Well done, Dennis Rodman, imo.

[redgunamo]

Got the Norks to come to the negotiating table :nod:

[World's End Stella]

Got the Norks to come to the negotiating table :nod:

One of the more amusing/bizarre news stories of the past 20 years or so.

6'8" cross dressing, African American, former basketball player likes to party with psychotic, genocidal North Korean dictator.

Nice. :hehe:

[Luis Anaconda]

Got the Norks to come to the negotiating table :nod:

Norks out for the lads?

[Burney]

One of the more amusing/bizarre news stories of the past 20 years or so.

6'8" cross dressing, African American, former basketball player likes to party with psychotic, genocidal North Korean dictator.

Nice. :hehe:

Is he genocidal? Or does he just kill a lot of people?

[Sir C]

Is he genocidal? Or does he just kill a lot of people?

Yes, whilst he is clearly a bit of a murdering type, describing him as 'genocidal' is a bit hyperbolic. :nod:

[redgunamo]

Is he genocidal? Or does he just kill a lot of people?

"Michael the Lover" always kills me anyway. Fantastic.

And is that a young DLT emcee-ing?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW-RPqMcJU4

[redgunamo]

Yes, whilst he is clearly a bit of a murdering type, describing him as 'genocidal' is a bit hyperbolic. :nod:

:nod: Don't believe the hype, as it were.

[World's End Stella]

Is he genocidal? Or does he just kill a lot of people?

The latter I suppose - but I couldn't come up with a single word that describes that condition so I went with genocidal.

[Burney]

Yes, whilst he is clearly a bit of a murdering type, describing him as 'genocidal' is a bit hyperbolic. :nod:

An overstatement imo.

[Burney]

The latter I suppose - but I couldn't come up with a single word that describes that condition so I went with genocidal.

Murderous? Bloodthirsty? A bit killy?

[Sir C]

An overstatement imo.

Looked to me like he was exaggerating. For effect.

[Burney]

Looked to me like he was exaggerating. For effect.

No, he just misspoke.

[World's End Stella]

Murderous? Bloodthirsty? A bit killy?

Hmmm - I was thinking of the starvation of large numbers of his own people angle which doesn't feel like murderous or bloodthirsty. Or really genocidal, I suppose. Perhaps 'deranged' would have been better.

AWIMB is just one big learning centre, isn't it? :-)

[Sir C]

Murderous? Bloodthirsty? A bit killy?

What about Vlad the Impaler? Clearly not genocidal, but 'bloodthirsty' doesn't really cut it for old Vlad.

Perhaps 'extremely bloodthirsty'.

[redgunamo]

Yes, whilst he is clearly a bit of a murdering type, describing him as 'genocidal' is a bit hyperbolic. :nod:

And doesn't the term also make an issue of exactly whom one kills, rather the mere fact of the killing itself?

[Burney]

Hmmm - I was thinking of the starvation of large numbers of his own people angle which doesn't feel like murderous or bloodthirsty. Or really genocidal, I suppose. Perhaps 'deranged' would have been better.

AWIMB is just one big learning centre, isn't it? :-)

I have no idea of his mental state, tbh, so 'deranged' won't do. Perhaps 'careless'?

[World's End Stella]

What about Vlad the Impaler? Clearly not genocidal, but 'bloodthirsty' doesn't really cut it for old Vlad.

Perhaps 'extremely bloodthirsty'.

I'm less down with these word thingys than you and Burney. Does it become genocidal only if you are deliberately targeting a certain type of people with the intention of eradicating them? So the Holocaust was clearly genocidal but Stalin starving millions of people as part of his political/social/economic policies was not?

:rubchin:

[redgunamo]

I have no idea of his mental state, tbh, so 'deranged' won't do. Perhaps 'careless'?

I was just thinking that. "Very careless indeed", or "could hardly be more careless".

[Sir C]

I'm less down with these word thingys than you and Burney. Does it become genocidal only if you are deliberately targeting a certain type of people with the intention of eradicating them? So the Holocaust was clearly genocidal but Stalin starving millions of people as part of his political/social/economic policies was not?

:rubchin:

Yes, I would say so. You'd need to check a dictionary for the absolute truth of the matter, I suppose.

[Burney]

And doesn't the term also make an issue of exactly whom one kills, rather the mere fact of the killing itself?

Yes. But even then it's not necessarily genocide. I remember once having a long and dull argument with j because he accused the US of genocide by dropping atom bombs on Johnny Japanese. In that instance, the fact that the overwhelming majority of victims were hissing nips didn't make it genocide because the enemy's ethnicity was irrelevant to his status as a military foe who needed to be defeated by any means necessary.

[World's End Stella]

I have no idea of his mental state, tbh, so 'deranged' won't do. Perhaps 'careless'?

Ah, but if you use that logic you have no idea as to his intentions when he allowed millions of people to starve to death so it might very well have been genocidal?

