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2011/02/28 04:10:06
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Probably more accurate to ask:
"Will Libya fall AGAIN?"
Undoubtedly and indubitably.
ALL petty little empires crumble and fall eventually.
Eventually even powerless peasants will revolt and change things.
Of course, what Libya gets to replace it with is probably not going to be much in the way of better.
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
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... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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2011/02/28 04:20:20
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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chromedog wrote:ALL petty little empires crumble and fall eventually.
So do the big ones.
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
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2011/02/28 06:31:55
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Renegade Inquisitor with a Bound Daemon
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sebster wrote:chromedog wrote:ALL petty little empires crumble and fall eventually.
So do the big ones.
Speaking of big ones, I'm turning my head south right about now...
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2011/02/28 10:32:26
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Fixture of Dakka
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Fafnir wrote:sebster wrote:chromedog wrote:ALL petty little empires crumble and fall eventually.
So do the big ones.
Speaking of big ones, I'm turning my head south right about now...
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 Cheesecat wrote:
I almost always agree with Albatross, I can't see why anyone wouldn't.
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2011/02/28 11:00:38
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
Inside your mind, corrupting the pathways
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Fafnir wrote:Speaking of big ones, I'm turning my head south right about now...
Due South?
I don't think they have Mounties in Libya...
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2011/02/28 11:07:14
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Renegade Inquisitor with a Bound Daemon
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...look at the flag beside my username...
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2011/02/28 11:11:31
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Didn't you know that Canada is directly south of Canada? What were doing in your Geography lessons?
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
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2011/02/28 11:15:25
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
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Fafnir wrote:...look at the flag beside my username...
Hence why I made the Mountie reference. "Down South" being a TV series about a Mountie, and you being a Canadian, and this being a thread about Libya. Although I admit something may have been lost in translation.
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2011/02/28 11:36:14
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Renegade Inquisitor with a Bound Daemon
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Avatar 720 wrote:Didn't you know that Canada is directly south of Canada? What were doing in your Geography lessons?
Obviously not looking at the right map.
SilverMK2 wrote:Fafnir wrote:...look at the flag beside my username...
Hence why I made the Mountie reference. "Down South" being a TV series about a Mountie, and you being a Canadian, and this being a thread about Libya.
Although I admit something may have been lost in translation.
Translating from British to proper English is a difficult task, afterall.
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2011/02/28 11:44:25
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
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Fafnir wrote:Translating from British to proper English is a difficult task, afterall.
More that you poor colonials have to deal with the savage influences of the Americans, as well as the... French sympathisers within your own ranks 
However, this thread is about Libya 
I would find it mildly ironic if protesters managed to blow up a few planes.
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2011/02/28 11:47:31
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Renegade Inquisitor with a Bound Daemon
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SilverMK2 wrote:Fafnir wrote:Translating from British to proper English is a difficult task, afterall.
More that you poor colonials have to deal with the savage influences of the Americans, as well as the... French sympathisers within your own ranks
I'd say the French are quite a step up from what I'm currently dealing with. This is the place where "Don't Stop Believen" is the fething anthem and sadly the peak of musical taste (yes, it's hard to believe it, but it only gets worse from Journey). 9 out of 10 radio stations play country, and you'll be hard pressed to find anyone who's not a fine arts major who's ever heard of anything that was made across the pond (Seriously, I mention David Bowie for feth's sake, and not a single person in a crowd's heard of him. David fething Bowie!). Where cowboy boots are actually fashionable (I swear to you that I'm telling the truth) and cowboy hats are not seen as offensive. Where denim jackets won't have you openly mocked, and mullets only slightly so.
Welcome to flavour country.
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2011/02/28 11:50:55
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
Inside your mind, corrupting the pathways
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Oh dear. Mullets have been making a semi-comeback over here for a while. Don't know why. Looked bloody stupid last time, and it has not changed now
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2011/02/28 13:39:31
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Fafnir wrote:sebster wrote:chromedog wrote:ALL petty little empires crumble and fall eventually.
So do the big ones.
Speaking of big ones, I'm turning my head south right about now...
I've got a book in my pile right now Bye Bye Miss American Empire talking about modern cession movements. Frankly I have a list of states we can live without...
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2011/02/28 13:51:18
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Dwarf High King with New Book of Grudges
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chromedog wrote:
Eventually even powerless peasants will revolt and change things.
Actually, I can count on one hand the number of times that has happened in recorded history, and even then its arguable as to whether or not those instances were true peasant rebellions.
