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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
"Pedophilia is only bad when the left does it. Roy Moore did nothing wrong."
Paul Joseph Watson
/s (kinda)
Jaslandia
Make memes making fun of Mr. Dapperton.
Jaslandia
I've given up on understanding the logic of these InfoWars/right-wing loony types (not saying all right-wing people are nuts, just saying there's part of the right that is loony). They were fun to laugh at at first, but now, it might be best to just ignore them and not give them any traffic or attention.
Nuremgard
They're simply too outrageous to ignore.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri
When they say stuff like "Sandy Hook is a false flag conspiracy" and "Reptilian aliens run our government" then yeah, you can't ignore that. But sadly, stuff like "Roy Moore did nothing wrong and pedophilia is only for the left" seems like an almost mundane and banal thought, at least in comparison to what others are saying. Jones and Co. may be on the fringe in regards to stuff like Sandy Hook, but I guarantee that PJW isn't alone in his thoughts on Roy Moore (even if others aren't wiling to phrase things as bluntly as Watson did).
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri
Where you place the Overton window is largely based on your views and other biases, and my views and biases lead me to say that people who think that "Roy Moore did nothing wrong and pedophilia is only for the left" are pretty out there.
Lavan Tiri
I personally think society needs to evolve a little bit further before we're truly ready for that sort of stuff, maybe another 50-80 years.
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Oelesa
It seems out-there to me too, but ultimately, your personal Overton window is different from the general societal Overton window. Even if something is still wrong and outrageous, compared to other stuff that's getting more mainstream acceptance, that first thing may not seem as outrageous as it once was.
Lavan Tiri
Banning nudism apparently means my country enforces strict guidelines on how people dress. Oh dear.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
Hello region!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
Greetings.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Welcome to the region, Latinamericana! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. I hope you like it here!
Hey, Clem! How are you?
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Latinamericana
Greetings, friend
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Welcome back pal!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I might as well join too.
I posted this and right after that i see a issue to put commissars in my army........ really NS? I didnt know that NS was also against bourgeoisie tyranny.
The Issue
Controversy arose recently when an entire platoon deserted because they just didnt see the point of it all. As a consequence, debate has erupted over ways to rebuild Revolutionary spirit in the army.
The Debate
The answer is simple, Leader, confidently states Yoko Jobrani, a Party ideologue. Our servicemen and women need to know what theyre fighting for: the Historical mission of Spanelsko. Its absolutely imperative that we appoint political commissars to serve alongside regular officers and educate our brave soldiers about Worldwide Revolution. Ideological training is as important as the ability to shoot straight, after all.
Option 4
An entire platoon just DESERTED! fumes former Gulag Welfare Officer Finn du Pont while visiting on diplomatic business, And no one thinks they should be punished? In Glorious Motherland such treachery would never be tolerated, he continues, mindlessly toying with a pistol, It sounds to me that you need some men following around your conscripts to make sure the cowards dont flee back to mommy. You dont want Spanelsko to become the laughingstock of the anticapitalist world.
Police wait behind troop deployments in order to shoot deserters.
Police commissars why not.
I found a 1984 reference.
The Talking Point
The nation has always been at war with Bigtopia.
Jaslandia
Git outta here ya dang fascist
Song of the Day #1
Bedřich Smetana - Moldau (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G4NKzmfC-Q) - Genre: Classical, Composed: 1874
[spoiler]I found this song today whilst studying and have fallen in love with it, so I thought I'd share it with you all as the first Song of the Day. Part of his national epic, 'Má Vlast' or 'My Homeland', this Bohemian composer is considered the father of Czech music and perhaps one of the greatest musical minds that the Czechs have ever produced. The piece in particular may have a name recognised by Penguania And Antarctica, as it is the German name for the Vltava, the longest river in the Czech Republic which also runs through Prague.
He describes it in his own words "The composition describes the course of the Vltava, starting from the two small springs, the Cold and Warm Vltava, to the unification of both streams into a single current, the course of the Vltava through woods and meadows, through landscapes where a farmer's wedding is celebrated, the round dance of the mermaids in the night's moonshine: on the nearby rocks loom proud castles, palaces and ruins aloft. The Vltava swirls into the St John's Rapids; then it widens and flows toward Prague, past the Vyehrad, and then majestically vanishes into the distance, ending at the Elbe".
