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Fuhrmania wrote:My friends mother even blames the victims saying they wanted it. (Granted she is a 70 year old woman who is Hispanic and voted for trump and thinks all democrats are communist)

It's a messed-up mindset, but unfortunately, not particularly uncommon.

Awesomeness1221 wrote:I'mmmmmm Backkkkkkkkkkkk

Hello, Awesomeness! It's been a while. How are you?

Penguania And Antarctica, Awesomeness1221

Happy 18th Birtday, Vista Major!!! Welcome in the world of adulthood. May all your birthday wishes come true. :D

[spoiler=Today is December 13 and today are:]

Today is December 13 and today are:

- 18th Birthday of Vista Major

- Acadian Remembrance Day (Acadians)

- Christmas Jumper Day

- Martial Law Victims Remembrance Day (Poland)

- Nanking Massacre Memorial Day (China)

- National Cocoa Day (United States)

- National Day (Sait Lucia)

- National Day Of The Horse (United States)

- National Guard Birthday (United States)

- National Violin Day (United States)

- Nusantara Day (Indonesia)

- Pick A Pathologist Pal Day

- Republic Day (Malta)

- Sailor's Day (Brazil)

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0902 – Battle of the Holme: Anglo-Saxon forces are defeated by Danish Vikings under Æthelwold (a son of Æthelred of Wessex) who is killed in battle.

- 1294 – Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit.

- 1545 – Council of Trent begins.

- 1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.

- 1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the National Guard of the United States.

- 1642 – Abel Tasman reaches New Zealand.

- 1643 – English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.

- 1758 – The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.

- 1769 – Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.

- 1818 – Cyril VI of Constantinople resigns from his position as Ecumenical Patriarch.

- 1862 – American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside.

- 1867 – A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.

- 1928 – George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

- 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.

- 1938 – The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

- 1939 – World War II: Battle of the River Plate: Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles.

- 1943 – World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.

- 1949 – The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

- 1959 – Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.

- 1960 – While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.

- 1962 – NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.

- 1967 – Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels.

- 1968 – Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.

- 1972 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.

- 1974 – Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.

- 1977 – Air Indiana Flight 216 crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff, and boosters of the team.

- 1981 – General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland, largely due to the actions by Solidarity.

- 1982 – The 6.0 Ms North Yemen earthquake shakes southwestern Yemen with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 2,800, and injuring 1,500.

- 1988 – PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.

- 1989 – The Troubles: Attack on Derryard checkpoint: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launches an attack on a British Army temporary vehicle checkpoint near Rosslea, Northern Ireland. Two British soldiers are killed and two others are wounded.

- 2001 – Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.

- 2002 – European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members from May 1, 2004.

- 2003 – Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.

- 2006 – Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is adopted by United Nations General Assembly.

- 2007 – Treaty of Lisbon is signed by members states of European Union.

- 2011 – A murder–suicide in Liège, Belgium, kills six and wounds 125 people at a Christmas market.

- 2013 – Arapahoe High School shooting: Murder-suicide: A female student seeking the librarian is shot dead in a hallway by another student after the librarian had demoted him on the debate team. The shooter takes his own life shortly afterwards.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1272 - King Frederick III of Sicily

- 1780 - Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, German chemist, invented the Döbereiner's lamp

- 1784 - Archduke Louis of Austria

- 1797 - Heinrich Heine, German journalist, poet, and critic

- 1816 - Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded Siemens

- 1818 - Mary Todd Lincoln, 16th First Lady of the United States

- 1836 - Franz von Lenbach, German painter and academic

- 1877 - Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and choral conductor

- 1902 - Talcott Parsons, American sociologist and academic

- 1923 - Antoni Tàpies, Spanish painter, sculptor and art theorist

- 1929 - Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor and producer

- 1936 - Aga Khan IV, Swiss-English businessman

- 1937 - Paul Maar, German children's book author

- 1937 - Robert Gernhardt, German writer, painter, graphic artist and poet

- 1948 - Ted Nugent, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

- 1953 - Ben Bernanke, American economist and academic

- 1961 - Harry Gregson-Williams, English composer, conductor, and producer

- 1967 - Jamie Foxx, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter

- 1970 - Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Austrian mountaineer

- 1979 - Luke Steele, Australian singer-songwriter and musician (The Sleepy Jackson and Empire of the Sun)

- 1989 - Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

- Desmond Tutu -

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

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Happy 18th Birtday, Vista Major!!! Welcome in the world of adulthood. May all your birthday wishes come true. :D

[spoiler=Today is December 13 and today are:]

Today is December 13 and today are:

- 18th Birthday of Vista Major

- Acadian Remembrance Day (Acadians)

- Christmas Jumper Day

- Martial Law Victims Remembrance Day (Poland)

- Nanking Massacre Memorial Day (China)

- National Cocoa Day (United States)

- National Day (Sait Lucia)

- National Day Of The Horse (United States)

- National Guard Birthday (United States)

- National Violin Day (United States)

- Nusantara Day (Indonesia)

- Pick A Pathologist Pal Day

- Republic Day (Malta)

- Sailor's Day (Brazil)

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0902 – Battle of the Holme: Anglo-Saxon forces are defeated by Danish Vikings under Æthelwold (a son of Æthelred of Wessex) who is killed in battle.

- 1294 – Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit.

- 1545 – Council of Trent begins.

- 1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.

- 1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the National Guard of the United States.

- 1642 – Abel Tasman reaches New Zealand.

