[QUOTE=Nostalgia;17966091]i asked this girl if she had been raped before and she was like "not really"

i always ask girls that cause it seems everyone just gets raped nowadays[/QUOTE]

just ****ing cracked up laughing in the library

some irish dude is giving me funny looks nao

it's not rape, it's surprise sex

So it just dawned on me that [I]Castles[/I] by Score One For Safety is one of the best EP's of all time.

pretty good ep

I'm so in love with this band again idk. The a-ca-pella bit in Castles I is so perfect.

[QUOTE=Aaron;17966000]I'm a real man. The water will purify when it hits my body.[/QUOTE]

the current will take you to russia before you reach the other side :lol: and the bosphorus is not like the ganj river in india lol.

Prove it, fag.

Aaron can walk on water.

I can. :)

Me scared of water.

just slept in the school cafe for an hour


so college

Fat bagz 2day doods. Gonna nod out in the park, hopefully not get kidnapped or sumfin.

What a piece of ****.

u guyz wanna read my 500 word intro to the 3000 word essay im writing

I'm down. Your writing is usually solid as hell.
[QUOTE=RetiredAt21;17966216]Fat bagz 2day doods. Gonna nod out in the park, hopefully not get kidnapped or sumfin.

What a piece of ****.[/QUOTE]
:lol: @ ending of post

I think I might be getting some fent tonight.

Or at least some herb, going job hunting w/ my nigga Anna, should be good.

so youre going to get blazed and then find jobs?

[I]Which is Australia’s most important bilateral relationship, in your judgement? Why? What capacity do Australian policymakers have to shape it to their perceived advantage?[/I]

When it comes to the issue of Australia’s most important bilateral relationship, perspective is crucial. One could perceive the same titbit of information in a completely different way from someone else – in other words, and hypothetically speaking, while one may see Australia’s historical ‘closeness’ with the United States a fundamental part of the current relationship, another may see that very same thing as a part of an era passed, one from which Australia has moved on. While the US has played an enormous role in Australia’s political history (and still continues to do so), it’s not entirely possible to unequivocally proclaim the Americans as Australia’s most ‘important’ bilateral relationship. The word ‘important’ here is, well, important. What does it exactly signify? Looking at the question from a purely economic perspective, a pro-American voice nowadays will find it difficult to back up any claim of ‘importance’. What this paper will attempt to show is that while the American relationship has been (and still is) of utmost ‘importance’, in terms of security, political alignment and various other reasons, the old Australian way of acting internationally (i.e. blindly following whatever greater power is watching over them) is no longer an applicable foreign policy consideration. At various points in the last two decades, Canberra has ventured further into the realms of multilateralism and, what is a little more relevant to the question at hand, into the good graces of the new ‘biggest thing’ happening above their very heads – the ‘rise and rise’ of China. It has reached the point, some may argue, that Australia’s livelihood is now resting on China’s sustained growth, but China is viewed by many as an unpredictable factor in the decline of American hegemony and the dawn of a new world order. On one hand, it would be extraordinarily foolish for this sense of ‘regionalism’ and critical economic ties with China to cloud a positive and arguably beneficial alliance with the United States – those favourable to China need tread carefully for the idea that China will become another Japan, or even worse, a military rival of the US, is not an impossible scenario. On the other hand, one can view the alliance with the Americans as now mostly symbolic – practically, in both economic and security terms, the US is not so much the pivotal ally it once was. Relations with China in the last decade have continued to thrive, and Canberra must consider the economic connection as well as the increasing ‘Asian integration’ that this relationship is fostering. Naturally, there are benefits from both relationships, some which may be regarded as more important than others, depending on which perspective you hold. But this is not necessarily a dichotomy – the ups and downs of the relationship between China and the US can be greatly advantageous, or possibly disastrous, for Australian policymakers. They do have the ability to exploit this for the time being, shaping Australia’s policy to incorporate both affiliations, but a certain degree of caution must be taken when it comes to points of contention between the fledgling superpower and its hot-headed challenger. Ultimately, a neat balance must be found in the appeasement of both, and it is in this steady state that policymakers in Canberra can reap the best of both relationships.

[QUOTE=Daddy Baldrs;17966220]I'm down. Your writing is usually solid as hell.

:lol: @ ending of post

I think I might be getting some fent tonight.

Or at least some herb, going job hunting w/ my nigga Anna, should be good.[/QUOTE]

**** I get right now has fent in it, the rush is ****ing nuts.

n_n

i mad

[QUOTE=rasputin;17966227][I]Which is Australia’s most important bilateral relationship, in your judgement? Why? What capacity do Australian policymakers have to shape it to their perceived advantage?[/I]

