What a statement :thumbsup:
Apparently money and power defines one's "worth" to a lot of people. Respect of other humans is out the window.
Every human being on the planet is equal... until we declare one group is far more valuable than another group.
why did the indian version switch from a 2 seater to a 1 seat version
well i was speaking informally
to me scandanavia and nordics and norsica are all comparable terms
the meaning of the word scandanavia is not total agreement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia
They're not. To me Finland is a Baltic state. Before WW2 Finland was included in Baltic states and had we been occupied and became independent again in -91, we'd still be considered a Baltic state. The Scandinavians won't accept Finns as Scandinavians because of our language which is a Balto-Finnic language in the Uralic language family while the Scandinavians speak Germanic languages in the Indo-European language family. Scandinavia isn't a geographic term but rather a cultural-linguistic or whatever term. If it were a geographic term Denmark should be excluded and Finland possibly included because parts of northern Finland are in the Scandic mountain range. A sure way to get Scandinavians go on a rant in Reddit is to call Finland a Scandinavian country. This is serious business here in the north.
Not sure what "norsica" means
the bulk of the FGFAs were always going to be single seaters, my guess is with all the cost overruns and delays the small twin seater batch just became too expensive.
Off-topic rant:
They're not. To me Finland is a Baltic state. Before WW2 Finland was included in Baltic states and had we been occupied and became independent again in -91, we'd still be considered a Baltic state. The Scandinavians won't accept Finns as Scandinavians because of our language which is a Balto-Finnic language in the Uralic language family while the Scandinavians speak Germanic languages in the Indo-European language family. Scandinavia isn't a geographic term but rather a cultural-linguistic or whatever term. If it were a geographic term Denmark should be excluded and Finland possibly included because parts of northern Finland are in the Scandic mountain range. A sure way to get Scandinavians go on a rant in Reddit is to call Finland a Scandinavian country. This is serious business here in the north.
aye. Finnish and Estonian share a very close heritage and, iirc, Talinn was once a historic capital of Finland? Lithuanian and Latvian are closer languages, and really share no similarities to Estonia.
They were once part of historic Prussian empire, even when that was a Lithuanian empire, though I do not think that Latvian, at least, shares a history with the German languages?
I could be confusing those capitals--I recall that Sweden once claimed part of Latvia's territory and Riga was once considered Sweden's capital?
well i count finland and karelia and estonia and the other smaller ethnicities as nordics
besides many finnish have a lot of swedish heritage
Crimean Tatars fleeing Crimea, their homeland.Russia's annexation of Crimea has sent hundreds of the region's ethnic Tatars fleeing the peninsula for western Ukraine out of fear of a backlash from Moscow
The Tatars, a native Muslim community of about 300,000, largely boycotted a March 16 referendum on whether their historic homeland should come under Kremlin control.
Memories of the mass deportations organised under Moscow's Soviet rule in the 1940s are still fresh in the Turkic-speaking minority.
And after Russia's seizure of Ukraine's last airbase in Crimea on Saturday -- which Kiev fears could herald an imminent Russian invasion -- many fear Tatars could be targeted again.
"This journey is like leaving the Soviet Union for a different country," said Adele, a Tatar arriving for the first time in Ukraine's westernmost city.
Along with hundreds of other Tatars, most of them women and children, she made the 30-hour, 1,200-kilometre (745-mile) train trip across Ukraine to Lviv.
Known as "the little Paris of Ukraine," the western city's government and residents have opened their doors to the new arrivals.
Local authorities say nearly 2,000 people from Crimea and neighbouring areas have temporarily settled in the region, more than half of them children.
This is interesting because separatism in Russia is illegal and people advocating separation can be sent to jail (from 2013, the bill passed):Crimea's indigenous Tatars are considering their own referendum on whether to be part of Ukraine or Russia, the leader of the Muslim minority said on Tuesday, in a challenge to Moscow that could further destabilize the region.
Refat Chubarov, the head of the Crimean Tatars' main assembly, told Reuters that the body's 250 members would meet on Saturday to debate the future of the 300,000-strong community in the wake of Russia's annexation of Crimea.
"In the space of three weeks we've found ourselves in a completely different de facto situation," Chubarov said in an interview. "The Crimean Tatars should determine their fate themselves."
"Nobody asked us, the Crimean Tatars ... in what conditions we want to live," he said. "Should the question feature prominently during the meeting, we will seek options of holding our own referendum."
Ok. But that's how you see things. I see Finland as a Baltic state but I don't go calling it that on the internet because most people disagree with it and it creates unnecessary confusion. Like calling Finland a Scandinavian country would do.
so i could go spend hours looking at some of this stuff but what is the difference between the fgfa and the amca
also do you know anything about the current state of the drdo tank program? they started upgrading the arjun again but they also apparently still have a next generation tank program
I think the AMCA is more about building up a strong domestic aeronautical industry than the actual plane. The FGFA is definitely going to be the more capable aircraft, the AMCA is more of a investment in the future than actual aircraft.
finland has close ties with the other scandanavian countries so i am not sure you are correct
I'm not sure what we're even talking about anymore.
Yes, Finland is a Nordic country, no Finland isn't a Scandinavian country (because of our language) and no Finland isn't a Baltic country (altho in my opinion it can be seen as one).
I'm not sure what we're even talking about anymore.
Yes, Finland is a Nordic country, no Finland isn't a Scandinavian country (because of our language) and no Finland isn't a Baltic country (altho in my opinion it can be seen as one).
I think us Americans make such associations due to how we interpret maps:
Sweden, Norway, and Finland? Those triple penis-looking countries clustered over there? Must be related.
OH look, cool Venn Diagram:
More presisely, and subject to no dispute, is that finland is amongst the Nordic countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltoscandia
you are apparently unaware of the fact that baltic countries speak their own branch of indo european
and i would have no trouble accepting latvia and lithuania as nordics
estonia has also been pushing for greater acceptance among nordic countries. finland has already been well accepted for some time now
Not Estonian, though. It doesn't share branches with Latvian or Lithuanian. It is directly related to Finnish, which is likewise not related to Swedish or Norwegian.
you are apparently unaware of the fact that baltic countries speak their own branch of indo european
and i would have no trouble accepting latvia and lithuania as nordics
estonia has also been pushing for greater acceptance among nordic countries. finland has already been well accepted for some time now
this i agree with
once putin gets overthrown and russia descends into chaos then we can add karelia and ingria and the other related ethnic groups and maybe even some non related ones
Sweden, Norway, and Finland? Those triple penis-looking countries clustered over there? Must be related.
Karelian and Ingrian Finnish are pretty much dying languages. Uralic languages are not doing so well in Russia. Many areas went through intense russification during Soviet times. Those areas are Russian nowadays.
Depending on how isolated they become. I think it is possible they become more like Iran. And energy rich state that is poor and run by fanatics.
Because we shouldn't be.why have we not given massive military aid to ukraine yet?
we should be shipping them small arms man portable missiles and logistics equipment by the ton
Because we shouldn't be. I was in the Marines during the cold war, 1980-1984.