It's a wonderful piece, and if any of you have visited Czechia (as I have), I'm sure it reminds of you the eloquent Czech countryside, with towering castles and quaint meadows, surrounded by proud hills and an even prouder people. I really do encourage you to look more into him as a composer, and how his ideas flowed into Czech independence.[/spoiler]
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Spanelsko, Latinamericana
Very good piece of music.
Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton
*looks at Doomsday Clock*
We won't make it
Penguania And Antarctica
I made sure to shave my scruffy beard and mustache for meeting the First Minister tomorrow.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=828962
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Some won't make it, but humanity likely will.
Today is a day I feel like I am made out of air. Nobody seems to notice me.
Percyton
Apologies on that, but I can't really bother on anything for NS ATM given I'm about 5 seconds from passing out
Axeldonia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
But everyone needs air
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
....
But can you see it?
Lavan Tiri
When it's cold and you breathe it out, yes. And considering Antarctica is a very cold place, I'd say the comparison fits.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
What you see isn't air, it's the condesed moisture in your breath. :P
#Science
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
[spoiler=Today is November 22 and today are:]
Today is November 22 and today are:
- Arbour Day (British Virgin Islands)
- Day of Justice (Azerbaijan)
- Day of the Albanian Alphabet (Albania and ethnic Albanians)
- Go For a Ride Day
- Independence Day (Lebanon)
- National Cranberry Relish Day (United States)
- National Jukebox Day (United States)
- Repentance Day (Saxony, Germany)
- Teacher's Day (Costa Rica)
- Tie One On Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0498 After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.
- 0845 The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.
- 1307 Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.
- 1574 Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.
- 1635 Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.
- 1718 Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
- 1837 Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.
- 1864 American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the FranklinNashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.
- 1869 In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched and is one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today.
- 1908 The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
- 1928 The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
- 1931 Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.
- 1935 The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
- 1940 World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
- 1942 World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.
- 1943 World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.
- 1943 Lebanon gains independence from France.
- 1954 The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
- 1956 The Summer Olympics officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad were opened in Melbourne, Australia.
- 1963 U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who also killed Dallas Police officer J. D. Tippit after fleeing the scene.
- 1963 William Clay Ford Sr. buys the Detroit Lions for $4.5 million.
- 1967 UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an ArabIsraeli peace settlement.
- 1968 The Beatles release The Beatles (known popularly as The White Album).
- 1973 The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded.
- 1974 The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
- 1975 Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.
- 1977 British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
- 1987 Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
- 1988 In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
- 1989 In West Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President René Moawad, killing him.
- 1990 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.
- 1995 Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
- 1995 The 7.3 Mw Gulf of Aqaba earthquake shakes the Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 30, and generating a non-destructive tsunami.
- 2002 In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.
- 2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land.
- 2004 The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
- 2005 Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
- 2012 Ceasefire begins between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Israel after eight days of violence and 150 deaths.
- 2015 A landslide in Hpakant, Kachin State, northern Myanmar killed at least 116 people near a jade mine, with around 100 more missing.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1766 - Charlotte von Lengefeld, German author
- 1767 - Andreas Hofer, Austrian innkeeper and activist
- 1808 - Thomas Cook, English businessman, founded Thomas Cook Group
- 1819 - George Eliot, English journalist, author, and poet
- 1852 - Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French politician and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1869 - André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1890 - Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, 18th President of France
- 1898 - Wiley Post, American pilot
- 1904 - Louis Néel, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1912 - Doris Duke, American art collector and philanthropist
- 1913 - Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1924 - Geraldine Page, American actress and singer
- 1943 - Billie Jean King, American tennis player and sportscaster
- 1951 - Kent Nagano, American conductor, director, and manager
- 1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
- 1965 - Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor
- 1967 - Mark Ruffalo, American actor and activist
- 1967 - Boris Becker, German-Swiss tennis player and coach
- 1968 - Rasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic-Canadian computer scientist and programmer, created PHP
- 1976 - Ville Valo, Finnish singer-songwriter
- 1976 - Regina Halmich, German boxer and businesswoman
- 1984 - Scarlett Johansson, American actress
- 1986 - Oscar Pistorius, South African sprinter
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Quote of the day
Never fight an inanimate object.
