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Civil Unions disallowed in ACT in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, June 21 2006 19:38 Profile Homepage #87
quote:
Originally written by Ash Lael:

Personally? Because I consider marriage to be something holy, and I consider homosexuality to be something unholy, and I consider combining the two to be a desecration of the former.
Correction: Opponents of gay "marriage" are motivated by fear, hate, disdain, or despite. Then again, that pretty much covers the reasons to oppose everything. Gay marriage opposition has less non-religious logical underpinning, but logic and politics aren't usually on speaking terms.

—Alorael, who has no objection to polygamy (that would include both polygyny and polyandry and ratios with a non-one numerator) besides the fact that he doesn't know any cases that work well. This is no doubt due to the combined effects of general censure of polygamy and the fact that human evolution seems to have picked monogamy.
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Thoughts of mine in The Exile Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, June 21 2006 19:29 Profile Homepage #17
For that matter, what makes Exile so special? Yes, I enjoy Exile too, but I'm not about to claim that Jeff's style is the only good one. Alcritas most definitely didn't set out to work with Exile and his results speak quite loudly for themselves.

—Alorael, who has just edited out an unworthy jab at an undeserving target. Apologies.

[ Wednesday, June 21, 2006 19:30: Message edited by: Left Angle Bracket ]
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Civil Unions disallowed in ACT in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, June 21 2006 13:43 Profile Homepage #67
quote:
Originally written by Nick Ringer:


quote:
Originally written by a genius
I defy you to find any place in the constitution that says that there should be a seperation of church and state. Go ahead and look. It isn't there.
I thought this was a joke for a moment.
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Then I saw the other things you had written.

Can't wait for your next post. Wish I could come up with little jewels like that one! Such a little son of gOD you are with your "infernal666hate" screen name and seventeen years of -- no doubt -- abstinence from sodomy (masturbation qualifying, gOD can see what you do under the sheets).
Daughter of God, and you can't really expect an Israeli to know the American constitution inside and out. How much do you know about foreign constitutions?

Besides, Infernal's right. The Constitution doesn't say a thing about separating church and state. The Bill of Rights says it.

—Alorael, who would in any case rather have the discussion stay civil, thank you very much.
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Civil Unions disallowed in ACT in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, June 21 2006 09:39 Profile Homepage #45
Separation of church and state:

quote:
From the Australian Constitution:
The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth.
Australia is most definitely not justified in applying its non-existent state religion.

Infernal, you can try to split semantic hairs about the meaning of the establishment clause (and the free exercise clause that follows), but hundreds of years of interpretation have made it very clear that the Bill of Rights expressly forbids legislation imposing religion. "No law respecting" means "no law with respect to." (That's not entirely true, because religions can be subjected to control when religion and civil law conflict, but laws can't be passed solely about religion, I believe.)

"A wall of separation between church and state" is explicitly stated in a 1947 Supreme Court decision anyway.

In my opinion, the state has no business dealing with marriage. A purely legal and contractual agreement between two partners for any reason they'd like would work quite well and not rile up the religious. Call it whatever you like.

—Alorael, who is not an expert in the evolution of homosexuality. However, because it appears in several animal species and has therefore stuck around for millions and millions of years, and because it does appear to be at least partially genetic, it's quite likely that homosexuality comes with benefits. They could be either for heterozygous carriers or homozygous heterosexuals. Who knows? Maybe one day genetic hiring bias will mean companies screen to weed out the worthless heterosexuals.
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Dread curse in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, June 21 2006 09:24 Profile Homepage #7
I'm pretty sure killing Elhioc doesn't get you any Dread Curse, and I know the Bunker doesn't. There are plenty of other places to get cursed, though. My favorite would be the Dark Wyrms, just because they were irritating enough already.

—Alorael, who briefly tried to find a list of Dread Curse sources. He didn't find anything in the five seconds that he was willing to waste.
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Avernum V ideas in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, June 21 2006 09:22 Profile Homepage #78
Abominable voice acting is a very bad thing and it's unfortunately very easy to get it stuck into a game. Not paying more for questioable added content sounds good to me.

—Alorael, who is not that fond of voices anyway, and who turns them off if given the choice. What he'd really like is a truly stunning soundtrack for Avernum. By Vivaldi. Collaborating with Mozart. And a thirty-seven fingered pianist.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
New melee/archer options for A5 in Avernum 4
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Member # 335
 written Wednesday, June 21 2006 05:13 Profile Homepage #32
I thought the fact that there was a constant stream of reasonably dangerous enemies draining your health and energy kept Annwn challenging. Without those spectral warriors it really would have been a cakewalk.

—Alorael, who can't say he enjoyed fighting them. They were irritating. They did make the place better, though, and that's what matters.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Collections in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, June 21 2006 05:12 Profile Homepage #2
I collect my wits frequently.

—Alorael, who will stop doing this any day now. Really. Just you watch!
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Dread curse in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, June 20 2006 16:00 Profile Homepage #1
That depends on which Avernum you're playing. In Avernum 2, the priest in the Tower of Magi can cure Dread Curse. In A3 you need to see Ahonar in Shayder on the Isle of Bigail.

—Alorael, who hopes you didn't start mocking the Anama precipitously.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Polaris in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, June 20 2006 13:28 Profile Homepage #3
There's no Polaris admin board.

—Alorael, who has just discovered the new "Adminastor" board. He's quite sure it all makes sense in a Polaris kind of way.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Are you now or have you ever been ... in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, June 20 2006 13:26 Profile Homepage #10
I am entirely unversed in debate. I'm rather fond of arguments, though.

—Alorael, who is amused by Major's comments in light of his debating performance on Spiderweb.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
New melee/archer options for A5 in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, June 20 2006 13:24 Profile Homepage #29
Food was moderately worrisome in Dark Waters, although Manna took care of that.

The real triumph of food is in Nethergate, in which Nature Lore kept food from ever being a problem until Annwn. Annwn was a lot of foodless fun.

—Alorael, who never really thought about it before but now has to say that Annwn is his favorite part of Nethergate and possibly his favorite section of any Spiderweb game. On the other hand, it may be second to Dark Waters. Are his biases showing?
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Thoughts of mine in The Exile Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, June 20 2006 13:20 Profile Homepage #6
quote:
Originally written by megamad:

Maybe Jeff will consider again the Exile series.
We'd all be glad if there were more good Exile-style games, which is why BoE is so popular and why there are even alternatives in the works. But we're the minority of Jeff's customers. Avernum and Geneforge sell, so Avernum and Geneforge are what he's going to make.

—Alorael, who thinks maybe this would change if you could create and market an Exile clone that outsold Jeff's games.
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Avernum V ideas in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, June 19 2006 20:30 Profile Homepage #75
If A3 could include Trainspotting and Babylon 5, A5 can include a few of us.

—Alorael, who doesn't think it should, mind you. On the other hand, being able to cut down certain members mercilessly would be very satisfying, wouldn't it?
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Just wondering in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, June 19 2006 20:29 Profile Homepage #2
I will now. I'm not really thankful.

—Alorael, who could have done without that particular bit of enlightenment.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Question. in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, June 19 2006 20:27 Profile Homepage #9
Actually, since damage is part of the engine and A4 is built from Geneforge, not previous Avernums, it might very well have changed.

—Alorael, who doubts that Jeff bothered to rewrite damage. Still, he could have.
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Inventions in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, June 19 2006 14:53 Profile Homepage #54
I invented a resolution to the paradox.

—Alorael, who won't reveal it until he has it firmly copyrighted, patented, trademarked, and copy protected.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Use A Debate Tactic Against Itself in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, June 19 2006 13:41 Profile Homepage #27
I'll give you five dollars if you stop posting, okay?

—Alorael, who may have to switch to a career in politics?
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Use A Debate Tactic Against Itself in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, June 18 2006 15:36 Profile Homepage #6
This topic is entirely irrelevant to Spiderweb Software or its games. The so-called wisdom contained within it should be rejected out of hand. Besides, as everyone knows, ninety out of every hundred forum posts is just a bunch of lies.

—Alorael, who knows all this because the Department of Homeland Security tells him so. He can't tell you everything because it might cause critical arguments to founder, but trust him, it's for the best.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Last Will and Testament of Slartifer M. Tuckersworth in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, June 18 2006 11:27 Profile Homepage #8
Farewell and good luck with the new job, Slarty. You will be missed until our goldfish attention spans are distracted by something shiny. But then you can distract us back with a triumphant return!

—Alorael, who will miss the obscurity and obfuscation more than anything else. And the comic, of course.
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First post - Request for Recommendation in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, June 18 2006 11:19 Profile Homepage #19
I'd recommend downloading the demos. They really do give you a great idea of whether you prefer the style of Avernum, Geneforge, Nethergate, or Exile. I'd recommend all the Avernums (IV a bit less, but still recommended), Nethergate, and Blades of Exile, but as you can see, tastes vary.

—Alorael, who would recommend against any Exiles or Nethergate if you have an Intel Mac. Since you seem to have Oblivion, that's not a problem.
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Montauk Project in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, June 17 2006 12:00 Profile Homepage #32
And if bats were WMDs we could find reasons to attack everyone!

—Alorael, who can only imagine what would happen to Batman if bat bombs became reality. Maybe he'd become a suicide bomber?
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Inventions in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, June 17 2006 11:54 Profile Homepage #40
No. I just tried to come up with the simplest perpetual motion machine that isn't something as boring as a blob rotating in space.

Is there some horrible flaw with these devices from an idealized physics perspective?

—Alorael, who invented a method for quadrature of the circle and tried to get Indiana to legislate it into fact. They apparently do learn.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
I'm off the list! in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, June 17 2006 11:50 Profile Homepage #13
I'm sorry my name butchered the table.

—Alorael, who isn't really sorry, you know. It's just polite to say so.
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Is there any way to disable those quick-help things? in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, June 17 2006 11:46 Profile Homepage #3
It's a tutorial, and it only appears in the very beginning. It doesn't last long enough to be really irritating.

—Alorael, who liked being able to turn off those "help" messages in older Avernums.
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