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krellin (80 DX)
29 Apr 14 UTC
What "White Male Privilege"???
http://www.theonion.com/articles/white-male-privilege-squandered-on-job-at-best-buy,35835/

<throws hook...>
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obiwanobiwan (248 D)
29 Apr 14 UTC
It's Maple's Alter Ego! (But Seriously--Should Serling Be Forced to Sell the Team?)
http://nba.si.com/2014/04/29/donald-sterling-adam-silver-nba-owners-reaction/ To be clear--this is HYPOTHETICAL. There's nothing in the NBA Constitution that gives the commissioner the right to do this, so this is more just a thought experiment--say that power existed, and Adam Silver COULD force Serling to sell the team based on his repeated racist comments over the years, with this last doozy being the kicker. If the power existed, SHOULD the man lose his team over this?
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Chaqa (3971 D(B))
27 Apr 14 UTC
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TIL how to spell Heligoland Bight
Apparently it isn't Helgoland, it's Heligoland.

Been playing for 8 years!
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Yellowjacket (835 D(B))
25 Mar 14 UTC
In search of the Holy spirit
A daily log of YJ's journey to find joy and unity with the Christian God. Strap yourself in kids, this might take awhile.
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sanctacaris (556 D)
28 Apr 14 UTC
Gunboat game for the reliable but poor
I'm tired of the NMRs and CDs that are far too common i the low-bet games I can afford to play. I'd love to play in the big-pot games with the best players, but I don't have the $ (and, hey, I'm not that good anyway). If there are other middle of the road players who feel the same way, perhaps we can organize a password-protected game (or two if there's enough interest) of reliable gunboaters. More below.
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Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
26 Apr 14 UTC
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Evolution at work?
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/25/virginia-christians-prepare-for-40-day-hunger-strike-against-same-sex-marriage/
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Maniac (189 D(B))
27 Apr 14 UTC
Epic Win
Before you follow link, guess how many SCs the winner has? It's a ancient med game...

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=139925#gamePanel
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A_Tin_Can (2234 D)
26 Apr 14 UTC
Phase length for FTF games?
I've been thinking about putting together a face to face game for some new players (friends who don't play diplomacy.... yet). But, I've never played FTF myself - so:

What kind of phase lengths do people use? I assume that there's also a time or turn cap too (eg game ends in 1910)?
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ShaolinNinja (341 D)
27 Apr 14 UTC
Need an England, Not a bad spot at all
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mapleleaf (0 DX)
27 Apr 14 UTC
Colm Feore as Lear in Stratford.
We're going May 17 or 24, as per Mrs. maple.
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Yellowjacket (835 D(B))
25 Apr 14 UTC
The redefinition of sexual assault
This is a problem to me.
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mapleleaf (0 DX)
26 Apr 14 UTC
Going to see the Iron Sheik today.
Respect the Legend, Bubba!
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
26 Apr 14 UTC
Underage Drinking
Two IU players busted for underage drinking, one I know well. I guess the shocking part of their arrests is that the police in B-town are such assholes that they go around hunting for underage drinkers on Little 500 Day.

Please tell me no one on webDip suffered until 21 before their first drink.
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Draugnar (0 DX)
20 Apr 14 UTC
Bought a new pet today...
A veiled chameleon. He's a little older (adolescent, not juvenile) and really cool. Already he is getting used to me and will hang out on my shirt sleeve and such.
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
26 Apr 14 UTC
Is... Is This... A Joke?
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/national/Driver+fatal+collision+with+cyclists+suing+dead+teen/9772606/story.html

She's just got a sick sense of humor, right?
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Al Swearengen (0 DX)
23 Apr 14 UTC
Statute of Limitations
Dear Staff:

What is the statue of limitations for prosecuting people who have broken the site rules, cheating specifically?
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WardenDresden (239 D(B))
24 Apr 14 UTC
Woody Allen, child molestor[?], given a lifetime achievement award.
So, one of my courses this semester is about "contemporary issues" and one of the issues I'm supposed to debate during our final is whether Woody Allen deserved the lifetime achievement award given to him by the Golden Globes. I've been assigned to argue on the side that he should not have gotten the award. And I want to hear what the people of WebDip think. Source links in the thread.
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steephie22 (182 D(S))
25 Apr 14 UTC
So I should be dancing in about 5 hours from now...
But I can't dance. How do I make sure that it's decent enough to not look ridiculous?
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Cpt Steve Zissou (140 D)
24 Apr 14 UTC
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Grammar Nazi
Hi all, I'm new here but have been playing Diplomacy for years and years. Apologies if this post carries the stigma of any WebDip forum taboos...
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President Eden (2750 D)
26 Apr 14 UTC
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NY Cop Accidentally Shoots Partner During Drunken Gun Show-And-Tell
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/apparently-accidentally-shot-partner-sources-article-1.1767458