- 1643 – English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.

- 1758 – The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.

- 1769 – Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.

- 1818 – Cyril VI of Constantinople resigns from his position as Ecumenical Patriarch.

- 1862 – American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside.

- 1867 – A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.

- 1928 – George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

- 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.

- 1938 – The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

- 1939 – World War II: Battle of the River Plate: Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles.

- 1943 – World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.

- 1949 – The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

- 1959 – Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.

- 1960 – While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.

- 1962 – NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.

- 1967 – Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels.

- 1968 – Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.

- 1972 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.

- 1974 – Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.

- 1977 – Air Indiana Flight 216 crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff, and boosters of the team.

- 1981 – General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland, largely due to the actions by Solidarity.

- 1982 – The 6.0 Ms North Yemen earthquake shakes southwestern Yemen with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 2,800, and injuring 1,500.

- 1988 – PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.

- 1989 – The Troubles: Attack on Derryard checkpoint: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launches an attack on a British Army temporary vehicle checkpoint near Rosslea, Northern Ireland. Two British soldiers are killed and two others are wounded.

- 2001 – Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.

- 2002 – European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members from May 1, 2004.

- 2003 – Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.

- 2006 – Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is adopted by United Nations General Assembly.

- 2007 – Treaty of Lisbon is signed by members states of European Union.

- 2011 – A murder–suicide in Liège, Belgium, kills six and wounds 125 people at a Christmas market.

- 2013 – Arapahoe High School shooting: Murder-suicide: A female student seeking the librarian is shot dead in a hallway by another student after the librarian had demoted him on the debate team. The shooter takes his own life shortly afterwards.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1272 - King Frederick III of Sicily

- 1780 - Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, German chemist, invented the Döbereiner's lamp

- 1784 - Archduke Louis of Austria

- 1797 - Heinrich Heine, German journalist, poet, and critic

- 1816 - Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded Siemens

- 1818 - Mary Todd Lincoln, 16th First Lady of the United States

- 1836 - Franz von Lenbach, German painter and academic

- 1877 - Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and choral conductor

- 1902 - Talcott Parsons, American sociologist and academic

- 1923 - Antoni Tàpies, Spanish painter, sculptor and art theorist

- 1929 - Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor and producer

- 1936 - Aga Khan IV, Swiss-English businessman

- 1937 - Paul Maar, German children's book author

- 1937 - Robert Gernhardt, German writer, painter, graphic artist and poet

- 1948 - Ted Nugent, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

- 1953 - Ben Bernanke, American economist and academic

- 1961 - Harry Gregson-Williams, English composer, conductor, and producer

- 1967 - Jamie Foxx, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter

- 1970 - Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Austrian mountaineer

- 1979 - Luke Steele, Australian singer-songwriter and musician (The Sleepy Jackson and Empire of the Sun)

- 1989 - Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

- Desmond Tutu -

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

Du bist sehr suß <3

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Holy fvcking stromboli, Vista is an adult. Doesn’t seem too long ago that he was the renegade kid of the CFN, threatening to rain down reform upon us all.

Happy birthday, Vista!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Awesomeness1221

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Holy fvcking stromboli, Vista is an adult. Doesn’t seem too long ago that he was the renegade kid of the CFN, threatening to rain down reform upon us all.

Happy birthday, Vista!

He's finally legal...

Nuremgard, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Awesomeness1221

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Holy fvcking stromboli, Vista is an adult. Doesn’t seem too long ago that he was the renegade kid of the CFN, threatening to rain down reform upon us all.

Happy birthday, Vista!

Oh, come out of your little bird's nest to wish me a happy birthday?

My, aren't you a sweetheart? Thank you much, darling.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton

Axeldonia wrote:He's finally legal...

That I am.

Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Vista Major wrote:Oh, come out of your little bird's nest to wish me a happy birthday?

My, aren't you a sweetheart? Thank you much, darling.

Just for you, beb

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Happy birthday, Vista Major! I hope it's a great one, and that all your birthday wishes come true!

Awesomeness1221 wrote:I'mmmmmm Backkkkkkkkkkkk

Hello, Awesomeness! I'm not sure if we've met. I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Awesomeness1221

Vista Major wrote:Oh, come out of your little bird's nest to wish me a happy birthday?

My, aren't you a sweetheart? Thank you much, darling.

Happy Birthday! I hope we will be allies till the end.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Orcala

Happy birthday, Vista Major

Jaslandia, Aquatur, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Orcala

Percyton wrote:Happy birthday, Vista Major! I hope it's a great one, and that all your birthday wishes come true!

Nuremgard wrote:Happy birthday, Vista Major

Thank you!

Minnesota Dakota wrote:Happy Birthday! I hope we will be allies till the end.

Always and forever

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Orcala

Happy birthday, Vista Major!

Aquatur, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

Hey guys, I made my own region! Thank you Flynnvakia for agreeing to construct embassies with The Ocean States! I will be making a flag for it soon when I get the time.

Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Vista Major Happy Birthday! I won't be sending nukes this time. (heh)

Jaslandia, Aquatur, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

On the topic of making flags, I was considering developing a software for creating Flags; would you guys be interested in it? I'm a game developer, and have been for over a year now, and I'm confident that I could build one with ease.

Nuremgard, Vista Major, Katzenstoka, Mercunova

Jaslandia wrote:Happy birthday, Vista Major!

