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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Between the two? The Liberal Party.
I hate postal voting. It's too open to corruption. That was actually an issue during the indyref.
Elaborate.
Elaborate.
Anything for a second one ey ;^]
Nuremgard
The leader of the Scottish Conservatives was investigated by the police because she had apparently been opening postal votes to gauge the general mood of the ref.
Always, babe. We'll get our freedom one day! (Hopefully)
That hasn't happened in California and in other states with postal voting IIRC.
Well that's because you don't have Ruth Davidson, the most over-rated, hypocritical, selfish, manipulative bitch to ever poison the halls of the Scottish Parliament.
Axeldonia
Things aren't much better in California. A Holocaust-denier ran on the Republican ticket and was able to obtain quite a bit of support.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia
Despite how bad British politics is, it's nowhere near as batsh!t as its American counterpart. I also saw that a self-identified paedophile ran for Congress in Virginia.
Axeldonia, The West Country
The Virginian is also a white supremacist.
Axeldonia
Of course he was.
Axeldonia
I think politics will always be bad because things will never go the way anyone wants it to. From that point of view, British politics - apart from Brexit and a few other things - is alright for me compared to other places. You just don't hear about it because you don't pay attention to the domestic politics of foreign countries as in-depth as you do your own.
Nuremgard
If Scotland remains in the UK, my opinion on British politics is pessimistic and bleak. The thought of being ruled by a perpetual Tory government depresses the hell out of me. Especially since their policies have directly affected me and my family. It's very hard not to hate Tory voters or be bitter when the sh!t they vote for happens to you or your own. But apparently, I've to just accept it because it's their "political opinion" and I'm a terrible, terrible person for saying they are bad people for how they vote.
It infuriates me how Tories' lips tremble and they clutch their pearls when you call them c*nts for voting for c*nty policies.
Axeldonia
It's pessimistic because you assumed there will be a perpetual Tory government (English people are not all Tories, thanks). If you hate people, that's a you problem mate. I don't hate people because they're Tories, nor do I think they're the biggest evil thing since Lucifer tripped and fell.
So I'm irrational for hating someone that votes to cut money to the poor and disabled? Who votes to cut money for mental health funding and the police?
Axeldonia
Never said you were irrational mate, don't jump the gun.
You said I had a "problem" because I hate Tory voters. Well I'm sorry if you think I have a problem because I think someone who votes to force my mum to undergo assessments for her disability money is a c*nt. But hey, that's just their opinion. I'm not allowed to dislike them for that because that clearly makes me the worse person.
Axeldonia
No I said it's you a problem. It's your problem, not mine - I can't debate with you over it because it's nothing to do with me. You're jumping the gun.
The electorate is infantalised too much. Governments get all the blame for bad policies. The idiots that vote for them never get the blame.
Axeldonia
If I voted for Labour and I was directly responsible for what they did I'd be very concerned about ever voting.
Is this why you think Tory voters should get off light? Ah, well, they're not actually responsible for cutting money to the poor and disabled. They saw it in the manifesto, thought it was a good idea and voted for it to happen. So the government is bad for implementing it but the voter isn't bad for voting to give them the power to implement it?
Axeldonia
I think you're assuming a lot of things lol. My parents voted Tory once and they didn't do it because they hate disabled people, but it's up to you to come to that conclusion yourself mate.
MPs debating on whether or not to legislate for abortion in Northern Ireland. Wonder where that'll lead.
I see all this rambling and bickering about Brexit, and all I can think is...
F*cking decide already you ancient c*nts! Some of us ain't getting any younger, an neither are ya!
Jaslandia, Midasia
It sorta does if you're willing to actually go the extra mile and adopt it. But that requires for a western society to start the process of acclimating to AI.
Noice Chart. I've moved a bit lower to the purple quarter, but some time ago I was in the right-authoritarian one. I suppose the Nation isn't totally representative of the Ces, but again nice
Jaslandia
A self-identified pedophile who wants to legalize rape and have sex with his own underage daughter. She's not even in elementary school.
Thankfully, the daughter is not in his custody. For obvious reasons.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia
Good. He should be in jail or dead.
Axeldonia, Deimosan, Midasia
What is wrong with people in this world?
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Midasia
I ask myself that everyday.
Russkov Soviet, Midasia
I can confirm, as much as people may question it - Northern Ireland is indeed a western society.
Is that your final answer?
Yes, Clive - that's my final answer
Jaslandia
Ah, sorry. That was the wrong answer. I hope you reached a milestone before this point.
