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Your favourite flawed end-of-cold-war hero?

Started by Martinus, April 11, 2013, 09:44:33 AM

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Today, which of the flawed end-of-cold-war heroes you like/respect/admire the most?

Reagan
9 (20.9%)
Thatcher
8 (18.6%)
John Paul II
7 (16.3%)
Kohl
1 (2.3%)
Mitterand
3 (7%)
Walesa
1 (2.3%)
Gorbachev
14 (32.6%)

Total Members Voted: 43

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Warspite

#15
April 11, 2013, 11:01:19 AM
Where's David Hasselhoff?  :mad:
" SIR – I must commend you on some of your recent obituaries. I was delighted to read of the deaths of Foday Sankoh (August 9th), and Uday and Qusay Hussein (July 26th). Do you take requests? "

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BUDALO, OVO JE POSTA

Martinus

#16
April 11, 2013, 11:05:45 AM
Quote from: Warspite on April 11, 2013, 11:01:19 AM
Where's David Hasselhoff?  :mad:

How dare you call the Hoff "flawed"?  :mad:

Valmy

#17
April 11, 2013, 11:06:56 AM
Quote from: Martinus on April 11, 2013, 10:07:06 AM
I did. He stands above all others, being a wonderful human being.

A Vichyite?  :yuk:
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."

Caliga

#18
April 11, 2013, 11:17:42 AM
Gorbi!  Gorbi!  Gorbi!

It was awesome when Rocky beat Ivan Drago and Gorby stood up and clapped for Rocky even though he represented Amerika. :cry:
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Martinus

#19
April 11, 2013, 11:22:01 AM
Quote from: Caliga on April 11, 2013, 11:17:42 AM
Gorbi!  Gorbi!  Gorbi!

It was awesome when Rocky beat Ivan Drago and Gorby stood up and clapped for Rocky even though he represented Amerika. :cry:
:D

Viking

#20
April 11, 2013, 11:25:08 AM
Quote from: Valmy on April 11, 2013, 11:06:56 AM
Quote from: Martinus on April 11, 2013, 10:07:06 AM
I did. He stands above all others, being a wonderful human being.

A Vichyite?  :yuk:

I :wub: 'ed a bit for DeGaulle when I heard his dismissal of Mitterand. "You again?"
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Caliga

#21
April 11, 2013, 11:28:26 AM
Quote from: Martinus on April 11, 2013, 11:22:01 AM
Quote from: Caliga on April 11, 2013, 11:17:42 AM
Gorbi!  Gorbi!  Gorbi!

It was awesome when Rocky beat Ivan Drago and Gorby stood up and clapped for Rocky even though he represented Amerika. :cry:
:D
IF I CAN CHANGE
AND YOUSE CAN CHANGE
DEN EVERYBODY CAN CHANGE!

Cold War: over. :showoff:
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fhdz

#22
April 11, 2013, 11:28:45 AM
John Paul II. Spoke 90 quadrillion languages, an extrordinarily deep thinker, possessed boundless energy and was an exceptional athlete to boot. I always got the sense that his opposition to Communism was less about Communism being anti-Christian and more about it being inhumane.
and the horse you rode in on

Caliga

#23
April 11, 2013, 11:30:39 AM
I didn't vote for JPII because I can't really see how he is "flawed" so I didn't see him as an appropriate choice for the poll. :sleep:

I voted for Gorby, because a) he is cool, and b) he's flawed what with that giant birthmark on his head. :smarty:
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fhdz

#24
April 11, 2013, 11:31:54 AM
Quote from: Caliga on April 11, 2013, 11:30:39 AM
I didn't vote for JPII because I can't really see how he is "flawed" so I didn't see him as an appropriate choice for the poll. :sleep:

I voted for Gorby, because a) he is cool, and b) he's flawed what with that giant birthmark on his head. :smarty:

For Marti, "flawed" means "was not a champion of gay rights".
and the horse you rode in on

derspiess

#25
April 11, 2013, 11:32:00 AM
Gorby is overrated.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Caliga

#26
April 11, 2013, 11:33:23 AM
Quote from: fahdiz on April 11, 2013, 11:31:54 AM
Quote from: Caliga on April 11, 2013, 11:30:39 AM
I didn't vote for JPII because I can't really see how he is "flawed" so I didn't see him as an appropriate choice for the poll. :sleep:

I voted for Gorby, because a) he is cool, and b) he's flawed what with that giant birthmark on his head. :smarty:

For Marti, "flawed" means "was not a champion of gay rights".
But if JPII had been a champion of gay rights, he would have been a flawed Pope..... but since he wasn't, he therefore wasn't flawed. :sleep:
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Strix

#27
April 11, 2013, 11:45:34 AM
So, who is on the list of unflawed Cold War heroes?
"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left." - Margaret Thatcher

Martinus

#28
April 11, 2013, 11:47:11 AM
Quote from: fahdiz on April 11, 2013, 11:31:54 AM
Quote from: Caliga on April 11, 2013, 11:30:39 AM
I didn't vote for JPII because I can't really see how he is "flawed" so I didn't see him as an appropriate choice for the poll. :sleep:

I voted for Gorby, because a) he is cool, and b) he's flawed what with that giant birthmark on his head. :smarty:

For Marti, "flawed" means "was not a champion of gay rights".

No, it means "feted serial child molesters and protected them from criminal prosecution". Also, "gagged theologians" and "spearheaded a mis-information campaign on condom use in Africa, which indirectly led to death of millions."

Viking

#29
April 11, 2013, 11:48:06 AM
Quote from: Strix on April 11, 2013, 11:45:34 AM
So, who is on the list of unflawed Cold War heroes?

Havel, Sakharov, Zhao Ziyang?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.
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