NationStates Jolt Archive


Enemies of the State

Antilon
05-04-2009, 03:40
So yesterday it was the Communists, today it's the Terrorists, who will tomorrow's enemies be? Basically, what is the next "threat?"
greed and death
05-04-2009, 03:42
So yesterday it was the Communists, today it's the Terrorists, who will tomorrow's enemies be? Basically, what is the next "threat?"

Currently its the uncooperative republicans.
FreeSatania
05-04-2009, 03:46
Currently its the uncooperative republicans.

Damn relics of the past. Don't the understand the need to rush towards a benevolent totalitarian one party state?
The Parkus Empire
05-04-2009, 03:52
And before the communists it was the fascists.
greed and death
05-04-2009, 03:52
And before the communists it was the fascists.

And before the fascist it was the communist again.
The Parkus Empire
05-04-2009, 04:01
And before the fascist it was the communist again.

http://photos.upi.com/topics-Josef_Stalin/21523492a3ebc4009cd4ded0ab1fe4fa/Josef_Stalin_1.jpg

Bad-guy/good-guy/bad-guy.
greed and death
05-04-2009, 04:02
And before the communist it was the labor unions. ahhh the good ole days.
Antilon
05-04-2009, 04:05
I notice that the term "un-American" and "socialist" has been thrown around these days...
greed and death
05-04-2009, 04:13
I notice that the term "un-American" and "laisser faire capitalist" has been thrown around these days...

fixed
FreeSatania
05-04-2009, 04:15
I notice that the term "American" and "laisser faire capitalist" has been thrown around these days...

fixed - european version.
Mirkana
05-04-2009, 04:18
Lobbyists?
Conserative Morality
05-04-2009, 04:21
I wish it became the Communists again. *sigh* Born in the wrong damn era.:tongue:
Antilon
05-04-2009, 04:26
fixed

fixed - european version.

I know what both of you are talking about, but I'm talking about the "threats" that the government (specifically, the U.S.; I'm not too familiar with other countries, if they've had anything on the level the U.S. had) point to in order to justify "tightening the yoke."

EDIT: Btw, shouldn't that be capitalist with a capital "K?"
The Parkus Empire
05-04-2009, 04:26
I wish it became the Communists again. *sigh* Born in the wrong damn era.:tongue:

There is always this: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12333

http://images.boardgamegeek.com/images/pic381287_md.jpg

http://images.boardgamegeek.com/images/pic317196_md.jpg
Conserative Morality
05-04-2009, 04:28
There is always this: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12333

http://images.boardgamegeek.com/images/pic381287_md.jpg

http://images.boardgamegeek.com/images/pic317196_md.jpg

What game is that? I need to get it! :tongue:
The Parkus Empire
05-04-2009, 04:38
What game is that? I need to get it! :tongue:

Twilight Struggle, a two-player game of the Cold War, 1946-1989. One player is Russia and one is the U.S. The game is rated number four out of thousands on BoardGameGeek. It is relatively easy to learn, and extremely enjoyable. I highly recommend it.

http://images.boardgamegeek.com/images/pic200700_md.jpg
Anti-Social Darwinism
05-04-2009, 08:19
I think that Islamic terrorists will hold us for while. Then we can have a nice (un)civil war between Evangelical Christian Fundamentalists and everyone else. That should be good for a few years of misery.
Intangelon
05-04-2009, 08:31
Ultraconservatives.

(Irony, FTW)
Rambhutan
05-04-2009, 08:34
Bankers
Urghu
05-04-2009, 08:46
Sweden, we have some plans to once more be a power to recognize.

I can not give any details, but by stocks in "Volvo" and we may be nicer to you...
greed and death
05-04-2009, 08:55
Sweden, we have some plans to once more be a power to recognize.

I can not give any details, but by stocks in "Volvo" and we may be nicer to you...

Gm just bought a controlling share with their government bailout money.
Barringtonia
05-04-2009, 08:59
I hope it's hippies, they've had it coming for a long time.
Getbrett
05-04-2009, 09:26
Hopefully fat people and/or vegetarians.
Antilon
05-04-2009, 14:27
There is always this: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12333

*SNIP*


Pffft That's so Cold War. Try the War on Terror! (http://www.waronterrortheboardgame.com/thegame/)
The Free Priesthood
05-04-2009, 14:50
Hopefully fat people and/or vegetarians.

Wait, there are other types of people than fat ones and vegetarians?
Rothbardlund
05-04-2009, 14:58
Enemies of the State? Well, according to that Missouri report, it appears Ron Paul supporters are. Interestingly enough, RP's friend Rothbard wrote a book called "Enemy of the State."
The Parkus Empire
05-04-2009, 15:30
Hopefully anorexics and/or meat eaters.
Gift-of-god
05-04-2009, 17:53
Environmentalists.

We're bad for the economy.
Hydesland
05-04-2009, 17:54
Generalites
Antilon
05-04-2009, 20:15
I think that Islamic terrorists will hold us for while. Then we can have a nice (un)civil war between Evangelical Christian Fundamentalists and everyone else. That should be good for a few years of misery.

That's what I've thought too, something along the lines of the "Unfaithful," or the "Heretics," maybe even the "Infidels."
greed and death
05-04-2009, 20:19
Environmentalists.

We're bad for the economy.

