Posts made by cystic crypt

ummm . . . HortenFlyingWing, i think that miniphreak was more alarmed at the timing of the booing. Don’t get me wrong - i’m a fairly vicious sports fan myself sometimes. It just seemed a little inappropriate that at a time when Canadians solders are being (accidently) gunned down by the people that they are trying to help, our national anthem is being boo’d and our flag being burned by Americans. I would be appalled at a fellow Canadian who would display this kind of behaiviour - i think that was miniphreak’s point. Obviously, being Canadian, we would be more ravenous hockey fans then Americans . . . :smile:

I think that in your position Germany might buy a combination of tanks and infantry. Get your buddies Japanese ass onto the mainland fast to divert Russian attention east. The americans should be attacking you in Western Europe soon anyway. Also you NEED more IPC’s. Germany WILL lose with under 30 IPC’s/turn going in the 3rd round. period. Japan must turn it’s attention west, and if you’re not ready for an assault on Russia, buy tanks and infantry, gird up Karelia and Western Europe, and regain your lost territory fast. Maybe even look at Caucasus as a bridge into Africa (i assume you are holding little/none of it at this point given your income). Speed is absolutely essential for Germany. Otherwise Russia just buys infantry, and you’ll NEVER take it. I enjoy playing Germany, but it must be lightning fast, and get help from Japan - at least to remove cash from russia and provide an essential distraction.
good luck

Although i believe that gov’t programs need to be in place to elevate the education of minorities to a level playing field. AA appears to work in favor of minority groups, however it diminishes (in many people’s minds) the accomplishment that has been acheived by other minorities. For example, let’s say that “joe”, a native cdn, works his ass off to become a good lawyer, and “frank” - another native cdn gets into a good firm due to AA, then joe’s acheivement appears to be due to a gov’t program rather than his own diligence.

As a fellow Canadian i can relate to the thread’s poster’s anger (although it seems a little misdirected here). Basically around 1000 Candian troops are serving under U.S. command in Afghanistan. An American militia pilot bombed a Canadian exercise killing 4 and wounding 8 of our troops (3 from my hometown). This “friendly fire” incident has touched a lot of people here - particularly given that we are doing everything necessary to show solidarity with our American neighbours (some of us believe in the war against terror, some of us believe that it’s another American exercise that we should not be participating in). Regardless, within days of the incident, American sports fans have boo’d our national anthem (and we counter-boo’d theirs in Vancouver). My politics on this one is simple. We need to be there for our neighbours, many of which have shown shown generosity of spirit and kind words in light of our loss, and all the “booing jerks” need to be more polite, regardless of their nationality. I hope this clears things up.