~Ecco's Epic Quest!~ COME CHAT! :D

[ecco]

yea, well really the problem isnt that people dont know who to trust, its just that people feel so out of touch with the government that theres an incredibely poor turn-out to vote. =/

haha, im pretty sure theyre already making the hobbit? it would be awesome to play one in the movie hahaha XD

also....
*crosses off bats, jack o lantern and smashed pumpkin*

dude... im only missing 3 event items O.O thats crazy... hahaha.

[Somalina]

Yeah, that's part of the problem. People are assuming the parties are all the same as eachother and there's no point voting. After all, what difference will a single vote make?

They are? Awesome, I'd like to see that.

Wow, only 3? That's pretty epic. And how long have you been playing this?

[ecco]

to be fair, the 3 big parties are actually very similar. sure, theyve got very different ideas they want to put forward but in terms of ideologies theyre actually all very near centralist, just slightly to the left or right.

and ive been on Mido for just over 5 months haha. partly luck, and alot of perseverance XD

[Somalina]

They are, its quite worrying.
Particularly for Labour and the Lib-Dems, the Lib_Dems are putting up this kind of radical front (Their student paper is named 'The Radical', in fact) but none of them are remotely left-wing anymore. They've slid to the right. But I think this current coalition will cause a bit of a left-wing shift, so hopefully Labour might go back to its roots somewhat.
Particularly considering John McDonnell's candidacy for the leadship election.
This is why I joined. c:


Haha, perseverance indeed. Anyways, I'm going to push off for a bit and do some revision. But I'll still drop in and chat - just might take me a bit longer to reply.

[ecco]

its not necesarily a bad thing. i would rather have a choice between slightly left or right parties than say a communist and a fascist party. that would be no fun at all XD

im still considering joining the greens. everything i read by them i like, and the few times i have actually seen their leader on TV, she has proven to be very eloquent which certainly helps. she's a darn site better than clegg, cameron and brown when it comes to speaking, anyway XD


ahhh ok :3 have fun revising XD i will probably stick around for a bit, so yea just pop in here and post whenever, really :3

[Somalina]

Yeah, I agree, its nice to have variation, and not just in the form of two extremes and complete polar opposites.
Haha, and best not to get into a debate about communism - I'm determined to defend communism, despite the reputation its been given over the last few centuries.

Actually, I've been quite interested in the greens myself recently. Their leader really is very articulate, and their local candidate in my town is a really awsome guy. He answered many of the difficult questions the other parties shied away from when they all visited our school. I have alot of respect for the greens. But despite their intentions and green-economy plans, I think some of their domestic policies are a bit vague..

[ecco]

*crosses off Fallen Deity Armour* finally got it from Wee ^w^ yey <3
now if i feel like looking badass, it'll be easy! XD


ehh... the problem with communism... it's a fantastic idea, but it just doesn't work. i'd say the same for capitalism, though. also the problem is that political ideoligies are circular - communism is only one step away from fascism, and no doubt you would say that that is a very bad thing.

hehe, as for the greens, i dunno. everything ive read about them so far, i like. the one exception being their wanting to ban size 0 models, which im very very opposed to. but thats such a small thing, that on the whole i firmly agree with their ideas.

EDIT: *also crosses off deity weaponry set* ....yey :3 now i can make a better na'vi avatar ^w^

[Somalina]

Man, that's speedy progress right there. Yay for Na'vi! Your wishlist seems be shrinking at a tremendous rate! xD



And I agree, communism is extremely utopian and idealistic, and in that sense its perhaps unrealistic in its optimism.
But humans lived in successful communist societies for years before the dawn of feudalism and the aristocracy: The old native american tribes are a perfect example of very prosperous, yet primitive, socialist communities. Communism would work, in my opinion, but it cannot survive in small pockets around the globe. It has to be internationally successful.

