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"As to the Israeli's winning. The only reason they've been winning is because they have constant military support (although not direct) from the US. Oh, and economic support in the form of millions/billions of dollars being funneled into the state. " Oh, please. palestine also gets aid from the US and others. And, Hamas has multiple countries supporting their 'war' effort. The only reason Isreal is winning is because they arehave superior forces. Still, I like how people will point out stuff about Isreakl when he works the same for Palestine. L0L

"If that support is lost, they're dead meat because the local Arabic states will pop in and just steamroll them in a Jihad." The Arabs tried that before... it didn't work out so well.. in fact, it cost Palestinians even more land. And, now Isreal has nukes so the Arabs aren't gonna able tot ake a direct approach any time soon. This idea that palestinians are more 'legit' there than isreal is stupid since the Palestinians themselves are not exactly standing on solid ground in terms of claims themselves. Instead of worrying about the past, it's the future that should be looked at. Everyone seems to miss that.

Exactly.

"So you're saying that the Jewish people should keep their rights to the land they'd been forced off of a millennium ago because of a "homeland" claim from that time? What makes THEIR "homeland" inherently THEIRS rather than anyone else's? I mean, what's to claim that I should own Ireland because I can trace my bloodline back to an King there? It's my ancient homeland that my family ruled 1000 years ago... a more current claim than that of the Jewish peoples." So.. if part a owns land... then party b steal party a land... then party c steals land from party b.. then years later party a steals land from party c... party c wins the moral rights to land ebcause they owned it 'most recently'? WTF? That's like if a robber steals froma robber who stole from me has more rights to what theys tole than I do? WTFH Espicially, since once again, the whole concept of Palestinians and Palestine is some refroming of history to begin with. The background of the whole area is a mess.

Being a dragon is by far the worst aprt of DD2. Almsot ruined the game since it was pure crap.

"I'm confused, aren't Jews originally from a tribe that lived in that land from thousands of years ago? What makes the Palestinians claim to the area more valid than the Jews? " Come on. Don't you know. There's a time limit. Plus, they're jews. they don't deserve nothing according to certain people.

Fast food doesn't make you fat. If it did, I'd be a million lbs. Laziness makes you fat. Or actual body/health issues.

"Player Agency. " What a meaningless phrase since all games have player agency. Anyways, my reasoning for liking RPGs is even more meaningless than yours - i find them fun.

The root of the problem is much deeper, more complex, and more long term than that. Besdies, as I said above, nobody treats muslims worse than other muslims. More proof: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/25/pakistan-bomb-ashura_n_2188019.html?icid=maing-grid7|aim|dl1|sec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D237904 The Isreal-Palestine problem isn't really about land. It's about bigotry from both sides. Anyone who thinks that Palestine woudl treat isreal better if positions were reversed are delusional. And, I have hard time feeling sorry for crocodile tears when people point out how weak or ineffectual Hamas/Palestine is when they cosntanyl lob missles into Isreal AND make a habit of murdering Palestinians. not to mention, all the whining by other Muslim/Arab ME coutnries when thsoe same countries treat Palestinians as bad if not worse than Isreal does. Isreal does a lot of crappy **** but that is not why they're considered the enemy. Plus, as much as people make a big of Isreal being a 'fake' country (which doesn't even make sense), Palestine is no more 'real'. Palestine and Palestinians are relatively modern concept themselves.The land the Palestinians and their cheerleaders claim is thirs was not originally theirs either. Still, the violence won't stop out both sides feel murdering one another won't accomplish their goals. They don't seem to get that. Thankfully, I live in NA, where we are above such stupidity.

"And Israel has probably been indirectly at fault for the deaths of MANY more Muslims in the occupied territories than Hamas or anyone else ever would." No. Muslims have killed more muslims than any other religion ever has.

"I wonder whether there will be romances (as if Viconia/Kivan, Skie/Eldoth/Garrick and Coran/Safana don't bring enough soap opera drama already) and how the Girdle of Femininity/Masculinity will affect them. " I don't think they're allowed to do any writing for already exisiting characters or plots. Therefore, only roamnces will be with the new characters.

How is throwing away Palestinian lives 'winning'? Oh yea, my bad, Hamas doesn't care about their fellow Palestians as evidenced by the fact they enjoy murdering them.

Hamas doesn't care about the Palestinian people. They have a nasty habit of murdering Palestians. Yet people keep this falsehood on how all Hamas wants is a Free Palestine. What they want is power. And, they will murder to get it - Jew or Muslim it don't matter. Looking at the casualty rate.. I wouldn't doubt that Hamas murdered more Palestinians then they killed Isrealis. Pathetic. ."The Israeli have proven time and time again that diplomacy with them is useless. In "peace time" the Isreali simply spend their time systematically stealing Palestinian homes and land. " This is why I can tell you are a not so secret anti Isreali bigot. isreal is guilty of lots of bad things but you try to whitewash Palestine's part in the thing and amke thee excuse that they are 'weaker'. Beingw eak ism not an excuse for poor behaviour. This works both ways. Diplomacy has proven not to work with Hamas specifically or Palestine in general. And, the only reason Hamas agrees with 'peace talks' is because they use that time to build up their rocket supply adn recruit new people. And, when i say recruit, I don't just mean,"Hi you wanna join against the enemy!?!". It's mroe like 'Join us or die and your family will die!" L0LZ

"Golly mister, you suuuure showed me! Hyuk-hyuk! You are not in any way comparing apples to oranges!" Looks silly when it's not you posting it? Here's an idea, don't post such silliness in the first place.

