dislike the "all opinions deserve respect" thing. I mean, it is my opinion that I should have been born beautiful and rich but that doesn't mean diddly squat.

I also dislike the "you're the real fascist because you're trying to silence the opinions of fascists."

Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:Yeah. I dislike the "all opinions deserve respect" thing. I mean, it is my opinion that I should have been born beautiful and rich but that doesn't mean diddly squat.

But if you were born beautiful and rich, then you wouldn't be the angry Scot that we all love today.

Nuremgard wrote:I also dislike the "you're the real fascist because you're trying to silence the opinions of fascists."

The only people who say that are those who know diddly squat about what fascism actually is.

Nuremgard, Axeldonia

Gualimole wrote:But if you were born beautiful and rich, then you wouldn't be the angry Scot that we all love today.

The only people who say that are those who know diddly squat about what fascism actually is.

But if I was born beautiful and rich, you wouldn't need to put up with my angry FREEDOM rants.

Gualimole wrote:But if you were born beautiful and rich, then you wouldn't be the angry Scot that we all love today.

The only people who say that are those who know diddly squat about what fascism actually is.

Even fascists don't know what fascism is. It varies from country to country and historians still debate its aspects to this day, and argue over what regimes were fascist and which ones weren't.

Axeldonia, Gualimole

Nuremgard wrote:But if I was born beautiful and rich, you wouldn't need to put up with my angry FREEDOM rants.

Fair point.

Nuremgard wrote:Even fascists don't know what fascism is. It varies from country to country and historians still debate its aspects to this day, and argue over what regimes were fascist and which ones weren't.

Another fair point.

Nuremgard

Gualimole wrote:Fair point.

Another fair point.

Speaking of fascism, I bought an audiobook on the Third Reich last night.

Gualimole

Saint William The Horrid wrote:It's the region I'm in, and I'm a citizen of it, so in that way it is my region. It's not a region I own, but I'm part of it and am happy to be a citizen.

I was talking to NWA!

This poll is Seacist.

Vista Major wrote:This poll is Seacist.

No, you.

Cesorion wrote:Now hang on right there.

Where's Cesorion's birthday?

I didn't know about it. Pls forgive me. :(

Happy 14th Birthday!!

Jaslandia, Cesorion

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I didn't know about it. Pls forgive me. :(

Happy 14th Birthday!!

Wait a minute. Ces was 13 when I first met him? This is just weird.

Penguania And Antarctica

We have to make sure that this region is squeaky clean for people like Ces.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jFqhjaGh30

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Sealand is the best country.

Jaslandia, Mercunova

Kalaron wrote:Sealand is the best country.

No, Molossia is the best country.

Gualimole wrote:Wait a minute. Ces was 13 when I first met him? This is just weird.

I

AGREE

basically, i'm shook af rn

Nuremgard wrote:You think Scotland leaving would be the catalyst for Welsh indy?

It absolutely is. I would never picture Wales leaving before Scotland.

Nuremgard

Vista Major wrote:I

AGREE

basically, i'm shook af rn

Now, where's the infant here?

Vista Major

mfw i was 14 when i joined NS

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Mercunova, Yukona

Ludania wrote:It absolutely is. I would never picture Wales leaving before Scotland.

Perhaps Scotland first, then Northern Ireland, then Wales.

Unfallious wrote:mfw i was 14 when i joined NS

And we were more degenerate then than now! Oh, won't somebody please think of the children?

Vista Major

Unfallious wrote:mfw i was 14 when i joined NS

I was (insert insulting number here) when I joined NS

Vista Major

Nuremgard wrote:Perhaps Scotland first, then Northern Ireland, then Wales.

I'm not sure NI would leave first unless we're talking generations in the future when the demographics have changed as they're predicted to.

Ludania wrote:I'm not sure NI would leave first unless we're talking generations in the future when the demographics have changed as they're predicted to.

D I R E C T

R U L E

F R O M

C A R D I F F

Ludania, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Axeldonia wrote:D I R E C T

R U L E

F R O M

C A R D I F F

FE GODWN NI ETO!!!

Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Ludania wrote:I'm not sure NI would leave first unless we're talking generations in the future when the demographics have changed as they're predicted to.

My logic was that if Scotland leaves, then the political entity of Great Britain would no longer exist, so what would unionists in Northern Ireland feel loyal to? England? Many in Northern Ireland have Scottish roots. Their Britishness is wrapped up in the Union and to a lesser extent their Protestantism (both NI and Scotland are Presbyterian.)

I imagine that if NI ever does join the Republic, many disaffected unionists will move to Scotland in their last ditch attempt to save what remains of the Union.

Axeldonia, Gualimole

Nuremgard wrote:My logic was that if Scotland leaves, then the political entity of Great Britain would no longer exist, so what would unionists in Northern Ireland feel loyal to? England? Many in Northern Ireland have Scottish ancestry and roots. Their Britishness is wrapped up in the Union and to a lesser extent their Protestantism (both NI and Scotland are Presbyterian.)

I imagine that if NI ever does join the Republic, many disaffected unionists will move to Scotland in their last ditch attempt to save what remains of the Union.

Unionists seem to (or at least used to) have a strong loyalty to the monarchy which might play a big part in things. But I guess it comes down to whether people feel culturally or religiously closer to the UK and how that will change in coming years with the decline of organised religion.

Nuremgard

Ludania wrote:Unionists seem to (or at least used to) have a strong loyalty to the monarchy which might play a big part in things. But I guess it comes down to whether people feel culturally or religiously closer to the UK and how that will change in coming years with the decline of organised religion.

Being attached to the UK or a unionist is not generally or really attributed and synchronous with religion.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Ludania wrote:Unionists seem to (or at least used to) have a strong loyalty to the monarchy which might play a big part in things. But I guess it comes down to whether people feel culturally or religiously closer to the UK and how that will change in coming years with the decline of organised religion.

Yukona wrote:Being attached to the UK or a unionist is not generally or really attributed and synchronous with religion.

Agreed. It's largely political these days, with identity playing a big part. Being British and supporting the monarchy etc. Being ruled from Westminster is a big part of that.

Yukona wrote:Being attached to the UK or a unionist is not generally or really attributed and synchronous with religion.

Nuremgard wrote:Agreed. It's largely political these days, with identity playing a big part. Being British and supporting the monarchy etc. Being ruled from Westminster is a big part of that.

I was referring mostly to Northern Ireland, where that aspect of someone's identity has always been a massive part of which 'side' they're on.

Ludania wrote:I was referring mostly to Northern Ireland, where that aspect of someone's identity has always been a massive part of which 'side' they're on.

I think the role of religion has diminished in that respect. Obviously there are still sectarian hardliners on both sides but I think they're a minority. Same with in Scotland. I remember I had a friend in college who voted No in the independence referendum. Some of her family accused her of "not being a true Catholic" because she voted No. It was completely nonsensical but I think people like that are generally a minority.

Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:I think the role of religion has diminished in that respect. Obviously there are still sectarian hardliners on both sides but I think they're a minority. Same with in Scotland. I remember I had a friend in college who voted No in the independence referendum. Some of her family accused her of "not being a true Catholic" because she voted No. It was completely nonsensical but I think people like that are generally a minority.

Yes you're absolutely right that it has diminished, but you wouldn't really get Catholics in NI describing themselves as unionists even if they supported staying. Religion and background will always play a role there in how people identify themselves politically, regardless of how irreligious the society becomes.

Nuremgard

Ludania wrote:Yes you're absolutely right that it has diminished, but you wouldn't really get Catholics in NI describing themselves as unionists even if they supported staying. Religion and background will always play a role there in how people identify themselves politically, regardless of how irreligious the society becomes.

I've heard of Catholics who support staying in the UK being referred to as soft unionists or economic unionists. I think the status quo was fine for most people. Nationalists got de facto unification because of how seamless the border was and unionists got Westminster rule because Northern Ireland was still part of the UK.

It also helps a great deal that people in Northern Ireland can hold British and/or Irish citizenship and identify as whatever they prefer.

Anybody know a nation who is also an issues editor?

Kalaron wrote:Sealand is the best country.

Gualimole wrote:No, Molossia is the best country.

Both of you are wrong: the Conch Republic is the best country

Ludania, Bearlong, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Confederal States

First time flying and it's sorta awesome.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Confederal States

Hi, all! Just a reminder that the Mythology RP is still a thing. Y'all should stop on by.

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/73/gods-men-mythology-rp-ooc

Good Morning all! Just got back from Iraq for a months vacation so hoping to be more active over the next 30 days :) Glad to see our Confederacy is doing so well!

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Gualimole

Audiastan wrote:Good Morning all! Just got back from Iraq for a months vacation so hoping to be more active over the next 30 days :) Glad to see our Confederacy is doing so well!

How was Iraq? I haven't been there since I was five.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Audiastan wrote:Good Morning all! Just got back from Iraq for a months vacation so hoping to be more active over the next 30 days :) Glad to see our Confederacy is doing so well!

Welcome back, Audiastan! How are you?

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