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I'm sure you know France has to decide for a president within 2 weeks. First round occured these week-end, second round is in 2 weeks.
I'm really interested about the point of view, and the feeling of these elections you guys (i.e US, Brits, others people) can have on what happened here... and if you don't care: just say it... no problem, I can understand it ;) 

GO MAP 

I'm metlslime and I approve this message. 

... but it has to applied by every people here ! 

Royale is beautiful, and Sarkozy is likeable, sort of a Gaelic version of the recently retired Koizumi in Japan. The French elections are getting covered over here, but few people watch the news, easier to scan headlines online. 

oyale is beautiful

Are you really talking about politics here? 

From what I've seen and know from the candidates from Daily Show and Colbert Report, I'm pro-hot chick. She's liberal (socialist I think?) with some conservative views so that you know she's not a whore.

The other guy seems to be racist towards middle easterners and pro-Bush, so I don't like him.

But still, I'm like a 2nd grader when it comes to politics, and especially politics I see from Jon Stewart. 

Yeah Sarkozy is as likeable as your local mafia thugster.
And unfortunatly, despite not finding Royale so pretty, I'll agree that aside from that, there's not much to discuss about her... =\ 

 

JPL for president! (He's French, right?) 

Bal is much cooler. 

a one-candidate race. That's a monarchy. 

Of the two, I support Royal. But I don't think she would bring France back to the Renaissance or anything ;) 

The other guy seems to be racist towards middle easterners and pro-Bush, so I don't like him.

There would be no better way to stick it to Bush then to open a chilled bottle of French Champagne on the day he leaves office and just before the next nightmare administration really begins. 

Are you really talking about politics here?

Superficial I know my statement was, but it is impolite to talk about domestic, structural problems in another man's country, esp. when the same may exist and be even greater in my own ;) So keeping it lite is the best course until a Frenchman decides the issues need better elaboration. 

I'm interest by how you guys are seeing the race externally even if your comments are "superficial" and not "deep into politics arguments", it is suitable for me: at least it will be funny :D

And I don't want to compete with Bal: let me be fair and let him win.... No revolution please :P 

That is, the proverbial unwiped ass of the universe.

Do we really need a thread dedicated to inertia and Headthump stroking themselves vigorously with some ideological Vaseline in the mirror of their own beliefs? 

for a threesome if you like; I do like my bitches who whine and squeel and scream a lot. 

point of creating thread, blitz, was to isolate the discussion from people who aren't interested in reading or talking about this stuff.

thus, sparing them the need to make comments like that. 

so you come in a thread more than 24 hours after all of the previous acrimony has been expressed to raise some stink and at the same time declare yourself oh-so-above-it-all in that prisspot manner that you have perfected. Yeah, your pretty fucking logical. Twit. 

Inertia and Headthump have found their Napolean Bonaparte. 

My apologies to inert and Headthump...that was a bit out of line.

I guess I've just been frustrated with the state of func_msg lately...it seems like lately I've been seeing nothing but nitin's movie reviews (which I enjoy) and long rants about politics and ideology and what not.

Now that's to be expected since we're primarily a Quake-centric community, but I get frustrated when I find myself enjoying the tone and pace of other level design boards immensely more than func/Qmap which I used to get really excited about. I like giving feedback on screenshots and playing betas and talking about design.

On other level design boards, someone makes a non-sequitur about something and it might get a laugh or more likely just be ignored and expected as part of the fabric of silliness.

Here, lately, a remark about that same something gets a lengthy dissertation about it, and no one gives a shit.

(Replace "something" with "Warren G. Harding" for a concrete example)

So, again, my apologies. 

lack of vitality and humor could be due to the lack of quake mappery that has hit these parts lately :/ 

To which I direct you to post numbers 16 and 17 =)