-
Posts
1,723 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
5
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Everything posted by unicorn
-
I guess lots of newspapers of the day and magazines have poor taste, per your standards. I'd rather taste good! 😄
-
-
I certainly agree that our disdain for the victim shouldn't lead to discarding the consequences for murder. That being said, there were quite a few people celebrating the victim's death before the apparent perpetrator was known. As for Romania, Ceaușescu was one of the most brutal, sociopathic dictators of all, with kiloliters of blood on his hands. I suspect most people, especially Romanians, cheered when they shot him. I suppose that in his case it's debatable as to whether he was murdered or whether the "trial" to which he was subjected was legal (in which case it was merely a legal execution). I can guess what Assad's fate will be if the Syrians ever get a hold of him. I will never forget the words of those who shot Ceaușescu: "It's a pity we can kill him only once!". Given Ceaușescu's 60,000 victims, I remember thinking "Truer words have not been spoken." He was caught with $1 billion trying to flee the country he'd impoverished. While a more formal trial would have been more kosher, there were probably at least 1000 people clapping their hands for every person who shed a tear over his death. But the Germans let Honecker get away scot-free, for reasons I don't fully understand (though he wasn't as awful as Ceaușescu).
-
Syrians might decide it's payback time: https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/11/16/russia-vetoes-u-n-effort-to-finger-those-responsible-for-syrian-chemical-weapons-attacks/ "November 16, 2017, 5:19 PM Russia on Thursday vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution to extend the mandate of United Nations chemical weapons inspectors in Syria... The Russian “no” essentially shutters a U.N.-mandated chemical weapons inspection unit created two years ago to hold those who used sarin gas and other toxic agents accountable for their crimes. The team previously found the Syrian government and the Islamic State, or ISIS, had unleashed chemical weapons on civilians in Syria...".
-
First of all, no one wants Snowden that badly, and even if it were the case, there are no Russian military bases in the US with which to bargain. I suspect that whoever comes to power in Syria will really want Assad dead (Assad did, after all, directly order the deaths and torture of tens of thousands--not the case with Snowden), or at least imprisoned. And the new government will be under no obligation to honor Assad's deals with Putin. Quite the contrary. If anything, the new government may resent the previous support Russia provided for Assad's murderous regime.
-
Stupid response. Stupid. 😉
-
I'm sure there were people who loved Hitler, too--and countless other sociopaths who've profited from screwing people over. Stupid response, IMO. 😀👍 Because a person is loved by someone else, one needs to mourn their death, regardless of the circumstances?
-
Syrians are demanding that Assad be returned to face charges. I suppose they could make the continued leasing of the Russian bases in Syria contingent on his return. I wonder how Putin would react if they make that demand.
-
I have to agree, on a fundamental level. Although I can't say I mourn the victim, one can't condone murder just because the victim's a nasty person. I must confess that I cheered when Jeffrey Dahmer was murdered, but even in his case it was still murder. Even if a small part of me wishes Luigi could get away with it, my sensible self hopes he doesn't.
-
How Russian teenagers are being locked up for expressing dissent
unicorn replied to reader's topic in The Beer Bar
No, that's the complete opposite of what I said. Asad deserves prosecution for crimes against humanity for gassing his own citizens. So would anyone who gasses its own citizens (or throws them out of windows in tall buildings, etc.). I'm sorry if you and VP don't find it nice, but if your arguments and postings are abjectly and obviously stupid, as they often are, I will feel free to point this out. -
How Russian teenagers are being locked up for expressing dissent
unicorn replied to reader's topic in The Beer Bar
Agree that the US uses nerve gas to kill its own citizens? If you have evidence that this happened, please provide it. -
How Russian teenagers are being locked up for expressing dissent
unicorn replied to reader's topic in The Beer Bar
-
How Russian teenagers are being locked up for expressing dissent
unicorn replied to reader's topic in The Beer Bar
Of these, only those brought in under Operation Paperclip portray any culpability on the US's part (though USSR almost certainly had similar). The fact that some slipped through under false identities with false documents not provided by the US government, is certainly not an inculpation of the US. The fact that it often took a long time to find them certainly not implicate the US. There are plenty of former mob bosses who were also able to evade justice for a long time due to false identities. Again, this is one of your stupid, meaningless comparisons. -
-
How Russian teenagers are being locked up for expressing dissent
unicorn replied to reader's topic in The Beer Bar
You're the king of asinine comparisons and ridiculous statistics. -
How Russian teenagers are being locked up for expressing dissent
unicorn replied to reader's topic in The Beer Bar
I find it somewhat obscene to compare CIA actions with using toxic gases to murder tens of thousands of one's own citizens. Well, having to live in Russia for the rest of one's life is at least some form of punishment, unless he's allowed to live along the Black Sea coast, such as Anapa, Gelendjik, Novorossiysk, or Sochi. -
There were plenty of people who defended the perpetrator before he was identified. But yes, you are right, the LPSG string is full of men who are absolutely mesmerized by his gorgeous good looks. My favorite was the man who wanted to sentence him to "Death by Snu-Snu," with the sentence carried out by himself.
-
Well, Cafe des Artistes is definitely not on the beach. La Palapa does have a section of tables in the sand on the beach, so I suggested that one as the alternative to CdA. The youngest was well in his 30s, so I didn't consider either of them "boys." CdA has an "outdoor" garden area, but their dress code still applies. There are other nice restaurants with dress codes such as the Casa Kimberly restaurant, and maybe Tintoque. We might be seeing these two for Independence Day, to visit Saugatuck for our first time. Maybe in Saugatuck during the summer no places have a dress code, but I'll have plenty of button-down short-sleeved shirts and polo shirts nevertheless. We did consider the buying a shirt tactic. We might try Pho PV on our next trip to PV. We'll probably skip PV next year, though, since in December (our usual month to travel there), we're taking our first cruise to Antarctica. 😃
-
We're finishing a week in Puerto Vallarta, and while we were here, we ran into some casual acquaintances from a colder city in the US. They are fairly well-off financially. Since we've both been here many times (a dozen for my hubbie, and over 2 dozen times for me), we told them of one of our favorite restaurants, where we had dinner, the River Cafe. I was a bit embarrassed (but said nothing) to seem them in tank-tops (one is in his 30s, the other in his 50s). They enjoyed it, and my husband said that maybe the next day we could go to my personal favorite restaurant, Cafe des Artistes. They agreed. I then said that they have a smart casual dress code--the shirt should have a collar. They said that it would have to be some other year, since they did not bring one single shirt which had a collar, just tank-tops and one T-shirt. We ended up going to another restaurant we both liked, La Palapa, and this time they at least wore T-shirts. For myself, I can't imagine going on a trip without at least some polo shirts, or other shirts with collars. Is this a thing? Have any of you gone on a vacation, and not brought along a single shirt which had a collar? https://www.cafedesartistes.com/en/nuestros-espacios https://rivercafe.com.mx/river-cafe-gallery/ https://www.lapalapapv.com/photo-gallery
-
-
-
-
We had dinner at a nice restaurant in Puerto Vallarta today, and my husband said "Everything is reminding me of Luigi..."
-