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I very nearly did my first time. But luckily for him my aim is lousy.

I knew this had to be spam because he appeared to be responding to Volo.

I could totally go for some devilled gecko kidneys on mashed potato right about now.

I agree, for the same reasons.

I know what you mean, my first play through I let it go and just grit my teeth. Very nice to have the option, though. Even if I could have used a few more opportunities to explain that they were being stupid. "Hey, Mister! Yeah, Mister! We reckon you could annihilate the tribe of our enemies. They stronger than us, and more than us. You better do it, else'n we'll kill you." "You do realise that if I can kill of them, I could kill all of you even easier, by your own admission?" "Du-huh."

That's why I shot them. Right after

I've got to say, I feel bad about the bees comment earlier, now. Thanks for the hookup.

Markets change. Once upon a time it was booze and guns, now it's drugs and guns. If there hadn't been a market for cocaine, the Taliban wouldn't have been able equip themselves with more than sharpened sticks. If there hadn't been a market in the US (US/ Mexican border) and Europe (Spanish harbours) for drugs, the likes of Escobar and later Gallardo wouldn't have been as influential as they were. Gallardo especially left a bit of a legacy creating most of the current Mexican drug cartels (based on the same principle as the internet really, if one got busted he would still have the others). Of course, since they cut off the head, the cartels became completely autonomous and started fighting amongst themselves. You need to do two things to eliminate them though, you both to deprive them of their markets and their arms dealers. So far, Texan arms dealers alone seems to be able to provide them enough guns to wage a military style campaign against government forces. In theory, you could go after the distribution networks, but so many people are involved and so many palms greased that it is futile prospect. Take the buyers out of the equation and money for guns and corrupt officials dries out, or as in Nepenthe's example of self styled "revolutionaries", they can't buy PR and public opinion. Then, when no longer all powerful in the minds of people, you can realistically wage a campaign against them. You're being a bit TOO hip talking about the Texans. Texan arm dealers aren't the ones supplying the cartels with heavy machine guns and RPGs. Kit being used regularly against regular Mexican armed forces. There may be semi-autos etc coming from Texas, but cut off the easy route and you can bet your ass they'll find another source. Either from within the mlitary or from elswhere on the drug supply chain. Colombia, Peru. Eliminating the demand for drugs is surely an even bigger fantasy than one might come up with ON drugs. Demand is a part of what we are as human beings. It's tied to things like depression, and involvement in gangs and vice. But tackling those things is something which could take generations. Certainly at least one generation. What happens in the mean time?

Not to my understanding. He basically was mates with a guy who was a sellout t***. Got taken advantage of. Not a good thing. May have affected defence policy. However, so far Fox's defence policy has been to try and stand up for the Forces, get out to where we're fighting, and get a grip on the situation. If that's corruption I'd like to see a few more ministers get corrupted! I note that Chris Huhne is still in office despite being an energy minister who is against the government's energy policy, and who grasses up his colleagues. I may not know many politicos, but who exactly is going to replace Fox? Hague?

Wheeeeeeeee! The merry go round spins again. Bets on which talentless halfwit the govt. is going to saddle the MoD with now? Is it so much to ask that the Armed Forces get to keep a defence secretary for more than a year or so? It may have escaped everyone's notice, but WE ARE AT WAR. I don't give a rat's proverbial if Fox was boning Adam Werrity on the cenotaph, wrapped in tax-payer funded union jacks. Someone needs to be in charge of the huge budget cuts and big buying programs. Someone needs to be clarifying the policy on Afghanistan. I might even imagine a world where someone was worrying about the tens of thousands of servicemen becoming jobless!

Cool. I've never heard anything like that live, and I could wlel believe it would improve it, even subsequently on recordings.

Short barreled guns require a careful aim...

ROFLMAO

Oh, the humanity...

The latest Duke Nukem offering suddenly looks like a cerebral masterpiece Make the enemy fight himself? *gasp* I haven't seen anything like that since... Baldur's Gate. I don't know if I'm just prejudiced by it being EA games, but I agree with Gorth. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Actually, that's exactly what happened "Azura explodes" Awesome. About time.

Mods for Fallout 3 really are the embodiment of rule 34. Yeah. I gave up looking for mods for Fallout 3 when I realised that almost all of them involved ludicrous zombie-playboy modifications.

Only in the diseased mind of George Lucas. Crypto-fascist weirdo that he is.

Man, it is such a beautiful day!

Because it would be a collossal waste of time, when you can HIRE a human mind for about 30 bucks a day.

*groan*

You can't burn Harold. The obvious answer - not that those losers at Bethesda would spot this - is to turn that grove into a bikini beach bar.

You maniacs! You blew it up!

I'd rather try than just sit about passively waiting for the **** to eat all my fish.