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11-28-2012, 06:52 PM
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11-28-2012, 07:08 PM
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He couldn't do it without all you working stiffs that play World of Tanks. Because without you men this man would not be able to live your I mean his dream of owning the coveted Spitfire. Congratulations Viktor.
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11-28-2012, 09:20 PM
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Any bets on what is there?
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#115
11-29-2012, 02:35 AM
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Well in a slightly off-topic way the discussion is actually about the way the British Government handed a huge number of potentially valuable historical aircraft, manufactured and paid for by the British people, over to some rich git so he can profit from it 
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11-29-2012, 03:44 AM
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Salute
It is my opinion this whole system of labelling a political entity 'Communist', 'Fascist' or 'Capitalist' is a smokescreen. What it really comes down to is whether the ordinary person in the society has a fair shake at getting his fair share and expressing his opinion as to how the powers that be can push him around. Despite being ideologically at the opposite end of the political spectrum, there was in fact not a lot of difference between Stalinism and Nazism, primarily because the two people at the top were both cold blooded sociopaths who thought nothing of murdering millions. In fact there are political systems from all spectrums which work pretty well. Singapore is basically a one party state with quite restricted freedoms and freedom of speech, but as a society it does work extremely well and most people who live there are pretty happy with their lot. For all the detractors of Cuba, the communist government does a pretty good job there too, the literacy, health system and median income are WAY above most comparable countries in Central America or the Caribbean. (before you let loose the hounds of hell on me, no I don't think it's an ideal situation, hopefully they institute some reforms) And there are so called democracies which are not very functional. For example Columbia, which has a so-called democratic capitalist system in place and which gets favoured status from the US as a free trade partner, sees a huge murder rate, thousands 'disappeared' by paramilitary death squads, an epidemic of rapes and abuse of women, as well as corruption on a huge scale, with the judiciary and elected officials routinely owned and under the orders of drug cartels. Not a very positive situation. I think if people got away from labels, and started to look at the facts on the ground, we would have a stronger likelihood of the world becoming a better place.
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11-29-2012, 11:59 AM
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My best friend is currently there - he hates the place. No smoking Beer $7 to go A room in a flat share $1500(!) Asian mentality when they work with Europeans. He left in October, the Bank wanted him to stay for 3 years or so - the way things look like right now he will be back in April. You probably only like the place if you're from China or North Korea. Libya under Gaddafi wasn't such a bad place either. Free health-care, free universities, scholarships for studies abroad etc.  Quote:
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11-29-2012, 03:54 PM
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Meanwhile back at the ranch.................... I still think its a pile of old bully beef tins and rusty helmets down there. . Last edited by KG26_Alpha; 11-29-2012 at 03:57 PM.
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11-29-2012, 09:24 PM
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yeah ... chances are back in the 40's some enterprising beer bellied supply sergeant traded the Spits for a few crates of cigarettes and some good whisky and buried a batch of cardboard replica's instead
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