People that have lived hand to mouth for generations tend to be extremely conservative because getting something wrong doesn't mean finding a new job, or moving to a new city, it means dieing.
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Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. |
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2011/02/28 13:51:21
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Fafnir wrote:Where cowboy boots are actually fashionable (I swear to you that I'm telling the truth) and cowboy hats are not seen as offensive. Where denim jackets won't have you openly mocked, and mullets only slightly so.
Hey, cowboy hats are AWESOME. I don't care if you mock country music, pointy cowboy boots, mullets, or denim jackets (I'll join you on the last one), don't mock the cowboy hats. Not only are they fashionable, they're also highly practical.
Try wearing one on a 48.8 degree C day (115-120 F for Americans), with a wet bandanna covering your head under the hat. It helps soooooo much.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
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2011/02/28 13:52:31
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Dwarf High King with New Book of Grudges
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Melissia wrote:Hey, cowboy hats are AWESOME. I don't care if you mock country music, pointy cowboy boots, mullets, or denim jackets (I'll join you on the last one), don't mock the cowboy hats.
So you'll mock denim jackets, but not mullets?
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2011/02/28 13:56:06
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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Sure I'll mock mullets, but usually the people who wear them here are too high to care.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
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2011/02/28 13:57:34
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Dwarf High King with New Book of Grudges
United States
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Melissia wrote:Sure I'll mock mullets, but usually the people who wear them here are too high to care.
I definitely do not associate mullets with pot.
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2011/02/28 13:58:32
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Fixture of Dakka
Manchester UK
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But bandanas are still cool, right?
RIGHT?!?
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Cheesecat wrote:
I almost always agree with Albatross, I can't see why anyone wouldn't.
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2011/02/28 14:02:37
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
Inside your mind, corrupting the pathways
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Albatross wrote:But bandanas are still cool, right?
RIGHT?!?
Well, they are apparently so tragically uncool that you have to cover them with the uncool "cowboy hat" so no one can see you are wearing one...
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2011/02/28 14:04:53
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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dogma wrote:Melissia wrote:Sure I'll mock mullets, but usually the people who wear them here are too high to care.
I definitely do not associate mullets with pot.
I associate mullets with Trans Ams.
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2011/02/28 14:09:33
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
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Frazzled wrote:I associate mullets with Trans Ams.
Are those driven by white trash with an IQ smaller than their shoe size?
Because that is what I associate mullets with
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2011/02/28 14:19:43
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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SilverMK2 wrote:Frazzled wrote:I associate mullets with Trans Ams.
Are those driven by white trash with an IQ smaller than their shoe size?
Because that is what I associate mullets with
And you repeat yourself.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
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2011/02/28 14:21:37
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
Inside your mind, corrupting the pathways
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Frazzled wrote:And you repeat yourself.
We don't have "Trans Ams" over in the Motherland so I just wanted to be sure
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2011/02/28 14:24:41
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Dwarf High King with New Book of Grudges
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Frazzled wrote:
I associate mullets with Trans Ams.
Only gold is classy enough for the mullet.
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2011/02/28 14:52:55
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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SilverMK2 wrote:Frazzled wrote:And you repeat yourself.
We don't have "Trans Ams" over in the Motherland so I just wanted to be sure
And thats why you are a civilized people, despite Haggis. 
Automatically Appended Next Post: dogma wrote:Frazzled wrote:
I associate mullets with Trans Ams.
Only gold is classy enough for the mullet.
Dogma wins the thread.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2011/02/28 15:02:11
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Fafnir wrote:
9 out of 10 radio stations play country.
So why are you complaining?
It's better than all of the other crap on the radio.
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2011/02/28 15:04:18
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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SilverMK2 wrote:Well, they are apparently so tragically uncool that you have to cover them with the uncool "cowboy hat" so no one can see you are wearing one...
Functional > Cool. The bandanna absorbs sweat while the cowboy hat keeps sun out of your face.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
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2011/02/28 15:05:39
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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dogma wrote:Melissia wrote:Hey, cowboy hats are AWESOME. I don't care if you mock country music, pointy cowboy boots, mullets, or denim jackets (I'll join you on the last one), don't mock the cowboy hats.
So you'll mock denim jackets, but not mullets?
I thought the exact same thing
Denim jackets are just kinda.. crappy, but this 
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2011/02/28 15:09:35
Subject: Will Libya Fall?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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SilverMK2 wrote:Frazzled wrote:I associate mullets with Trans Ams.
Are those driven by white trash with an IQ smaller than their shoe size?
Yes.
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