You are a complete idiot. How can you possibly say that the "Iraqis" have been the ones killing American troops? Blowing up the Red Cross? Destroying their own police stations? Cutting their own power lines?
The "resistance" is just the remnants of Saddam's foul old regime, with some foreign help.
You make an excellent point about the use of science to determine social policy. However:
For example, you sight gun control in your opening.
I believe the word you're looking for is "cite", not "sight". Check dictionary.com to get your definitions straight.
I'm only pointing this out because it's one of those annoying errors that doesn't get caught by a spellchecker. I hate when it happens to me and nobody bothers to point it out.
What I really don't get is why, in all these crass advertising campaigns, it's always Acclaim UK that's doing it. (Go and check if you don't believe me.) Are Britons forever cursed to be the testing bed for low advertising? Any real-life Brits care to illuminate us on this subject?
I believe in education for both sex and violence, personally. Kids need both Sex Ed and Gun Safety, in my book. How many accidental shootings are there a year?
True, but in their defense, teen pregnancy is a much more common problem than teen murderous rampages. Plus, even kids know that violence is bad in real life, while sex feels good and isn't even illegal.
You get what I'm trying to say? They think that kids are more likely to emulate sex than killing.
Gamespot actually did a review of Chess on April Fools Day a couple of years ago. I can't find it on their site anymore, but I managed to find this text-only mirror. Here is a highly amusing excerpt:
CHESS
By Greg Kasavin
The latest offering in the rapidly overflowing strategy genre is hard evidence that strategy games need a real overhaul, and fast. Chess, a small-scale tactical turn-based strategy game, attempts to adopt the age-old "easy to learn, difficult to master" parameter made popular by Tetris. But the game's cumbersome play mechanics and superficial depth and detail all add up to a game that won't keep you busy for long.
The problem is, the barrier for development on major consoles is very large. I don't think Nintendo will be giving a official devkit to a 2-man studio any time soon. This is where a lot of Hollywood's creativity comes from, from independent movies that get really popular.
This is also why the PC is the best place to go for innovative, independant games. It's an open standard -- anyone with a computer can make a game. All it takes is some effort.
Perhaps they pulled it to spark conversations like this one? That is, to make it look like the mean old government censored them. It's not the craziest idea I've ever heard.
Or maybe the author asked them to pull it?
I wonder if anyone will bother to find out the truth, or if everyone will just assume Bush is guilty.
As is chonicled in his MP3 archive. So I quoteth the bard:
The Mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking Quake god, got my finger on the trigger and my eye on the quad. I know it's just a game, but I didn't come to play, the Hawkman cometh and he's bringing Doomsday. You say, "impressive", I already know it, I'm a hardcore player and I'm not afraid to show it. I got a Phd in pain and a masters in disaster, the mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster.
You know, if Sony et al. decided not to translate their game covers to English for U.S. release, you know what would happen? No one would buy them. Thus any respectable profit-driven company would quickly recify the situation.
Bingo, problem solved -- without adding more bureaucracy to the system. "Take THAT" indeed.
Actually, head-first is better. Less pain, and you die instantaneously. Qusay Hussein would opt for head-first shredding whenever he felt merciful / bored.
Since there were/are no copyrights, it's not illegal.
Actually, under Saddam, many things weren't illegal. Like feeding people feet-first into shredders, and developing strains of Congo Crimean Hemmoragic Fever.
So technically you are right, the Baathist regime committed no crimes in Iraq, since they defined the law and were legally immune to it anyway.
Realizing that drug using/selling is a voluntary act of trade like any other, there is only one possible argument (although government would never word it like this): You don't own your own body. Government owns your body.
The third possibility is that certain drugs, upon use, work to take away free will. That is to say, their addictive quality. Thus government interference with your body, while not usually good, is better than the direct chemical interference with your thought processes that many illegal drugs do.
Let me ask you: Do you believe that the government should have the power to ban certain items? Should I be able to go down to my local drug store and pick up some cyanide tablets, weapons-grade uranium, cocaine (in fun packets to pass out on Halloween), a fully automatic machine gun, and a kiddie porn mag?
Call me crazy, but I prefer the notion that a government, elected by the people, can outlaw and/or regulate certain things.
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You are a complete idiot. How can you possibly say that the "Iraqis" have been the ones killing American troops? Blowing up the Red Cross? Destroying their own police stations? Cutting their own power lines?
The "resistance" is just the remnants of Saddam's foul old regime, with some foreign help.
