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 May 4 2006, 01:27 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 135 Joined: 8-November 05 From: Toronto, Ontario - Canada Member No.: 7,934  |
First off, you might want to add a few more political affiliations to that list. As an 'ultrasocialist', I mildly resent being lumped in with 'ultraliberals' (which is actually a fairly right-winged political ideal by today's standards). Secondly, your definition of the CAS is pretty much the definition of conservatism, with the whole 'change should go at a snail's pace, and certainly not occur within my generation' attitude. The 'Southern States' don't seem to have changed much post-Awakening, and they seem intent to keep it that way. |
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May 4 2006, 02:10 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
i'm talking 'conservative' and 'liberal' in a more literal sense, rather than the current political definitions. basically, the guys who are foaming at the mouth to maintain or regress the status quo (ultraconservative), and the guys who are foaming at the mouth to embrace any and every change that comes along (ultraliberal) all gravitate towards the UCAS.
i mean, look at the political parties in the UCAS. you've got the Archoconservatives (Klan with class), the Democratic Party (granola party #1), the Libertarians (corporate shills), the New Century Party (granola party #2), the Republicans (New Revolution), and the Technocrats (least insane because they don't know what they want). compare that to the CAS. you've got the Republicans (the Archoconservatives that no one likes), the Democratic Reform Party (metahuman rights activists), the Southern Dems (corporate shills), and the Southern Conservatives (the other Archoconservatives that no one likes). i mean, heck, the sheer number of viable parties in the UCAS speaks to the spastic nature of the population. basically, the CAS is more conservative, but they're less... volatilely conservative. the UCAS is volatilely conservative and volatilely liberal. |
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May 4 2006, 03:45 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 777 Joined: 18-February 03 Member No.: 4,110 |
haven't read the whole thread yet, so this might have been covered already, but if I didn't know any better, I'd think these words could aptly describe many nations on our globe today. some psychologists say when we draw a person, we are always drawing ourselves... when we draw a home, we are always drawing our home... perhaps when we create a world, we are recreating our world? |
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May 4 2006, 04:32 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
we always draw ourselves? damn, my tits are a lot bigger than they look in the mirror.
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May 4 2006, 04:55 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 777 Joined: 18-February 03 Member No.: 4,110 |
I think there would be subtler inferrences regarding how we percieve ourselves in drawing other ...genders... |
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May 4 2006, 05:07 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
So you think of yourself as crude and unrefined in your tastes, mfb?
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May 4 2006, 05:20 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 135 Joined: 8-November 05 From: Toronto, Ontario - Canada Member No.: 7,934 |
Actually, the phenomenon of saying 'conservatives' and 'liberals' when they mean 'right' and 'left' is a relatively modern phenomenon. I don't know who started it, but I blame whatever yahoo decided that provinces should be called 'states', and states should be called 'countries'. Anyways, liberalism is a rather specific political ideal that refers to the belief that (among other things) personal freedom is paramount, and that a free enterprise economy is an important part of ensuring freedom. I feel that it is very important to draw a distinction between liberalism (a right-of-center ideal, thanks to its economic policies) and actual left-wing politics, as, in fact, liberalism and conservatism are not mutually exclusive. The United States needs to purge its vocabulary of political slang. Purge it with fire.
Don't forget that half of the UCAS came from a multi-party system that probably took that aspect of itself in to the amalgamation (thank God). Cripes, maybe we need to burn down the White House again to remind you folks we exist. EDIT: For spelling and minor additions. |
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May 4 2006, 05:21 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
Agreed. It's the modern Newspeak.
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May 4 2006, 05:45 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
i prefer to think of my tastes as rugged and primal. i am like a lion, only with less fur and other lion-like characteristics. and more manly. like a furless lion lumberjack that doesn't have a tail. rawr.
regardless of the terminology involved, my point is that the UCAS seems to collect the extremists from both ends of the spectrum, while the CAS is being settled by the more middle-of-the-road voters. |
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May 4 2006, 05:48 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
"i is da mfb. i likes da boobies and da beer, even if da beer has some dirt in it." :D
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May 4 2006, 05:51 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
da mfb: accept no substitutes.
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May 4 2006, 05:52 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
*wha-pow*
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May 4 2006, 07:20 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,401 Joined: 23-February 04 From: Honolulu, HI Member No.: 6,099 |
Man, imagine what the hell that says about those guys that draw the tentacle rape monsters going at the magical schoolgirl power princess. |
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May 4 2006, 08:37 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 777 Joined: 18-February 03 Member No.: 4,110 |
even freud said "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar," maybe to some a tentacle is just a tentacle? |
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May 4 2006, 06:54 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
a tentacle is never just a tentacle. they're so multipurpose!
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May 4 2006, 07:13 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
Especially not THOSE tentacles.
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