"I wasn't drunk, just had a couple of shots!"
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krellin (80 DX)
25 Apr 14 UTC
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God Is Disappointed In You
YJ -- Here you go buddy Go buy this and let me know what you think. In fact, I think I might have to go buy this and let you kow what I think. Best Title for "God's Word" I can think of, too -- after all, front to back, page 1 to last, that's pretty much what the whole thing is about. God is Disappointed In You:
http://boingboing.net/2014/04/02/god-is-disappointed-in-you.html
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obiwanobiwan (248 D)
24 Apr 14 UTC
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Because the NFL Season NEVER Ends...NINERS! SEAHAWKS! THANKSGIVING NIGHT!
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/nfl-schedule--2014-campaign-kicks-off-with-packers-at-seahawks-001858591.html
The schedules for each NFL team is out...we begin with Yellowjacket's Packers looking for revenge for the "Fail Mary" against the Seahawks...and come Thanksgiving...mark my words, it's gonna be one of the biggest and biggest-hyped Thanksgiving games ever...the Seahawks! The Niners! By the Bay on Turkey Day! :D
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semck83 (229 D(B))
24 Apr 14 UTC
Paglia on the Drinking Age: Discuss
http://time.com/72546/drinking-age-alcohol-repeal/
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SantaClausowitz (360 D)
24 Apr 14 UTC
Reason for Putin33's absence
Why did our number one Russian apologist disappear roughly around the time Crimea was annexed
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Maniac (189 D(B))
22 Apr 14 UTC
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I envy the USA
In sleepy UK our police officers arn't allowed to shoot and kill people for aggressive use of a pen
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27106445
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abgemacht (1076 D(G))
25 Apr 14 UTC
Flappy 2048
So, you think you're cool for beating 2048?

http://flappy2048.com/
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WardenDresden (239 D(B))
24 Apr 14 UTC
Etiquette Question Regarding NMRs/CDs starting the game.
What do you do when a country has NMRs or CDs at the start of a game?
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SYnapse (0 DX)
22 Apr 14 UTC
memorial game to the revelion in putsch munich
I was thinking about creating a game with only germans or who ever his grandma was violated by a fucking judden or commie or any other sons of their protitutes mothers out there,it is also reliable to have a single brown hair jumping out of your blonde scalp as a sign of your not pure Aryan blood.
Who is in?
abgemacht (1076 D(G))
22 Apr 14 UTC
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For someone who loves to complain about mods being too involved in the Forum, you sure do love to post stupid shit.
SYnapse (0 DX)
22 Apr 14 UTC
+1 fishing again.... you should know better.
taos (281 D)
22 Apr 14 UTC
What's funny?
All the german girls who come to Israel and go visit gaza or volunteer in a kibutz and in the attempt to clear their conscience get screw in their beautiful white a
krellin (80 DX)
22 Apr 14 UTC
+1 fishing? Yeah, normally when I go fishing I use something the fish would be mildly interested in...
taos (281 D)
22 Apr 14 UTC
Ass holes by a jew or arab.
The perfect revenge.
ghug (5068 D(B))
22 Apr 14 UTC
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taos, the things you say sometimes...
taos (281 D)
23 Apr 14 UTC
I admit it was stupid, but i had to.
Thank God it's not f2f,i were in jail by now for killing this SYnapse fucking Nazi bastard, who i really hope his mother in did was raped by a Jew.
What the fuck is wrong with you taos?
cocaine is a hell of a drug
What the fuck is wrong with Taos? Synapse, a non-Jew, as far as I'm aware, is making what I assume is a nazi joke, that crosses the usual line of jokes with the violated by a judden remark. I assume Taos, like myself, knows of many family members that perished in the holocaust, knows the horrors of what synapse is trying to laugh with, and didn't appreciate the sense of humour. Sure he overreacted, but I think the question is what the fuck is wrong with sy to make a joke. I reckon if Taos killed synapse face to face in Israel after that comment, he would get huge amounts of sympathy from the entire country. I think the perfect revenge comment was much more out of order, his last comment was almost reasonable
taos (281 D)
24 Apr 14 UTC
I asked a jewish girl for her number. She rolled up her sleeve.
NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
24 Apr 14 UTC
Taos
Good to here she has a great work ethic, we need more of that attitude nowadays, people who are willing to get stuck in..
Date that one..... she is a keeper.
steephie22 (182 D(S))
24 Apr 14 UTC
I thought you didn't like holocaust jokes, taos?
NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
24 Apr 14 UTC
oops sorry ..... was it a joke !!
Are people still talking about the holocaust?
When do we think (70 years on) it would be a good time to move on ??
steephie22 (182 D(S))
24 Apr 14 UTC
While I agree with your sentiment Nigee, the answer to that question is possibly just before WWIII, so maybe it's for the best :)
taos (281 D)
24 Apr 14 UTC
Never!
We will never move on and never forget,we still remember egipt slavery,babilonian exodus,spanish
inquicition,etc.
we will pass this pain from generation to the next forever to warn our children and preserve Jewish traditions.
Forgiveness is a different issue some of us will some not.
NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
24 Apr 14 UTC
To be fair I'm still pretty pissed off with the Yanks for chucking our tea into the Boston River ...... cheeky bastards.
Lord, give me the strength to change the things I can, blah de blah de blah