And complications only ever occur through the rise of authoritarianism, when democratic centralism decays. Chairman Mao and Stalin are two particular figures which have poisoned the name of communism because they were both so reformist. In trying to 'reform' or 'perfect' communism they just manipulated and corrupted it to benefit a select few. So it became very authoritarian in trying to protect those select few in power. Like you say it had the potential to, and did become, very fascist. Not democratic, and thus, not communist at all really. In spite of the USSR and China still preaching marxism.



Surely the banning of size 0 models would be a good thing? - as far as I'm aware. Do explain..?

[ecco]

haha, it'll slow down now, just watch XD

the problem now is that capitalism is too well etched into people. that and i dont believe communism can work in such an overpopulated world - its dog eat dog, because there simply isnt enough to go round. thus communism might have worked a long time ago, but it certainly wont work now.


banning size 0 models will NOT fix the problem. it will do nothing more than put innocent women out of a job. i'm an american size 2 and to be honest, i could probably get into size 0 tops. and i am neither anorexic or bulimic. and more to the point, i know fully grown women who are even smaller than me in build, naturally. there is NOTHING wrong with size 0. what needs changing is the media's attitude towards women, especially media that's aimed at young girls. and perhaps more should be done to protect women in the modelling industry to make sure they dont become anorexic/bulimic when they shouldnt have to.

basically, you shouldnt need to be size 0 to model. and you dont, anyway, in most circumstances. but you shouldnt be punished for being small naturally either. that is just as unfair as saying someone cant model because theyre "fat" or something.

[alix the dorkk]

*randomly jumps into thread*
Even plus-size models aretiny these days. There are some plus-size models that are smaller then most women. Size 0 is tiny, and they expect girls to nearly starve themselves to try to look pretty in the clothes that theysqueeze into. Personally, I think a girl with a little meat is decent. Not emormouse, but maybey size 7-8. Im pretty big myself. It has a lot to do with bone structure as well. Someone who is realy broad ma look like a pipe in a size 0, but girls with a petite structure may accually look healthy in a size 0.

[ecco]

exactly my point. womens bone structures and natural body shapes vary greatly. for example, i am very short, have a tiny rib cage, but large breasts and fairly wide hips and a small waist. some girls are slim but dont have the curves. some girls are bigger and curvy. height makes a lot of difference too. to be honest, i just dont think that either end of the dress size spectrum should be discriminated against.

although having said that, of course i do think it's wrong to encourage girls to want to become too skinny if its not their natural shape - and the same goes for that it would be bad to encourage girls to get extremely overweight, like to the point where your health is badly effected at either end. its just noooo good.

[alix the dorkk]

would you sell me your wings? haha *random*
And yea, Im like, REALLLYY tall so the extra weight im carrying doesn't look all that big. If it was on someone else, well, They may look fat. Im 6.2 so yea.. I think that when girls are anorexic or bulimic,(dont knkow spelling) That it is very UNattractive. Theres too many bones showing.

[ecco]

which wings... if you mean the ones im wearing on my avatar, then heeeelll no! took me far too long to find these XD

yea, it is unnatractive. but its not their fault, cos i mean its called body dysmorphia for a reason. *shrug* the weird thing is, i like being able to see my own bones - like my weight fluctuates a little, and i like it when its at the lower end and my ribs stick out more XD but when i see it on other people, it makes me worry! weird, huh?

[alix the dorkk]

Well, I was talking about thoes wings, but i just purchased a pair of the adult dragon wings so I guess thats fine.

A little ribs showing is that terrible, but the women where you can see each and every bone in they're body, it just looks very unnatural, and unhealthy. And your right, its not they're fault. They think that since the girls in magazines are super-thin, that being that small, is what you are supposed to look like. I don't care what the style is of the time period, I'm dressing in what i feel comfortable in and I'm weighing the weight that makes me feel healthy.. =)

[ecco]

yea, its a shame more people cant think like you, and just be happy how they are, or be how they really want to be and not what they think they should be to please everyone else ^^