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oh man... another war (pg. 2)
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by jonSun
Thats true. Also once they found out that they got oil off thier coast, we wanted to be thier friend even more. |
heheh yeah, that's the same reason Russia is trying desparately to hold on to Chechnya and destabilise Georgia. And if Australia intervenes somehow in West Papua it'll be for the resources there. I don't judge you guys, the US is just doing what every other country does - looking out for themselves. They just do it better cos they have more power/money.
What s me is the rhetoric everyone uses to justify their actions saying they're intervening to spread democracy etc... :rolleyes: . And even worse are the people who believe it... Good grief, how stupid naive can you be! :whip: |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
at least im trying :D |
Making mistakes is the best step for learning a language - believe me, my broken English back in high school was hilarious :p |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
There are a few wars going on, actually:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_wars
Fortunately, for a 6 billion people planet, the number is reasonably low.
Latin's been really helpful to me actually. In fact, it's reminded me of some stuff I had seen in Russian before (cases, imperative, etc..).
I remember I also thought his custom status was a bit strange, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt, beliving it was some expression I didn't know :p |
I think Russian helped me grasp Latin grammar, whereas to my English speaking friends it all sounded like voodoo. Also Latin does sometimes help me with the meaning of unfamiliar English words.
Also I noticed that I can get the drift of the meaning of Spanish sentences sometimes without ever having studied the language. A Peruvian chick told me I should take up Spanish cos it would be a lot easier for me because of Latin... hmmm maybe I should! |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
at least im trying :D |
Hey I'm impressed! Are you teaching yourself or taking classes? |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by astroboy
What s me is the rhetoric everyone uses to justify their actions saying they're intervening to spread democracy etc... :rolleyes: . And even worse are the people who believe it... Good grief, how stupid naive can you be! :whip: [/color] |
so what exactly is the US getting out of its liberation of afghanistan? what did NATO get out of the bombing of the balkans? what did the US & allies get out of actions in rwanda or somalia? what is australia getting out of east timor?
whilst i agree generally with your sentiments, sometimes self-interest & morality do go hand in hand... |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Making mistakes is the best step for learning a language - believe me, my broken English back in high school was hilarious :p |
so, which language do you think in lira? |
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| lex400sc |
| people killing people killing people.... no news here... |
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by astroboy
Hey I'm impressed! Are you teaching yourself or taking classes? |
teaching myself
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
so what exactly is the US getting out of its liberation of afghanistan? what did NATO get out of the bombing of the balkans? what did the US & allies get out of actions in rwanda or somalia? what is australia getting out of east timor?
whilst i agree generally with your sentiments, sometimes self-interest & morality do go hand in hand... |
my guess would be that people are pleased when governments/organizations do deeds like this and therefore they get more public support. it helps them out in the long run. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by astroboy
I think Russian helped me grasp Latin grammar, whereas to my English speaking friends it all sounded like voodoo. |
Same with my girlfriend: when the professor started talking about nominative, accusative and whatnot, it wasn't news to me, specially because I was used to thinking that way already. She was in deep trouble, even though she speaks Japanese perfectly and it's got a faux case system that helped her just a little bit.
| quote: | Originally posted by astroboy
Also Latin does sometimes help me with the meaning of unfamiliar English words. |
Didn't Russian help you as well? I reckon it uses many borrowed words from Latin (at least I seem to recognise loads of them).
| quote: | Originally posted by astroboy
Also I noticed that I can get the drift of the meaning of Spanish sentences sometimes without ever having studied the language. A Peruvian chick told me I should take up Spanish cos it would be a lot easier for me because of Latin... hmmm maybe I should! |
Do it! Also, the grammar of Brazilian Portuguese's becoming simpler than both European Portuguese and Spanish (i.e. the accusative, the plural and the conjugation for the 2n person are finally dying in every day language) and its pronunciation is close to Russian - Spanish is, however, more important as an international language. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
so, which language do you think in lira? |
Mostly in Portuguese :) |
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| Subey |
| quote: | Originally posted by astroboy
[color=limegreen]I think Russian helped me grasp Latin grammar |
Want to hear my hilarious joke? of course you do.
Russian person says to you in Russian: Kak dela?
you respond in English: Horror Show
One of my 3 great jokes! |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Subey
Want to hear my hilarious joke? of course you do.
Russian person says to you in Russian: Kak dela?
you respond in English: Horror Show
One of my 3 great jokes! |
:stongue: :stongue: :stongue:
This is so bad I actually did laugh :p Although there is a dystopian book that uses Russian words that way - was it 1984? |
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