FORUM COMMUNITY OMNIBUS AMA THREAD

[Antonio the Sixth]

Do you still think Amanda Todd should have exercised self-restraint/personal responsibility?

[Antonio the Sixth]

What is your opinion of modern democratic party and its future? Is there any candidate you'd find palatable for 2016?

[angus]

Are you still in horse-and-buggy country or have you moved away?

(We'll stay in MT for another year, then probably move to Chester County to be closer to my wife's workplace.)

[Antonio the Sixth]

Have you ever seen Countdown?

Not that I'm aware of.

Can I have your babies?

I don't know, can you?

Does anyone in your extended family have Mafia connections?

Actually, yes. My father is apparently related to some Andreotti henchman.

Would you have seen The Red Wedding coming if you had been Robb? Be honest now

I probably wouldn't have seen it coming, no. However, I also wouldn't have been stupid enough to betray my oath to Walder Frey to begin with. Not only was it terrible publicity for me and terrible politics for the war I was fighting, but also because I'm a Stark, and I must keep an oath regardless of whom it's sworn to or why. Also, the problem of living in a pseudo-medieval barbaric patriarchal society where arranged marriages are commonplace is somewhat compensated (at least from my perspective) by living in a pseudo-medieval barbaric patriarchal society where men (or at least Lords/Kings) are expected to have mistresses - so I can easily love Talisa without having to marry her. I wouldn't have beheaded Lord Karstark either, but really everyone with half a brain wouldn't have done that.

[Hash]

AMA about my so-fascinating life and story (since this is apparently what cool kids do now round here)

[°Leprechaun]

Would you call yourself an adult?

[Antonio the Sixth]

Have you ever heard of Afrikaners?

[homelycooking]

What do you remember from your time spent living in Saudi Arabia? What was your impression of of the culture, the segments of society to which you were exposed, the weather, the geography, the monarchy, the religious milieu?

[Lief 🗽]

Do you prefer hashish or Vegemite?

[homelycooking]

How well has your community recovered from the Sandy Hook tragedy? Did it change people's views about gun ownership or make them, in some way, more religious or politically or socially active? How did coping with that great loss affect your neighbors and their relationships with one another?

[homelycooking]

Do you think that ideological politics is on the decline in Europe, or specifically in France and Italy? In particular, what do you understand to be the reasons for the long-term decline of avowedly Socialist parties and candidates?

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Do you still think Amanda Todd should have exercised self-restraint/personal responsibility?

lel

Are you still in horse-and-buggy country or have you moved away?

Yes, at least for another year or so.

[afleitch]

If you're happy and you know it and you really want to show it, do you clap your hands, stamp your feet, nod your head or do all three? Maps if possible.

[Antonio the Sixth]

lel

Will you ever stop doing that?

[TDAS04]

Do you disagree with Barry on anything? 

[Antonio the Sixth]

Do you think that ideological politics is on the decline in Europe, or specifically in France and Italy? In particular, what do you understand to be the reasons for the long-term decline of avowedly Socialist parties and candidates?

Well, it's hard to claim that ideological politics isn't on the decline... At this point, it has become a widely acknowledged reality.

As to why that is the case, it's obviously a very complex issue, but I believe the fundamental causes are correctly identified among social trends in western societies (increasing individual autonomy, rise of communication, values increasingly centered on self-fulfillment rather than collective achievement, etc.). Ideology, like other forms of collective spirit, seems to simply have become less important in a person's life than it used to be. I'm aware that's probably a major exaggeration/oversimplification, but I think it's the best summary I can come up with considering my lack of knowledge of the detail of these processes. The prevailing model of party that has emerged in relation to this decline of ideologies has been described as a "catch-all party", a sort of big tent that caters to a series of specific interests without basing itself on an all-encompassing worldview. I don't know how much of this shift is inevitable, and I want to hope that there are still ways in which parties can still convey (and find an interest in conveying) meaningful political ideas in modern times.

[SWE]

What is your opinion on incest?

[homelycooking]

How would a political party win your vote in a positive sense other than by appealing to you specifically as a social democrat?

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Why haven't you deleted this thread yet?

[angus]

Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?

[Sopranos Republican]

If you want to know anything, and I mean ANYTHING about your old pal Matty, this is where you can ask. Thougj don't ask me about my license to kill, because then I'd have to kill you.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Why should anyone care what any of you impecunious and humpbacked virgins think?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Well, I better get in with the cool kids. Go ahead.

[Hash]

What's been going on with Russian gymnastics since, say, last fall? I completely stopped following.

[Napoleon]

Should 20rp12 come back?