Oh, look at that. A fireball. Never saw one of these before. Worst part of the game, bar none. *rolleyes*

"It's within their power to end the violence" No. It takes both sides to end violence. Isreal can stop attacking but that won't neccessarily stop the other side and vice versa. It's a two side war so it takes two sides to end it. "1. I think that the right to israels existence kind of fits in my point 5, respecting the borders. 2. You are correct, both sides are guilty, I never believed otherwise. I did however point out the difference in relative power. 3. While you mention that palestine hasn't let up in firing rockets over the past time, the amount obviously increased. As much rockets as they send, Israel has the same or more small military teams entering palestine, again much more deadly."

"For a lasting peace to exist, I believe the following needs to happen. 1. Palestine needs to be recognised as a sovereign state. This will give them access to UN support, including the peace corps helping out, and the rights Palestine will have. (such as the right not to be invaded by a foreign power) 2. Hamas needs to be made into a professional army. this would end the cell-structure we know from terrorist and guerrilla organisations, and end the problems of one cell not following orders from up ahead. (such as not independently deciding to attack Israel with rockets, which an angry man on his own might decide to do faster than an organised army would. This would give accountability for actions as well, allowing the Palestinian leadership to control Hamas and prevent it from escalating the situation. Also, when this happens, it means that any action done by a member of Hamas can no longer be claimed to be independent, the work of lone fools. 3. The (majority opinion says illegal) Blockade needs to end. the only ones suffering are the Palestinian people as the rebels/terrorists have access to the tunnel smuggling networks anyway and these remain largely intact, despite heavy bombardments by the Israeli airforce. When the Blockade ends, the people of Palestine have some chance of self-determination again. 4. Israel needs to stop funding settlers, and these annexed settlements need to be removed. 5. Palestine needs to accept that they're not going back to the 1967 borders. " You forgot a rather important one: Hamas/Palestine needs to accept Isreal's right to exist. Otherwise, these are all pretty reasonable since in real negotiations both sides need to 'give up' certain things. Still, the fact you try to blame Isreal for the violence is silly. They're at fault but so is Palestine. hiding behind Hamas is silly ana cop out. Hamas is the legally chosen gov't of Palestine currently. "If you're seeing a pattern here of Israel playing the victim you'd not be the only one to view it as such." I never claimed Isreal was simply a 'victim'. But,t hyat's what palestinian supporters try to make Palestine out to be. It isn't. It's as guilty as Isreal. the only difference is the level of power involved. "And while Hamas is internationally recognized (after much lobbying by Israel, and a terror attack in Munich) as a terrorist organization." Sadly, that's what Hamas is. Look at their manifesto. Look at what they purpsoefully target - civilian buses. There is no militaristic reason to do so. "instead let's just go to a few days ago. Israel announces that they killed a Hamas leader." ANd? A Hamas leader who runs udner the banner of an organziation/gov't whose motto is that isreal doesn't deserve to exist. Doesn't sound like that someone Isreal should feel sorry about killing. "They did so with a bomb and quite a bit of "collateral damage" IE many innocents killed." Agreed. It is horrible. But, you don't seem to mind when Isreali civilians are killed. Nor do you seem to care when Hams murders Palestinians. Why is that? "This Particular Hamas leader was well liked." And? Obviously not by those he wish to destroy. "That's when Hamas, the terrorist organisation, started lobbing rockets over the wall. They can't do much more than that. (but I certainly don't condone it) And Israel, come election time, has got a nice project going on." Wait a sec. You think them lobbing rockets is new or that it *just* started again? Hams lobs rockets pretty much constantly. This isn't new at all. It surely isn't a reaction to anything new. It's a matter of course. But, again, nobody talks about it b/c you know big deal it's only a few rockets. L0L "But when you tally the damage, it is always, has always been, and always will be the Palestinians that suffer the most." This is true, and is definitely sad. But, it doesn't make them any betetr than isreal or more of the victims. Just because Palestine is the weaker side doesn't make them 'better' in the moral sense. Both are in the wrong. Period.

Obvious delusion. They chose to be more lazy and you give them credit for it. L0L BG series fanboys make me sad.

"You are comparing game that could transfer your CHOICES to the next game to a game that could transfer only your pc's stats. Why? " They could have transferred more data but BIO chose not to. They also trasnferred equipment as welln but chose only to transfer a handful of stuff. Why defend one but not the other?

You are making excuses for BIO/BG2. Why?

"You couldn't transfer your choices via save file to BG2, thus you can't expect the game know what you did in the first game." Yes, you do. And, the game even mocks you when you talk to the returning NPCs. 'I thoguht I killed you!" L0LZ On top of what Alan said, people whined about not being able to keep all their BG1 'ph@t lewt' (except for a handful of random stuff like those stupid pants).

How about a no rocket zone in both Palestine and Isreal? People say nothing about cosntant rocket atatcks but once Isreal 'fights back' it's on.

I find it silly that people seem to think returning npcs in BG2 is a-okay after you killed them in BG1 but somehow people burst a blood vessel when it occurs in DA2. It's ridiculous. And, who cares if it was 'hyped'. The result is the same. It didn't ruin BG2 nor did it ruin DA2. ideally, for me, there'd be more continuity but since no game has really done it, seems like agrbage to be beyond harsh over it in one game - of course it seems to be BIO who remains the target (just ask the ME series) yet other companies get free passes. L0L

"I have serious doubts that any creatively significant work can be forced into a perpetual yearly release schedule. Anything and everything would degenerate to repetition at best, garbage at worst." Wrong. The NHl series is awesome and it is released every year.

"every other time I stabbed him in the neck with the magic instant permadeath knife but he magically came back to life for DA2. lolbioware " Welcome to BG2. Just BIO keeping up with 'ol skool tradition. :D "It's best to not make assumptions over how much money was spent on VA (or even the total budget of the project), nor make up numbers over how many people skip the voice overs in our other games" Wait... So, i heard wrong? KOTOR MMO didn't cost 1 billion dollars?!?