Unpopular Opinions V6 You know maybe fascism wasn't all that it was cracked up to be - General

I really like Fury, I was worried it was going to be "rah rah USA isn't the US just GREAT" when it wasn't afraid to show Americans doing morally questionable things.

[QUOTE=bdd458;50144707]I really like Fury, I was worried it was going to be "rah rah USA isn't the US just GREAT"[/QUOTE] Exactly it abruptly does exactly that at the end. :v:

Fury: "i know I've been the big tough guy rapist bully all movie but *sniffle* we had to kill a bunch of horses offscreen earlier oh, the horrors of war, such that it makes monsters of us. time to vindicate myself by killing 300 caricature nazis in the most unrealistic war scene ever seen in cinema. stay gold, generic young character. stay gold."

[QUOTE=Sector 7;50144756]Fury: "i know I've been the big tough guy rapist bully all movie but *sniffle* we had to kill a bunch of horses offscreen earlier oh, the horrors of war, such that it makes monsters of us. time to vindicate myself by killing 300 caricature nazis in the most unrealistic war scene ever seen in cinema. stay gold, generic young character. stay gold."[/QUOTE] "Us SS who have been fighting probably since the beginning of the war and are made up largely of reorganized fighters, and are more or less some of the most elite soldiers in history will [I]happily[/I] walk into your M1919, Mr. Yankee!"

[QUOTE=zupadupazupadude;50136358]is there actual research that points out that integration among later generations of immigrants is worse[/QUOTE] When the perpetrators of the terrorist attacks on European soil were all born in European countries to immigrant parents of a certain religion, well yes, there should be a concern that something is going very wrong with the later generations, given how the first generation of ''guest workers'' didn't cause anywhere as many problems as the later generations. The especially worrying part is, that it didn't have to be the fault of the earlier generations in most cases. Something is causing a causing a rise of radicalism in those later immigrant generations, and yet, that issue isn't being pursued as much as it should by most Western European governments. I think that Europe should crack down far harder on hate imams and radical imams for a start. [QUOTE]Again, those were errors made by the Belgian police, the fact there there [I]isn't [/I]a good EU solution for terrorism and matters like that is the problem[/QUOTE] The EU should have just stayed purely an economic union. The whole political aspect right now isn't heading out so well, and I have the feeling that the rift between Western and Eastern Europe has only grown bigger in the last year due to the spinelessness of the Western European countries. This whole virtue signalling trend ain't going to help anyone. Good intentions and all, yet the result should be what counts. And that result isn't exactly very good right now. [QUOTE]When did the EU say this Also are you going to keep using the left as your evil bogeyman that can only do wrong, even though a lot of politicians who are for refugees, like Angela Merkel (who you constantly bring up) aren't even left wing politicians[/QUOTE] It's more that the far-left is pretty damn blatant that they don't care about national culture. And honestly, when die Linke (German Social Democrat Party) sprouts openly that ''Germany would be better without German culture'', it should be reasons enough to be concerned with their intentions to be involved in the political climate and well-being of said country. And Merkel deserves every single bit of criticism. The whole ''[I]Wir schaffen es[/I]'' speech got to be the single biggest political cock-up since Clement Atlee's [I]''One hundred years of guaranteed peace''[/I] speech after the 1939 Munich Agreements. And like Atlee, it is going to be fairly certain that the backfire of the ''[I]Wir schaffen es[/I]'' speech is going to be Merkel's legacy. An absolutely tremendous fuck-up of the highest degree. I still don't get why globally announcing that Europe's borders are free to enter for anyone, as Germany will take in unlimited amounts of those people was even considered anywhere near a good idea to say. It should be really ''[I]Ich schaffe es (eigentlich nicht)[/I]'' or ''[I]Ich habe keine Ahnung was ich tue[/I]'', since the effects of it would point out more to that instead of having even the slightest impression of being in charge of this situation. Or you know, not even taking into account that to get to Germany, the immigrants had to travel from Greece through Eastern Europe, especially Hungary. And I don't blame Hungary to shut down it's borders after one week of said travelling immigrants disrupting the country for the entire week while leaving loads of garbage behind. Hungary wasn't going to just let that happen for much longer, let alone forever. Meanwhile, at the end of the year, Germany is about 1 to 2 million immigrants richer, hell, even they don't know the exact amount anymore, and it's clear that stuff is out of control. So, redistributing them isn't working since Eastern Europe is pretty much thinking ''why should we pay to clean up the mess you have made yourself'', plus that redistributed migrants themselves don't want to go to Eastern Europe since there was so much promised to them in Germany and Sweden. So, the solution is to try to lessen the inflow, which the EU continues to do with Merkel's input, and throws billions towards wanna-be dictator Erdogan, promises him a fast-track to get into the EU, and hopes that he will uphold his end of the deal, and won't just use it as blackmail when he needs more money in the Summer. Which is one terrible goddamn deal if I say so. And as of late, there is that whole controversy with Jan Boehmerrmann because he insulted Erdogan. I don't like Boehmerrmann either, but that Merkel is allowing Boehmerrmann to face court and maybe even a jail sentence purely for insulting Erdogan is just fucking insane. She has just clearly lost it. I know that Germany is rather touchy on some subjects, yet it shouldn't be in Europe that people face jail-time for insulting (wanna-be) dictators of other countries. tl;dr Merkel is a mess, a big fat mistake, and should resign for pretty much the biggest political fuck-up in decades. (I could have probably made it a post of its own, looking back at it, it's the unpopular opinion thread after all) [QUOTE]also for the 100th time, it's [I]Europe[/I], not Europa[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=zupadupazupadude;50136790]That he continues to use it even though people have constantly mocked him and pointed that it's 'Europe' in English does worry me slightly[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Zillamaster55;50136648]If you use the word "Europa" to complain about migrants and you're speaking english, it automatically raises red flags for me.[/QUOTE] Who gives a damn about one slip of the tongue. It ain't much to be scared about. It's like making a utter fuss when someone calls the Netherlands ''Holland'', before openly sprouting that whoever reffers to it as Holland must be some uncivilized swine, despite it being a rather easy slip of the tongue to make, given how there are enough languages which refer to the Netherlands as Holland, or something close to Holland. Same goes for Europe/Europa, despite the difference between Europe and Europa only being one letter, which wouldn't be that much of an issue, or is it? Geez, that all over one misspelled letter in a post. [QUOTE=Zillamaster55;50144985]"Us SS who have been fighting probably since the beginning of the war and are made up largely of reorganized fighters, and are more or less some of the most elite soldiers in history will [I]happily[/I] walk into your M1919, Mr. Yankee!"[/QUOTE] Fury's ending didn't just drop the ball. It just dropped the ball so damn hard that it probably went through a few different dimensions before finally touching down in a fuck-huge crater.

