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rediska
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| And please define what soviet-mentality is. |
Right, like you don't know... It's bloody hard to define something like that, people write books about it.
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| If I remember correctly, the education of the soviet country in general is so much better than that of the "capitalist" countries, it's not even funny. |
How did education get dragged into this? Soviet eduacation is overrated. It didn't give people practical skills and now tons of people who are well educated are unemployed because there are no jobs for them on the market. Besides, it's one thing to say that the education was good, and another to say that the students ended up well educated... Soviet education often would give people way more knowledge than they could retain. Basically, if you were very intelligent - it was great, if you weren't - you struggled to pass and forgot everything soon after the exam, because you never trully understood the material in the first place. |
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jackjitsu
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Here we go again, this is gonna get locked down. You guys are gonna end up dinging each others posts with bad ratings as you escalate  Cool it |
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bma_mat
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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We are talking about a mentality. Mentalities come from upbringings. Educatino is a huge factor in someone's upbringing, if not the biggest.
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| you struggled to pass and forgot everything soon after the exam, because you never trully understood the material in the first place. |
And lol, you obviously know nothing about the soviet education system from that post. |
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rediska
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, sorry, it's my fault this time. I couldn't help it. 
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| And lol, you obviously know nothing about the soviet education system from that post. |
I'm just being realistic. And besides, you couldn't have been studying under the Soviet education system.
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bma_mat
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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| And just so you know, ask the average american teenager to name you 5 countries in africa, and I bet you that he will not be able to. That's a serious issue. I can, and most of my friends, could name you every single country in a given continent, given an empty atlas for reference. |
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rediska
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Hmmm, I wonder if I would be able to. Regardless, I don't see what you are getting at? Trying to prove Soviet superiority? Sorry, won't work on me. I know the arguments too well, and i can counter them too well. if you recall, we were discussing the fact that you had a Slavic, Soviet-influenced mentality. Do you deny that? By the way, when I say you do, I am in no way trying to bring you down or say that it's a bad thing. |
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bma_mat
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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| No, im asking for your definition of what a slavic-mentality is. |
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rediska
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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A definition of slavic mentality, is, like I already said, very hard to come up with. It's generally just something that's understood.
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bma_mat
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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And as in terms of what kind of mentality I have, I have a very realistic, logic based mentality. People like to talk too much with emotions, and not back it up with facts and logic.
And people like to run away from the truth too much, fearing them may offend someone, so they say things that are incorrect instead. If you want to avoid seeming rude at all costs, either don't comment on a contraversial theme, or comment in a truethfull, but carefull manner. Don't reply emotionally, when what you are saying is incorrect. |
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xfiles
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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the average "american" as you put it does that because most of the view point they get is the european view point. Furthermore, it is the view point of the united states. It is sad to have this point of view, thats why whenever I do teach I make sure to TRY to bring up other viewpoints. Ask my students to name a country outside of the Americas and they will not say Africa. They know that Africa is not a country. They will tell you that Africa is made up of many countries.
admin cat...im about to go off topic a tad.
Why do most people say americans when they refer to people from the United States of America? American refers to people in the Americas. That being said, you can call people from Chile, Canada, U.S.A., Mexico...etc.. Americans. I shall stop there. Dont want to upset the CAT hahaha. 
wasnt this the human weapon thread? |
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bma_mat
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Why do most people say americans when they refer to people from the United States of America? |
When I said american, I was not only refering to people from the U.S.A. Education in Latin america, at least from my experience, is basically the same.
Um, I'm guessing they use American to adress people from the U.S.A because people from the States call themselves americans. What should we call them, "unitedstatesnians" ? |
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bma_mat
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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| wasnt this the human weapon thread? |
Yea, went off topic when a girl on the forum said guys had an advantage over her physically, and someone told her she was wrong. I told that person she was right, and it went on from there. |
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rediska
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, but USA was formerly just Her Majesty's American Colonies. Then it acquired independence and became American States, instead of Colonies. Thus, the country doesn' have an actual name per se.
I simplified things a little, but that's the gist of it. |
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xfiles
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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call us/them united states citizens...or...they can call me PAPI..haha JK!!
yes, guys do have an edge over girls IF the guy is stronger than her. I find it, and I may be wrong, when two people know the same art it is the stronger and faster of the two that will have the edge.
HAHA i see how it went off topic now! thanks! |
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rediska
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| That argument would have a point if someone in here could guarantee they won't collapse after a good knee to the belly. |
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bma_mat
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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| That argument would have a point if someone in here could guarantee they won't collapse after a good knee to the belly. |
Lost me here. What argument are you making reference to, and what about a knee on belly? |
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rediska
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| She cited not being able to take a knee to the belly as evidence females were weaker than men. I'm just saying that without a ton of training a knee to the belly is going to be terrible regardless of sex. |
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bma_mat
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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Either way though, in order for a woman to take a 230lb knee on belly withought effort, she has to train harder than a man her size to do the same.
Just genetically, men are built stronger. The man will develop the muscular power to withstand the pressure faster. |
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bma_mat
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| And she was not talking about knee on belly, she was talking about taking knee strikes to the mid section, as in Muay Thai style. |
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rediska
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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bma_mat
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| "And she was not talking about knee on belly, she was talking about taking knee strikes to the mid section, as in Muay Thai style." |
You should pay more attention - that's what I was talking about all along. I don't know what you were thinking when you read my post about holding pads for knee strikes - that I put a pad on my belly to prevent the opponent from crushing me?
Mat, you should know that the scientific principle is evidence --> conclusion, not conclusion --> begin desperately looking for evidence.
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| "Either way though, in order for a woman to take a 230lb knee on belly withought effort, she has to train harder than a man her size to do the same." |
I told you, it's quite irrelevant if this is or isn't the case. We aren't discussing the human species in general, we are discussing one representative of it. She may already be well ahead of you as far as core strength is concerned - you can't know. Saying that this is obstacle is caused mainly by her gender is incorrect - like I told everyone before, a good knee to the belly will probably suck for anyone here. |
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