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Displayed name	Ash Lael
Member number	5491
Title	E Equals MC What!!!!
Postcount	1861
Homepage	http://www.onewayfm.com.au
Registered	Friday, February 11 2005 08:00

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The Official Electioneering Topic in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Tuesday, June 21 2005 21:43 Profile Homepage #5 I am also an Australian. I am also clearly the better choice. Ladies and Gentlemen, everything you hope to get from these other candidates you can get from the Zani Party, and more. *The following is a repost* I hereby launch the Zani Party. By voting for the Zani party, you get what you want, guaranteed. The way this works is very simple. Anyone who votes for the Zani Party is a Winner. Anyone who doesn't is a Loser. We will change the rules as often as you wish, to whatever you wish. If there is a Loser who you dislike, we can take something he did on Monday, make it a Capital offense on Tuesday, arrest him on Wednesday, execute him on Thursday, and make it legal again on Friday morning. Want to ban someone for using the word 'drat'? We can make it happen. Want to post goatse in every topic in every forum? Sure thing. Want to do both at once? Absolutely. We excel at double standards here at the Zani Party. Why drudge through vapid speeches and empty promises looking for a mod that may give you some of what you want, when a vote for the Zani Party means that you get everything that you want, by definition. Is our position morally bankrupt? Absolutely! And what are you going to do about it? See, the lure of absolute power is too much for the masses to resist. Don't kid yourself into thinking your vote counts. It doesn't. It's everyone else's votes that count, and they will be voting for the Zani Party, because they don't want to be Losers. They don't want to be stripped of every right they have, and to be forced to rely on the goodwill of the Winners. In fact, I encourage you not to vote for us. Winning will be no fun if there is no one to oppress. The Zani Party is not just another choice. It is an inevitability. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Elections: The Candidacy Thread in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Tuesday, June 21 2005 21:18 Profile Homepage #75 I am torn. So many nice promises. A vote for EVOL is nearly as good as a vote for Alcritas. A vote for Scorched Earth gets TM's hands cut off. A vote for Enrich & Support protects both virgin eyes and freedom of expression. How to choose? ...wait. It occurs to me. What are these candidates really doing? Merely putting a set of rules together that they hope will appeal to enough people to get them elected. What a clumsy way to go about it. I hereby launch the Zani Party. By voting for the Zani party, you get what you want, guaranteed. The way this works is very simple. Anyone who votes for the Zani Party is a Winner. Anyone who doesn't is a Loser. We will change the rules as often as you wish, to whatever you wish. If there is a Loser who you dislike, we can take something he did on Monday, make it a Capital offense on Tuesday, arrest him on Wednesday, execute him on Thursday, and make it legal again on Friday morning. Want to ban someone for using the word 'drat'? We can make it happen. Want to post goatse in every topic in every forum? Sure thing. Want to do both at once? Absolutely. We excel at double standards here at the Zani Party. Why drudge through vapid speeches and empty promises looking for a mod that may give you some of what you want, when a vote for the Zani Party means that you get everything that you want, by definition. Is our position morally bankrupt? Absolutely! And what are you going to do about it? See, the lure of absolute power is too much for the masses to resist. Don't kid yourself into thinking your vote counts. It doesn't. It's everyone else's votes that count, and they will be voting for the Zani Party, because they don't want to be Losers. They don't want to be stripped of every right they have, and to be forced to rely on the goodwill of the Winners. In fact, I encourage you not to vote for us. Winning will be no fun if there is no one to oppress. The Zani Party. Vote for someone else, if you dare. [ Tuesday, June 21, 2005 21:28: Message edited by: Ash Lael ] -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Elections? in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Tuesday, June 21 2005 20:18 Profile Homepage #167 quote: Originally written by Sarachim: Speaking of hands, we also promise to cut TM's hands off and make him type with his nose. Oh, my. I was planning to vote EVOL, but I think I may have just been won over. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Elections : The Conspiracy Thread in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Tuesday, June 21 2005 16:32 Profile Homepage #3 The quote in my sig came from a recent chat regarding election plans... make of it what you will. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Elections? in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Tuesday, June 21 2005 15:42 Profile Homepage #155 Wait, what's the problem? Just post a follow-up story on how the candidate in question denies all wrong-doing and insists there is a perfectly innocent explanation for her actions. The media never apologises. :P -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Nephilim mystery beta in Blades of Avernum