[QUOTE=Sector 7;50144170]I puked in my mouth a little enemy at the gates is a shit film and a massive source of insufferable bro-lore I'd prefer fewer soldiers get the same treatment the only good Hollywood war film ever made is the first ten minutes of Saving Private Ryan[/QUOTE] The Longest Day or Tora Tora Tora?

[QUOTE=Jordax;50145542]Who gives a damn about one slip of the tongue. It ain't much to be scared about. It's like making a utter fuss when someone calls the Netherlands ''Holland'', before openly sprouting that whoever reffers to it as Holland must be some uncivilized swine, despite it being a rather easy slip of the tongue to make, given how there are enough languages which refer to the Netherlands as Holland, or something close to Holland. Same goes for Europe/Europa, despite the difference between Europe and Europa only being one letter, which wouldn't be that much of an issue, or is it? Geez, that all over one misspelled letter in a post.[/QUOTE] FP should really add an edit button

[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;50143807]skyfall was the catchiest and probably the "bond-iest", you know my name was the most fun and exciting, but for me, writing's on the wall is the most powerful of them all (despite coming off as "guy just showing off his voice" the first few times i heard it) and we don't talk about the quantum of solace theme[/QUOTE] No one talks about Quantum of Solace. I didn't even know Quantum of Solace existed, or remember watching it. All my friends would talk about Casino Royale, Skyfall, or Spectre until I had to look up that theme. Suffice to say it must have been forgettable.

[QUOTE=maddogsamurai;50145644]No one talks about Quantum of Solace. I didn't even know Quantum of Solace existed, or remember watching it. All my friends would talk about Casino Royale, Skyfall, or Spectre until I had to look up that theme. Suffice to say it must have been forgettable.[/QUOTE] It wasn't really forgettable, just something you [I]want[/I] to forget

I don't have much of an interest in James Bond at all.

[QUOTE=Jordax;50145542]When the perpetrators of the terrorist attacks on European soil were all born in European countries to immigrant parents of a certain religion, well yes, there should be a concern that something is going very wrong with the later generations, given how the first generation of ''guest workers'' didn't cause anywhere as many problems as the later generations. The especially worrying part is, that it didn't have to be the fault of the earlier generations in most cases. Something is causing a causing a rise of radicalism in those later immigrant generations, and yet, that issue isn't being pursued as much as it should by most Western European governments. I think that Europe should crack down far harder on hate imams and radical imams for a start.[/QUOTE] I think the current problems come from multiple factors. Influence from other radicals like you mention is indeed a problem, though I think radical relatives and friends are a bigger problem [url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/what-makes-people-join-isis-expert-says-foreign-fighters-are-almost-never-recruited-at-mosque-a6748251.html[/url] A lot of former jihadists also describe that they went to join ISIS because they felt the West didn't care about Muslims, or something akin to that. I think there is a sort of viscous cycle going on in WE countries where a vocal minority hates muslims, which (some) muslims perceive as Western society as a whole being against them and they start feeling like they're not a part of the group. People then get angry because those muslims turn to radical movements like ISIS, which then leads to more muslims not feeling at home in Western countries. I think even the AIVD (Dutch intelligence service) said that being angry at muslims as a group for 'not integrating hard enough' has the opposite effect of what is desired. I can't find a source for that right now, but I definitely remember reading that somewhere a few days ago. [QUOTE=Jordax;50145542] The EU should have just stayed purely an economic union. The whole political aspect right now isn't heading out so well, and I have the feeling that the rift between Western and Eastern Europe has only grown bigger in the last year due to the spinelessness of the Western European countries. This whole virtue signalling trend ain't going to help anyone. Good intentions and all, yet the result should be what counts. And that result isn't exactly very good right now.[/QUOTE] A political union is the logical next step if you're already in an economic union though. Having the same regulations on environmental and other matters makes trade much much easier, and most of what the EU decides is about those matters. [QUOTE=Jordax;50145542] It's more that the far-left is pretty damn blatant that they don't care about national culture. And honestly, when die Linke (German Social Democrat Party) sprouts openly that ''Germany would be better without German culture'', it should be reasons enough to be concerned with their intentions to be involved in the political climate and well-being of said country.[/QUOTE] So the far-left thinks we should do away with national cultures, not the EU. By the way, can you give a source for that statement? I can't seem to find it myself Also, looking at your posts the main issue you care about in politics seems to be integration of muslims (I could be wrong though). Just out of interest, what are your leanings, economically? Just pretend the refugee crisis doesn't exist, what leanings would you say you have?

