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Post by lordroel on Jul 28, 2016 3:50:10 GMT
So what would happen if we told people in 1916 about everything that happen in 2016 so far, would they trow the person who told him that in a mental hospital and trow away the keys. Most likely, although the current right wing's sense of isolationism may seem familiar. But many things may not be familiar like having a black president.
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Post by stevep on Jul 28, 2016 11:43:58 GMT
Most likely, although the current right wing's sense of isolationism may seem familiar. But many things may not be familiar like having a black president. A black President in the US would be unthinkable for most people in 1916 US, as would the idea that he is probably going to be replaced by a woman. Ditto that Britain has just received its 2nd female PM. What would really surprise [and probably revolt] many down-timers would be things like the legality of homosexuality and formal, legal acceptance of same sex marriages. Then the idea that the European empires have gone and China is the great power challenging American dominace. Or that the west has been so moderate in resonse to aggression by Islamic reactionaries. Even 50 years back, when I was a young child, would be a totally different world to 2016. A full century back, far more so.
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Post by lordroel on Jul 28, 2016 14:19:48 GMT
Well the same tread has been locked on AH.com by CalBear for having ASB politics discussions which are not allowed in the ASB thread, this makes it my first thread to be ever clossed there.
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Post by spanishspy on Aug 2, 2016 13:18:33 GMT
Well the same tread has been locked on AH.com by CalBear for having ASB politics discussions which are not allowed in the ASB thread, this makes it my first thread to be ever clossed there. On that forum, anyway, this would be properly posted in Chat.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 2, 2016 13:28:57 GMT
Well the same tread has been locked on AH.com by CalBear for having ASB politics discussions which are not allowed in the ASB thread, this makes it my first thread to be ever clossed there. On that forum, anyway, this would be properly posted in Chat. Well it seems that disusing politics you think should belong in the ASB category really is real life politics.
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Post by spanishspy on Aug 2, 2016 15:38:55 GMT
On that forum, anyway, this would be properly posted in Chat. Well it seems that disusing politics you think should belong in the ASB category really is real life politics. It's still politics, though.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 2, 2016 15:45:51 GMT
Well it seems that disusing politics you think should belong in the ASB category really is real life politics. It's still politics, though. That is correct, should we call it ASB politics then.
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Post by spanishspy on Aug 2, 2016 15:54:35 GMT
It's still politics, though. That is correct, should we call it ASB politics then. Maybe. I don't know.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 2, 2016 15:56:07 GMT
That is correct, should we call it ASB politics then. Maybe. I don't know. Well 2016 has already see some thing we could write a timeline 10 years ago and call it ASB.
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Post by spanishspy on Aug 2, 2016 15:56:51 GMT
Well 2016 has already see some thing we could write a timeline 10 years ago and call it ASB. Everything since the annexation of Crimea.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 2, 2016 15:57:55 GMT
Well 2016 has already see some thing we could write a timeline 10 years ago and call it ASB. Everything since the annexation of Crimea. That is a good starting point.
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Post by spanishspy on Aug 2, 2016 15:58:43 GMT
Everything since the annexation of Crimea. That is a good starting point. Then we had Trump and Brexit and everything is going mad.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 2, 2016 16:23:36 GMT
That is a good starting point. Then we had Trump and Brexit and everything is going mad. Well it could be stranger, Trump becoming president of a independent Scotland.
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Post by stevep on Aug 2, 2016 18:10:36 GMT
Then we had Trump and Brexit and everything is going mad. Well it could be stranger, Trump becoming president of a independent Scotland. Now that would be totally ASB.
I had put in a " " because its getting to the point I can't rule anything out but it seems not to have been saved for some reason??
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