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#101

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Yety пишет: 29 мар 2018, 23:40 Each of us can refuse to be our own contemporaries. We don't have to live by the Zeitgeist.
Refuse all you want, but to my mind, it's in our genes to a certain extent. We can tone it down, but to eliminate it completely...not likely to happen in the near future, if you ask me.
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#102

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Juliemiracle, but we may at least do our best.
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Belka_Teacher пишет: 30 мар 2018, 00:56 Juliemiracle, but we may at least do our best.
That's for sure!
However, I know that I'll always fight (till I bite the dust) for the right to have and be able to express my own honest opinion even if it's different from what others think.
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#104

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Juliemiracle пишет: 30 мар 2018, 01:04 I know that I'll always fight (till I bite the dust) for the right to have and be able to express my own honest opinion even if it's different from what others think.
And Yety knows he'll always be willing to stick his honest opinion up his armpit if he knows that it (his opinion) is definitely going to hurt Juliemiracle's feelings.
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Juliemiracle пишет: 30 мар 2018, 01:04 However, I know that I'll always fight (till I bite the dust) for the right to have and be able to express my own honest opinion even if it's different from what others think.
You will certainly love this song ) :



I'd rather die defending my own right to never bare arms
Than live pretending a gun will keep me safe from bodily harm
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#106

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Lyrics
Yety needed them not only because yety-kydz are asleep in the neighbouring room.)
They're peacefully slumbering not knowing that tomorrow they're gonna learn the song by heart.))
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Get a gun to protect yourself from someone else with a gun
Being armed up to the teeth that means you don't have to run
Better safe than being sorry, better alive than being dead
Better him than me you say as you aim your gun at his head
You live your life at gunpoint don't be scared be prepared
It's peace you say that you fight for but it's war you declare
Take a life to save a life you call that living in peace?
It takes more than a piece of metal for the peace to increase

Are you man enough to hold a gun?
Are you man enough to turn your back and run?
Are you man enough to take a life?
Are you man enough to make one?

With your finger stuck on the trigger you're one hell of a man
But you won't be much of a macho when the blood's on your hands
If you live by the gun you'll die by the gun I promise you that
And you ain't got a goddamn thing if all you've got is a gat
History repeats itself but still we don't pull the brakes
What will it take for us to learn to learn from our own mistakes
I'd rather die defending my own right to never bare arms
Than live pretending a gun will keep me safe from bodily harm

If sacrifice is the price for freedom then tell me what's the use
killing someone to prove that killing is wrong still ain't no excuse
how can you believe that death will make the suffering cease
prepare to sacrifice your life once the bullets released

If sacrifice is the price for freedom then tell me what's the use
killing someone to prove that killing is wrong still ain't no excuse
how can you believe that death will make the suffering cease
prepare to sacrifice your life once the bullets released
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Yety пишет: 30 мар 2018, 01:36 Yety needed them not only because yety-kydz are asleep in the neighbouring room.)
Does Yeti know about headphones? )

The song is not quite punk, but in the good ol' days I was impressed )
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Kind_Punk пишет: 30 мар 2018, 01:41 Does Yeti know about headphones? )
Does he knows about them? He makes them!))
https://www.bluedesigns.com/products/yeti/
Yet, furry ears feel so sweaty in them...
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#109

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I'm sorry I've been abusing this blog a bit though I've promised to write here only once a weak, but, in this time of calamity, I need this safe space now to express my thoughts.

I decided to stop helping with the maintenance site as a moderator, as this burden is too hard for me. Though I had the easiest section - Other languages - it was still a hard job for me, as I saw all the complaints from users and read all the discussions in the hidden section for moderators. No matter how hard I tried not to get involved in any conflicts, they still had their negative impact on me, and I even couldn't get rid of this informational noise in my head when I was trying to spend some quality time with my husband.

Obviously, this forum cannot exist without moderation, or it will drown in quarrels and fights in the same manner our facebook group has. However, how can one perform this task if we are vulnerable and people will critisize our actions no matter how hard we try to be objective? Right now some people are even suggesting to create a rating of moderators and then demote the ones that other users do not like. Seriously, guys? There are two active moderators left and you want to make them one? And do you realise that these people do not get paid for all the time they spend taking care of this forum; however, I do not remember any messages thanking our brave moderators for their selfless deeds. So far, I've read only a lot of critical and even humiliating remarks.

Even if you are not happy with all the decisions that have been made, please, take some time to thank those two guys who, believe me, are trying to do their best and put a lot of thought and care in what they do. Of course, they are prone to make mistakes, as "to err is human." But let's try to remember about the second part of this saying - "to forgive, divine". Let's forgive them their mistakes and say kudos to those guys who are working hard on keeping this forum alive.
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#110

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Belka, tell us please
who are those
two guys who, believe me, are trying to do their best and put a lot of thought and care in what they do.
Zim and Bond ? Doing their best ??
Gimme a break, would you ?

However, a silver lining is this : now you could post more of your essays, that I will dissect just to annoy you ))
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#111

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tourist, I would appreciate if you discussed Zim and Bond somewhere else if you have nothing good to say about them. This is my comfy nest and I intend to maintain it this way.

As for you annoying me with corrections - no way will it happen))) I enjoy reading your detailed feedback. It is fun to feel a student again! Sorry if you felt at one point that I was hostile - maybe I'd had a bad night's sleep or something, but I actually appreciate your attention to my writing and your help in improving my skills.
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