Just for Sigma...

[Nightshade]

[callmeslick]

hell, saw that photoshop job, and damned if(for one brief instant)I wasn't right on TB's wavelength!

[sigma]

Why is this picture for me? I have a traditional heterosexual orientation. And in this picture I see signs of group sex, masochism, fetishism, homeovestism, erotic asphyxiation, zoophilia, zoosadism... And I am against this kind of demonstration of sexual deviations and publications creativity perverts even as a joke.

[Ferno]

you got offended over that?

wow.

[sigma]

Simply it seemed to me that it is quite strange humour.

That's a real sense of humor


"Check of action of sanctions"



I hope you're not offended

[Ferno]

hand seems a little big for that little man.

[woodchip]

Closer to the lens

[Nightshade]

Why is this picture for me? I have a traditional heterosexual orientation. And in this picture I see signs of group sex, masochism, fetishism, homeovestism, erotic asphyxiation, zoophilia, zoosadism... And I am against this kind of demonstration of sexual deviations and publications creativity perverts even as a joke.

How could anyone think that picture being anything even remotely sexual?

[vision]

Wow. Sigma was joking with you guys. Relax.

[Foil]

As I've said before:

If a post is for entertainment / humour, it belongs in the Café.

[woodchip]

I see that Putin may have spent some time in prison.

[sigma]

I see that Putin may have spent some time in prison.

Indeed, this is a paradox. For the average person, who was in prison - it's a shame. But to achieve great success in big business or policy in Russia you have to be imprisoned at least once. This is an advantage. The matter is that the person who was in prison, will be perceived as insider, whereas a person who was not in a Russian prison, will be perceived as insufficiently competent person.

[Tunnelcat]

I see that Putin may have spent some time in prison.

Indeed, this is a paradox. For the average person, who was in prison - it's a shame. But to achieve great success in big business or policy in Russia you have to be imprisoned at least once. This is an advantage. The matter is that the person who was in prison, will be perceived as insider, whereas a person who was not in a Russian prison, will be perceived as insufficiently competent person.

Wow, that is seriously screwed up. If someone goes to prison here in the U.S., it's AFTER they've committed a crime. They broke the law and they're being punished. So being in prison as a prerequisite to succeed in business or politics in Russia tells me your country has some really weird societal priorities, like lawbreaking is a good trait. Glad I live in the U.S., where dirty politicians and crooked business people actually get punished by going to prison and where they can't do any more damage to society.

[sigma]

TC, in Russia there are two laws. It is the official law and the shadow law (if speak very briefly). Both laws work in parallel and they are equally authoritative practically. For any major honest business are its real owners from the intelligence services and criminal clans. That's why serious people not only need to know these two laws, but also highly desirable to have prison experience. And I doubt very much that the US big business operates differently than in Russia...

[Spidey]

Oh yea…

In America…we have corruption of system.

In Russia they have system of corruption.