NationStates Jolt Archive

Which do you miss?

I miss Hong Kong.

When was hong Kong independent?

I miss Burgundy

I miss haveing a nation with a bigger army than America....The Soviet Union

I miss Yugoslavia. Now Kosovo is a pit.

Upper Volta.

When was hong Kong independent?
Never.

I miss the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Babylon hauled ass back in the day

When was hong Kong independent?

It was virtually until 1997 (while a colony, it was widely counted and regarded as a country by itself; it has its own currency, Internet TLD, government etc - more than one could say about Scotland or Wales, for instance...). Part of Britain, yet still its own. After the Chinese takeover it has lost so much of that uniqueness and sense of independence, IMO, and has been reduced to a "Special Administrative Region." :\

Never.

I miss the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

I knew I was just askin the person who said they missed Hong Kong

I knew I was just askin the person who said they missed Hong Kong
Oh well.

In Soviet Russia, country misses you! :p
Seriously, I miss Hong Kong

In Soviet Russia, country misses you! :p
Seriously, I miss Hong Kong
When Revolution is complete, will no longer be countries to miss!;)

I miss Byzantine and the grand city of Constantinople, meh such a shame it fell, a true era of culture ended with that :(

I miss Byzantine and the grand city of Constantinople, meh such a shame it fell, a true era of culture ended with that :(
Meh, indeed.

I miss the True Japan.

Would the British Empire be considered a separate country for the purposes of the question?

I miss Marlboro Country.


"Come to where the flavor is. Come to Marlboro Country. Why don't you settle back and have a full flavored smoke?"

I miss Marlboro Country.


"Come to where the flavor is. Come to Marlboro Country. Why don't you settle back and have a full flavored smoke?"
Haha! Good one. :p

The Soviet Union.

They were the perfect storybook bad guys. Their suckage didn't even need explaining to most readers, and it wasn't a problem when books and movies went over the top with the evil plans as long as some Soviet Commie was blamed for the problem.

Most perfect was the fact that nobody seemed to get sick of Soviet bad guys in books or movies. So when writing a book, if you couldn't think up an imaginative new bad guy, all you had to do was stick some Soviet agent into the plot and you were set. If you later thought up something more original, it was a simple matter to just shoot or blow up the agent, and have diplomatic pressure (or a prisoner exchange, something along those lines) be applied to kill their Evil Program (and that branch of the storyline), which would explain the lack of further Soviets in the story.

China's Communist, so some authors use them now, but they just don't have the same effect as the old Evil Empire.

I miss the United States.

I miss the United States.
Not what she used to be, huh?

I miss the United States.

Perish the thought!

I miss the United States.


Why would you miss that place? if it fell like the USSR it would be the happiest day in history!

Not what she used to be, huh?

She was hijacked and all of our negotiations are getting us nowhere.

I miss Rome...:(

*cuts*

/emo

I miss Petoria.

I miss the United States.

It'll be back, my friend. It'll be back.

If no one else does, I'll make sure of it. The America that once was will return, even if we have to rebuild it ourselves.

i miss ireland as a whole!

If no one else does, I'll make sure of it.

Oh, very well, then. The cavalry has arrived. Hurrah.

Oh, very well, then. The cavalry has arrived. Hurrah.

That's right. ME.

I am Captain America, Codename V, and George Washington all rolled up into one.

I am the Guns of Navarone. I am Superfly T.N.T.

I am an Internet Toughguy.

And when the time comes, I will restore America with my awesome Internet skills...

That's right. ME.

I am Captain America, Codename V, and George Washington all rolled up into one.

I am the Guns of Navarone. I am Superfly T.N.T.

I am an Internet Toughguy.

And when the time comes, I will restore America with my awesome Internet skills...
but are you the muffin man?

Yugoslavia. Now the whole region is a powder keg again, a la pre-World War I, and the people there are more than happy to act on their ethnic hatreds. Tito wasn't a nice guy, what with the murderous dictator bit, but at least he kept the ethnic tensions down, and didn't bow down to the USSR. Then again, it doesn't help either that NATO's pasttime in the 90's was to randomly bomb the region and leave things worse than they were before.

but are you the muffin man?

No. I am not the muffin man.

