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Maybe the solution is to deputise people to 'write' or act out greater themes, like run nations, control the guard or the press and so on. This would set up more involving rand currents, than just random questing and monster bashing. I think the LRP community in the UK do this sort of thing.

Keep it coming, gentlemen. This is good.

Nikolai Dante uses romance to get the job done. Well, I don't know about romance, as such, but bedrooms are certainly involved.

He's just a grunt.

Blood, iron, and new mown grass. A thoroughly English psychopath.

Methinks I smell a new thread.

Do you think shoes say anything about the person, then?

Well, that's also true. I should add that I never meant to imply that being daft should be a capital offence in the UK. It's very sad, but i think given the scenario the officer made the right call.

On the other hand, wizard could be cool, if you spiced things up with stuff like doves, a stuffed crocodile or two, and a 'magical duel' fireworks display.

Not intentionally. It was a Hunter S Thompson reference. *sniff* I miss that crazy bastard. As for unfinished, well that different. A lack of content is just pookkake.

Wait. What if we can convince him to mount his morality crusade against people who will actually fight back, like the Hell's Angels. That would be amusing.

Maybe Narcissus legend alludes to the idea that homosexuality might drift into self-loving? I dunno. Here's an idea. What if you allowed for several good romances, and your character didn't get to choose which way they swung? Muahahahaha

And here I thought Pool of Radiance was the one that deletes your sh*t. ^_^ <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Only if you use the uninstall. I prefer just to delete all of its files manually. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Have you tried taking off and nuking the hard drive from orbit?

Can I say that i don't mind people using 'black' as a colour, and still be a pompous English idiot?

Would you two quit it? If you insist on a slanging match set up a separate thread.

Have to agree with Meta, and its interesting we share a taste for Loakes. I once had to run through a swamp in mine, and had no time for days afterwards to clean them up. Normal dress shoes would have shredded under the same conditions. Seven years later they still look like new. Outstanding shoes. You can't understand how people spend 100 bucks on their shoes? You spend all day in them. They define your posture, and are implicated in back and knee pain. Also, it depends on the quality. You can buy 10 buck shoes that are a pain to wear and last three months, and make you look like a traffic warden. Or you can spend 100 bucks and get shoes that are a pleasure to wear and last years. Of course, like we were saying, you can also spend 100 bucks and get shoes that fall apart. Now THAT I don't understand.

Hah! Well said. I agree that it sucks as an argumentative ploy. But precisely because people use it, those same people see it as valid. No offence taken. On the Islam point, I would highlight the recent assassinations of Muslim clerics who don't agree with the terrorism and have been speaking out against it. Muslims are dying specifically to stand up against this terrorism, so it becomes doubly important not to confuse things with sloppy phrasing.

Yup. But provided the officer concerned did it believing he was averting an explosion, I'm afraid it's just one of those cruddy things. It seems pretty daft to run from armed police when everyone knows how tense things are right now.

No. No more than I know everything about the UK. In fact I'd say the years of study probably mean more. But people don't seem to generally respect that as much, for a qualification. I just get frustrated when I hear people saying "Oh, it's just a crud heap." Because it's a short step from there to abandoning the poor sods. And that would be a terrible shame.

And I'll bet you're feeling all tough just saying that to us. Like I said earlier, a man/woman who has been brave in the past has no greater claim to courage than one who never has. It's something you have to prove every single time. I've put myself in harm's way to help others in the past. I hope we all have the stones to do it in future. EDIT: I just made level 2! My life has lost all meaning...

1) Quit talking about Islam when you talk about these terrorists! It's not respectful of muslims who disagree, and it just plain ain't so. Wahabbism is the root of the mentality. Though I dare say some few wahabbi would object to that too. But lets just call it wahabbism, as a lot of UK muslims seem to be doing it. 2) Nuking an entire region isn't funny, and we shouldn't even joke about it. 3) Nuking an entire region and tap-dancing on the ashes is funny. 4) As someone who has been interested in Afghanistan for years, and who has many Afghan friends I can tell you that you are all wrong ...and all right. It is pretty huffed at the moment, but it has been huffed for hundreds of years. Things aren't exactly tickety boo in many regions. But for once an occupying power/powers is NOT trying to impose rapid change because every time someone tried that in the past the Afghans got annoyed and booted the outsider out. Right now we are doing what they ask us to do, and letting the Afghans manage the political stuff. Please don't even joke about the idea Afghanistan will never improve. There is a tremendous feeling over there that just maybe they can make it this time. They are great people, and deep down the are democrats inasmuch as they want to be able to make their own way in life, and they hate being pushed around. If we continue to offer help with few strings attached we may make friends, and they make friends for keeps. And don't for a moment think the Talibs are missed. Some Pakhtun areas miss the power, and are attacking govt assets. disrupting things because they want a pkhtun govt. But that seems to be as far as it goes. The Talibs proved to be able to talk the religiously pious talk, but not walk the pious walk. Besides which they were just plain dumb. There's nothing sensible about banning women from going to work in a country where massive numbers of families only had women breadwinners becasue the men were killed in war.

Like I said, sometimes you just don't realise what is happening. I saw a woman get stabbed to death once. I thought the guy was trying to dislodge something she had stuck in her throat. It was only when he stopped I realised the guy was holding a shiv. Then he hopped on a bike and sped off. It's only cowardice once you know damn well what is happening and you still do nothing.

I don't think that's a very good idea. Strychnine appetizers and multiple infanticide could put a damper on things. And don't worry about the axe weilding, mate. Think of it as a warm-up. Nothing more attractive than an angry woman!

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