Jaslandia
Can I phone a friend, Clive?
Jaslandia
In case you want to read the horrifying details:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nathan-larson-congressional-candidate-pedophile_us_5b10916de4b0d5e89e1e4824
No you cant. You lose. Also, who is Clive? And I much prefer Jeremy Clarkson hosting Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
Clive is your basic, all around average bloke who hosts the show. I also prefer Clarkson. If he didn't have such moronic political views I'd want him to be our PM lol he's so funny
Being an American familiar with the American version, I thought Regis Philbin was a good host.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Wants_to_Be_a_Millionaire_(U.S._game_show)#Hosts
Oh God, not the Huff
I know bugger all about his views but he is funny. I don't even like cars but sometimes I have watched clips of Top Gear just for him.
I'll admit they're not the best source, but they put out interesting stuff from time-to-time.
SPEED AND POWER - imagine Britain with that as a national manifesto, we'd be global superpower 2.0
Bearlong
Anyone would be better than the Night Queen.
All this is why i want to start a second free territory.
"Speed and Power" is Jacob Rees-Mogg's sex motto, though he prefers "Velocitatem et potentia".
Nuremgard, The West Country
The thought of him having sex makes me shudder.
Bearlong
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Id powerbomb Mogg through the Commons tbh
Bearlong, Nuremgard
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This is my new favorite song.
https://youtu.be/et8R5fZOARo
LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND OTHER SENTIENT BEINGS, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!
OUR SNACKS: PEACHES, PEANUTS, AND HAMBURGERS
OUR DRINKS: APPLE JUICE, GREEN TEA, AND DIET DR PEPPER
OUR TOPICS: JUDGES, NET NEUTRALITY, AND THE SOVIET UNION
BONUS TOPIC: IF YOU COULD RAISE AN ARMY TO CONQUER ONE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, WHICH WOULD IT BE?
BONUS PROGRAMS: OPEN LETTERS, RANDOM LINKS, AND NONSENSICAL SENTENCES[/B]
Russkov Soviet, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
Hamburger and Diet Dr. Pepper, thanks
More should be elected, but I tend to have a high opinion of them, otherwise
#SaveTheWeb
A betrayal of the people that almost went right. Strange how long it lasted and power it became. Alas, at least it's mostly gone now.
France.
Dear White People,
You're welcome.
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Sincerely,
A human being
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia
Hmmm.... Let's see here...
Snacks: I'll go with some Liberty Steaks since today was the Anniversary of the American D-Day. God Bless our Allies of a lost era...
Drinks: Apple Juice please! Or as I called it when I was but a wee colt... 'Appy Juice'. It made me happy.
Topics: The Mighty Soviet Union! Without it's existence, we would not be here! Our "Spirit of Communism" may have died down considerably, but our Red Army still packs a retro-punch!
Bonus Topic: Hmm... That's a good one.. I choose Ameri- *clears throat* I mean North Korea.
Bonus Program: UUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!! *ahem*
Jaslandia
I'll have a hamburger and Dr Pepper.
Judges: Mostly good, and I generally trust their judgement. I prefer they be appointed instead of elected, although as the case of the Brock Turner judge who was recently recalled shows, judges should be able to be recalled in case of serious misconduct, ethical issues, or a pattern of egregiously bad decisions.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/06/us/judge-aaron-persky-recall-results-brock-turner/index.html
Net neutrality: I fully support it, and it is frustrating that it has been repealed despite the strong popular support for net neutrality. Hopefully Congress will eventually reinstate it, or it will be reinstated by one of the lawsuits against the FCC.
Soviet Union: Potentially good idea in principle, horrible idea in reality. I'm glad it's dead, although I fear Putin's Russia may be trying to revive a more capitalist version of the USSR.
Bonus: I'll go with Eritrea. It's one of the worst dictatorships in the world, equivalent to North Korea, so I would be helping the people and the world by removing an oppressive government. At the same time, Eritrea is a smaller country that isn't as cut off from the world as North Korea, so ruling a post-dictatorship Eritrea wouldn't be as challenging.
Random links: https://youtu.be/DbYqRDKFMbg
https://youtu.be/6QhfeBLIBMc
https://youtu.be/oDPCmmZifE8
Russkov Soviet
I'll take peaches and green tea because proper tea is theft.
What about judges?
