Ha ha, I didn't consider that. It is painful isn't it? I know my English is far from perfect but still, you wonder why some people even bother trying to write.
I think Warcraft 3 and WoW did a pretty good job of portraying things in shades of grey, not the narrow black and white vision that you see. There are good orcs and bad orcs. Good tauren and bad tauren. Some goblins want money, others are amazing engineers. Undead, the type of characters who tend to be nasty again are good and bad.
Would you not agree though that the tauren race in WoW have a pretty good history. Honourable warriors living in harmony with the land. Also, tauren druids find themselves working with night elf druids - putting the conflict aside to further their want to protect the land.
You fail to mention one very important point. Let's look at the Horde faction. The Horde is comprised of a number of races all working together. Based on this scientific study you mention, would playing a game where different races work together as a team help people in real-life to be more open-minded?
People like you who make such shallow comparisons between harmless things and the holocaust cheapen the memory of those who died. I think you're seeing racism where there is none. Have a look at the developer credits, don't these names seem a bit too diverse for the developers to be a bunch of red-necks?
I've been playing WoW in Europe pretty much since day 1 and have honestly not seen any racist comments and believe me, I play a lot.
Saying that you are seeing this in guild-chat is like calling an entire country of people racist because the people you go to the pub with are paid up KKK members. Sounds like you need to find a new guild
Those emails are painful to read. I was wondering how they are meant to work.
Let's say I'm a tech-novice. To me, those emails look like the work of a semi-literate. Would I really want to buy medicine from them?
As a techie, I can see that they are dliberately trying to bypass spam filters which means that I instantly disregard their email.
Funny email arrived recently claiming to be from Wells Fargo. Of course I don't even have a Wells Fargo account but even if I did, would I really be tricked since they spelt their own company name as 'Wells Forgo'?
Realistically, the most common reason for shutting a mac down would have to be when you've installed a software update that requires a restart. Freezes just shouldn't really happen as long as the hardware is good. They're not impossible but then, it's not common for a naked maniac with a sword to rampage through a church in London but it did happen once;-)
I think you're on to something there. It might be more sensible to ask them to turn the music down before you phone BMG or EMI demanding that they sue your neighbour for an illegal public performance.
That's going to save me some time and hassle. Thanks!. Hang on, maybe I was being sarcastic in my first post, naaahhh not possible.
That might happen in the US but in Ireland we are a bit more sensible.
If this happened here, your neighbour would be arrested for an illegal public performance of copyrighted materials.
Funny enough, IMRO and their foreign cousins could do so much to restore their shitty images if they would use this public performance licence to sue the little white guys who cruise around here in their cars with rap or R&B playing at insane levels.
Buying products from a company I know to be ethical adds value for me.
If it were legal, would you buy the cheapest product knowing that the company making it provides funding for guerilla groups who kidnap children, fill them with drugs and turn them in to child-soldiers?
if your answer is yes, then you've got a pretty interesting moral compass. If your answer is no, then you're making a decision based on idiological reasons.
Would the various genocides from the old testament be a case of mistranslation.
Was Jesus healing the lame a result of mis-translation?
Either the Bible is the infallible word of God or it's just another book written by man. if it's the latter then Christianity merely becomes a philosophical outlook.
Hey, I meant to ask you something else. I was brought up in fairly relaxed Catholic family. Went to Catholic schools but only really went to church when someone was being christened, married or buried. I recently went to a wedding at an Anglican church and found it quite interesting. I think weddings tend to be a bit relaxed anyway but the overall feeling in the place was quite different. Seemed more relaxed and also interesting to see a female vicar. The layout of the church was quite different as well. very few statues around the place and not much gold.
Have you visted any churches outside of the religion or denominiation you're most familiar with?
I think the quotes make it fairly clear that he wasn't exclusively nice. He had flaws.
This is what allows him (assuming he existed) to teach. I don't think it's possible for fallible people to learn from someone who is completely flawless. If you know that your teacher is flawless, how can you possibly live up to that.
However, if you accept that he was human and subject to the same flaws and temptations as we are, it makes his achievements ever greater.
I suspect that you haven't met him either yet you assert do what I did. you provide an interpretation of his message based on ancient texts. I don't either of us is completely right or wrong and I can accept that.
