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Quote from: Frumple on August 04, 2016, 06:19:13 am

... does it work differently outside the US or somethin', though?

We stick them all in a big room and make them argue about stuff every Tuesday and Thurday

They're also supposed to pass legislation and stuff, but that's mostly a side effect.

Um. Isn't that actually organizing debates, too? "Every tuesday and thursday" isn't exactly much different from "Day X, Y, and Z".

... but yeah, good luck with that in the states. It's a fair pain in the arse getting that to work for the people that basically have no job except to be in a big room and argue about stuff, and who only have to campaign in a small area/single state to keep their seat. For someone on a presidential campaign trail, and who only possibly is a congresscritter? Yeeeaaaah, no.

E: Though, on the other hand, locking all the candidates in the room for around a year almost sounds kinda' appealing. Downside being it'd basically be reality TV politico edition, and sod that.

... y'know, I actually glanced at the comments, for once. Probably coined some time ago, but I'll give that Benedict Donald is a pretty good one. First time I've seen it.

... maybe if you're just talking the U.S. or something, FD. Christian radical groups are still managing to keep about on par with Islamic ones go so far as depth of atrocity and whatnot goes, for all that they get basically sod all news coverage despite cheerfully raping and mass murdering and such. Can't recall how bad things are so far legal enshrinement, but there's certainly places in the world that boil down to "be christian or else," even if they don't announce it on the streets. Head south of the border, roam around africa a bit. Places still exist, and there's still a fairly notable amount. And conquest wise, well. How many of the more militarily aggressive countries over the last few decades/centuries have been operating under a christian majority, again? Not quite charitable enough to give Christian nations a by because of a veneer of secularism, personally. The leaders and polity supporting them still are what they are. Always seemed like you need pretty heavy blinders to comfortably say chistianity's been acting that much better in recent (single digit, decades, century or two, whatever) years, really... could definitely say its involvement is downplayed pretty heavily from a lot of angles, though.

Honestly, if there's any genuinely major difference between the actions of abrahamic religions, I'd probably blame most of it just on who's actually in power. The fed beast trends toward sessile, et al. Organizations in control for a long time often get kinda' lackadaisical, and Christianity has been top dog for quite a while indeed...

And John McAfee is well... John McAfee, forever tainted by his McAfee Virus.

FTFY >_>

"Hi I am a quirky girl from an independent movie. Am I quirky enough for you?"
"Not in particular"
"What if I got naked and laid down on a bearskin rug in the kitchen while talking about penguin?"
"You had me at naked."

Yeah, it'd go more along those lines, probably.

To people outside the US, can you imagine your leaders picking a fight with other leaders the way Trump does? I doubt it.

Belgium, maybe? Can't recall if it was there or somewhere else that a fistfight or two broke out among some kind of parliament equivalent, not terribly long ago. Within the decade, anyway. Maybe more than one place, I'unno. Point being that there's probably a few out there that can, without too much trouble.

... when your best argument is "well, it's better than Qatar" I think it's time to reconsider your argument.