And within a decade it'd probably one of the most advanced nations on earth whilst Australia relapses into North korea territory with Shorten at the helm taxing and controlling everything under the sun

The tax generated already more than covers the cost associated with health issues

Of course they were right to fight back against the oppressive conditions laid down by the Allies after WWI (Merkel only paid back the last of the reparations in 2010!) but I am pretty sure Hitler crossed the line of being literally Hitler well before September 1939, let alone when he Final Solution was resolved in 1942.

Ripe rockmelon tastes good but just like kiwifruit there is a very fine line between ripe and bruised or over-ripe, then it tastes like the worst thing in the world.

I bet you think Germany was the "good guy" of WWII.

Not enough Anzac in this post :lol:

DOn't forget the other buzzwords: Somme, Kaiser etc etc.

The king of Yugo was assassinated yada yada anzac yada yada we won.

No my bad, some serbs killed some other guy

Edited by scott21: 8/4/2016 11:42:56 PM

Pretty sure they covered Gallipoli, but I didn't really care about it. I wanna learn about the European side of the world wars.

What, you're telling me they didn't go on and on and on about Gallipoli?

Fuck, I need to read about WW1. Never really covered it in school.

It's an interesting one i'll give you that. You are mixing up WW1 not happening and Germany winning it though which makes things hard to say.

WW1 was the catalyst for the decline of the empire age and led to radical political change in regions that were not ready for it. Imo though, even if Germany had won, the damage would have already been done. Nationalism had been on the rise for the last 100 years and the empires would have been hard pressed to hold onto far flung territories in a post-industrial age capacity. France would probably instead become a seedbed for fascism and the Ottomans were on the point of collapse before the war anyway.

But i don't think you can say one side or the other were the "bad guys" in WW1. Everyone involved is to blame for for hijacking what was a domestic issue into a tool to escalate the greater tension and posturing between the elite political sides of Europe. Britain for example, should have stayed the fuck out of the whole thing.

They literally won't exist in 100 years. It's great.

The greens somewhere with an active volcano.

Liberal voters should be deported to Nauru.

This we can agree on.

Fracking is far less harmful than people think.

No one forces those fucking plebs to buy a bottle of coke though.

Western Europe, central Europe, Southern Europe and Scandinavia will be Islamic dominated by the end of this century.

Edited by 433: 8/4/2016 10:09:12 PM

It's a shit idea because you're just punishing low socio-economic people who struggle to eat anywhere else.

a) Long, protracted war that leads to the deaths of millions and the creation of an even worse conflict + genocide.
b) Europe maintains its hegemony over the world and it enters another era of relative peace like it saw between 1815-1914.

Pick one.

I bet you think Germany was the "bad guy" of WWI.

Edited by 433: 8/4/2016 09:53:46 PM

Same here :lol: I'm pretty bad at cutting down on sugar.

Medical costs that the smokers are on our system. Still a financial interest to stop people smoking.

On a. Interesting aside. Nicotine patches being used to HELP treat depression and similar mental health problems in non smokers has been quite successful.

Couldn't agree more.

I need to sugar tax my bloody self :lol:

A sugar tax is a good idea.

What's new?

You are a certified idiot.

The Cold War was a period of almost unprecedented peace in the world.

star wars the force awakens was worse than the prequels
George W Bush was better than reagan and bill clinton
obama is the best since johnson
the dark ages and the middle ages would be a much better time to live than the early modern period
ancient rome was worse than nazi germany
mormons are gradually becoming less cultish (controlling)
television doesn't rot your brain
political correctness probably makes racism worse by shifting focus to words and social faux pars and away from institutional racism and the empathy gap
its morally wrong not to give to charity if you have any money for luxuries
the world won't end with global warming - probably result in a few hundred million deaths a mere fraction of the worlds population
non-scientific pro environmental groups can be deceptive - though not as deceptive as the anti
Christians in the USA face mild discrimination and not just a "loss of priveledge"
matlidextrose and dextrose are worse than sugar
coconut oil is bad for you
there is no cosmetic advantage to a girl being size four (typical for models)
gluten intolerance is probably rare
pro vegan information is very unreliable
mein kampf is an informative read (don't worry I hate his political views lol. But its important history)
ewoks is the best cartoon ever
the quran does not appear to promote violence more than default human nature
cadbury chocolate tastes bad
israel seems to face unfair treatment from its neighbours but palestine seems to face unfair treatment from israel
first person shooters are boring
british and australian fiction is better than american

Sorry 433, read that as "The world would be a better place had Germany won WWII" :lol:

Thought you were going full Nazi :oops:

Statements like this really don't make sense anyway because the counterfactual is impossible to predict - we'd have a whole range of other conflicts and problems that we can't even conceive of, and it's impossible to know if they'd be any better/worse than what we have now.