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 A Town Called Malus wrote:
 Sinful Hero wrote:
@dusara217
They're talking about the Kraft "American Cheese". That or Velveeta. Both of which are terrible.


Nah, all American cheese.

You guys need to learn to let your cheese mature and get some flavour


Rogue Creamery seems to do just fine. Caveman Blue is better than any French blue I've ever had. But then again I'm just an uncultured American.

 
   
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 cincydooley wrote:
 A Town Called Malus wrote:
 Sinful Hero wrote:
@dusara217
They're talking about the Kraft "American Cheese". That or Velveeta. Both of which are terrible.


Nah, all American cheese.

You guys need to learn to let your cheese mature and get some flavour


Rogue Creamery seems to do just fine. Caveman Blue is better than any French blue I've ever had. But then again I'm just an uncultured American.


Well, your first mistake was using french cheese as any kind of measure of quality

Also just browsed Rogue Creamery's cheddar selection. Only one thing on there was aged past 30 days. Here in the UK even a mild cheddar has matured for 3 months.

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 dusara217 wrote:
Feminists hold way too much power (it's an outdated movement, and it has accomplished its stated intentions. Why won't it just go away and stop sounding like the Nazis for women?).


At least you didn't use the term "feminazi" explicitly, I'll give you that. But if you truly believe feminism has a single set of goals, then you have no idea what you're talking about.

That said, I'm curious as to the nature of this power you believe feminists hold. Can you describe it to me? Can you explain how they wield it?

 Sinful Hero wrote:

They're talking about the Kraft "American Cheese". That or Velveeta. Both of which are terrible.


They each have their uses, much like any food.

Its also worth noting that people tend to acquire preferences for certain foods over time, due to acclimation and nostalgia. For example, my dad loves Hershey's chocolate despite the fact that its pretty damn bad because it reminds him of his childhood.

 Vaktathi wrote:
"American" cheese, the Kraft slices stuff, was engineered (yes, that's the correct word) for a specific purpose. To go on burgers.


Actually it was designed to be cheap, and shelf-stable. The melting quality of American cheese, particularly the individually packaged slices (which are one step above spray cheese), is largely an accident.

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 Formosa wrote:
I see the us imploding within the next 50 years if they don't resolve the race problems they are having, and then taking The world with them, seriosly, it looks like your headed for your 3rd civil war.


Honestly, I don't think it's race problems that can destroy the US, but class problems. Just think, there was a recent meeting of about 400 wealthy Republican donors. Those few hundred will be responsible for nearly $1 BILLION spent on the Republican presidential campaign. $1 billion spent solely on election campaigns. Imagine what that money could do if used to actually improve things around the country, building schools, etc. That's more money than what some of the US government agencies get each year for their budgets.

Oh, and I love British cheddars, but I also like Tillamook here in the US.

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 Tannhauser42 wrote:
Honestly, I don't think it's race problems that can destroy the US, but class problems. Just think, there was a recent meeting of about 400 wealthy Republican donors. Those few hundred will be responsible for nearly $1 BILLION spent on the Republican presidential campaign. $1 billion spent solely on election campaigns. Imagine what that money could do if used to actually improve things around the country, building schools, etc. That's more money than what some of the US government agencies get each year for their budgets.

Is it just the Republicans who finance their candidates like this?

 
   
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 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
 Tannhauser42 wrote:
Honestly, I don't think it's race problems that can destroy the US, but class problems. Just think, there was a recent meeting of about 400 wealthy Republican donors. Those few hundred will be responsible for nearly $1 BILLION spent on the Republican presidential campaign. $1 billion spent solely on election campaigns. Imagine what that money could do if used to actually improve things around the country, building schools, etc. That's more money than what some of the US government agencies get each year for their budgets.

Is it just the Republicans who finance their candidates like this?
No, the Democrats have their mega-donors as well, it's just that the large majority of mega-donors are on the Republican side of the fence and the behavior is a bit different. On the Democratic side, the mega-donors, at least the way I've seen it, seem to be more about general elections and getting someone from their general side of the political spectrum (that's usually somewhat established) into office, while the Republican mega-donors play a whole lot more in the primaries and are more concerned with orthodoxy and will "build their own candidates" so to speak. Exceptions exist as always.

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Right, it's not just Republicans, I only used that particular example because it just happened a week or so ago.


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 dusara217 wrote:
 Freakazoitt wrote:
Americans, do you think, in 1950s 60s USA was better than now?

I'd say that the xenophobia is counterbalanced by less drugs, smaller prisons, etc. That would be a definite yes.


