A Land Far Away

Heya,
been years since I was here last. Judging by a glance of the forums nothings really changed. Same old drama.
See you in-game.

//Jeppan

native Cubans could benefit economically if it transformed into a vacation resort. This could well be true in the short run for both the island nation as a whole and for people coming back. Especially for a select few which I pressume would be the Batista-people living in Miami or other Yankees. Th...

There is no such thing as a socialist paradise. You just need to come to terms with the fact that Marx was simply wrong. Why do you hate freedom so much? Of course there can be. We just have not found the right mixture of political ideals and practical solutions yet. Anyway, this is not about that,...

What?! No comments on Fidels resignation?

What future do you guys predict for this island nation? An american carpark? A socialist paradise? What will the US do now that Fidel is gone?

Just saw the movie (I know a century after everyone else) and it was very interesting. I strongly recommend it.

*hides for reviving an old thread*

Maybe those Spartans were on to something with their "heroic society" concept. :D and here we go again :shock: So whats next, only soldiers should be able to vote? (I never understood why we should let people with a fetish for guns and who on average is on a powertrip should decide for th...

Joos: Wikipedia is not a good source unfortunatly I don't undertand why Wiki would be a bad source in this instance. Every fact posted in the article has a referenced source linked to it for verification. Moreover, the article has been locked, so it can't be modfied by just anyone anymore so there ...

Joos wrote:

Anyway, I am sure you will make a spectacular argument with your friend! It's a shame I will miss it!

Why would you miss it? Are you moving to the Ayers rock?

the lack of international response to the massacre was cited by hitler and the nazis as a green light for their own plans against the Jews and Romani (aka Gypsies) years later. .... If you really want to piss off your new debate buddy off - ask him about the varlek vargasi - the special WWII tax (1...

The hard, ugly political truth is that the US needs Turkey as an ally and we are not going to push them on it (the appointment of the Armenian ambassador is just moronic though). It’s the same reason no one is going to press Putin over what happened in the Ukraine under Stalin, it’s the same reason...

Jeppan: You mean you don't trust the material published on these websites as being factual? Nobody disputes the fact that these atrocities took place. Not even the Turks. The question of genocide is really splitting hairs, I think. The Turks are simply trying to persuade everyone that killing a mil...

mxlm wrote:Your friend is suffering from the disease known as nationalism.

It was genocide.

Elaborate with sources please. I agree that it seems he would be blinded by nationalist delusions but that does not fly as an argument.

A nationalist, a fool, an ignoramus, or a liar. Pick one. I would direct your attention first to the statements by Henry Morgenthau, U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1913-16) in the "Statements On Record". It'll give you a good pretext by which to judge the testimony on record of th...

Rusty wrote:It's not remotely tricky to define genocide. It was genocide. End of argument. Next.

Please elaborate. Give me ammunition!

My turkish friend and I have recently discussed wether or not the events that took place in eastern Turkey during WW1 was actually a genocide. He is violently defending the turkish standpoint that it was merely a tragedy and part of wartime deaths, nothing planned as such. I myself is not as involve...