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Our President in General
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #54
Bush is The US president. So whenever he represents this office, he cannot be regarded as a private person, rather as an institution or the representative of an institution. As such, he has to represent everything this institution stands for, regardless of possibly differing personal convictions. If his private beliefs make this impossible, his motives for becoming president were highly questionable.

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Polaris
Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Our President in General
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #50
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It sounds almost as though you're trying to say that Saddam Hussein was not responsible for grievous human rights violations, which is patently untrue.

That was not my intention. Halabja has been mentioned occasionally, and is of course often mentioned in newspapers. No, it's just that I'm so tired of this type of hunt. Why does it not suffice to hold him responsible for the things he actually did? Fabricating accusations is disgusting and discredits the prosecutor.

I came upon a War College report on Halabja by coincidence quite a while ago. I didn't bookmark the link, but can try to find it again. Seems they have known the truth for years. I only saved two passages of a related article:

'While the War College report acknowledges that Iraq used mustard gas during the Halabja hostilities, it notes that mustard gas is an incapacitating, rather than a killing agent, with a fatality rate of only 2%, so that it could not have killed the hundreds of known dead, much less the thousands of dead claimed by Human Rights Watch.'

'Stephen Pelletiere, who was the CIA's senior political analyst on Iraq throughout the Iran-Iraq war, closely studied evidences of "genocide in Halabja" has described his group's findings:

"The great majority of the victims seen by reporters and other observers who attended the scene were blue in their extremities. That means that they were killed by a blood agent, probably either cyanogens chloride or hydrogen cyanide. Iraq never used and lacked any capacity to produce these chemicals. But the Iranians did deploy them. Therefore the Iranians killed the Kurds."

Pelletiere's report also said that international relief organisations that examined the Kurdish refugees in Turkey failed to discover any gassing victims.

After 15 years of support to the allegations of HRW, the CIA finally admitted in its report published in October 2003 that only mustard gas and a nerve agent was used by Iraq.'

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Polaris
Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Our President in General
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #44
How many more times does it have to be pointed out to you, Ben, that Saddam Hussein, though a dictator, had no links with al Qa'ida, was not responsible for, nor involved in 9/11, did not threaten your country in any way, and was not responsible for the gasing of the kurds, as your own CIA confirms.

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Polaris
Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Outright spam or intelligent stupid comment? in Richard White Games
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #31
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Originally written by Verelor:

GIU HUOTAG NOOP MEEPLERS!
Translation please!! I may learn something new.

edit: And Jumpin', quite seriously, before you aren't at least forty, you are not even starting to grow up. So take your time, honey. :P

[ Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:25: Message edited by: ef ]

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Polaris
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Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Outright spam or intelligent stupid comment? in Richard White Games
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #19
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Now I hear of someoby with his own house. How old are you guys!
Young Jumpin' is in his late thirties, I believe.

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Polaris
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I am wed. in General
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #11
Schrodinger married, didn't he? Congrats, Drew. May your ship glide steadily and safely through the waters. :)

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Polaris
Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Ah...It's good to be back. in General
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #8
Good to see you. Hi, Nazgul. :)

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Polaris
Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Mad Ambition - The fight in the fort! in Blades of Avernum
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #6
What made me suspicious were all those poison potions that popped up. I started wondering what TM wanted me to use them for...

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Polaris
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Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Scent of new-mown hay in Richard White Games
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #80
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In case you're wondering how any administration could possibly launch a war on such unfounded grounds as the current one,
Rebuilding America's Defenses
This document is long and maybe tedious to read, but it does answer many questions.

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Polaris
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Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Official Election Final Round Voting in General
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #349
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Ef, about German and Russian accents, I think the two are much more similar to each other than they are to English.
That was the impression I got too. This voice recording is really interesting. I'd never have thought that Russian and German had anything in common.

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Polaris
Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Official Election Final Round Voting in General
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #334
Are you serious, Drakey, that you don't understand Morgan, or making fun of me? Anyway, he just said: "Good morning, spiderweb community, and good night."

