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Started by Josquius, April 04, 2011, 03:39:14 AM

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The Minsky Moment

#5190
March 30, 2015, 10:48:09 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on March 30, 2015, 10:40:17 AM
Quote from: Siege on March 30, 2015, 10:30:43 AM
It uses the old muslim trick of exagerating the power of their enemies to make their victory seem that much more heroic.

Kind of like the US invasion of Grenada.

Hey!
They had , uh, Grenadiers!
All we had was Clint Eastwood and a telephone charge card.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson

Valmy

#5191
March 30, 2015, 10:52:03 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on March 30, 2015, 10:40:17 AM
Kind of like the US invasion of Grenada.

Huh. It seemed like even at the time that was seen as a joke.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

crazy canuck

#5192
March 30, 2015, 11:01:48 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 30, 2015, 10:52:03 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on March 30, 2015, 10:40:17 AM
Kind of like the US invasion of Grenada.

Huh. It seemed like even at the time that was seen as a joke.

Minsky got the reference I was thinking about

The Minsky Moment

#5193
March 30, 2015, 11:18:24 AM
The exaggerated portrayal of Byzantium in 1453 in the Turkish movie would seem to be more of a "Hollywood trick" than a "Muslim" one.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson

Valmy

#5194
March 30, 2015, 11:20:03 AM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on March 30, 2015, 11:18:24 AM
The exaggerated portrayal of Byzantium in 1453 in the Turkish movie would seem to be more of a "Hollywood trick" than a "Muslim" one.

Yep. Watching Fatih overwhelm a tiny impoverished city with an impressive 1000 year old wall and little else is not particularly entertaining.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Syt

#5195
March 30, 2015, 11:31:25 AM
Quote from: Siege on March 30, 2015, 10:30:43 AM
Syt, do you mean the turkish movie Fetih 1453?
How in hell is that fair and even handed?

It uses the old muslim trick of exagerating the power of their enemies to make their victory seem that much more heroic.
Stop trolling you gimboid, I was facetious. :P
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Siege

#5197
March 30, 2015, 12:58:58 PM
Quote from: Syt on March 30, 2015, 11:31:25 AM
Quote from: Siege on March 30, 2015, 10:30:43 AM
Syt, do you mean the turkish movie Fetih 1453?
How in hell is that fair and even handed?

It uses the old muslim trick of exagerating the power of their enemies to make their victory seem that much more heroic.
Stop trolling you gimboid, I was facetious. :P

Well, you should specify so, eat my troll.



"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"

Liep

#5198
April 06, 2015, 05:33:56 PM
"Af alle latterlige Ting forekommer det mig at være det allerlatterligste at have travlt" - Kierkegaard

"JamenajmenømahrmDÆ!DÆ! Æhvnårvaæhvadlelæh! Hvor er det crazy, det her, mand!" - Uffe Elbæk

HVC

#5199
April 07, 2015, 08:32:38 PM
Game of thrones, Sesame Street style :D

http://youtu.be/dhWUFXvaZjo
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Martinus

#5200
April 08, 2015, 12:30:31 AM
 :D

Martinus

#5201
April 08, 2015, 03:46:36 AM
So, as weird ships go, apparnetly for a portion of fans online, both Santyr (Petsa?) and Themsay (Rameon?) are viable.

Internet. :bleeding:

Eddie Teach

#5202
April 08, 2015, 03:49:44 AM
Tyrsei for life!  :P
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Martinus

#5203
April 08, 2015, 03:51:49 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 08, 2015, 03:49:44 AM
Tyrsei for life!  :P

Is that Tyrion + Cersei or Tywin + Cersei? :P

Eddie Teach

#5204
April 08, 2015, 03:53:16 AM
The one that doesn't involve necrophilia.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?
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