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We have joined hands with our allies in Sudan, Somalia, Iran to say gently caress Women, Love  We just hate making international commitments don't we? Edit: I'm sure that it's just to preserve "National Sovereignty" I'm nearly certain that we have better Women s Rights than say, China... PrinceRandom fucked around with this message at 22:39 on Jun 28, 2013 |
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America is isolationist in every way except in military, then all of a sudden we think we own the whole world. Kind of amazing.
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Jun 28, 2013 22:18
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PrinceRandom posted:We have joined hands with our allies in Sudan, Somalia, Iran to say We signed almost all of those, we just can't ratify them because some people think we need the rights Especially the right to execute children apparently Oh and  Good job Ireland Peruser fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Jun 28, 2013 |
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Jun 28, 2013 22:18
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Peruser posted:We signed almost all of those, we just can't ratify them because some people think we need the rights I was under the impression that most of those treaties were blocked in the senate by  republicans.
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Jun 28, 2013 22:36
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Peruser posted:We signed almost all of those, we just can't ratify them because some people think we need the rights Also some of them (especially the ICC) would be unconstitutional for the U.S. to join. Congress just doesn't have the authority to subject Americans to criminal process that doesn't comport with the fifth and sixth amendments.
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Jun 28, 2013 22:36
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Peruser posted:We signed almost all of those, we just can't ratify them because some people think we need the rights Unless "well enforced" and "mostly enforced" are clearly defined, I'm not sure what the difference is and why Ireland is so special.
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Jun 28, 2013 22:37
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Peruser posted:We signed almost all of those, we just can't ratify them because some people think we need the rights The hell happened to the Caspian there.
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Jun 28, 2013 22:41
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ComradeCosmobot posted:Unless "well enforced" and "mostly enforced" are clearly defined, I'm not sure what the difference is and why Ireland is so special. Just let them have this. Actually, I'm a little surprised too. I thought Ireland had very strict abortion laws. That strikes me as something that 'harms women'.
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Jun 28, 2013 22:43
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Japan ought to be the same shade as South Korea while we're at it, since their enforcement of equal rights laws is a lot more than just spotty.
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Jun 28, 2013 22:50
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Annual meat consumption per capita: The usual suspects are in red.
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Jun 28, 2013 22:53
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Phlegmish posted:
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Jun 28, 2013 22:56
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It doesn't surprise me. My dad works in Luxembourg City, lots of great restaurants there. And look at the United Arab Emirates, using their oil wealth to eat ungodly amounts of meat.
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Jun 28, 2013 23:00
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I'm kinda surprised by Norway, it's not like they don't have a poo poo ton of oil money either. Maybe us poor Danes are having our numbers inflated by Norwegian meat tourists?* Seriously though, I looked up the stats, and apparently the Norwegian meat consumption has fluctuated quite dramatically in recent years. (I think both lower and higher than shown on this map.) drat Norwegians and their health crazes. I would be interested in seeing maps with different types of meat though, because they're not exactly created equal. Would probably make the map even more skewed, with the people eating little meat eating chicken, and the people eating loads eating beef. *An actual thing. Norwegians pensioners take the ferry to Denmark and fill their luggage with cheap meat products.
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Jun 28, 2013 23:24
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A Buttery Pastry posted:I'm kinda surprised by Norway, it's not like they don't have a poo poo ton of oil money either. Maybe us poor Danes are having our numbers inflated by Norwegian meat tourists?* Seriously though, I looked up the stats, and apparently the Norwegian meat consumption has fluctuated quite dramatically in recent years. (I think both lower and higher than shown on this map.) drat Norwegians and their health crazes. I would be interested in seeing maps with different types of meat though, because they're not exactly created equal. Would probably make the map even more skewed, with the people eating little meat eating chicken, and the people eating loads eating beef. A shitload of them also crosses over to Sweden to buy their meat so I think combined with the meat tourism to Denmark is why they have such lower rates of meat consumption that map.
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Peruser posted:We signed almost all of those, we just can't ratify them because some people think we need the rights Hey now, no one can say we don't care about children; in fact, despite not having ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, we are so opposed to the use of child soldiers that we treat them as criminals 
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Can we please not turn this into yet another Islamo-Marxist DD thread where the Righteous line up to fire salvos at AmeriKKKa?
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TheImmigrant posted:Can we please not turn this into yet another Islamo-Marxist DD thread where the Righteous line up to fire salvos at AmeriKKKa? Hey, at least it's better than "I like beating up fascists so much!" 
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TheImmigrant posted:Can we please not turn this into yet another Islamo-Marxist DD thread where the Righteous line up to fire salvos at AmeriKKKa?  No, but seriously dude. What.
