Meshugger

I think you misunderstand the reasons why I sympathize with forum censorship. Originally, I didn't, but I guess such things come with age and experience. There can be very harsh language in some other parts of the web, like for example RPG Codex. The "General Discussion" subforum there used to consist of about 100% racism, communists, porn pictures, outrageous sexism and so on. On the other hand there's an almost total absence of that kind of behaviour here on these boards, even though there must reasonably be an almost 100% overlap regarding common interests between the members of the forums. That is the most relevant example since the boards are otherwise so similar, but I have lots of experience with (too) liberal moderators in other forums as well. I really appreciate the more grown-up civilized tone here, and I've come to think that it is likely the result of moderation and censorship, no matter how much the idealist in me would like it to be otherwise. Like you did earlier, you bring up specific instances of moral issues. Of course I also prefer free speech to not being offended (indeed I think it's rather impossible to offend me in the first place anyway, so that's pretty much a non-question...), but that's really irrelevant here. My reasons for supporting censorship (here on these forums, in some form similar to it's current one) are not moral, but pragmatic. I want a civilized debate and as far as my experiences go, this is better achieved with some censorship. So if you want to reduce it to a utility question (I'll reply to this in advance): yes, for me it appears more useful with a civilized debate than the right to offend someone. But of course, the opportunity is always there for you to come up with a captivating and intellectually challenging discussion centered around genitals, fecal matter and Nazi symbolism. If you do, maybe also the mods will be tempted to lift the censorship. The sad part about this, is that the are really few places on the internet where there's actual effert to have free speech-forums. RPGCodex is one of them, and there's a swedish one that i visit as well: Flashback. That's about it from the top of my head.

It's an analogy to if the tables were turned (Political Islam being peaceful compared to Political Christianity).

Just to point out to the rest of the forum, there was practically one fight with a "medborgargarde" (=meaning some nationalists in their own neighbourhood) after like 5 nights of cars burning, stones throwing and general arson. The cause is having immigrants packed in neighbourhoods (not ghettos) that have absolutely no future since the ones doing this are petty criminals that don't even have a driver's license since they either have 1) a criminal records or 2) are analphabets that cannot even finish high-school because they are simply too dumb. Combine it with a nice welfare-state and them blaming everyone but themselves for their own mistakes, leaving them not even really rioting, they are just "having som fun with the cops". You reap what sow Sweden.

Snatched from another forum. I thought that the perspective was interesting.

I have to say as an owner of a PS3 for the only reason being my blu-ray-player: My god, what a cluster-**** It's like MS took the conversation between Denton and Morpheus and thougth: "Yeah, he is completely right!"

Since the communist experiment failed, the nazis in Germany and the fascists in Italy lost a great war, it leaves islam as the only totalitarian political movement that is considered socially acceptable to be "moderate" about. I mean, you cannot be expected to be taken seriously by calling yourself a "moderate fascist". So i do not see an end to this before either 1) One or a number of states going full islam and fail completely and utterly by themselves or 2) there's a great war ending with Mecca being bombed back to the stone ages.

To sooth your mind: He was already dead (driven over by a car multiple times) before they proceeded to cut off his head. Allah is merciful.

So, it's a radicalized muslim again? I think the most discusting about this is how it was done: a beheading with a knife. Jesus....

25 degrees outside, it's summertime!

Maybe we should just cut the middleman and get to the root of the problem: Humans. There's too many of us; why let the animal kingdom or nature in general suffer? The only morally right thing to do is to discard some of us, oh wait...

Since Oby seems to try to change the subject of every thread that he posts in, i suggest that his tag should be changed to "Master goal post shifter" or something similar.

The old town in in Tallin is nice, a very hansian architecture. And they have nice spa's.

Geez, if I'm going to commit a crime, I need to do it in Norway. I've stayed at hotels worse than that. As someone who's been to Norway, i can tell that compared to norwegian standards, that place is a dump. You guys probably haven't understand how incredibly rich that country is, i mean i've seen fishermen live in houses that looks like mansions compared to other scandinavian standards.

Good. Now get out of the middle east and let them solve their own problems.

What? Aren't prostitutes boosting soldier morale or what? They're trained killers after all.

Not entirely true, while socio-economic causes play a great role, there's also this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoamine_oxidase_A But it is very difficult to approach since 1) You have to acknowledge biology as a factor, which pretty much goes against the very idea that all are inheritly equal. 2) It would divide people between those that slight touch of "evil" in them, and those that have not.

Into the Wild Wow.

I would only support it if the family of the victim have to kill the murderer by themselves. Of course, there has to be safeguards as well, like from a judge with a weird sense of humor. "Mrs handlesworth, I see due to your high age and muscular capability that you cannot render justice with a 50lbs claymore. So therefore, i sentenced the accused to die by the hands of Mrs handlesworth, equipped with a broom and a spoon"

Well, better on the doll than on the significant other.

What i see is that there's a demographic, a market segment if you may, to capitalize from. That doesn't exclude AAA-games at all really.

Gary moore actually asks very interesting and poignant questions on man's nature, relationship to war and its corresponding consequences in a veeery catching way.

Pretty much. I see it is as a proof that humans have a huge demand to express themselves freely.

Shouldn't we just throw quotes from Sun Tzu left and right by now?

I'm afraid that newtonian physics are banned by the mages guild in D&D becuase it undermines their monopoly on the school of alteration.

That power supply looks like it is barely hanging in there despite being (probably) screwed to the back panel.