A free and open internet is one of the most important components of being free in a modern society. Repealing the current net neutrality rules would allow ISPs to block and throttle certain websites, which did happen before the current net neutrality rules were implemented in 2015.
https://www.freepress.net/our-response/expert-analysis/explainers/net-neutrality-violations-brief-history
The Soviet Union was a state capitalist state that denied the right to own the means of production to the workers, killed its own people by creating manmade famines to further industrialization and the Russification of Ukraine, and acted no better than its Western competitors by participating in proxy wars that ruined the lives of millions of people all over the undeveloped world. Anyone who seeks to degrade or deny the travesty that was the Soviet Union is preventing the far-left from moving forward as a movement.
Saudi Arabia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUUfG4QalC8&
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia
I don't know. It seems like the six-month sentence was fair when you consider how Brock Turner was intoxicated when he partook in non-consensual sexual intercourse. If someone who is intoxicated cannot consent to sex, then why should someone who is intoxicated be punished as severely for rape as a sober individual would be if the intoxicated individual is not in full control of their actions?
Wow. I can't believe a social democrat would be less seething of the USSR than someone who is further to the left of him.
You don't hear much about Eritrea.
Jaslandia
Please do not deny the Holodomor. Please do not deny the Holodomor.
Russkov Soviet, The West Country
I don't consider intoxication to be an excuse. He still forced himself upon an unconscious person, and even a drunk person should know not to do that. And even if intoxication is grounds for reducing the sentence, 6 months (3 in reality) is just too short for rape.
I still don't like the Soviet Union, but I can't muster up a lot of things to say about it. Yes, it was a brutal dictatorship that violated a lot of people's rights, but that's been said before. Since I don't consider myself a committed leftist, I don't really feel a sense of betrayal or setback of leftist values from the USSR. And since I'm not a crazy rightist, I'm not going to condemn the USSR for being worse than Nazi Germany and go on about how the USSR is supposedly given a pass compared to Nazi Germany. My feelings on the USSR are somewhere in the middle.
And I think that should change. We hear all about North Korea because they have nukes and treat their citizens horribly. Eritrea treats their citizens just as horribly, but because they don't have nukes, there isn't a lot of talk about Eritrea outside of human rights NGOs.
Gualimole
Holodomor? How can I deny that of which I've never heard of? xD
The Holodomor was a man-made famine in the Soviet Union that was primarily directed towards the Ukrainian population of the USSR.
Russkov Soviet, The West Country
Ah... I see now.
I don't know what's worse. A tankie who denies the Holodomor, or a tankie that doesn't know what the Holodomor is. Are you sure you're not just a LARPer?
Russkov Soviet, The West Country
I'm a LARPer, but I guess also a semi-tankie. I don't support the USSR in ALL of its entirety mind, but rather I focus on a few parts and mix it together. Look... I know the Soviet Union wasn't perfect by a long shot and I never heard of the Holodomor because the American History education is whitewashed and 'Muricanized.. Nothing about the murder of natives and the Trail of Tears, nothing on the Confederacy, nothing on WWII but how we kicked @$$... You get it. I had to do my own research to find this and unfortunately the USSR was (at that time) not where my interest was. I was a US Civil War buff at the time and once I got into WWII, things started to reveal themselves. But since I lived in Freedomville, 'Murica, I had very little incentive to look up stuff about Commieland. I was constantly being picked on and physically beaten for having a different opinion about anything due to living in basically a small farm town from hell. This is why I put my nation as the result of experimentation. I wanted to try to have a past that would keep me focused on the future and was related to my own struggles for being different, but I didn't want to participate in the massive atrocities and other acts of pure evil because that wouldn't help me. I mean.. at least I'm trying to form a good reputation despite my obvious ties to the USSR and RUSF with my nation, but if its THAT bad..... . There. There's a bit of from-the-heart truth about ME, not my persona. If there's anything else I should be aware of about the Evil Red Menace or Putin's Russia, then let me know. I honestly wanted to kinda keep the two of those in a separate universe since that craps on the news EVERY DAY. I know I probably shouldn't have snapped, but.. I just can't take anymore at this point. I've decided to book a vacation, so I can hopefully go "heal" myself. Ah.. And I'm not going to delete this nation, but I will basically either revive an old one, or create a new one... One that isn't a "problem". I'm going to bed now. Good Night and Goodbye.
Axeldonia
Sorry to hear that, Russ. For what it's worth, I don't have a problem with your nation, USSR or not. Goodnight!
Russkov Soviet, Axeldonia
Diet DP and some peaches please!
Judges: They be judges, got some favorites like my RBG in the Supreme Court, and you got some downers like the late Antonin Scalia (may he rest in peace).
Net Neutrality: Necessary to keep the internet a free and open marketplace for the growing e-conomy, and furthermore we need to keep the internet open and fair to both consumers of telecom companies and would be companies on the internet. Ultimately the internet serves as a new forum for which ideas, services, merchandise, and even the economy flows through, and it should be treated as such.
USSR: Horrid, terrible, should never be repeated. Gave up the moral high ground when they started using other countries in their proxy wars, and various attempts to expand and annex other countries in their ideological imperialism. And no, this does not excuse the fact that the Americans did the exact same thing, but it cannot be overstated how oppressive and imperialist the Soviet Union was. 0/10, would not coup again.
Bonus: I'm a pacifist, so none
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia
Is eating the flesh of a living creature who was killed an act of violence? Is washing my hands an act of violence as it would mean killing trillions of germs? Is living under an economic system that advantages me over billions of people an act of violence?
"We utterly deny all outward wars and strife and fightings with outward weapons, for any end or under any pretence whatsoever. And this is our testimony to the whole world." - Peace Testimony of the Religious Society of Friends, 1661
Kalaron
I'll take some peaches and apple juice my man.
Judges are cool, though sometimes they can certainly seem aloof. I'm more interested in hearing about their reasoning in any case on controversial choices than in castigating them anyhow.
Net Neutrality should be protected, obviously. It was a mistake to repeal it.
Soviet Union is 0/10 worst country. Ignoring any matter of morality they helped put us in a situation where Humanity is hesitant to actually adopt reliable, developed reactors with cheap recycling and and a nearly closed fuel cycle and instead keeps promising Fusion reactors "at some point". Can't ignore that Soviet Active Measures are a cancer on us yet.
I mean, Russia is a big answer for me if only because removing it from the equation allows for the US to actually adopt Orion and begin de-denuclearizing space. Otherwise IDK let's roll an Iraq Three.
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/atomicfuel.php
Jaslandia
Burgers and DDP plox
Judges: Obviously one of the cornerstones of society as interpreters of the law and establishing precedents: despite that, there are some judges that I find to not be my cup of joe, Gorsuch, Scalia, Persky, and Thomas among them, though their arguments and their opinions (whether of the majority, concurrent, or dissent) should, at the very least, be respected and considered just as valid as their fellow justices of the peace.
Net Neutrality: Definitely for it and I have nothing but disgust and disappointment for the justifications of Ajit Pai (while his argument could be considered sound, the way he handled the matter is reprehensible and just plain insulting to the denizens of the Internet), I will continue to support the re-introduction of net neutrality in the United States and hope that Congress or the states can reverse the decision made by the FCC.
Soviet Union: Personally, I find the Soviet Union to have been one of the largest hiccups of the 20th century (in the most polite terms I can offer): authoritarian, based upon race and cronyism, considered responsible for ethnic cleansings and what could be considered genocide in the case of the Holodomor, a hostile belligerent that was no different in its actions than the United States (though actions like the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution and the intervention in Afghanistan could be considered as signs of worse conduct than the U.S. in its interventions and hand in the Cold War), and caused damage to the ecosystem with actions such as the Virgin Lands campaign and the formation of the Aralkum Desert in Central Asia. While I am often intrigued by the nominal government of the Soviet Union and the political developments that occurred in the last years of its existence, Demokratizatsiya being one of the larger ones, ultimately I am glad the Union collapsed, though I wished that a better manner of dissolving it had occurred which could've avoided the woes of the Chechen Wars, the Wars in Georgia, the Artsakh War, and the Tajik Civil War
Bonus: Kazakhstan - I always did enjoy the country, though it definitely could use a better ruler than Nazarbayev (he's still better than Türkmenbaşy, Arkadag, and Karimov, albeit by only a small amount)
Bonus #2: Demokratişatsa dervhağstva izminysletin: 'se, solan noye tşe köntrölor nobehatkih, e novyeni mir buşanı oslavcakym - State Presidential speech, 2005
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia
Diet DP and Hamburgers.
Judges: Tools of the statist and capitalist system.
Net Neutrality: Good. I wanna watch porn and make memes without anyone spying on me.
Soviet Union: OOF, but it's also to thank for defeating the axis (Because let's face it, they did like 80% of the heavy lifting) and for supporting genuine anti-colonialist and actually decent socalist movements like Burkina Faso and Angola. I guess you could call it "Evil with a silver lining"?
Bonus: Russia. It's time we balkanize that absolute unit.
Bonus #2: Random Squid fact!