Orcala wrote:Vista Major Happy Birthday! I won't be sending nukes this time. (heh)

Thank you, children

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Orcala

Orcala wrote:On the topic of making flags, I was considering developing a software for creating Flags; would you guys be interested in it? I'm a game developer, and have been for over a year now, and I'm confident that I could build one with ease.

Perhaps

Vista Major wrote:Perhaps

It would have basic features, such as setting how many bands are on the flag [vertical/horizontal,diagonal, or even a custom angle if you're creative], along with preset symbols, shapes, and the ability to import images to put on your flag. Other ideas could be up for consideration. (Yes, you'd be able to save your flags.)

Nuremgard, Minnesota Dakota, Katzenstoka

Orcala wrote:On the topic of making flags, I was considering developing a software for creating Flags; would you guys be interested in it? I'm a game developer, and have been for over a year now, and I'm confident that I could build one with ease.

Yasss

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

It’s 4 am and I just got back from The Last Jedi midnight release. It’s fantastic.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Orcala wrote:On the topic of making flags, I was considering developing a software for creating Flags; would you guys be interested in it? I'm a game developer, and have been for over a year now, and I'm confident that I could build one with ease.

My flag(s) was made in PowerPoint. I managed to get something good out of it but a flag software would be awesome

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Republick Of Nim wrote:Hi

Hello how are you today?

Penguania And Antarctica

Orcala wrote:It would have basic features, such as setting how many bands are on the flag [vertical/horizontal,diagonal, or even a custom angle if you're creative], along with preset symbols, shapes, and the ability to import images to put on your flag. Other ideas could be up for consideration. (Yes, you'd be able to save your flags.)

That sounds very cool and it's great you want to do that for folks here.

Jaslandia wrote: Hello, Awesomeness! It's been a while. How are you?

Not too bad! And yeah, its been a year, I think now! Good to see you're still here!

Percyton wrote: Hello, Awesomeness! I'm not sure if we've met. I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor.

I do believe you came along at the end of my old NS lifetime, because I remember some weird train guy ;P

EDIT: I CAN EDIT?!?!?!!? WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS??!?!?!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

If the FCC votes to repeal Net Neutrality I will lose every single inkling of hope I have in the American political system.

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Awesomeness1221

Republick Of Nim wrote:Hi

Welcome to the CoFN, Nim!

Yukona wrote:If the FCC votes to repeal Net Neutrality I will lose every single inkling of hope I have in the American political system.

Implying you had hope to begin with?

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

I CAN EDIT??? AND TAG REGIONS/NATIONS WITHOUT USING NS++'S?????? NS GOT HYPE!!!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton

The Secretary Act has been approved for a four-day debate which is now underway in the forums.

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/52/secretary-act-pending-debate

Jaslandia, Vista Major

I saw a an advert poster in the city today for a band.

It's name is "Käptn Peng und Die Tentakeln von Delphi", so in English "Captain Peng and the Tentacles of Delphi"

That made my day. :D

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Kalaron, Mercunova, Percyton, Awesomeness1221

hey

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Awesomeness1221 wrote:I CAN EDIT??? AND TAG REGIONS/NATIONS WITHOUT USING NS++'S?????? NS GOT HYPE!!!

what are you stupid

Awesomeness1221

Molyneuxburg wrote:what are you stupid

He hasn't been on NS for a while

Penguania And Antarctica, Awesomeness1221

Molyneuxburg wrote:hey

Welcome to the region, Molyneuxburg!

Molyneuxburg wrote:what are you stupid

We can do without the rudeness. Awesomeness hasn't seen these features before because he just came back from an NS hiatus.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I saw a an advert poster in the city today for a band.

It's name is "Käptn Peng und Die Tentakeln von Delphi", so in English "Captain Peng and the Tentacles of Delphi"

That made my day. :D

Nice!

Axeldonia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Awesomeness1221

Molyneuxburg wrote:what are you stupid

AH SHUT IT BOY TALK TO MY FACE YOU WANNA TALK CRAP?

;P

Lex Caledonia

Jaslandia wrote:Welcome to the CoFN, Nim!

Implying you had hope to begin with?

Eh, I like to remain optimistic - even with Trump in office, I believe that the American voter base could have united and done something right. And, although I still do, I believe the government's doing enough damage now to the point where it doesn't even matter.

Jaslandia, Awesomeness1221

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:He hasn't been on NS for a while

He's a guy sitting next to me, no offense over here! Jaslandia

Jaslandia

Jaslandia wrote:Welcome to the CoFN, Nim!

Implying you had hope to begin with?

Net Neutrality is regulation. Regulation costs money. The government gets their money from taxation. Taxation is theft. Net Neutrality has to go.

Mercunova

Sorry, quoted the wrong post.

Yukona wrote:If the FCC votes to repeal Net Neutrality I will lose every single inkling of hope I have in the American political system.

https://youtu.be/Eeg4J8yNk4g?t=16

Jaslandia

Awesomeness1221 wrote:He's a guy sitting next to me, no offense over here! Jaslandia

Very well then.

Awesomeness1221

Molyneuxburg wrote:Taxation is theft.

Lol

Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia

Molyneuxburg wrote:Net Neutrality is regulation. Regulation costs money. The government gets their money from taxation. Taxation is theft. Net Neutrality has to go.

Well you got what you wanted lol. Enjoy your sh*tty internet, my fellow web surfer. You are reading a preview message. Update your data packet now for just $24.99 a month to receive priority data packet speed and be able to use the internet and read the rest of this message!

