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@Thareous: I tried to reply on your profile, but it seems you’ve disabled that feature or something. I’ll just reply to you here

Thanks! I try, lol. I love a good debate and I’m so happy Zelda Dungeon has a forum for controversial issues. I’ve snooped around on the forums before as a guest, but I had never seen that forum. You guys have a great forums section, btw. It's much better than ZU’s.

Eye Spy a laudable debater. ;D

What is the animation in the spoiler tag in your sig and why is it making me laugh so hard? :xd:

I've been fine myself. Working hard.

Seeing your avatar, I must ask, have you seen Skyfall 007 yet?

I approve of your profile pic, avatar, and username.

How goes it?

Yup

Congratulations; the man who wants to implement socialist/socialist-influenced policies that have proven to fail through hundreds of years of past and current history, who has 11,327 pages worth of regulations, who wants to force Catholics to abandon their beliefs and give contreceptives to women, who wants to tax the men and woman who worked hard for their fortune into the nation's prosperity, who has killed Romney's personal character through patently false lies for the sake of winning an election (which he said he wouldn't if he didn't get this country back on its feet), who wants to reinforce the policies of FDR that kept the unemployment rate in between 14.3% and 24.9% during all four of his terms as president (while using the same policies tactics as well. Ex. Hope, change, and blame; blamed Hoover for the high unemployment rate [25%], fostering the growth of the greedy, out-of-control corporations, and problems with regulation and oversight and that the only way through this was through the massive [New Deal] that would be implemented by the federal government [just replace "New Deal" with some of Obama's anti-lassez faire policies]), got reelected. What an accomplishment... ...Now if you don't mind I'm going to go pray for the country's welfare.

*squiggles his finger in front of your face* And with you, brother.

I completely agree. It's so interesting to see how Western Culture (like pop music, cars, food, clothing, etc.) mixes in with Traditional Chinese culture. For example, quite a bit of the Chinese pop music I hear in a store or on the radio has modern instruments, like a drum kit or piano, as well as Chinese instruments like the Erhu or Guzheng playing with them. It's too bad that there isn't more of the traditional culture, but it's amazing to get to see this kind of stuff every day.

Yep, that's pretty much how it goes every time

How long have you been studying Chinese? You seem to know quite a bit about the language and the culture.

That awkward moment when it's Zant from Twilight Princess. :xd:

Yeah I know Dashan. When I take a taxi, the driver usually asks where I`m from. When I tell them I`m Canadian, they say, "Oh, you're Canadian. Dashan is Canadian, right?" I've seen him on TV a couple times, and from what I can pick up, he's a pretty funny guy.

The taxi drivers either mention him or Norman Bethune, a Canadian doctor who was EXTREMELY Communist, and died serving as a physician in the war with Japan.

I'm a foreigner- Canadian, in fact. I think both the Parliamentary governmental system and the Marxist economic system have very good parts to them, and it would be incredible if there was some way to combine the systems. I don't like the American system at all, for many reasons that would take too long to elaborate on now.

However, in the Capitalist world we live in, I see no way that the systems could be changed without some drastic affect on our world. That's why I'll just go with the flow, and not bother protesting against something I can't change. I do enjoy discussing the whole thing, though.

Sure, I'd be up for that kind of group. I'm always interested in political discussion. I'll see you there.

IMO, I think Marx himself had great ideals, and I would like to see them implemented. The main problem with any Communist State today is that its leaders can be corrupt, which basically defies all Marxist ideals.
Just look at China. I live here in Beijing myself, so I know quite a bit on the subject. Looking at some of their leaders, you notice, well, things that aren't very Marxist at all. There is corruption, and a lust for power. Just looking at the differently classed people on the street, I can be sure that this isn't a Marxist nation.
I know China turned to Capitalism in the early 80s, but I think it ironic how they praise Mao- who was not very Marxist in his actions, if you take my meaning- and still hold an economy that opposes their "leader" entirely.
Just a bit of my opinion, I guess.