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Forgetful Gynn said:
They probably would have accepted something less than unconditional surrender, but we wouldn't. I don't agree that the mass murder was justified.
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Mass murder is never justified, just sometimes necessary. We did worse to Dresden and with much less necessity. It's an unfortunate fact that in war, if you have to kill ten of the other side to save one of yours, you do.
 
Frank D'arbo said:
Despite tanking in theaters, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino and Edgar Wright all loved Ishtar.
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Related to Ishtar, there's a Far Side cartoon that depicts Hell's Rental Store, with the only movie available being Ishtar. Gary Larson admitted he had never actually seen Ishtar until years later when he saw it on an airplane and ended up enjoying the movie.
 
Adolf Hitler actually loved der fueher's face and considered making it an official German song to boost morale. The only reason he didn't is because the horn sounds were considered an insult to his "bowel problems" and he couldn't accept the song thinking it was a jab at his "gas problems."


In other words, dur Furher couldn't take a fart joke.
 
Pretty Boy Extremism said:
The Black Knight is a popular stock character in both culture in folklore, he is often portrayed as a cruel, villainous knight who conducts himself opposite to the code of chivalry or he is a "regular" knight who dons black armor, a plain black surcoat and shield so that he may not be recognized while performing dishonorable deeds.
However, one of the historical examples of a black-clad knight was anything but a villainous figure, and that is Polish knight Zawisza z Garbowa, nicknamed Zawisza Czarny, which translates to Zawisza the Black. He was nicknamed that way due to his armor which was painted black. Even during his life he was an example of what a chivalrous knight should aspire to be, he was a brave warrior as well as a shrewd diplomat and he distinguished himself in many knightly tournaments. He died fighting the Ottomans during the Siege of fortress Golubac. Refusing to retreat, his unit acted as the rear guard to the retreating army led by Sigismund of Luxembourg where he fought until his last breath. Today he is little known outside of Poland, where he is celebrated as a national hero and an example of a true chivalrous knight.
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Also to add a little known fact(s). Blacking your armor was also done by using a combination of soot/ash and whatever fats/grease a poor men at arms/knight can get their hands on. Over a smoldering fire they would smear the sooty stuff over their armor to help prevent it from rusting. You did what you had to do in order to survive.
 
The version of "Anything Goes" featured in Indiana Jones and the temple of doom, is so poorly translated that it doesn't match either the original recording by Cole Porter or a translation to Mandarin Chines at all
 
Forgetful Gynn said:
It's also important to note that the US chose to enter the war without a formal declaration, so it's not like the other side had any say in the matter. But again, formal declarations are silly when nobody thinks there's a proper way to fight war.
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I would love to hear your historical analysis of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and its relation to Americas change from Isolationist to Kick Everones Ass.
 
Freshly Baked Socks said:
I would love to hear your historical analysis of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and its relation to Americas change from Isolationist to Kick Everones Ass.
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The lend lease act was an act of war against the axis and their allies. The attack on pearl harbor was a response to that cowardly move. Germany threated the international banking system, that's the only reason why so many people had to be killed.
 
Everytime a celebrity does something in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, or a top-tier event is set to take place in the city, the reigning crime lords issue a "peace treaty" of sorts to ensue the safety of said celebrity/event.

It happened, for example, when Michael Jackson shot part of the music video for "They Don't Care About Us" in one of the mentioned favelas, plus official visits from presidents, Princess Diana and Pope St. John Paul II, and when the city hosted the United Nations Earth Summit in 1992, the Panamerican Games in 2007, the World Youth Forum in 2013, and the Summer Olympic Games in 2016.

If you heard of crimes happening during these events, you can be sure the perp was severely punished. Not by the local police, but by the drug trafficking kingpins, who take no lightly in seeing petty crimes taking place in "their turf".
 
horrorfan89 said:
despite its marketing pushing how its the "choice beer of Australia." Fosters beers are actually hated by Australians and seen as the drink of drunks and working class trash. Similar to how we in America associate Budweiser with rednecks or colt 45 with "homies in the hood."
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I very rarely see Fosters here on sale in Australia. It's a weird afterthought for most of us. Macro-brew drinkers prefer their state's macro beer like VB or Tooheys.
 
Yuuichirou Kumada said:
Everytime a celebrity does something in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, or a top-tier event is set to take place in the city, the reigning crime lords issue a "peace treaty" of sorts to ensue the safety of said celebrity/event.

It happened, for example, when Michael Jackson shot part of the music video for "They Don't Care About Us" in one of the mentioned favelas, plus official visits from presidents, Princess Diana and Pope St. John Paul II, and when the city hosted the United Nations Earth Summit in 1992, the Panamerican Games in 2007, the World Youth Forum in 2013, and the Summer Olympic Games in 2016.

If you heard of crimes happening during these events, you can be sure the perp was severely punished. Not by the local police, but by the drug trafficking kingpins, who take no lightly in seeing petty crimes taking place in "their turf".
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I have a weird soft spot for hearing about crimelords having standards. Any other instances?
 
There's an Easy Rider 2

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Forgetful Gynn said:
The lend lease act was an act of war against the axis and their allies. The attack on pearl harbor was a response to that cowardly move. Germany threated the international banking system, that's the only reason why so many people had to be killed.
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Maybe also the small matter of genocidal German regime making bricks from human ash, and a foreigner-hating Japanese war empire?
Nah - The noble Axis powers were smothered by the tyrannical Allied democracies and their sharing of military supplies...

Fuck the Axis. They sucked dick, and were crushed for a good reason.
 
I'm sure if the Japanese and Germans had nukes, they wouldn't have used them on civilians and just on tactical battlefield engagements. Pearl Harbor, Moscow and London certainly wouldn't have just been radioactive craters. They would have never even thought of such barbarism
 
TiggerNits said:
I'm sure if the Japanese and Germans had nukes, they wouldn't have used them on civilians and just on tactical battlefield engagements. Pearl Harbor, Moscow and London certainly wouldn't have just been radioactive craters. They would have never even thought of such barbarism
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Hitler had enough sarin to kill every living thing in in England, he could have won the war if he was as savage as the victors portrayed him.
 
Blancmange said:
Hitler had enough sarin to kill every living thing in in England, he could have won the war if he was as savage as the victors portrayed him.
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Sarin isn't that good for killing large numbers of people in open areas. Like most nerve agents it's an area denial weapon. And if they'd pulled that shit, the Allies would have retaliated in kind. To kill everyone in England using sarin you'd have to have them politely stand in line waiting for their personal dose and hope they didn't fight back or do anything like getting the fuck out of where the gas was and spreading out.

It's a lot more useful for terrorist attacks like the Tokyo cult subway attack.
 
Blancmange said:
Hitler had enough sarin to kill every living thing in in England, he could have won the war if he was as savage as the victors portrayed him.
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It's a pity I can only give you one dumb sticker per post. This retardation deserves at least 100.

The reason the Bohemian autist never unleashed his butt gas, was because Churchill warned him that the UK had enough bombers to level every German city...
And well, we done that anyway. Sorry if that clashes with your Hitler-worship historical revision, mate. He had bad breath and farted a lot too, if you must know.
 
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