Oh, and by the way - it's ironic a free market capitalist (which I assume you are) doesn't support the regulation of a utility that literally has been the most influential thing for competition since the invention of economics itself.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia

Yukona wrote:Well you got what you wanted lol. Enjoy your sh*tty internet, my fellow web surfer. You are reading a preview message. Update your data packet now for just $24.99 a month to receive priority data packet speed and be able to use the internet and read the rest of this message!

Oh, and by the way - it's ironic a free market capitalist (which I assume you are) doesn't support the regulation of a utility that literally has been the most influential thing for competition since the invention of economics itself.

Let them enjoy it. Wont affect us over here. We already have May looking through our browser histories.

Big Sister is watching you surf.

Yukona wrote:Well you got what you wanted lol. Enjoy your sh*tty internet, my fellow web surfer. You are reading a preview message. Update your data packet now for just $24.99 a month to receive priority data packet speed and be able to use the internet and read the rest of this message!

Oh, and by the way - it's ironic a free market capitalist (which I assume you are) doesn't support the regulation of a utility that literally has been the most influential thing for competition since the invention of economics itself.

Under net neutrality, the internet is treated as a public utility. The difference between the internet and other public utilities, like roads, is that the internet is provides by private companies, but must maintain the same equitable treatment that public utilities must. The reason being is because the internet has created a whole new marketplace, filled with various new businesses and companies, and with the equal treatment these businesses have the ability to rise and fall on their own merits, for true competition to reign.

With Net Neutrality repealed, it limits the consumer base as it allows companies to give preferential treatment to customers who pay more, as well as limit data to companies who can't afford to pay off the big telecommunication companies. Which is precisely what Net Neutrality aimed to prevent, and the only reason one would want to repeal it is to do some of these things.

Net Neutrality does more to help the economy, by keeping the internet open like it was before net neutrality regulations.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:Let them enjoy it. Wont affect us over here. We already have May looking through our browser histories.

Big Sister is watching you surf.

The UK government has actually been quite good at keeping Net Neutrality, even the Tories have recognised it's a utility not to be infringed upon, that everyone should have equal access to.

Sulania wrote:Under net neutrality, the internet is treated as a public utility. The difference between the internet and other public utilities, like roads, is that the internet is provides by private companies, but must maintain the same equitable treatment that public utilities must. The reason being is because the internet has created a whole new marketplace, filled with various new businesses and companies, and with the equal treatment these businesses have the ability to rise and fall on their own merits, for true competition to reign.

With Net Neutrality repealed, it limits the consumer base as it allows companies to give preferential treatment to customers who pay more, as well as limit data to companies who can't afford to pay off the big telecommunication companies. Which is precisely what Net Neutrality aimed to prevent, and the only reason one would want to repeal it is to do some of these things.

Net Neutrality does more to help the economy, by keeping the internet open like it was before net neutrality regulations.

Couldn't have put it better myself.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Where do fragrance adverts get their models? Seriously, that guy in the new Paco Rabanne XS advert looks like he just walked off Olympus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPWwiXAg40M

Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

So many new people joining our glorious region! It warms this old war horses heart to see such fresh faces. *nickers happily*

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:Where do fragrance adverts get their models? Seriously, that guy in the new Paco Rabanne XS advert looks like he just walked off Olympus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPWwiXAg40M

Photoshoped

Minnesota Dakota

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Photoshoped

Google him. He actually looks like that. Like wow.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Nuremgard wrote:Google him. He actually looks like that. Like wow.

I am the girls.

All. The. Girls.

Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova

Nuremgard wrote:Google him. He actually looks like that. Like wow.

Isn't it odd and fascinating that we strive for the same ideal of beauty the ancient Greeks strived for? And just a very small group of people look like that. And what do we do? Admire them like gods tho 99.9% of the world population doesn't look like them.

On the same note I find lifestyle magazines very funny. On pages 11 to 16 you are told how to accept yourself, your appearence and your identity. But on pages 24 to 30 you are told how to get into shape, change your appearence or follow trends which do not harmonise with your identiy.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Mercunova, Fuhrmania

Vista Major wrote:I am the girls.

All. The. Girls.

Me though.

Jaslandia, Vista Major

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Isn't it odd and fascinating that we strive for the same ideal of beauty the ancient Greeks strived for? And just a very small group of people look like that. And what do we do? Admire them like gods tho 99.9% of the world population doesn't look like them.

On the same note I find lifestyle magazines very funny. On pages 11 to 16 you are told how to accept yourself, your appearence and your identity. But on pages 24 to 30 you are told how to get into shape, change your appearence or follow trends which do not harmonise with your identiy.

They say the West was born in ancient Greece so we're not just influenced by them with politics. We treat them like gods because people like them are indeed rare.

Ha, yeah you are right. That's why I don't read magazines.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

I fear Americans may no longer use this website.

Net Neutrality was just repealed. );

I'm not on that much due to work, so...

RSRA NEWS:

- Elections for Premier Coltsov's successor to begin Jan 8th.

- Test flights of our 5th-Gen concept fighter, codenamed "Cheko", have proven successful.

- The privateer threat to Percyton has unfortunately become bloodier as the Equestrian Navy suffers another attack, losing 2 light cruisers and a interceptor.

- The potential new energy source, based off of the crystal from Atlantis (the cartoon movie), is working successfully.

- Not much else at the moment, but more to come!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I saw a an advert poster in the city today for a band.

