Kamp Kuzma: The Operators' Campgrounds (For Operating)

IMPREK digicamo uniform, finnish boots, Israeli or American old flak jacket, AK-4, Molle harness, helmet, backpack, Tshirt and socks and undies

I see. So nothing that flashy. :)

Though I admit the colour palette is not what I would expected (I was thinking there will be more darker colours) I like it especially the second from the left most suits my fancy:

It has been for months, though. Keeping it around by erasing my posts in already-dead thread.

You know.. one of my brothers and in-law bros think i'm a traitor because i've served Japan for 5 years back then..

We have the first one on the left.

Second one is too off with colors for our forests.

I see. I did not noticed before.



Ergh. I wrote left instead of right... -.-



Well borrowing of officers to allied nation is an old tradition... Though it was always more of a navy thing...

Be happy that you have allies, rather than none.

Some of my family members still hold a grudge to Japan til today, even though it's a long time ago. They think the atomic bombings from USA weren't enough.

(It'll be good if we continue this conversation in PM instead.. but whatever.)

Heh... Well I meet the first base... The second... Not so much. :D

Hmm, M16s don't really do it much for me. I like me some Kalashnikov and wood furniture if we're going for gun porn.

*tinkers with Falcon II, Falcon III*

So as we've all seen, the world has been going deeper into the shit as of late. Seems no matter what, government can't pull their head out of its ass. Harder yet when you've got an indoctrinated society who can be so easily led by rubbish television and yellow(crap) journalism of mass media.

No real reason for me to bring this up but felt like creating a topic of discussion.

What would your ideal situation be? How would you like government to be run, what kind of laws do you think necessary and by gods, what kind of people do you NOT want society to be like?

I think talking about our ideals and what we want to change in the world would be a good turn of pace from the crap we run into our daily lives. So anyone like to take the floor? I'm going to rest off a good meal.

You shouldn't bother small detail like that...

*rolling Val to dinner*

Alright then.



Well the problem is that people don't usually think for themselves. Finding something like universal working government system for everybody is same as trying to design a perfect gun. Not possible. Also this certain podcast guy is right when he told that people can't really imagine life in another political or politics-free environment... They also tend to forget the less pleasant details over time and live with the good memories. A fair example is my national history: Before 89 it was bad. When the commies took over they basically worked with inefficient economy. Thinking that they could predict the demand of production from something like steel to paper 5 year in advance is just downright wrong. The productivity was also very bad and over-staffing was an issue (but it lead to a zero unemployment on paper). Hotel Pyramida needed around 90 employees to work perfectly. It had some 250 and that reflected on the efficiency of the staff.
Nowadays the problem is elsewhere. The Privatization did not went well and the problems we face have merely shifted into another sector rather than disappear. Privatization also in a long run has shown that most of our domestic companies have now a foreign owner or majority shareholder. Being it Sellier&Bellot or nowadays barely existing Sugar refineries (19th century- some 400 refineries. Nowadays 7 and another one ex refinery that now is just a packaging facility). A lot of problems is not only outsourcing of business but also overpricing of domestic production (like very "people-friendly" prices of SPM Liberec), and import of goods that could be manufactured here (great example is middle caliber ammunition like 30mm rounds for our oh so expensive Pandur II which can be manufactured in ZVI Vsetín... But because it was decided to buy that ammo from Spain the ZVI was basically closed down)...
But I am not writing this to dissect the economical problems of the regime past and present.
People are from an early age taught that in a way some people are better than the other just because they have a job from a specific sector making big bucks. The money are especially important of a pointer.
Our education is teaching us based on an outdated industrial revolution model that does not meet the requirements of what we can call current society. Just because you do know what is in the book does not mean you are an intelligent person. Intelligent person thinks for themselves can rationalize for both sides of an argument which is an aspect of critical thinking (Thanks The Survival Podcast and Val for reminding me of that concept). We are also taught that there is usually only one specific way of doing something. We are not allowed to explore other possibilities. Great example: My current English lecturer is someone with who I clash because A) My English is dominantly American English while his is strict by the book he's teaching by British. He is not interested in what we know but only in what he wants to know we know (i.e. my Band-aid VS his (sticking) plaster. He said that band-aid is something different than a plaster... Well sorry but plaster has more meaning than just the thing you put on when you cut your finger).
I should probably get an CEF C1 or C2 certificate and be done with it... It's not worth arguing about something as rich and flexible as a whole language that incorporates several dialects with someone who doesn't seem to see the flexibility and dialects...
Well to sum things up: The change is needed I am all for that... But can we generate and keep the right momentum without derailing it again somewhere in the future? ... I wonder.

