Conquer Club

thegreekdog wrote:One of Hitler's friends said, "if the Italians hadn't attacked Greece and needed our help

InkL0sed wrote:Guys, guys. I see Finland is losing.

Look, I understand why you might dislike the architecture. It's a huge, scary, ugly block. With columns. I realize that.

But Greece? Greece's building is just kinda... there. Oh, and there's a fountain. Whoop-de-fucking-doo. What I'm trying to say is, the Greek architecture is a prime example of artistic cowardice. Seriously, what is there to say about it? There's nothing to say about it. I'm trying to find another sentence to describe its blandness, but this is the best I can come up with. Need I say more?

By contrast, the Finnish are making a fucking statement with that building. That building says, "Don't even think about fucking with this."

You know, the Russians probably didn't pay much attention to the attitude of Finnish architecture when they invaded in 1939. In case you're not aware of how that turned out for Russia, just look at the statistics:


That building says "Finland: Be afraid. Be very afraid." You don't need to speak Finnish to understand that.

thegreekdog wrote:Oh yeah?!?!?!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Greece

Germany + Italy (better armies than the Soviet Union) - 1,245,000 men, 1200+ tanks, 1100+ aircraft
Greece + British - 492,000 men, 100 tanks (British), 300 aircraft (British)

Casualties:

Italy - 101K
Germany - 5K
Bulgaria - 400
106,000

Greece - 77K
British - 16K (14k Captured)
93,000

One of Hitler's friends said, "if the Italians hadn't attacked Greece and needed our help, the war would have taken a different course. We could have anticipated the Russian cold by weeks and conquered Leningrad and Moscow. There would have been no Stalingrad."

Hitler said, "Historical justice obliges me to state that of the enemies who took up positions against us, the Greek soldier particularly fought with the highest courage. He capitulated only when further resistance had become impossible and useless."

Churchill said, "Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks."

InkL0sed wrote:

thegreekdog wrote:Oh yeah?!?!?!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Greece

Germany + Italy (better armies than the Soviet Union) - 1,245,000 men, 1200+ tanks, 1100+ aircraft
Greece + British - 492,000 men, 100 tanks (British), 300 aircraft (British)

Casualties:

Italy - 101K
Germany - 5K
Bulgaria - 400
106,000

Greece - 77K
British - 16K (14k Captured)
93,000

One of Hitler's friends said, "if the Italians hadn't attacked Greece and needed our help, the war would have taken a different course. We could have anticipated the Russian cold by weeks and conquered Leningrad and Moscow. There would have been no Stalingrad."

Hitler said, "Historical justice obliges me to state that of the enemies who took up positions against us, the Greek soldier particularly fought with the highest courage. He capitulated only when further resistance had become impossible and useless."

Churchill said, "Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks."

While the Greeks have certainly had some good moments in history, their architecture in this instance says, "I decided to play it safe and say nothing at all, because I'm afraid of disapproval."

thegreekdog wrote:
And the Finns' architectures says, "We're not creative enough to come up with our own concepts, so let's steal from a superior nation... Greece."

GreecePwns wrote:You owe us direct democracy, the Olympic Games, and philosophy, among other things.

natty_dread wrote:

GreecePwns wrote:You owe us direct democracy, the Olympic Games, and philosophy, among other things.

Nope! You already gave all of those to us as payment for all the cash... Also, we'll be taking a few islands next... hope you guys don't mind... oh, and all of the hot greece women that don't have moustaches. Yeah, I mean both of them.

InkL0sed wrote:Belarus isn't really halfway between Finland and Greece; Ukraine is.