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<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry. I needed to add : "except Metroid, Zelda and Eternal Darkness" 3 games won't sell me a system.

I can't.

I'm saying invading Iraq was not for protecting your country. There was no link between 9/11 and Iraq/Saddam and no WMD were ever found. Going to war to protect your threatened country is fine. I was all for the strike against Afghanistan and I'm all for anti-terrorism. But the current Iraq war only serves the purpose of making wealthy and powerful people wealthier and more powerful, people who will NEVER share their "good fortune" with the rest of the world they are supposed to protect/represent. There was nothing virtuous and/or honorable in invading Iraq, even removing Saddam from power has proven a grave mistake.

Is "thirded" a word?

Exact same thing for me. PC + PS2 = No need for anything else. All games worth playing on XBox are available on PC(except Halo 2 but it's coming) and most games worth playing on Gamecube are multi-platform.

We need more consoles. And where are the portables in that list?

The only that can and will happen is the regulation and raise in ISP connection fees.

We need to be saved from the internet. Soon it will developp it's conscience, reach self awareness and then we will all die.

Format.

Dungeon Keeper 2?

SP Freelancer.

Here we go again <_<

Ted Kord

A few months ago my father was very sick. I did a search for his symptoms and I got very concerned as it was like cancer or something. One day I drove him to the hospital and as the doctor was talking to him and not making much sense to us I panicked a bit and as my father was getting dressed after the examination I had a chat with the doctor and told him what my concern was about what I had read on the websites. Apparently, although my information was vague, I pointed out something to him that gave him a reason to try something else and it saved my father's life. There was something wrong with his liver that was giving him symptoms of severe flu or something and it turns out it was a form of hepatitis. Health websites also allowed me to go see the right doctors and they gave me enough info to answer the doctors' questions in a clear and informative matter. I went straight to an Endocrinologist when I discovered I was diabetic.

No laws = No crime :D @Hades: It's Melting pot

Last week it was confirmed that The Hoff was off the project, after trying to get it done since the show was cancelled. But he will be in this. Knight Rider will be about Mike the Knight training some new recruit to take his place. This storyline was revealed in the article that said Hoffy was out.

What version of Windows do you have? My Windows XP installed without the boxes. For the text color : Right-Click, Properties/Appearance/Advanced and I think you can change most text colors there. Can be confusing though.

I would start with a chiropractor, the spine specialists. You must pay of course but I think it would be less expensive than going to the hospital without medicare. Here in Quebec, Canada, for 25-30$CAN(+2-3$ in US dollars) they can at least tell you what's wrong with your back.

Iraq did not put the Constitution of the United States of America in danger. Al-Qaeda did, or so the American media says, and Afghanistan was "cleaned" for harboring them at the time of the 9/11 attacks. Doesn't anyone remember G.W. Bush's "mission accomplished" speach on that aircraft carrier? Iraq was supposedly invaded for having WMDs that could possibly threaten the US(and the rest of the world), WMD that were never found, either because they don't have them anymore or because they are well hidden and the inspectors didn't have time to do their job properly before President Bush launched his famous pre-emptive strike. American soldiers are still in Iraq because if they leave, there will be a civil war for control of the territory(and oil) that used to be kept in line, albeit with an iron fist, by Saddam Hussein. If my country would be invaded I would fight to the death to protect my family, my home, my rights, my way of life. Which is why I would've liked that my country had mandatory military service incorporated in the education system, so that I would have the means, the skills to fight. Joining the army to fight and die so that men of power can have more power does not seem quite right to me.

The Wayans are WAY overrated on the big screen. Anybody seen I'm Gonna Git you Sucka? EWWW!

You are mixing things. There is this little wonderful thing called Separation of Powers. No matter what Dubya says, if he's done something illegal, the Courts will sort it out. For a US soldier, it's only the US Courts that matter. But anyway, I don't think I have heard any international Court declare the war on Iraq "illegal". I might be wrong, though. By the way, the UN doesn't count, so don't bother. They are just a bunch of fat, hypocritical lobbysts. I doubt it. In a high stress situation like that there's no time for high moral disquisitions, and instinct takes over. Before and after? Probably. Not during, though. Well, I'm not sure but I don't think everyone who joins the military is a natural born killer. The military is not used only to shoot people up.It might come down to that, though. And you know, sometimes, you have to do things that are not too appealing. And when somebody is able to overcome their own selfishness and do things they don't find too appealing, it's a commendable thing, and they are right to be proud of it. Trying to depict proud soldiers as merry, bloodthirsty killers is a gross simplification. Why not? It's fun to! ) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> All very good counter points. Good discussion. Signing off.

It barely makes sense that they would kill Lex for Zod. It's interesting giving Lex powers and watching him duke it out with Clark but then again, it's Zod vs. Superman, not Lex vs. Superman. And Lex Luthor is the prime vilain in the Superman universe is he not? The show probably got renewed once it was confirmed that Tom Welling was not going to be the new Superman on the big screen. He was in the few probable candidates.

Depends on who you ask. So far, I haven't heard of any US court that has ruled that the war was illegal. Again, illegal and immoral aren't necessarily the same thing. If an order is illegal, then the only real decision to make is, want you be outside the law or not?Otherwise, there's no reason to second guess any orders given to you, as you put in jeopardy your life and that of those who may depend on you. Pretty simple, really. Why? A schoolbus is just a regular bus painted in yellow. Also, I doubt you'd be so reluctant after you'd seen a schoolbus used as delivery vehicle for half a ton of dynamite against a checkpoint, for instance. At any rate, not everyone is accepted in the military. There are screening tests, and all that. If you are so sure you couldn't live like that, you probably wouldn't pass those tests. - International law counts, no matter what Dubbya says. - I understand that second guessing an order can be extremely dangerous. But in my current state of mind, that is still what I would do. Of course, my state of mind would surely be different if I was a soldier. - The schoolbus example was just that, an example. Surely there are situations in which soldiers are faced with overwhelming moral choices. Even shooting at the enemy, I wonder if there isn't any soldiers(on both sides) who hope they will miss simply because the thought of killing someone is a frightnening, revolting one. I never joined the army. Because I am lazy and because killing someone, no matter how much they hate me or how much danger my life is in, is not appealing to me at all. And I have a hard time understanding how anyone can do it and be proud of it to a certain extent. Can I and others like me be looked down upon for this? I don't think so.

Maybe they should just do like Canada and let anyone in? Blur the frontiers!

That's why they call it "chain of command", you know. It all comes down to efficiency, and quickness of response. Debating stuff takes up an awful amount of time, time that in the situations a military force is expected to operate in, cannot be wasted convincing soldiers. The military is not a democracy, and with good reason. "Inappropriate" isn't good enough a reason. "Illegal", on the other hand, is probably enough to refuse obeying an order. That is all theory, however. I doubt anyone would be court-martialed for refusing to take a shower. They'd just be discharged, I guess. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well I just have to add: Wasn't it illegal to invade Iraq in the first place and why are they still there? And I know and understand the need for the chain of command. I'm just putting myself in the shoes of a soldier faced with a decision to follow an order or refuse because it seems immoral or illegal or whatever. I don't think I could blow up a schoolbus, for example, just because my superior says it's carrying enemy soldiers, not children. I think I would second guess everything and wait for the bullets to whiz by. Meh.