Which country is preventing me from committing high-treason and attempted regicide?

[Azimech]

Originally Posted by Necrobaron

Probably not the best examples but both Modern Warfare 2 and Fallout 3 (both commercially successful, widely recognized games) depict Washington D.C. and its various historically significant buildings and monuments in various states of destruction, ruin and decay. I don't recall there being any outrage over that, by Americans or otherwise...

Don't forget those games were developed in the USA. When the last Indiana Jones movie ran in the theaters the russian government was displeased with the way russians were displayed in the movie. Imagine in an american movie someone blowing up the Kremlin. We've never seen important buildings blowing up by rivaling nations, only the suggestion of it as a result of an unfortunate "accident" sparking total war (like in Dr. Strangelove).

[Qpassa]

is absurd, but I respect

[Triggaaar]

Originally Posted by Ctrl E

as an aussie with republican leanings, it was kind of the first building i was planning on targeting on my first sortie in a stuka.

Originally Posted by Avimimus

You Aussies have the luxury of being republican! - you don't have an 8,900km undefended border with the land of Mordor

(said in good humour).

I live on the south coast of England, and I'm currently consulting my legal team regarding having my property made indestructable in the sim. All I need is a bunch of bitter (do)minions taking pot shots at my castle.

[BadAim]

Originally Posted by Avimimus

You Aussies have the luxury of being republican! - you don't have an 8,900km undefended border with the land of Mordor

(said in good humour).



I figured Oleg meant a literal law since MS CFS 1 also had invincible buildings.

Perhaps some European country views major cultural symbols as equivalents to a countries civilian culture and civilian population (and therefore vulnerable to hate and mock atrocities)??

However, destructible civilian buildings would seem to make this irrelevant.

What? I thought you guys liked us now that we have a Marxist president.

I suppose it is kind of silly to have any indestructible buildings in a war simulator, as respect is kind of irrelevant when your dropping bombs on someone.

[Triggaaar]

Originally Posted by BadAim

respect is kind of irrelevant when your dropping bombs on someone.

Good point

[Avimimus]

Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

The only reason we haven't become a rebublic is that the differnt rebulican factions in Australia hate each others guts and even they know that if they got into power only public appathy would keep us from being in a civil war within a few years.

God bless pubic apathy (I almost thought it was a Canadian invention).
One tyrant 3000 miles away!

Originally Posted by BadAim

What? I thought you guys liked us now that we have a Marxist president.

No BadAim I suspect we still think you're all nuts...

I mean, you developed a republic before the French - that takes imagination; and you guys seem to think it is treasonous to modify your constitution, even the amendments, to your constitution. Lots of people dislike some of the private and public interference in foreign countries and are mystified at internal politics. But we've always liked the States (even when you elect strange politicians). The fact is that people really like most Americans as individuals and think America is a great country, if slightly unhinged at times. This is true almost everywhere.

But, back to the topic - we still don't know whose laws make buildings resist the laws of entropy and physics.

I wonder if this is a part of the reaction to the bombing of cultural targets (eg. By Germany during the war)?

[BadAim]

Originally Posted by Avimimus

God bless pubic apathy (I almost thought it was a Canadian invention).
One tyrant 3000 miles away!



No BadAim I suspect we still think you're all nuts...

I mean, you developed a republic before the French - that takes imagination; and you guys seem to think it is treasonous to modify your constitution, even the amendments, to your constitution. Lots of people dislike some of the private and public interference in foreign countries and are mystified at internal politics. But we've always liked the States (even when you elect strange politicians). The fact is that people really like most Americans as individuals and think America is a great country, if slightly unhinged at times. This is true almost everywhere.

But, back to the topic - we still don't know whose laws make buildings resist the laws of entropy and physics.

I wonder if this is a part of the reaction to the bombing of cultural targets (eg. By Germany during the war)?

LOL! Public apathy is easy when the police aren't kicking down your door for thought crimes (probably only a short time away in both of our countries)

Yes, were all nuts.

Why the laws of Political correctness of course, which have no relation to any known natural law, nor indeed to common sense, or any other kind of reality. But let those laws be broken and the PC police finds out about it; you'll be looking down the business end of a hissy fit brother!

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by Avimimus

God bless pubic apathy (I almost thought it was a Canadian invention).
One tyrant 3000 miles away!

The roots of the republican debate in Australia go back to a time when the country was divided on class/religion lines. The self proclaimed "better" classes were protestant (Church of England) of English decent and committed Monarchists. The working/poorer people tended to be Catholic and of either Irish or Italian descent and wanted a republic.

The protestant/catholic divide has faded in recent years and the monarchist debate confused with all sorts of modern political hype. But at essence its still the same divide.

[Avimimus]

Originally Posted by BadAim

LOL! Public apathy is easy when the police aren't kicking down your door for thought crimes (probably only a short time away in both of our countries)

Yes, were all nuts.

Why the laws of Political correctness of course, which have no relation to any known natural law, nor indeed to common sense, or any other kind of reality. But let those laws be broken and the PC police finds out about it; you'll be looking down the business end of a hissy fit brother!

Come to think of it - we're nuts too, in our own way (of course).

P.S. In Canada the door might not be locked (depends what part of the country)...

Btw. I never did notice any known relation between natural law, common sense or any kind of reality...

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

The roots of the republican debate in Australia go back to a time when the country was divided on class/religion lines. The self proclaimed "better" classes were protestant (Church of England) of English decent and committed Monarchists. The working/poorer people tended to be Catholic and of either Irish or Italian descent and wanted a republic.

The protestant/catholic divide has faded in recent years and the monarchist debate confused with all sorts of modern political hype. But at essence its still the same divide.

Okay, that explains a lot. We had similar divisions with Fenians, and Quebeckers of course (mind you New France still had a king when it became part of Canada - so Republicanism is less natural in Quebec than it is in France).

You guys also have those nifty posh accents in addition to your other nifty accents. Btw. Congrats on getting the secret ballot so much earlier than the rest of us. I clearly need to do some more reading on Australian history.

[bf-110]

Regicide?Mmm,no.

According to the modern mother of knowledge (aka Wikipedia),the king and Elisabeth used to stay at a safe place of the Buckingham palace (or somewhere nearby it).