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Tuesday, June 21 2005 15:38 Profile Homepage #2 I recommend finding a better title, but I am very interested to see what sort of scenario you've come up with. Too bad I don't have a computer at the moment, or I'd be signing up to test. -------------------- SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Elections: The Candidacy Thread in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Tuesday, June 21 2005 15:34 Profile Homepage #63 I'll stand, for the heck of it. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Elections: The Registration Thread in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Tuesday, June 21 2005 15:31 Profile Homepage #70 EVOL! EVOL! EVOL! (wants to vote) -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Hello in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Tuesday, June 21 2005 14:41 Profile Homepage #51 quote: Originally written by Lord Kirbykiller: shut up dolphin i dont care if i can't spell shut up kirby i dont care if you dont care if you cant spell See, the trouble is that this is a community. The whole point of it is the people. If you aren't interested in getting along with the people, there's really not much point in you being here. Try using good grammar and spelling. It's a demonstration of respect for your fellow board members. As a result, people may choose not to hunt you down and fix you so you can never reproduce. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
It is that time of the month again in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Tuesday, June 21 2005 14:21 Profile Homepage #115 quote: Originally written by stranger: If up north is rugby crazy, I wonder why they didn't bid for a Super 14 team. Oh, how much does the top AFL player get paid? Just to compare to league and Union. Population might be the answer. Doesn't QLD have a Super 12/14 team anyway, though? Not sure exactly how much AFL players get paid. For the superstars, probably something around $800,000 a year. And Spring, you have your cause and effect mixed up. They don't follow Rugby because they have no footy, they have no footy because they follow Rugby. AFL is generally disdainfully referred to as 'aerial ping-pong' up there. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
THE GREAT DEBATE, PART III in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Tuesday, June 21 2005 14:07 Profile Homepage #53 Uncultured Philistine. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Elections: The Candidacy Thread in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Monday, June 20 2005 21:07 Profile Homepage #50 Damn, that was a great speech. I find your policies abhorrent and immoral, but I just can't resist a leader with charisma. Zeviz, you have my vote! [ Monday, June 20, 2005 21:08: Message edited by: Ash Lael ] -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
It is that time of the month again in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Monday, June 20 2005 18:17 Profile Homepage #105 I don't watch much TV, but you're overlooking the fact that Canberra isn't as Rugby-crazy as the land of the long white cloud. Other parts of Australia are, particularly up north, but here we've got a roughly 50/50 split of Rugby and Aussie Rules fans (League probably being the more prevalent of the Rugby codes, but as mentioned earlier, I have trouble discerning between them). We probably don't get bombarded with it as much as you do. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
(this topic or poll has been moved) in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Monday, June 20 2005 18:07 Profile Homepage #3 Given that it also applies to BoA as well, I'd assume this is one of the few topics that actually does belong in General. But it's still a lousy topic. :P [ Monday, June 20, 2005 18:08: Message edited by: Ash Lael ] -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
THE GREAT DEBATE, PART III in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Monday, June 20 2005 15:57 Profile Homepage #51 Who put the bump in the bumpity-bump-de-bump? Who was that man? I'd like to shake his hand. He made my baby fall in love with me. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
It is that time of the month again in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Monday, June 20 2005 15:47 Profile Homepage #102 I'm always confusing Union with League, and I catch hell from both camps for it. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Books Being Made Into Movies in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Sunday, June 19 2005 00:08 Profile Homepage #60 quote: Originally written by saunders: Hm... Do you not think that "guy who's willing to embarass himself for someone else's sake" is more of a woman's ideal bloke than "self-centered prick who only cares about himself"? Just checking... Loaded question. :P While becoming a better person would tend to also mean becoming closer to a woman's (or anyone's) ideal, that is not specifically what the movie is about. Compare About A Boy with The Taming of the Shrew. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Elections: The Registration Thread in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Saturday, June 18 2005 23:58 Profile Homepage #30 As an Australian, voting is compulsory. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