According to Pentagon moves to shed Guantanamo numbers, 211 prisoners were transfered, of these 146 were then released. 10 of these prisoners being captured or killed in Iraq is disappointing but still not unexpected. Some of these people are lunatics without a doubt.
Presumably, if there simply wasn't evidence to charge them witha crime, then they should have been released. They can't just hold these people because they fear that they may do something in the future.
Hearings are not the same as having proper access to a court of law. The big problem here seems to be that these people are being held in legal limbo. This is the common perception and this damages America's ability to fight the lunatics who would drag the world down in to a holy war.
I'm not suggesting that these people are innocent. The point though is that there has to be some due process here. Yes, it does look like they are being treated well. Still, the guy I keep chained up in my basement is allowed to watch all his favourite television shows. Doesn't make his kidnapping any more legitimate.
Just because these people were not wearing uniforms doesn't mean that they can simply be locked away indefinitely without a fair hearing.
If America and it's allies are to win in the long term, we have to occupy the moral high ground. We have to show that this is a noble cause. If the US locks up people like this, no matter how nicely they are treated, it still creates resentment.
If the US is trying to share the wonders of democracy and freedom with the world, seems to me that denying these people the same freedoms is hardly a great advert. Saying that it's not against the law is along the same lines as saying "I was just following orders". Something doesn't have to be illegal for it to be wrong.
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Ha ha, I didn't consider that. It is painful isn't it? I know my English is far from perfect but still, you wonder why some people even bother trying to write.
I think Warcraft 3 and WoW did a pretty good job of portraying things in shades of grey, not the narrow black and white vision that you see. There are good orcs and bad orcs. Good tauren and bad tauren. Some goblins want money, others are amazing engineers. Undead, the type of characters who tend to be nasty again are good and bad.
Would you not agree though that the tauren race in WoW have a pretty good history. Honourable warriors living in harmony with the land. Also, tauren druids find themselves working with night elf druids - putting the conflict aside to further their want to protect the land.
You fail to mention one very important point. Let's look at the Horde faction. The Horde is comprised of a number of races all working together. Based on this scientific study you mention, would playing a game where different races work together as a team help people in real-life to be more open-minded?
People like you who make such shallow comparisons between harmless things and the holocaust cheapen the memory of those who died. I think you're seeing racism where there is none. Have a look at the developer credits, don't these names seem a bit too diverse for the developers to be a bunch of red-necks?
WoW credits
One last thing, can you link to this scientific evidence you mentioned? I'm going to be off-line for a few days but I'd love to read it when I'm back.
Today must be 'wheel out the generalisations day' or something. Where do you stand on this whole racism thing?
I've been playing WoW in Europe pretty much since day 1 and have honestly not seen any racist comments and believe me, I play a lot.
Saying that you are seeing this in guild-chat is like calling an entire country of people racist because the people you go to the pub with are paid up KKK members. Sounds like you need to find a new guild
Those emails are painful to read. I was wondering how they are meant to work.
Let's say I'm a tech-novice. To me, those emails look like the work of a semi-literate. Would I really want to buy medicine from them?
As a techie, I can see that they are dliberately trying to bypass spam filters which means that I instantly disregard their email.
Funny email arrived recently claiming to be from Wells Fargo. Of course I don't even have a Wells Fargo account but even if I did, would I really be tricked since they spelt their own company name as 'Wells Forgo'?
I knew there had to be at least one interesting person on Slashdot!
BTW. I should have posted this link, it's quite a bizarre story and happened not to far from where I used to live.
Man with chopper
Realistically, the most common reason for shutting a mac down would have to be when you've installed a software update that requires a restart. Freezes just shouldn't really happen as long as the hardware is good. They're not impossible but then, it's not common for a naked maniac with a sword to rampage through a church in London but it did happen once ;-)
Forget the guess-work. Just sit back and enjoy watching Hillary chasing ambulances and hope one of them hits her.
Arguably the funniest post ever!
Thing is, there were consequences. He was convicted and a sentence passed. Hopefully he won't be silly enough to re-offend.
What other consequences would you suggest?
I think you're on to something there. It might be more sensible to ask them to turn the music down before you phone BMG or EMI demanding that they sue your neighbour for an illegal public performance.
