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In reply to this comment by messenger:
I can't see that vid. Is it from YouTube? I live in Turkey now, and YouTube is blocked nation-wide because apparently there's a video somewhere there saying bad things about Atatürk, which is illegal here.
In reply to this comment by therealblankman:
New world record, same guy, a Canadian, 'Eh?
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-fastest-human-on-the-face-of-the-earth-is-Canadian-Eh
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Back in the day, they used to tow them up to about 50 mph with a car, then let them go to do the rest on their own. The gear ratio was so high that they wouldn't have been able to get the bike moving at all without the initial tow. Dunno if that's still true.
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-fastest-human-on-the-face-of-the-earth-is-Canadian-Eh
In reply to this comment by messenger:
Back in the day, they used to tow them up to about 50 mph with a car, then let them go to do the rest on their own. The gear ratio was so high that they wouldn't have been able to get the bike moving at all without the initial tow. Dunno if that's still true.
It's roughly a 3.5 day cut, it's at 3/19 unfortunately.
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It's been 3 days, 18 hours, and has the same number of votes as # 12 on the top 15 list. Why isn't it there??
In reply to this comment by Krupo:
I predict instant top 15. Go!
In reply to this comment by messenger:
I like how he put "how safe these cars are," and "the dangers involved in top class motor sport" in the same sentence. It's like how totally harmless and !!!BRUTALLY DANGEROUS!!! a tiger cub is.
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These people don't have the worst lot in life, and none of them are complaining. They've been invited to talk about their reality. This angle is something most people haven't thought about. And any art that makes your mind move in a different way is worth making.
In reply to this comment by messenger:
Let's just say I didn't last the full 7 minutes of my song.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oldboy/news/1648167/
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Oh, please God, don't let Americans remake this movie, oh please, oh please, God, I'm begging you...
What's going on in Chechnya and other provinces of Russia is a necessary evil. You may argue that Russia doesn't have to resolve to torture and oppression. But how else would you fight against a militarily active independence movement that outright refuses to abide by Russian rules? If they don't want to play by the rules, then the rules don't apply to them either.
You may say this is cruel, but we had a similar history of our own. We had Confederate States of America declaring independence, forcing USA to declare war, killing total 3% of United States population. These guys wanted to secede from United States and wanted to keep slavery (violation of human rights). It came from a very distinct political stance and desire to protect local economy (also influence of Texas, who wanted a country of their own as well), as seeing end of slavery would mean collapse of already dwindling southern economy.
You could argue that United States would've been better off granting independence to CSA without a declaring war. Well then I don't see why US should keep Texas or California or New Mexico or Vermont. And with CSA continuing to have slave trade, and Texas continuing to raid local Indian settlements to gain territory?
Would we have been better off as a divided nation? That is a very serious question.
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More civic power in certain culturally different areas of a country leads to demands for rights and independence, which either leads to actual independence, or to violent oppression. In these cases, it was violent oppression, and that's what I don't like. When I say that it's human rights violations that are holding those two countries together, I mean that human rights violations are forcing Chechnya and Taiwan to remain part of the country, not that the whole country would fall apart.
1. Russia actually DO want Putin to stay in power. Despite what Kasparov says there, the general Russian public does have a strong support for Putin. Especially young Russians support Putin with much optimism and vigor.
2. If released Chechnya, other states with private militaries would start demanding the same thing. Many of them being remnants of instability since the collapse of USSR. So even though Chechnya alone does have a legitimate cause to demand independence, Russia just cannot afford to show signs of 'giving up' at this time.
Once things have settled down, they may give it another chance.
3. Improved human rights treatment can be achieved without having to make a democratic nation. People usually confuse democracy automatically resulting to better humans rights and civic power. It's actually the opposite. More civic power means more demands for civilian rights, and civilian rights leads to democracy.
Human rights violations result from power struggles (government instability) and lack of civil power. Once government stabilizes and economy goes up, these things will take care of themselves.
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@legacy:
You have said several times that you democracy can't be forced on a people who aren't ready for it. I fully agree with the principle and your examples. But I don't see how that sentiment applies here. What country is being considered for "forceful" democratization? Nobody's talking about going to war to make China and Russia democratic. We're talking about nations that are clamoring for freedom and being militarily repressed. As I said above, if Russia and China stopped their human rights violations, Tibet, Taiwan, Burma and Chechnya would be free, and soon democratic. Heck, Taiwan already is democratic, but not freely so. China and Russia would be imperceptibly smaller, and free to continue on as the dictatorships they are now, without having any democracy "forced" on them.
And I was wrong about it being 7 some odd years. It's more like 3 some odd years. My friend confirmed it. I thought the movie OldBoy was a recent release (2006), but turns out it was made in 2003. So it checks out!
You were right all along!
A foreigner outsmarting me in my own heritage... I dishonor my fellow Asians
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와! That's hilarious. I just figured it was a scan from the graphic novel, if there ever was one. Scruffy, unshaven, wild hair, manic look, grinning wildly while holding the 만두 in front of his face before eating it... there was no doubt in my mind. Love that movie.
It resembles my personal image as an unkempt scruffy Asian with a softspot for food
I guess all Asians DO look alike
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Your avatar, I think, is 오대수, the lead character in the Korean movie Oldboy. In that picture, he's eating dragon 만두. It's a freaky movie, if you haven't seen it.