I'm beginning to think that it could be many things because - as hard as it is to believe - WTF does AWIMB know about anything? :-)

[Burney]

I'm less down with these word thingys than you and Burney. Does it become genocidal only if you are deliberately targeting a certain type of people with the intention of eradicating them? So the Holocaust was clearly genocidal but Stalin starving millions of people as part of his political/social/economic policies was not?

:rubchin:

Almost, but some of Stalin's purges were ethnic in nature.

[Burney]

Ah, but if you use that logic you have no idea as to his intentions when he allowed millions of people to starve to death so it might very well have been genocidal?

I'm beginning to think that it could be many things because - as hard as it is to believe - WTF does AWIMB know about anything? :-)

I always like to see the best in people, wes, so I shall call him 'Careless, absent-minded North Korean dictator'.

[redgunamo]

Yes. But even then it's not necessarily genocide. I remember once having a long and dull argument with j because he accused the US of genocide by dropping atom bombs on Johnny Japanese. In that instance, the fact that the overwhelming majority of victims were hissing nips didn't make it genocide because the enemy's ethnicity was irrelevant to his status as a military foe who needed to be defeated by any means necessary.

Yes. My spies tell me that today's pudding is practically genocide: Banana custard with cinnamon #hyperbole

Can't even secretly pass it under the table to a hound :-(

[Pokster]

I always like to see the best in people, wes, so I shall call him 'Careless, absent-minded North Korean dictator'.

Message reported to Corbyn

[Burney]

Message reported to Corbyn

The best I can say about Corbyn is that he's a hugely thick cvnt, p. That is the most positive spin I can put on his behaviour.

[Burney]

Yes. My spies tell me that today's pudding is practically genocide: Banana custard with cinnamon #hyperbole

Can't even secretly pass it under the table to a hound :-(

:-( That's just slop, isn't it? You ought to throw it at the wall in protest. Are you not master in your own house?

[redgunamo]

Message reported to Corbyn

After Corbyn's latest missive, I reckon even B would admit there's always some goodness even in the worst of us.

[Pokster]

The best I can say about Corbyn is that he's a hugely thick cvnt, p. That is the most positive spin I can put on his behaviour.

Come the revolution you'll be on his list and up against the wall

[Sir C]

After Corbyn's latest missive, I reckon even B would admit there's always some goodness even in the worst of us.

Is it the jew-hating you admire, r?

[Burney]

After Corbyn's latest missive, I reckon even B would admit there's always some goodness even in the worst of us.

Are we talking about his Nelsonian inability to see anti-semitism - even in a Facebook Group set up by and featuring keen anti-semites?

[redgunamo]

:-( That's just slop, isn't it? You ought to throw it at the wall in protest. Are you not master in your own house?

Yes, and in order to remain so, one must sometimes conclude that D is the better part of V and keep one's own counsel.
Statesmanlike. You know.

[redgunamo]

Is it the jew-hating you admire, r?

No; the woman-hating. Brave boy.

"Early evening socialisation benefits men who don’t feel the need to be at home looking after their children, and it discriminates against women who will want to, obviously, look after the children that they have got."

http://metro.co.uk/2016/09/02/corbyn-wants-to-ban-sexist-after-work-drinks-for-quite-sexist-reason-6105449/

[Burney]

Yes, and in order to remain so, one must sometimes conclude that D is the better part of V and keep one's own counsel.
Statesmanlike. You know.

Cowardice in the face of the enemy if you ask me. :shakehead:

[Sir C]

Cowardice in the face of the enemy if you ask me. :shakehead:

Without wishing to be a bore, I would remind you that you once claimed you would not die for the Colours. Now that is cowardice.

[redgunamo]

Cowardice in the face of the enemy if you ask me. :shakehead:

Not at all. Dutiful, loyal. Everyone else likes it.

[Monty92]

No; the woman-hating. Brave boy.

"Early evening socialisation benefits men who don’t feel the need to be at home looking after their children, and it discriminates against women who will want to, obviously, look after the children that they have got."

http://metro.co.uk/2016/09/02/corbyn-wants-to-ban-sexist-after-work-drinks-for-quite-sexist-reason-6105449/

That quote's from September 2016

[redgunamo]

That quote's from September 2016

I'm always behind the times; I found it in Twitter last night.

[redgunamo]

One of the more amusing/bizarre news stories of the past 20 years or so.

6'8" cross dressing, African American, former basketball player likes to party with psychotic, genocidal North Korean dictator.

Nice. :hehe:

Makes sense as a secret go-between or mule though, don't it. After all, the mere idea would arouse no suspicions and, in any case, no-one would give any credence to any such suspicions. But how many people in the world can claim to be on friendly, speaking terms with both leaders :sherlock:

[IUFG]

:nod: Don't believe the hype, as it were.

that's your second Public Enemy reference in as many days, r

[redgunamo]

that's your second Public Enemy reference in as many days, r

Oh, I was a fan, back in the day. Superbad breaks and a' that :nod: