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# i'm loving this set
but the pedant in me wonders if castro was really a despot and not just a dictator
(gobbledegook blurs the line between lurking and stalking, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 15:41, archived)
# I had the feeling this would eventually pop up, but I read:
"Despotism is a form of government by a single authority, either an individual or tightly knit group, which rules with absolute political power."

as 'dictator' :)
(I helped save b3ta! c_kick or, as some people call him, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 15:42, archived)
# cambridge dictionary defines 'despot' as
a person, especially a ruler, who has unlimited power over other people, and often uses it unfairly and cruelly:

so i think its a matter of interpretation really
i'll let it go there i think
(gobbledegook blurs the line between lurking and stalking, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 15:44, archived)
# But which is the right definition?
The former or the latter? There's only one way to find out...



FIGHT!
(I helped save b3ta! wheelybird mreee!, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 15:45, archived)
# *is off the hook*
yay!
(I helped save b3ta! c_kick or, as some people call him, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 15:45, archived)
# Hurray for wikipedia research!
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 15:44, archived)
# let's throw the question to our panel
(I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 15:44, archived)
# *throws*
*kills panel*
(I helped save b3ta! c_kick or, as some people call him, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 15:45, archived)
# oh dear
the size of the question was too much fo the panel
(gobbledegook blurs the line between lurking and stalking, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 15:46, archived)
# you're gonna need a bigger
panel
(I helped save b3ta! c_kick or, as some people call him, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 15:48, archived)