Everything posted by Walsingham
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What you having for dinner tonight?
Boerewors and mashed potato tonight, leftovers will go towards my early breakfast tomorrow.
- What you did today
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Almost a quarter of men 'admit to rape in parts of Asia'
OK fine. Two books to read which are perfectly readable in their own right, but which deal with this question of motivation behind rape. The Jigsaw Man, is a book about the work of a British forensic pathologist Berlin; The Downfall is a book about the advance of the Red Army across Germany towards Berlin. Neither are primarily making a 'case' about rape. And as you should see from the reviews they are also good reads. I'm not asking anyone to dedicate precious time to agreeing with me.
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What you did today
Good day's work, so spontaneously invented a ****tail I'm goin to christen a Nuka Noir In highball glass, put double measure pure schnapps, one measure Rose's lime cordial, top up to half full with ice, add ice cold coca cola to taste, float on the surface a half measure of creme de mure. Very refreshing, without being too candified.
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Modern wars
Rather like shooting fish in a barrel, though. I get provoked by stray clouds.
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Some news about Tera
Sorry, mate. As much as I'm intrigued, I just say 'no' to MMOs.
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The Obsidian Cup
I assumed that also. There's nothing wrong with the legendary edition, but if you like it at all you're going to want the chaos edition. BTW, I laughed my ass off at the commentators when the khorne demons take the field.
- Russia tread
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Keyrock's Hopefully Attractive Rodent Thread
I believe I'm correct in thinking that bats urinate while eating, because they have to keep their flying weight down. That's one less redhead I need to worry about.
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The funny things thread
I should imagine it WAS directed at someone, albeit in his head. They should have charged him on that basis.
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What you having for dinner tonight?
Interesting, sounds healthy Sounds to me like the UN will be sending an inspection team unless he eats some parsley later.
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Almost a quarter of men 'admit to rape in parts of Asia'
The key part is "as a result of rejection". It's the feeling of helplessness in the face of frustration that is key.
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Modern wars
Which rather begs the question of what the post was for.
- What you did today
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No such thing as evil - top trumped
When I was a kid, having 'sound judgement' wasn't something to be abhorred. Which is what I take as your meaning. I don't want to be an arse about this, so perhaps you could be more clear before I kick off. Are you honestly suggesting that having a judgemental reaction to this crime is wrong? because I literally can't imagine anything worse. If so, to what end is this magnificent degree of empathetic understanding dedicated?
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Modern wars
I'm just curious. Who exactly do you think believes this? Russians fighting a war without artillery would be like the British fighting a war without losing for the first year.
- Update #63: Stronghold!
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The Obsidian Cup
I hope we are. I know I'm not playing undead in the tourney, but they really come into their own with a few skills. I gave the flesh golems 'dodge' for comedy value. And all the zombies have 'tackle' which compensates a little for their slow speed. I'll be online Sunday, if anyone's going to be about. I guess we just play whenever and whoever? How does it work?
- What you did today
- KaineParker's hopefully attractive women thread.
- KaineParker's hopefully attractive women thread.
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No such thing as evil - top trumped
Chair makes an interesting point about partly wanting to talk about evil so we can externalise it. I also liked his point about it being a fictionalised scenario. However, I'm struggling to understand how this drive to grapple with reality meshes with what I feel is an overly academic view of the criminal acts at issue. I look at this criminal and despite being trained to take an analytical perspective I am not analytical. I am revolted. I fear, despise, and hate that anyone would want to treat an innocent in the way he planned to do. I am still more revolted by the thought that such crimes actually are committed and recorded for the enjoyment of other people like this. Yes I externalise it. I reject it utterly. I want to expunge it from creation. I might care to understand why he did this. I might listen carefully and attentively to him. But the only reason I would do so would be to expunge it more speedily and thoroughly. I view the overly 'understanding' man as one plummeting to his doom from a rooftop, studying the patterns of the cobblestones below. No doubt you feel that this is an overly emotional reaction. But I think we all can see how public policy is dominated by a bureaucratic indifference to real suffering, and an obsession with minutiae. We don't do nearly enough to tackle evil, and far too much fiddle-faddling with trivia.
- KaineParker's hopefully attractive women thread.
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Almost a quarter of men 'admit to rape in parts of Asia'
Christ on a 50 year sentence...
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What you having for dinner tonight?
In the mood for oxtail at the moment. From different butchers, hoping it's as good. Cooking it with lentils and onion, pepper salt. Maybe some sage. Keep it simple. Ribsticking comfort food. Tried out guinness 'malta' drink. I like the b vitamin hit, and it's not so sweet as other malts I've had. Probably buy again, if the mood is on me.