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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Time zones be ******! Happy Birthday Comrade!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Latinamericana
Space Marines can eat a person's brain to gain memories and are so detached/mutated from regular humans that they look down on them, but a Chaos Space Marine/Khorne worshipper actively enjoy being psychotic monsters, and Khorne is beyond the pale of the slaughter. Khârn is an example of Chaos worship taken to the extreme: his Space Marine Legion, the World Eaters, turned to Chaos under Khorne, and were at battle with their fellow Space Marine cousins of the Emperor's Children, another Chaos Legion under Slaanesh, a sadomasochistic hermaphrodite rape god that pushes its followers to pursue greater pleasures from activities like rape. The World Eaters and Emperor's Children were fighting on a planet with extreme temperature drops: the night would've killed them of hypothermia, so both sides agreed to a temporary truce - Khârn, being an ardent Khorne worshipper, was enraged at the perceived weakness of his fellow brothers agreeing to the truce and proceeded to grab a flamethrower and his chainaxe (taken from the Legion Primarch, or Emperor's genetic son, Angron) before violently slaughtering so many Marines on both sides that they were effectively destroyed as a fighting force. Angron expelled Khârn and ordered his remaining sons with kill on sight orders for the traitor, but Khârn simply took to the moniker "Khârn the Betrayer" (for Arabic speakers, that's literally saying Betrayer the Betrayer) and gathered his own loyalists as a warband known as the "Butcherhorde." Opinions vary, with the Emperor's Children despising him for killing so many of their kin, the World Eaters heavily despise Khârn for his actions and destroying their capabilities as a Legion, while other Khornate followers hold some begrudging respect for Khârn's devotion to the Eternal Slaughter, as well as becoming the third-most-powerful champion of Khorne, behind Doombreed (the oldest and greatest of Khorne's Daemon Princes) and Angron (as a Daemon Primarch). The irony of all this is that Khârn was originally the most level-headed Captain in the Legion, being the only one who could effectively communicate with Angron since the latter had rage-inducing biological augmentations forcibly implanted in his skull that could not be removed on pain of death (Angron being constantly, extremely, Earth-shatteringly, unreasonably f*ck-ass mad as a result).
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Percyton, Spanelsko
*round of applause*
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32957803#p32957803
A very special announcement for all you Lex Caledonian lovers out there.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Kalaron, Percyton
*waves cane* I'm not that old, you young whippersnappers! Now get off my virtual lawn! *angrily rocks in rocking chair*
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
... Oookaay, then. Not sure how to respond to all that, so I'll just say "nice".
Jaslandia, Pirate Kingdoms
Stuff and nonsense! Everyone knows red is the best!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Careful, you two! Don't you two remember what happened last time you argued about red vs. blue?
https://youtu.be/mCg7mujQ_78
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Percy to say truth in the case which one is more worse/extreme, its hard to say, Black Templars= Insane Psychopaths slaughtering enemies of God Emperor and crusading. While Chaos Insane Psychopaths slaughtering everyone who isnt chaos or if i remember correctly from the chaos legion/faction that serves a certain Chaos God. (4 Chaos Gods well 5 if we count the one no one talks about)
What i mean is that seeing followers of Khorne killing the Slaneesh worshipers isnt uncommon or any other chaos marines/demons.
Well at least Black Templars never use Exterminatus since they hate Inquisition and never retreat.
(BTW this down here is from what i got told by my friend so if there are some things that are not right i am sorry)
Suddenly someone: sir? Me:Yes? Someone: you know that in the 8th edition not only they left the planet but also called exterminatus and also cancelled a crusade right? Me: WTF?
Jaslandia, Percyton
Khornate Berzerker: I WILL PAINT YOUR MISERABLE PLANET RED WITH THE BLOOD OF YOUR PATHETIC PEOPLE
percy is choas worshiper confirmed 2017
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko
*Black Templars perform orbital drop*
PURGING WITH MY KIN~
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Spanelsko
I must boop the snoot!
Jaslandia, Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton, Latinamericana
Do not boop that merry suicide bomber
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Spanelsko
I see. I may have understood all that. Maybe.
That's not exactly what I was trying to say. I'm not really a big fan of chaos.
