Volourn

"at the same time being a rapist is an accidental effect due to said machismo." By definition, rape can never be 'accidental'. Also, rape is always sexual. Other things can play a role but sex is #1. Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluded. "I'm curious about over-representation in the media as well." I'm sure it is under under represented in the media. "but apparently only 1 in 6 women report the act." if it is unreported, how do you know this? the illogicalness of this statement is hialrious. "However, knowing victims of rape I would assert without hesitation that the victim is the woman whose body has been violated. They are the ones who lie awake at night. They are the ones who kill themselves, or are the ones who get killed by their supposed fellow victims in order to restore some spurious honour. They are those ones who bleed, or contract HIV, or have forced pregnancies." I agree but I'll change one thing. The victim is the one was raped. Gender does not matter.

"Rape is not actually about the sex, its mostly about power" This isn't completely true. Rape is ofyen about sex. This idea that rape is only about power is myth. "and the thought of power over women." That explains all the males that get raped. Did you hear that people? Men get raped because it is about the thoguht of power over women.

The fact he pretends to be religious and spouts the Christian belief of peace and harmony is a joke since Putin has no problem murdeirng people inc old blood. I'm not religious mysefl but it's laughable that he pretends to be a religious person. He's a piece of crap therefore his opinion is moot. Plus, he talks about the Un like it's some sacred thing when he doesn't obey the UN ever and flaunts Russia powerful veto (just as the US does) to counter the 'majority'.

“And so what if he ‘got’ Bin Laden? The head of the CIA comes to him and says ‘we’ve found Bin Laden, shall we kill him?’. What was he gonna do? Say ‘no’?." Touche. "He added: “Anyway, I’ve learned my lesson. No more adolescent, liberal hero-worshipping for me. “That said, I do think George Clooney would make a fantastic president.”" L0L "It just takes a little longer for some people to realize it than others (kind of like that Mass Effect series was horrible)." ME series is fantastic.

"Did you ever play TOR? Quite a few folks here seemed to enjoy it. Regardless, it's really not the same genre, so you might be overreacting.." I try to avoid playing ****ty games. When I don't you get Twitcher scenarios. The guy is a piece of crap loser and the fact he ran FAKE BIO as opposed to REAL BIO does not impress me much. Or at all.

"Something like 50% of the sexual assaults that occur in the U.S. are never reported by victims as a result of said culture." if they're not reported, how do we know they occur? "the patriarchal rape culture" l0lz

"If someone is so drunk they can't made informed decisions then they can't consent to sex. Exactly how much alcohol that is varies from person to person. When in doubt, keep your pants on." So... you are suggesting we have a blood alcohol test and limit for sex just like driving, right? Bottom line is if two people are at a bar, they've both been drinking and are obviously drunk, they both say yes/consent to sex that is not rape. Period. There is no 'take backies'. the argument that you are too drunk to say yes is asanine logic espciially since both parties in that situation are likely drunk so going by insane troll logic they are BOTH rapists. lMAO That doesn't make sense and insults real rape victims. Afterall, how many men (and women for that matter)m wake up the next day regreting their sex partner/one night stand before. Never heard the saying she/he was a 9 when drunk but only a 5 when sober? P.S. This is a different situation than if you see a passed out drunk and you 'help yourself' to sex. That is obviously rape.

"after all if you buy a woman a drink you're degrading her ability to make rational decisions," I never really got the argument that if you have sex with a woman who is drunk that you a e raping her because supposedly she can't say 'yes'; int hat state, since chances are the man in question in question is also drunk so going by that logic.. did the woman also rape the man in that situation? IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. I always thought being drunk should not be sued as ane xcuse for poor decisions. if a woman (or a man) sleeps with someone while drunk and thenr egrets it later TOO BAD SO SAD.

The idiot in charge of FAKE Bio Austin is now in charge of REAL BIO Edmonton. L0L Talk about lame. Now,w e're stuck with the ****show that is TOR lameness.

You want more proof how Coughlin is overrated? This is a guy who ****canned a good RB in Brandon Jacobs and labeled and slammed him as ';finished' yet now is BEGGING Jacobs to return to the team after the game 1 debacle. LMAO

And, if the no means yes thing than women can be guilty of it as well. In fact, I watch Big Brother (yeah yeah I know reality tv lol), and there's a pushy woman on there who constantly pushes for sex from her 'showmance' and he constantly says no and even pushes her off, but she keeps coming and eventually he stops fighting. I guess that is rape too. L0L

Despite all the good stuff that came out about DA3 recently, expect it to suck with the news that was released today. R900fles!

"(Volo doesn't count. If I look around a bit I'm sure I can still find a thread where he called Coughlin the worst coach ever. R00fles!)" Coughlin's success is 100% because of Eli. Whose decision was it to get rid of our good Rbs and stick us with crappy ones? Inspite of Eli's 3 interceptions (2 of which weren't his fault), he was gangbusters throwing 4TDs and for 400+ yards. Coughlin may not be the 'worst' coach but he is not the reason why the Giants are so competitive.

"They had opportunity after opportunity after opportunity to grind out a drive and ice the game and they failed every time. The only reason they won is because Manning threw yet another pick. They didn't close out anything, the G-Men handed them that win, even after the Cowboys tried to hand it back again and again and again. There is a difference between closing a game out and having a game handed to you. I've been watching the Cowboys for decades. In the last several years it's been the same story again and again. They get a lead and head into the 4th. At this point a good team would grind out a 6 or 7 minute capped off by a score which would kill the clock and ice the game. The Cowboys regularly fail to do this and more often than not lose because of it. The Giants simply tried to lose harder than the Cowboys this time around." Cowboys closed out. Period. btw, Eli didn't 'throw' a pick no matter what the stats say there. His receiver decided to be a juggler not a catcher.

"As usual, the Cowboys couldn't close a game out in the 4th quarter" What game were you watching? They came into the 4th with the lead and ended it with the lead. That is the definition of closing. It doesn't matter if the other team did poor. Dallas was better on this night and I say that as a Giants fan. Don't make stuff up. Lying is rude.

People who demand others grieve in a certain way or the same exact way they do are pieces of crap who have no empathy (yes, I'm a ware of the irony here) and deserve no respect. I loathe anyone who would try to tell me how I should grieve. Condolsesnces for your loss.

"Baldur's Gate Trilogy" There is no BG trilogy so how do you manage that?

I nearly watched that film simply for that 'controversial' scene. L0L

But, Peyton is too old, too crippled, and it was all his Indy receivers to still be a top QB. L0L I like when people claimed his career was finished. L0LZ

Looks good but a little too clean.

"simply makes all characters elves. " Elves weren't all that popular either. Majority went human, but screw the majoirty. they're idiots. DWARVES ALL THE WAY!!! "He and I attribute this to a lack of 'empathizability' (the dwarves are pretty tolkien-esque; tired and drab - they aren't presented in any interesting way at the beginning of DA:O either, so there isn't a compelling reason to pick them)" No. The dwarves were less Tolkienized than the humans. For one thing, DA dwarves are much more cuthroat than your typical Tolkien/D&D dwarf. They certainly weren't 'LG' ala DnD nor were they 'cutesy' Tolkien type either.

All the hype over DA3 got me into replaying DA series. Just finished DA1 and am now starting DA2.

Don't know the numbers for DA dwarves lore wise but in D&D, dwarves can be as tall as 5'0".

But, why? What's the point? Why play a mage if you want to pretend to be a warrior. Isn't the point of mages is to use MAGIC not physical weapons. Too many LOTR fanboys. Don't get me wrong, sword weilding mages can be fun if not overused and it makes sense.

Don't be so butthurt.