- P. J. O'Rourke -
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, Percyton
https://youtu.be/E_-SWGA74bo
Tie one what? And what exactly should I tie it on? These holidays really need to clarify themselves.
Eh, close enough. *smiley face emoticon*
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-tie-one-on-day-day-before-thanksgiving/
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
Apron ties? Alright, I can buy that.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Sorry to hear that, Peng. I always try to notice you, if that makes you feel any better!
https://youtu.be/nwDp12GuNM0
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Hey Jaslandia, when is your next election going to happen?
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
The next general election is scheduled for early December.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion
Goals for Nuremgard:
Bring back the courts
Permit smoking in private
Increase state owned industry
Increase the poor's income
Sign back up to the climate change treaty
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
RIP Merc's Back
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Hi all just wanted to see how everyone is doing and wanted to ask what you guys are doing for thanksgiving
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
Goals for Cesorion[list=1]
[*]Permit smoking in private
[*]Reintroduce Free Speech
[*]Reintrocuce Public Protest
[*]Privatise
[*]Eliminate Black Market[/list]
I suppose that Liberals are leading opinion polls?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
ftfy ;p
Well, that depends I guess.
I'm going off to Canada at three in the morning, here and I'm making IIwiki articles in advance for me to work on. I'm doing pretty good, but I'm definitely tired.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton, Solla Ultima
Reforms planned for New Salvatore
Democratisation and political emancipation
King will have a say in policy
Only male property owners can vote
Free market solutions for education, healthcare etx but the state will provide the basics.
Reduction in welfare.
Social conservatism will remain and increase along with the power of the church.
Percyton
bold means approved
Nuremgard, Percyton
May I know your objections to the other policies? Just out of interest.
Percyton
King is not elected
Just No
I am Agnostic
In the order they appeared
Nuremgard
Fair enough.
Saor Scotland is coming along well. I am gradually rebuilding the government and with every policy, the poor's income is increasing.
Is it sad that even through i am from ´´Czechia´´ i have never heard of this person?
Penguania And Antarctica
But i am not a fascist i am iberianist! (commie theocratic technocracy with a monarch and some fascism)
Percyton
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/11/20/elderly-british-man-jailed-collection-100-illegal-firearms/
Well that sucks. I really wish that places would just adopt secure handling areas where one could own (virtually, some limitations would no doubt still apply) any gun so long as it stayed there. Clearly the old guy wasn't gonna go shooting with the guns, and he clearly just liked owning history.
I don't know, I think five years is way too long for a non-violent criminal who didn't even hurt anyone and is in his seventies tbh.
You never know what could happen to them or how they could be used, and also, that's my police force and they said any significant weapons whether it be historically or generally will be given to the National Firearms Centre.
Right, but they werent taken by hoodlums and were actually just owned by an old man for a while who just collected them. I get your point, but hypotheticals really shouldn't surpass actuals IMO.
It's the same thing with weed I figure, you never know whether someone is gonna take a hit before driving, but that really shouldn't be a factor in punishing someone for owning it. I would much prefer it if there was a place that one could keep a gun legally while still owning it. It satisfies collectors and people who want them off the street tbh.
At the moment, yes. Polls and analysts indicate that voters are frustrated at the Conservatives not getting much done in the past year, and that voters feel it's time for a change in leadership after 4 years of Conservative rule.
Overlooked this earlier, but coincidentally, one of my favorite pieces of classical music is also by a Czech composer.
https://youtu.be/9opcAg3dJEc
Goals for Jaslandia:
Abolish term limits
Make smoking legal in private
Modify affirmative action policies (we allow organizations to take race into account, but specific quotas aren't allowed)
Establish paternity leave
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
He knew the law, he acquired them knowing the law. His home isn't secure, when he dies they would either be picked up by the police when the family finds them or they'd go through the family and then out at some level in the future to the point they're on the street. So, either way it was going to happen.
Don't get the weed analogy, you're just putting a strawman out there which would suggest the same logic of my argument would apply to all drugs, alcohol, or whatever else could kill people.
There is a place, another country.
Penguania And Antarctica
I dunno whether to abolish term limits or not.
Jaslandia
Right, an option that is extremely expensive to utilize and involves leaving friends and family behind for a country you probably don't know anyone in.