It's name is "Käptn Peng und Die Tentakeln von Delphi", so in English "Captain Peng and the Tentacles of Delphi"

That made my day. :D

Said Bruce Wayne, feigning ignorance of “the Batman”.

We all know you’re Captain Peng! Now tell us who these “Tentacles of Delphi” are!

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

The bestest thing

#NewAmericanAnthem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgGzAKP_HuM

Minnesota Dakota

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Said Bruce Wayne, feigning ignorance of “the Batman”.

We all know you’re Captain Peng! Now tell us who these “Tentacles of Delphi” are!

I do not know what you are talking aboot. :)

Jaslandia

[spoiler=Today is December 14 and today are:]

Today is December 14 and today are:

- Forty-seven Ronin Remembrance Day (Sengaku-ji, Tokyo)

- Martyred Intellectuals Day (Bangladesh)

- Monkey Day (International)

- National Alabama Day (Alabama, United States)

- National Bouillabaisse Day (United States)

- Roast Chestnuts Day

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake.

- 0835 – Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled.

- 1287 – St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.

- 1542 – Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots.

- 1751 – The Theresian Military Academy is founded in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.

- 1782 – The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2 km (1.2 mi).

- 1812 – The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia.

- 1814 – War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana.

- 1819 – Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.

- 1836 – The Toledo War unofficially ends.

- 1896 – The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.

- 1900 – Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.

- 1902 – The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.

- 1903 – The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

- 1907 – The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.

- 1909 – New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

- 1911 – Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.

- 1913 – Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.

- 1914 – Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

- 1918 – Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.

- 1918 – Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated.

- 1939 – Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.

- 1940 – Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.

- 1941 – World War II: Japan signs a treaty of alliance with Thailand.

- 1955 – Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.

- 1958 – The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.

- 1960 – Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.

- 1962 – NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.

- 1963 – The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles, California.

- 1964 – American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.

- 1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War: Over 200 of East Pakistan's intellectuals are executed by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. (The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as Martyred Intellectuals Day.)

- 1972 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extravehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission.

- 1981 – Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset ratifies the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the occupied Golan Heights.

- 1992 – War in Abkhazia: Siege of Tkvarcheli: A helicopter carrying evacuees from Tkvarcheli is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, including 25 children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.

- 1994 – Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river.

- 1995 – Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

- 1998 – Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav Army ambushes a group of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36.

- 1999 – Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.

- 2003 – Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.

- 2004 – The Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, is formally inaugurated near Millau, France.

- 2008 – Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.

- 2012 – Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.

- 2013 – A reported coup attempt in South Sudan leads to continued fighting and hundreds of casualties.

- 2017 – The Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal net neutrality throughout the United States.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1332 - Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia

- 1503 - Nostradamus, French astrologer

- 1546 - Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and chemist

- 1730 - James Bruce, Scottish traveller and travel writer

- 1870 - Karl Renner, Austrian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Austria

- 1895 - George VI of the United Kingdom

- 1914 - Karl Carstens, German lieutenant and politician, 5th President of the Federal Republic of Germany

- 1946 - Jane Birkin, English-French actress and singer

- 1947 - Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian economist and politician, 36th President of Brazil

- 1951 - Mike Krüger, German comedian and singer

- 1962 - Bela B., German musician, singer and songwriter ("Die Ärzte")

- 1966 - Fabrizio Giovanardi, Italian race car driver

- 1988 - Vanessa Hudgens, American actress and singer

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

The key to success for everything in business, science, and technology is never to follow the others.

- Masaru Ibuka, Sony founder -

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

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Minnesota Dakota

Minnesota Dakota wrote:I fear Americans may no longer use this website.

Net Neutrality was just repealed. );

We probably won't be blocked from NationStates; it's not big enough for these mega-corporations to take notice of, and unless Comcast or Verizon start their own nation-simulator service (which doesn't sound THAT far-fetched now that I think about it), NS isn't really a threat to them. Still, make no mistake, the repeal of net neutrality is bad, and hopefully the courts rule against these big ISPs and restore net neutrality soon. In the meantime, the ISPs might hold off on actually implementing anti-net neutrality measures until the court case is resolved (which means we may never feel the effects of net neutrality), but I have my doubts about that. We'll probably still be able to access NS, but the Internet still got a lot worse with the FCC's decision.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 2012 – Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.

- 2017 – The Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal net neutrality throughout the United States.

Net neutrality being repealed on the anniversary of Sandy Hook. Not saying those two events are remotely similar or related, but the inauspicious timing definitely should have given some people pause if you ask me.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

Quote of the day

The key to success for everything in business, science, and technology is never to follow the others.

- Masaru Ibuka, Sony founder -

Take note, FCC members who voted to repeal net neutrality! Don't follow Ajit Pai and ISP special interests!

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

not a great day

Jaslandia

>TMW Kalaron can into a Laser system that gives off 1.14 Tera-watts of energy at one kilometer.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/233369021632872448/390982943562268705/unknown.png

Jaslandia

Hyderbourg wrote:not a great day

Net neutrality?

The days before 2015, before "net neutrality", were horrifying.

YouTube cost $25 a day, and even looking at google required a credit card. It was terrible.

We couldn't joke about celebrities or politicians without the threat of an extra fee.

We can't go back to the Stone Age :(

(Calm down, people. The fvcking world hasn't ended.)

