You know what has me in an uproar? EA recently deleted my Sims 3 account for no apparent reason, yet my CD key is still tied to it. So I can't use my legally purchased game to download stuff from the Sims 3 store, nor can I visit the forums to demand an explanation (that requires a CD key, naturally). I guess EA's angle is that I'll hopefully buy another copy. Needless to say, I'll be pirating every single Sims 3 release from now on, such as this expansion.
I'm going to spend days and days of my limited free time gathering up links just so you can go "HUR HUR FOX NEWS ZIONIST CONSPIRACY." Your ignorance isn't a priority in my life.
Those who want to kill people or/and themselves : fanaticals Those who believe in their religion, in peace, and in love (with different degrees of tolerance to non-believers, like in all religions) : not fanaticals
Most Muslims who are hostile towards infidels do not kill people. Actual terrorists who blow things up and shoot people are a minority. But there are plenty of Muslims who fight infidels in other ways.
And none of my Muslim friends wants to/has killed anyone yet.
None of my friends are Chinese, ergo Chinese people do not exist.
"Civilized justice" means the civilian legal system with all its checks and balances.
Ok, so you just disband the military and hand their job over to the civilian legal system. Defending the country and dealing with overseas commitments like Korea and Japan is going to be pretty tough, so they'll need lots of guns, tanks, jets, bombers, aircraft carriers and missiles. Manpower will be needed too, and the easiest solution will probably be to hire former military personnel.
Hey, wait a minute...
But those laws and regulations allow for conscription and infliction of immense psychological harm on innocent victims (although not in my country).
Is military discipline now defined as "immense psychological harm?"
Military people often claim it's not like that anymore, but every military person has strong incentive to lie about it (as each new recruit lowers their chance of death), and I've read many reports that "sock parties" and the like are still standard practice.
I've never heard anyone mention any "sock parties." Oh wait, I forgot: they're all part of the conspiracy.
Therefore a drill instructor is morally equivalent to a terrorist.
Because enemy combatants such as Al-Qaeda terrorists believe in their cause, American drill instructors are terrorists?
Wait, what?
Torturing recruits is not necessary for a functional armed forces.
Did someone say it is? I have not heard of recruits being tortured in the US military.
The US keeps voting YES to wars because they never had to feel bombs above their heads, nor their parents.
France has been engaged in various military operations for a long time now (mostly in Africa), and several European countries have or had troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, and other places.
only exceptions are people weak against religious/political/media manipulation, and that's mostly an education level problem, the US weren't at war against Afghanistan, or Irak as far as I know, they were at war with a minority of religious terrorists, a dictator, and the people the dictator had under control.
That's not how Muslims see it.
I don't think intellectuals and non-manipulated civilians and farmers ever wanted a fight against world's no.1 army...
You underestimate the power of religious fanaticism.
I don't know about Vietnam, but the USAÂdid a really good job helping Japan after the war, I have been told in school that US people sent in Japan after the war felt terrible about what war did to the country and did their best, for the good of Japanese people. Really.
That's all fine and well, but you can't forget the fact that Japan started the war.
The military is based on the principle that some evil people are beyond the reach of civilized justice so the morally correct thing to do is to kill them.
Ok, so what does "civilized justice" even mean, and how would you have used it to defeat Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan and North Korea?
In boot camp, you're faced with an abusive psychopath who also happens to be beyond the reach of civilized justice.
No, I'm pretty sure instructors are bound by laws and regulations.
He probably believes what he is doing is right, but then so do the "enemy combatants".
but with the exception of Carl Johnson, the remainder of the GTA leads are blank-slate white males. they intentionally have little-to-no specific identities; Rockstar left it up to the player to customize the character, right down to the type of music you can play on car radios. but with CJ in San Andreas, he is specifically characterized as a gang-banger.
GTA3 was the first in the series of 3D GTA games. The protagonist was silent. In Vice City the protagonist had voice acting and a clearly defined personality, and that has been the trend ever since. San Andreas and GTA IV and its expansions all have fully fleshed out protagonists.
You can listen to whatever radio station you want to in any GTA.
by itself, that's not a problem; creating a character that is true to the setting has merit. but you won't see Rockstar make a GTA game (or other kind of game for that matter) portraying a black lead character leading a non-gangsta type mob, or making references to things outside of hip-hop "urban" culture. CJ's stuck in a stereotype.
