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My reasoning too. How odd.

The fact that bin Laden has been isolated to the extent shown in the article merely underlines the fact that we have done everything we need to do to him for the time being. he exists solely as an inspirational figure. Eliminating or imprisoning him would not make him stop in this function. Better to concentrate on the national franchise holders. +10 points for Hildegarde, btw. And, Nur, I'm not going into the whole "There is a difference between the actions of a state and an individual" business again. Failing to recognise the distinction seems rather childish. And your first point seems especially odd, given you have the hots for the guy.

I don't like the sound of turtling. :ph34r:

Do not resist the Board. Resistance is futile! (ah, how I laughed)

I bow before PhantomJedi's superior wisdom, but only so's I can headbutt him in the nuts. Marcus Aurelius writes some convincing meditations on stoicism that I've just begun reading.

I think a non-enforced pledge is worse than none. Sets a bad tone.

I do think an oath of allegiance is a neat idea, though. Possibly to avoid being put into a salt mine in phys ed class.

I literally had a brainwave (or so it felt). Go into marketing. kill them all, harvest the organs. Hire starving writers, and obese code-monkeys. Feed both delicious baby-back ribs. Wait for superb game. If game does not seem to be shaping up as superb, show them the organ-emptied husks of the dead marketing guys in the broom closet.

Don't trust him! The filthy swine is still dodging my requests for a Close Combat game!

Heh. You don't know many mercs, do you mate?

Separation of Church and state is a key part of the US constitution, isn't it? 'Before God' does rather violate that notion. Why does God have to come into it at all? As a matter of fact I'd have thought the US would object to a transnational entity, over whom they had no democratic oversight, despite paying milions to it's functionaries every year, telling them what to do. "

Congraduladles. Sorry I didn't say so sooner. Spyware futzed my PC!

That's a rather simplistic definition of stoicism, don't you think? You have to think about the context in which the Romans 'invented' stoicism. It is a notion of defending oneself from the tyranny of one's desires and fears. It is also a notion of isloating oneself from theeasy virtues described by the masses. The main diffierence between stoicism and, say, puritanism, is that they say you should do it because it makes you stronger, and less foolish, rather than avoiding the wrath of God. Personally, pursuit of pleasure can be just as dangerous as trying to avoid pain. On the other hand, as I've said before, one has been given the capacity to experience pleasure and a fear of giving in to pleasure is no less stupid than giving in to pain. Is that at all helpful? or even correct?

Thanks for clearing that up, Enoch! However, I do thin it represents damn silly negotiation skills on the war-avoidance front. I honestly dont know how Steve manages to even try to be peaceful with such incompetent half-wits. Incidentally, I have been researching alternative diplomacy techniques and found www.dramatec.com interesting site. I wonder if you could use their models in a game like Civ?

Don't the French have a specialist public control division of the police? IMO the US Army should add a law-enforcement company to the order of battle. You have a specialist air defence section, why not defence against civilians? Recruit from SWAT trained police officers so they are used to dealing with lethal force under restrictions of law.

Too late

I like any genre, from rap to death metal to country n western to light opera ...provided it is done with conviction. I despise any genre done by corporate shills.

Sounds like some kind of advertisement for it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sadly it is a fact that I get every single line of my dialogue from adverts. Even this one.

UPDATE: Virtue has triumphed. I am off out to meet with a conclave of colleagues for some extra work brain bashing. ta ta.

Why the heck not? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Please feel free to try it. Interestingly I never had until someone told me not to.

I expect it would be like this

Never fart in the shower.

I have two virus programs, one running and one in reserve for 'contract' work. I also have adaware blocker, and spybot search and destroy running. Kills everything dead. The antivirusware is expensive, but the other stuff is free. I strongly suggest you load up. Viruses and spyware are no-longer just a nuisance.

Adventure sport advice taken on board have sent off text enquiries to friends with relevant equipment to see if they are free. However, I need dieas for TODAY, so get cracking. A treasure hunt could be one idea. Maybe we could make this a regular deal for several of us, where we get 'homework assignments'?

1. I'm bored. 2. I've run out of good games. 3. I have reached an impasse on all my work projects. 4. I am bored. ~ It occurred to me that I could use an adventure in real life. Suggestions please for a 'quest' to be undertaken. If i like it I will go out and execute the quest and hopefully report back. I make no guarantees on doing the quest suggestions if they are dull or insane.