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Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Maribor, Slovenia.
Portoroz, Slovenia.
• AlienMelon
• Burger.si
• Heck
• Izklop
• si.blogs
• Sloblogi
• Blogorola
• Natalija Verboten
Proof that Slovenia never dies.
One thing the Internet has provided us with (besides obscene amounts of pornography) is an outlet for humanity’s little grudges to flourish. Anyone who has spent any time on a forum or in a chat room knows how quickly a discussion of, say, salsa dancing can escalate into a full-blown war of words until (inevitably) someone gets called a Nazi.
The Last Combat is a natural outgrowth of this. It lets you pit two things against each other and then mock kill one or the other, or both. Presumably there’s some kind of vicarious thrill to this, because some matches get a lot of attention. (The most popular right now is USA vs. Russia)
Slovenia is currently featured in two fights: Slovenia vs. Slovakia (with no one yet participating) and Slovenia vs. The Czech Republic. (A case of the ol’ mix-up, I believe.)
Miraculously, there is no “Croatia vs. Slovenia” although I’m pretty sure it’ll be there before the end of the year — possibly even the end of today. When it does, I can see it making the list of most active fights very quickly.
In short: The Internet is dumb. Then again, how did we ever survive without it?
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Encouraging violence and hatred is a criminal offence in this country. Although not a capital one, such as for example ‘impersonation of an Egyptian’ apparently used to be in England 200 years ago according to Bill Bryson. Still, I think you’ll get away with a slap of the wrists if you manage to contain proposed fighting to virtual space and hurtful forum environments
there already is slovenia vs croatia
And might I add that Croatia has already been killed nineteen (19!) times
Hmmm…Croatia is in fight with seven countries. Slovenia with three..
You forgot to mention that on Slovenian forums and blogs, instead of a Nazi, you get called a Communist or “rdečkar”…
Or a “klerofašist”, for that matter. The vocabulary of political insults is endless in this part of the world
Actually, in the end it always ends with “rdečkar” or “klerofašist”, so the insult arsenal is limited
:D
I think you’ve started a war:
Slovenia vs Croatia
Killed 28 times Killed 137 times
I hope this doesn’t make me eligible for the Hague or something.
Of course, if it hits Mobisux or Izklop and then Croatian forums, they’re probably going to bring the server down.
Regarding klerofašist et al: maybe there should be a Slovenian version of Godwin’s Law? I wouldn’t know what to call it, though.
Michael M., I’d go for a mutatis mutandis application of the Reductio ad Hitlerum and call it Reductio ad Udbomafijozum.