Sounds good to me.
1010102
05-04-2009, 21:30
Commies.
Marrakech II
05-04-2009, 21:36
I'm thinking some kind of class warfare.
Greater Americania
05-04-2009, 21:42
So yesterday it was the Communists, today it's the Terrorists, who will tomorrow's enemies be? Basically, what is the next "threat?"

Whoever is deemed the biggest threat to democracy.
Skallvia
05-04-2009, 21:44
Me!
The Plutonian Empire
05-04-2009, 22:00
So yesterday it was the Communists, today it's the Terrorists, who will tomorrow's enemies be? Basically, what is the next "threat?"
Sex lovers.

:tongue:
Big Jim P
06-04-2009, 01:21
I am hoping for idiots, morons and the actively stupid. Wait, no that's the government.
The Parkus Empire
06-04-2009, 01:22
I am hoping for idiots, morons and the actively stupid. Wait, no that's the government.

Damned anarchist.
Big Jim P
06-04-2009, 01:25
Damned anarchist.

Is there any other kind of anarchist?:D
The Parkus Empire
06-04-2009, 01:36
Is there any other kind of anarchist?:D

Sure, Tolstoy.

You and your Devilish kind threaten to ruin any trace of fun stuffy society. If you succeed, there would be no satire.
SaintB
06-04-2009, 01:36
OOOOH! I know... its going to be "liberals" and we use that term really loosely in the US, and and conservatives.
The Parkus Empire
06-04-2009, 01:37
OOOOH! I know... its going to be "liberals" and we use that term really loosely in the US, and and conservatives.

Both?
Big Jim P
06-04-2009, 01:38
Sure, Tolstoy.

You and your Devilish kind threaten to ruin any trace of fun stuffy society. If you succeed, there would be no satire.

Surely you jest.
Skallvia
06-04-2009, 01:38
Both?

Yes, we're going to go all "Third Way" lol :p
The Parkus Empire
06-04-2009, 01:39
Surely you jest.

http://www.geocities.com/chiefbullmoose/the_great_satan_says1

See? all that fun would be gone.
Big Jim P
06-04-2009, 01:44
{snip}
See? all that fun would be gone.

Then I guess we'll just have to make fun of something else. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14670494&postcount=30):D
SaintB
06-04-2009, 01:47
Both?

Well the devisive, competitive, and uncooperative political policies have been doing a stellar job of making both them the enemy of every common citizen in the country.
The Parkus Empire
06-04-2009, 01:50
Well the devisive, competitive, and uncooperative political policies have been doing a stellar job of making both them the enemy of every common citizen in the country.

I concur.




Wah!

WAAH!

WAAAAAH!

WAAHHAH!
SaintB
06-04-2009, 02:11
I concur.


Its nice to know you're not the only one who thinks like that aint it?
The Parkus Empire
06-04-2009, 03:06
Its nice to know you're not the only one who thinks like that aint it?

Yes. I agree with the Democrats 50% of the time, with the the Republicans 20%, and 30% of the time I agree with neither party--and I wish both could learn to live in peace.
Ryuzzaki
06-04-2009, 17:17
I think that if the U.S government keeps going the way it is, soon the enemies will be the free thinkers who support the Constitution and believe in democracy.
Chernobyl-Pripyat
06-04-2009, 18:32
robots, next.
Glorious Freedonia
07-04-2009, 14:42
So yesterday it was the Communists, today it's the Terrorists, who will tomorrow's enemies be? Basically, what is the next "threat?"

Commies and terrorists like pirates and bank robbers are always threats. Someone being a threat is not contingent upon time it is dependent on natural law.
Glorious Freedonia
07-04-2009, 14:43
Yes. I agree with the Democrats 50% of the time, with the the Republicans 20%, and 30% of the time I agree with neither party--and I wish both could learn to live in peace.

Ummm. republicans and Democrats have lived together in peace since 1865 when the Republicans won the Civil War and pacified the Democrats.
The Parkus Empire
07-04-2009, 15:58
Ummm. republicans and Democrats have lived together in peace since 1865 when the Republicans won the Civil War and pacified the Democrats.

You are thinking of the last definition, while I am referring to the first three: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peace

Hurray for pacifying Democrats!

http://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/docs-pix/ajohnson.jpg
Glorious Freedonia
07-04-2009, 16:31
Hurray for pacifying Democrats!
http://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/docs-pix/ajohnson.jpg

This Republican has not quit waiving the bloody shirt by golly!
Intestinal fluids
07-04-2009, 16:32
Underpants Gnomes. Turns out the ??? was a Ponzi scheme.
Glorious Freedonia
07-04-2009, 17:00
Underpants Gnomes. Turns out the ??? was a Ponzi scheme.

What in the world are you talking about?
The Parkus Empire
07-04-2009, 17:05
This Republican has not quit waiving the bloody shirt by golly!

At least he freed the slaves.
Glorious Freedonia
07-04-2009, 17:06
At least he freed the slaves.

At least he was a republican even if he was a radical one. That is more you can say for Obama.
The Parkus Empire
07-04-2009, 17:07
At least he was a republican even if he was a radical one. That is more you can say for Obama.

No, Andrew Johnson was a Democrat.
Intestinal fluids
07-04-2009, 17:08
What in the world are you talking about?

http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/uploads/sp_gnomes.mov
The One Eyed Weasel
07-04-2009, 17:08
It'll be "terrorist" for a long time. It's too easy to label anyone opposed to the system a "terrorist".