My day at work

9:00am get a goddam call from a woman (claiming to be a pastor) lecturing me on why I am going to go to hell for allowing "men to transition to woman"

4pm gets another call from a man threatening me saying that if i dont close down my office he will have my congressman close it.

People i am just a gender therapist not a doctor if you are a pastor what happened to judge not ye be judged. And if you are a pastor what are you doing cursing me out? Third i am in Florida in miami the Congressman who represents is a Democrat call debbie wasserman Shultz and i highly doubt she will close down a therapy office for trans people

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota

Fuhrmania wrote:My day at work

9:00am get a goddam call from a woman (claiming to be a pastor) lecturing me on why I am going to go to hell for allowing "men to transition to woman"

4pm gets another call from a man threatening me saying that if i dont close down my office he will have my congressman close it.

People i am just a gender therapist not a doctor if you are a pastor what happened to judge not ye be judged. And if you are a pastor what are you doing cursing me out? Third i am in Florida in miami the Congressman who represents is a Democrat call debbie wasserman Shultz and i highly doubt she will close down a therapy office for trans people

You are doing great work.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Fuhrmania

Mercunova wrote:The days before 2015, before "net neutrality", were horrifying.

YouTube cost $25 a day, and even looking at google required a credit card. It was terrible.

We couldn't joke about celebrities or politicians without the threat of an extra fee.

We can't go back to the Stone Age :(

(Calm down, people. The fvcking world hasn't ended.)

Net neutrality has been around a lot longer than 2015. It was just in 2015 that net neutrality was properly codified under Title II regulations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality_in_the_United_States#Regulatory_history

True, it's not the end of the world, but it's still pretty bad.

Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Mercunova wrote:The days before 2015, before "net neutrality", were horrifying.

YouTube cost $25 a day, and even looking at google required a credit card. It was terrible.

We couldn't joke about celebrities or politicians without the threat of an extra fee.

We can't go back to the Stone Age :(

(Calm down, people. The fvcking world hasn't ended.)

As Jas said. Also, if it continues down this path, then yes - they very well may do that (maybe not $25 a day) but still. I strongly recommend you actually read into what this allows companies to do, what future it holds for the internet and how it will effect you - if you haven't already - and have a deep think about where you stand on the issue. This isn't an over-reaction, it's real and it's ridiculous. It has been shown that many of those on the FCC supporting the repeal, including Ashit Pie, will personally benefit from it, and more so many of your senators' campaigns were endorsed and funded by telecom companies. May I remind you that polls have shown that over 80% of republicans are against this, especially when it is explained to them in full.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Fuhrmania

Yukona wrote:As Jas said. Also, if it continues down this path, then yes - they very well may do that (maybe not $25 a day) but still. I strongly recommend you actually read into what this allows companies to do, what future it holds for the internet and how it will effect you - if you haven't already - and have a deep think about where you stand on the issue. This isn't an over-reaction, it's real and it's ridiculous. It has been shown that many of those on the FCC supporting the repeal, including Ashit Pie, will personally benefit from it, and more so many of your senators' campaigns were endorsed and funded by telecom companies. May I remind you that polls have shown that over 80% of republicans are against this, especially when it is explained to them in full.

Lets just hope the dems are able to take back the senate (which i think they will)

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Yukona

Yukona wrote:As Jas said. Also, if it continues down this path, then yes - they very well may do that (maybe not $25 a day) but still. I strongly recommend you actually read into what this allows companies to do, what future it holds for the internet and how it will effect you - if you haven't already - and have a deep think about where you stand on the issue. This isn't an over-reaction, it's real and it's ridiculous. It has been shown that many of those on the FCC supporting the repeal, including Ashit Pie, will personally benefit from it, and more so many of your senators' campaigns were endorsed and funded by telecom companies. May I remind you that polls have shown that over 80% of republicans are against this, especially when it is explained to them in full.

ROFL :)

Jaslandia, Oelesa

Congress can still take action as well. Under the Congressional Review Act, Congress could issue a resolution of disapproval and overrule the FCC’s decision.

That's not saying it would be easy though.

Jaslandia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Oelesa wrote:Congress can still take action as well. Under the Congressional Review Act, Congress could issue a resolution of disapproval and overrule the FCC’s decision.

That's not saying it would be easy though.

That's why people need to call their representatives in Congress and specifically tell them to support a CRA on the FCC's actions. If Congress sees how many people care about this, and how just about the entire public wants net neutrality, then hopefully they'll take action. And if all else fails, the FCC is almost definitely going to court on this, and the courts have a good record of ruling in favor of net neutrality.

Oelesa, Kalaron, Yukona

All pot heads must be burned alive in Fuhrmania, pot is illegal and not only potheads but users of all drugs should be burned alive in the name of the great Lucifer - Karlina the Terrible Queen of Fuhrmania

Mercunova

Fuhrmania wrote:All pot heads must be burned alive in Fuhrmania, pot is illegal and not only potheads but users of all drugs should be burned alive in the name of the great Lucifer - Karlina the Terrible Queen of Fuhrmania

*Rodrigo Duterte

Jaslandia, Fuhrmania, Yukona

Jaslandia wrote:That's why people need to call their representatives in Congress and specifically tell them to support a CRA on the FCC's actions. If Congress sees how many people care about this, and how just about the entire public wants net neutrality, then hopefully they'll take action. And if all else fails, the FCC is almost definitely going to court on this, and the courts have a good record of ruling in favor of net neutrality.

