ThePest179

Granted, but now your shifts caused a reality failure event.

I wish my bowls would work better.

DAMN. Can you put it in spoiler tags though?

Violence fixed that problem around 250 years ago, and it's taken that long to come back... We just need to do it again, with just as much gusto.

And in another 250 or less, the same problem crops right up. Animal Farm illustrates this perfectly. Is there really a point?

Sounds like the situation in Jennifer government

1916-The First World War continues, with the Battles of the Somme, Gallipoli, Jutland, Verdun, and the Irish Easter Rising. Germany temporarily suspends unrestricted submarine warfare with the Sussex pledge. Pancho Villa leads a raid on Columbus, New Mexico, killing 12. This prompts a manhunt for Villa, with 12,000 US troops coming over the border. US occupation of the Dominican Republic begins. Woodrow Wilson is re-elected.

I agree that those, and stuff like smallpox vaccinations are good, but the yearly flu injections are pointless for 95% of the people that get them.

 

Why? Are they ineffective?

 

AFAIK, flu vaccination is indeed not very effective or, rather, its effectiveness is somewhat unpredictable. It is mostly because the flu virus has many different strains and vaccines protect from specific individual strains (there is some cross-protection but it's not optimal). Every year, the health authorities are trying to predict which strains will be prevalent in order to select an appropriate vaccine and, obviously, they won't always be successful in these predictions.

 

Regards

Okay, I get it now.

Banned because I want you to find something to do.

1914-The First World War begins. US troops occupy Veracruz, Mexico, in response to the arrest of 9 US sailors.

I agree that those, and stuff like smallpox vaccinations are good, but the yearly flu injections are pointless for 95% of the people that get them.

Why? Are they ineffective?

EA still exists.

Banned because I have nothing better to do.

There is no debate about vaccines. Only a few conspiracy nuts who keep putting out stupid bullshit on how "vaccines are so deadly". Vaccines are not perfect, yes, but they're much more preferable to dying of tetanus, or malaria, or a variety of other easily preventable diseases.

I just dislike it when people go around saying that because some observation fits with a theory, it means that the theory is now fact. This is still a theory.

The more observations that go with a theory, the more likely that theory may be confirmed as fact. You are still correct, though (for now).

The thing is that if you're following Christianity, Judaism, or most others, it is breaking the law of the religion itself to kill... Therefore, if you come across someone who is "killing in the name of [religion]", they really are only killing for themselves.

That's the problem I was addressing.

It almost redefined the meaning of corruption (not quite, as they could not beat the Nigerians). The people in power only ever thought about lining their own pockets, while the country remained on the brink of bankruptcy. The only thing that kept them going was the cheap energy from Russia and the Russian tolerance of chronic non-payments.

Uh, that was basically Russia during the Yeltsin years. Perhaps communism is a better idea in the East, a terrible one in the West.

It is possible that he has a reasonable plan and he is doing these things in Crimea to maintain certain pressure on the new regime in Ukraine but ultimately won't do anything stupid. It is equally possible, though, that he is enraged by the US and EU meddling in Ukraine and is acting purely out of anger and personal spite. That would be bad. We'll see in a few days which one it is, I think.

 

Regards

Does Putin even need any reason other than "for Russia"? That man is a dictator and an ultranationalist. He would love nothing more than to harm the West in any way (minus war, for now).

In any case, violent clashes are taking place in the Crimea in wait for the voting to take place.

And probly get that mod too... Sounds interesting.

I think it comes with the game. I tried something similar, but in the Pacific, with Japan. I had conquered China, took all the French colonies, then attempted to fight the rest of Asia minus Russia (they hadn't entered the war yet). By the time I was losing, my save files got corrupted and I had to delete them.

The mere existence of religion can cause someone to kill for or against religion, so, to a certain degree, religion is evil. On the other hand, religion DOES provide a codified law system, and is all around good as long as someone simply minds their own business and sticks to the rules.

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Banned because you have procrastinated.

Banned because I have cheeseburger.

banned BECAUSE i MUST use MY brain FOR only RATIONAL thought!

Banned because you were supposed to start the next page.

Jesus.....Ukraine's going through a revolution, Russian troops are occupying the Crimea, things could not be more tense right now.

 

I told you ultra nationalism will upend the traditional order we became accustomed to...

Yeah, well if Russia starts a war, they are going to lose. Civil unrest at home, a dysfunctional military with abusive officers, horrible infrastructure and industry, and all of NATO against them, with few allies. The war might not be quick, or easy, but we will win, as long as no one uses the nuclear option.

Jesus.....Ukraine's going through a revolution, Russian troops are occupying the Crimea, things could not be more tense right now.