A stereotype that's simply a reflection of reality, and the protagonist of Vice City isn't any less of a stereotype either. Also, CJ allies himself with people of various races, and as I recall his most trusted friend is hispanic. If he were a complete stereotype he would probably be a racist.
I'm more concerned about the possibility that he'll be raped and tortured in prison. Unless the US can absolutely guarantee that it won't happen, extraditing him should be out of the question.
I am shocked that they didn't mention the first System Shock. It was way ahead of its time, it even had Quake-style lighting. I think it was based on Ultima Underworld's engine.
The water-borne blood diseases of India and the insect-borne blood diseases of Africa are incorrigible killers. I hope that some of the damage Rachel Carson did can be reversed. Call it White-guilt or whatever, but helping our fellow man out of the dark ages and into a happier and healthier era can only be a good thing, I think.
The reason why so much of Africa is in the dark ages is because of culture, not technology.
I don't understand why I'm being modded off-topic. Whenever a moderator abuses his power, Slashdot's discussion system instantly becomes on-topic. I did not start this, and I didn't ask someone to go powertripping. If you don't want to talk about this subject, stop drawing attention to it.
It wasn't the fact that you disliked the music, it was the fact that all you chose to share was "I dislike the music". That pisses people off.
Final Fantasy/OC Remix fanboy getting sand in his vagina is not evidence of me trolling.
You come off like those twats who claim anything popular is crap and any one popular 'sold out'.
Where have I said made such claims?
We don't care what your opinion is, if you are going to share it with us, give us a reason to care, like the very up modded comment that came after yours where the commentor described what they liked about the album, what they didn't, and why.
There is nothing more to say. I wasn't impressed, and some of the songs sucked. Deal with it.
You did not provide a shred of evidence to prove that I committed any trolling. Your argument boils down to "you didn't like this album, therefore you are a dumb faggot. Oh, and a troll."
Your original post, and the ones coming after it where you throw a temper tantrum, are the evidence of no social skills.
In that case, all your posts are evidence of you being a child molester. Why? Well, because I say so!
See, I can do this too.
The fact that you blame the moderators for moderating you, is evidence of no social skills.
That doesn't make any logical sense, and I am specifically blaming the moderators for moderating me in a blatantly unjustified and factually incorrect manner.
The fact that it escapes you that you are pissing people off
Idiots are prone to getting pissed off for no reason.
after having been chased out of at least three accounts, according to you, is evidence of no social skills.
Since when have I been "chased out of at least three accounts?" And how would it be evidence of no social skills?
The fact that your only response to my posts is the mental equivalent of going "La La La La! I can't hear you." is evidence of no social skills
Now you're just making things up.
Creating a new account to avoid the negative effects of your lack of social skills and failure to 'get the message' is by definition "escaping".
I have absolutely no choice but to have multiple accounts due to the fact that Slashdot's discussion system is fundamentally broken and allows moderators to freely abuse their power and cause problems for other users. This is strictly the fault of Slashdot and its users.
You bitch too much and listen too little
"Hur hur, I have nothing substantial to say so I guess I'll just spout some random shit."
I'm not going continue this any longer. I'm sure in a few weeks we'll be hearing from your sixth account.
"Welp, time to run away before I get owned any further!"
Cool, I'm now a troll for not liking certain music. Since I'm pretty fucking sure that not a single person on Slashdot likes all music ever made, I suggest that moderators use all their mod points to mod as many people as possible as trolls. Or does it only count as trolling because the music is from OC? Or because it's Final Fantasy? Or because the moderator is a fucktard who should not be allowed to access the Internet? Help me out, here.
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You know what has me in an uproar? EA recently deleted my Sims 3 account for no apparent reason, yet my CD key is still tied to it. So I can't use my legally purchased game to download stuff from the Sims 3 store, nor can I visit the forums to demand an explanation (that requires a CD key, naturally). I guess EA's angle is that I'll hopefully buy another copy. Needless to say, I'll be pirating every single Sims 3 release from now on, such as this expansion.
You shouldn't use words you don't understand. It's bad form.
I'm going to spend days and days of my limited free time gathering up links just so you can go "HUR HUR FOX NEWS ZIONIST CONSPIRACY." Your ignorance isn't a priority in my life.
Er. I was arguing that they're not an exception. And I'm not wrong.
Games have cutscenes now.
Most Muslims who are hostile towards infidels do not kill people. Actual terrorists who blow things up and shoot people are a minority. But there are plenty of Muslims who fight infidels in other ways.
None of my friends are Chinese, ergo Chinese people do not exist.
Research.
