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I think Tharkun is proposing a Face/Off sort of stealing Mike's identity.Zed Snardbody wrote:Wait a minute...thats a bit redundant. You'd be further ahead to kill Mike, assume his identity and make use of his reign of terror and cowing.
What is the point of being the only Super power if you dont add "or else..." to that phrase?LadyTevar wrote:The Secretary of State of the United States of America hereby requests all whom it may concern to permit the citizen/national of the United States named herein to pass without delay or hindrance and in case of need to give all lawful aid and protection.
I think the Brits have the better one. The US one is kinda ... wimpy.
Bingo! In some cases it's actually worse than that. When Ed Horman went to Chile to find out what happened to his son, not only did the US Embassy not help, it hindered him at every turn.Zed Snardbody wrote:The US embasy is about bloody useless to your average american. It exists to facilitate the communication between governments and business not to see to the needs of its citizens who were foolish enough to leave the saftey of the boarder behind them.Edward Yee wrote:Why was that?Elfdart wrote:do not go to the US Embassy for help because they would do nothing.
The suffix -stan means 'land of', and since the name of the country isn't Pakistanistan, shouldn't that be Paki? Just like someone from Afghanistan is an afghani or someone from Kazakhstan is a Kazakh?Admiral Valdemar wrote:The correct term is Pakistanis, FYI.
That also happens to one of the most racist things you can say in BritainGeneral Schatten wrote:The suffix -stan means 'land of', and since the name of the country isn't Pakistanistan, shouldn't that be Paki? Just like someone from Afghanistan is an afghani or someone from Kazakhstan is a Kazakh?Admiral Valdemar wrote:The correct term is Pakistanis, FYI.
Paki also individually stands for the different races that live in the country... or at least that is what my Paki friend told me.General Schatten wrote:The suffix -stan means 'land of', and since the name of the country isn't Pakistanistan, shouldn't that be Paki? Just like someone from Afghanistan is an afghani or someone from Kazakhstan is a Kazakh?Admiral Valdemar wrote:The correct term is Pakistanis, FYI.
I really can't say I was aware, I don't keep up with the domestic problems in the UK. I can only say I apologize to any I may have offended. Though that's a rather strange thing to turn into a slur.Dartzap wrote:That also happens to one of the most racist things you can say in Britain
Bravo on your Thread Necromancy as well, heh.
OH shit, I assumed from the HOS one that it was still alive.havokeff wrote:Nice necro BTW. Almost 2 years.
Oh, I doubt you offended anyone really - it's mainly used by brain dead BNP tossers with no job who constantly blame others for their woes. They turned a simple word in something that can you arrested for race hatred.I really can't say I was aware, I don't keep up with the domestic problems in the UK. I can only say I apologize to any I may have offended. Though that's a rather strange thing to turn into a slur. Confused
