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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Well, I don't do it because I have respect of authority. I do it because I respect all nations and all people regardless where they are coming from. I think it's a neat tradition.
But if you wear a headdress and you enter a church would you remove it or keep it on?
Not really what I meant but I'll explain that in a second, as for the other bit, you're entitled to your opinion so I won't really argue with it tbh.
Now, as to the bit on what we've done? What you posted was completely irrelevant honestly >.>
The primary mechanism stretching back in my opinion was the decreasing trust in government that resulted from misconceptions like "Iraq didn't have WMDs" that were never corrected for the general public. Most people still don't realize they did because most news organizations didn't find the time to correct their longstanding -and then unintentional- misinformation with the more accurate version of events. Beyond that, we've already discussed enough on other mediums to showcase that the typical american outlook on the war -or rather, occupation- is flawed in the information rendered. Most people, by virtue of the news, don't understand how close we were to a better stabilized Iraq for instance, nor do they understand that our time spent in the intervention of places like Afghanistan isn't for the military to get sick kicks from, but is a prerequisite to a functional deployment of COIN.
Oh come on, anarchists are nutjobs :P
But really though, Marxism is pretty flexible (this is clearly true because we have had totalitarian dictatorships that claimed to be Marxist when Marx clearly praised democracy and civilian empowerment). I'm still pretty anti-big government, but not so much as one of the looney AnComs anymore.
Nuremgard
Oh come on, keep the headdress on. It's whimsical and livens up an otherwise pretty boring place.
When I went to church when I still did, people took off their hats more as a comfort thing I imagine.
Guess what
Moth lore
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=axeldonia/detail=factbook/id=867432
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia
New Salvatore's biggest industry is tourism. Who knew being an oppressive, Catholic, absolutist monarchy was good for tourism?
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Spanelsko
Gotta love the danger behind visiting nations like that
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Spanelsko
Maybe it's a turn on for some.
Russkov Soviet
It's actual etiquettes. When I was an England with my class and we visited Canterbury Cathedral there was this lady at the entrance that "kindly" reminded me to take off my bonnet/beanie.
[spoiler=Today is February 20 and today are:]
Today is February 20 and today are:
- Day of Heavenly Hundred Heroes (Ukraine)
- National Cherry Pie Day (United States)
- National Handcuff Day (United States)
- National Love Your Pet Day (United States)
- Northern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day
- World Day of Social Justice
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 1339 The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clashed in the Battle of Parabiago.
- 1472 Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark.
- 1547 Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
- 1685 René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
- 1792 The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
- 1798 Louis-Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power.
- 1810 Andreas Hofer, Tirolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, is executed.
- 1813 Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta.
- 1816 Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.
- 1835 The 1835 Concepción earthquake destroys Concepción, Chile.
- 1846 Polish insurgents lead an uprising in Kraków to incite a fight for national independence.
- 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Olustee: The largest battle fought in Florida during the war.
- 1865 End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance.
- 1872 The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
- 1877 Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
- 1901 The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
- 1909 Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
- 1913 King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
- 1921 The Young Communist League of Czechoslovakia is founded.
- 1931 The Congress of the United States approves the construction of the San FranciscoOakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
- 1933 The Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution that will end Prohibition in the United States.
- 1933 Adolf Hitler secretly meets with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party's upcoming election campaign.
- 1935 Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
- 1942 Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
- 1943 American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.
- 1943 The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms in support of United States President Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address theme of Four Freedoms.
- 1944 World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
- 1944 World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island.
- 1952 Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
- 1956 The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
- 1959 The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
- 1962 Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
- 1965 Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.
- 1967 Intergovernmental Group on Indonesia convenes its first meeting in Amsterdam.
- 1971 The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.
- 1979 Earthquake cracks Sinila volcanic crater in Dieng Plateau, releases poisonous H2S gas and kills 149 villagers in Indonesian province of Central Java.
- 1986 The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
- 1988 The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
- 1991 A gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down in the Albanian capital Tirana, by mobs of angry protesters.
- 1998 American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
- 2003 During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others.
- 2005 Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
- 2009 Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack.
- 2010 In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago.
- 2014 Dozens of Euromaidan anti-government protesters died in Ukraine's capital Kiev, many reportedly killed by snipers.
- 2015 Two trains collide in the Swiss town of Rafz resulting in as many as 49 people injured and Swiss Federal Railways cancelling some services.
