Profile for Garrison
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| Member number | 2820 |
| Title | Agent |
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| Registered | Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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| New Year's Resolutions! in General | |
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written Wednesday, January 3 2007 16:44
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New Year's resolutions are such a silly practice really. If your goals are actually that important then it should not matter at what time you start or decide to re-evaluate them. But it is a fun practice anyway! Also I was aware of the other, non-exclamatory topic. I did not actually read through it all, and I assumed there were no serious answers in there. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Saddam Hussein's Execution in General | |
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written Monday, January 1 2007 17:49
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Not to be a smartass, but I think his death brought closure to many grieving families in Iraq. That probably recompenses them better than a mere life sentence. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| New Year's Resolutions! in General | |
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written Monday, January 1 2007 17:47
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Now that it should be 2007 in all parts of the world on the Gregorian calendar, I wish everyone a happy New Year. So, what are your New Year's Resolutions, which will definitely be fulfilled this time around? Mine are to do things like lock my car more consistently, eat less pure fat foods, volunteer more... -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| If canisters were real... in Geneforge Series | |
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written Monday, January 1 2007 15:51
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Well, the assertion that war promotes jingoistic nationalism has been proven time and time again by history, so it is plausible. But then again history so far supports that big empires always fall eventually. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| trenches and bunkers? in Geneforge Series | |
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written Monday, January 1 2007 11:07
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I thought the guardians would act more like berserkers and charge their enemies with claymores. But then again creations are more expendable, so I guess that makes sense. Also, quote:I think you would rather have some good and some bad trenches rather than not having any at all. Those clawbug pits are pretty clever though. *Online high five* -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Monday, January 1 2007 10:56
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quote:Yay! A rhetorical battle won. Unfortunately that was a side victory. More importantly, if you, Tullegolar, were to create this faction, do you envision yourself as being the permanent, public leader throughout the whole conflict? I believe that even if your faction wins, you will be deposed somewhere in the process. Going back to a much earlier assertion of mine, I think the most effective way for you to lead your prone to strife army is to set up your generals as puppet emperors. EDIT: Opon mars, I think it is OK to refer to Emperor Tullegolar as ET or Tully. [ Monday, January 01, 2007 11:08: Message edited by: Garrison ] -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Saddam Hussein's Execution in General | |
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written Monday, January 1 2007 10:47
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Corporal punishment is so much simpler and cheaper. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Happy New Year's Eve in General | |
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written Monday, January 1 2007 10:39
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The Bears lost in the last minutes of 2006. How I hate thee, Rex Grossman! Welcome 2007, I hope you do better than your not so dearly departed predecessor. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Guys I'm going to bed now in General | |
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written Monday, January 1 2007 10:37
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quote:Well now I'm confused. Anyway, how young is that kitten? It's so small! -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Sunday, December 31 2006 22:38
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Trenches are just good protection against any projectiles. If an Aura of Flames was advancing toward you I doubt you would question why someone bothered to dig a trench nearby. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Sunday, December 31 2006 22:34
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Those are trivial flaws to his plan. Tullegolar rationally concedes the necessity of having a unified army against the hordes of his enemies, and provides canonical evidence to support why they would be able to band together and fight. The problem of course is that temporary allegiances and cohesion are not very effective for winning the whole war. During periods of relatively tranquility, which may include peacetime, many of the canister users will have to find ways to spend their time. Not being able to divert their violent tendencies toward an enemy, they will try to subvert society for their own benefit. It is just not a good long term plan. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Guys I'm going to bed now in General | |
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written Sunday, December 31 2006 22:28
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Has no moderator looked at this topic yet? Are they off on vacation? Is there actually a purpose to this topic that disqualifies it from spamhood? -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Sunday, December 31 2006 13:55
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ET is right about that. But there just will not be real peace in such a kingdom, and the whole society would be based on instability. Anyway, my final contribution to this discussion will be a reiteration of a lame argument: no matter how strong the leader becomes, some PC will come and whip your ass. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Best (and Worst) Movies of the Year in General | |
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written Sunday, December 31 2006 13:49
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby was very funny and I liked it a lot. I think Sascha Baron Cohen's talents were underused in that film, but Will Ferrel was excellent. I particularly liked the knife scene. **Spoilers?** Signs and Lady in the Water were huge disappointments for me, and I am honestly surprised that M. Night is still famous after these movies. The endings are so ridiculously quick in comparison with the amount of time he spends building up the setting. The human race just suddenly wins against the advanced aliens because THEY ARE ALLERGIC TO WATER???????? The final few scruts in the end of Lady in the Water are not stopped by the main characters, but instead by GIANT MONKEYS????? Arrgghhhhh! -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Sunday, December 31 2006 10:23