That actually sounds pretty adorable.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia
He's talking about a Catachan Barking Toad: they're adorable, but the planet of Catachan is a Death World where surviving up to the age of 10 is considered a miracle - the Toads themselves are filled with lethal toxins and can detonate themselves if they're frightened, surprised, or about to be eaten. They are so toxic that they're literally the most poisonous creature in the galaxy, a Lesser Toad fully capable of killing a Primarch (to put this in perspective, an average Space Marine is able to shrug off small arms fire, has additional lungs, hearts, and enough muscles to crush a human with their bare hands, as well as 7.5ft tall and an additional foot in Power Armor. A Primarch can easily kill a Space Marine the same way, are about 13ft tall at a given estimate, and are more than able to survive things even a Space Marine would die from) in their Power Armor, while a Greater Toad can easily kill off everything in a several-mile radius
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton
So, not adorable then?
Jaslandia
Well, adorable for the trains proper, but if a train and their driver encounter one and surprise it, then not adorable (I'm very certain sentient trains cannot die from Catachan Barking Toads)
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton
I see. I don't think us engines would be at too much risk. Unless these 'Barking Toads' can destroy or seriously damage metal (or, in Toby's case, wood), the worst they could do is damage our face (which is more fleshy), which wouldn't destroy us or cause us to lose our sentience (at least, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't; there haven't been enough examples and research of this specific topic to say for certain). But you're right, it sounds like our crews and our human friends would have more to worry about. Just to be safe, I hope I never run into any of those 'Barking Toads'.
Jaslandia
All I know is that when a Greater Catachan Barking Toad goes off, all biological lifeforms are reduced to puddles of mass and the cloud actually salts the earth to the point of vegetation being unable to regrow permanently.
Jaslandia, Percyton
Despite Tangshan's corporate policies that always support business or the economy over people, it is in the top 10% for the highest poor incomes.
Trickle down economics? :P
Jaslandia, Percyton
What are those Chaos guys you are talking bout ?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42099720
I just wanted to share this story. This is my Gran and her brother collecting medals honouring their brother who died in Cyprus a long time ago. He has finally been given recognition for making the ultimate sacrifice to his country. Very proud of him and very proud of my wee Grannie too.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton
For anyone which doenst understand this reference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vh_N8CpcL0
Time: from 20:08 to 20:28 (the scene itself starts at 20:20)
Percyton
best explanation that saves my time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG7VvMGw6w0&t=648s
The explanation of Chaos gods themselves is at 12:00 to 14:50
Also the last Chaos god is mentioned also in this video but to put is simply that god represents unbelief so in order for him to gain power and increase his influence he need to destroy religion since its his main enemy (so are other chaos gods)
Not to mention that this chaos god actually has his own followers......
Percyton, Latinamericana
and btw Chaos= Demons, Demon Princes, Demon Worlds, Eye of Terror (huge hole in the Galaxy and a realm of chaos) the Chaos Gods, insanity, immaterial realms, most of the demons are mindless, chaos marines (traitors that betrayed the Imperium of Man) Chaos Primarchs (traitors)
Possibly traitors but not at least yet chaos= Dark Angels (also Cypher and stuff)
That is the most simple explaining on the chaos faction i can give.
Latinamericana
Good to hear Nurem, also oh my days your nan is called Nan that is amazing
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
Her name is Annie but her nickname is Nan. ;)
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton
Gonna be honest, never liked 40K myself. It's a touch too edgy for me.
I'm glad to hear they've gotten his medals.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Ah, good. Still the most armed in the region.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton, The Wyoming Peoples Front
Will!! You are alive. How have you been?
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Mercunova, Percyton
Hm... Demons now...?
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton, Spanelsko
Consumption terror?
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
ContComm! Good to see you! How are you?
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Yes.
Lavan Tiri, Percyton
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
https://i.redditmedia.com/mpk5n5RV2_LcokPBb6kIATwueNlZPHFYo3KqV8tMQYg.jpg?w=500&s=d51e57afa09478a3d91393d59f4a2b82
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri
It's better to go with the older interpretations of the game, when it was just crazy awesome sci-fi 80s sh*t, not Matt Ward or C.S. Goto
Lavan Tiri
Woo! Top 5 for most armed!