America Japan FF1 (NES) = FF1 (famicom) FF2 (famicom FF3 (famicom) FF2 (SNES) = FF4 (super-famicom) FF5 (super-famicom) FF3 (SNES) = FF6 (super-famicom) FF7 (PS1) = FF7 (ps1) Got it?
I've got some extra line-breaks if you need them, guy.
with "Family" in it's name? Why do you hate the American family?! Won't somebody please think of the children!
it will take any remaining shreads of humanity out of war.
You say that like its a bad thing.
If you want, you can check out this list of myths about Mumia. In particular, the last one deals specifically with Arnold Beverly.
The arguments there are long and well-researched, so if you're not up to it, feel free to ignore it all and stick to supporting the murderer.
I believe the word you're looking for is "cite", not "sight". Check dictionary.com to get your definitions straight.
I'm only pointing this out because it's one of those annoying errors that doesn't get caught by a spellchecker. I hate when it happens to me and nobody bothers to point it out.
What I really don't get is why, in all these crass advertising campaigns, it's always Acclaim UK that's doing it. (Go and check if you don't believe me.) Are Britons forever cursed to be the testing bed for low advertising? Any real-life Brits care to illuminate us on this subject?
I believe in education for both sex and violence, personally. Kids need both Sex Ed and Gun Safety, in my book. How many accidental shootings are there a year?
He does have a point about the aging population, though.
And FYI, the Japanese gobble up quite a bit of foreign stuff -- clothing, food, movies, music, Harley Davidsons, etc.
True, but in their defense, teen pregnancy is a much more common problem than teen murderous rampages. Plus, even kids know that violence is bad in real life, while sex feels good and isn't even illegal.
You get what I'm trying to say? They think that kids are more likely to emulate sex than killing.
No, your right to get close to his motorcade is being suppressed. Except that you had no such right in the first place.
And haven't you read the latest polls? More Brits favo(u)r his visit than disdain it.
I do believe it's "PATRIOT Act", as "PATRIOT" is an acronym.
And regardless of the content of the act, you have to admire the wordplay.
Man, Taco, if it's taking you this long to finish "Enter the Matrix", how did you ever have time to play through KOTOR?
(Hint: Update your list!)
This is also why the PC is the best place to go for innovative, independant games. It's an open standard -- anyone with a computer can make a game. All it takes is some effort.
Perhaps they pulled it to spark conversations like this one? That is, to make it look like the mean old government censored them. It's not the craziest idea I've ever heard.
Or maybe the author asked them to pull it?
I wonder if anyone will bother to find out the truth, or if everyone will just assume Bush is guilty.
You know, if Sony et al. decided not to translate their game covers to English for U.S. release, you know what would happen? No one would buy them. Thus any respectable profit-driven company would quickly recify the situation.
Bingo, problem solved -- without adding more bureaucracy to the system. "Take THAT" indeed.
Doesn't that mean that the Xbox has a rather unique library in Japan? Variety is the spice of life, and all that rot.
Yes, we should keep Communism where it belongs: on paper .
Would head first have been better?
Actually, head-first is better. Less pain, and you die instantaneously. Qusay Hussein would opt for head-first shredding whenever he felt merciful / bored.
Since there were/are no copyrights, it's not illegal.
Actually, under Saddam, many things weren't illegal. Like feeding people feet-first into shredders, and developing strains of Congo Crimean Hemmoragic Fever.
So technically you are right, the Baathist regime committed no crimes in Iraq, since they defined the law and were legally immune to it anyway.
2003-10-28 14:32:56 Glimpse into videogaming in Iraq (games,games) (rejected)
;-)
Ah well, I'll consider it my Slashdot coming-of-age.
Realizing that drug using/selling is a voluntary act of trade like any other, there is only one possible argument (although government would never word it like this): You don't own your own body. Government owns your body.
The third possibility is that certain drugs, upon use, work to take away free will. That is to say, their addictive quality. Thus government interference with your body, while not usually good, is better than the direct chemical interference with your thought processes that many illegal drugs do.
Let me ask you: Do you believe that the government should have the power to ban certain items? Should I be able to go down to my local drug store and pick up some cyanide tablets, weapons-grade uranium, cocaine (in fun packets to pass out on Halloween), a fully automatic machine gun, and a kiddie porn mag?
Call me crazy, but I prefer the notion that a government, elected by the people, can outlaw and/or regulate certain things.