That's going to save me some time and hassle. Thanks!. Hang on, maybe I was being sarcastic in my first post, naaahhh not possible.
That might happen in the US but in Ireland we are a bit more sensible.
If this happened here, your neighbour would be arrested for an illegal public performance of copyrighted materials.
Funny enough, IMRO and their foreign cousins could do so much to restore their shitty images if they would use this public performance licence to sue the little white guys who cruise around here in their cars with rap or R&B playing at insane levels.
Buying products from a company I know to be ethical adds value for me.
If it were legal, would you buy the cheapest product knowing that the company making it provides funding for guerilla groups who kidnap children, fill them with drugs and turn them in to child-soldiers?
if your answer is yes, then you've got a pretty interesting moral compass. If your answer is no, then you're making a decision based on idiological reasons.
Now that's piss-poor.
By the way, what does "ABC on and off" mean?
Would the various genocides from the old testament be a case of mistranslation.
Was Jesus healing the lame a result of mis-translation?
Either the Bible is the infallible word of God or it's just another book written by man. if it's the latter then Christianity merely becomes a philosophical outlook.
Cheers, much appreciated.
Hey, I meant to ask you something else. I was brought up in fairly relaxed Catholic family. Went to Catholic schools but only really went to church when someone was being christened, married or buried. I recently went to a wedding at an Anglican church and found it quite interesting. I think weddings tend to be a bit relaxed anyway but the overall feeling in the place was quite different. Seemed more relaxed and also interesting to see a female vicar. The layout of the church was quite different as well. very few statues around the place and not much gold.
Have you visted any churches outside of the religion or denominiation you're most familiar with?
BTW. I'm having some guests over to the house tonight so would appreciate it if you could avoid screaming for help. It really freaks out my guests. ;-)
Yeah, it's a healthy world where people speak their minds but can still sit down afterwards and enjoy a cup of tea.
BTW. Despite what the mod was thinking, I wasn't flaming. Thanks for the pleasant conversation.
Thanks for the links. Yeah, this doesn't exactly look like a way to show the world that you're defending freedom and fighting tryanny.
I think the quotes make it fairly clear that he wasn't exclusively nice. He had flaws.
This is what allows him (assuming he existed) to teach. I don't think it's possible for fallible people to learn from someone who is completely flawless. If you know that your teacher is flawless, how can you possibly live up to that.
However, if you accept that he was human and subject to the same flaws and temptations as we are, it makes his achievements ever greater.
I suspect that you haven't met him either yet you assert do what I did. you provide an interpretation of his message based on ancient texts. I don't either of us is completely right or wrong and I can accept that.
heh heh.
Even if it's spelt correctly, jihad still doesn't make sense to anyone with an ounce of reasoning.
According to Pentagon moves to shed Guantanamo numbers, 211 prisoners were transfered, of these 146 were then released. 10 of these prisoners being captured or killed in Iraq is disappointing but still not unexpected. Some of these people are lunatics without a doubt.
Presumably, if there simply wasn't evidence to charge them witha crime, then they should have been released. They can't just hold these people because they fear that they may do something in the future.
Hearings are not the same as having proper access to a court of law. The big problem here seems to be that these people are being held in legal limbo. This is the common perception and this damages America's ability to fight the lunatics who would drag the world down in to a holy war.
I'm not suggesting that these people are innocent. The point though is that there has to be some due process here. Yes, it does look like they are being treated well. Still, the guy I keep chained up in my basement is allowed to watch all his favourite television shows. Doesn't make his kidnapping any more legitimate.
Just because these people were not wearing uniforms doesn't mean that they can simply be locked away indefinitely without a fair hearing.
If America and it's allies are to win in the long term, we have to occupy the moral high ground. We have to show that this is a noble cause. If the US locks up people like this, no matter how nicely they are treated, it still creates resentment.
If the US is trying to share the wonders of democracy and freedom with the world, seems to me that denying these people the same freedoms is hardly a great advert. Saying that it's not against the law is along the same lines as saying "I was just following orders". Something doesn't have to be illegal for it to be wrong.
But there's a good reason why the people staying at Guantanamo have no rights.
Cheney says that they are bad people
Seems that due process isn't needed if the government believes that you're a bad person.
Jesus wasn't the super nice guy that mainstream christian teaching would like to have everyone believe.
What would Jesus do?