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21 Dec 07
"He is not a democrat in any way that the West would define it. He is not a paragon of free speech. He stands, above all, for stability—stability before freedom, stability before choice, stability in a country that has hardly seen it for a hundred years."
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/article/0,28804,1690753_1690757_1696150,00.html
Putin: Good news or bad news?
And what will happen when his term ends?
21 Dec 07
Originally posted by HumeAI hear he is trying to extend it.
"He is not a democrat in any way that the West would define it. He is not a paragon of free speech. He stands, above all, for stability—stability before freedom, stability before choice, stability in a country that has hardly seen it for a hundred years."
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/article/0,28804,1690753_1690757_1696150,00.html
Putin: Good news or bad news?
And what will happen when his term ends?
24 Dec 07
Originally posted by AThousandYoung'Ras' is an Ethiopian title. So if Putin were Ethiopian, he could be Ras Putin.
Why?
We see this title most prominently in the naming of the 'Rastafarian' religion. The name comes from Haile Selassie, who they considered to be god incarnate. But Haile Selassie is his post-coronation name. He was born Tafari Makkonen. Later he was given the title 'Ras' and became Ras Tafari. Hence, Rastafarianism.
25 Dec 07
Originally posted by HumeA"...stability before freedom..." truly a man after that other "man of the year", Dubya's heart...anyone for a telephone bug?
"He is not a democrat in any way that the West would define it. He is not a paragon of free speech. He stands, above all, for stability—stability before freedom, stability before choice, stability in a country that has hardly seen it for a hundred years."
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/article/0,28804,1690753_1690757_1696150,00.html
Putin: Good news or bad news?
And what will happen when his term ends?
Slimes is turning into a laughing stock by nominating these nasty oppressive worldleaders as men of the year.
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25 Dec 07
Originally posted by howardgeeBut it's not supposed to be about 'the nicest person of the year', it's the most influential... And 'oppressive' world leaders are nothing new: Hitler (1938), Stalin (1939 & 1942).
"...stability before freedom..." truly a man after that other "man of the year", Dubya's heart...anyone for a telephone bug?
Slimes is turning into a laughing stock by nominating these nasty oppressive worldleaders as men of the year.
The full list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_the_Year
25 Dec 07
Originally posted by HumeAI think Bas Rutin would be a much better choice.
But it's not supposed to be about 'the nicest person of the year', it's the most influential... And 'oppressive' world leaders are nothing new: Hitler (1938), Stalin (1939 & 1942).
The full list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_the_Year
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25 Dec 07
Originally posted by rwingettInteresting! If it was going to be African and not Jamaican, I'd have thought it would at least be West African.
'Ras' is an Ethiopian title. So if Putin were Ethiopian, he could be Ras Putin.
We see this title most prominently in the naming of the 'Rastafarian' religion. The name comes from Haile Selassie, who they considered to be god incarnate. But Haile Selassie is his post-coronation name. He was born Tafari Makkonen. Later he was given the title 'Ras' and became Ras Tafari. Hence, Rastafarianism.
25 Dec 07
Originally posted by AThousandYoungThe religion really isn't African, despite their worshiping Haile Selassie, and no one in Ethiopia practices it. It was founded in Jamaica by Marcus Garvey as sort of an Afro-Centric, black power type of thing. They picked Haile Selassie because he was the world's only black Head of State at the time, and because he was supposedly able to trace his lineage all the way back to King Solomon.
Interesting! If it was going to be African and not Jamaican, I'd have thought it would at least be West African.
The line in the Bob Marley "Redemption Song" refers specifically to him and his death in 1975 at the hands of the Mengistu regime.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look? ooh!
Some say its just a part of it:
We've got to fulfil de book.
25 Dec 07
Originally posted by HumeA??? Putin is the most influential person of the year?
But it's not supposed to be about 'the nicest person of the year', it's the most influential... And 'oppressive' world leaders are nothing new: Hitler (1938), Stalin (1939 & 1942).
The full list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_the_Year