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Post by The Lost One on May 4, 2019 0:54:35 GMT
It seems goodness is always outplayed 😞
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Post by The Herald Erjen on May 4, 2019 2:16:44 GMT
Yes.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2019 2:32:44 GMT
Being bad is a perception.
George Washington is a villain to the Brits, but an American hero.
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Post by Vegas on May 4, 2019 3:31:10 GMT
It seems goodness is always outplayed 😞 
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Post by The Herald Erjen on May 4, 2019 9:33:53 GMT
Being bad is a perception. George Washington is a villain to the Brits, but an American hero. He's a hero to the Freemasons, which would include quite a few Brits; Sir Francis Bacon, Winston Churchill, Jack the Ripper, et al.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2019 12:05:08 GMT
It seems goodness is always outplayed 😞 But the bad guys don't always win.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on May 4, 2019 13:03:57 GMT
I'm trying to remember when a bad guy won against me.
I may need more detail.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on May 4, 2019 13:14:53 GMT
I'm trying to remember when a bad guy won against me. I may need more detail. Bucky may have his illusions crumbled if he ever reads this. He likes to think he won against you. 
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Post by The Lost One on May 4, 2019 20:24:39 GMT
It seems goodness is always outplayed 😞 But the bad guys don't always win. Perhaps not, but sure feels that way at times. |
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Post by nostromo87 on May 4, 2019 20:31:49 GMT
Like what, for example? Maybe I'm just nit watching enough new movies to see it. Sane as it's always been, as far as I've noticed.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2019 20:50:36 GMT
But the bad guys don't always win. Perhaps not, but sure feels that way at times. I was just watching an interview with Steven Pinker about that. He argues that the world is actually better off - and has been getting better off for well over fifty years - in virtually every measurable way. Less crime, less pollution, less famine, less disease, fewer people living in poverty, and on and on. We are literally living in the best time in human existence. But that doesn't sell newspapers or get news viewers. So we all get a constant drumbeat of "Crime! Terrorism! Violence! Hate! Corruption!" and it seems like the world is going mad. But it really isn't.
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Post by Stammerhead on May 4, 2019 21:50:05 GMT
Being bad is a perception. George Washington is a villain to the Brits, but an American hero. I can’t recall seeing him being portrayed as a villain over here but that’s probably how he was viewed post revolution.
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Post by goz on May 5, 2019 1:26:54 GMT
Being bad is a perception. George Washington is a villain to the Brits, but an American hero. I can’t recall seeing him being portrayed as a villain over here but that’s probably how he was viewed post revolution. In my reading of this era in Modern History, King George III was more seen as the villain and the king who lost the American colonies!
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Post by The Lost One on May 5, 2019 8:23:35 GMT
Perhaps not, but sure feels that way at times. I was just watching an interview with Steven Pinker about that. He argues that the world is actually better off - and has been getting better off for well over fifty years - in virtually every measurable way. Less crime, less pollution, less famine, less disease, fewer people living in poverty, and on and on. We are literally living in the best time in human existence. But that doesn't sell newspapers or get news viewers. So we all get a constant drumbeat of "Crime! Terrorism! Violence! Hate! Corruption!" and it seems like the world is going mad. But it really isn't. Progress has been made sure, but it's far slower than it ought to have been. Humanity has the capacity to be living in a utopia right now. In some ways things have actually got worse in recent years with climate change, increasing inequality, casualisation of work and austerity. What sparked me to create this thread apart from maybe having a bit too much to drink was looking at the results of the Northern Ireland council elections. Sure there were a couple of encouraging results but it was mostly the bastards dominating again. Then in England it was much the same - the Conservatives lost a lot of seats but are still by far the biggest party and the party that won most of those seats were the barely less horrible Lib Dems. Then in the US you have corporatist Democrats moving to ensure Bernie Sanders or Tulsi Gabbard do not get the presidential nomination. The Americas and Europe are witnessing the rise of the far right while the EU continues to economically decimate southern Europe in the interests of multinational shareholders. And that's not even getting into issues like the Middle East, Venezuela, Sri Lanka, China, India and Pakistan, and North Korea. If this is indeed the best time to be alive, it really doesn't say much for the rest of human history. |
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Post by Vegas on May 5, 2019 10:38:47 GMT
I'm trying to remember when a bad guy won against me. I may need more detail...or more villains. 
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Post by Vegas on May 5, 2019 10:44:40 GMT
Being bad is a perception. George Washington is a villain to the Brits, but an American hero.
If Hitler had won the war... We'd all be celebrating Hitler's Birthday... honoring that time that he wiped out all of those "evil Jews" for us. History is told by the victors.
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Post by Stammerhead on May 6, 2019 13:08:30 GMT
I can’t recall seeing him being portrayed as a villain over here but that’s probably how he was viewed post revolution. In my reading of this era in Modern History, King George III was more seen as the villain and the king who lost the American colonies! Apparently he wanted them to pay a bit more taxes towards the wars fought against the French and the Natives and the Americans disagreed and decided that they quite liked the French actually.
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Post by Winter_King on May 6, 2019 13:42:36 GMT
Being bad is a perception. George Washington is a villain to the Brits, but an American hero. He's a hero to the Freemasons, which would include quite a few Brits; Sir Francis Bacon, Winston Churchill, Jack the Ripper, et al. So you're saying that the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper was identified?
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Post by politicidal on May 6, 2019 15:18:01 GMT
He's a hero to the Freemasons, which would include quite a few Brits; Sir Francis Bacon, Winston Churchill, Jack the Ripper, et al. So you're saying that the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper was identified? Could be a reference to that book written in the seventies but it’s been debunked. |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2019 15:23:34 GMT
Welcome to life... it ain't Hollywood
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