I've already emailed my Representative about this and my English teacher has contacted both of my state's Senators about the matter. I just hope this won't all be for nothing.

Jaslandia

Fuhrmania wrote:All pot heads must be burned alive in Fuhrmania, pot is illegal and not only potheads but users of all drugs should be burned alive in the name of the great Lucifer - Karlina the Terrible Queen of Fuhrmania

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uhKq9JvssB8

Mercunova

Vetriutan 2 wrote:I've already emailed my Representative about this and my English teacher has contacted both of my state's Senators about the matter. I just hope this won't all be for nothing.

It's the best you can do at this point, and thank you and your English teacher for doing your civic duty!

Percyton, Vetriutan 2

Jaslandia wrote:It's the best you can do at this point, and thank you and your English teacher for doing your civic duty!

Just to note, here's my Rep's reply to my original email about the issue. It was sent to me on the 8th, and I replied to it on the 13th.

https://i.imgur.com/qksoZYU.png

Jaslandia

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Just to note, here's my Rep's reply to my original email about the issue. It was sent to me on the 8th, and I replied to it on the 13th.

https://i.imgur.com/qksoZYU.png

Doesn't sound too encouraging, but it's better than nothing. Maybe other people writing to him like you did will change his mind.

Vetriutan 2

Jaslandia wrote:Doesn't sound too encouraging, but it's better than nothing. Maybe other people writing to him like you did will change his mind.

True. Additionally, here's my reply to his email. I really hope it has gotten him thinking seriously about the issue.

[spoiler=Reply]Dear Hunter:

What specific rules, in your opinion, should Congress enact that will protect consumers and encourage innovation? How will they achieve those goals? Second, how did FCC regulations that forced companies to maintain net neutrality and treat the internet as a public utility stifle innovation and growth? Net neutrality existed long before these regulations, and all the FCC's regulations did was maintain the status-quo, which currently is encouraging innovation and growth. Net neutrality allows small websites to compete with larger ones on an even playing field without ISPs intervening in the internet's free market. It lowers costs and increases speeds for consumers and producers. What we have right now encourages growth and protects consumers at the same time. Why is what we have now not completely ideal, in your opinion?[/spoiler]

Jaslandia

Vetriutan 2 wrote:True. Additionally, here's my reply to his email. I really hope it has gotten him thinking seriously about the issue.

[spoiler=Reply]Dear Hunter:

What specific rules, in your opinion, should Congress enact that will protect consumers and encourage innovation? How will they achieve those goals? Second, how did FCC regulations that forced companies to maintain net neutrality and treat the internet as a public utility stifle innovation and growth? Net neutrality existed long before these regulations, and all the FCC's regulations did was maintain the status-quo, which currently is encouraging innovation and growth. Net neutrality allows small websites to compete with larger ones on an even playing field without ISPs intervening in the internet's free market. It lowers costs and increases speeds for consumers and producers. What we have right now encourages growth and protects consumers at the same time. Why is what we have now not completely ideal, in your opinion?[/spoiler]

I doubt you'll get a reply to that one (Congresspeople aren't the type to argue with constituents, for understandable reasons), but like you said, it might get him thinking and convince him to look into the other side. This is your representative, correct?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Hunter

He's 69, so he probably doesn't know a lot about the Internet, so the most information he has is probably the whole "free markets = good; regulations = bad" line that he's heard from the FCC and his own party. If he starts looking into the particulars of net neutrality, and why the net is different from other instances of regulation, then he might see things a different way.

Then again, maybe I'm just being wildly optimistic.

Jaslandia wrote:I doubt you'll get a reply to that one (Congresspeople aren't the type to argue with constituents, for understandable reasons), but like you said, it might get him thinking and convince him to look into the other side. This is your representative, correct?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Hunter

He's 69, so he probably doesn't know a lot about the Internet, so the most information he has is probably the whole "free markets = good; regulations = bad" line that he's heard from the FCC and his own party. If he starts looking into the particulars of net neutrality, and why the net is different from other instances of regulation, then he might see things a different way.

Then again, maybe I'm just being wildly optimistic.

That's my Rep's father. My actual Rep's only 41, so I do think that he has some experience in regards to the net.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_D._Hunter

Jaslandia

Nuremgard is in the top 5% for drug use. I suppose that's what happens when all drugs are legal.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Nuremgard is in the top 5% for drug use. I suppose that's what happens when all drugs are legal.

Yuk must be very happy at that fact.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

If net neutrality cannot be saved by Congressional review, then we might as well give the free and open internet a proper funeral.

Funeral Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVON0vP8k4s

Gravestone: http://www.tombstonebuilder.com/generate.php?top1=THE+FREE+AND&top2=OPEN+INTERNET&top3=1990-2017&top4=&sp=

Jaslandia wrote:I doubt you'll get a reply to that one (Congresspeople aren't the type to argue with constituents, for understandable reasons), but like you said, it might get him thinking and convince him to look into the other side. This is your representative, correct?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Hunter

He's 69, so he probably doesn't know a lot about the Internet, so the most information he has is probably the whole "free markets = good; regulations = bad" line that he's heard from the FCC and his own party. If he starts looking into the particulars of net neutrality, and why the net is different from other instances of regulation, then he might see things a different way.

Then again, maybe I'm just being wildly optimistic.

