Kanzler

Shall do. :D Ashley and Janna were supposed to come, as well as maybe Ace, but I think all three can't anymore. =/

Make it Monday. You can meet Jo!

I'll tickle it.

With a knife. And by tickle, I mean stab.

I figured it was you. smh.

Lighten up? Not possible, Haruhi is srs business yo

Oh hell no, you did not share it on Skype.

Would a thread regarding the use of Jargon Words be appropriate for the Discussions & Debates section?

I am in school......... Probably Junior High........ What's your age?

You are in college? Or is it University?

Breaking this into two posts for your consideration haha.

I think I play both sides of the fence equally, actually. I communicate with both sides of my family on a somewhat regular basis, and I like enough about both cultures to not feel uncomfortable (though visiting home countries is another story :P). I take it you can speak Mandarin as fluently as English then, huh? Bit of a tangent, but would you mind if I tried practising with you sometime? I'm trying to pick it up again and I suck royally at it.

And no offense to your friend, but no flowery terms is going to make it not "whitewashing" haha. It's intriguing as well as scary how the concept of the melting pot works...I like people coming together but I don't like wonderful parts of their cultures being erased. I'd love my kids to be able to speak both languages for example but I know I'm not half as fluent as I ought to be and that's going to continuously diminish, especially if I marry someone outside of my races (I think I might lel).

I suppose you could say I'm disengaged in the sense that I don't care particularly about their politics or anything; I identify with the idea of "global citizenry" rather than geographical/political borders. Along that vein, I care deeply about the Palestinian issue, but not because I'm half-Palestinian...it's because they are humans being oppressed and slaughtered and being treated as less than human. Everyone should care about Palestine because of that. And in this particular instance it's easy to know where the blame lies; there is one aggressor and one victim. You take race out of the equation and no one can accuse you of "anti-semitism" (such a misused, played-out card anyway).

You're doing a great job as mod, so don't overthink it :P People will drop in wherever they want to, you just kick back and watch it happen. I'll try to contribute some topics here and there as well!

How the hell did you even find that thread?

Thank yew.

J-john, you're a girl now?! And dat chick in your sig tho hnggg

I think you do a discredit to communism with that parallel :P Feminism, as far as I can tell, fights for the rights of one subset of people while demonising another -- hardly utopian. But maybe I'm just getting this from the loudest people, I dunno; no one will give me a straight answer and instead accuses me of some "woman hate" or "ignorance" just for asking a sincere question. Oh well...

To put it straight, I'm not happy with the status quo. I think humanity at large is being cheated and taken advantage of by greedy old men who revel in asserting authority and dominance over us. Money and "power" over other nations means everything in today's world, and blood is readily spilled in pursuit of those two. You may think this a bit conspiratorial, but part of my dislike of nationalism (as you've witnessed :P) for example is because I feel it is part of an overarching plan of keeping us subservient. Blind loyalty stops people from asking questions, makes them complacent. And so I want things to change.

I want to find something that does justice by us and allows us to live in harmony. Something that will abolish the seats of "power" entirely and prevent anyone from taking them again. So when searching, I try to take things on their own merit and understand them before I pass judgement: you want a solution, you have to consider every option, right? In truth I don't know enough about communism right now to say that I'd want it outright, but I know it is definitely more fair and rational than any other system we've seen. I know I'm definitely not happy with this democracy + capitalism cocktail most of the world is drinking, and I'm sure many people would agree. Illusion of choice + money over all...how anyone is okay with this is beyond me.

Yup! What do you mean by you too?

No, I pursue enemies, Team Flare, Team Plasma, cheese toasties and flea's. DUH! xD

I can still find you online cuz I had a half day today :)

How come I always message you at the wrong time? :P

Oh. Shoo then!

Dude, What up?

Looks like D&D is getting a lot more attention recently. You're doing a great job.