Pepperm1nts

Your Political Ideology

That makes sense, and those are good points. I agree with most of it.

But.. all cars come with seat-belts. If you bought a car, you have seat-belts. You're not buying the seat-belts separately for a ridiculous price. So the least you can do is consider the dangers to you and others, and put the damn thing on. It's a damn seat-belt. Your rights aren't being stepped on, the world isn't going to end. And when you get pulled over and fined for not wearing one, it's not because the government is tyrannical. It's because there are rules and safety measures that should be followed when possible.

But I'll admit, at this point it's kind of silly to be arguing about seat-belts. But I blame Goldmarble for that.

EDIT: I guess what I'm saying is, if it only affects you (ie: tripping on your laces), then the government shouldn't interfere. Falling because your laces were untied isn't going to put whoever you fall on in a coma. But if it's something where your life, as well as others', are in danger, then the government should be allowed to step in.

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Goldmarble said
Goes on to a lot more things than just seat belts. Seat belt laws are just a tiny fraction of the things that bother me with the idea of our current authoritarian styles of government.I did not want to bring up larger, more polarizing issues in a thread not about them, so please, take your petty sarcasm with you.

Then please, by all means enlighten us in regards to these other issues you speak of. It's not our fault you keep sticking to seat-belts. We've countered your arguments in regards to that already, several times. I wasn't sure how to respond to it a third time, so I made a sarcastic remark. It's not like I came in the topic with nothing but sarcasm in defense of my views. No, I told you how I felt about it. Some of the others did too. But all you've argued is "It is my right to not wear seat-belts because FREEDOM!". We've already argued that's selfish, among other things. But you maintain that your right to reject seat-belts, even at the expense of others, is sacred.

If you want this discussion to go beyond sarcastic remarks, I think at this point you're going to have to give your seat-belt rebellion a break and bring up an issue that enables a better argument on your behalf. If seat-belts are a "tiny fraction of the things that bother you", then why is it still the basis of your argument? I mean, for someone who claims they wear seat-belts anyway, you're really defensive about it.

EDIT:

mdk said

I'm in favor of drug legalization too. The government shouldn't tell you what to put in your body, unless it somehow begins to affect others, which is my point here. Not wearing a seat-belt is a risk to you, and others. As someone mentioned before, passengers who aren't wearing seat-belts (because they're part of the seat-belt rebellion movement, maybe) risk injuring or even killing others inside of the vehicle with their bodies. And, someone in the front seat of a car can be ejected through the front and hit someone. You can say that's unlikely, sure, but it's possible. And it's putting your life, as well as someone else, in danger.

As I mentioned before, even if it's unlikely, it doesn't mean there shouldn't be preventive/safety measures. There are preventive measures on every-day things. And I guarantee you people would flip shit if something happened and it was revealed that preventive measures existed but weren't practiced.

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How dare our overlords strip us of our god-given freedom to reject seat-belts.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

(That means you're accepted)

EDIT: Aaron himself ninja'd me with an edit.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

Pepperm1nts: Nex posted app
AaronMk de Mareat: I saw.
AaronMk de Mareat: And beheld its girth.

dat girth

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duck55223 said
The want to reunite Yugoslavia has actually existed since Yugoslavia originally collapsed. Most of the political stuff was dragged out during the 70s.

But remember that we're telling a story here. You don't tell much of a story if you just rush into war. You have to lay things out for the reader, and make sense of things. You can't just say, "Well, it's common knowledge that they would want to rebuild Yugoslavia". You need to actually play us through it. And even with the desire to rebuild Yugoslavia, there'd be other reasons for wanting the territories, which you could have shown us. Easing into things is almost always better than just rushing through it and leaving everyone with a ton of questions as to why things were done.

Rare said
I already did.

Looks good to me, if a bit short. But good anyway. You'll have to wait for Aaron to review it though.

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duck55223 said
I was never planning to have it go "Serbians march into Bosnia, Serbians Win cause there Serbian" type deal. I do my best to avoid that. I actually prefer when wars get dragged out, more chance to write out violence and explosions.

You still have time to make sure the conquests drag-out and become bloody. But if I'm being honest, I'll say you could have done a better job dragging out the political stuff that leads to the take-over. You're two posts in and already mobilizing your forces, when you could have used rthe first few posts to explain how and why. And stretched-out your reasons beyond "We want to reunite Yugoslavia".

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Just post it and we'll rip it apart like vultures like we do with everyone. It's okay if you get some things wrong. We'll correct you, you'll fix it, and life will go on :P

Cara's Originally Titled OoC Hangout Thread ♥ (Still)

US after sea-rise

I look at New England and I cry. My hometown underwater. Then I look at Florida and other parts of the south and rejoice.

But poor ol' England gets it worse, if these maps are correct:

Europe after sea-rise