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by martinspjuth
08 Oct 2020, 15:35
Forum: General
Topic: AOE3:DE Giveaway
Replies: 146
Views: 8975
Flag: Sweden

Re: AOE3:DE Giveaway

How amazing, I won!
Thank you @XeeleeFlower for doing this! I'm both happy to have won, and for this event to have taken place. This event brought forth much positivity which the community desperately needed. Great initiative and very generous of you!
by martinspjuth
23 Sep 2020, 12:21
Forum: General
Topic: AOE3:DE Giveaway
Replies: 146
Views: 8975
Flag: Sweden

Re: AOE3:DE Giveaway

I’m thankful to ESOC and all its contributors. It is awesome that we have regular tournaments with good caster and great UI. The website eso-community.net looks fabulous and works really well. The community writes strategy guides and helps new players. There are plenty of positive things to say abou...
by martinspjuth
04 Sep 2020, 19:45
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: On the subject of race
Replies: 614
Views: 17978
Flag: Sweden

Re: ESOC and Racism

A few thoughts on this topic. If you think the definitions in (1.) and (2.) are too narrow, or if you directly disagree with any of the points (or parts of them), please do explain why. 1. Racism is the idea of an ethnic group of people that are superior or inferior to other ethnic groups when it co...
by martinspjuth
04 Sep 2020, 18:36
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: On the subject of race
Replies: 614
Views: 17978
Flag: Sweden

Re: ESOC and Racism

It's not a binary. It's about improving the average across a large population. And that same idea is at the heart of a lot of left policy. Yet left wing policies always wind up lowering the average. When you give people free shit without them earning it, they are worse off. This is learned helpless...
by martinspjuth
02 Jun 2020, 17:07
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US riots
Replies: 2679
Views: 30909
Flag: Sweden

Re: Minneapolis riots

Yes. Online it has been a problem for quite some time.
by martinspjuth
02 Jun 2020, 17:00
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US riots
Replies: 2679
Views: 30909
Flag: Sweden

Re: Minneapolis riots

[mention]u1387[/mention] I never doubted that there would be right-wing instigators. What I was skeptical about was whether they really posed as antifa (or other groups) in any significant way. In the videos you showed they are obviously not antifa (an all-white male antifa group seems unlikely), th...
by martinspjuth
02 Jun 2020, 16:08
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US riots
Replies: 2679
Views: 30909
Flag: Sweden

Re: Minneapolis riots

Planting bricks would not help in police work. But if the police (or members of the police) wanted to escalate things, planting bricks for rioters to use would make sense I do find your explanation very reasonable, for police to take away bricks from the streets do make sense. I do not however see h...
by martinspjuth
02 Jun 2020, 15:31
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US riots
Replies: 2679
Views: 30909
Flag: Sweden

Re: Minneapolis riots

I really hope what Dolan posted is the truth. If it isn’t and police really are placing bricks around for rioters to use, this is really sick. I mean they are not killing or beating up people in this video, but this is not done in the heat of the moment. It would be planned. That would truly make me...
by martinspjuth
02 Jun 2020, 15:06
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US riots
Replies: 2679
Views: 30909
Flag: Sweden

Re: Minneapolis riots

I've heard that there were stacks of bricks appearing near protest sites, but not that it would be the police stacking them. Can you link any of the videos of this? As for police grade flash bangs and smoke grenades being used, is that so strange (if it isn't a considerable number of them) consideri...
by martinspjuth
02 Jun 2020, 14:47
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US riots
Replies: 2679
Views: 30909
Flag: Sweden

Re: Minneapolis riots

I've heard a couple of times now that people think there might be white racist posing as antifa, or that the police have members joining the protestors to throw things and purposely escalate the protests into violence. Especially the last part with the police I find very hard to believe. Have there ...
by martinspjuth
02 Jun 2020, 14:05
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US riots
Replies: 2679
Views: 30909
Flag: Sweden

Re: Minneapolis riots

fightinfrenchman wrote:Police are the ones escalating these protests into violence
They are partly at fault, yes. The rioters are partly at fault too. It isn't the police who are looting and pillaging.
by martinspjuth
02 Jun 2020, 08:28
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US riots
Replies: 2679
Views: 30909
Flag: Sweden

Re: Minneapolis riots

Nice rant. I never said that it's currently realistic for the world to use leverage to get the US in line, just that it's becoming important. You said it was a bad time for Brexit, in the context of US needing economic competitors who can put pressure on the US to do the right thing. If you don’t t...
by martinspjuth
02 Jun 2020, 08:04
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US riots
Replies: 2679
Views: 30909
Flag: Sweden

