Uzique The Lesser
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all the turkish people i know are foreign bourgie turkish who came to london to study at university, so it's probably pointless to ask them what they think of erdogan.
jord
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I'm wary of turks.
Uzique The Lesser
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you're from the north, you're wary of everyone.
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Spearhead wrote:

Wonder what kind of conversations were made behind closed doors, hmm?  I'm sure Apple had nothing to do with it.

Also, with regards to Syria.  I wouldn't be so quick to declare Assad the victor.  I know Libya was a very different situation, but that war changed momentum 3 or 4 times.  And the end came quickly.

First it was the protests.  Then the violent crackdown.
Then the rebels took over Benghazi.
Then we bombed them right before they took back the city.
Then the rebels pushed back. 
Then the rebels lost ground.
They pushed back again.
A stalemate happens.
Then out of nowhere Tripoli falls after the rebels infiltrated the city.

Misrata itself switched sides like dozens of times.  Finding out what the hell was going on was confusing as fuck, for anyone trying to read American media.

I dont think the rebels in Syria will be as successful, but all it takes is one well placed car bomb or a sniper to take out the dictator.  Then what happens after that?
Dude what are you on about? Libya is completely different from Syria. NATO was backing the rebels. If they were not I'm certain they wouldn't succeed. Libya didn't even have a proper military. It was practically non-existent. They relied heavily on the West for protection and didn't expect to be thrown under the bus. You know how difficult it is to impose a no-fly zone over Syria?

The only way this changes is if they start arming these rebels directly or if NATO(US) gets involved. There are a list of reasons why Europe and America will not take the aforementioned routes. I would be surprised if they give the rebels any weapons. Assad might have to hand over his power to the Vice President while he runs the show in the background if he wants to end it soon. Similar to what they did in Yemen with Saleh.

Spark wrote:

1. what's going on turkey

2. why does there seem to be absolutely no attention being paid to it?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22741644

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/20 … 28709.html

They were probably waiting for it to get traction.

Is anyone else still wondering about the 'chemical' weapons Turkish state media reported on?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/3 … y-Thwarted

http://www.globalresearch.ca/us-support … ey/5337035

http://rt.com/news/sarin-gas-turkey-al-nusra-021/

I'm still puzzled. I saw it on their website for some time and then RT reported on it. Turkish police later denied they had confiscated sarin gas. Even if the initial claims were fallible most news sources would report on it, at the very least. Especially with all the attention focused on Syria and the use of chemical weapons I still can't find nothing on AJE, BBC, CNN, etc.

Fox put out a small article through the AP refuting the claims: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/05/31 … as-seized/

/tinfoilhat
DesertFox-
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So this Supreme Court ruling is certainly interesting. Rather large increase of police powers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22759033
Uzique The Lesser
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can you please post a non-bbc link as i don't trust a thing that kiddie fiddlers say.
RTHKI
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Uzique The Lesser
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we already have to give DNA swabs/fingerprints on arrest. they don't need a specific warrant afaik.
Macbeth
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U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg dies at 89. Senator from NJ. Finally time to get some new blood in the Senate from NJ.
Uzique The Lesser
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it's the centenary of this woman. a famous early grad from my uni that gave it its reputation for posh birds with fierce vaginas. (i.e. a centre for early women's education and suffrage).

respect

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unnamednewbie13
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So...are you for or against showing violent footage on bf2s?
globefish23
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unnamednewbie13 wrote:

So...are you for or against showing violent footage on bf2s?
Yes, if the violence is against aristocrats and pro basic human rights.
Macbeth
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How much violence is acceptable?
unnamednewbie13
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Anyone remember this from The Onion?


http://www.theonion.com/video/new-weara … ove,14238/


http://kotaku.com/heaven-is-a-device-th … -511140181

Even though it's a joke product, it still makes me wonder what kind of prophetic satirists they have working at The Onion.
Uzique The Lesser
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unnamednewbie13 wrote:

So...are you for or against showing violent footage on bf2s?
yes because one of the most famous videos of all time with regards to women's rights in britain, the visual icon of the struggle for suffrage, is the same as some idiot posting car-crash and gore-porn footage and wanting people to laugh at it/find it amusing.

would you class someone posting 9/11 footage as "gore porn"? no? why's that? oh yeah, because it has an informational point and a wider historical significance. what's the significance of posting a 2000x2000 pixel HD picture of a smashed-in MMA fighter's face? what's the significance of CCTV footage of a guy getting ploughed down by a bus? none. it's just there as gratuitous violence. part of the internet culture of shock and gore. liveleak video-feeds and /r/cringe level bullshit.

but okay. you can't tell the difference. i see. did you take your autism meds today? quick, whilst you're feeling a little funny go to that thread and tell me how wonky tf2 is again as well.
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Uzique The Lesser wrote:

it's the centenary of this woman. a famous early grad from my uni that gave it its reputation for posh birds with fierce vaginas. (i.e. a centre for early women's education and suffrage).

respect

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH_r6-JpO9Q
Silly tart, didn't she know men were trying to watch sport?
Fuck Israel
Uzique The Lesser
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this is how it works on bf2s:

roc18 posts stupid hipster/emo/autistic hate-speech images, nothing happens.
i post black racism images, i get banned.

roc18 posts gratuitous violence and gore in respond by video thread, nothing happens.
i post a famous historical event captured on early film, i get questioned about gory videos.

O K

naggers
Dilbert_X
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Uzique The Lesser wrote:

I post black racism images, i get banned.
You've got decades of hipsterism to blame for that.
Fuck Israel
Uzique The Lesser
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oh so black people can be racist about whatever sub-group they want because of slavery? ok then.

guess you can shut the fuck up about the poor palestine.
Dilbert_X
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There's a bit of difference between blacks posting pics on the interwebs and jews carrying out a pogrom yes?
Fuck Israel
Uzique The Lesser
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if blacks are allowed to be racist because of history, jews frankly have a license to pogrom.
Dilbert_X
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Although curiously the jews began the Palestinian pogrom before WW2.
Fuck Israel
Uzique The Lesser
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uh you think the holocaust was the first historical jewish pogrom? lol
unnamednewbie13
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Uzique The Lesser wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

So...are you for or against showing violent footage on bf2s?
yes because one of the most famous videos of all time with regards to women's rights in britain, the visual icon of the struggle for suffrage, is the same as some idiot posting car-crash and gore-porn footage and wanting people to laugh at it/find it amusing.

would you class someone posting 9/11 footage as "gore porn"? no? why's that? oh yeah, because it has an informational point and a wider historical significance. what's the significance of posting a 2000x2000 pixel HD picture of a smashed-in MMA fighter's face? what's the significance of CCTV footage of a guy getting ploughed down by a bus? none. it's just there as gratuitous violence. part of the internet culture of shock and gore. liveleak video-feeds and /r/cringe level bullshit.

but okay. you can't tell the difference. i see. did you take your autism meds today? quick, whilst you're feeling a little funny go to that thread and tell me how wonky tf2 is again as well.
I just wanted to know where you stood. The guy in the gif you complained about didn't die. She did, and of course so did people in the 9/11 footage. I'm sure you realize that "context" is of very little importance when it comes to NSFW images. By extension, when you call something tasteless "gore porn" that you'd rather not see, you shouldn't make exceptions for material that depicts actually fatal blows/injuries just because they're in context.

Autism, huh? That's so played out. Don't be a nincompoop.
Uzique The Lesser
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my problem was with explicit and gratuitous violence to no purpose. violence porn. fetishized gore. where people just wanted to see amusing pictures. i would've thought it was fairly clear. evidently not, as it needs to be explained to you.

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