They're not.
Nah.
No, I am talking about Muslims in general. It's pretty hard to tell the difference between "normal" Muslims and "fanatical" ones.
They're not a minority.
Ok, so you just disband the military and hand their job over to the civilian legal system. Defending the country and dealing with overseas commitments like Korea and Japan is going to be pretty tough, so they'll need lots of guns, tanks, jets, bombers, aircraft carriers and missiles. Manpower will be needed too, and the easiest solution will probably be to hire former military personnel.
Hey, wait a minute...
Is military discipline now defined as "immense psychological harm?"
I've never heard anyone mention any "sock parties." Oh wait, I forgot: they're all part of the conspiracy.
Because enemy combatants such as Al-Qaeda terrorists believe in their cause, American drill instructors are terrorists?
Wait, what?
Did someone say it is? I have not heard of recruits being tortured in the US military.
France has been engaged in various military operations for a long time now (mostly in Africa), and several European countries have or had troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, and other places.
That's not how Muslims see it.
You underestimate the power of religious fanaticism.
That's all fine and well, but you can't forget the fact that Japan started the war.
Ok, so what does "civilized justice" even mean, and how would you have used it to defeat Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan and North Korea?
No, I'm pretty sure instructors are bound by laws and regulations.
And?
GTA3 was the first in the series of 3D GTA games. The protagonist was silent. In Vice City the protagonist had voice acting and a clearly defined personality, and that has been the trend ever since. San Andreas and GTA IV and its expansions all have fully fleshed out protagonists.
You can listen to whatever radio station you want to in any GTA.
A stereotype that's simply a reflection of reality, and the protagonist of Vice City isn't any less of a stereotype either. Also, CJ allies himself with people of various races, and as I recall his most trusted friend is hispanic. If he were a complete stereotype he would probably be a racist.
Gosh, a thug gangster in a video game series where you always play as a criminal. This is an outrage!
Yes, because getting raped on a daily or weekly basis and probably getting infected with HIV is a-okay as long as you get three meals a day.
I'm more concerned about the possibility that he'll be raped and tortured in prison. Unless the US can absolutely guarantee that it won't happen, extraditing him should be out of the question.
I am shocked that they didn't mention the first System Shock. It was way ahead of its time, it even had Quake-style lighting. I think it was based on Ultima Underworld's engine.
The reason why so much of Africa is in the dark ages is because of culture, not technology.
Now you're just arguing probabilities, like how probable it is that a man or a woman would be offended. How is this relevant?
You should go ask police officers, firefighters and soldiers.
I don't understand why I'm being modded off-topic. Whenever a moderator abuses his power, Slashdot's discussion system instantly becomes on-topic. I did not start this, and I didn't ask someone to go powertripping. If you don't want to talk about this subject, stop drawing attention to it.
Final Fantasy/OC Remix fanboy getting sand in his vagina is not evidence of me trolling.
Where have I said made such claims?
There is nothing more to say. I wasn't impressed, and some of the songs sucked. Deal with it.
You did not provide a shred of evidence to prove that I committed any trolling. Your argument boils down to "you didn't like this album, therefore you are a dumb faggot. Oh, and a troll."
In that case, all your posts are evidence of you being a child molester. Why? Well, because I say so!
See, I can do this too.
That doesn't make any logical sense, and I am specifically blaming the moderators for moderating me in a blatantly unjustified and factually incorrect manner.
Idiots are prone to getting pissed off for no reason.
Since when have I been "chased out of at least three accounts?" And how would it be evidence of no social skills?
Now you're just making things up.
I have absolutely no choice but to have multiple accounts due to the fact that Slashdot's discussion system is fundamentally broken and allows moderators to freely abuse their power and cause problems for other users. This is strictly the fault of Slashdot and its users.
"Hur hur, I have nothing substantial to say so I guess I'll just spout some random shit."
"Welp, time to run away before I get owned any further!"
Someone has beat you to it. They just raised $29,000 for Child's Play.
Yeah, because not liking certain music is something that only a dick would do! Am I right?
Cool, I'm now a troll for not liking certain music. Since I'm pretty fucking sure that not a single person on Slashdot likes all music ever made, I suggest that moderators use all their mod points to mod as many people as possible as trolls. Or does it only count as trolling because the music is from OC? Or because it's Final Fantasy? Or because the moderator is a fucktard who should not be allowed to access the Internet? Help me out, here.
I gave it a listen, but I wasn't impressed. Some tracks were even horrible.