Re: Minneapolis riots

It's becoming important that the US has economic competitors. The rest of the world needs leverage to be able to stop it from committing war crimes against its own citizens and to stop it from sliding further towards authoritarianism. Such a bad time to Brexit.. What competitors, China? Yeah, becau...
by martinspjuth
01 Jun 2020, 20:27
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US riots
Replies: 2679
Views: 30909
Flag: Sweden

Re: Minneapolis riots

Honestly not many people listen to the radio these days, right? It’s all on Spotify or Apple Music or similar platforms that are not radio-like. At least in the US it’s like that. SiriusXM and stuff is popular but old fashioned radio doesn’t seem to be, especially in the younger generation. And hon...
by martinspjuth
01 Jun 2020, 20:14
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US riots
Replies: 2679
Views: 30909
Flag: Sweden

Re: Minneapolis riots

Need some advanced AI then For streaming services, it would probably be needed. Or maybe one could have a system where people can report songs they find should be locked behind age restriction, then when a song reaches a certain number of reports they could have someone look at the song and then de...
by martinspjuth
01 Jun 2020, 19:55
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US riots
Replies: 2679
Views: 30909
Flag: Sweden

Re: Minneapolis riots

You should be able to sing about whatever you want in whichever way you want. That doesn’t mean it should be played on the radio. If the song promotes or glorifies criminality it should be banned from radio and have an age restriction on music streaming services, just like videogames have an age re...
by martinspjuth
01 Jun 2020, 19:43
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US riots
Replies: 2679
Views: 30909
Flag: Sweden

Re: Minneapolis riots

You should be able to sing about whatever you want in whichever way you want. That doesn’t mean it should be played on the radio. If the song promotes or glorifies criminality it should be banned from radio and have an age restriction on music streaming services, just like videogames have an age res...
by martinspjuth
31 May 2020, 12:02
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: Music you're listening to
Replies: 3580
Views: 91818
Flag: Sweden

Re: Music you're listening to

2 Great songs:

1. The ledgendary original performed by four great male country singers


2. The excellent new version with new lyrics by four awesome female country singers
by martinspjuth
31 May 2020, 07:32
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US Politics Megathread
Replies: 31379
Views: 391999
Flag: Sweden

Re: 2020 US Elections

Okay, thanks for explaining @spanky4ever
by martinspjuth
31 May 2020, 07:27
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US Politics Megathread
Replies: 31379
Views: 391999
Flag: Sweden

Re: 2020 US Elections

I'm probably missing something, but I don't see why Trump's statement of "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" would be promoting violence. That there is shooting when there is looting just seems as a logical consequence to me. When you have so many people with firearms, of cours...
by martinspjuth
31 May 2020, 07:03
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US Politics Megathread
Replies: 31379
Views: 391999
Flag: Sweden

Re: 2020 US Elections

I'm probably missing something, but I don't see why Trump's statement of "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" would be promoting violence. That there is shooting when there is looting just seems as a logical consequence to me. When you have so many people with firearms, of course...
by martinspjuth
30 May 2020, 16:51
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US riots
Replies: 2679
Views: 30909
Flag: Sweden

Re: Minneapolis riots

It wouldn't fix everything but police unions need to be banned entirely No. The unions work to improve the working conditions for its members, police officers have the right to have as good working conditions as possible, just as people in any other field. If there are unions that promote brutality...
by martinspjuth
30 May 2020, 11:39
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US riots
Replies: 2679
Views: 30909
Flag: Sweden

Re: Minneapolis riots

This clip from the Newsroom, although a bit old, address the subjected of whether America is the greatest country in the world or not, quite well.

by martinspjuth
30 May 2020, 07:12
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US riots
Replies: 2679
Views: 30909
Flag: Sweden

Re: Minneapolis riots

They didn't listen when they're petitioned. They didn't listen when people started kneeling. They didn't listen when it is peaceful assembly. They started listening when property was damaged. Did they? As far as I know the only thing they have done is charge the police officer with murder, nothing ...
by martinspjuth
29 May 2020, 23:15
Forum: Real-life Discussion
Topic: US riots
Replies: 2679
Views: 30909
Flag: Sweden

Re: Minneapolis riots

all policemen are complicit. they all cover each other and turn a blind eye to murder committed by their colleagues. my opinion of policemen could not be lower, they are all murderers or complicit those riots should be even harsher. enough with these power hungry twats with the licence to kill You ...

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