Considering that Blacks didn't have the right to vote in the 1950s, were being fairly frequently lynched (the perpetrators of such crimes generally being white locals in positions of power, such as police officers), women of all races were treated as second-class citizens (beating one's wife was socially acceptable, to a degree, in 1950s America), not to mention the decidedly-WASPy bent to American society in general in those days...

Feth, no, the 50s and 60s were not better than today. You're looking at history through some extremely rose-colored glasses.

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 Tannhauser42 wrote:
 Formosa wrote:
I see the us imploding within the next 50 years if they don't resolve the race problems they are having, and then taking The world with them, seriosly, it looks like your headed for your 3rd civil war.


Honestly, I don't think it's race problems that can destroy the US, but class problems. Just think, there was a recent meeting of about 400 wealthy Republican donors. Those few hundred will be responsible for nearly $1 BILLION spent on the Republican presidential campaign. $1 billion spent solely on election campaigns. Imagine what that money could do if used to actually improve things around the country, building schools, etc. That's more money than what some of the US government agencies get each year for their budgets.

Oh, and I love British cheddars, but I also like Tillamook here in the US.


Actually I see your class issue as a race issue, it's strange over here when I was growing up I was poor, I had a black mate who was also poor, so we were poor together, whenever I have visited the states (usually for 6-8 months at a time) I seem to see self segregation, he's a white trash poor person, he's a Mexican poor person etc.

On top of that the massive rich poor divide that you mentioned just compounds the problem, thing is... I like the us, lovely people... Mostly lol, I had issues when I was in alabama with the religious nuts as they just wouldn't accept I wasn't a believer, but they were mostly harmless.

Back to my point, I'm an outsider looking in, I've spent a very long time working jn the states and every time I go back it feels a little worse, a bit more tense, correct me if I'm wrong on any count.
   
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I voted love it, but to be honest I'm not really qualified to vote. I've never lived in any other country so I can't really form an educated opinion.

I think we do a lot of things that are good, and a lot of things that are less good, but I don't think any of those things are unique to America either. Sometimes I'm really pleased with the stuff we do, and sometimes I'm fairly disappointed. I'm usually happy though.

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I have not voted, if I did, Meh would be my answer. Since Reagan, we have seen the dismantling of the safety nets and support of infrastructure and educational investment, Clinton also helped undo FDR New Deal items that helped keep our Nation stable. We now outspend 11 other nations (Including Russia and China) twice over in war preparations, and maintaining an empire suited less for spreading freedom and more for supplying the mega-corporate and wealthy overlords.

To be cutting and denying funding for so many things that help Americans, safety nets, infrastructure that helps people get to and from work, education on many levels, hospitals and Libraries, police and fire departments, leaving things for states, and even worse than that, allowing profit seeking corporations to do Municipal jobs(Proven to be failure with "privatizing" due to the profits only tunnel vision).

Yet when we have a new "boogyman" the funds are always ready for wars. Always. and if extra? is needed,,,,cut this or that rather than shift funds from over due prototypes to stuff that is known to work. (F-35 is a "dog": of a project)

America is right now, more an Oligarchy just like in 1929 than a real Democratic Republic. We can sure use shifting things back to set us straight.

Rich folks if they pay taxes only pay 10% they can actually afford much more and still live like frigging kings.

Corporations cry about taxes, yet they get pack all of their 10% taxes claiming issues that are tax write offs, and the subsidies they get (Corporate Welfare) so they get money past what they paid back, hence why Bernie Sanders said they do NOT pay taxes when they get it all back from tax write offs, breaks and subsidies paid for by the poor and middle class.

America is really great, especially if you are in the 1% (Not talking about people making less than 1million a year btw), make less than that and it gets tougher, yet the Billionaires also fund think tanks and "institutes" that demonize the poor, and make it seem like good ideas to screw the middle class, who make jobs when they can afford to buy things, so demand goes up, manufacturers would hire more workers to fill plants making more of their wanted product.

Rich guys hoard the money away. maybe the spend a little every now and then, but even at 70% Taxes, Koch Bros take 3.9million a day home instead of the 13million they are listed for as an example. Let that sink in 13million a day,,,even taxed to 3.9 million is more than most folks make in their lives. and folks wonder why things are so messed up?

They get that kind of money not from their own blood and sweat BTW but they inherited it from the family fortunes and then getting supporters to help take over other industries. That is why Billionaires ought to help the society that put them so high up the scales instead of parasitize and screw it over.

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 Formosa wrote:
I see the us imploding within the next 50 years if they don't resolve the race problems they are having, and then taking The world with them, seriosly, it looks like your headed for your 3rd civil war.


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Not that Britain's any different, how many have we had? 5/6?


we uh... only had 1 civil war... I don't know how to break that to you exactly.... Aside from saying we have only had 1 civil war. If you were taught or read that there was a 2nd Civil war somewhere... you were taught or read wrong... I mean I suppose you could look at the Revolutionary War as a civil war of sorts from the Brittish pov, you know ignoring that from the American POV it was a fight against a foreign power, not to point fingers but Brittain. So imho I would find british people viewing it as a civil war a bit uh... how you say... Imperialisitc? Archaic? Insensitive? Stupid? Pick your word. Also Our present race issues have been laying low in the system for years its just finally time to deal with them. Honestly we aren't heading towards any cataclysmic future as long as congress doesn't start more wars and burn more bridges. We also need to work on our religious intolerance as that's a big cultural issue here too but these factors will in no war start a civil war. Some riots yes probably, but you know.. London has pretty frequent riots doesn't it? The last riot in D.C. was what? 1968? 91? As far as Riots in the capital go i think we're doing pretty damn good.

And now I shall return to my year of lurking....

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 Psienesis wrote:

Considering that Blacks didn't have the right to vote in the 1950s, were being fairly frequently lynched (the perpetrators of such crimes generally being white locals in positions of power, such as police officers), women of all races were treated as second-class citizens (beating one's wife was socially acceptable, to a degree, in 1950s America), not to mention the decidedly-WASPy bent to American society in general in those days...

Feth, no, the 50s and 60s were not better than today. You're looking at history through some extremely rose-colored glasses.

I many times met in media of the statement that USA in 50s 60s was better than now (- advances in technology, of course).

but if look at comments here, this statement isn't right

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I voted 'meh'.

America is a better country than most out there when it comes to people being able to do what they want. At the same time, religion takes far too much of a role in the politics which dictates peoples lives (so in things like education, abortion access, etc).

American people are very plain spoken, which makes them friendly, and fun to get along with. At the same time however, that trait can sometimes come across as blunt, and makes them less aware of subtleties.

America has a good standard of living generally, but fails to provide that safety net of healthcare and has a good proportion of the nation in working poverty.

America helps to provide a considerable amount of stability across the globe, but at the same time has a bad habit of bullying weaker nations, and treating stronger ones as being either subservient or enemies.

America helps generates and exports some phenomenal culture, but is culturally very insular itself and refuses to take foreign ideas or conceptions on board, or treat as being of equivalent weight to its own.

America makes it very easy to run a successful business and make money. At the same time it is so capitalistic that corporations have evolved into quasi-political beasts that seek domination and monopoly in their own right.

There's lots of pros, but a con of equal weight each time.


 
   
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I love America because, through the boons of this nation, I own a swath of forest large enough to hide a small town, in which I have free reign over all life. Or if I just want to caper about the trees with an AR-15 and a fifth of bourbon I can do that too.

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 Darth_Lopez wrote:
 Formosa wrote:
I see the us imploding within the next 50 years if they don't resolve the race problems they are having, and then taking The world with them, seriosly, it looks like your headed for your 3rd civil war.


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Not that Britain's any different, how many have we had? 5/6?


we uh... only had 1 civil war... I don't know how to break that to you exactly.... Aside from saying we have only had 1 civil war. If you were taught or read that there was a 2nd Civil war somewhere... you were taught or read wrong... I mean I suppose you could look at the Revolutionary War as a civil war of sorts from the Brittish pov, you know ignoring that from the American POV it was a fight against a foreign power, not to point fingers but Brittain. So imho I would find british people viewing it as a civil war a bit uh... how you say... Imperialisitc? Archaic? Insensitive? Stupid? Pick your word. Also Our present race issues have been laying low in the system for years its just finally time to deal with them. Honestly we aren't heading towards any cataclysmic future as long as congress doesn't start more wars and burn more bridges. We also need to work on our religious intolerance as that's a big cultural issue here too but these factors will in no war start a civil war. Some riots yes probably, but you know.. London has pretty frequent riots doesn't it? The last riot in D.C. was what? 1968? 91? As far as Riots in the capital go i think we're doing pretty damn good.

And now I shall return to my year of lurking....


Yeah the revolutionary war was a civil war, it was colonists fighting each other and Britain, politics aside that's what it breaks down to, call it insensitive but the USA didn't exist as a nation. And it's not mutually exclusive, it can be both a war of revolution, independence and a civil war, case in point look at northern Ukraine, they are fighting a war of independence, aggression, a civil war and have a foreign power invading the southern part, and like the war of independence there are people on both sides who want the status quo and independence, and are will to fight and kill for it, hence a civil war, genuine question here, but do American schools teach that all the colonists wanted independence?

