What the hell is your favorite past time?
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The Jesus wrote...
York wrote...
blind_assassin wrote...
York wrote...
Nope, Opium cause a war between the British and the Chinese. Over 1 million deaths because the British forced Opium and the Chinese didn't want any more.Did heroin start a war I don't think so because heroins pussy shit.
If you count gang wars then yeah, it caused several. And the Opium War was kind of ridiculous. Why exactly did the British take Hong Kong from China? I don't think it was anything more than a port at that point.
I was pretty sure opium came from poppies. Just couldn't be arsed to wiki it.
I forget why but the British "were" a bunch of greedy Imperialistic warmongers back then.
Basically, the British were smuggling opium into China from British controlled India. China was trying to enforce its drug laws, but as you said, the British were warmongers and it erupted into armed conflict.
If you're interested in details you can read about it here.
Meh, China got mad because the Brits were reducing their trade deficit through drugs. They had a legitimate reason to be mad about it but China has basically sucked dick as an economic power until pretty recently so they had no real right to complain.
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blind_assassin wrote...
The Jesus wrote...
York wrote...
blind_assassin wrote...
York wrote...
Nope, Opium cause a war between the British and the Chinese. Over 1 million deaths because the British forced Opium and the Chinese didn't want any more.Did heroin start a war I don't think so because heroins pussy shit.
If you count gang wars then yeah, it caused several. And the Opium War was kind of ridiculous. Why exactly did the British take Hong Kong from China? I don't think it was anything more than a port at that point.
I was pretty sure opium came from poppies. Just couldn't be arsed to wiki it.
I forget why but the British "were" a bunch of greedy Imperialistic warmongers back then.
Basically, the British were smuggling opium into China from British controlled India. China was trying to enforce its drug laws, but as you said, the British were warmongers and it erupted into armed conflict.
If you're interested in details you can read about it here.
Meh, China got mad because the Brits were reducing their trade deficit through drugs. They had a legitimate reason to be mad about it but China has basically sucked dick as an economic power until pretty recently so they had no real right to complain.
The Brits were greedy. They wanted Chinese goods, but because China made it clear that Great Britain didn't have anything they wanted except for silver, Britain turned to underhanded tactics. As a way to gain leverage in trade agreements they started smuggling opium in through India to get the Chinese people addicted. So yeah, they were trying to reduce their trade deficit, but the way they went about it had no regard for the policies or health of the Chinese people.
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Waar wrote...
HIJACKING...it's not just for pirates anymore.
Are you insinuating that I happen to be anything less than a pirate? I'll have you know that I am an experienced pirate ninja that has fully mastered the swashbuckling and scurvy jutsus.
And I'd say China was lucky to just not get fucked up worse. Everyone wanted their stuff and plenty of countries were a lot stronger than them. Not to mention that China was also very backwards and didn't even have basic stuff like railroads. Though that was partially because they figured Britain or Germany or someone would just stomp them and take their country if it was easier to travel.
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Waar
FAKKU Moderator
blind_assassin wrote...
Waar wrote...
HIJACKING...it's not just for pirates anymore.
Are you insinuating that I happen to be anything less than a pirate? I'll have you know that I am an experienced pirate ninja that has fully mastered the swashbuckling and scurvy jutsus.
And I'd say China was lucky to just not get fucked up worse. Everyone wanted their stuff and plenty of countries were a lot stronger than them. Not to mention that China was also very backwards and didn't even have basic stuff like railroads. Though that was partially because they figured Britain or Germany or someone would just stomp them and take their country if it was easier to travel.
sorry what you just implied is that you can be both a pirate and a ninja which is quite impossible; it would be like trying to divide by 0. Two such forms of awesomeness are not possible in one human being; he would run the risk of spontaneous combustion. You must be some sort of con man from the future or related to hitler in some way... (in jest)
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Waar wrote...
blind_assassin wrote...
Waar wrote...
HIJACKING...it's not just for pirates anymore.
Are you insinuating that I happen to be anything less than a pirate? I'll have you know that I am an experienced pirate ninja that has fully mastered the swashbuckling and scurvy jutsus.
And I'd say China was lucky to just not get fucked up worse. Everyone wanted their stuff and plenty of countries were a lot stronger than them. Not to mention that China was also very backwards and didn't even have basic stuff like railroads. Though that was partially because they figured Britain or Germany or someone would just stomp them and take their country if it was easier to travel.
sorry what you just implied is that you can be both a pirate and a ninja which is quite impossible; it would be like trying to divide by 0. Two such forms of awesomeness are not possible in one human being; he would run the risk of spontaneous combustion. You must be some sort of con man from the future or related to hitler in some way... (in jest)
I was born with ninja blood and raised as a pirate. It allowed me to become the most powerful warrior on earth. Unfortunately, I cannot go into pirate rage mode as my ninja blood reacts to negatively to the presence of rum.
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Waar
FAKKU Moderator
no i'm sorry, it's impossible; your cells would begin attacking each other on a molecular level.
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I don't know really. I guess meditation, video games, anime and guitar would have to be the top four things I like to do.
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Past times:
Reading
Watching
Surfing the Net
Fave Past time:
FAKKU! Forums and anything else related^^
Reading
Watching
Surfing the Net
Fave Past time:
FAKKU! Forums and anything else related^^
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What were trying to say with fa.....
Anyways my fav things to do(I'll follow your example Rukia):
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Anyways my fav things to do(I'll follow your example Rukia):
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