Seriously though - things will get better in the United States. Things will return to thier normal state. Things were not always as they are - this is a irregularity, not the norm.

Things will get better, and should they not, it is the duty of the citizentry to ensure that they do.

I miss The Byzantine Empire... and Burgundy. Both annexed long before their time. Damn Picardians.

I miss Rupert's Land. I mean, it may not have technically have been a country, but it was named after a guy named Rupert. Well worth the purchase price.

Seriously though - things will get better in the United States. Things will return to thier normal state. Things were not always as they are - this is a irregularity, not the norm.

Aye ... used to be a real nice place. Other countries actually *liked* us, we were kind and helpful to people of other nations, we championed the underdogs, welcomed immigrants, furthered science, and we would have never even thought about taking away personal liberties from our own citizens.

*sigh*

Byzantine Empire :(

i miss ireland as a whole!

When was that again? About 900 AD?

Which do you miss?

I miss people being able to spell CZECHOSLOVAKIA.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Czechoslovakia_COA_small_2.svg/110px-Czechoslovakia_COA_small_2.svg.png

Česká a Slovenská rodina!!

CCCP
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/500px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png

I miss Rome...:(

*cuts*

/emo

Avete Imperator Romanorum!!

When was that again? About 900 AD?

Summat like that, and it couldn't really be described as a country back then, more of a landmass.


Personally? East Germany. For some reason attractive young members of the opposite gender from eastern Germany just aren't as sexy as attractive young members of the opposite gender from East Germany.

Why build bridges when you can build walls?

Yeah, I miss the Soviet Union. Where else could you find big, glowing, red neon signs that said К КОММУНИЗМУ.

I thought they were cool at least.

They were all genocidal communist regimes, and they all deserved to DIE.

They were all genocidal communist regimes, and they all deserved to DIE.

Oh, come now. For the most part they limited themselves to either genociding parts of their own population or that of their immediate neighbours, whereas the current global genocidal capitalist regime seems intent on wiping us all out.

Oh, come now. For the most part they limited themselves to either genociding parts of their own population or that of their immediate neighbours, whereas the current global genocidal capitalist regime seems intent on wiping us all out.

One word: Holodomor.

One word: Holodomor.
I miss the United States the way it was before the current spate of jingoistic paranoia, even if it isn't entirely unjustified.

I miss the Soviet Union, especially before the warmonger Ronald Reagan. Back before Reagan and his attack on progressives, the Soviet Union, while it had it's flaws showed that Another World was possible.

It caused the US to act more responsibly. One thing that the Soviet Union always had over the US was that the US has always had uninsured, but the Soviet Union gave everyone free healthcare!

Many people don't realize that Soviet citizens had so many rights that most Americans can't even dream about, especially if you are poor. :(

One word: Holodomor.

And all the communist states were responsible for that one how, exactly?

Back before Reagan and his attack on progressives, the Soviet Union, while it had it's flaws showed that Another World was possible.


There's still Cuba. Whether it is a Better World or not is very much up for debate, but it remains a sign of Another World.

And all the communist states were responsible for that one how, exactly?

Just the Soviet Union. Which was THE communist state. They basically controlled most of the others like puppets.

Poor poor Tibet. We will cry for you.

Nice Czechoslovakia, not mean, nasty communist Czechoslovakia.

Just the Soviet Union. Which was THE communist state. They basically controlled most of the others like puppets.

So, when you say 'They were all genocidal communist regimes, and they all deserved to DIE', do you actually mean 'They were mostly genocidal communist regimes, and they all deserved to DIE' or 'They were mostlygenocidal communist regimes, and they mostly deserved to DIE'?

So, when you say 'They were all genocidal communist regimes, and they all deserved to DIE', do you actually mean 'They were mostly genocidal communist regimes, and they all deserved to DIE' or 'They were mostlygenocidal communist regimes, and they mostly deserved to DIE'?

No.

I second Tibet.

I also suggest anyone read Red Poppies, A book about the son of a tibetian lord. Such an eye opener, and an excellent read with beautiful writing and wonderful plot twists (It is fiction)

There's still Cuba. Whether it is a Better World or not is very much up for debate, but it remains a sign of Another World.

