Strange. Counter Strike: Source is a quite modable game, yet there are plenty of Vanilla servers around. There also are dedicated servers, and thanks to server admins and voteban, I never really had any problems with cheaters or racist little twats naming themselves after prominent fascist leaders spouting KILL ALL JEWS nonsense either.
Ther being said, I boycotted MW2 from the moment they said there weren't going to be any dedicated servers on and stuck to it (and I initially considered pre-ordering it), and seeing all the MP prophecies fulfilling themselves, I'm glad I did.
Calling them real Christians is like calling Al-Queda real Muslims. It's offensive to those who actually use their faith in a positive well mannered way.
No true Scotsman, eh? I love how people keep rejecting the idea that there are jerks and saints in pretty much *any* organization out there...
Fortunately for him he lives in a society where you can formulate political opinion from a variety of sources and not resort to a childish game of name calling and vague nonsensical grandstanding.
Heh, I wish.
Yes, it's completely true that communists (and all of them, including Stalinists) aren't inherently despised and feared here like they are in the US, and that they openly discuss their political believes without facing extremely strong opposition. In exchange, however, many people in many European countries despise neocons, strongly capitalist conservatives and libertarians (moderates and Ayn Rand-ite alikes) as "American scumbags" (or, if they are pro-military as well, "fucking Nazis"). "Free Speech? How could you *possibly* defend these racist fuckers? The government is right in censoring their hate speech!" Europe is just as extreme in many regards, it just has different "enemies" and acceptances.
What makes the AK-47 special when compared to other assault rifles is it's famous reliability, functioning even in the worst of all circumstances. There are many rifles which shoot way better in more favorable circumstances (be it the M4A1 or the SCAR-H), but when you throw them into the mud, well...
Combat jets, however, don't need that advantage. The US has, without any doubt, the resources to maintain and service their aircraft so that they are always in top condition when heading out to a sortie. There's no need to reduce combat effectiveness just so your jet can fly reliably despite a bucket of mud thrown into it's engine.
Unlike pizza, it's the sort of thing you really don't want to buy in the first place, so you're better off paying as little as possible for it.
That's quite true as well - but when you are in charge of a country hugely responsible for maintaining international stability, abstaining from warfare is a luxury you do not have.
I never understood why people play soccer games anyways. Why people watch soccer is already mysterious enough to me, but remotely understandable; but why the hell would you play a game which imitates something you could easily do with a bunch of friends (or even strangers) somewhere outside, for cheap? I'm not a big soccer player, but I sure know that regardless of how bad I am, I'm gonna have more fun playing *actual* soccer than some strange video game copy of it.
Of course, Bill "Cigar" Clinton didn't help matters much either with his antics and subsequent representation after the fact, which can tend to influence an entire generation as well.
mrphoton's "in any form" was admittedly badly chosen, but you misunderstood him. He meant that French kids don't receive any *religious* education, while they certainly still are educated *about* religion. They learn that the catholics say there's a big man with a white beard in the sky watching over us and Jesus is his son, but they don't learn what the catholics say as a truth - just as an opinion.
I wonder if this machine could somehow be used for military applications. If you'd make it accurate enough and hook it up to some transmitter device, you could use it for perfectly silent communications - sure, you have handsigns for that already, but words can be a little bit more precise at times...
No, you misunderstood me. I never attempted to justify advocating slavery, and being bad, just not the worst isn't fine either. I was just making an argument against the parent's assumption that "our heroes are no better than theirs", which is just plain wrong.
Yes, there are also communist terrorists (and I assume there are quite a few nonreligious right-wing terrorists out there, too) - but they just replace their blind faith in a religion with an equally blind faith into a certain ideology.
While I would *never* portray slavery as something agreeable, I'd say the way the Americans practiced it back then was still better than the way women are treated in extremist countries like Iran.
It makes no difference, Mister Mature. Numbers do not make right. A joke playing on a racial stereotype is exactly that, regardless of the race in question (it would actually be racist to suggest anything else - racism, after all, is treating people differently because of their race, but wait, you can't be racist or sexist to white males). You can deal with "racist" jokes the same as you deal with other jokes, or you can oppose them all, or you can prefer "racist" jokes about one race over others, in which case you are a racist hypocrite yourself.
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Ear protection.
One way to stop this would be to turn Mickey into an pop culture symbol for a pedophile or terrorist...
Oh, you mean like Fafour?
You know the rules, so yes, you are.
If they don't like the way Windows works, they'll use Mac OS X or Linux.
But maybe they don't like the way Windows works, but still like how certain applications written for Windows work?
Strange. Counter Strike: Source is a quite modable game, yet there are plenty of Vanilla servers around. There also are dedicated servers, and thanks to server admins and voteban, I never really had any problems with cheaters or racist little twats naming themselves after prominent fascist leaders spouting KILL ALL JEWS nonsense either.