- 2016 Six people are killed and two injured in multiple shooting incidents in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1819 Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician
- 1844 Joshua Slocum, Canadian sailor and adventurer
- 1902 Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist
- 1909 Heinz Erhardt, German comedian, musician, entertainer, actor, and poet
- 1920 Karl Albrecht, German businessman, co-founded Aldi
- 1925 Robert Altman, American director and screenwriter
- 1927 Sidney Poitier, American actor, director, and diplomat
- 1937 Robert Huber, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1945 George Smoot, American astrophysicist and cosmologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1948 Christopher A. Pissarides, British-Cypriot economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1951 Gordon Brown, Scottish historian and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1966 Cindy Crawford, American model and businesswoman
- 1967 Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nirvana)
- 1969 Danis Tanović, Bosnian director and screenwriter
- 1976 Jan Delay, German singer, songwriter, and producer
- 1980 Arthur Abraham, Armenian-German professional boxer
- 1988 Rihanna, Barbadian-American singer-songwriter and actress
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Quote of the day
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation
- George Bernard Shaw (Irish Dramatist, 1856-1950) -
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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Kalaron, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova
https://youtu.be/r0hytuh6GIk?t=1m
"Huh. That's an interesting quote." - Jaslandia (American NationStates Player, 2013- ) -
Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
I didn't know you were born in 2013 :P
Jaslandia, Spanelsko
Largest industry doesn't always imply a thriving one 💁
Over 3,000 tourists arriving to the country per hour says otherwise.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia
Lol. I wasn't born in 2013 (I wouldn't be using this website if I was), but my nation was 'born' in 2013, so I'm using that.
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica
Post self-deleted by Russkov Soviet.
Never mind Nurem. Found it. I'm averaging 2,500 tourists per hour.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri
Nice one! Our tourist rate continues to rise.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Vatican_City
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
The new King has a reformist policy platform which will hopefully attract more tourists.
Lavan Tiri
Okay, Pope Francis.
Lavan Tiri, Mercunova
Hey, he's a liberal. Well, as liberal as you can get in a Catholic, absolute monarchical country.
Lavan Tiri
Interestingly, the pope is actually the world's only elected absolute monarch.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Gualimole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD6qtc2_AQA
King of New Sal: Elected? Pfft. Soft touch. True rulers aren't elected. They're born to rule.
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
Your media has always been f*cked, youre the most openly patriotic Western nationality I can think of, you illegally invaded a country
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
To be fair, the British media is f*cked too. Very right-wing, hysterical, anti-leftist and sycophantic to the royals. The UK also illegally invaded Iraq.
Axeldonia
P.S in reference to the above where did I say Britain didnt invade Iraq illegally?
Axeldonia, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica
BBC unbiased? Come off it, mate. The BBC is up the government's arse. And Rupert Murdoch owns a lot of British media. I don't think they're separate. Blair was Bush's poodle.
Axeldonia
Where did I say that Rupert Murdoch didnt (he owns Sky and a few papers not 90% owned by 5 like in the US). The BBC is by law required like all other televised news broadcasters to be unbiased and they can get in a lot of trouble if they dont. Generally speaking issues of bias are often reported and dealt with quickly, in fact they run a show where they analyse feedback, discuss how theyre sorry and will fix it and show where they went wrong - although it has its problems (this isnt what Im even making a point about) - which is a very transparent system. As well as this, American news is not conducted like this and is very bipartisan and often in the pockets of interest groups.
Axeldonia, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica
Is it just me, or does everyone accuse the BBC of bias against them? If they are all right, then the BBC is doing its job pretty well.
Jaslandia, Yukona
Im glad you dont think theyre separate and thats fantastic but I dont think I want to argue over a point Im not making. I was simply telling Kal that his countries state is nothing new, where at all did I insinuate that Britain was perfect?
Continental Commonwealths
I don't think you understood my original point or read my explanation of it. The media isn't f*cked because they lied, but that they didn't correct themselves on a pretty exigent point. Furthermore, I think we're having a touch of misunderstanding there, I haven't seen very many people (This could be the result of me living in Mass, however) with a trust in the government since about 2003 since very few full accounts of the war were ever actually examined once things got declassified, I will agree that they've been garbage for a long time though. Lastly, Iraq had kinda already violated Resolution 1441 and it's preceding declarations anyway so the illegality of the operation is more "questionable" than anything tbh.
Exactly.
