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That was yet another long list of extreme claims without references! Edit: No references in the answer to this, as expected. (I can only blame myself for argui

by berntb 10y ago

That was yet another long list of extreme claims without references! Edit: No references in the answer to this, as expected. (I can only blame myself for arguing with what looks like an extra account created to troll people someone don't agree with.) (At least about modern, mainly international, politics -- what the Brits did before WWII seems quite irrelevant to anything by now. Edit: WWII started almost 80 years ago for <vulgarity>'s sake, there is some time limit when even people in the Middle East have to stop blaming GB...)

ggame 10y ago
Would you like me to google it for you? The idea that British pre WWII history is irrelevant betrays your ignorance. Considering that Britain is the most recent world power to collapse, there is much that can be learned from them. Also consider that we are entering a time that is quite similar to the pre-WWII era. For example; the modern hate speech laws being used against nationalist are making the nationalist more popular not less. This is basically a repeat as to what happened when Weimar Republic (Germany) used similar hate speech laws to jail the Nazis.
ggame 10y ago
Ha ha ha ha, perhaps I have better things to do than provide you with particulars. Especially when my assertions are easily searchable. I'm guessing you're a member of the spoon fed generation. I comment on topics that interest me and I cycle my account on a regular basis to preserve anonymity - which, for reasons, is important to me. The idea that time makes someone less deserving of blame is nonsensical. The idea that people should simply get over past wrongs, especially WWII, will only serve to invite repeat abuses. It is also impractical, as past wrongs are very effective tools for propaganda and thus will be evoked whenever convenient. A good example is China use of the West's involvement in the Opium Wars to stir up anti-western sentiment. Similarly they use the Rape of Nanking to stir up anti-japanese sentiment. This is to lay the groundwork for a future war with the US. These past events are very relevant to our future. And asking them to get over it isn't going to work.
ggame 10y ago
BrentB; I hope you see this. I was curious about your strange obsession of references as a crutch for arguing so I did a search to see if that was a repeating pattern. http://google.com/?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+%22berntb%22+%20references http://google.com/?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+%22berntb%2... You need help man. All the best.
- berntb 10y ago
  The interesting part is how many times during the last few years I've asked you for references to weird claims -- without getting any... Do you account for ten percent? :-) (How many troll accounts have you used in just this discussion?) Try to get a good life instead of trolling, kid.

by berntb 10y ago

ggame 10y ago

Would you like me to google it for you? The idea that British pre WWII history is irrelevant betrays your ignorance. Considering that Britain is the most recent world power to collapse, there is much that can be learned from them. Also consider that we are entering a time that is quite similar to the pre-WWII era. For example; the modern hate speech laws being used against nationalist are making the nationalist more popular not less. This is basically a repeat as to what happened when Weimar Republic (Germany) used similar hate speech laws to jail the Nazis.

ggame 10y ago

Ha ha ha ha, perhaps I have better things to do than provide you with particulars. Especially when my assertions are easily searchable. I'm guessing you're a member of the spoon fed generation. I comment on topics that interest me and I cycle my account on a regular basis to preserve anonymity - which, for reasons, is important to me. The idea that time makes someone less deserving of blame is nonsensical. The idea that people should simply get over past wrongs, especially WWII, will only serve to invite repeat abuses. It is also impractical, as past wrongs are very effective tools for propaganda and thus will be evoked whenever convenient. A good example is China use of the West's involvement in the Opium Wars to stir up anti-western sentiment. Similarly they use the Rape of Nanking to stir up anti-japanese sentiment. This is to lay the groundwork for a future war with the US. These past events are very relevant to our future. And asking them to get over it isn't going to work.

ggame 10y ago

BrentB; I hope you see this. I was curious about your strange obsession of references as a crutch for arguing so I did a search to see if that was a repeating pattern. http://google.com/?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+%22berntb%22+%20references http://google.com/?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+%22berntb%2... You need help man. All the best.

berntb 10y ago
The interesting part is how many times during the last few years I've asked you for references to weird claims -- without getting any... Do you account for ten percent? :-) (How many troll accounts have you used in just this discussion?) Try to get a good life instead of trolling, kid.