Bad stuff happened in history but there is some bad shit going down right now, some nucking futters have built a new Berlin wall around Jerusalem, wtf is going on there !!
taos (281 D)
24 Apr 14 UTC
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One day a Jewish grandmother had taken her grandson to the beach for a play when suddenly a huge wave washed over the infant and pulled him out to sea. The distraught grandmother fell down on her knees, and sobbed, "Please God, don't let my grandson die, please, he is my only grandson! He is the future of my family, please return him to me safely!" Instantly another huge wave rolls the infant back onto the beach and the grandmother looks up to the sky and said, "He had a hat!" 
NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
24 Apr 14 UTC
Yep, +1
70 years isn't so long... and people only talk about the holocaust, that was coming on the back of the ghettos, inquisitions, pogroms etc.,
NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
24 Apr 14 UTC
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By the sounds of it no other group of people in human history have ever suffered .... or maybe nobody gives a damn about the others and they have no agenda to use their suffering for.
We should never forget but I ask myself have the future generations learnt lessons from the past, I listen to Netanyahu, then I shake my head ..... sad, sad, sad !!
SYnapse (0 DX)
24 Apr 14 UTC
I'd just like to say that I was parodying Taos's post, which was insulting to many German families whos children also died on the battlefield
NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
24 Apr 14 UTC
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The Germans had a Wall, now the Israelis have won .... the Chinese have a big one.
I had some Polish builders do ours so we just have some stud partitioning :-)
NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
24 Apr 14 UTC
That was very Freudian .... they have not 'won' yet but if you were in downtown Palestine you may beg to differ .... or just beg to stop them bulldozing your house !!
taos (281 D)
24 Apr 14 UTC
If you think this was insulting,try to imagine how it is when someone rapes yor sister or you mother or both,and your father forced to watch.
Later they forced all the family to get on tje tracks,and move to the gheto or camp.
SYnapse (0 DX)
24 Apr 14 UTC
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Or if you are starving miner in Berlin victim of the Versailles Treaty....
taos (281 D)
24 Apr 14 UTC
To be tatooed by number and catalogue like wee do with cows or sheep and yo
SYnapse (0 DX)
24 Apr 14 UTC
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Or to carry your Deuschmarks in a wheelbarrow to buy a loaf of bread for your starving family
NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
24 Apr 14 UTC
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Taos .... come forward 70 years and we have the same atrocities happening in the modern day, it's a lot less romantic to think we are ignoring the plight of millions now, every day we are allowing the suffering to continue .... surely allowing history to repeat itself is an even worse because we should know better. You would hope that Jewish groups the world over would be the loudest voices calling for postive global action to protect the vulnerable, the victims but the silence is deafening, there is your holocaust legacy, nothing has changed.
@sy, a nazi soldier is a nazi soldier, and should not be excused as you do, your parody was in poor taste, and the reason for your parody, weak.
ssorenn (0 DX)
24 Apr 14 UTC
@nigee
Are people still talking about the holocaust?
When do we think (70 years on) it would be a good time to move on ??

