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written Tuesday, February 3 2004 19:38
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Wow. That's a horrible butchering. What I think TGM was trying to say is... Um... Just ask Jeff, he has all the answers.  -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, February 3 2004 17:24
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Hopefully the deadline set won't be too hard on either platform. By the way, this is also impossible. How could JV verify which platform the scenario was made with? -------------------- * Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, February 3 2004 16:42
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Moslems are an ethnic group...? -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, February 3 2004 16:38
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5{ THE HELL IS A YUSCAY[/i] Yusuke. Observe: _files/ksmyu.gif) _files/ksmsu.gif) _files/ksmke.gif) PS- Considering that Japan is one of the world's most secular modern liberal democracies, I'd consider comparing anything that comes from there with religion to be folly. _files/tongue.gif) [ Tuesday, February 03, 2004 16:40: Message edited by: Bladesman Wasazore ] -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, February 3 2004 16:35
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Um, could you PLEASE stop using your fingers for hard FKS? And if you don't like the topic so much, why don't you just not revive it...? -------------------- 人 た ち を 燃 え る た め に 俺 は か れ ら に 火 を 上 げ る か ら 死 ん だ Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, February 3 2004 13:26
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It's good enough, but it's not nearly as good as the beginning would lead you to believe. -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Monday, February 2 2004 19:15
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Edged (mostly because the majority of "artifacts" are edged) and Other (meaning varies-by-what-is-available). -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Monday, February 2 2004 15:04
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I never watch the games- watching undead on my computer screen tearing apart humans to the music of Ayumi Hamasaki followed by activities two years illegal for me to the music of Ayumi Hamasaki is much more entertaining. ^_^ -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Monday, February 2 2004 14:51
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Why not have completely unique NPCs? Or how about pet shops (ie. Richie's Pet Shop from B2) in the sense that you actually buy wild animals? That plus NPC leveling would make for an interesting scenario. -------------------- * Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Monday, February 2 2004 14:07
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Hey, Motrax- is the Schrodinger's Cat Conundrum just a fancy term for PoMo? It might be the only thing we agree on! ^_^ -------------------- 人 た ち を 燃 え る た め に 俺 は か れ ら に 火 を 上 げ る か ら 死 ん だ Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Monday, February 2 2004 13:41
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As well as America, arguably Germany, definitely China, any many other prominent nations still around today. -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, February 1 2004 15:50
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA You're joking, right? oh shi -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, February 1 2004 15:02
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http://www.presidentmatch.com/ 1) Kucinich 100% 2) Sharpton 93% 3) Kerry 88% 4) Clark 81% 5) Dean 80% 6) Edwards 75% 7) Lieberman 70% 8) Bush 9% -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, February 1 2004 14:04
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Don't feed the troll. -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, February 1 2004 13:44
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http://s4.invisionfree.com/turkishdivision/index.php Are you DYING to talk about Echoes, but don't know the proper outlet to let your passions loose? Well, fret no more! Also, there's an Echoes Cameo Contest going on- the three people to get the most Echoes questions right before the beta-call for the next Echoes scenario get their VERY OWN CAMEO! Need I repeat myself? ...I didn't think so. Well, what are you waiting for? Post! -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, February 1 2004 13:39
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t Lamorak plz get mobile half cells -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, February 1 2004 10:55
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Unless you're Alcritas, in which case you can do it with a library. Unless you're Stareye, in which case you can do it with a power plant. And special spells. And virtually all of Spy's Quest. Unless you're Creator, in which case you can do it with outdoors that murder you by walking in them. And super-powered combats. And by playing through those combats with a level-1 party. Unless you're Terror's Martyr, in which case you can do it with super-powered enemies hurling special spells against super-powered allies who basically make your involvement in the scenario pointless. Unless you're Drakefyre, in which case you can fail horribly to make any scenario of any sort. Repeatedly. Unless you're Brett Bixler, in which case you can be a talented graphics artist, yet fill your scenario with completely uninspired color shifts and nonsensicalities, not to mention completely nonsensical character interactions. Unless you're Drizzt, in which case you can keep the party away from the centrefuge of the action at all points, bar-none. Unless you're Aceron, in which case you can be a fundamentalist Christian. Unless you're Ben Frank, in which case you can use WAY too many outdoors. Repeatedly. Unless you're Interplay Studios, in which case you should die. Horribly. And repeatedly. Unless you're Vince Fizz, in which... No, VF isn't the exception to the rule. Unless you're Adolf Hitler, in which you can have a really cool moustache. Unless you're George W. Bush, in which case you can be a chimpanzee with a southern accent. Unless you're Jeff Vogel, in which... Nope, he's not an exception to the rule either. -------------------- * Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, February 1 2004 10:14
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quote:Quoted for posterity. ps- lolocaust -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Sunday, February 1 2004 08:52
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The irony of the Lord of All Evil being Catholic is astounding. -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, January 31 2004 18:24
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Welcome to the discount Christian outlet. You save NOTHING- only Jesus saves! -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, January 31 2004 17:07
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Atheist, leaning towards Post-Modernist, aka "Autotheism". -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, January 31 2004 12:02
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      -------------------- 人 た ち を 燃 え る た め に 俺 は か れ ら に 火 を 上 げ る か ら 死 ん だ Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Saturday, January 31 2004 11:58
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quote:Isn't it pretty simple to see how a government could commit genocide on the basis of a few lone men? Isn't it pretty simple to see how America broadsidedly labeled a whole menagerie into one category and systematically grind them down into a sub-human status, among those who were left alive? No, no it isn't. quote:People felt so threatened by a few renegade men from mostly pacifist tribes that, despite the cordial and welcoming nature of the NA's, that they had to wipe every single redskin they found, only letting the submissive ones be allowed into slavery? And you're saying there weren't renegade Americans who went out and shot Indians? And on that note, I find your use of the term "barbaric" somewhat offensive. There are only different cultures- I'm sure the Indians thought aiming phallic symbols and pressing a button to kill of a man in one stroke from a safe distance was pretty arrogant- reality and interpretation is, just as I said earlier, defined by the group doing the interpreting. Can you imagine how horribly rude and dare I say barbaric we were to those deprived peoples? Clearly, America had reason to be offended by this, and had a right to approach the Indians asking what the meaning of the raid was, and perhaps even demand retribution of some sort. As far as I see, however, killing of masses of innocents isn't fair retribution by any definition of the word, and the only true reasons I can possibly notice in America's actions is racist paranoia and imperialism. "America wasn't evil?" As a whole, perhaps not. In this instance, most definitely. The article should have taken a much more borderline issue to tackle. quote:(Before I get into arguments, one thing- "You must admit?" Is that supposed to be a command of some sort? In the future, avoid that line: It sounds arrogant and audacious, regardless of its intent.) Again, read my paragraph- America was justified in seeking answers, and perhaps even making a comparable counter-raid or demand of retribution. There is no comparison, however, between the scarce raids done by renegade adolescants and the genocide of "civilized" and "mature" adults. Saying that America was not acting in an insidious manner in all of its conflicts is a blanket statement that, supposedly, you seem to be against. Spanish-American War? Slavery in the constitution (admittedly, this is only against the states- but this was because the south WAS +50% of America at the time)? Mexican-American War? I could go on, but these seem like enough counter-examples to prove that a country can and will be evil at some times in history. Perhaps the people who initiated Vietnam (well, most- more often than not, when a war is supported, some of the people who support it will be evil) were honest, if not mistaken in the eyes of many. Perhaps even Hitler thought he was doing the right thing. Perhaps Osama Bin Laden thought that he was doing the right thing. Still, I don't think it's accurate or even feasible to make the statement that all of the actions taken by any one nation had honest reasons in the eyes of those who made them. Some things in history, like it or not, are evil. And for the final few sentences? Well, your last paragraph also adresses this, so... quote:So wait, let me get this straight: 1) You and I and this article AGREE that interpretations are biased as per the interpreter 2) The article seeks to offer a counter-opinion? Okay. 3) The article offers a counter-opinion, however, not because of a need to enlighten, but to fight THE ENEMY, as per the article. 4) Thus, people who have different biases (ie. leftist ones) that affect their interpretations are the ENEMY. Your intent seems valid enough, but what you brought along was a fint-and-tinder, liberal-lynching and polarizing article that certainly won't help you make any friends outside of the far-right. I don't care which definition of enemy YOU use (and I'll get to that in your final paragraph), it just doesn't help you sound like a sane individual, and will significantly reduce the number of legitimate responses (ie. not in the greater interest of ending the conversation) you'll get. quote:To the point of? Are you saying that if a person holds such insanely leftist beliefs, then they are as guilty as the people who fly planes into towers and whatnot? It's called having biases, and it's not intrinsically violent, last time I checked. If someone only checks one side of an issue, that means they're ignorant. Unfortunately, it seems to me that you assume that examining both sides thoroughly and coming up with a "radical" interpretation is impossible. If someone examines the issues and comes up with a conclusion that is radical or even PROMOTES violence (assuming non-immediate following of these conclusions), does that make them the enemy? No, it makes them a person with biases and beliefs coming to a conclusion using logic. If this is the case, you can argue against them if you think they're wrong. quote:1 : one that is antagonistic to another; especially : one seeking to injure, overthrow, or confound an opponent 2 : something harmful or deadly 3 a : a military adversary b : a hostile unit or force Of these definitions, two involve direct violence, and the former involves revolution (which usually ends up being directly violent anyway). Yeah, the WTC bombers can be considered enemies- they fall under all three definitions of the term. Passive radicals, however, are not military adversaries, harmful/deadly or revolutionary. If nothing else, people trying to reach a solution for a better world are your allies, even if they agree or disagree with you. The Democrats in 2004 are nobody's enemy, unless George W. Bush stands more for staying in power than helping the world- but that's a whole other can of worms. -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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This one is bereft of political propaganda. I think. -------------------- 人 た ち を 燃 え る た め に 俺 は か れ ら に 火 を 上 げ る か ら 死 ん だ Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, January 30 2004 18:27
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I'll try to point out flaws in this article as I see fit, omitting most of some paragraphs on the basis of their length- go to the site if you really need to refresh your memory. quote:When you start interpreting history and some people disagree with you, odds are they probably disagreed with you anyway- people's political beliefs deeply impact their perspectives on history. If this guy and I sat down and had a talk about history, I would most certainly walk out labeled as the enemy. I'll probably reference this multiple times with "see above" captions, because one thing that has and continues to frustrate me about many members of the far-right (not saying that it's unique to that sphere- it isn't) I have encountered is that everyone else suddenly becomes the "enemy" for disagreeing. It's irritating, because it really doesn't help either side of the argument. [quote]All that ain't-America-wonderful history ignored some important points. American Indians were pretty badly treated. American blacks were freed in the Civil War but re-oppressed by landlords and Jim Crow laws for many decades. American foreign policy saved freedom in Europe but supported dictatorships and toppled governments in Latin America and other places, often as a favor to American corporations that preferred working with bribable officials. The trouble is, the cure for that whitewashed American history has been even worse than the disease. Because now we get a version of history that's even more one-sided. In the name of multiculturalism and "fairness" and "facing the truth," we get a view of history in which America is always the villain. quote:Okay, so peoples' biases affect their interpretations of history- again, this is more of a socio-political issue than anything else, coming from the perspective of a economically right-wing, somewhat libertine society (society- not gov't). If this society were to become more authoritarian, its interpretation of history would change- Even the vaunted "Vietnam Disaster" would become acceptable for most people. Sane/rational people aside, most people would paint people of opposite alignments in a bad light. Thus, by disagreeing with historical interpretations, this article also disagrees with the politics of the more vocal Americans. Clearly, this seems to be the case regardless of using history as a backdrop. quote:Does it matter that people disagree with me? Yes it does. (I've covered this in the previous paragraph. Apparently, this author wants people to agree with him- and considering that we live in a somewhat-representative gov't, I can understand why.) quote:I agree to some extent- using the Crusades in reference to anything in the last 100-200 years is complete hogwash (although really, must Bush use so many Biblical quotes in his speeches...?). However, I also have to point out that all of the conquered lands were in Christian hands first because Christianity came 610 years before Islam. And considering the treatment Christians of all denominations did unto their own (destruction of the Spanish Armada, 100 years war, Spanish Inquisition, etc), I severely doubt that Islam in general would have been accepted in Europe in an age dominated by a dark-ages mindset. But since it has already been established that associating religions with a mostly secular government, I'll move on. quote:Keep a few things in mind- first, the "American Indians" were not one group as a whole. And that aside, if you're trying to justify the genocide of whole tribes (and North America's first recorded use of biological warfare!), robbery of land and allotment into complete destitution with the murder of a few innocent farmers done by the renegade members of a society outside of the society's control, you're batshit insane. The "Indians" were, for the most part, confused but cordial. The Americans were- and are- intolerant, and what took place in "history" was nothing but a malicious and completely unwarranted attack on a whole people. quote:Because the ENEMIES? What, the ones who have their own views? Holding radical views in either direction in regards to historical interpretation is something I can live with. I can live with being called an enemy by an extremist who seems quite bent on polarizing anyone and everyone who reads the article, but it's irritating having to deal with it in order to sift down to one's actual points. If a person sits down and argues history, I'd prefer if they defended themselves logically so I would have something to argue against, but aside from that, I don't see anything wrong with people holding their own views (perhaps biased, even- shiver in fear at the ability to express the enemy's opinions...!), and maybe even using their arguments to support that which they believe in. And if they're actually lying overtly (ie. "America killed everyone in Europe during WWII" or "Dresden never happened"), then both sides should call them out on that, now shouldn't they? Eh. A sane historical outlook is good, but calling someone an enemy is never a "good" thing. -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. 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