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Polaris
Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Official Election Final Round Voting in General
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #332
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Morgan sounds hilarious, but much as I had imagined he would.
Morgan's the only one who sounds normal to me and easy to understand. Zeviz' russian timbre also helps a lot and makes it easy to listen to him. But the rest of you with your heavy accents - I have to concentrate hard to get what you say. :)

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Polaris
Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Damn you Icshi! Damn you!!!!!! in Richard White Games
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #37
Satanic? You sure you talk about Polaris, not Desp? Because Satan, as is commonly known, resides at desperance.net. Polaris is under the watchful eye of the devil's grandmother. Nice old lady, you may come upon her here and there.

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Polaris
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Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
AV2: Getting into Olgai in The Avernum Trilogy
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #1
You can get into Olgai when you've done a few things that you seem not to have done so far. It would help if you posted who you talked to and what tasks you completed in Vahnatai lands.

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Polaris
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Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
hi in General
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #99
Ghost was uncanned, Alec was uncanned - just post for a while without spamming or swearing too much. That'll do the trick.

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Polaris
Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Missing... in Blades of Avernum Editor
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #42
Both images are good. What you prefer depends on what you try to express through them. I'd say follow your own instinct. You made this phantastic void, didn't you.

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Polaris
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Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Missing... in Blades of Avernum
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #42
Both images are good. What you prefer depends on what you try to express through them. I'd say follow your own instinct. You made this phantastic void, didn't you.

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Polaris
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Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Would you rather play Homeland or... in Richard White Games
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #47
It's not dirty. It's a direct and perfect translation of 'just say yes'. 'einfach' can be used in much the same way you use 'just'. 'Do just this' or 'say just that' = 'tu einfach dies' or 'sag einfach das'.

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Polaris
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Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Alright, NOW what in General
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #51
Great. Celery and Stilton soup. It's an english recipe, so you should probably find it somewhere on the net.

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Polaris
Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Alright, NOW what in General
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #49
Gorgonzola pizza sounds horrible. But with green salad, olives and a slice of toast - delicious. The Blue Danube is flat, the Blue Bavaria even worse. I don't know the american varieties, they are not to be had over here. Roquefort on the other hand...Roquefort and Sauterne, Stilton and port, Gorgonzola and Madeira...heaven!
Did you ever try Stilton with celery?

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Polaris
Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Alright, NOW what in General
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #47
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Blue cheese is great.
Indeed it is. Though you know, it can be bitter, dry, sharp, and acidic, when it is still too young. Also, it should be kept cool to preserve the taste.

PS: Bathing Stilton in Sherry? Mmh. I'll try that.

[ Wednesday, July 20, 2005 13:13: Message edited by: ef ]

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Polaris
Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Regrettable But in General
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #148
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So I did wrong because Alec didn't understand the rules that he himself wrote?
Pease don't complicate things further. I was not familiar with the term 'proxy system' and did not clearly understand it. Thank you, Zeviz, for explaining.

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Polaris
Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Regrettable But in General
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #145
What baffles and also worries me is how easily so many of you accept the rules that made Kel's manoeuver possible. FBM is an exception, but the rest of you seem content to state that Alec proposed them and therefore shouldn't complain, if they backfired on him. He probably thought of a redistribution of votes among the chosen finalists, as anything else wouldn't be in tune with what he politically stands for. He's not the guy who tries to nullify the voters' decision. Which is what Kel did, taking advantage of that wide open door to abuse that Alec naively offered him.

Such a door should never have been offered, and that's what I'm still waiting to hear from you, Ash, David, Zeviz, Sullust, et al.

If it is that easy to manipulate you out of your democratic voting rights, may God protect us all.

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Polaris
Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Alright, NOW what in General
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #15
Yes. He's the last remnant of a hot south indian curry. Mind, it did threaten to kill you at times. Maybe it had to be balanced. But oatmeal gruel? I'm perfectly healthy and not in need of any dieting, thank you. *sigh* Weak stomached generation.

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Polaris
Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00
Regrettable But in General
Guardian
Member # 2476
Profile #121
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Why don't we all just retreat to more comfortable ground and pick on the spammers?
After having fulfilled your patriotic duty and wiped out the insurgency, it's back to business as usual, folks. Nevertheless, be always aware of subversive elements - especially Harry Potter.

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Polaris
Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00

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