Powdie Awards 2012
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@tommig (View Post)
Us Americans do this in representation of how we fought for freedom, and those who abuse this right to freedom should be ashamed, so basically those of us who actually give a _________ about our history wear these pins in declaration of how we rightfully used this privalage that our country earned. Most people don't know why the hell they wear it besides the fact that it makes them look cool. That's how I interpret it. I feel sorry for others who don't live on a country with a right to vote. Isn't it true that many European country's can't even vote? That's just sad. So next time it is silly to you perhaps you will remembee what I said?
Oh that soundsthe about right. You live in England. That's right England doesn't have a system for voting. That's why you don't understand why Americans value our rights and freedom. -
All European countries vote. We have mayors as well and some countries have presidents or prime ministers. Just because you don't know doesn't mean you have to be ignorant. Some European countries fought for over 600 years for their independence, holding off barbarian hoards and Ottoman and Russian dominance. And Europe has values too. No more politics from now on please in this thread.
Ok people, voting will stop in 2 days, so please get your votes in by then. :)
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These people I am expecting votes from:
@tommig (Expecting three more categories, then you're clear)
@jjbagley (Some categories)
@therocketeer (All categories)
@Xorite (All categories)
@EqualsThree (All categories)
@jenn4 (Pixel art)
@disturbed666 or @grandmaster (All categories)
@R3APER (All categories)
@MeinFuhrer (All categories)
@tudoreleuu (All categories)
@epicksl (Engines)
@macquarry (Bombs)
@ZER02541714 (Bombs and nuclear plants)
@kanokarob (All categories)
You are the people responsible for the success / failure for this event.
@Fast-Driver (View Post)
Are you willing to look for new judges if those don't vote? .___. -
I have been looking for new judges, but I didn't get any yet! D:
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I'm sorry, do you honestly think England is not a democraric country? Every person over the age of 18 with a British Citizenship is allowed to vote (no illegal immegrants). We just don't feel the need to tell all the illeducated fools around us that we voted.
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@tommig (View Post)
Of course the Parliament needs members to be elected...
@R3APER
Since when have you become nationalistic? Most European countries are all constitutionally democratic and the seven countries that are, elect their parliaments and the monarch has no power at all.
Wikipedia says
At present, seven monarchies are members of the European Union: Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. All seven monarchies in the European Union are constitutional monarchies, which means that the monarch does not influence the politics of the monarch's country.
Next time, do your effing research. -
@boxmein (View Post)
You know how the kings and queens of royal family's got to power? Your absolutely right in saying they fought for hundreds of years, but they fought and killed others with righteous paths just so they could be a leader. Next time I hear a response saying the American judicial system is outrageous, that will be my response. You have a king and queen who's family's killed tons of innocent people in their quest for domination over the area on which you now live. Maybe you will think twice about saying Monarchys are still legitimate governments in the fact that the public can still vote for what they want to have accomplished. I'm pretty sure back then the only reason why people tended to like a king/queen was because they were "loyal" to their family, the shared the same fanatical religious beliefs, or they feared retribution from the monarchy if they disobeyed the rule of the land. I've done my research, you guys wanted to bring up what had happened a long time ago during the beginning formations of these "governments" so I decided to add my historical knowledge in too. Unlike your countries with only a prime minister as a true source of government, the United States Of America have three different branches of government. Not some old woman sitting in a diamond encrusted chair, still benefiting off of her ancestor's cruelty. You want facts, well I just gave them. Don't however, slander another country because you think what they so is silly. Sure, I contradicted myself with that phrase entirely, but you wanted to say I didn't know anything and I decided to prove your claims otherwise. If you think what I'm saying is false, crack open some history books and get learning!
Besides, I don't want to start some big old slug fest, so lets just quit this stupid argument and get back to the Powdies! -
@R3APER (View Post)
>, the United States Of America have three different branches of government. Not some old woman sitting in a diamond encrusted chair, still benefiting off of her ancestor's cruelty.
Yet your claim of the UK having no separation of the powers is completely false. [link].
Oh, and we aren't living in the Middle Ages anymore, there's very few dictatorships still alive.
I live not in a monarchy. I live in a parliamentarian democracy, but I wouldn't care too much about that.
The US president is sometimes considered a constitutional monarch by his role, not his title.
>Some of the framers of the US Constitution may have conceived of the president as being an elected constitutional monarch, as the term was understood in their time, following Montesquieu's account of the separation of powers.
Now back to the powdies. No need to get this thread locked because of some awful misunderstanding. -
"following Montesquieu's account"
Dude there is your problem. Its an account, stop taking stupid crap off of websites and believing its true. Just because I post on a blog saying a cat is blue, would you believe it? You can't make an argument off of an account. It doesn't work that way. -
@R3APER (View Post)
Montesquieu was the person creating the idea of the separation of court, parliament and government. "on the account of Montesquieu's" refers to his reasoning for the separation idea. He lived in the 1600's, way before the constitution was even considered to be written.
So please, dismiss this argument at once.
@tommig is almost done with his votes, expecting ~10 more people to vote.