Not sure about US politics, but federally in Canada most correspondence between constituents and Members of Parliament are responded to by volunteer staffers and are pulled from templated responses. The MP him/herself rarely if ever sees the correspondence- they do not even check their publicly available email account themselves. A paid staffer is only slightly more likely to see it; usually only long enough to pass it off to a volunteer in their Hill office.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Vetriutan 2

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Yuk must be very happy at that fact.

I'm sure he would be. This is why my youth crime is high. The young ones have it so good, they get bored.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton, Vetriutan 2

Vetriutan 2 wrote:That's my Rep's father. My actual Rep's only 41, so I do think that he has some experience in regards to the net.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_D._Hunter

Ah. My mistake. In that case, I'm not sure what Junior's excuse is (and I will insist on calling him that until he straightens out his act on net neutrality).

Vetriutan 2 wrote:If net neutrality cannot be saved by Congressional review, then we might as well give the free and open internet a proper funeral.

Funeral Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVON0vP8k4s

Gravestone: http://www.tombstonebuilder.com/generate.php?top1=THE+FREE+AND&top2=OPEN+INTERNET&top3=1990-2017&top4=&sp=

It's not over yet!

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Not sure about US politics, but federally in Canada most correspondence between constituents and Members of Parliament are responded to by volunteer staffers and are pulled from templated responses. The MP him/herself rarely if ever sees the correspondence- they do not even check their publicly available email account themselves. A paid staffer is only slightly more likely to see it; usually only long enough to pass it off to a volunteer in their Hill office.

I'm not sure of the details, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same way in the U.S. Although, that might vary depending on how high-profile the representative is and what kind of district they're representing (ex: a rural district where everybody knows everybody else will likely have more direct contact with their representative than a representative in the heart of New York City).

Jaslandia wrote:Ah. My mistake. In that case, I'm not sure what Junior's excuse is (and I will insist on calling him that until he straightens out his act on net neutrality).

I don't think a call could work. I simply don't have the charisma to straighten him out on the issue by calling him.

Jaslandia wrote:It's not over yet!

https://www.elyricsworld.com/stapletapewurmsonmypenis_lyrics_passenger_of_shit.html

Vetriutan 2 wrote:I don't think a call could work. I simply don't have the charisma to straighten him out on the issue by calling him.

You don't have to 'straighten him out'; you probably won't even speak to the guy. A staffer from his office will likely pick up the phone, you can say your piece about net neutrality, the staffer will probably say something like "Ok, I'll pass the message on to him" or "I'll convey your thoughts to him," and that'll be it and you can hang up. As long as you can talk on the phone for a minute (give or take), you should be fine.

Jaslandia wrote:You don't have to 'straighten him out'; you probably won't even speak to the guy. A staffer from his office will likely pick up the phone, you can say your piece about net neutrality, the staffer will probably say something like "Ok, I'll pass the message on to him" or "I'll convey your thoughts to him," and that'll be it and you can hang up. As long as you can talk on the phone for a minute (give or take), you should be fine.

Why is calling him preferential to emailing him?

Jaslandia

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Why is calling him preferential to emailing him?

I'm told that the e-mails are easier to ignore, and the representatives are more likely to hear about calls than e-mails. Plus, e-mails are pretty easy to write and send, so making a phone call shows that you're really dedicated to this cause.

Jaslandia wrote:I'm not sure of the details, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same way in the U.S. Although, that might vary depending on how high-profile the representative is and what kind of district they're representing (ex: a rural district where everybody knows everybody else will likely have more direct contact with their representative than a representative in the heart of New York City).
More often than not, I believe it has more to do with the profile of the constituent. If you’re a large employer in their riding, or a well know member of the local Chamber of Commerce or some other organization, or are associated with a lobbying/advocacy group whose members have good representation in their riding, you’re more likely to receive an individualized and meaningful response. Still a staffer doing the corresponding, but often only after they’ve discussed it with the official. I work in lobbying, and I still only get a staffer on the phone or through email. My correspondence is almost always related to meeting with the official, though, so they’re ultimately personally involved.

Jaslandia, Mercunova

Jaslandia wrote:I'm told that the e-mails are easier to ignore, and the representatives are more likely to hear about calls than e-mails. Plus, e-mails are pretty easy to write and send, so making a phone call shows that you're really dedicated to this cause.

Okay. I'll consider calling him, but it's too late at night where I live to do that.

Jaslandia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:More often than not, I believe it has more to do with the profile of the constituent. If you’re a large employer in their riding, or a well know member of the local Chamber of Commerce or some other organization, or are associated with a lobbying/advocacy group whose members have good representation in their riding, you’re more likely to receive an individualized and meaningful response. Still a staffer doing the corresponding, but often only after they’ve discussed it with the official. I work in lobbying, and I still only get a staffer on the phone or through email. My correspondence is almost always related to meeting with the official, though, so they’re ultimately personally involved.

Fair enough. And yeah, in America you're probably also more likely to get your voice heard if you're a lobbyist or associated with some sort of interest group. I don't work in lobbying, though, so I'm just assuming.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Okay. I'll consider calling him, but it's too late at night where I live to do that.

Alright. You can either call him now and leave a message in his answering machine (although I'm not sure how much Congresspeople/their staff check the voicemail), or call during business hours tomorrow and likely have a better shot at getting your voice heard.

Vetriutan 2

A N T I F A--S U P E R S O L D I E R

Axeldonia

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?ns=1&f=31&t=431377&p=33092557#p33092557

Jaslandia wrote:Net neutrality?

Nah I'm a libertarian, don't care much about that :P

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