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Old 12-04-2022, 10:58 AM   #23771 (permalink)
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Do dictators usually call themselves The Official Dictator of [Country]? I think we need to give a point to Norg on this one.
I think they should all give themselves titles like Idi Amin did so it's more obvious who is, in fact, a dictator:

"His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hajj Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of all the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular."
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Old 12-04-2022, 11:02 AM   #23772 (permalink)
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He also declared himself King of England
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Old 12-04-2022, 11:04 AM   #23773 (permalink)
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He also declared himself King of England
I thought it was Scotland, per the Forest Whitaker movie?
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Old 12-04-2022, 11:15 AM   #23774 (permalink)
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Nope, I read in the Newspaper.com archives somewhere that he had claimed to be the King of England, though I suppose Scotland would have been included in that in his mind.


BTW: Whitaker is brilliantly menacing as Idi Amin.
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Old 12-04-2022, 11:23 AM   #23775 (permalink)
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Nope, I read in the Newspaper.com archives somewhere that he had claimed to be the King of England, though I suppose Scotland would have been included in that in his mind.


BTW: Whitaker is brilliantly menacing as Idi Amin.
Ahhh...

and yes...love the movie
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Old 12-04-2022, 05:19 PM   #23778 (permalink)
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Do dictators usually call themselves The Official Dictator of [Country]? I think we need to give a point to Norg on this one.
Fair enough. Why not, after all?

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If he didn't have to answer to anyone...

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He also declared himself King of England
I'd like to see that link. I know he styled himself King of Scotland but I don't think he ever claimed to be king of England.

My favourite joke about him was some comedian had him sitting at his desk, with a sign that says AMIN and when he reversed it it said AM OUT.
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Old 12-04-2022, 05:22 PM   #23779 (permalink)
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No he's not. He may be SEEN as a dictator (and may be in all but name) but he's not "the Russian Dictator", he's the Russian President. Like it or not, he still has to follow Russian laws and policies. He can't write new laws without the Politburo etc etc basically yes he's a dictator as we see it but officially he is an elected (!) president.

In any case, the main thrust of my argument there (not that it did any good and even you cherry-picked the bit you could contradict me on and ignored the rest) is that Putin, dictator or not, does not want what's good for Russia. He couldn't give two ****s about Russia. He wants what's good for him and his ego.

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Kinda like north Korea calls themselves the democratic peoples republic of Korea? That must mean they are a democracy right....
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Catch up. I've already ceded the point to Norg. It's the rest that's important anyway, which you have once again ignored. Not that I'm surprised.
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