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Evony ads?
Delirium:
--- Quote from: flux capacitor on 22 Oct 2009, 01:05 ---hi, long time lurker.
Just want to say i saw the evony games first advertised on QC and liked the screenshots. I love Civ type games. I started playing the game and got seriously addicted. I droped $105 on it total. i started playing WoW again to get myself off it.
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just. stop. talking.
Dliessmgg:
Why do people hate each other? I'm too lazy for that shit.
kraemandrummer:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 21 Oct 2009, 21:12 ---
--- Quote from: kraemandrummer on 21 Oct 2009, 14:28 ---...
Patriotism is the disease destroying this world.
discuss
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I think you're confusing patriotism with nationalism, and maybe xenophobia. A lot of people do.
Patriotism is the willingness to give of yourself for a greater cause, that of your community (or country).
Nationalism is a distinct favoring of your nation over others - remember, Nazi is short for Nazionalist, the nationalist party.
Xenophobia is a fear of "others", mainly foreigners. It is closely related to nationalism.
Patriotism does not automatically imply either of the others, but a lot of people seem to think that they're all related. It is possible to support your country without trashing others!
This message has been brought to you by the Society of Closet Patriots.
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Not the way most americans think. considering the history of the use of patriotism, I cannot help to think that the spirit of the meaning has changed from it's textbook definition
I unno it just seems an excuse to make you feel superior than everyone else. (so maybe many people are confusing it with nationalism)
I personally am all for abolishing nationalistic borders. Yes a world order. Within the industrial world, they end up just, as I said, an excuse to feel superior. Also you cannot fight over resources you already possess.
Of course I am being idealistic (and naive in all likelihood). Until we get the religions living in peace (aughabhaadjfohowe) there will be fighting. And people will not accept any world order easily. And for quite some time they will still feel like the remnants of their country is better then the remnants of some other country.
But fuck nations. I don't give a shit where you're from. Just play nice
kraemandrummer:
--- Quote from: Jeans on 21 Oct 2009, 14:39 ---Why even say "people are lazy"?
I mean, that means you're doing literally exactly the same thing as whoever you're attributing the laziness
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Jesus murphy. Yes I am making a generalization. But I have reason to. (like a real reason not some silly stereotypical thing my parents told me as a kid) Also I am calling myself lazy (I never excluded myself) so maybe I have accepted this problem within me. And claiming that you're part of the problem is something that racism, homophobia,and has never done
Humanity does take the path of least resistance. There's a difference between making a generalization based on little or no evidence, and making one based on how you see the entire human race act. It's like calling the human race greedy. Overall we are. If we weren't a lot of the problems we've had wouldn't of happened at all.
I guess I should clear up what I meant.
"Many people tend to approach dealing with people of a different sort in the easiest way that they can. This usually makes them fall back on stereotypes, especially when they have not had much dealings with said people of a different sort. Much of the time though, this interferes with them getting to know the person as a person, or even prevents them from trying altogether. Which is a mistake."
maddness:
It's better when you use text for the link instead of just the link itself ... that's just lazy.
:-D
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