Him knowing the law is irrelevant to my argument, I'm advocating for a option that doesn't penalise people for collecting things without using them in an illegal way. He was an old man who didn't hurt anyone and quite clearly just liked collecting guns, in my opinion I'd prefer that people be given ways to own the gun legally without taking it home, that way the threat of a shooting is vastly decreased
I mean, I guess? I'm not really saying that you think all hypothetical crimes should be punished, just that I don't think the train of thought that goes into "He could have shot someone" should be admissible in court for the same reason someone who owned weed shouldn't be prosecuted because "He could have smoked and drove"
That's what I mean by hypotheticals being less important than the actual reality of the situation. I don't think punishing someone -or justifying their punishment for that matter- with the possibility that they could have done something is really fair tbh.
Btw, don't think I made a strawman since I wasn't intentionally misunderstanding your opinion as a proposition to punish all things hypothetical, but more making a comparison to show that I disagree with any justification from hypothetical crimes, sorry you took it that way though.
It's up to you, but I say abolish them. Personally, I get the appeal of term limits, but I think they only punish the people who like their representatives, and the representatives who are pleasing their constituents. If a representative is bad, then they should be voted out instead of term-limited.
Nuremgard, Mercunova
>TMW half of germany's active (not counting reserve) tanks aren't ready for combat.
So Germany has 164 tanks ready for conflict
>TMW Britain will have only 156 tanks by 2020
My god that's sad
It's not like they need it much; the only nation who could pose a land-based threat to them is Russia, and the U.S. will likely be taking over much of the fighting in Europe before Russian troops even reach Germany (let alone Britain). Countries like Poland and the Baltic states should probably have strong and well-equipped armies, though.
Axeldonia
After lengthy deliberation and a nation-wide referendum Czeko Russika has abolished the death penalty! This is the first step in our endeavour to rejuvenate and improve the Czeko Russikan justice system
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Percyton, Spanelsko
I didnt me he should literally leave lol, I just meant that the laws the law. I was simply reiterating my point jokingly.
If they dont penalise an old gun collector people start thinking its ok. Its not, its illegal in this country and he should respect the law. There are risks and in this country you dont need a firearm.
Hello
I am a collector of nuclear weapons I keep them in small silo-like viewing cases in my backyard
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
The Post-Apocalyptic State of Unclefallious
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Not needing a firearm is subjective IMO.
I really disagree with the idea that it's a slippery slope tbh, mitigating factors have always been a thing in law and by nature are case dependent. I don't think an old man who's had a fire in his house deserves much more than a slap on the wrist fine taken from the value of the guns collected since he had no negative intentions beyond literally just collecting guns, but I really don't think a sixteen year old told "He got this because he's old and had a fire in his house that caused property damage" will think that it applies to him too.
This depends a lot. I don't think countries should leave themselves vulnerable with the intent that a different nation should come pick up the slack. This is especially exigent as the US continues to question cutting military spending and simply refusing our obligations to NATO in the face of other nations doing much the same. The unfortunate fact of the matter is that an invasion of europe would take about a month for a full US response. Air mobilisation has always been a myth for the most part and the real calling is sealift, but sealift limits the amount countries can transport in the same way that airlift takes ridiculous amounts of fuel to pull off.
Regardless, Britain really can only count on numerical advantage due to the lack of utility in their tanks, the round they use for instance is wholly worthless against modern tanks. Having less than two hundred to count on means that they are honestly prime for the slaughter.
Lel.
I see your point, and yeah, the U.S. under the Trump administration has been sending mixed signals regarding commitment to NATO. Germany might want to strengthen its military in light of that (even if Germany strengthening its military might be uncomfortable due to the events leading up to the last world war), but Britain should be fine; even if it does take the U.S. a month to get to Europe, Germany and other countries should have enough time to at least delay Russian forces. And if the U.S. never arrives, then I'm not sure if Europe could defend against a full-scale Russian invasion even with strengthened military forces. All of that is assuming nukes aren't involved, of course, as that would make everything unpredictable to say the least.
Also, you're American! Spell mobilization with a 'z' instead of an 's', you filthy Anglophile! jk
Agreed. If people like someone, they should be allowed to keep re-electing them.