Gualimole
I'm not surprised you love the BBC and defend it. Many Brits love it blindly and cant think anything bad of it. I for one cant stand the BBC. If you'd been a Scot in 2014, you sure as hell would not have thought the BBC or television media was impartial then.
Axeldonia
I hear this a lot. Hard to argue with I guess. Whatever. I'm just glad I don't pay my license towards their sh!t.
I never said you insinuated that Britain was perfect. I was merely saying that the problems you said affected the US media affects our media too.
If you cannot argue against a certain point, then why don't you further examine the point made and maybe decide to change your mind? From what I have seen of you, you are far too set in your views. Perhaps some self-inspection could improve your views and you as a person.
Yukona
I dont love the BBC unconditionally - please cut down on assumptions, Ive witnessed their corruption and also their bias - but its dealt with quickly and effectively because theyre legally bound , let me reiterate legally, to be neutral just like all other television media. If you think the BBCs sh*te just look at American media then youll feel it, the reason you dont like it is because its neutral and doesnt support your echo chamber as far as I can imagine, but again - its a you problem. And how many times have I said it, I havent said anywhere the UK or BBC is impeccable - I was talking exclusively about the bad state of American media, I dont think the BBC is 100% corruption free its iust probably the best it can be in our society, I dont care about it to be honest. I am not arguing for this, youre simply trying to strawman me into getting into a debate over the UK
Continental Commonwealths
Yes, I am set in my views. And no, I wont change my mind about the BBC.
Kalaron, Mercunova, Confederal States
I said Americas bad at X, discuss about X and the response is yeah so! Britain sucks at Y! Like, OK? Not my problem mate, not what Im chatting mate.
You see the BBC is impartial because it supports the UK/your viewpoint. It's called the British Broadcasting Corporation for f*ck sake. So of course it's going to support the state that pays for its existence. American media is just as bad as British media in my opinion. It's all ran by the same type of people. Right-wing arseholes who want to further their own agendas and control the narrative. How can you say in the same paragraph you have seen the BBC's bias but then criticise me for hating it because it's apparently "neutral?"
Thats a you problem mate. Not at all what Im on about. If my point and your head were objects theyd be in another f*cking galaxy never mind country.
Alright, mate. American media is sh!t, mate.
>Is presented with evidence that you acknowledge to be hard to argue with
>You don't even think about the possibility of you being wrong
>You acknowledge that you are set in your ways and don't do anything about it
You are not a serious person.
Looks like those galaxies collided then!
What do you want me to do? "Oh I was wrong. The BBC is pure amazeballs"
No, but you should be more introspective. The world isn't black and white, and you aren't always right.
Yukona
You could modify your statement which is all I'll say on the matter since I do agree their a touch biased.
However, on the other hand this argument seems to have gotten heated, maybe people should separate for a bit and take a break? Just a suggestion from the neighborhood Kal.
I never said I was always right. But thanks for the advice.
But you certainly act as though you are in the way you write to others.
Which statement should I modify?
That's politics. Each side claims to be right and after a lot of debate and shouting, nobody changes their minds. If that happened, politicians would be crossing the floor on a daily basis.
Sorry, retract was the wrong word for it. I changed it to modify since at least one does seem to overly demonize the BBC despite you noting that they aren't quite so biased as you thought. I've only been skimming the conversation, admittedly and I was more worried about the way you and Constid (I think? Guy makes too many puppets) are talking to each other.
It's my prerogative to demonise the BBC if I want to. And I personally don't think I've even went that far. I've criticised it, not demonised it.
So your original point was that American media is very patriotic/nationalist/Western biased. I agree with that. Britain's media is also that way. I just find it odd how you can criticise American media in isolation when the UK's media is the same way.
It is your prerogative, I ain't disagreeing there, Nur. Like I said, I might have been a bit too fast to the post, my primary concern was that the Constables would have to get involved >.>
I do agree that the BBC is biased, honestly.
As an aside, how was your day?
Better than the past few days which have been very sh!tty. Yours?
Well, my past few have been pretty good honestly. I got to hang out and snuggle with Tim so I can't complain there. However, just today he returned home which has had me down. It's kinda hard to readjust ya know?
I'm still working, naturally, on my setting though so it should see light here sooner than later :)
Found any hot-scots lately? ;P
Not a Scot but my German tutor for politics is a total honey.
M8
Gib deets my dude.
Does he got a chiseled jaw? :>
He's tall and slim. Very handsome, has nice stubble. Nice jawline and he has a lovely, deep voice.
Vista Major
How old is he?
