A time for celebration
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, May 15 2007 15:40
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 -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Canned
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written Tuesday, May 15 2007 15:47
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What is this for? (starts spewing fire) -------------------- I can transform into almost anything, though not sanity. Muffins n' Hell. Note that revisions of the first part is down the list. quote: Posts: 1799 | Registered: Sunday, February 4 2007 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, May 15 2007 16:05
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Finally. -------------------- You lose. Posts: 2156 | Registered: Thursday, August 24 2006 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, May 15 2007 16:08
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quote:Click on the link in the first post Muffin. Hint: It's not in the signature of the first post. On topic, meh. One more person I don't know, have no reason to like, and indeed have a reason to slightly dislike, is dead. Big deal. -------------------- All praise the greatest mod of all time! Long live Master Aran! Posts: 1186 | Registered: Friday, June 18 2004 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, May 15 2007 18:24
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Hallelujah! -------------------- "You're drinking liquor because you're thirsty? How nasty is your freaking water?" —Lazarus Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 | Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, May 15 2007 18:33
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Congratulations on your new posting milestone, ADoS! Oh, wait. Congratulations, humanity!  -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, May 15 2007 19:20
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quote: -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, May 15 2007 20:35
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I can't cheer the death of anyone, no matter how much I disagree. Falwell is only the spokesman for the lunatics, anyway. His death doesn't make them go away. —Alorael, who will if nothing else mourn the loss of the man whose name was synonymous with, well, Jerry Falwell. [Edit: As in, you know, being able to say Falwell and have everyone know what you mean.] [ Tuesday, May 15, 2007 20:39: Message edited by: Vale Stretch ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, May 15 2007 20:38
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You know, you shouldn't speak ill of--- ill of the--- Argh, I can't do this. Ding dong, the fundie hatemonger is dead! -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, May 15 2007 20:52
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I can't say I knew who he was until today. But I can see why his death is somewhat of a celebration. -------------------- The Knight Between Posts. Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, May 15 2007 20:52
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Falwell couldn't have been what he was or done what he did if not for the fawning and funding of the flocks who followed him. $200 million a year. Somehow that sickens. I was just watching a great movie from 1986, The Name of the Rose, set in the 14th Century, and in which was depicted the current rift in the church over whether or not the church should be rich. The controversy continues. There is also an interesting bit of history involving Falwell depicted in The People Vs. Larry Flint. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, May 15 2007 22:50
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I pretty much despise the guy's position on a lot of things. I always liked that Voltairesque line, "the Moral Majority, which is neither". But celebrating his death seems perverse. He said what he thought, and he organized a free association of the like-minded. People are entitled to do that. Furthermore, in the long run he probably did his own cause more harm than good just by crystallizing it into an organized movement. An actual moral majority never has to think about whether it is one. Labelling yourself as such is a sign that in fact your day has passed; and I think it even helps to accelerate the trend, because the unthinking majority at least recognizes that it is not you. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Wednesday, May 16 2007 04:15
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I doubt his death will phase the conservative christians. Their concerns existed long before he came into the picture and they will be around long afterwards. The reason he is so popular among conseriative christians he stood up for their beliefs against every thing they feared and thought was wrong with soceity. No liberal or moderate group has show the slightest concern. Personally I feel he was just too dogmatic. -------------------- A rock has weight whether you admit it or not Posts: 479 | Registered: Wednesday, July 12 2006 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Wednesday, May 16 2007 05:26
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Hmmm... I wonder if the death of, oh, I don't know, say, a mass-murdering tyrant would be met with as much enthusiasm or if half of us would think he shouldn't have died. I don't agree with everything Jerry stood for and I especially don't like televangilism, but really, celebrating his death? That's just so callow. -------------------- "Even the worst Terror from Hell can be transformed to a testimony from Heaven!" - Rev. David Wood 6\23\05 "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can." - John Wesley Posts: 1001 | Registered: Tuesday, August 19 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, May 16 2007 07:04
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I don't find joy in anyone's death, but in some cases the world is better off. Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Wednesday, May 16 2007 08:16
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I do not celebrate death. That said, I am pleased that Rev. Falwell's dogmatic, almost-fanatic, completely close-minded, opulent, not necessarily Bilbical, fearmongering, ad infinitum, ad nauseum... approach to ... everything ... may no longer be a negative influence on the Christian subculture, and indeed the world. The man was wrong about everything but the very basics of his religion, wrong-headed, and he gave conservatives and Christians alike a bad name. That said, I am "grieving" with the Christian community (by grieving, I mean posting a mournful remark on the station's webpage) out of respect to a powerful influencer. My one fear is that someone else as equally close-minded and dogmatic and wrong will take his place. -------------------- The Silent Assassin is currently out of my communication range. Hmm... quiet... -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, May 16 2007 09:42
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Yeah, I'm just glad that something finally shut him up. I wish it could've been something other than death, like finally realizing that the position which he held was fairly out of touch with social realities... but that's probably too much to ask for. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Wednesday, May 16 2007 14:38
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I haven't heard of him until now. I'm going to infer that he's one of those fake Christians who scam people into thinking that their donations are going towards "saving people from evil." In my opinion, people like that are just as evil as Hitler or Clinton. -------------------- WWJD? Posts: 1384 | Registered: Tuesday, February 6 2007 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Wednesday, May 16 2007 15:09
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The sad thing is, I don't know if you even realize how offensive the last few words of your post were. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, May 16 2007 15:20
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quote:I've been trying for five minutes now to express how ridiculous the above sentence is. I'm afraid I'll just have to let it stand on its own merit. The best punchline I can come up with is "He's a racist, but at least he's not black." [ Wednesday, May 16, 2007 15:37: Message edited by: Dr. Johann Georg Faust ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Wednesday, May 16 2007 18:49
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quote:Seriously, you're going to have to explain this one. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, May 16 2007 21:57
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Excalibur knows how to hit you guys where it hurts, eh? Didn't you guys hear? Bill Clinton is the antichrist. [ Wednesday, May 16, 2007 22:05: Message edited by: Emperor Tullegolar ] -------------------- You lose. Posts: 2156 | Registered: Thursday, August 24 2006 07:00 |