Jaslandia, Mercunova
Ah, there is the real question. Whether the combined arms of Europe could stand up to a Russian invasion. I would wager that it depends heavily on the specific country. France I would argue certainly could defend themselves in the same sense as Germany. Really it's just Britain -and a few other countries- that would be in a straight jam, though it honestly can't really help other nations in the war which I detest. If they are to be in an alliance, they should in my opinion contribute to it. This goes for Germany, naturally, due to it's placement in NATO but also to Britain which as it stands would rely wholly on the land forces of other nations without dedicating their own to the front. This spells bad omens, having a committed and properly equipped force is dreadfully important, especially in the modern day where glorious innovation and retooling Ford factories isn't as effective as having dedicated and useful military tools in the first place.
To put the effectiveness of the Challenger II in perspective, the largest APFSDS round they can properly use is the Charm III which measures at about 300mm long. All other militaries use longer APFSDS rods, including the US (>800mm for the upcoming M829A4) and Germany (720mm) as they give vastly superior performance. Oh, by the way, the stocks of Charm III effectively expired back in 2015
Jaslandia
Can we not just all live in peace and trust each other? Seems to be working decently up here in Scandinavia.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Doubtful, very very doubtful unless the West follows the "Let the east sort itself out" method, which presents problems in terms of community and encourages terrible strongmen. Personally, having thought about it, I follow the "לעולם לא שוב" thought, which does involve the West inputting itself to stop ethnic cleansing and the like.
I mean... Resolving things with words have gone decently thus far. Russia has nothing to gain by fighting Nato and we all know how well invading Russia works.
Jaslandia
It's not. You don't need a firearm in the UK. You might want one, but even so, the crime rates aren't that high to warrant it in most places, and the police do a good job themselves. It's not a slippery slope in the UK, because guns are banned, end of. It's not debatable on how he should be punished, he knowingly broke a crime - tough. Obviously if a jury decide to be light, fair enough the judicial service is there for that - but he shouldn't just be let off by the police, it should be clear that we have a zero gun policy bar some exceptions. And it wasn't applied to sixteen year olds, you're making an assumption of my point, I was actually suggesting other gun collectors may try the same thing, then there's more black market guns, there's more demand, easier to get in, easier for other undesireables to get a hold of, etc. (it will snowball).
Penguania And Antarctica
I suppose, though I guess you'd have to talk to Ukraine to really get a full picture of how talking has gone with regards to Russia. Well, Ukraine or North Korea. Or pretty much any nation that the United States, Russia, or China prop up for the sole fact that they give us shiny stuff. Yee I really don't think talking works all that well when the other person is more interested in sending a message proclaiming "This is my space, all who rule do so by my allowance" tbh.
Respectively, I don't agree. There we go, it's subjective now.
That there is violent crime at all is why it's subjective, people like to defend themselves, after all, and thus would argue that there is a need.
The slippery slope comment was directed at how being light on the old man would supposedly inspire other gun collectors to do so. I just don't think that it's like that for the simple fact that it's a mitigating circumstance influencing the punishment rather than a one-off "Hey go free" to the old man. It's not being let off either since my whole point was that he should be punished with a fine taken from the value of the guns you're already removing from him without jailing him for the express reason that he's an old man who's home has suffered property damage. The only way for other gun collectors to "try the same thing" is to be as old as him, unless you're trying to say that they'd set fire to their own house? I'd say that the fire fighters and forensics investigators would certainly determine the cause of that though so it's a bit of a moot point there.
To apply your logic to another case where mitigating factors have helped determined punishments, the Georgia man who murdered his abusive, pedophile of a grandfather and was let off the hook of a murder charge by the grace of having been a lifelong victim of the abuse should encourage people to murder others, but it didn't as the circumstance was a very specific one and was announced to have been what influenced the lack of a punishment despite him admitting to having murdered the man.
I suppose it could snowball, but then that's just another point towards having a limited legality of it for the sake of people owning it in a government regulated building, isn't it? After all, if gun collectors are so wealthy and organized as to fund the black-market's existence, then allowing them a regulated means of legally practicing their hobby would draw their support from the illegal market.
What that's in self-defence or after insane trauma, this is literally just buying something which is illegal lol
Map updated. I think I have added everyone who asked. Or at least everyone that was on my list. As well as removed quite a few CTE's. If I missed you for whatever reason, just let me know. I have been very busy IRL, and this update has taken a tad longer than I intended it to, so there are bound to be a few things that have slipped my mind or gone unnoticed.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Kalaron, Percyton
Mitigating factor: "A mitigating factor is any information or evidence presented to the court regarding the defendant or the circumstances of the crime that might result in reduced charges or a lesser sentence."
