Cult Icon Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 On 7/4/2018 at 5:44 PM, Enrico_sw said: Vegan extremists keep attacking, threatening, assaulting butchers and fishmongers (WTF?) in France. I keep thinking that I like lions, panthers, bears, wolves and all these natural predators that are key to an ecosystem. I keep thinking that I have a natural need to eat meat, and that active minority groups, with their intolerance, shouldn't mess with nature. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/a-marseille-les-vegan-multiplient-les-actions-contre-la-consommation-de-produits-d-origine-animale-1530638068 Militant vegans probably have small muscles!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrico_sw Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 9 hours ago, Cult Icon said: Militant vegans probably have small muscles!! Someone with a knife who hits you on the back doesn't need muscles. At the moment, they just stone showcases at night. But if one day a girl comes with a big smile and stabs the butcher, don't think it's easy to avoid it. Sure, they don't look dangerous, but they think they are the "good guys" (which is supposed to give them a free pass to do anything). Your own US government said a couple of years ago that one of its big worries was extreme activists' violent acts (there was threats of dam bombing in the US, and they took it very serioulsy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Enrico_sw said: Someone with a knife who hits you on the back doesn't need muscles. At the moment, they just stone showcases at night. But if one day a girl comes with a big smile and stabs the butcher, don't think it's easy to avoid it. Sure, they don't look dangerous, but they think they are the "good guys" (which is supposed to give them a free pass to do anything). Your own US government said a couple of years ago that one of its big worries was extreme activists' violent acts (there was threats of dam bombing in the US, and they took it very serioulsy). the biggest terrorists in the US appear to be weaponized teenage boys at schools... the Us gov't/media is mainly obsessed with right wing extremists/militias but they do comparatively little perhaps it's different in France but Vegan activists are likely to be pacifists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Pussycats: Why the Rest Keeps Beating the West https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1533232008/ref=as_at/?imprToken=rXFnfy1xE5G5ANHfLDc58Q&slotNum=0&ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1533232008&linkCode=w61&tag=thefabimaxiwe-20&linkId=e156a66df9ef01c1743147184c7dca43 Quote In the kingdom(s) of the West, something is rotten. Collectively, the countries of NATO are responsible for almost two thirds of global military spending. In terms of military technology, particularly electronics, communications and logistics, they have left the rest so far behind that it is no contest. Yet ever since the Korean War ended in 1953, almost every time they went abroad and fought non-Westerners they were defeated and had to withdraw. As happened, to cite but two recent cases, in Iraq and Afghanistan; and as may yet happen if and when Islamic terrorism spreads into Europe, as it is quite likely to do. What went wrong? How did the ferocious soldiers who, between 1492 and 1914, brought practically the entire world under their sway, become pussycats? The present study, unique of its kind, seeks to answer these questions. Chapter I, “Subduing the Young,” focuses on the way Western people raise their scanty offspring. Infantilizing them, depriving them of any kind of independence, and, in the words of a recent best-seller, turning them into “excellent sheep.” Chapter II, “Defanging the Troops,” shows how the same is happening in the military. Chapter III, “The War on Men,” examines the way in which the forces are being feminized affects, indeed infects, their fighting power. Chapter IV, “Constructing PTSD,” looks at the way returning soldiers are almost obliged to develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Finally, chapter V outlines the emergence of modern societies which, exalting rights and forgetting about duty, have come very close to delegitimizing war itself. The book is about 73,000 words long. It is written in jargon-less language laymen can understand. It is also thoroughly documented. Readership should include anybody with an interest in national security, and then some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrico_sw Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 54 minutes ago, Cult Icon said: the biggest terrorists in the US appear to be weaponized teenage boys at schools... Depends on what you call terrorists. Your boys should stop to watch television, and I don't mean violent programs, I mean the media. They give too much coverage, which make these acts looks like a way towards fame. 54 minutes ago, Cult Icon said: the Us gov't/media is mainly obsessed with right wing extremists/militias but they do comparatively little Right wing extremist, left wing extremist, environmental extremists, they have a lot in common, particulary this: they think their acts are absolved because they act for a cause. I heard a conference of one of your guys (FBI, IIRC) in Lyon a couple of years ago, he mentionned the threats on dams as very serious ones. I haven't heard of environmental extremists like this in France. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-12/uom-guv121111.php Quote Of the attacks in the United States for which perpetrator information is known (73 percent), the groups most frequently launching completed attacks were the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrico_sw Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 54 minutes ago, Cult Icon said: perhaps it's different in France but Vegan activists are likely to be pacifists Maybe our vision is distorted by media coverage as well... After all, they are just a handful of extremists and the real killers are often unspoken of: like sugar addiction, smoking, industrial food, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stromboli1 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 12 hours ago, Cult Icon said: ^^ lol "football specialists", more like "social proof" specialists!!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_proof After the games are over, they forget about soccer until next time! Beautiful girls though.. National teams are often #1 in the fan hierarchy then club teams. It'll pick back up for the Euros, but it's not the World Cup though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 @Enrico_sw There are hundreds of millions of firearms in the US in private ownership (registered and unregistered). This is past the point of no return- makes all the anti-gun stuff look ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrico_sw Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 ^ sure, that's not an easy matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrico_sw Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 16 minutes ago, Stromboli1 said: National teams are often #1 in the fan hierarchy then club teams. It'll pick back up for the Euros, but it's not the World Cup though. Yes, and football players have been reproached the opposite (being better for their clubs than for their national team), which is a bit unfair. They're just less used to play with their National team (a couple of times a year vs. once a week) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I'm traveled about 9,000 miles so far to various states this year (Northeast USA) and about the same rate last year. Overall I have an increased impression that a big portion of American infrastructure, cities, big towns, small towns, commerce and culture has grown at a snail's pace since the early 2000s. So many places are not much different that what I remembered a long time ago, or have indications that they've been mostly frozen in time since the 1990s or even the 1980s/1970s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 4 hours ago, Enrico_sw said: Maybe our vision is distorted by media coverage as well... After all, they are just a handful of extremists and the real killers are often unspoken of: like sugar addiction, smoking, industrial food, etc. yea, it's highly distorted and in both a biased and random way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I like this scene- well acted and it was moving the first time I saw it. It's a common trope in drama and religious ideals. But this scenario of a good looking woman waiting 16 years for a man that she marginally knew is so idealistic as to be insulting. More like 16 weeks or 16 months at the very most...... But somehow this idealism still holds fascination and attraction ! Something deep inside of us wishes it could be true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 lorena rae is a boring model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17 Moments of Spring Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 15 hours ago, Cult Icon said: But somehow this idealism still holds fascination and attraction ! Something deep inside of us wishes it could be true. Let It Go Edmond dumas is a writer of excessive romanticism. i read this book at a young age and for some reasons, i can relate to this story even now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 On 7/23/2018 at 10:56 AM, 17 Moments of Spring said: dumas is a writer of excessive romanticism. i read this book at a young age and for some reasons, i can relate to this story even now. Me too. Somehow I am moved by the whole portion of "long suffering" into transformation; chrysalis to the butterfly. However, in real life transformation can take place with no suffering at all. It reminds me of the film "Pappilion", one of my favorites from childhood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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17 Moments of Spring Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 16 hours ago, Cult Icon said: It reminds me of the film "Pappilion", one of my favorites from childhood i had read it at one time, but saw the movie only a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Ginta's boyfriend looks like he's mentally handicapped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 22 hours ago, 17 Moments of Spring said: i had read it at one time, but saw the movie only a few years ago. what was your impressions of the book? I only saw the movie many times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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