Ther being said, I boycotted MW2 from the moment they said there weren't going to be any dedicated servers on and stuck to it (and I initially considered pre-ordering it), and seeing all the MP prophecies fulfilling themselves, I'm glad I did.
Calling them real Christians is like calling Al-Queda real Muslims. It's offensive to those who actually use their faith in a positive well mannered way.
No true Scotsman, eh? I love how people keep rejecting the idea that there are jerks and saints in pretty much *any* organization out there...
Fortunately for him he lives in a society where you can formulate political opinion from a variety of sources and not resort to a childish game of name calling and vague nonsensical grandstanding.
Heh, I wish.
Yes, it's completely true that communists (and all of them, including Stalinists) aren't inherently despised and feared here like they are in the US, and that they openly discuss their political believes without facing extremely strong opposition. In exchange, however, many people in many European countries despise neocons, strongly capitalist conservatives and libertarians (moderates and Ayn Rand-ite alikes) as "American scumbags" (or, if they are pro-military as well, "fucking Nazis"). "Free Speech? How could you *possibly* defend these racist fuckers? The government is right in censoring their hate speech!" Europe is just as extreme in many regards, it just has different "enemies" and acceptances.
Nah.
What makes the AK-47 special when compared to other assault rifles is it's famous reliability, functioning even in the worst of all circumstances. There are many rifles which shoot way better in more favorable circumstances (be it the M4A1 or the SCAR-H), but when you throw them into the mud, well...
Combat jets, however, don't need that advantage. The US has, without any doubt, the resources to maintain and service their aircraft so that they are always in top condition when heading out to a sortie. There's no need to reduce combat effectiveness just so your jet can fly reliably despite a bucket of mud thrown into it's engine.
My solution: *do* take a hike and don't deal with the morons trying to shove IE down your throat.
No true Scotsman...
Unlike pizza, it's the sort of thing you really don't want to buy in the first place, so you're better off paying as little as possible for it.
That's quite true as well - but when you are in charge of a country hugely responsible for maintaining international stability, abstaining from warfare is a luxury you do not have.
Better forget about it. Being gay usually turns out to be a huge pain in the ass in the end...
...said the basement-dweller trolling Slashdot.
War is an exchange of blood and money. You can substitute one for the other. Which would you prefer to lose?
I never understood why people play soccer games anyways. Why people watch soccer is already mysterious enough to me, but remotely understandable; but why the hell would you play a game which imitates something you could easily do with a bunch of friends (or even strangers) somewhere outside, for cheap? I'm not a big soccer player, but I sure know that regardless of how bad I am, I'm gonna have more fun playing *actual* soccer than some strange video game copy of it.
Of course, Bill "Cigar" Clinton didn't help matters much either with his antics and subsequent representation after the fact, which can tend to influence an entire generation as well.
Dude, remember to whom he's married to.
I'm a firm believer that a dedicated parent can do a better job of educating one's children than the public school system.
Just remember that said dedicated parent could also be crazed creationist fundamentalist wackos.
mrphoton's "in any form" was admittedly badly chosen, but you misunderstood him. He meant that French kids don't receive any *religious* education, while they certainly still are educated *about* religion. They learn that the catholics say there's a big man with a white beard in the sky watching over us and Jesus is his son, but they don't learn what the catholics say as a truth - just as an opinion.
Ah, very interesting. Thanks for the link.
I wonder if this machine could somehow be used for military applications. If you'd make it accurate enough and hook it up to some transmitter device, you could use it for perfectly silent communications - sure, you have handsigns for that already, but words can be a little bit more precise at times...
No, you misunderstood me. I never attempted to justify advocating slavery, and being bad, just not the worst isn't fine either. I was just making an argument against the parent's assumption that "our heroes are no better than theirs", which is just plain wrong.
Yes, there are also communist terrorists (and I assume there are quite a few nonreligious right-wing terrorists out there, too) - but they just replace their blind faith in a religion with an equally blind faith into a certain ideology.
While I would *never* portray slavery as something agreeable, I'd say the way the Americans practiced it back then was still better than the way women are treated in extremist countries like Iran.
Yes, because they are accidents and not deliberate acts of war.
It makes no difference, Mister Mature. Numbers do not make right. A joke playing on a racial stereotype is exactly that, regardless of the race in question (it would actually be racist to suggest anything else - racism, after all, is treating people differently because of their race, but wait, you can't be racist or sexist to white males). You can deal with "racist" jokes the same as you deal with other jokes, or you can oppose them all, or you can prefer "racist" jokes about one race over others, in which case you are a racist hypocrite yourself.