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[Reelya]

I was never referring to your comment, but the later one by Wolfhunter107 where he dismissed your argument and said that the two party system "is caused by the election system used in the US."

By "the election system used in the US" which causes a two-party system people are usually referring to the first past the post voting system.

[Sheb]

Oh, sorry then.

[martinuzz]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

the German Eurocommisioner Günther Oettinger is going to propose a resolution in next week's meeting of the European Commission.

He wants Poland to be placed under restrictive supervision, until they scrap their new media law, which puts all public media under direct control of the president's party.

This would imply that as long as the supervision is in place, Poland will lost it's right to vote on any European law or resolution.

Over the past week, Poland has gotten a lot of dissaprovement from various countries' foreign ministers, and Eurocommisioners. The proposal of this resolution is one step further, but with current sentiment, it does have a chance of being passed.

The governing Polish party passed this new law to "restore catcholic values, which they (the media) themselves have helped into oblivion under the previous government"

OHWAIT, THIS IS NOT THE KIM JONG EU THREAD OOPS. Let me repost this in the right thread

[Sheb]

It should be noted that he is the Commissioner for medias and telecoms, so it makes sense for him to push that.

Edit: Right-wing militia associated with those nutter rangers seize federal wildlife building in Oregon.

[Wolfhunter107]

I'm betting my money on there being a standoff for a few months or so before they surrender. This stuff normally doesn't escalate to the point of shooting anymore.

[smjjames]

It should be noted that he is the Commissioner for medias and telecoms, so it makes sense for him to push that.

Edit: Right-wing militia associated with those nutter rangers seize federal wildlife building in Oregon.

Clive Bundy... Isn't that the same guy who was all majorly up in arms about his cattle grazing rights not all that long ago?

Cnn article: http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/03/us/oregon-wildlife-refuge-protest/index.html

[TheBiggerFish]

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh.
As if we didn't have enough EXternal threats.

[RedKing]

I'm betting my money on there being a standoff for a few months or so before they surrender. This stuff normally doesn't escalate to the point of shooting anymore.

Too bad these fuckers weren't black. This would have been over the same afternoon.

Personally, I say airstrike the place into the ground.

[Rolepgeek]

Oh wait shit that's in Oregon?

...I'm disappointed at myself for how quickly my desired response to the incident went from disagreeing drastically with RedKing to very nearly agreeing with him (more along the lines of 'firebomb the place' or 'how well do these navy experimental railguns really work - right before I remembered it should be kept intact because federal wildlife building) based entirely upon the location it happened. Still...

I say march up and tell 'em to get the fuck out. If they shoot at the police without provocation? Bring in the fucking military.

[Willfor]

[Baffler]

There is a difference between an ongoing hostage situation and an ongoing riot.

And since when has the same person been calling the shots here? The government of Oregon != the government of Illinois != the government of Maryland. I'm a little surprised that people have manged to find a way to be pissed that the authorities are showing some restraint.

[Willfor]

Yeah, the difference is that this is literally domestic terrorism, the thing that rioters are often accused of. And the reason people are upset at the authorities showing restraint is that they seemingly refuse to do so whenever the targets in question are not white.

[Wolfhunter107]

Oh wait shit that's in Oregon?

...I'm disappointed at myself for how quickly my desired response to the incident went from disagreeing drastically with RedKing to very nearly agreeing with him (more along the lines of 'firebomb the place' or 'how well do these navy experimental railguns really work - right before I remembered it should be kept intact because federal wildlife building) based entirely upon the location it happened. Still...

I say march up and tell 'em to get the fuck out. If they shoot at the police without provocation? Bring in the fucking military.

You guys do realize that they're trying to force a confrontation, right? Going in with guns blazing, or otherwise using force to end this, would be playing right into their hands. The FBI handles these situations the way it does for a very good reason

[Willfor]

Maybe I shouldn't have pasted the anger in, because what's truly galling here is that some official news media outlets are not calling this what it is, and are downplaying it.

The extent of my motives here are to shine a light on the double standards.

[Strife26]

Occupying an empty building doesn't qualify as terrorism by any reasonable definition. Hopefully no one gets shot.