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I'm getting the feeling that there will be a nuclear lock of doom sometime soon. That is all. Have a good day now, er night.
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Posted 22 December 2006 - 12:50 AM
I'd certainly lock this topic.
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Posted 22 December 2006 - 12:52 AM
I'd certainly lock you.
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Posted 22 December 2006 - 12:54 AM
I'd lock me too. I wonder how I can turn this into a money-making opportunity...
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Posted 22 December 2006 - 12:56 AM
LOCK SEQUENCE INITIATED.
TO ABORT, PLEASE BEGIN COHERENT CONVERSATION.
LOCK IN 3...
TO ABORT, PLEASE BEGIN COHERENT CONVERSATION.
LOCK IN 3...
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Posted 22 December 2006 - 01:17 AM
Alright, new topic of conversation: who's everyone's favorite 16th century Ottoman Sultan?
I'm personally rather fond of Selim I ("the Grim") over the rather more obvious choice of Sulayman ("the Magnificent"). I mean, reforming the devshirmeh institutions to gain greater control over religious practice and the bureacracy in the empire through establishing the offices of Shaykh al-Islam and Grand Wizir, marrying a "cheerful" and lovely young Polish gal, and leading the efforts to screw with the Hapsbergs whenever he could is all great, but, without his dear old dad gaining religious legitimacy with the conquering of Mamluk north Africa and the subsequent attainment of the title of Caliph with the surrender of Mecca and Medina, Sulayman couldn't have established his dominance over the leadership of the various religious and social bodies within the empire and likely would have had to work at fighting off rogue leaders of Sufi orders (heaven forbid the Bektashiyye order turn on him carrying the entire Yeni Ceri force with it) and the ever present threat of the 'ulama' turning public opinion against him. Furthermore, had Selim not killed off all of his sons except for Sulayman so that Sulayman wouldn't have to fight a succession battle and risk screwing up imperial stability, Sulayman almost certainly couldn't have spent his time sending Barbarossa off to terrorize the Mediterranean and send his main forces to invade Hungary. Thus, I find that Selim I was certainly the greatest Ottoman Sultan of the 16th century and easily my favorite.
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I'm personally rather fond of Selim I ("the Grim") over the rather more obvious choice of Sulayman ("the Magnificent"). I mean, reforming the devshirmeh institutions to gain greater control over religious practice and the bureacracy in the empire through establishing the offices of Shaykh al-Islam and Grand Wizir, marrying a "cheerful" and lovely young Polish gal, and leading the efforts to screw with the Hapsbergs whenever he could is all great, but, without his dear old dad gaining religious legitimacy with the conquering of Mamluk north Africa and the subsequent attainment of the title of Caliph with the surrender of Mecca and Medina, Sulayman couldn't have established his dominance over the leadership of the various religious and social bodies within the empire and likely would have had to work at fighting off rogue leaders of Sufi orders (heaven forbid the Bektashiyye order turn on him carrying the entire Yeni Ceri force with it) and the ever present threat of the 'ulama' turning public opinion against him. Furthermore, had Selim not killed off all of his sons except for Sulayman so that Sulayman wouldn't have to fight a succession battle and risk screwing up imperial stability, Sulayman almost certainly couldn't have spent his time sending Barbarossa off to terrorize the Mediterranean and send his main forces to invade Hungary. Thus, I find that Selim I was certainly the greatest Ottoman Sultan of the 16th century and easily my favorite.
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Posted 22 December 2006 - 01:21 AM
Murat III. He was way more chill.
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Posted 22 December 2006 - 01:58 AM
Boris Yetskins, on Dec 21 2006, 11:06 PM, said:
I'm getting the feeling that there will be a nuclear lock of doom sometime soon. That is all. Have a good day now, er night.
Sargatanus, on Dec 21 2006, 11:56 PM, said:
LOCK SEQUENCE INITIATED.
TO ABORT, PLEASE BEGIN COHERENT CONVERSATION.
LOCK IN 3...
TO ABORT, PLEASE BEGIN COHERENT CONVERSATION.
LOCK IN 3...
I think we should ban Boris from saying the phrase "nuclear lock of doom" for a while... 'cause we got one.
Or maybe Sarg got jealous of SA.
You put what in my Power Mac?
Its like what happens when you cross a phoenix with a super black hole; it's powerful enough to destroy itself, only to be reborn in a vicious cycle of torment and pain. Or in this case, nonsense.
-Avatara, on the life cycle of ATT.
Dude, imagine Redline Trash Talk; the unholy spawn of B&B and ATT.
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We're being overrun!
Its like what happens when you cross a phoenix with a super black hole; it's powerful enough to destroy itself, only to be reborn in a vicious cycle of torment and pain. Or in this case, nonsense.
-Avatara, on the life cycle of ATT.
Dude, imagine Redline Trash Talk; the unholy spawn of B&B and ATT.
-ephrin
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We're being overrun!
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Posted 22 December 2006 - 02:12 AM
Well kind of... I rarely get the chance to nuke a topic... or a board...
Oh well. I preffer to oppress with finess as opposed to brute force and terror (granted, brute force and terror are rather fun so long as you aren't on the business end of them).
Oh well. I preffer to oppress with finess as opposed to brute force and terror (granted, brute force and terror are rather fun so long as you aren't on the business end of them).
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Posted 22 December 2006 - 02:53 AM
You think you have it bad? Nobody breaks rules on the Cythera board. I don't think I've gotten to warn a user in over four years now.
"Sometimes I get confused whether I'm posting on ATT or in the War Room. But then I remind myself: If it's moderators acting scatter-brained and foolish, then it's the War Room*.
*Unless it's Avatara, of course."
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*Unless it's Avatara, of course."
-- From the memoirs of Sundered Angel
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Posted 22 December 2006 - 02:12 PM
Not even Mu, with the Cythera Spam Topic?
You put what in my Power Mac?
Its like what happens when you cross a phoenix with a super black hole; it's powerful enough to destroy itself, only to be reborn in a vicious cycle of torment and pain. Or in this case, nonsense.
-Avatara, on the life cycle of ATT.
Dude, imagine Redline Trash Talk; the unholy spawn of B&B and ATT.
-ephrin
Will not get involved in a creation/evolution debate.
We're being overrun!
Its like what happens when you cross a phoenix with a super black hole; it's powerful enough to destroy itself, only to be reborn in a vicious cycle of torment and pain. Or in this case, nonsense.
-Avatara, on the life cycle of ATT.
Dude, imagine Redline Trash Talk; the unholy spawn of B&B and ATT.
-ephrin
Will not get involved in a creation/evolution debate.
We're being overrun!
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