Hmm London doesn't riot that often as far as I'm aware, but that's moot point, as London (as much as it think it is) is not the UK, just a disproportionate part of it, people in the rest of the UK don't really like London that much as a city, it sucks so many resources out of country and is massively corrupt, it's just the capital of England though, not Scotland, northern Ireland or Wales, Cardiff hasn't had a riot in....decades at least.

   
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 Freakazoitt wrote:
 Psienesis wrote:

Considering that Blacks didn't have the right to vote in the 1950s, were being fairly frequently lynched (the perpetrators of such crimes generally being white locals in positions of power, such as police officers), women of all races were treated as second-class citizens (beating one's wife was socially acceptable, to a degree, in 1950s America), not to mention the decidedly-WASPy bent to American society in general in those days...

Feth, no, the 50s and 60s were not better than today. You're looking at history through some extremely rose-colored glasses.

I many times met in media of the statement that USA in 50s 60s was better than now (- advances in technology, of course).

but if look at comments here, this statement isn't right
You always have some elements of society that see a previous era in a nostalgic light for various reasons, but it's not an opinion held by a majority of Americans, though is held very strongly by some, typically older groups.

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In fancy terms, Revolutionary wars are fought to radically alter existing power structures (usually fought by the disenfranchised), while Civil Wars are fought because the existing power structure has started fighting itself. These two terms are not mutually exclusive. Some Civil Wars are revolutionary in nature, such as the English Civil War. < This distinction is in fact attributable to Karl Marx, who spend a fair bit of time studying and elaborating on the differences between revolutions and civil wars

The fact that the United States did not exist yet, is precisely why it was called the American Revolution, and the fact that the American colonies held no position in the existing power structure of British governance why it is not by definition a civil war. One can consider the American Civil War to also be a failed Revolution, but we tend to just call it a Civil War because well, the Union won, and not recognizing any state called "the Confederate States of America" got to call it whatever they wanted

   
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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I admire it. I more admire what it could be, and what it has been in the past.

I think the country's endless focus on relatively small (or even symbolic issues), mostly all stemming from religion (abortion, evolution, gay marriage, what church your next President currently goes to, etc.) stifles what would be the greatest nation on Earth.




@H.B.M.C: I'm not sure if you are an american living in australia or a seriously confused australian that thinks he's an american. Both are fine and the 2nd is funny and touching. Maybe i'm wrong but i always imagined H.B.M.C. to be the crazy racist archie bunker character from 'all in the family' that annoys us but we still love.

 Freakazoitt wrote:
Ukraine and Georgia very very very love USA =) it's new religion and america is like paradise for them, Europe pugratory and USSR is hell for them.

Russia tried not to hate USA but it all ruined in 2014 (as in 2008, 1999)


That's the odd thing i've noticed. Eastern european people or at least the ones i've met seem to love the usa. That or they think it's infinitely better than the soviet union before it collapsed so love it because they believe it to be better than what they hated. Either that or it's just better than their current country.

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 Tannhauser42 wrote:
Right, it's not just Republicans, I only used that particular example because it just happened a week or so ago.

Thank you for the clarification. Given that many non-US users are likely reading this thread I hope you would agree that ascribing this type of behaviour to only one party in a two party system may create a distorted impression.

 
   
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Voteo meh. They have more vegetarian burgers than France, which is good. But they have more religion, which is BAAAAD! Their foreign policy is incredibly amoral and selfish and vile. So is France foreign policy, but at least French people tend to have less delusions about being the harbringers of justice and frredom. They do make some good movies, but their mainstream is formated to Bollywood level. Not even kidding, they even burrowed Bollywood terrible habit of making remakes of foreing movies. That Old Boy remake. That The Ring remake. That Morse remake...
Conclusion: Switzerland is better. In Switzerland, you shoot bigger guns and you do it for free. You get higher standards of living and your government just let the banks take the dictatos money, instead of putting the dictators in charge, which gives you the moral high ground. You also get a way more democratic system. And chocolate. And way less violent crime. And less terror attacks. And less people in the world hates you. Also cheese and chocolate.

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 Formosa wrote:
Actually I see your class issue as a race issue, it's strange over here when I was growing up I was poor, I had a black mate who was also poor, so we were poor together, whenever I have visited the states (usually for 6-8 months at a time) I seem to see self segregation, he's a white trash poor person, he's a Mexican poor person etc.