I'd guess and say mid to late twenties.
Do you two get along politically?
Again with making the assumptions. I was specifically talking about the US to Kal, the British media is a completely different story. Its like bringing up China in comparison to Canada. My point was about America. Now my point is that talking about Britain was not my point, you just assumed that I was suggesting Britain was better. And if you didnt, why did you feel the case to tell me Britain is bad too? I just felt like you were strawmanning me into an argument that didnt even relate to my former point.
He has a girlfriend so he's unavailable. Plus, he hasn't spoken about his politics so I don't know anything about that side of him. Nice guy though. Friendly and gives constructive criticism in a nice way.
Vista Major, Gualimole
I genuinely wasn't strawmanning you. I get it. Your point was about the US.
White cis hetero bourgeoise male scum
You can do better
White cis hetero bourgeois is usually the type I fancy.
>Implying that sexuality is a lifestyle that one can change
You can do better.
If only it was a lifestyle choice. Would make things a lot easier.
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
It wasn't an implication.
You and 90% of the queer community
But fair enough, I guess
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri
Things would be very confusing.
Oh, yea, you're right. I did not read your original post carefully enough.
Lavan Tiri
If it was a choice, it would save many teenagers confusing and awful experiences growing up.
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
It would make things even more confusing. Imagine that you just hit puberty and sexuality was a lifestyle. How would you choose which lifestyle to follow? What if you didn't know what certain lifestyles even are? How do these lifestyles even work? And if sexuality is a lifestyle, then would that mean that we are all born asexual?
Lavan Tiri
I was thinking more if sexuality was a straight up choice. Like, you reach a certain age and you get to decide. I know that's a stupid and impossible concept.
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
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Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
If I had that choice, then I would choose to be asexual and be aromantic too. All romantic love brings is pain and suffering. You either fail to get into a romantic relationship and suffer heartbreak after heartbreak, or you get into a successful relationship for decades and then your partner dies. That will probably cause even more pain and suffering. Love has caused people to kill other people. That is how powerful of a drug it is. Just look at "supreme gentlemen" like Elliot Roger and Nicola Cruz. Would they have murdered had it not been for the pain and suffering that romantic love brings? I don't think so.
So if you had that choice, what choice would you make?
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri
Every libertarian's wet dream.
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major
I'd probably choose to be asexual too. Or maybe straight. Lord Varys here makes a good point for being asexual.
https://youtu.be/cudxwhDO0gQ?t=119
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Gualimole
Ohhhh, its Constidor! I was leaning towards a Valt puppet, given his proclivity for
> x
> y
> z
style of dialogue.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
This is the most British exchange I have witnessed to date on NationStates.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Confederal States, Gualimole
Who is Valt?
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
A former member of the region.
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Our collective best friend. Nice guy. Good people.
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Does it make you proud of your country's British heritage?
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
That is way too vague.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
He was/is a controversial figure for various reasons.
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Elaborate.
Lavan Tiri
Staple a big ol fleur-de-lys to both your foreheads and wed basically recreate the Battle of Québec, and voilà! Canada is born! 🇨🇦
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Gualimole
Or we could not. Please just accept that he was pretty bad in his time so that this isn't dredged again.
Lavan Tiri
Didn't he ban me from Discord multiple times?
Lavan Tiri
[nation=short]Valturus[/nation]. A previous member of our former region(s) who gained influence, but also the ire of several regionmates once he was perceived to have used that influence to game the region for his own gain. Some dislike him, some remain cordial or even friendly, still others remain neutral. An important chapter of our region(s) history, nonetheless.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Valturus, Yukona, Gualimole
It's too late here and I cant be arsed getting into it to be honest.
Imagine what Canada would be like today if France had held it.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
You take it back, boyo. Take it back right now.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Prime alternate history material that is not being used enough. You should make a book about that if you had the time, especially if you have an extensive amount of knowledge regarding the Seven Years War.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri
Why? lol. France is cool.
I don't have extensive knowledge of that war and I don't write about alternate realities. I stick to fiction.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
The guillotine would be too swift for you.
Thats a play on France historical (and not so historical) use of the guillotine. Not a threat against Nurems person. Please do not bring me up on charges. Im so tired.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
http://www.tombstonebuilder.com/generate.php?top1=Gualimole%2FVetriutan%2F&top2=Nuova+Constidor%2F&top3=Constidor&top4=&sp=
Lavan Tiri
I always liked Valt, not gonna lie.
Valturus, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
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