Every President Ever: This place really needs some "democracy"
Department of Defense: You Promise uwu
Department of Defense: You Promise uwu
by idk what you think May 14, 2021
Get the Department of Defense mug.To use the fact you were only following orders to escape prosecution. Used by Nazi Germany's military officers in Nuremberg when they were on trial for their treatment of the Jews, when they claimed to have nothing to do with it, only doing what they were told to do.
It is seen elsewhere in history... one example would be Oliver North's trial after the Watergate scandal, in which he claimed their illegal activity was just them following orders.
It is seen elsewhere in history... one example would be Oliver North's trial after the Watergate scandal, in which he claimed their illegal activity was just them following orders.
by Vr June 9, 2005
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Noun. (defenestration) the act of throwing something or someone out of a window
Verb. (defenestrate) to throw something or someone out of a window
The different degrees of defenestration correspond with the number of floors the victim has to fall.
from latin:
de-down
fenestra-window
Verb. (defenestrate) to throw something or someone out of a window
The different degrees of defenestration correspond with the number of floors the victim has to fall.
from latin:
de-down
fenestra-window
(defenestration from three stories)
Tyrone: Woah! Jaheed's so angry he just threw dat' ho out da' window!
La-a:AAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! (splat)
Jaheed: Defenestration in da' third degree ho'!
(sentence
Sometimes a suicide by jumping out of a window isn't really suicide but actually defenestration to commit murder.
Tyrone: Woah! Jaheed's so angry he just threw dat' ho out da' window!
La-a:AAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! (splat)
Jaheed: Defenestration in da' third degree ho'!
(sentence
Sometimes a suicide by jumping out of a window isn't really suicide but actually defenestration to commit murder.
by The #1 Defenestrator January 24, 2013
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If you want protect yourself from attacks by Pachucos and other criminals, you have to learn self defense.
Liberals call Self Defense "taking the law into your own hands." They do not want people to defend themselves against criminals.
Liberals call Self Defense "taking the law into your own hands." They do not want people to defend themselves against criminals.
by Cap'n Bullmoose October 26, 2008
Get the Self Defense mug.My defenestration was complete when I replaced my Dell with an iMac and synced my iPad and iPhone with it.
by Nocus December 17, 2012
Get the defenestration mug.The Hardy defense is an argumentative tactic, analogous to the "Chewbacca Defense" (made famous by the late Johnie Cochran, in a South Park episode). The Chewbacca Defense itself, is a satirical term for any legal strategy that seeks to overwhelm its audience with nonsensical arguments and thus confuse them into failing to take account of the opposing arguments and, ultimately, to reject them.
It is thus, a kind of logical fallacy, specifically a red herring fallacy, and non sequitur similar to argumentum ad nauseam. The Hardy defense not only supercedes the Chewbacca defense in every regard, it is also not limited to the legal arena. Any argument, from the most profound, to the most mundane, will fall prey to the Hardy Defense.
The origin of the Hardy defense is the cesspool that is #efnet.org where I had made a comment about what is probably the most notable real-life ugly duckling story. I had made what I thought was a fairly innocent comment of, "Kurt Nilsen is cool." Little did I know, that I was about to face the most awe-inspiring and dramatic chownage known to any IRCer.
(For those that are unfamiliar with Kurt Nilsen, he was the most unlikely winner of the Norweigan idol competition, and even MORE unlikely winner of the World Idol title. He was voted as such almost unanimously at that. To say the least, it is by far one of the best underdog stories I've ever witnessed personally.)
I was then posed with a question by Hardy, "Why is he cool?" Before I was even given a chance to qualify my statement, I was faced with the barrage of verbal carnage that we have now come to know as The Hardy Defense. "I have admin flags in 3 EFnet regions, does that make me cool?" (*Note: The quotes aren't direct quotes, and have been paraphrased for effect. Please contact me for actual logs of the conversation.)
I was completely and utterly dumbfounded. My fingers experienced momentary atrophe and my fingertips even went cold. It was a few moments before I regained my composure to where I responded, with a noteworthy performance of my own, but we will save that for another day, and another /alias. Till then we must be shocked and awed with the immortalized Hardy Defense.
--- piggy @ EFnet
It is thus, a kind of logical fallacy, specifically a red herring fallacy, and non sequitur similar to argumentum ad nauseam. The Hardy defense not only supercedes the Chewbacca defense in every regard, it is also not limited to the legal arena. Any argument, from the most profound, to the most mundane, will fall prey to the Hardy Defense.
The origin of the Hardy defense is the cesspool that is #efnet.org where I had made a comment about what is probably the most notable real-life ugly duckling story. I had made what I thought was a fairly innocent comment of, "Kurt Nilsen is cool." Little did I know, that I was about to face the most awe-inspiring and dramatic chownage known to any IRCer.
(For those that are unfamiliar with Kurt Nilsen, he was the most unlikely winner of the Norweigan idol competition, and even MORE unlikely winner of the World Idol title. He was voted as such almost unanimously at that. To say the least, it is by far one of the best underdog stories I've ever witnessed personally.)
I was then posed with a question by Hardy, "Why is he cool?" Before I was even given a chance to qualify my statement, I was faced with the barrage of verbal carnage that we have now come to know as The Hardy Defense. "I have admin flags in 3 EFnet regions, does that make me cool?" (*Note: The quotes aren't direct quotes, and have been paraphrased for effect. Please contact me for actual logs of the conversation.)
I was completely and utterly dumbfounded. My fingers experienced momentary atrophe and my fingertips even went cold. It was a few moments before I regained my composure to where I responded, with a noteworthy performance of my own, but we will save that for another day, and another /alias. Till then we must be shocked and awed with the immortalized Hardy Defense.
--- piggy @ EFnet
Any situation which requires a cheap and meaningless retort can be answered with The Hardy Defense
Eg:
'Why the fuck won't Firefox install?'
'Because Hardy has an admin flag in 3 regions'
Eg:
'Why the fuck won't Firefox install?'
'Because Hardy has an admin flag in 3 regions'
by Avleen January 15, 2006
Get the Hardy Defense mug.A Rolls-Royce Defender is a central defender with a commanding presence and effortless physical dominance. This player wins tackles and out-wrestles his opponents and makes defending look easy, pretty much the definition of Liverpool’s Virgil Van Dijk.
Paul: Did you see Van Dijk’s performance against United?
Chris: He was untouchable, he’s a Rolls-Royce defender, the best in the world.
Chris: He was untouchable, he’s a Rolls-Royce defender, the best in the world.
by Deathcabforeli August 29, 2021
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