When it comes to the issue of Australia’s most important bilateral relationship, perspective is crucial. One could perceive the same titbit of information in a completely different way from someone else – in other words, and hypothetically speaking, while one may see Australia’s historical ‘closeness’ with the United States a fundamental part of the current relationship, another may see that very same thing as a part of an era passed, one from which Australia has moved on. While the US has played an enormous role in Australia’s political history (and still continues to do so), it’s not entirely possible to unequivocally proclaim the Americans as Australia’s most ‘important’ bilateral relationship. The word ‘important’ here is, well, important. What does it exactly signify? Looking at the question from a purely economic perspective, a pro-American voice nowadays will find it difficult to back up any claim of ‘importance’. What this paper will attempt to show is that while the American relationship has been (and still is) of utmost ‘importance’, in terms of security, political alignment and various other reasons, the old Australian way of acting internationally (i.e. blindly following whatever greater power is watching over them) is no longer an applicable foreign policy consideration. At various points in the last two decades, Canberra has ventured further into the realms of multilateralism and, what is a little more relevant to the question at hand, into the good graces of the new ‘biggest thing’ happening above their very heads – the ‘rise and rise’ of China. It has reached the point, some may argue, that Australia’s livelihood is now resting on China’s sustained growth, but China is viewed by many as an unpredictable factor in the decline of American hegemony and the dawn of a new world order. On one hand, it would be extraordinarily foolish for this sense of ‘regionalism’ and critical economic ties with China to cloud a positive and arguably beneficial alliance with the United States – those favourable to China need tread carefully for the idea that China will become another Japan, or even worse, a military rival of the US, is not an impossible scenario. On the other hand, one can view the alliance with the Americans as now mostly symbolic – practically, in both economic and security terms, the US is not so much the pivotal ally it once was. Relations with China in the last decade have continued to thrive, and Canberra must consider the economic connection as well as the increasing ‘Asian integration’ that this relationship is fostering. Naturally, there are benefits from both relationships, some which may be regarded as more important than others, depending on which perspective you hold. But this is not necessarily a dichotomy – the ups and downs of the relationship between China and the US can be greatly advantageous, or possibly disastrous, for Australian policymakers. They do have the ability to exploit this for the time being, shaping Australia’s policy to incorporate both affiliations, but a certain degree of caution must be taken when it comes to points of contention between the fledgling superpower and its hot-headed challenger. Ultimately, a neat balance must be found in the appeasement of both, and it is in this steady state that policymakers in Canberra can reap the best of both relationships.[/QUOTE]

pageturn

rasputin your writing style is quite similar to mine

[QUOTE=TimJim;17966225]so youre going to get blazed and then find jobs?[/QUOTE]

:lol: no, opposite

[QUOTE=RetiredAt21;17966228]**** I get right now has fent in it, the rush is ****ing nuts.

n_n[/QUOTE]

yeah, it's pretty incredible.

[quote=timjim]rasputin your writing style is quite similar to mine[/quote]

lol i dont think so im unique only i write like me

plus you're a ginger

gingers can't write they don't have souls

sounds pretty good dude

what're you studying out of interest politics ?

doing a double degree arts/economics

majors were politics and german from arts and economic theory and economic history from economics

dropped economic theory though cuz too much maths

[QUOTE=rasputin;17966232]pageturn[/QUOTE]

Very well done sir. Could you explain the use of fledgling though? Because idk, for the past century America has been a superpower, and though China wasn't so economically powerful in the past, their militaristic strength based on sheer numbers has always been something that Americans have feared.

you sound like a smart egg

I feel like going for a midnight bike ride

ew what is this actual discussion of things

CSB CSB CSB LOL NOCTURNUS

Nick, you're making me uneazy LOL.
[QUOTE=Meatplow;17966249]you sound like a smart egg

I feel like going for a midnight bike ride[/QUOTE]

I read that as midget bike ride. Also, I've always enjoyed running and such at night, it's just so much more rewarding to me for some reason.

well it was more referring to the fact that most of the literature on the topic accepts the fact that the US primacy of the 90s is over. economically US is no where near as stable as under Clinton, plus in image, a lot of the world is uncaring for or very hostile to america now, after bush jnr. there's no denying their hegemony even still, but it's not in any 'prime' position anymore, at least not as it was right after the cold war when it emerged victorious.

lol

EDIT: @ nick

I have a funeral tommorow and I don't want to sleep

That sucks man. :/
[QUOTE=rasputin;17966254]well it was more referring to the fact that most of the literature on the topic accepts the fact that the US primacy of the 90s is over. economically US is no where near as stable as under Clinton, plus in image, a lot of the world is uncaring for or very hostile to america now, after bush jnr. there's no denying their hegemony even still, but it's not in any 'prime' position anymore, at least not as it was right after the cold war when it emerged victorious.[/QUOTE]

Ohhhh now I get it. I was thinking fledgling in the sense of like recently born.

mmm that's true, maybe i've used the word incorrectly there

Just re-read my coursework after reading your introduction berkay

I use less fancy language but I get my point accross amicably.

Oh and the way you used fledgling is correct for the context it's in.

[QUOTE=2muchket!;17966264]Just re-read my coursework after reading your introduction berkay

I use less fancy language but I get my point accross amicably.

Oh and the way you used fledgling is correct for the context it's in.[/QUOTE]

aw thanks, this turned out to be a little more convoluted than i hoped, but it does all right

and are you sure? i thought that it worked but i looked up fledgling and i couldnt find any definition that i had hoped for. would floundering work?

I think floundering would work a lot better. I mean, in a literal sense fledgling doesn't really work, but you could probably come up with some argument to explain it if you really wanted to.

I'd prefer languishing.

yeah, and i used it completely without thinking so i'm assuming i heard it in a similar context

i'll just put in floundering so my lecturer doesn't pick me up for it and cost me precious marks

edit: ooo languishing, didn't think of that one, extravagant, me likey

Ooh, languishing. That's a word I need to use more!