Policy Suggestion - This may make sense...

[Rastafari]

I think that something could be done to change the Cappie status indicators. I feel odd arguing with "Dark Capitalist" or "Old Friend", for example, when I see that they are Guerillo, Companero, or whatever. I wouldn't be arguing with an enemy then, if they were on the same level as I. Just go through and change everybody only aloud on this forum or something, if you fancy. Or course, I guess the Stalinists and their Ilk will have something too though.

[Rastafari]

Ex:
1 Star-Patriot
2 Stars-Senator
3 Stars-Speaker
4 Stars-President
5 Stars-Fascict
Even the cappies may agree with something like this, if it is more gracious than the aforementioned example.
Just a thought,
Rastafari

[Dhul Fiqar]

1 Star - Sad wanker who registers on messageboards to argue with people he doesn't like

2 Stars - Pathetic wanker who regularly posts on messageboards where everyone hates him

3 Stars - Complete twat who has nothing better to do than post in forums he claims not to like

4 Stars - The mind boggles

5 Stars - Banned

[morkyboy]

1 star: college student
2 stars: university student
3 stars: ph.d student
4 stars: professor
5 stars: chairman of the university

This ranking to demonstrate the intelligence cappies have.

[thursday night]

I wonder why I am still considered a Stalinist.

[socialist2000]

Quote: from thursday night on 5:26 pm on Mar. 3, 2003
I wonder why I am still considered a Stalinist.

Are you a stalinist?

[thursday night]

To tell you the truth, I do not really know what a Stalinist is. This site’s definition is quite broad and a little blurry, so really I’m left awfully confused.

[mentalbunny]

take titles away from capis, leave stalinists with what they've got (like Mazdak's Stalinist Kiddie title!!!).

[Pete]

1 star: college student
2 stars: university student
3 stars: ph.d student
4 stars: professor
5 stars: chairman of the university

This ranking to demonstrate the intelligence cappies have.


In my experiences the most intelligent cappies stay away from boards like this, and detest talking to me. Aswell is it not true that intelligent people are more often leftists because they actually have a social conscience and can see teh shit capitalism deals to the world?

[Saint-Just]

Quote: from thursday night on 5:35 pm on Mar. 3, 2003
To tell you the truth, I do not really know what a Stalinist is. This site’s definition is quite broad and a little blurry, so really I’m left awfully confused.


The interpretation of Stalin on this site is very much different to the interpretations of Stalin that the 'Stalinists' here have.

The interpretation of our supposed Stalinists is that Stalin was a Marxist-Leninist. And as a Marxist-Leninist one would support Stalin.

The interpretation that a number on this site would have would be that Stalin was brutal, prejudice and a liar etc.

The non Marxist-Leninists on this site may call you a Stalinist, but as we know you are not brutal, prejudie or a liar.

By the Marxist-Leninist interpretation you would support Stalin most likely.

[morkyboy]

I consider myself a quite intelligent capitalist, but I am certainly not a left-winger. I know more intelligent right-wingers then left-wingers actually.

But I have an other elementary question: why are communist making differences with the star-system, while everyone is equel?

[RedComrade]

So that the unfamiliar guest will be able to distinguish articulate intelligent vets from newbs who may still be learning and will not speak for the leftist platform quite as well..

[Pete]

I think it is ingrained in the Ikonboard, kind of a mandatory thing that you can take away from somepeople. It does show knowledge, but I know people with less posts then me who are more knowledgalbe so I do not know really. It is just to show activity of each member I guess. larissa is SUPER active.

[The Sniper]

Yeah be more interesting to have a different rank system, but because cappies and their ike can only post on this forum i dought if its worth it.

[Moskitto]

Quote: from morkyboy on 9:15 pm on Mar. 3, 2003
I consider myself a quite intelligent capitalist, but I am certainly not a left-winger. I know more intelligent right-wingers then left-wingers actually.

But I have an other elementary question: why are communist making differences with the star-system, while everyone is equel?


the most intelligent person i know is intelligent enough to realise that all politicians are corrupt whether left or right wing and left wing and right wing ideas don't actually work cos politicians are corrupt.

but he doesn't care, he's got far more useful things to do.

[Rastafari]

It'd be interesting to try, too, so we could tell exactly whose side someone was on if we didn't hear of them too often.

[antieverything]

Well, if you look at Harvard grad students (my sister is one and this is just what she tells me) almost all of them are Leftists except for the business majors and other people who's jobs depend on being greedy assholes.

[antieverything]

Oh, and Morkyboy, all cappies consider themselves to be highly inteligent...it goes along with being an ultra-individualist--you have to believe that you don't need anyone else because you are so fucking smart!

[Pete]

To be a capitalist all you have to do is look down the narrow field of vision your are conditioned to have since birth, but being a communist or anarchist means that you must look at the entire picture. We may not have fancy pieces of paper but we have thrown off the brainwashing and developed our own opinions (most of the time) before realizing that we were communists. It requires an active brain to break the cycle, a spoke will go on whether or not it wants to!

[Anonymous]

I consider my self an enlightened individualist.

[Mazdak]

And I consider DC and morkboy to be assholes.

But thast besides the point. "Stalinist Kiddie" is unimaginative. Thine Stalin's names kicked ass. "Pseudo Communist Nazi Trash" or "Nazi piece of shit." At least "Stalinist pretend dictator" or something to that effect would be humorous. But as they pointed out, "stalinist" is nothing more than a slur. Much like "Red."

[Anonymous]

I still have my ranking for some reason.

[mentalbunny]

is it possible to get rid of stars completely?

[Eastside Revolt]

I admit calling someone a Stalinist is a little like calling someone a Bushist, a Kahnist, or a Hitlerist.

[Pete]

I tend not to understand the variations inside communism its self, although I am picking them up. I know that Stalinists refers to an authoritative comrade.