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Good lord. Tullegolar has addressed all of these points before because this argument has spanned over multiple topics and has lasted about a month now. I have to admit that he is pretty good at finding solutions to these problems, but they all stem from the presumption that canister modified shapers would be willing to work together and obey an emperor. quote:If they are too arrogant to work together, then it really does not make sense for them to want to work with you. They will seek power by killing you. No guards will be loyal enough for you to trust them with your life, and it would be a desperate argument to say that no one could kill you. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Saturday, December 30 2006 23:04
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I think Safey was arguing against ET, but I am not even sure anymore. Alliances begrudgingly forged do not really last for very long. If each "canister enlightened" individual wants the right to use more canisters and disenfranchise creations, then they do not have to submit to a movement like you describe. The motive still does not explain it all adequately. Remember that I am not saying that the movement would fail, just that the army you envision would actually have to be much weaker and more disorganized. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Saturday, December 30 2006 18:35
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EDIT: That was dumb. [ Saturday, December 30, 2006 18:36: Message edited by: Garrison ] -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Saturday, December 30 2006 18:14
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If the ultimate goal of the canister movement is just to get more canisters, then soon its followers will realize that every canister used by someone else is one less for them. Then civil war will ensue. Really, where is the motive? To Exiled Necromancer, I spent more time typing this than I did trying to decipher your message. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Guys I'm going to bed now in General | |
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written Saturday, December 30 2006 18:09
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Nighty night. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Saddam Hussein's Execution in General | |
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written Saturday, December 30 2006 14:55
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Lord Safey, I think you may be making too extreme of a statement about these extremists and their idolatry. However, I also think that some people will make Saddam Hussein a martyr not because they loved his rule but rather because they will taut his execution as an injustice instigated by the aggressive US. Hussein did keep up a strong external image up until the end, though, and as despicable as that may be, I could imagine it inspiring some. Hanging is not the worst way to be executed. The electric chair was often ridiculously painful, and an improperly administered lethal injection could cause pain similar to rubbing salt into a wound that flows into the heart. Sometimes hanging was quick and relatively painless, and sometimes it was not. Lethal injection would be viewed as more humane, but the issue at hand is whether it was right to execute him at all. Also, I think hanging is still permissible in one or two US states if the death row prisoner asks for it. Let me check... -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Saturday, December 30 2006 14:40
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Just because the canister shaped have a little more patience and respect for others like them does not mean that they will fully cooperate with each other. They will be unable to put the group cause in front of their own lives, and so the movement will fall apart at the seams at the first sign of hardships. I am curious though, what exactly would the canister movement fight for? Regarding the diluting humanity with shaping, if canister use is completely condoned, then some radical among radicals will turn themselves into some Ur-human. Hopefully it will not resemble Vahnatai. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Saturday, December 30 2006 08:36
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This is a tough question for, obviously, many reasons. I voted yes to the poll, but there are two main considerations in my mind: whether hanging was a just punishment for Saddam, and whether his death will bring an overall benefit to the situation in Iraq and in the world. Being a firm supporter of capital punishment, I believe that Saddam deserved the death penalty for his crimes. I am not well versed on exactly how much cruelty, nor how much good, he has done. However, I do believe that if the leader of a extralegal militia in Iraq ordered the massacre of 148 civilians, he would be hanged. Dictators are not above the law, and that is a fundamental principle of just government. He did go through the court system and was punished in accordance with Iraqi law. Nevertheless, all of this is sure to have ramifications. It is rarely laudable as a person, or country, claiming moral superiority to cheer for an intentional murder. The Sunnis will be violent and disruptive in protest, and the situation will ferment further and further. Hopefully there will not be an organized attack on the Shiites or the nascent Iraqi government, but that is always unpredictable. As a final note, I recognize that many world powers, and of course individuals as well, view the death penalty as an obsolete, barbaric practice. To them his execution would be a sign of a lack of progress in modernizing Iraq. I would have agreed with life imprisonment of Saddam simply because he is so old. But again I reiterate that if I stepped into a building and shot 148 people, thousands would be screaming for my execution. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Friday, December 29 2006 14:46
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Canisters are of course inherently addictive, but not to the extent that a trained mind could not resist the temptation after only using one. I do agree, though, that moderation is practically impossible unless moderation means using a few and then stopping completely forever. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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written Friday, December 29 2006 09:45
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The ones who use the canisters will be able to kill off many of the purists who do not. However, they will probably kill each other in the long run as well, so the purists win in the end I suppose. It just may take a very, very long time. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
| Who still plays the Exile Trilogy & Why in General | |
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written Friday, December 29 2006 09:39
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I believe that Exile 3 was the game on which Jeff spent the most time and effort. In comparison to his earlier games, it was truly massive. The unique puzzles and such, like the buttons in the Giants caves and the exploding rocks in the New Factory, were entertaining. The Tower of Shifting Floors and the Tower of Zkal must have taken a long time to design, but they were worth the effort in my opinion. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |