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Phaedra in Blades of Avernum
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 written Sunday, April 10 2005 08:10 Profile Homepage #46
AM- You seem to be arguing for the organic nature of the free market. If everyone around you has orders from the top to make your emotional state tied directly to your physique, are you somehow an "active player" for giving in to that? (There's also the point that your denying engenderment absolutely *screams* that there isn't a Grand Metanarrative, but that's more tangential.)

...nevermind.

EDIT: Let me put it this way. If you buy your daughter kinky bondage toys and explicit directions to use them, don't be surprised when she starts using them.

[ Sunday, April 10, 2005 08:17: Message edited by: Le Martyre de la Terreur ]

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science, philosophy or religion? in General
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 written Saturday, April 9 2005 07:49 Profile Homepage #11
Philosophy is a science, not a belief. Science is important, but not just in the yuppie, sterilized version of it. I'm going with philosophy, even though it and science are separated merely by pedantics.

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Sony Patents "real" Matrix in General
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 written Saturday, April 9 2005 07:46 Profile Homepage #4
Methinks you've been watching too much GITS:SAC.

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canopy (this is weird)(and funny) in Blades of Avernum
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 written Saturday, April 9 2005 07:44 Profile Homepage #13
If you're hacking up townspeople, I don't think you're playing the scenario for "romantic" reasons. :P

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So I'm gone. in Blades of Exile
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 written Saturday, April 9 2005 07:43 Profile Homepage #13
Plah- I know. My real invective is much more vague.

Thuryl- I know what a bagel sandwich is, I just didn't get the joke.

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SOS kelandon BAHSSIKAVA emergency! in Blades of Avernum
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 written Saturday, April 9 2005 07:42 Profile Homepage #8
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Originally written by Levitating Netherlander:

Note to self: when making scenario, do as TM does and set impenetrable door difficulties to 9999, not 200.
Or simply delete the door script- although that might make you a bit of a cad.

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canopy (this is weird)(and funny) in Blades of Avernum
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 written Friday, April 8 2005 12:24 Profile Homepage #11
I could include a level check, and then tell the party that the enemy is extinguished. But then the party would die of old age alone and bored.
The end.

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canopy (this is weird)(and funny) in Blades of Avernum
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 written Friday, April 8 2005 11:53 Profile Homepage #9
Well, eh. It wouldn't make sense for you to die immediately- the whole army is your enemy, but wouldn't get to you quickly enough.
It's more logical this way.

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canopy (this is weird)(and funny) in Blades of Avernum
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 written Friday, April 8 2005 05:47 Profile Homepage #7
You cannot, however, "rip apart" Schwertschrein, Machtschrein or General Kampf. The Tigers, Grenze, Goblins, and Bugbears are all fair game.
(You can technically attack people in Kedalvasser, but you die when you leave town.)

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Phaedra in Blades of Avernum
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 written Friday, April 8 2005 03:20 Profile Homepage #30
So wait a second- the fact that Pheadra represents corporate whoredom for the purpose of linking meritocracy with larger breasts is somehow less coherent than describing how her sexuality actually gets in the way of her job for said capitalists?

Pardon me, but I think I just heard the definition of sexism in the free market from our golden(shower) boy. When dignity is incomprehensible, you start getting skeevy with your skivvies.

jos- This is essentially the leftist fallacy that has permeated casuality so well that it is an intimate component of oppressive insecurity that people don't even realize it anymore. Seeing it here gets me irritated, having it be denied so vehemently is even worse.

On the other hand, said porn scenario would be the perfect excuse to parodize Kel's style. Too bad I'm trying to stave off designing out of spite (ie, Canopy's title, EM's goblin dungeon, the entirety of RoR, etc).

[ Friday, April 08, 2005 03:21: Message edited by: Le Martyre de la Terreur ]

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So I'm gone. in Blades of Exile
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 written Thursday, April 7 2005 19:27 Profile Homepage #7
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Originally written by Desert Pl@h:

And why is NTH on the list? :P It's only purpose is to spout endless philisophical dribble while choking on bagel sandwiches. :P
Nevermind the fact that "bagel sandwiches" makes no sense, I fail to see how an avowed and adolescant republican can start saying things about philosophy.

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New Abortion Laws in General
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 written Thursday, April 7 2005 18:27 Profile Homepage #282
1) Obesity does not guarantee nutrition. I mean, defining "food" in the case of Mickey-Ds becomes a valid question...
2) Distribution. Food has difficulty reaching the poor anyway. There's enough food to go around? No duh- but logistics only becomes infinitely worse with more numbers tossed in suddenly like that.

I don't care about "human", it's a relative term. But if you want to get into pedantics...

As I stated previously, people with Down's Syndrome are not genetically human.

Sheep are also technically organisms unto themselves. So is corn. (So are the ecoli in your cornhole.) I'm not sure how this point has a purpose other than mustering a list of 3 items.

Human is relative. I cannot see something with less ingelligence and cognative ability than an insect or other such creature as being human, or even alive. Pull feeding tubes, abort unwanted children, so what- they are not human beings, they are vegetables. If said individuals are not wanted, then they should not be allowed to become suffering for themselves and those who do not want them. And heck, you conserve more resources by doing so, but that's not a very moralistic advantage. The difference is that you kill a human being that could have been with abortion, but morally, it's the same as never having had sex.

Why not make a crusade to save all sperm cells and ova EVER MADE?

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canopy (this is weird)(and funny) in Blades of Avernum
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 written Thursday, April 7 2005 17:34 Profile Homepage #4
You aren't attacking yourself, the angel you summoned is.
Although you can only do this in so many places, since most friendly towns kill you immediately.

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New Abortion Laws in General
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 written Thursday, April 7 2005 16:14 Profile Homepage #280
Embryos are humans insomuch as sperm is human- just as sperm has its own set of human genetic material which is different from the father's and an egg is different from the mother's, so too is it something which is alive in the same ways than an embryo is and also cannot survive outside of its protective environment, akin to a child and the womb.

Incidentally, I aborted few thousand sperm cells today.

Embryos cannot, for the majority of their lifetime, think coherently above the level of an insect. It isn't "experiencing" anything in the zygote/blastocyst/etc stage- it's too busy, um, dividing its 10-20 ish cells. It's no better than a pet insect that a woman keeps in a particularly inconvenient place- it's her property just as he/she has a pet, except it's even less valuable.

Genetic material is a rather poor basis for determining life. I'm just as aware of the Nazi rule as anyone else, but that doesn't change the fact that it's incredibly applicable here. You are declaring whose life is saveable via genetic means. (And there's the issue of people with Down's Syndrome, whose genes aren't human...)

Oh yeah- legalize abortion, and watch teen pregnancies elevate overpopulation to the level of the third world. Whoops.

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Phaedra in Blades of Avernum
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 written Thursday, April 7 2005 13:39 Profile Homepage #16
"She's holding an axe."

Okay, another large rod. (I could have sworn it was a sword. Eh.)

"Interesting. So you see that image, think "SLUT!", and then cease to consider her personality? Who's being chauvinistic here?"

Way to go out of context. You're writing a scenario for angsty teenagers (and that ain't namecalling in the slightest). Including "steel bikini girl" is a good way to have women be objectified some more- because, ya know, she can't apparently walk around *without* that. She never "uses" it, and there's plenty of decent cloaks to wear. I mean, does she have the slightest bit of self-respect? (And you don't put any effort into characterizing her- which makes this seem like an ex-facto argument at best.)

"Easss is a drakon. Ethass, on the other hand, is one of my characters. [Razz]"
You mean cliches borne from authors' insecurities now have names? Fascinating.

"She's capable and attractive. I think that her intelligence is a more significant (albeit more subtle) aspect of her character than her sexuality. It's not something I added in afterwards -- it was what I started with. But she's an adventurer, which means she's spent most of her life living out of taverns and drinking with the boys. So of course she dresses like that. The important thing is that she's not consumed by it."
So basically, Brittney Spears really does have musical talent?
This is a dime-a-dozen leftist fallacy. Nevermind the fact that she becomes a whore to perform better at her job. Maybe Miss Spears doesn't let her sexuality consume her. Maybe I could give a flying damn less- she's a slut.

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Phaedra in Blades of Avernum
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 written Thursday, April 7 2005 12:41 Profile Homepage #14
"The top? So... Phaedra's position is better than, say, Ethass's? Phaedra may be the one going out there and DOING things, but Ethass certainly has more of Legare's ear, and she has to do a lot less work."
Pheadra has Micah's ear, and she's more powerful to boot.

"And I don't even want to know where you see a phallic symbol in all of this."
Sword.

"But more significantly, why is it wrong that she's attractive? She certainly didn't use her sexuality in any undignified way (on this expedition, at any rate [Razz] )."
Because she is reducing her own dignity by flashing herself off like that. Basically, that graphic is one of a slut- a slut skilled with the use of a blade, but a slut nevertheless.

"She has more significant traits than attractiveness -- she's the one that first realizes that the invasion of the demons was just an unfortunate coincidence, for example. She's definitely intelligent, and she uses all of her talents, physical or otherwise, to her advantage."
Right. Which is evidence that you're a stereotypical, angsty liberal, rather than just a stereotypical angsty apolitical individual. Yeah, she's capable- she's also capable with attractiveness tied in. It's like you created a big-breasted character, adding in the fact that she's capable to counter that. Or, alteratively, women are subject to the same meritocratic standards of men, but they also shake what they got. (PS- Eahss is also not attractive.)

Maybe it's not what you intended, but...

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what's your fave. creature? in Geneforge Series
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 written Thursday, April 7 2005 11:58 Profile Homepage #4
Best 1st creature is the Fyora/Cyroa.
Damage equal to a Thahd's at range, more HP than an Artilla. At this point in the game, fighting at a distance is incredibly useful.

Best 2nd creature is the Clawbug/Plated bug.
High armor, speed enough to hunt down any ranged combatant, and enough for a *second attack* in melee.

Best 3rd creature is the Drayk/Cyrodrayk.
It has a powerful ranged attack, equal to its melee attack. The Glahk's submission touch is nice, but so many enemies towards the end of the game either won't care, will smash the Glahk whenever their reinforcements/they get a move, and then there's ranged combatants.

Best 4th creature is the Rothgroth/Gazer.
I don't like Drakons beyond their looks. Their attacks are rather weak outside of melee, which is the explicit purpose of fire creations (!), and their stats are measly outside of HP. Eyebeasts are nice, but Rothgroths have more HP, two (!) attacks with quick action, and do enough damage to match Glahks' submissions worth in stun.

Gazers are walking Aura of Flames casters. Awesomeness.

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Phaedra in Blades of Avernum
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 written Thursday, April 7 2005 11:38 Profile Homepage #11
Attractive, maybe.
Attractive, wearing nothing but a steel bikini and a giant phallic symbol, being the ONLY female in your scenarios who meritocratically rose to the top, absolutely.

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New Abortion Laws in General
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 written Thursday, April 7 2005 04:24 Profile Homepage #274
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Originally written by The Creator:

2. By unscientific veiw, I assume you mean that neither of us really knows if an embryo is a person. If you don't know if it is a person, then you shouldn't destroy it. I'd give an example to help illustrate, but you seem to have an irrational dislike of them.
2. By unscientific view, I assume you mean that neither of us really knows if an adult woman is a person. If you don't know that it is a person, then you shouldn't have problems oppressing it. I'd give an example to help illustrate, but you seem to have an irrational dislike of them.

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Well, you produce some good science, but it's like saying that radiation is bad to outlaw steam. Embryos are alive in a sense, yes, and they have "unique" (which probably isn't true statistically, but nevertheless) genetic makeup. So do the sheep and cows you killed and sold to market. As far as I'm concerned, that "womb-child" is scant more than a booger, which is precisely how many cattle are treated (ESPECIALLY in some cattle farms where disease, overcrowding, etc. are prevalent).

What I'd see as a reasonable compromise is treating the embryos as humanely as cattle aught to be- make the abortion as painless as possible. Because the way I see it, we aren't sure that embryos are people, but we are sure that aborted ones are not wanted. And yes, I know, adoption- but at the same time, if abortion were illegalized, you'd have such a massive influx that the adoptive parents couldn't absorb all of the children being carpet bombed on the first world by teenage cooters.

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Lord Putidus in Blades of Avernum
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 written Thursday, April 7 2005 03:20 Profile Homepage #3
Worst porn name ever.

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Phaedra in Blades of Avernum
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 written Thursday, April 7 2005 03:19 Profile Homepage #9
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Originally written by Kelandon:

What, is Phaedra too sexy for you? :P
Oh, it's not THAT. I just never thought chauvinism was one of your legitimate design convictions...
:rolleyes: :o ;) :P :confused: :eek: :cool: :goatse:

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Phaedra in Blades of Avernum
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 written Wednesday, April 6 2005 18:48 Profile Homepage #5
I know this. That does not mean that you had to use that pic.

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canopy in Blades of Avernum
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 written Wednesday, April 6 2005 17:19 Profile Homepage #1
1) If you kill Emery, you die.

2) How did you get back there, though?

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Phaedra in Blades of Avernum
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 written Wednesday, April 6 2005 17:15 Profile Homepage #3
That still doesn't explain why she wears nothing but a metal bikini.

But nevermind.

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Do you think there is a Hell? in General
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 written Wednesday, April 6 2005 14:27 Profile Homepage #124
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Originally written by imho:

for one, the only evidence that there is a god, or some other sort of spiritual entity, is that many people believe in it (or should i say Him?)
That has got to be the stupidest reason ever. Lots of people used to believe in the Greco-Roman pantheon- does that mean that Zeus sits on Olympus?

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and the only proof against gods existance is that there are many people who don't believe in it
It's less that there's a "proof" against god, and more that a god (or gods) is not a phenomenon that can be observed or duplicated. Sorta like the iron unicorns at the center of the planet. That is how I justify atheism- Maybes sure as hell don't get you very far in science. I don't see how theology should differ.

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the fact is that knowing the anwser to this question is out of our reach.
Right. So why it's an issue is beyond me.

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anyway, being religious or not makes very little difference in ones daily life.

as long as religion does not cloud your judgement(evolution theory anyone?), there really isn't anything good or bad to it, including a physical hell.
Agreed.

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