He is an old man and his house has suffered fire damage. He will already have to spend large amounts of money to fix his house and is old enough that he could die in prison. He hurt no one with any of the guns collected.
Mitigating factors in this case: Age, poverty, lack of harm to another person.
My point is that mitigating factors in law are literally a influence on how the case's punishment is handled. You said that being light on him for any reason will lead others to do it too, but clearly, mitigating factors aren't that simple.
I like my countries to have different pre-titles. I already have a republic so I want to change the pre-title of Tangshan. Tangshan is a military dictatorship. I was considering Armed Autocracy as a pre-title. Thoughts on this? Any suggestions?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I like it :D
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
I know what mitigating factors are. I said that if it goes to a jury and they decide to be light, fair enough - but I also said the guns should still be confiscated i.e he shouldn't be allowed to kept them because he's just an elderly gun collector and not a criminal..
Well, unless you're the Mongols :p
Possible "Corporatist Stratocracy" or "Grand State," something on the lines to make the country's political structure ambiguous and shut down reformists.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton
The previous title was Supreme Stratocracy. The only reason I don't really want to use that is because the leader is called Supreme General. So in a way I don't want to use supreme twice.
Percyton
Grand State
Sublime State
Warlord Nation
Some suggestions (I'm really terrible at naming military-led regimes)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
Agreed?
I never said they should let him keep them, just that being sentanced to prision for five years is excessive.
General Fortissimo?
Nuremgard, Percyton
I thought of Sublime State too.
Percyton
Nah.
Armed Autocracy or Sublime State?
Percyton
Sublime, it sounds nicer.
Nuremgard, Percyton
Even though it's anything but sublime.
It works. It's just rare. Iran was once called the Imperial State of Iran.
Percyton
G R A N D R E P U B L I C
Percyton
d i s g u s t i n g
Fall to your knees and grovel
n o
After seeing other people becoming religious again, I have decided to begin dedicating my life to Me 262s. Fun fact, in the short-lived Spike TV alternate history show, Germany defeated the U.S. by sending a fleet of Me 262s to the country. Shows you how powerful these fighters were.
https://youtu.be/UYJl5eLw2tA?t=4m30s
not /s
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Should be /s though. They were actually kinda sh!tty tbh.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Lies! Any reports of American and British fighters shooting down the planes while they were beginning to rise are lies! The Me 262 is the greatest military innovation in the history of humanity
not /s
Penguania And Antarctica
What about when they would punch the thrust to avoid pulling a long turn and would just outright blow up?
(I get the joke btw, don't worry :D)
Lies! I cannot believe it. Everyone has been accepting of that quacker but I get reprimanded by this so-called "military expert" for my beliefs. You think you all of the facts on the Me 262, but you're wrong. I will no longer stand a region that does not accept me for who I am. I am leaving! I guess jet planes are worse than supporting solitary confinement.
not /s
Penguania And Antarctica
People have unironically said this, before. Not just the part about the ME, but about me being a quack tbh. It's always kinda sad when they do tbh. Guess reading as much as you can on the military matters little to someone with the will to believe :/
You're not the quacker. The one who is a part of that religion that used to support solitary confinement is the quacker. You are the "military expert" who has bought into (((their))) propaganda on the Me 262.
not /s
B A L K A N E M P I R E
Penguania And Antarctica
What in the **** have I walked into? I pull up the RMB to see Kalaron and TWO Vetriutans arguing about a bloody Me-262? No wonder I haven't been getting on anymore.
On a side note: HAPPY THANKSGIVING! (Or Day of Thanks as I prefer to call it)
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion
They were talking about this sh*tty Spike pilot episode about the Nazis winning World War II by using Me-262s on D-Day and subsequent conflicts before conquering the United States (Statue of Liberty is doing a Nazi salute, the U.S. flag has the stars in a swastika, border patrol hunts down ethnic minorities to send them into the gas chambers, and the Armed Forces commit massacres in public locations over the whole gassing revelations). It was supposed to encompass other scenarios but the overall negative reception strangled the show in its cradle.
Russkov Soviet, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Assembled with Dot's Region Saver.
Written by Refuge Isle.