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johnl
from Dublin (Ireland) on 2007-05-13 17:06 [#02083511]
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Gabriele d'Annunzio was born in 1863, in Pescara, Italy. He was a poet, novelist, writer. But it is for his politics that he is now remembered, and these eclipsed his literary achievements.
He led 2000 nationalist Italians in a seizure of the city of Fiume in 1919, before the Paris peace conference, to force the occupying forces to withdraw. When Italy refused to annex Fiume, he declared Fiume an independent state. He instituted a regime which Mussolini would later ape in his Italian fascism.
He is now probably best remembered for the invention of a method of torture. His henchmen would force their political opponents to swallow castor oil through the stages of vomiting, diarrhea and eventual death.
DRINK UP, BE MERRY.
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2007-05-13 17:11 [#02083514]
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Could you refill my cup of castor oil, for it runneth dry.
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oyvinto
on 2007-05-13 17:12 [#02083515]
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smart_ass
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johnl
from Dublin (Ireland) on 2007-05-13 17:14 [#02083519]
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I shall quench your thirst, Marlowe. And better a smart ass than a foolish follower.
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2007-05-13 17:17 [#02083520]
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Ain't you goin' about getting yourself banned? Phobiazero said enough of the negativity and now I've seen you dis two members in the last two threads I've been in. Plus I'm sure you made a crass and embarrassingly snide link to a deleted account in another thread. Being a cunt isn't charming or influential.
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johnl
from Dublin (Ireland) on 2007-05-13 17:21 [#02083521]
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I've dissed no-one :) Snideness and cuntishness are not in my repertoire. Taking shit isn't either.
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2007-05-13 17:24 [#02083523]
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Hey johnl, do you post at neogaf?
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oyvinto
on 2007-05-13 17:24 [#02083524]
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read between the lines. i don't think he likes this topic either, as it's probably aimed towards him. he deleted redrums nazi-sweden-thread earlier today also
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johnl
from Dublin (Ireland) on 2007-05-13 17:25 [#02083525]
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Sorry, didn't realise you weren't replying to me! "smart_ass" isn't exactly a smart response. Underscores call to mind impractical knowledge represntation systems of the 1980's, where researchers tried to use ontologies to describe the world, and never got anywhere.
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johnl
from Dublin (Ireland) on 2007-05-13 17:26 [#02083526]
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And yeah, Ophecks, I have once or twice. The forum's gone to shit lately though. It used to be quite amusing, but it's getting hard to squint through the sludge.
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2007-05-13 17:26 [#02083527]
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tsk tsk john - look who I followed-up to!
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johnl
from Dublin (Ireland) on 2007-05-13 17:28 [#02083531]
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One does one's best, but slips at the altar occasionally. The congregation shuffles quietly, flick through their hymnals, and the event slips into the collective unconscious.
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DeadEight
from vancouver (Canada) on 2007-05-13 22:38 [#02083592]
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remember this when you are 15 years older.
feel like an idiot.
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johnl
from Dublin (Ireland) on 2007-05-14 12:02 [#02083781]
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Quiet.
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