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SplishSplash
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SplishSplash
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Too bad you never had any reputation to begin with.shiznit wrote:I would just like to point out that ShitSplash has destroyed any reputation he might of had at q3w (there was little of it in the first place).
He will now be considered among the Kracuses and Reps, feel free to point and laugh at him at anytime possible.
And that's just apart from the fact that people generally don't lose reputation for being right.
Yeah you are right, people don't loose their reputation for being right, too bad you're wrong.SplishSplash wrote:Too bad you never had any reputation to begin with.shiznit wrote:I would just like to point out that ShitSplash has destroyed any reputation he might of had at q3w (there was little of it in the first place).
He will now be considered among the Kracuses and Reps, feel free to point and laugh at him at anytime possible.
And that's just apart from the fact that people generally don't lose reputation for being right.
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SplishSplash
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SplishSplash
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Just because a term was coined in the 1930s doesn’t mean superpowers didn’t exist prior to that date. You clearly stated that superpowers didn’t exist before this date, when in fact they existed far prior then the cold war era. It seems you’re the only with this horribly inaccurate opinion. In fact wikipedia expands on this if you only continue reading.
The first modern "superpowers" -- although they were not known by that term and are more commonly labeled as "Great Powers" -- arose with the beginning of nation-states which were capable of organizing and enlisting commerce, politics, and standing armies and navies to subdue or control other nation-states and less civilized areas. The Dutch were the first nation-state to do so, followed by the Spanish empire and British empire.
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Nightshade
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Yet you conveniently ignored the large part of the article that supported Grudge's argument.SplishSplash wrote:Can you read?R00k wrote:In other words, Shit-Stache tries to speak authoritatively on a subject, gets called out and shown what an idiot he is, then retreats to the "god! it's just an opinion!" stance.
Nice. :icon14:
They quoted a Wikipedia article which seemingly supported their argument. If you didn't read past the first sentence.
After that, it said exactly what I had stated. Which is, that the term superpower is commonly used only for the cold war conflict.
I thought that was hilarious, because they made complete asses out of themselves by not reading to the end.
But since this is a forum of half wits, everyone thinks that the single guy must be wrong and the herd must be right.
My last post (directed at Tormentius) said that it is only a matter of opinion, which it clearly is. But it's also a fact that Wikipedia agrees with my opinion.
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Nightshade
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SplishSplash
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