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Tserra, Percyton
Song of the Day #4
Bob Marley & The Wailers - No Woman, No Cry (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x59kS2AOrGM) - Genre: Reggae, Released: 1974/'75
[spoiler]'No Woman, No Cry' is a reggae epic written by a friend of Marley's who ran a soup kitchen in Trenchtown, the ghetto of Jamaica's capital, Kingston. I much prefer the live version, as the euphoria and reactions of the crowd to Marley's singing and performance make you feel as if you're really there, and add to the feelings of warmth, fraternity and happiness that this track can evoke. Although many, including myself (and I continue to interpret it this way simply for relativity's sense), think it's a bachelors ballad about disregarding the pains of having no companion - it is actually Bob calling for his woman not to cry, as in Jamaican English "no woman" means "don't woman", i.e "don't woman, don't cry".
The song's following imagery and luscious tones that mix gospel and funk certainly take you a place like no other, with Marley looking back on his time spent in Kingston. With the traditionally Bob Marley refrain of not worrying and living in the moment, he continues to talk of building bonfires, sharing porridge (a traditional dish in Jamaica) and I would imagine the consumption of some cannabis! I personally love this song due to the amazing instruments, which provide layer upon layer of warm sound to seep into your ears. Furthermore, it acts as an easy tool to put things in perspective, ultimately it's the past which makes you who you are, and although you should move on, you should appreciate everything for making you who you are.[/spoiler]
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton
Engines aren't 'biological', so we should be fine. And while neither coal nor water needs plants to survive, we need humans to give us our coal and water, and I don't think humans would fare so well in this situation.
Congrats to your Gran and her brother! I'm sure their brother was a very brave man.
ContComm! Great to see you again *loudly blows whistle* Does this mean you're back?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
I'm dying, y'all
Jaslandia, Mercunova, Percyton
Discounting the Anarchy's, I am the most armed in the region. Which I take as a point of pride. :D
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
Oh. What's wrong?
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
I'm sick
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Happy Birthday Jaslandia!! I hope all your birthday wishes come true and you enjoy your day with family and friends. May I ask how old you get?
[spoiler=Today is November 25 and today are:]
Today is November 25 and today are:
- Birthday of Jaslandia
- Beginning of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence
- Blase´Day (United States)
- Evacuation Day (New York City, New York, United States)
- Independence Day (Suriname)
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
- National Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- National Parfait Day (United States)
- Shopping Reminder Day (United States)
- Small Business Saturday (United States)
- Teachers' Day (Indonesia)
- Vajiravudh Memorial Day (Thailand)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 571 BC Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
- 885 Siege of Paris: Viking forces sail the Seine River with a fleet of 300 longships and lay siege to Paris.
- 1034 Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne.
- 1120 The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England.
- 1177 Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Châtillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.
- 1343 A tsunami, caused by an earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places.
- 1487 Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen of England.
- 1491 The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, ends with the Treaty of Granada.
- 1667 A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.
- 1755 King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.
- 1758 French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.
- 1759 An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
- 1783 American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
- 1795 Partitions of Poland: Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia.
- 1826 The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
- 1833 A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.
- 1839 A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40-foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa (which has never been completely rebuilt). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the disaster.
- 1863 American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.
- 1864 American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.
- 1874 The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
- 1876 American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.
- 1905 Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
- 1915 Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
- 1917 World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
- 1918 Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from AustriaHungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.
- 1926 The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
- 1936 In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.
- 1940 World War II: First flight of the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
- 1941 HMS Barham is sunk by a German torpedo during World War II.
- 1943 World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 1947 Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
- 1947 New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
- 1950 The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).
- 1952 Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.
- 1952 Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
- 1958 French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
- 1960 The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
- 1963 President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.
- 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald is buried in Fort Worth, Texas.
- 1966 First television link between Australia and the UK.
- 1970 In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
- 1973 Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.
- 1975 Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.
- 1977 Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. He is later assassinated in 1983.
- 1981 Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
- 1984 Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
- 1986 IranContra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
- 1986 The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.
- 1987 Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.
- 1992 The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.
- 1996 An ice storm strikes the central U.S., killing 26 people. A powerful windstorm affects Florida and winds gust over 90 mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers.
- 1999 A 5-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.
- 2000 The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
- 2008 Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.
- 2009 Jeddah floods: Freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. Three thousand cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing.
- 2015 Pope Francis makes his first official visit to Africa.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1562 - Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright and poet
- 1697 - Gerhard Tersteegen, German Reformed religious writer
- 1814 - Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist
- 1835 - Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist
- 1844 - Karl/Carl Benz, German engineer and businessman, developed the first practical motorcar, founded Mercedes-Benz
- 1880 - John Flynn, Australian minister and pilot, founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
- 1881 - Pope John XXIII
- 1914 - Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player and coach
- 1915 - Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and politician, 30th President of Chile
- 1924 - Paul Desmond, American saxophonist and composer
- 1940 - Reinhard Furrer, Austrian-German physicist and astronau
- 1940 - Percy Sledge, American singer
- 1962 - Hironobu Sakaguchi, Japanese game designer, founded Mistwalker
- 1971 - Christina Applegate, American actress, singer, dancer, and producer
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Quote of the day
I think the first duty of society is justice.
- Alexander Hamilton -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Kalaron, Mercunova, Percyton
I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you get well soon.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7d/01/7b/7d017bcab8e653fd5164d5ae66806f80.jpg
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
Remember that life is impermanent. You either die now, or you die later. Sickness does not guarantee death. Only ag(e)ing does.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Happy birthday Jaslandia!!!. May the years to come be most constuctive and joyfull for you and those around you!
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
Lavan Tiri is the new Deputy Speaker.
Congrats Lav!
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Thanks, Peng! I'm 19 today.
Thank you, Ces!
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I'm top 10 too but not an anarchist
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
UFIR report
16 best army in the region, 9 best arms manufacturing, 3 most authoritarian and 1 most social conservative.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
Yesssss. Found out the handgun laws in the state I'm stationed in are lower. Heck yeahhhhhhhh
Lavan Tiri, Spanelsko
What state?
Lavan Tiri
>Is sad because NS says I am poorly armed
>Is happy because IIwiki disagrees :p
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
What NS means by that is nothing to do with your military or police, it's about how armed your citizens are.
Lavan Tiri
Still getting up there: a bit surprising that al-Qarn is 60, but I do take pride in the URA reaching 21 on the list - just need to make it more of a sh*thole to be part of.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
Considering that my throat is so sore that I can't talk or sing, I'd rather just get it over with now xD
o hai mark
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton
How I miss him so
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
[Insert Crippling Depression Meme]
Lavan Tiri
i did not hit her
i did naaht
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Yukona
is bulzhit
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms
oh hai mark
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
My sister and I love that movie. We are buying t shirts to wear when we go see The Disaster Artist in December.
Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
I also want to see that movie when it comes out: really looking forward to Franco playing Wiseau and being batsh*t insane
Nuremgard
I love the Franco brothers. Dave is very handsome.
Yukona, The Wyoming Peoples Front
https://youtu.be/SLEdsI731J4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NUIrVivPhs
Jaslandia
https://youtu.be/uwJSFYRtjHI
I didn't know that this region was full of edgy 12-year-olds! My faith in humanity is now dead.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Aren't you Captain Edgy McEdgelord himself? :P
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Yukona
What makes you reach that conclusion?
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm not actually that edgy; I'm just familiar with the idubbz memes. And I'm 19, not 12.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
People on the internet can lie about their age pretty easily. Even I did it when I was younger.
Penguania And Antarctica
Sure they can. Doesn't mean I'm one of them.
Penguania And Antarctica
Or are you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbBX6aEzEz8
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Mugabe has been given a $10 million payoff and his family have been given immunity from prosecution.
That family should be swinging from the gallows, not living in cushy luxury.
Axeldonia, Mercunova, Vetriutan 2
Oh, I don't know. Just a vague guess. :)
What would you expect from a military coup that is trying to put his former vice-president into power? A blooming democracy?
Zimbabwe, at least for the foreseeable future, will stay under the rule of kleptocrats, just as it has been for decades. The military is trying to oust Mugabe before he dies, which they know will cause a power vacuum that will destroy the country and the legitimacy of the ruling party.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia
Oh, you caught me! I'm actually an alien, and my alien race has a genetic disorder that forces us to confess our identity whenever we hear the X-Files theme! You can take me to Area 52 now (Area 51 is just the cover story).
