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Post by
Pwntiff
That's what I thought. Oh well.
Post by
Nathanyal
Well what I watched was him restating something Chavez actually said.
Here
is an article where he talks about it and what I saw last night was the VP repeating it.
And if Chavez said that, you would think his followers agreed with him. And now they're all saying it was America that killed him.
Post by
Interest
Afternoon guys.
Post by
Pwntiff
Evening.
I'm about to go do schoolwork. :/
Post by
baradiel
Good Evening!
What do you guys think about
Saphira
?
Post by
MyTie
Is it sad that I'm in the military, and this important bit of world news is revealed to me on an online gaming forum?
Depending on which military you are in, a more immediately applicable piece of news is the nuclear first strike threats from N. Korea.
@Rank - There is a
concerted effort
to drown out a dictator's hate to make him out to be a hero, because, the truth is, he stands for what these people stand for, socialism. Government control to an excess. Power, both military and economic focused in the hands of a bureaucracy, run by a cult of personality.
@Elura - The problem is that it isn't one person who goes against the wishes of the people, it's that there are a lot of people who are so idiotic, so grossly uniformed, so lacking in historical knowledge, that they will vote for whoever promises them the most hand outs, and vilify anyone who says they should do for themselves, without government handouts. Wait... this is starting to sound
familiar
.
Post by
Pwntiff
US Navy.
Post by
Kristopher
Rank! I'm glad for you, and I hope that with Chavez gone, your country, and thus your conditions, can begin to recover.
Also, I might need to pick your brain about the situation, though I can glean a lot from your posts about it, for my spanish class. My teacher saw the news and thought to incorporate it into culture lessons, and I figured you're the best person I know for the job!
At the moment, I'm tasked with comparing Chavez's rule with Salvador Allende's (an old president of Chile). It's very... interesting.
Post by
Rankkor
Well what I watched was him restating something Chavez actually said.
Here
is an article where he talks about it and what I saw last night was the VP repeating it.
which goes to show you what a double-faced hypocrite he was, as he dedicated at least one day a week to rant on national TV about how much he hated Obama, and how much he hated the US.
And if Chavez said that, you would think his followers agreed with him. And now they're all saying it was America that killed him.
Logic has never been a part of the PCV, they're ultranationalist zealots, fanatics, borderline cultists. Their engine is running, but there's nobody at the wheel if you know what I mean.
Is it sad that I'm in the military, and this important bit of world news is revealed to me on an online gaming forum?
Depending on which military you are in, a more immediately applicable piece of news is the nuclear first strike threats from N. Korea.
@Rank - There is a
concerted effort
to drown out a dictator's hate to make him out to be a hero, because, the truth is, he stands for what these people stand for, socialism. Government control to an excess. Power, both military and economic focused in the hands of a bureaucracy, run by a cult of personality.
@Elura - The problem is that it isn't one person who goes against the wishes of the people, it's that there are a lot of people who are so idiotic, so grossly uniformed, so lacking in historical knowledge, that they will vote for whoever promises them the most hand outs, and vilify anyone who says they should do for themselves, without government handouts. Wait... this is starting to sound
familiar
.
Thats more or less it. You would not believe the extreme that the fanatics would go to defend him. Mister Arturo (my neighbor who actually COMMITED SUICIDE YESTERDAY out of depression for chavez's death) was so overzealous of Chavez, that you could call his wife a hooker in his face and he'd do nothing, but dare to insult chavez in front of him and he'll have a fist fight with you.
He heard me saying something bad about Chavez a few years ago, and came at me, crazy eyes on his face, saying that I'm not allowed to insult the greatest god on earth in his presence. He then tried (key word TRIED) to land a punch on me.
Needless to say the ass kicking he received at my hands made him reconsider using violence against me again =P. I'm a survivor of Sabaneta, if I could outlive 6 angry/desperate/crazy inmates trying to come at me at once with shivs, I can take on one scrawny zealot with delusions of grandeur.
Post by
Rankkor
Rank! I'm glad for you, and I hope that with Chavez gone, your country, and thus your conditions, can begin to recover.
Also, I might need to pick your brain about the situation, though I can glean a lot from your posts about it, for my spanish class. My teacher saw the news and thought to incorporate it into culture lessons, and I figured you're the best person I know for the job!
At the moment, I'm tasked with comparing Chavez's rule with Salvador Allende's (an old president of Chile). It's very... interesting.
thanks man, but as for comparing Chavez's rule with Allende's that's gonna be difficult :P Allende was assassinated not long after winning the elections, so his rule was quite short, compared to chavez who's been in power for nearly 15 years.
Post by
MyTie
Thats more or less it. You would not believe the extreme that the fanatics would go to defend him.
Are you talking about Chavez or Obama.... I can't tell.
Post by
Kristopher
Rank! I'm glad for you, and I hope that with Chavez gone, your country, and thus your conditions, can begin to recover.
Also, I might need to pick your brain about the situation, though I can glean a lot from your posts about it, for my spanish class. My teacher saw the news and thought to incorporate it into culture lessons, and I figured you're the best person I know for the job!
At the moment, I'm tasked with comparing Chavez's rule with Salvador Allende's (an old president of Chile). It's very... interesting.
thanks man, but as for comparing Chavez's rule with Allende's that's gonna be difficult :P Allende was assassinated not long after winning the elections, so his rule was quite short, compared to chavez who's been in power for nearly 15 years.
