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Dumbestdorf

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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #14235 on: January 12, 2015, 02:41:54 pm »

In other words, the march, which was ideally supposed to stay above politics, still fell victim to the politics happening between various countries.

Also, Nicolas Sarkozy, capable of being worse than politics between 20 countries.

Mostly tho, we're either slightly annoyed by them or shrugging them off.
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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #14236 on: January 12, 2015, 02:46:05 pm »

Fill me in - is Sarkozy so incredibly unpopular that even the thought of him appearing in national - well, international now - politics triggers you that much? I thought Hollande was the most hated president in France.

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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #14237 on: January 12, 2015, 02:48:14 pm »

Fill me in - is Sarkozy so incredibly unpopular that even the thought of him appearing in national - well, international now - politics triggers you that much? I thought Hollande was the most hated president in France.

Oh, in that specific case, it's not about him being unpopular, it's about him behaving like a 2 y/o on coke. "I want to be in front! I'm irrelevant to anything going on, but I want to be there! Me! Me! Me me me MEEEEE!"
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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #14238 on: January 12, 2015, 02:49:41 pm »

Yeah, from what I've seen, it's what Dumbestdorg said that caused annoyance.
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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #14239 on: January 12, 2015, 02:51:56 pm »

Yeah, from what I've seen, it's what Dumbestdorg said that caused annoyance.

Leading to this.
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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #14240 on: January 12, 2015, 02:54:45 pm »

In other words, the march, which was ideally supposed to stay above politics, still fell victim to the politics happening between various countries.
Or they payed the deceased their respects by making the best parody of themselves they could cobble together.
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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #14241 on: January 12, 2015, 02:55:36 pm »

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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #14242 on: January 12, 2015, 02:59:03 pm »

Or they payed the deceased their respects by making the best parody of themselves they could cobble together.

Hadn't considered it this way, but if that's where they were aiming for, it was successful.

"Look, I just had a blogger flogged, but haha! Freedom of expression!!!"
"We like feeding our journalists some polonium when they don't agree, but... Freedom of expression!!!"
and so on (up to, and including, the French government: "Where did they become fundamentalists?" - "In prison, sir." - "Cool, let's censor social media!")
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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #14243 on: January 12, 2015, 03:15:37 pm »

Frankly, what would you expect them to do? It's hypocritical of them to show up there, true. Had they not shown up, though, they'd be accused of lacking empathy and some other bollocks people would come up with.

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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #14244 on: January 12, 2015, 03:17:06 pm »

Yes. Also, those tweets? Many of them may be legit, but I think it's highly dubious to call the current secretary-general of NATO a hypocrite because of a NATO bomb dropped fifteen years ago.
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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #14245 on: January 12, 2015, 03:18:16 pm »

I'm pretty fine with the lack of representation from the US (unlike, apparently, people from the US). And I certainly could have lived without the others being there.
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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #14246 on: January 12, 2015, 04:02:17 pm »

I've not heard anyone complaining about a guy not coming.
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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #14247 on: January 12, 2015, 05:37:04 pm »

What looks like Charlie Hebdo's newest edition:

http://www.liberation.fr/societe/2015/01/12/mahomet-en-une-du-charlie-hebdo-de-mercredi_1179193
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Brilliant.
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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #14248 on: January 12, 2015, 05:42:38 pm »

I've not heard anyone complaining about a guy not coming.
Go listen, then.
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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #14249 on: January 12, 2015, 07:27:21 pm »

I've not heard anyone complaining about a guy not coming.
*double-take* Indeed.
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