So, looks like just the leadership is changing? If it wasn't for the fact that Mugabe had ruled for so long, this would have been a very underwhelming coup.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
The whole situation is a mess. I feel bad for ordinary Zimbabweans.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Vetriutan 2
It's a destructive cycle that won't stop if real change does not occur.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I think the only real change could come about by a revolution from below. As in the ordinary folk of the country ousting the corrupt elite.
Vetriutan 2
Alien is a codeword for edgy 12-year-old. I know your tricks. I have had a lot of practice with other (((people's))) tricks.
Jaslandia
That presents its own challenges. Don't forget the Mugabe came into power from a revolution himself.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
True. I don't know the answers. Africa is a powder keg of division and corruption.
It was a mistake for European powers to have pulled out so quickly. They should've taken the time and resources to build the institutions necessary for a stable nation. They did not do that, but I cannot blame them. They were sapped out of resources after WWII, so they also had to invest time and resources into their own nations, let alone their colonies.
They shouldn't have been there in the first place. But yes, since they decided to colonise, they had a responsibility to leave the nations in a better state than they found them. Africa had problems before western imperialism but these problems were compounded by the presence of racist Europeans.
Axeldonia, Vetriutan 2
That might happen, but we'll probably have to wait a while. The people seemed to have eagerly supported Mugabe's ouster and rallied behind the military this time around, but the popular consensus seemed to be that they wanted more than just a new leader. Once they realize that the military doesn't intend to bring about real change, they may take to the streets and protest like they did after the coup.
It would have also help if Europe never colonized Africa in the first place, or if they did, actually developed African institutions and leaders from the begining instead of seeing Africa as simply a place to acquire resources. But yeah, failing both of those options, it would have been best if the Europeans stuck around for a little while longer to help develop African institutions.
I'm actually 1,012 years old, so you're a little bit off.
jk
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Vetriutan 2
<|:^)
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Mercunova, Percyton
Couldn't have said it better. And the European powers did this to their other non-white colonies. Just look at the mess of the Middle East is in now. While the European powers of 100 years ago are not responsible for all of the region's problems, they did compound them by creating artificial states out of different Ottoman provinces, caring more about their interests instead of their people's interests.
[spoiler=Example of European Imperialism in the Middle East]For example, Iraq was created out of three Ottoman provinces: Baghdad, Mosul, and Basrah. And the nation was under Britain's sphere of influence because they wanted a pathway to India. In fact, the UK went so far to keep Iraq in its sphere that British soldiers woke up Iraqi MPs and forced them to vote for the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty in 1930. The treaty would've let the British have military access to the country and would've given the colonial power much more power for decades after Iraq's "independence".
But to be fair, they genuinely thought that Iraq and the other newly created countries in the Middle East would prosper. The British and the French thought that nation-states did not have to evolve out of a group of people with the same culture and history. It's no surprise that they organized the Middle East in the way that they did.[/spoiler]
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia
It wasn't even for resources. African colonies cost more than they made. They were simply just a symbol of prestige.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia
I cant believe there are Brits out there who would read this and still think the Empire was a force for good. Imperialism is bad but the Ottomans at least kept order among the various ethnic and religious groups.
Axeldonia
https://yougov.co.uk/news/2014/07/26/britain-proud-its-empire/
Why are you decrying British imperialism while you are condoning Ottoman imperialism? A large reason why the Arabs revolted in WWI is that the Young Turks tried to assimilate them into the Ottoman Empire and destroy their culture.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia
Good point. All imperialism is bad.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp6iqzeA2pQ
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Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Nice. I love Crash Course.
Jaslandia, Percyton
Except for the episode about the Mongols. The Mongols are the exception to everything. They are even the exception to Trump's Asia Tour. They are so exceptional.
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Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
I recently re-watched the episode on the Iranian Revolution. Interesting stuff.
Jaslandia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H76GMfPv8Mk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiZrijMXoqc
Also, I'm 18 and possibly insane (given my rather f*cked-up family of Mexican rednecks), not some 12-year-old who sucks his own c*ck over his seeming greatness at writing a dark comment or two
Jaslandia, Vetriutan 2
Regarding Iran, the new generation of Iranians is actually pretty liberal. Over the next few decades, at least in my opinion, Iran will begin to liberalize itself politically and economically. Same thing with its fellow Middle Eastern nations.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
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