Well I found that out, hehe. They both did nationalize some industries, which seemed to do the economies some harm, but that's all the similarities I have for them. It'll have to do. Pretty much Chavez was a dictator and Allende was a communist. Neither of them were truly well liked, and they did some pretty unlawful crap.
Post by
Nathanyal
About my Mass Effect game, I did do those planets. The one where you meet Liara, the one with the Rachni queen and the other where ExoGeni is located.
Went to Virmire and now I'm at the point where the Normandy is grounded and the captain breaks in to unground it.
I just hope I don't have I drive the Mako anymore, can't stand the controls on that thing.
Post by
Rankkor
Thats more or less it. You would not believe the extreme that the fanatics would go to defend him.
Are you talking about Chavez or Obama.... I can't tell.
Chavez. Trust me on this bro' you have NEVER seen a fanatic till you've met someone from the PCV.
Till you do, all you've seen are amateurs. Newbies who don't really know how pro's do it.
About my Mass Effect game, I did do those planets. The one where you meet Liara, the one with the Rachni queen and the other where ExoGeni is located.
Went to Virmire and now I'm at the point where the Normandy is grounded and the captain breaks in to unground it.
Good, Virmire is (IMO) the most memorable planet in ME1, and the most beautiful as well. LOTS of surprises will await you there.
I just hope I don't have I drive the Mako anymore, can't stand the controls on that thing.
You're not the only one, the Mako was so hated, they didn't bothered to bring it back on ME2, instead they made a new tank called the Hammerhead, which while it handles MUCH BETTER than the mako, its make of wet paper, only a couple of hits will rip it to shreds.
So it wasn't a clear cut success, and for ME3 they didn't bothered with vehicle sections anymore.
Post by
Interest
About my Mass Effect game, I did do those planets. The one where you meet Liara, the one with the Rachni queen and the other where ExoGeni is located.
Went to Virmire and now I'm at the point where the Normandy is grounded and the captain breaks in to unground it.
I just hope I don't have I drive the Mako anymore, can't stand the controls on that thing.
Don't ever do the sidequests.
Post by
Haxzor
I cant help but dance when listening to the Neon Genesis Evangelion opening theme.
Post by
MyTie
Trust me on this bro' you have NEVER seen a fanatic till you've met someone from the PCV.
Erebody in Cleveland got Obama phone.
Post by
Rankkor
Trust me on this bro' you have NEVER seen a fanatic till you've met someone from the PCV.
Erebody in Cleveland got Obama phone.
Still amateurs compared to the PCV.
When they install shrines, when they commit suicide any time Obama's health is in dancer, when they chant his name in prayer, when they put giant posters with his face on every square inch of their working stations and living quarters, when they fly into a rage at the mere hint of an insult of him from someone else, when they do nothing but listen to his speeches 24/7, and talk about nothing but him and him alone, when they name their children after him, and name buildings, streets, cars, phones, companies, and groups like him, when they organize nation-wide cosplay conventions where they disguise as him, and declare his birthday and day of death to be national holidays, when they compare him to God, and compare him to super-human deidities, when they Idealize him as the perfect human being, and when they viciously attack anyone who insults him, THEN they'll be half the zealots the PCV are.
Post by
MyTie
Still amateurs compared to the PCV.
When they install shrines, when they commit suicide any time Obama's health is in dancer, when they chant his name in prayer, when they put giant posters with his face on every square inch of their working stations and living quarters, when they fly into a rage at the mere hint of an insult of him from someone else, when they do nothing but listen to his speeches 24/7, and talk about nothing but him and him alone, when they name their children after him, and name buildings, streets, cars, phones, companies, and groups like him, when they organize nation-wide cosplay conventions where they disguise as him, and declare his birthday and day of death to be national holidays, when they compare him to God, and compare him to super-human deidities, when they Idealize him as the perfect human being, and when they viciously attack anyone who insults him, THEN they'll be half the zealots the PCV are.
I dunno dude... that sounds a lot like a Democrat National Convention.
Post by
Patty
Still amateurs compared to the PCV.
When they install shrines, when they commit suicide any time Obama's health is in dancer, when they chant his name in prayer, when they put giant posters with his face on every square inch of their working stations and living quarters, when they fly into a rage at the mere hint of an insult of him from someone else, when they do nothing but listen to his speeches 24/7, and talk about nothing but him and him alone, when they name their children after him, and name buildings, streets, cars, phones, companies, and groups like him, when they organize nation-wide cosplay conventions where they disguise as him, and declare his birthday and day of death to be national holidays, when they compare him to God, and compare him to super-human deidities, when they Idealize him as the perfect human being, and when they viciously attack anyone who insults him, THEN they'll be half the zealots the PCV are.
I dunno dude... that sounds a lot like a Democrat National Convention.
http://24.media.tumblr.com/802ae3c51d3238b8294cebd4cbc1141d/tumblr_mi0av06aM01rta4ilo1_500.png
Tbh the fact you have to try and make everything into an excuse to slur democrats/liberals got old in about 2009. Obama has some zealous fans, so did Romney, and most leaders in a political sphere do, to some degree. However, that is nothing compared to a tightly controlled and calculated cult of personality created and enforced by a fascist regime (as far as I understand from what I've heard from Rank, Chavez fit that description) designed to, in the end, consolidate the oppression of an entire country and call their abuser their saviour. You still have all your legal rights, so kindly shut the %^&* up because in this instance you really have nothing to compare it to.
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