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2012-08-16 06:06:29

#6601

Shocking: sorry you feel that way; +333|6450|...

They never did. They threatened to revoke Ecuador's diplomatic immunity to arrest Assange. Ecuador made it out to be a threat to 'storm the embassy', which is baloney.

Assange is an asshole and an idiot. He mostly abused the information he got his hands on to push his anti-war/anti-US stance, released documents at random and completely distorted facts in f.ex. their self edited version of the reuters journalists being shot by an apache.

I wouldn't know what to do with him tbh. Locking him up would make him a martyr.

Last edited by Shocking (2012-08-16 06:06:55)

inane little opines

2012-08-16 09:23:02

#6602

Narupug: Fodder Mostly; +150|6048|Vacationland

https://politicalcompass.org/charts/crowdgraphpng.php?showform=&Narupug=-9.62,-6.62

Last edited by Narupug (2012-08-16 09:23:26)

2012-08-16 11:48:17

#6603

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6951|so randum

Shocking wrote:
They never did. They threatened to revoke Ecuador's diplomatic immunity to arrest Assange. Ecuador made it out to be a threat to 'storm the embassy', which is baloney.

Assange is an asshole and an idiot. He mostly abused the information he got his hands on to push his anti-war/anti-US stance, released documents at random and completely distorted facts in f.ex. their self edited version of the reuters journalists being shot by an apache.

I wouldn't know what to do with him tbh. Locking him up would make him a martyr.

they don't have to storm it anyway. he steps out to get into a car -> he gets arrested. he manages to get into a car -> he gets arrested when he gets out

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Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella

2012-08-16 11:54:41

#6604

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5809|London, England

What happens if he hires a helicopter to take him to a waiting ship in the north sea?

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-08-16 13:09:26

#6605

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6604|what

The airspace above Britain is owned by the British. They can enforce no-fly zones, etc.

I doubt they would scramble the airforce, but then again I didn't think they would move into a foreign embassy.

2012-08-16 13:24:04

#6606

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6951|so randum

Jay wrote:
What happens if he hires a helicopter to take him to a waiting ship in the north sea?

arrested trying to get to/in it. if they really want to they could force the heli to land, then arrest him.

AussieReaper wrote:
but then again I didn't think they would move into a foreign embassy.

and they didn't

Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella

2012-08-16 14:03:36

#6607

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5809|London, England

FatherTed wrote:
Jay wrote:
What happens if he hires a helicopter to take him to a waiting ship in the north sea?
arrested trying to get to/in it. if they really want to they could force the heli to land, then arrest him.

AussieReaper wrote:
but then again I didn't think they would move into a foreign embassy.
and they didn't

Yeah, I guess the pilot would lose his license. Didn't really think that one through. Too many movies

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-08-16 14:14:40

#6608

War Man: Australians are hermaphrodites.; +564|7165|Purplicious Wisconsin

Jay wrote:
War Man wrote:
Jay wrote:
Quizzes like this are dumb. The only important part is the idea of the compass itself.
Wonderful, but where is the line truly drawn in views?
It's all relative, which is why people that are generally close to each other politically argue so often. To Republicans, Obama is damn near a communist because they believe he is to their left. To Democrats, Romney is the monopoly man with his top hat, cane, and his penchant for evicting old ladies. In reality, they're not that far apart.

For the purposes of this compass, they define the extreme right as free market economics, and the extreme left at communism. The top is where Pol Pot or Hitler would be, and the bottom is where you'd find your anarchists.

Why I say the quiz is useless is because it's incredibly difficult to pinpoint where people would really sit on it. Most people could pick a quadrant, or the middle, and say they reside there, but beyond that, again, it's all based on their view point. Both Obama and Romney would sit in the upper right quadrant about 1/3 from the center line economically, and about halfway up the authoritarian line.

I find a bar with 2 directions to be better, if you want to measure authoritarian and libertarianism, add a second bar. You can then have a 3rd bar for things like how religious or atheist a person is, or a racism bar. The two-way bar is more flexible.