The Archive Opens in Blades of Exile
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Saturday, June 18 2005 01:50 Profile Homepage #6 Great effort! You could try emailing Jeremy Maddock for the Isle of War scenarios. He also made Mountain Quest, so the address in that readme may work. Then again, chances are it's out of date by now... still, might be worth a shot. -------------------- SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Books Being Made Into Movies in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Saturday, June 18 2005 01:42 Profile Homepage #55 Agreed. It's much more about him changing as a result of his relationship with Marcus than because of any woman. And he changes from "self-centered prick who only cares about himself" to "guy who's willing to embarass himself for someone else's sake". It's got nothing to do with what a woman's ideal bloke is, it's just him becoming a better person. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
What is yours favuorite in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Saturday, June 18 2005 01:18 Profile Homepage #113 quote: Originally written by Archmage Alex: Though many have tried to repeat it, the best part the Xian Skull was its spontaneous generation. Why don't we have some really good threads like Xian and Silvar anymore? Bah. Everything has been downhill since News at 11. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
THE GREAT DEBATE, PART III in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Saturday, June 18 2005 01:10 Profile Homepage #50 Man. Much written here, and I'm sure a number of very good points have been made, but forgive me if I don't read all of it. I only have so much time tonight, and I'd like to get a reply out here. You've been waiting on me long enough. quote: Originally written by CSTR.: While I cannot readily dispute that the banning of drugs reduces consumption, I can state with absolute confidence that it does not eliminate it, and it comes with the price of incredible increases in crime. Well, yes. And? I mean, I could as easily say that banning sexual harassment doesn't eliminate that behaviour, and causes massive increases in crime (after all, if it wasn't banned it wouldn't be a crime). So, I'm going for "Agreed, but irrelevant" here. [quote]Prohibition in the United States serves as a good model for what happens when drugs are prohibited for a purely moralistic goal, e.g. "no one should be using them therefore selling, using, or possessing them is illegal". The result of the amendment to the Constitution prohibiting alcohol was the rise of syndicated crime, the haemhorraging of millions of dollars of the economy in corruption and enforcement during a period of national history in which money was deadly tight, etc. Overall, Prohibition wasn't even effective in stamping out alcoholism; alcohol use was prominent during and after the effect of the law itself.[/quote]There is a difference, though. For one thing, alcohol consumption is something that is already firmly entrenched in all layers of our society (certainly here in Australia). Heroin use, on the other hand, is not considered acceptable by most people. I think this is largely on account of the fact that the latter has been illegal for a long time, while the the former has not. Also, alcohol is something of a different case to most drugs. Most drinkers don't drink because they are alcoholic, or even to get drunk. They do it because they like the taste, or to warm themselves up, or because it makes for a good social lubricant. Compare this to tobacco - most consumers are addicted. I absolutely would not support an overnight ban on alcohol ala Prohibition. For that matter, I wouldn't support an overnight ban on tobacco either. These things are still considered a way of life for too many people for a ban to be anything but hopelessly ineffective (much as you describe). I would like to see them illegalized, but that just ain't gonna do any good right now. Maybe in another 20-30 years tobacco will have been marginalized to a point where it could be banned with some sort of success. Alcohol, not in my lifetime. I absolutely oppose legalization of comparable drugs (like pot), because I don't want to see them become as prevalent as drinking/smoking is. This wouldn't happen overnight obviously, no changes in public perception ever do. But having joints legal and freely available in coffee shops (ala the Netherlands) sends the message to people - especially those growing up in this society - that it's an acceptable thing to do. [quote]I believe in full legalization of all currently controlled