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That's what I was thinking. I suppose that there'd be some that would choose it to be a rebel, or maybe they are masochistic or something. But then you wouldn't really get people complaining about being oppressed.

There are lefties who are one step ahead of pro-choice and believing that government has the right to purge the world of unwanted child. I am talking about the really crazy people here... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hmmm.. You're talking about the government deciding on their own whether or not a child should be aborted?

I'd imagine the $20 streamlines the process. You won't have to go hunting. It's also easier to use for the people that don't know how to go and get the stuff for free on their own.

Heh, I was doing a search for Digital Distribution sites and ended up stumbling across that. As soon as I saw unlimited game downloads (among other things) for just $20, I laughed. Riiiight.

Is pro-abortion really that left-wing?

You can't even think of one good use of the Internet? Nothing useful coming from SONAR? RADAR? Jet/Rocket Technology? Not even in fields that weren't necessarily invented as a direct result of the military but still influenced, such as computers, metallurgy, chemistry (the understanding of it). Or technical processes such as interchangeable parts (originally designed to make the creation of firearms simpler), but now is used in pretty much everything. You'd rather the computer you use be created uniquely, from scratch? Or that EKG heart monitor? So that if there's a problem, you have to get the original maker to either fix it, or replace it altogether?

If it's unconscious...how is it a choice? Are you referring to social influences? As for conscious choice, do you think you could right now choose to truly be a homosexual. I guess that depends on how we define homosexuality. It it just our physical actions, or is it more to do with our internal sexual attractions. I suppose I could "choose" to have sex with a man. But if I'm not sexually attracted to him, why would I? If you have sex with a man simply to prove a point, would it make you truly a homosexual? Or just someone that was willing to have sex with a man to try to prove a point?

Just because something is biological doesn't mean it is genetic. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Could you elaborate? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Biology is more than just genes that get passed on. And even then, it's still influenced by the environment. Influences outside of pure genetics can influence how the biology of our body operates. Shizophrenia is a neurological disorder, but it's not just genetic (though there is believed to be a genetic component. Twin studies with identical twins only demonstrate a 28% likelihood that one will get it, if the other does have it though). Environmental factors still play a role. But some think it's an issue with the rate at which dopamine is released in your body (as dopamine blockers can reduce the symptoms of schizophrenia). Things such as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome result in biological disabilities, but have little to do with genetics. Going back to schizophrenia, studies have shown that pregnant women close to starvation had a higher chance of having a child that would develop schizophrenia. The same goes for prenatal exposure to infections. Our biology is not a closed-system that has no outside influences with only our genes to show for it. And even if there is a "homosexual gene", there's nothing stopping outside influences that result in that gene leading someone to become a homosexual.

Well, you don't mind using a tool that was created in large part from military funding (the Internet). Does nothing good come from the Internet?

Many homosexuals have had wives. There IS social stigma against homosexuality after all. The "choice" isn't really a choice though. More of a facade.

The comedic points of his two big documentaries has more to do with the giant misleading he does to the viewer. We all got a chuckle out of him asking the bank "Don't you think it's a bit strange to hand out guns at a bank?" What he didn't tell us, was the huge amount of effort it took to convince the bank to actually provide him with the rifle at the bank, rather than at the warehouse no where near the bank like everyone else. Watching him "make fools" out of the bank workers is funny at the moment. Not so funny when you realize that he played them without them knowing it in order to make them look like fools.

I remember Lucius getting on my case about it because I couldn't really explain to him what I was talking about. An open, conscious choice towards homosexuality is likely not the case. For someone to "choose" homosexuality, they'd probably have to have some sort of sexual attraction to the same sex. But how does one "choose" who they find attractive? Just because something is biological doesn't mean it is genetic.

If everybody had nukes, would there be wars?

I know. It looked like he was making the claim that sexual orientation made a difference, so I was asking him in what ways. It turned out to be a miscommunication anyways.

This has always been an issue with HOMM games. I would never leave the monsters on the map if I could avoid it, since they'd just get bigger. The "Zounds....Bone Dragons" was not a pleasant site to see.

I'm not going to get into it. Let's just say I can see the points of both sides.

I'd say something witty...but my actions speak louder than words. Better call your army Chaplains.

I have mixed feelings on locking people up for extreme times. Meh.

Well, you ARE playing through it again.

If you saw the source code I am havnig to work through, you'd rephrase that :D

Sorry Hades. I'm merely the prince of anal. I'd have to say you are the king. As for "fallout" of gays adopting/raising kids....hasn't it already happened? Not fallout that is, but the raising...without fallout.

Weren't you all about "killing them all?" Preferrably with weapons that have prefixes before "-tons?"

37 year prison sentence for armed robbery? Wow.

Puny? The map isn't wide enough for all my units!

I'd watch out for the fire from the gods!