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CPA - Evil Clone brigade
Nov 2001
time: 06:28
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Tass :
This is horrible and I feel your pain.
While I agree with H Tower that your son must be in his rebellious years and that it should abate at some point, I'd however encourage you to take steps for this period to end ASAP.
Of course, your parenting forums can help to this effect, but if I may suggest :
- encourage him to do some social activity (sports, videogames, book club, music, whatever) he isn't doing now. He needs a new set of friends to avoid having such ideas. He also needs to let off the steam by doing something he enjoys without parental monitoring. Use the soft ways of persuasion, and try preferably to guide him to an activity he likes.
- Do not talk about politics at home until he stops his nonsense. Don't give him any material for him to oppose for the sake of opposing. Avoid to talk about the topic of his enlistment altogether.
- If needed, make him a computer dork. Better have a dorkish son than a dead son.
- If possible, send him on vacation with a group of friends / other teenagers (no matter if they are unknown actually) with lots of girls. He may change his mind if he has a girlfriend. Do not actively encourage him to have a girlfriend though : advice or attempts to hook him up are no-nos (gosh I hated that when my mother tried  )
Hope it'll turn out all right ! 
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Shi Huangdi
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Pittsburgh, PA
Apr 1999
time: 00:28
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"Shi, do you honestly believe I'm some 5-15 year old American mormon child pretending to be an adult on internet forums ALL DAY simply wasting time by debating about politics? "
We've had plenty of high school kids waste inordinate amounts of time on Poly debating stuff. Adult posters are usually more likely however to have lives and jobs that get in the way with that. You supposedly have family, (was it 3 kids you said you had before?)something that would take even more time away from internet posting.
Sure, I suppose it is possible we have someone old enough to have a 15 year old son, likely older then 33 judging from your last comment(though it was most likely a blunder you made with your persona) who names himself after a character from Starcraft, who plays Nation States(back when I was doing story threads like that there wasn't a single person above Age 25), who has claimed to be a patriot for three countries (Russia, USA, and India), who chooses to live in America and in Logan of all places for someone who has strong anti-US feelings, who says he is from the information ministry, who enters the name of the Russian National Anthe as his age, in addition all the other stuff you would do that is out of character for your age...
It's a possible situation. It just seems the more likely scenario is that you are above linked Net Rat.
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Comrade Tassadar
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who names himself after a character from Starcraft, |
Would you prefer if I change my name?
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who plays Nation States |
Would you prefer I stopped playing Nation States? Apparently, I'm too old to be playing silly little games, aren't I? 
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who has claimed to be a patriot for three countries |
And will continue to claim exactly that.
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who chooses to live in America |
Ah ha! Now were really getting into the meat of things, aren't we? Your attempting to prove me to be a "child" because you want to attempt to discredit my opinions.
Shi, I regarded you as one of the more intelligent conservatives here but after this debacle....It makes me wonder 
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and in Logan of all places |
I've already explained THIS as well, somewhere. My wife wanted to live in Utah, so we came to Utah. I used to live in Ogden, and Salt Lake City. Now I'm in Logan.
If your willing to give me the money to move elsewhere, I'd gladly accept it.
This I KNOW I've stated in many threads. I'm not against AMERICA. I'm against current American policies.
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who enters the name of the Russian National Anthe |
Forgetting the obvious error here: Ask Ming. I've edited my name many times. My first name was (I believe0 "Tassadar Tassadar". I decided I didn't like that when I logged into Poly, so I changed it. And one day I was experimenting and simply decided to type the Russian anthem and see how much would be accepted.
But since you seem to have an issue with it (Although its far more likely you have an issue with my beliefs ) I'll change it.
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in addition all the other stuff you would do that is out of character for your age... |
Alright, lets list a few other things that aren't quite "my age":
-I like anthems.
-I'm a communist.
-A post on internet forums regularly.
-I play video games.
-I like flags.
-I like politics.
Shi, quite frankly I'm disappointed in you. You have not only proved your ignorance once again but you have also proven that you will stop at no conspiracy theory in order to make your side seem more "credible". I always regarded such drivel as coming from Ned and Slowwy (No offense intended, of course ) but not from you.
I'm more than willing to continue to prove that I'm quite aged, however if you'd like you can bow out now and I will simply accept it as a surrender agreement. It's your choice.
Now, back to the subject:
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What makes you think that being a soldier is as dangerous as you and Tass are making it out to be? |
The fact that their, uh, part of the military is one
Muxec: No, the Russian Army is FAR worse, especially when it comes to human rights. But quite frankly, I don't want him to join ANYTHING as it would put his life in danger.
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He's much more likely to die in a car accident on the way to his girlfriend's house. |
But his behavior is so reckless....He'll suddenly stop doing his schoolwork or chores or talk back or go to a friends house without informing me.....I don't see how I can trust him.
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Most rebellious youth are so because their parents invest way too much time and energy in remote-controlling them. |
But how? I mean, if I stop now then he'll simply continue the rebellion. I don't see how it would be safe to let him do what he wants!
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Comrade Tassadar
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Originally posted by orange
You're blowing this way out of proportion. Even I've considered joining the navy after graduating from college, and I'm as pacifistic and anti-American foreign policy as they get. |
Sigh...
But I can't help but think "What if" this happens to my child? What if he gets seriously hurt? Or worse? I'd never be able to live with myself knowing I could have somehow done SOMETHING in order to prevent him from joining and consequently prevented a serious injury.
I know, the chances are a "bit" low of it happening, but.....I just can't help but think that someday I'll be watching TV and my sons picture will come up as a POW or KIA.....
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Mercator
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Sorekara no Nanimo
Jan 1970
time: 06:28
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I'm with orange and Asher...
You should support him, whatever he chooses... One thing you can do, though, is make sure he doesn't just rush into it, but knows what he gets himself into.
So maybe you can join him to some open house day (or whatever it's called, the American military must surely have lots of things to encourage recruitment), or he could go to a military summer camp or something... Well, I don't even know anything about our military, let alone the US military, but I'm sure there are lots of possibilities.
And if it's only about being rebellious, maybe showing that you support him in this will be enough to change his mind.
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26-05-2003 11:22
Just what you deserve, Tassador, for your anti-Americanism! 
He's a unix file, isn't he? 
SEND HIM OUT ON A VACATION AWAY FROM ME WITH GIRLS?! 
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