substances. Distribution should occur only through a thoroughly licensed retailer and in no case to any clients under 21, production will be strictly monitored, a heavy tax will be levied and its revenues will be applied to recovery programs and propaganda, and all substances should be subject to strict supervision by the FDA. While in principle this is certainly not as tough a stand as illegalizing drugs, I do not believe illegalizing drugs is better in anything except principle. Legalization offers benefits which banning cannot, including government revenues, ability to control production and distribution through licensing and taxation, ability to control quality and dosing (thereby eliminating the vast majority of overdoses), and ability to use a major percentage of drug revenues to help addicts recover from drugs.[/quote]I see this as a trade-off. We legalize, and self-destructive substances probably won't be as damaging, on the whole. On the other hand, we'll probably get a lot more people hooked on them and, I think, a lot more damage done overall. Neither situation is perfect, but I think the current policy is better. [quote]In addition, a society with a responsible policy towards legal drugs would recognize the importance of strong aggression against the most physically damaging substances and warning tolerance towards less physically damaging ones. In a banning system, government has no non-hypocritical way to say consuming pot (non-addictive, relatively non-toxic) is more permissible than smoking PCP (extremely addictive, profoundly toxic and with a range of permanent side-effects). This also allows specific drug-based offenses to be held specifically contemptible by law. Selling addictives to a minor, consuming mind-altering drugs before operating heavy machinery, etc. should be held under specific contempt, and there is no way for the government to do this without calling the root of the offense "involving yourself with drugs", where it really should be "misconducting yourself with drugs".[/quote]I'm afraid I don't quite get you here. Just because two things are illegal doesn't mean that there can't be a distinction between them. Speeding is bad, speeding in an unroadworthy vehicle while drunk, legally blind, and without a license is worse. Using drugs is bad, using drugs in a way that could harm others as well as yourself is worse. [quote]My core position holds that in a pragmatic situation, a ban gives the government far less agency to solve the social problems arising from drug use than responsible legalization. I have no statistics at this time, but my position is rooted in good sense and ought to be relatively solid without them.[/quote]Prevention > Cure, and all that. Besides, even within a system where drugs are illegal, it's possible for there to be room for things to help those who are already caught in the addiction cycle - safe injecting rooms, needle dispensers, confidential counselling, etc. [quote]A debate on the basic principle behind legalization would be fascinating, but we are at a critical impasse here and it would be startlingly irrelevant. My contention is that, considering the comparative ability of the government to act in suppressing the social problems caused by drug use between a criminalized system and a legalized system, legalization is the clear winner. Assuming your aim is to help people and not just random tyranny, responsible legalization is just the better answer.[/quote]Well, my aim IS to help people. And while legalized drugs may give the government more tools to fight the problem, I think that it would also exacerbate the problem, to a far greater degree than any help it could provide. [ Saturday, June 18, 2005 01:13: Message edited by: Ash Lael ] -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Undead Topics Need Loving Too (aka "Give Me Your First-Born") in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Thursday, June 16 2005 20:03 Profile Homepage #662 quote: Originally written by Amitiel: A query, though, as an obvious unknowing. Is it even possible to emasculate a grotto and if so, how? Also, is there some sort of grotto emasculation service, where I can get my grotto emasculated, to save me the trouble of doing it, myself? Y'see, in NTH, there's this grotto. Nasty, dingy place. People are all really hungry and starving and ribs showing and all that stuff. Thing is, when TM described the place, he equated "Emaciated" with "Emasculated". -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Books Being Made Into Movies in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Thursday, June 16 2005 19:54 Profile Homepage #50 About a Boy is a darn good movie. And it has Zoo Station on the soundtrack. :) -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
It is that time of the month again in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Thursday, June 16 2005 19:43 Profile Homepage #57 I suspect these post-count topics are just an excuse for Aran to boost his post count. [ Thursday, June 16, 2005 19:55: Message edited by: Ash Lael ] -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00

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