Yeah that's indeed one of the problems, Lance. But I can't especially blame them, particularly those who never were given the chance to think for themselves in the first place.

I have to disagree about there being no possibility for a working government suited for all. It very well is hard to accomplish for sure but the possibility exists. Personally, I think the way to a proper working government is the removal of unnecessary laws and more power to the people, who in this scenario are actually intelligent and critical thinkers.

On the topic of laws, I find it both hilarious and saddening that the US is at a point in it's legislative power that instead of making laws to ban things, they're now making laws to make exceptions to their previous laws rather than just revising or very well removing the damn thing but I digress.

I don't need to touch on the need to rationalize argument and be a critical thinker because, like you've said, I helped bring that back around for you.

Personally, I feel the only laws necessary are those which adhere to the principle of non-aggression. Meaning you're free to do whatever you so please unless it physically threatens to damage another person or their property without their consent. If we only were concerned on whether or not it actually harms another person, not that it has potential to harm another person or that another person finds it displeasing to the eye, then I believe people would be more happier being able to do more of what they want.

Another thing I believe in is that society works at its finest when people interact with each other voluntarily. Because obviously if you didn't like something, you wouldn't associate with it in the first place. We can see how bad forced interaction is by looking at when we used to be kids. Fucking dreaded the thought of being sent to school and probably hated it even more because I was told that I HAD to go. But just because I hated school doesn't mean I hated learning because when I saw something I was curious about and went to go look further into it of my own choice, I actually retained that knowledge and felt good about it. That could be done almost fucking everywhere.

But yeah, a generic government for all is a very hard thing to accomplish. What is more easier than that? Several governments that don't interfere with each others' internal affairs and each containing their own laws that market to a specific people. And so those governments would have to compete for citizens who want to come to their states. If you're a person not too fond about open carrying of firearms, go live under Government B. If you want everyone to live under a certain dress code, go to Government G, etc. Essentially, it's a free market of government where people decide which one they want to go to, live with like minded people and enjoy the liberties they want to enjoy.

That is pretty much my ideal world situation.

I agree, Val. The non-aggression principle is something that should be common sense nowadays. Sadly, it isn't so and there are people who are more concerned about being politically correct than letting people be. You have the ignorant who think it's better not to let people do something potentially dangerous but enjoyable rather than addressing the risks and properly mitigating them. To paraphrase a quote; My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.

But enough of that because I can see that people don't much want to engage in such topic. As you said, if you're not interested you very well won't be a part of it.

Whose watching what from this anime season? I tried getting into SAO II for the sake of the guns but for something so focused around that area, there were so many details that I couldn't help nitpick. So I ended up trashing it and rehabilitated with a rewatch of Jormungand.

lol, poor Kei. But luckily you dropped it already since the GGO arc only goes for until eps14...

Ah, yes. SAO II AKA Talking Art Online... What a disappointment for me personally because SAO series of novels is something I am really fond of... On more than one level.
I am deeply in love with computers and seeing another take of Full Dive VR technology which is my dream for computer UI and pinnacle of simulation software... The martial art I practice for the longest time is swordplay and basically I've done that half my life and over a decade. And as past heavy MMO addict I can also relate with many problems presented in the novels to the characters (with life at stake as a spice)... The first anime was a tad rushed but it was okay more or less.
The SAO II on the other hand took exactly the opposite extreme. I was painfully slow and the script writer did not understood that GGO arc was sort of "detective undercover" kind of story and because of that too many exposition at the beginning joined with illogical stretching of the story itself was a trainwreck after a couple of episodes. Not to mention they also pissed me off with squeezing the next book in the series called Mother's Rosario (In my opinion the second best in the series after the first novel itself) in the last 5 episodes was just plain stupid especially given the focus on Asuna instead of Kirito and her problems not only in the real world but a very influential meeting with "Sleeping Knights" guild. It is just sad to see good books turned bad anime. :(

Jormungand pretty much is the cure when you find disappointing gun fighter anime. On the topic of this anime season, like all seasons, I'm downloading more than half of the series coming out based on how interesting the synopsis provided is and then also not watching it because I'm backlogged on anime almost a year behind. And the log continues to pile. T_T

Also this:


While I know this is meant to be a joke, the blood(if real) smeared on the board almost makes me believe he went about doing this like in the instructions if not for how cleanly cut it was.