Supremacy by Muse is my favorite bond song. 8D

[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;50146302]I don't have much of an interest in James Bond at all.[/QUOTE] James Bond is just trash these days anyway.

I think people should be more open about their political views. If we talk about them, we can talk about how fucking stupid some of them are. Then maybe people might start voting for nice parties, or do nice things.

[QUOTE=The Jack;50151211]I think people should be more open about their political views. If we talk about them, we can talk about how fucking stupid some of them are. Then maybe people might start voting for nice parties, or do nice things.[/QUOTE] "this country could move forward if only the other guys realized how stupid they are" - literally fucking everyone

-reasoned debate between citizens would really do us a lot of good. Like a lot of British people vote for the Conservative party. Or a lot of Americans vote Republican. There are two types of people here.. -The ignorant -Sociopaths

DOOM open beta looks like visual piss and is boring

[QUOTE=The Jack;50151285]-reasoned debate between citizens would really do us a lot of good. Like a lot of British people vote for the Conservative party. Or a lot of Americans vote Republican. There are two types of people here.. -The ignorant -Sociopaths[/QUOTE] Anyone who agrees with this is an absolute moron Believe it or not intelligent people who aren't 'sociopaths' can have good reasons for being right-wing. Maybe you just live in an intellectually closed space so you never see arguments from the other side, in which case I would suggest you are one of 'the ignorant'.

"You need drugs or weed to fully get the message this movie was trying to give you!" When you have to rely on that kind of argument, then the movie is terrible. Hate arguments like this.

[QUOTE=Octopus2112;50151320]DOOM open beta looks like visual piss and is boring[/QUOTE] Visually seen I had my doubts why it had such high requirements, tho it doesn't look bad. Gameplay wise, I played it with a fellow FP'er and it was actually pretty fun despite for the fact that I wasn't doing too great in the game.

A lot of people don't like lawyers, but to be honest I have mad respect for lawyers. I study business at university, but I have to do several law courses before I can get my degree and accreditation. Of all of the courses I've had to do, legal courses are the most stressful. There's nothing worse than having a simple word or term, such as [i]good faith[/i] or [i]proper purpose[/i], and having to sort through hundreds of pages of statutory laws and dozens of case laws just to define that term for the case you're working on. It's nothing like 'look up what the word means in a dictionary' at all. [editline]18th April 2016[/editline] Regarding that last sentence, the lecturer for the law course I'm studying this semester had abused the shit out of a student in the lecture (without singling them out of course) for going by Google definitions in one of their assignments lmao.

Fork & Knife is the only viable method of consuming Pizza.

Fork & Knife is the only viable method of killing Myself.

Incest isn't all THAT bad. Furries are nice, normal people. It's okay to be a bigendered brony. Crucify me.

The blue member avatar size is too small and it's near-impossible to make anything look good. Blues should get the current gold size, golds should get the current mod size and mods can have ~unlimited size~.

[QUOTE=AtomicSans;50158756]The blue member avatar size is too small and it's near-impossible to make anything look good. Blues should get the current gold size, golds should get the current mod size and mods can have ~unlimited size~.[/QUOTE] Yeah, come on garry, it's 2016, what are you spending all that Rust money on? Give golds a bigger size limit so my animated waifu avatar doesn't look like it was found on geocities.

Avatar sizes should stay the same and the gold/blue member system should stay as it is. I've been posting infrequently on Facepunch for nearly a decade, and when I break 2000 posts on March 13, 2017 and finally earn my gold member avatar, i want it to be special.

Who am I kidding, I'm just salty that I have to wait two more years to get a decent-sized avatar

[QUOTE=ejonkou;50157901]Fork & Knife is the only viable method of consuming Pizza.[/QUOTE] you just gave me chest pains

[QUOTE=BigDogMtchl;50158736] It's okay to be a bigendered brony. [/QUOTE] That's a new one