"We know there's zero chance of a military conflict again because you had your arse handed to you last time."
Phrases like this say everything that needs to be said about the level of this discussion. Peace man, enjoy your (or your countries or whoever actually has power over your military of choice) military superiority. Hope it gives you warm feelings at night.
At everybody, you all seem to miss the point. I'm not arguing the Falklands are or are not Argentinean. I have my views on the subject but I don't think bringing them up will add anything to this particular [discussion.There] are 40 UN resolutions that says both countries have to sit and talk, even if its just for the UK to tell Argentina to go fuck itself, so that's it on that front for me.
My point here is that Argentina is not being bellicose (is this a word?) this time areoun. There is cero chance of military conflict no matter how the media, including this article, try to portrait. Last time Argentina was under a dictatorship (as many countries in Latin America thanks to some nasty international backing of such regimes) and things have change a lot.
All this talk around what the islanders want, if they islands are british or not is just a smokescreen on both sides and it would easily dissapear if the UN was heard. I do call out my government on it, but I also do on Cameron and would like for people to do so as well.
Chest thumping and warmongering on either side is moronic at this point, even more so than was in the past.
Hi there, I'm Argentinean and although I do think this Falkland (Malvinas here) thing is being brought up to steer attention from economical issues (not only by Argentina, but by England as well and probably primarily), this articles tone is really not in line with what's going on.
Argentina has threaten no such thing as to block flights or start an economical blockade to the islands, not in the vein of what that seems to imply. Since the islands are disputed and the dispute was brought to the UN, England has refused over 40 UN resolutions to sit down and talk it through.
Argentina has refused to accept ships with Falkland flags in its ports, which sounds reasonable, and so do the Mercosur countries, which sounds reasonable as well and its trying to maneuver the region politically to isolate the islands (including the Chile thing). This is all valid and non violent, nobody here has any mind to militarize the conflict and this fringe element the article speaks off is news to me (and I live in the capital). I'm sure they exists, but crazies be crazies anywhere.
On the other hand England has sent a new warship to the islands, sends the prince on the 30th anniversary and still refuses to talk things through in the UN.
I repeat once again, yes this is all political pandering to distract from economic woes on both sides. But the fact remains that Argentina is trying to get this talked through the UN and England is the one that seems more interested in framing it as a possible armed conflict this time.
Thanks for reading.
In an age were everybody is ditching scheduled programming on TV (or at least everybody watches it whenever they feel like it), Kotaku goes into scheduled website programming. Genius!
It is a North/South mental Game. Think of how we view the nort as Up even when it makes no more sense than the other way around. Since the empires were in the north (are?), that's how it is perceived.
No, you are just as guilty as you condemned others to be for having their guns stolen and used in crimes. This is a defense (IP is not identity) that the RIAA wouldn't accept in court, so how come now they hide behind it?
Except of course when is demonstrably right. Maintaining the viewpoint that the Earth is round (well, geoide in Spanish, but let's avoid tautologies) in not cultish behavior, it's just happen to be true. So is the fact that no deities exist.
Thanks Microsoft for NOT releasing it in the Argentinean Appstore. Sure, you never release anything officially in Argentina like all your consoles/games but this one app didn't cost you a thing and is not like there are no Xbox Live players outside the Microsoft designated areas...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't cancer killed more Americans than Iranians have in history? And I bet it even hurts more...
How do you measure that? I don't want to burst your "american exceptionallity" bubble but... Wait, I do want. What freedom is it you have that I don't? If you are so innovative, what's with extending copyright to protect old stuff all the time? I hate nationalism of any kind. There are great people living in the US, the same as there are great people leaving everywhere you look. Ditto for the bad ones.
"Ask yourself this; What IS the purpose of the penis?"
Well, that's just the wrong way of looking at things. There is no "purpose" as such to a penis or a vagina. They are evolved organs whose utility is many fold and whose contendants failed to be as good at reproduction as they are.
Now, I'm with you with the term perverse if you take it as purely Freudian, which I'm almost sure you aren't since then you would understand that we are all perverts.
And I side with those who challenge your view of what Natural is. Natural is killing others, natural is having sex with every hole you can find. You are injecting your twisted (albeit popular) moral views into nature, that frankly has none.
Well, that's just the wrong way of looking at things. There is no "purpose" as such to a penis or a vagina. They are evolved organs whose utility is many fold and whose contendants failed to be as good at reproduction as they are.
Now, I'm with you with the term perverse if you take it as purely Freudian, which I'm almost sure you aren't since then you would understand that we are all perverts.
And I side with those who challenge your view of what Natural is. Natural is killing others, natural is having sex with every hole you can find. You are injecting your twisted (albeit popular) moral views into nature, that frankly has none.
"both parties are perverse"? Really? So killing and creating life (well, just acting as if) are the same thing to you? I'm against censoring any expression, but I do think it would be desirable to look down on violence rather than sex. In fact, hooray for sex!
Nightrap?
Yep, but the crash itself was edited so the impact and destruction was not shown as originally planned.
Call me abnormal bur you mean the real world where people play war games while the wars are still raging? Where the best selling games are trying to replicate killing people for whatever reason and glorifying war? (I don't have anything against war games, I just wanted to point out the hypocrisy).
As stated below, it was never meant to be a "beheading" kind of video, just a "ransom" kind of video (which should be as morally "offensive" if you want), but I guess you can only see what your own narrative tells you.
As stated below, it was never meant to be a "beheading" kind of video, just a "ransom" kind of video (which should be as morally "offensive" if you want), but I guess you can only see what your own narrative tells you.
Hi Aiko,
I am one of the developers of the game and I think you are taking the video the wrong way.
1. The joke hinges on Daniel's line of "Today I Die", which anybody that knows his work should catch.
2. The video is not meant to portrait any Middle Easter incident as many suggest. It plays on the mistaken image many have of South America (where we are based) as a narco-infested crime ridden place. You should take the video with a lighter note since we are poking fun at our own image.
Thanks!
I am one of the developers of the game and I think you are taking the video the wrong way.
1. The joke hinges on Daniel's line of "Today I Die", which anybody that knows his work should catch.
2. The video is not meant to portrait any Middle Easter incident as many suggest. It plays on the mistaken image many have of South America (where we are based) as a narco-infested crime ridden place. You should take the video with a lighter note since we are poking fun at our own image.
Thanks!
Agreed, don't touch the Goonies. A kids movie with dick jockes (the statue) and a kid who mention heroin (mouth to Rosalita) would never fly these days. I want my kids to have the chance to meet only the original goonies and not the water down future version.
Nope,I get the same errant pixels on close ups.
While I'm with you about the Kinect, this is an Internet forum. Do you really think people should keep their opinions to themselves? What would be the point?
More than Brink-eque I'd say somebody's been playing Mirror´s Edge.