This sounds strange, but it reminds me of Northern Ireland to a extent. There we had both communities facing a lot of the same class issues, disenfranchisement, and similar socio-economic problems, but the political atmosphere was framed along a religious division.

For America replace the religious division with race and there are some similarities.

 
   
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 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
 Formosa wrote:
Actually I see your class issue as a race issue, it's strange over here when I was growing up I was poor, I had a black mate who was also poor, so we were poor together, whenever I have visited the states (usually for 6-8 months at a time) I seem to see self segregation, he's a white trash poor person, he's a Mexican poor person etc.

This sounds strange, but it reminds me of Northern Ireland to a extent. There we had both communities facing a lot of the same class issues, disenfranchisement, and similar socio-economic problems, but the political atmosphere was framed along a religious division.

For America replace the religious division with race and there are some similarities.


Yeah that makes sense, either way I'll find out for myself in October, off to work in pencilvania (sp?) for 6 months, should be educational
   
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There is no other country on earth in which I can spend my time killing and skinning wild and domestic animals, turning their skins into bags and clothes, selling the meat to eateries, spend my weekends fighting people in bars, and reliably look up dumb videos on the internetand browse dank memes and have no criticism of judgement leveled towards me.

I love America because, through the boons of this nation, I own a swath of forest large enough to hide a small town, in which I have free reign over all life. Or if I just want to caper about the trees with an AR-15 and a fifth of bourbon I can do that too.


I'm pretty sure you can do that in a lot of countries.
   
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 Formosa wrote:
 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
 Formosa wrote:
Actually I see your class issue as a race issue, it's strange over here when I was growing up I was poor, I had a black mate who was also poor, so we were poor together, whenever I have visited the states (usually for 6-8 months at a time) I seem to see self segregation, he's a white trash poor person, he's a Mexican poor person etc.

This sounds strange, but it reminds me of Northern Ireland to a extent. There we had both communities facing a lot of the same class issues, disenfranchisement, and similar socio-economic problems, but the political atmosphere was framed along a religious division.

For America replace the religious division with race and there are some similarities.


Yeah that makes sense, either way I'll find out for myself in October, off to work in pencilvania (sp?) for 6 months, should be educational


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 Formosa wrote:
Yeah that makes sense, either way I'll find out for myself in October, off to work in pencilvania (sp?) for 6 months, should be educational

Enjoy. You'll be there in the autumn/Fall so the leaves changing colour should be impressive. Just remember that the US has 4 seasons I had to learn that when I moved here

 
   
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 Dust wrote:
There is no other country on earth in which I can spend my time killing and skinning wild and domestic animals, turning their skins into bags and clothes, selling the meat to eateries, spend my weekends fighting people in bars, and reliably look up dumb videos on the internetand browse dank memes and have no criticism of judgement leveled towards me.

I love America because, through the boons of this nation, I own a swath of forest large enough to hide a small town, in which I have free reign over all life. Or if I just want to caper about the trees with an AR-15 and a fifth of bourbon I can do that too.


I'm pretty sure you can do that in a lot of countries.

Sssh. Do not let facts ruin his fun.

"Our fantasy settings are grim and dark, but that is not a reflection of who we are or how we feel the real world should be. [...] We will continue to diversify the cast of characters we portray [...] so everyone can find representation and heroes they can relate to. [...] If [you don't feel the same way], you will not be missed"
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Norwalk, Connecticut

If you don't think 'Murica is the bestest country ever, you're a no-good, pinko commie. Because 'Murica. And Captain Steve Rogers. And Tex-Mex. and Hooters. And South Park.

Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.

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Catskills in NYS

I like America. Now that doesn't mean I don't have problems with it. We have a very flawed country. Too often do I see people trying to deny our flaws, and even questioning the patriotism of those who bring them up. We are not a perfect country, nor are we (necessarily) the best country. We have prob elms aplenty. But what I like about America, is we have the capacity to be great. We have the ability to fix our flaws, and make ourselves great. And it's more than just the ability to do so, it's a belief that we can and will. A belief that is the American dream. The hope to be better than what we started out with.

Homosexuality is the #1 cause of gay marriage.
 kronk wrote:
Every pizza is a personal sized pizza if you try hard enough and believe in yourself.
 sebster wrote:
Yes, indeed. What a terrible piece of cultural imperialism it is for me to say that a country shouldn't murder its own citizens
 BaronIveagh wrote:
Basically they went from a carrot and stick to a smaller carrot and flanged mace.
 
   
 
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