Also, I disagree with how Romney and Obama were measured.

The irony of guns, is that they can save lives.

2012-08-16 14:51:19

#6609

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,993|7083|949

How are Romney and Obama politically different? Based solely on actions, not on anything they have said (because politicians lie about everything).

2012-08-16 19:28:25

#6610

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,074|7223|PNW

How much money is the UK willing to spend to bother Assange? Seriously.

2012-08-17 06:33:42

#6611

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5629|Sydney

Probably proportionate to the amount of pressure applied by the US.

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2012-08-17 07:07:54

#6612

ROGUEDD: BF2s. A Liberal Gang of Faggots.; +452|5840|Fuck this.

https://politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-1.12&soc=-3.79

Make X-meds a full member, for the sake of 15 year old anal gangbang porn watchers everywhere!

2012-08-17 07:31:20

#6613

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|7126|Canberra, AUS

since we're all doing it...

https://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=0.62&soc=-4.82

been pretty consistent for two years now. but i still regard myself as centre-left.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2012-08-17 08:06:34

#6614

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,746|7188|Cinncinatti

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/6644/pcgraphpng.png

compared to 5 years ago:
Economic Left/Right: -1.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.46

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2012-08-17 08:43:17

#6615

Shahter: Zee Ruskie; +295|7226|Moscow, Russia

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/4275/pcgraphpng.png

hey, i'm a commie. who would've thought...

if you open your mind too much your brain will fall out.

2012-08-17 09:01:14

#6616

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,993|7083|949

we have like 3 seperate threads for the political compass. Can we keep that out of this thread?

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=40549

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=131373

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=71605

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=31491

2012-08-17 09:04:52

#6617

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|6037

Flaming_Maniac wrote:
It's too difficult to take a test where you are pigeonholed into one of four responses, when you could write a doctoral dissertation on each one.

I miss this man.

Last edited by Macbeth (2012-08-17 09:06:57)

2012-08-17 09:19:11

#6618

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,746|7188|Cinncinatti

latest was 2 years ago if we posted in them we'd get awms for bumping old threads

2012-08-17 09:36:16

#6619

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,993|7083|949

It's not bumping if you reply with something relevant to the subject instead of "ur dumb lol".

MacBeth, Flaming Maniac had common sense but lacked the ability to apply real world variables to the ideals that he touted. There is something to be said about defending and holding on to certain ideals. However, if you cannot understand how to fit your political ideology into the world we live in, you are doing a disservice to yourself and the views you espouse. It's kind of like morals - you have a general guideline, but you have to react differently to different situations, sometimes compromising certain ideologies to deal with unpredictable human tendencies. Of course flaming maniac wouldn't see that, because he saw a compromise of ideology and morals as the attributes of a lesser man - which is stupid.

And hearing someone argue about tax rates when they don't pay taxes is funny too.

2012-08-17 09:39:19

#6620

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5809|London, England

He was a wikipedia hero. Half of my conversations with him consisted of him reading the criticism section on wiki and quoting it almost verbatim

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-08-17 15:48:32

#6621

Frank Reynolds: Member; +65|4780

for fucks sake can we please get the fuck out of trashcanistan now

What are you looking at dicknose

2012-08-17 19:33:06

#6622

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|7126|Canberra, AUS

Jay wrote:
He was a wikipedia hero. Half of my conversations with him consisted of him reading the criticism section on wiki and quoting it almost verbatim

reading the spaceflight argument in the science thread still gives me a headache

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2012-08-17 19:43:15

#6623

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,746|7188|Cinncinatti

the f4 phantom is not a flying brick

2012-08-18 19:41:00

#6624

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,074|7223|PNW

...

...at least he's apparently taken his blood pressure meds.

2012-08-19 09:28:55

#6625

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6862|'Murka

He probably should've taken a sedative, too.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

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