NEVER

if you forget the past, you are deemed to repeat in the future---never forget the past
ssorenn (0 DX)
24 Apr 14 UTC
Nigee you are delusional, change happens everyday....take this site....we can't agree on anything here...now extrapolate out to the entire planet....it is hard to get anything accomplished...but forgetting is not an option
SYnapse (0 DX)
24 Apr 14 UTC
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A soldier is a soldier is a soldier, and should not be excused, I agree. Anyone who picks up a gun and fires at someone else is a murderer. I don't believe in international "law" governing acceptable murders.

However a member of the national socialist party is not necessarily a soldier or inexcusable, just as republican voters are not responsible for the Iraq War. Insulting comments directed at "nazis" are as illdirected as those directed against jews
ssorenn (0 DX)
24 Apr 14 UTC
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@SY---what fucking kool-aid are you drinking
NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
24 Apr 14 UTC
Making jokes about Jews is great fun ...... relating it to war atrocities is a little OTT.
Every sane human being knows the Second World War was a bad place to be, even the USA finally picked the right side and got busy, I wonder if they would have let the Jews and the allies continue to get slaughtered if it hadn't of been for Pearl Harbor......
ssorenn (0 DX)
24 Apr 14 UTC
i don't have a problem with jokes about jews, i'm one and i can laugh at myself, and do it quite often,( I'm quite comfortable in my own shoes. As it relates to war atrocities, that would curl my skin and make me quite agitated
NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
24 Apr 14 UTC
What were the American public thinking when they were not in the war but were hearing about all these people getting killed in Europe, I'd be interested to know ... they were not overly interested in saving the Jews, sadly :-(
NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
24 Apr 14 UTC
ssorenn is it just that you are Jewish or does that gold really suit you :-)
SYnapse (0 DX)
24 Apr 14 UTC
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ssorenn I'm just sick of people hating on the nameless, faceless evil nazis while never acknowledging that a country of people went to war because of starvation and oppression by imperial countries led by gold-rich kings and churches

I am however as appaled by the holocaust as you are. but lets not forget hiroshima and nagasaki
ssorenn (0 DX)
24 Apr 14 UTC
but lets not forget hiroshima and nagasaki...

you do understand, and i hope you do, that as awful as that was,it led to a swift end of the war and without a doubt,saved 10x more lives than the cost in lives those two days...i don't belittle the lives lost,but what would have been worse would have been the extension of the war by 2+ years

ssorenn (0 DX)
24 Apr 14 UTC
Nigee REALLY
ssorenn (0 DX)
24 Apr 14 UTC
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"What were the American public thinking when they were not in the war but were hearing about all these people getting killed in Europe, I'd be interested to know ... they were not overly interested in saving the Jews, sadly :-("

i don't know,cause i wasn't there,and they(americans)are still not quite interested in saving Jews, in my opinion...just today in this society its harder to outspoken against them
@sy, being in the nazi party isn't like being in the republican party because it was out and out racist, and proud. i always am willing to talk about circumstances, but i think you can condemn people just for being in racist groups, like the kkk.
also, and this is for another thread, hiroshima and nagasaki were probably the correct decision. and more civilians died from the bombings of dresden and fire bombings of tokyo - people just get excited over the a-bombs
taos obviously doesn't give a shit about the Holocaust, making jokes about it like he is. I don't see how him claiming to be Jewish gives him a pass to be a terrible human being.

SYnapse is pretty terrible too but I already know what's wrong with him, he's a child that gets off to making an idiot out of himself. I dunno what makes taos tick so I asked him.
krellin (80 DX)
24 Apr 14 UTC
PE - Vote update? <Oh....blush...did I *accidentally* cross-thread? Silly old me...>


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SYnapse (0 DX)
24 Apr 14 UTC
Ukraine moves on insurgents, Russia mobilises troops
Continued from the other Ukraine threads.
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ssorenn (0 DX)
24 Apr 14 UTC
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Fixing part of the NMR and CD in beginning of games
To be clear, I am NOT a programmer, but it seems to me a simple fix at the start of new games would be an an initial ready button. This would allow the game not to start if everyone is not present. For longer duration games people would have a whole phase to figure things are starting and for live games,the duration could be 5-10 minutes that way if one or more people don't show up, they get kicked out so some else could take their place.

Thought??
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