The vampire Squid is more closely related to the octopuses than to any squid.
Jaslandia
It's been such a long time since I've done a tea time, so even if I'm late to the party I think I'll join in anyway.
Can I have peanuts and green tea, please - In the UK they've now made diet the standard in many places because of the Sugar Tax, i.e if you order a Dr. Pepper you will get a diet one if you don't ask for the sugary one. I find this infuriating, if I wanted to go on a diet I'd go the gym, I just want my fix!
Judges: I really like judges, especially in the UK, I also really like the clothes they wear, they look straight out of the 17th century. I can't say I know a whole much about them, however, and hope I never have to meet one on bad terms.
Net Neutrality: I was disappointed that the FCC decided it wanted to stop net neutrality, and the ideas this could have given our government which has gone an increasingly authoritarian route ever since the recent spate of terrorist attacks here and on the continent. I remember watching the hearing on it, I think it was, where they were all sat in a big hall discussing it and taking questions. The blatant disregard for the seriousness was absolutely deplorable, Ajit Pai and his cronies were making numerous jokes about the opposition to them, they were giving bullsh*t answers and their answers showed they didn't even understand what they were arguing for.
Soviet Union: I personally believe that the Soviet Union was just another aspect of Russian imperialism under the guise of socialism. The Russification of many great cultures within the Soviet Union that took place during its grip on Eurasia was disgusting - such as that of the Baltics, Central Asia and the Caucasus. I think it was a horribly inefficient and redundant power, and that the current state of Russia and its rising nationalism/victim complex stoked by Putin is just further evidence that Russia in the past 100 years has always had the ambition of conquering more, and unlike a lot of other countries who have either put that behind them or do an imperialism lite (looking at you America), they are still firmly in the position that they somehow have a right to act like muppets and endanger the rest of us.
Bonus Topic: This is a tough one, but I think I'd take Turkey out. It's a glorified despotic state ruled by a group of nationalists who can't understand the Ottomans died quite a few years ago now. I think they caused a lot of problems in the Middle East, continue the cause them, and more importantly - don't bloody acknowledge it! It's one thing having an empire and doing bad things, but they take it to the next level. I also find that if you discuss Turkey negatively anywhere on the internet, about 50 people called Mehmet come out of the woodwork to tell you they're going to bed your mother and that Ataturk was the best politician ever to grace the Earth. Oh, and when I was watching YouTube a few months ago, I got an advert from the Turkish government explaining why Turkey explained Syria and the Kurds and how Western criticism was unfair, it literally went "you would be angry in our position too , right? Learn the facts!" I never thought I'd first highhandedly experience Turkish propaganda in my own country. DISGUSTEN
Bonus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cplH5dTPeus
Jaslandia, Axeldonia
Sometimes I wish I could wear those burkas that Muslims wear. That way I could hide my hideous, dermatitis-ridden face.
As a consequence of being raised on diet drinks, I find the taste of normal fizzy drinks rather overpowering. I didn't really notice the implementation of the sugar tax.
Yukona
Irn-Bru changed their recipe to avoid the sugar tax. I haven't noticed a difference in its taste.
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I have and it tastes f*ckin sh*te
I feel like youre taking this unnecessarily seriously
Jaslandia, Mercunova
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It does seem that way, but I guess it just hit me at a bad time. I'll be fine after a few days.
Jaslandia, The West Country
Right?! It literally tastes the same!
ur sh*te
Nuremgard, The West Country
Imma trust the guy with what is very likely a heightened sense of taste on this matter.
Nuremgard, The West Country
Trust me it tastes like orange piss now
As allah as my witness Yuk, I will power bomb you for your insolence.
Nuremgard, The West Country
Oh my...
What are ye gonna do aboot it, fone the polis?
Nuremgard, Lex Caledonia
No idea the beverage youre referring to. But, as Im trying to stay off the orange piss lately, Ill take your word for it and steer clear.
Nuremgard, Yukona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9kV93HCl38
What is your opinion of my new flag?
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Confederal States
Indifferent.
Mercunova
Looks great!
Jaslandia, Midasia
Your old flag was better.
Midasia
What would you know about it, heathen? When an English person drinks the Scottish national drink, they die. It is known.
Mercunova
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Bearlong, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Mercunova
Oh you dont know the half of my sugar intake during uni
Nuremgard
Im glad Putins getting his money worth as Trump ruins relations with all his closest allies, at least he made a sound investment
Nuremgard, Midasia
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Nuremgard, Midasia
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