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The Welcome Hall - Start Here! / Re: Greetings
« on: February 17, 2023, 05:11:24 PM »
Hey raidarr, are you selling buttons at the door? Because good morning
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The Welcome Hall - Start Here! / Re: Hello!
« on: February 17, 2023, 05:10:42 PM »
My dog is called Brynn. Excellent.
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The Welcome Hall - Start Here! / Re: *peeks out from behind a wall* hi
« on: February 06, 2023, 02:16:12 PM »
hissssssssss
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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Would you rather?
« on: January 25, 2023, 02:37:41 PM »
Spear if I'm unlikely to have legal repercussions, maybe staff if I am, or if I have other reasons to avoid fatalateeeeeees. Spears have sharp stabby ends you see.
Oin or Gloin?
Oin or Gloin?
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History, Science, and Interesting Information - The Great Library / Re: Emotional Drama in Fiction Set in Other Cultures
« on: January 25, 2023, 02:32:31 PM »Did you mean to reply to this thread with one word?yes
It was mostly so I remembered to read this thread again and reply properly. I think i agree, but my brain is still too dumb and tired to read
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Discussion and Debate - The Philosopher's Plaza / Re: In the News
« on: January 25, 2023, 02:16:23 PM »
Yes, but also in that case there's at least a state and a still existing ethnic identity which clearly seems to have some valid claim on them - Armenia and Armenians. Whilst with Turkey, I don't see who else could make a claim. AFAIK there's no modern people who can really claim cultural or hereditary continuity with these ancient peoples. I don't know very much about the history of population transfers during Turkish conquest and Ottoman rule, but I would imagine that the current native population has at least as much native ancient ancestry as modern Greeks for example.
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Discussion and Debate - The Philosopher's Plaza / Re: In the News
« on: January 25, 2023, 10:58:56 AM »
But surely being an archaeologist of a certain culture or are would not give you any rights to relevant archaeological sites or evidence. If artefacts are illegally being removed from Turkish soil then I would imagine Turkey has the rights to them, though I don't really have a clue what the legal situation would be once they've left Turkey. And obviously Turkey is the only state that has the right to decide whether Turkish sites can be excavated.
If we're talking about artefacts already removed from the area before there were laws on this kind of thing then the legal owners are the legal owners, and legally they have the rights to them. Turkey could claim some kind of inherent or moral rights to them I guess, but it doesn't really mean anything. Still, if we're talking outside of legal rights then I don't see who else could claim to have a right to them.
If we're talking about artefacts already removed from the area before there were laws on this kind of thing then the legal owners are the legal owners, and legally they have the rights to them. Turkey could claim some kind of inherent or moral rights to them I guess, but it doesn't really mean anything. Still, if we're talking outside of legal rights then I don't see who else could claim to have a right to them.
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Discussion and Debate - The Philosopher's Plaza / Re: In the News
« on: January 23, 2023, 11:46:56 AM »or the state of Turkey claims rights to things made by ancient Ionians and Dorians and Luwians thousands of years before there were any Turks on Turkish soilWell tbf, who else would?
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History, Science, and Interesting Information - The Great Library / Re: Emotional Drama in Fiction Set in Other Cultures
« on: January 18, 2023, 09:39:19 PM »
yes
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General Chatter - The Boozer / Re: Happy Solstice
« on: December 23, 2022, 08:50:52 PM »
I'm actually in the southern hemisphere for this solstice, but I'm looking forward to days finally getting longer again once I'm home.
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History, Science, and Interesting Information - The Great Library / Re: History yays
« on: December 11, 2022, 06:46:13 PM »
Kings and Generals released this video on the reign of David 4th of Georgia and the battle of Didgori, I thought it may be of interest considering the area of study of our good Joobs.
https://youtu.be/c-qi9dPI_Vw
https://youtu.be/c-qi9dPI_Vw
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General Chatter - The Boozer / Re: Funny Videos
« on: December 04, 2022, 01:31:38 PM »
It is indeed from Still Game, a very worthwhile watch if you have not already watched. And even if you have already watched it.
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Tabletop Design - The Senet House / Re: Kickstarter for A Bestiary of Enchanted England ends Nov. 24, 2022
« on: November 13, 2022, 07:32:37 PM »
Remind to pledge a pledge when I'm more awake
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General Chatter - The Boozer / Re: Pub - Nov 17?
« on: November 11, 2022, 06:01:37 PM »
Yes no maybe, in all probability it is a possibility.
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Writing, Poems, AARs, and Stories - The Storyteller's Hall / Re: What are you reading?
« on: October 22, 2022, 05:52:58 PM »
To be fair to the WOT show it was being filmed as the covid pandemic hit, which really messed up the latter parts. Plus one of the main actors had to leave during this time too. But there were still choices made before this point that were definitely not great, I watched it before starting the books and it was mostly enjoyable up until the last couple of episodes. For some reason it seems like they decided to absolutely butcher the magic system though, personally I don't particularly care about extensive magic systems that much, but for people who do WOT's is a big plus for the series. The male/female split in channelling is actually important for some of the major themes of the series too, so it's quite disappointing that they seem to have dropped that aspect completely (male channelers still go mad, but I don't think Saidin and Saidan are ever mentioned at all).