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dogma wrote:

dæl wrote:
Because that is the difference between us and them. If you act as a barbarian would, then you are no longer civilised.

The difference between us and them is the amount of time and effort we pour into killing people.

For them its a hobby, for us its a profession.

You've tried the amateurs, now call in the professional eh?

Only if you want to see weird, Loli Natalie Portman.

I must admit, she was awesome in Black Swan. Her decline int madness and then complete "becoming" at the end was well, well done. I've yet to dinf the breakout 2012 movie like that. I have hopes for the Bill Murray movie currently out.

Great movie. Shame most will only remember it for the lesbian scene.

dogma wrote:Great movie. Shame most will only remember it for the lesbian scene.

Nah. This:


and of course:

Frazzled wrote:
Why do you want the moral high ground?
Why is moral high ground related to acting in a superior way. For example. If a Somalian clan lord is using food as a weapon and starving his enemies including thousands of women and children, and the Empire of Japan learns he is in a town and then firebombs that town with Kates and Bettys, killing hundreds to get him, do they not still have the high ground? Do those starving care?

If firebombing the town was the only option available then yes, that would be morally justifiable. It is very unlikely that the only option involves firebombing innocent civilians.

dæl wrote:

Frazzled wrote:
Why do you want the moral high ground?
Why is moral high ground related to acting in a superior way. For example. If a Somalian clan lord is using food as a weapon and starving his enemies including thousands of women and children, and the Empire of Japan learns he is in a town and then firebombs that town with Kates and Bettys, killing hundreds to get him, do they not still have the high ground? Do those starving care?

If firebombing the town was the only option available then yes, that would be morally justifiable. It is very unlikely that the only option involves firebombing innocent civilians.

Quite an ironic scenario given how Japan was heavily firebombed, at extensive cost to the civilian population.

Also, I thought the IJA never reached Africa?

Not yet, but with our new Gundam equipped Japanese overlords, who knows?

Testify wrote:The Soviet Union was as likely to invade Europe as the USA was as likely to invade Siberia. It wasn't us they hated, it was you guys.

First of all, the Eastern Bloc. Afterall, the Soviets didn't hate Hungary, they just wanted them to share in the benefits of Communism like they did.

Second of all, International Comintern. It had nothing to do with hate, and everything to do with advancing communism across the planet.


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dogma wrote:Great movie. Shame most will only remember it for the lesbian scene.

I once asked a mate if he'd seen Eyes Wide Shut, and he replied 'I've seen the best ten minutes of it'.



But yeah, Black Swan was a really good movie. Natalie Portman was incredible, but it was Mila Kunis that really surprised me, because we all knew Natalie Portman had serious acting chops. But before Black Swan the only thing movie I'd seen Mila Kunis in was The Book of Eli, where she gave a performance almost identical to her 70s Show character.

Frazzled wrote:Not yet, but with our new Gundam equipped Japanese overlords, who knows?

Overlords? Nah, I think they'd rather rule the world by being too useful and amusing to ignore. They did, after all, invent CDs and felt tip pens, and came up with the idea of putting umbrellas in a vending machine.

Plus, Japan looks a bit like a prawn. I swear they're mocking us. Politely.