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A Buttery Pastry posted:I'm kinda surprised by Norway, it's not like they don't have a poo poo ton of oil money either. Maybe us poor Danes are having our numbers inflated by Norwegian meat tourists?* Seriously though, I looked up the stats, and apparently the Norwegian meat consumption has fluctuated quite dramatically in recent years. (I think both lower and higher than shown on this map.) drat Norwegians and their health crazes. I would be interested in seeing maps with different types of meat though, because they're not exactly created equal. Would probably make the map even more skewed, with the people eating little meat eating chicken, and the people eating loads eating beef. What the hell? I thought this kind of poo poo only went down in places like the Soviet Union (seriously, my parents have told me about these 'kielbasa trains' where villagers would just roll into moscow, buy everything they could carry, and then roll back home)
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Norway is expensive as gently caress. I have a Norwegian friend who lives pretty close to the border, he does almost all of his shopping in Sweden because it's so much cheaper.
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What's the context of this ad? I can only assume it's an ad for Mexican audiences, but I'm still unsure what it's meant to be insinuating? That if the Mexicans had drunk Absolut, Manifest Destiny wouldn't have worked and the Mexican concession wouldn't have happened?
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The Narrator posted:What's the context of this ad? I can only assume it's an ad for Mexican audiences, but I'm still unsure what it's meant to be insinuating? That if the Mexicans had drunk Absolut, Manifest Destiny wouldn't have worked and the Mexican concession wouldn't have happened? For a while Absolut Vodka ran an ad campaign depicting perfect worlds. The advertisement above was used in Mexico until it made its way north. A few Americans became very annoyed by the implication that the US never should have conquered California and Absolut had to release an apology statement a few days later.
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QuoProQuid posted:For a while Absolut Vodka ran an ad campaign depicting perfect worlds. The advertisement above was used in Mexico until it made its way north. A few Americans became very annoyed by the implication that the US never should have conquered California and Absolut had to release an apology statement a few days later. Did they make the english version themselves? Because that seems kind of dumb.
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wdarkk posted:Did they make the english version themselves? Because that seems kind of dumb.
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QuoProQuid posted:For a while Absolut Vodka ran an ad campaign depicting perfect worlds. The advertisement above was used in Mexico until it made its way north. A few Americans became very annoyed by the implication that the US never should have conquered California and Absolut had to release an apology statement a few days later. ... But the presentation looks kinda wrong. Like it looks like the border shifted way off of the 42N and Mexico got Oregon, and I only say this because I was bored today at work and drew a map of a Greater Mexico with Oregon. Here's a map made after the 1819 Adams-Onis Treaty that fixed the New Spain-American Border. 
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I wish there were more American irredentists longing for a 54°40 border.
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tractor fanatic posted:I wish there were more American irredentists longing for a 54°40 border. Are there any who do so even remotely seriously?
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ComradeCosmobot posted:Are there any who do so even remotely seriously? No, there are not.
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ComradeCosmobot posted:Are there any who do so even remotely seriously? Even back then it was a very fringe movement, mainly among people who were pissed about 1812.
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Lord Tywin posted:A shitload of them also crosses over to Sweden to buy their meat so I think combined with the meat tourism to Denmark is why they have such lower rates of meat consumption that map. Well, what's the fish consumption like?
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I found this on google image search, looking for more of those Absolut ads. Dear god I hope this is satire
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ThePutty posted:I found this on google image search, looking for more of those Absolut ads. Interestingly, some ambitious Southerners in the leadup to the Civil War contemplated conquering Central and northern South America and the Caribbean to serve as an invincible redoubt for the institution of chattel slavery. 
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ThePutty posted:I found this on google image search, looking for more of those Absolut ads. From the Image Thread (jeez people stop posting maps in that thread) 
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ThePutty posted:I found this on google image search, looking for more of those Absolut ads. It obviously is.
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Why Venezuela?
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ThePutty posted:I found this on google image search, looking for more of those Absolut ads. I like how Puerto Rico isn't part of the US.
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Vegetable posted:Why Venezuela? Because Hugo Chavez made a lot of right-wing types totally crazy. He was really good at tweaking George W. Bush (called him "the devil himself" at the UN).
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Lord Tywin posted:A shitload of them also crosses over to Sweden to buy their meat so I think combined with the meat tourism to Denmark is why they have such lower rates of meat consumption that map. redscare posted:What the hell? I thought this kind of poo poo only went down in places like the Soviet Union (seriously, my parents have told me about these 'kielbasa trains' where villagers would just roll into moscow, buy everything they could carry, and then roll back home) Grand Fromage posted:Norway is expensive as gently caress. I have a Norwegian friend who lives pretty close to the border, he does almost all of his shopping in Sweden because it's so much cheaper. Oh yeah, and both Swedes and Norwegians also buy cheap beer here in Denmark, while us Danes go to Germany and buy cheap beer there. It's all a bit silly really.
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redscare posted:What the hell? I thought this kind of poo poo only went down in places like the Soviet Union (seriously, my parents have told me about these 'kielbasa trains' where villagers would just roll into moscow, buy everything they could carry, and then roll back home) Scandinavians can be really weird when it comes to the price of things like alcohol (and apparently, meat). I always point that out when people are talking about how it's paradise on Earth. Then I head to the local bar and order a beer for 1.70€. 
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Peruser posted:We signed almost all of those, we just can't ratify them because some people think we need the rights Ah, yes, Ireland, that bastion of women's rights, beating out Canada, the UK, and Norway. Oht
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