Jesus, going out multiple times at a weekend sure makes you feel old..
Drakon, is that you??
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Jesus, going out multiple times at a weekend sure makes you feel old..
Thank you. It makes you wonder how anyone reading what my first post said could misinterpret it.In Ostmanns defense (wow, that feels wrong...), that was all he did...
What do they have to apologize for? Videla invading the Falklands? Pfft.Of course the brits have to do it at the beginning. They're basically apologizing for it. Everyone else has to wait until the end date. Them's the rules.:IS2:
(besides, for a near-professional troll you're real easy to rile up)
You're not expressing it to them. The dead are dead and the bereaved are over it - and if they're not they sure as **** aren't looking for condolences on the Tripwire Interactive Community Forums, buried in The "anything" thread in the Podium section... You're expressing this to us and to us only.I get riled up when someone can find something wrong with me expressing condolences to those that died in conflict.
Jesus Christ you're really technical. No **** I'm not expressing it to them. They aren't here to hear us, so I guess I have to ask you this: Should we just not wish the dead to rest in peace with an "RIP" or Pax, including those killed in the Holocaust? The Holodomor? The Native Americans we massacred? The Boers in British concentration camps in South Africa? What about the NATO allies that stopped the DPRK from invading South Korea? Or how about the British civilians killed in the Battle of Britain? Even the poor Iranian chump told to charge heavily defended Iraqi positions? Just stop all vigils, ceremonies, and never wish condolences to those who died publically again?You're not expressing it to them. The dead are dead and the bereaved are over it - and if they're not they sure as **** aren't looking for condolences on the Tripwire Interactive Community Forums, buried in The "anything" thread in the Podium section... You're expressing this to us and to us only.
If you want to make this a private thing between you and the dead buy a Ouija board!
Drakon is Austrian, which would make sense for why his name is German sounding, and Drakon always talked about his nightclubs and such. Welcome back!Jesus, going out multiple times at a weekend sure makes you feel old..
We should, but we should also realize we aren't doing it for them, but to express to the people we're talking to that we respect the dead.Should we just not wish the dead to rest in peace with an "RIP"
Exactly. Got some dead to honor that didn't die in horrific wars?including those killed in the Holocaust? The Holodomor? The Native Americans we massacred? The Boers in British concentration camps in South Africa? What about the NATO allies that stopped the DPRK from invading South Korea? Or how about the British civilians killed in the Battle of Britain? Even the poor Iranian chump told to charge heavily defended Iraqi positions?
I guess I could think about ways of proving other people wrong. Would that be an acceptable compromise?Why don't you actually think about other people instead of thinking just of ways to prove me wrong.
I'm not looking to add a +1, I'm simply saying that as an American, I too care about the loss of soldiers of foreign countries, not just of our own. I'm also sure at least someone forgot that war happened 30 years ago, so it's also to refresh everyone's memory and not let them forget. That's the only way we can prevent history from repeating itself.We should, but we should also realize we aren't doing it for them, but to express to the people we're talking to that we respect the dead.
When I post "RIP Michael Jackson", I'm not adding a +1 on the rip-counter so he can get into the big after-life spa for free some day when he accumulated 250 non-transferable bonus RIPs... I'm saying "I respected the dude as an artist and I'm sad he died".
By that we also show that we too are affected by the loss and this sense of being in the same boat, feeling the same, helps us cope. That's why funerals are an important factor in dealing with death, whether you're religious or not.
No, there are many justifiable reasons for wishing someone to RIP.
I wasn't going to talk any more about the Falklands other than giving my condolences. Frankly, I don't care to really talk about it at all.You know what's creepy though? When I'm someone who is unhealthily fascinated by war and I try to bring up and get close to the naughty subject under the guise of honoring the dead.
Someone who is proud about how well the Volkssturm did, someone who plays a Nazi soldier, not in a reenactment group but in a community where basically no one else does, someone who is a nationalist who is eager to join a war himself... someone like that, in my opinion, can't genuinely honor the victims of a war.
Unless it hit him personally. I have no problems with a hundred year-old nazi praying for dead comrades in front of a statue, because he has a reason. I don't care about his political affiliations in that moment.
When you do it though, it feels wrong to me. Less like "I'm genuinely sad these people died, or at least I condemn the reason for their death" and more like "wasn't it heroic when these guys gave their lives?".
The only reason I posted that was because you literally just said earlier:Who knows, maybe you're not as horrible a person as I think you are, based on your behavior here, lol, but in my little black-and-white world you talking about war and honoring the dead irks me.
And I don't care if someone posts his condolences at the anniversary of the beginning or the end of a war, btw. That's no more a rule than any ridiculous dating rule some sitcom character explains and everyone knows about it except the explainee...
Kudos for digging around the BBC for evidence to the contrary, though, and for proudly posting it here with a huge font, CAPS, bold and underlined, though. That's a level of dedication I wish some sitcom characters had.
So now that we've established that I'm not celebrating anything, is it okay or is it not okay to offer condolences at the beginning or end according to you? Because my stance is: it shouldn't make a difference. It's showing respect regardless.We usually celebrate the ends of wars, not their beginnings. But then, we aren't Alexander Ostmann.
Yes, but my family life isn't important to anyone here so I am not going to post RIP every time someone dies. The anniversary of the Falklands War is different.Besides, if you're genuine about it you can post your condolences on Christmas, for all I care.
My problem is, I don't think you are, so I took a small jab at you.
Critical hit, I guess... Maybe I hit a weak spot for massive damage
Exactly. Got some dead to honor that didn't die in horrific wars?
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