by Rainbowsix » Tue Nov 26, 2019 5:59 am
by New Helliania » Tue Nov 26, 2019 6:11 am
by The Blaatschapen » Tue Nov 26, 2019 6:16 am
by The Archregimancy » Tue Nov 26, 2019 6:17 am
Rainbowsix wrote:RULES
1. No bashing the other party please. We are here to talk about how we got introduced into politics not how the other side is wrong and does this and that... lets be friendly to each other please!
2. Follow rule 1
by La Xinga » Tue Nov 26, 2019 6:19 am
by The Blaatschapen » Tue Nov 26, 2019 6:22 am
The Archregimancy wrote:My mother ran for the UK parliament in the second 1974 general election, and I used to follow her up and down the streets of our city shouting 'vote for mum!'.
Apparently I was adorable, and my snazzy catchphrase was featured in several local media stories.
Not that it did much good, mind; she came a distant third - thus setting a pattern early in my political life.
Edit:Rainbowsix wrote:RULES
1. No bashing the other party please. We are here to talk about how we got introduced into politics not how the other side is wrong and does this and that... lets be friendly to each other please!
2. Follow rule 1
Your rules are regrettably irrelevant because A) OPs don't get to set rules in NSG threads and B) many of the people posting in this thread will likely come from countries that have more than two parties; as does the United States, for that matter, as many Hilary Clinton and Al Gore voters will have had cause to regret.
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by The United Remnants of America » Tue Nov 26, 2019 6:30 am
by Valentine Z » Tue Nov 26, 2019 6:36 am
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by The Blaatschapen » Tue Nov 26, 2019 6:45 am
Valentine Z wrote:I got a taste of it as early as 2001 (when I was 6 years old). But those days, I was just an ignorant kid that didn't know about the world around him. Back in Burma, we got a Satellite TV system, so it's no surprise that the words that I commonly heard were: Iraq, Baghdad, Saddam Hussein, 9/11, America, Bush, Al-Qaeda, etc... the news were hot, everyone was talking about and for myself, I was told not to get too voiced-out and political, and to just ignore it altogether. A 6 y/o shouldn't be exposed too much to that, and I agree. I knew about it on the surface, but I didn't dig deep into it given the situation; Arabs and Middle Easterners were looked with contempt and scrutiny, the whole world was in chaos... but somehow, life was normal in Burma.
Then came to my schooling years, specifically 2011-2012 in Singapore, when Upper Secondary (~ 9th and 10th Grades of American equivalence) has Social Studies as a compulsory subject. A mix of local Singaporean politics, and no surprise, Middle East and Desert Storm made an appearance again. "9/11..." I thought to myself. Along with Middle East were other talking points like the Irish Republican Army, UK's Medical Care, Venice, etc... all lessons and takeaways on learning points of history. There was also History (on WW2) from 2010, but... I wasn't too invested to know much about it. My final exam was on Singapore's Governance compared to UK's Medical Care; the Venice-related questions were too difficult for me to handle, even though the topic was my focus.
And finally... I am here. NationStates. It seems like NSG is just something that I avoid speaking on an everyday basis and yet, I am gravitating towards it at the end of the day to give a piece of what I think. It also seems like a news outlet to me now, with the "Latest Forum Posts" keeping me updated on the recent affairs and happenings (other than the LWDT and RWDT, or other megathreads popping up).
Politics - it's a wild thing for me. How involved am I in political talk? Sometimes. Maybe a few times a week. I don't post in megathreads on an everyday basis, and on an average NSG thread (excluding TET), I post perhaps around 3 - 10 times before the thread run its course or I have nothing new to say.
by Valentine Z » Tue Nov 26, 2019 6:51 am
The Blaatschapen wrote:Wait, I also was about six when I heard about Iraq, Baghdad, Saddam Hussein, America and Bush.
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by An Alan Smithee Nation » Tue Nov 26, 2019 7:00 am
by A m e n r i a » Tue Nov 26, 2019 7:04 am
by The Blaatschapen » Tue Nov 26, 2019 7:06 am
Valentine Z wrote:The Blaatschapen wrote:Wait, I also was about six when I heard about Iraq, Baghdad, Saddam Hussein, America and Bush.
In sheep years, or?
Until recently, I only realise that the Iraq War happened in 2003. But yeah, back in 2001, I was more or less thinking of the Gulf War... or Operation Desert Fox. Or the Shia Uprising. Thing is, the news stations really, REALLY went nuts with Middle East stuff from 2001 to 2005, at least during the days when my family and I would channel surf the Sat. TV.
by The Blaatschapen » Tue Nov 26, 2019 7:08 am
A m e n r i a wrote:I got curious in junior high school. I learned about the parties back home, as well as on ideologies. Believe it or not, I was a fascist back then and wished there was a fascist party in Indonesia. I got a lot more chill as I grew up.
by Rainbowsix » Tue Nov 26, 2019 7:10 am
The Archregimancy wrote:My mother ran for the UK parliament in the second 1974 general election, and I used to follow her up and down the streets of our city shouting 'vote for mum!'.
Apparently I was adorable, and my snazzy catchphrase was featured in several local media stories.
Not that it did much good, mind; she came a distant third - thus setting a pattern early in my political life.
Edit:Rainbowsix wrote:RULES
1. No bashing the other party please. We are here to talk about how we got introduced into politics not how the other side is wrong and does this and that... lets be friendly to each other please!
2. Follow rule 1
Your rules are regrettably irrelevant because A) OPs don't get to set rules in NSG threads and B) many of the people posting in this thread will likely come from countries that have more than two parties; as does the United States, for that matter, as many Hilary Clinton and Al Gore voters will have had cause to regret.
by Hong Kong People » Tue Nov 26, 2019 7:14 am
by A m e n r i a » Tue Nov 26, 2019 7:17 am
The Blaatschapen wrote:A m e n r i a wrote:I got curious in junior high school. I learned about the parties back home, as well as on ideologies. Believe it or not, I was a fascist back then and wished there was a fascist party in Indonesia. I got a lot more chill as I grew up.
Well, Suharto's reign has quite a few similarities with fascism. Both are very authoritarian.
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