Cuba is OK. Most people don't realize that Cuba is a democracy. President Castro has a paraliament and everything!

And the literacy rate according to its research is 100%, I don't any other country has 100%, although many European ones have 99%, and America in the South is like 50% or something. :(

This is because in America education is underfunded and teachers and public schools are constantly under attack. :(

No.

So you continue to claim that they were all genocidal regimes then, despite your one word argument having proved to be insufficient to prove the point?

And the literacy rate according to its research is 100%, I don't any other country has 100%, although many European ones have 99%, and America in the South is like 50% or something. :(

Venezuela is claiming 100% literacy these days.

Of course, in order to be classified as having 100% literacy I seem to recall that you only need to show that you have a 95% literacy rate (or similar number) due to margins of error.

I miss Byzantine and the grand city of Constantinople, meh such a shame it fell, a true era of culture ended with that :(
Oh it's such a shame a country who oppresses their people ended with that. The Turkish empire was just as elegant and beautiful as the Byzantine except with even more woman rights.

Oh, come now. For the most part they limited themselves to either genociding parts of their own population or that of their immediate neighbours, whereas the current global genocidal capitalist regime seems intent on wiping us all out.

If the Americans were to commit genocide, I think we'd notice.

The actions of the current administration are by no means pure and noble, but at the same time, they are by no means genocide.

The Hutus commited genocide. The Nazis commited genocide.

If the Americans commited genocide, the body count would make the Nazis and the Hutus seem incompetent.

Please, don't toss around shocking terms in an effort to prove your point.

Oh, come now. For the most part they limited themselves to either genociding parts of their own population or that of their immediate neighbours, whereas the current global genocidal capitalist regime seems intent on wiping us all out.

Um, actually the low birthrate in Europe coupled with the Islamics will wipe out that continent quite nicely, thanks.

Um, actually the low birthrate in Europe coupled with the Islamics will wipe out that continent quite nicely, thanks.

That's true.

The Ottoman Empire.

Their fall has brought naught but instability to the region. And if there’s one thing I cannot stand it’s an untidy middle-east.

Miss a country? Nope.

If the Americans were to commit genocide, I think we'd notice.

The actions of the current administration are by no means pure and noble, but at the same time, they are by no means genocide.

The Hutus commited genocide. The Nazis commited genocide.

If the Americans commited genocide, the body count would make the Nazis and the Hutus seem incompetent.

Please, don't toss around shocking terms in an effort to prove your point.


Read what I wrote again.


I didn't talk about capitalist regimes but rather a regime (singular).


I am of the opinion that the current drive of capitalism will result in the ultimate ecological destruction of the world as we know it and the end of humanity sooner rather than later. Does it intend to do so? No, I don't believe so, rather it is a byproduct of its worldview.



Of course, we can leave the debate concerning the USA and its treatment of the aborigines, and whether the US would have qualified as capitalist at that point in history, for another time.

I am of the opinion that the current drive of capitalism will result in the ultimate ecological destruction of the world as we know it and the end of humanity sooner rather than later. Does it intend to do so? No, I don't believe so, rather it is a byproduct of its worldview.

I see. I apologize for my misunderstanding.

Your viewpoint, now that my interpretation has been corrected, is much more understandable to me. I too agree that if left to its own devices, catastrophe will be the result of our current capitalistic system, but it is my hope that prudent control and regulatory action by civil governments will be able to avert global ecological disaster within our century.

Wishful thinking on my half perhaps, but it is what I hope.

i really miss Holland :(

Not only one country, but all the Middle Earth.

Saddest day was probably when Britain handed HK over to the chinese.

From the list - Czechoslovakia.

Such a better name than either "Czech Republic" or "Slovakia"

Gran Colombia,

The Ottoman Empire.

Their fall has brought naught but instability to the region. And if there’s one thing I cannot stand it’s an untidy middle-east.

Good call...I'll second it.

Republican Spain. *sheds tear*

I miss haveing a nation with a bigger army than America....The Soviet Union
China still has a much much bigger army than America.

I really do miss the Godless Commies over there in Russkie land. They were dear to me, even though I never had time to get to know them *sob* I was only 2 years old!!! Why did they have to be taken from this earth then? WHY????
*breaks down completely*