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Then I suspect you've never played one. There's that goofy intangible that I can't put my finger on that makes them appealing. I swore I would never subscribe to a game, but after playing the beta of WoW I was sold on it for a couple of months.

I consider the 8 skills limitation to be a boon to the game. There's always a different combination out there.

I'm glad I never bought it then I heard it was meh, so I didn't immediately jump onto it. At least it's something new for me

Some times I dream that he is me. Don't you know that I dream to be? I dream I move, I dream I groove, Like Mike If I could be like Mike I wannabe I wannabe I wannabe Like Mike If I could be Like Mike )

Maybe he things God is a Brit?

What happens if we fail to give a displacement order?

I have an impenetrable bubble shielding me from emotional displays. I have long since severed my contact with emotional highs and lows. I am the epitome of the emotionally unavailable man. Too much pain and suffering has forced me to adapt. "Pain can be controlled...you just disconnect it"

Are you a cartographer or something??

Sometimes it's hard to turn on that loyal ally that's been with you the entire time :D

Perhaps Egypt supports the decision to give it to the Palestine? Why was it part of Egypt earlier? And what were the people's views? Besides, things change in half a century. Even if it the majority was forcibly displaced off of it earlier?

Fixed. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Fixed. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> FerdinAllan Optimistic About Future The Enquirer caught up with our illustrious leader, ArchDuke Franz FerdinAllan, as he was relaxing at the Monarch Retreat of Camp Heinrich, to discuss current Austria's plans for the future. The Austrian Enquirer caught up with the leader of our fine country while enjoying a weekend in Camp Heinrich, Trieste. "Well, as you can see, there's not a whole lot to worry about," he comments with a grin. "Things are on track in the Balkans, and the border disputes in the North and the West were simple misunderstandings. I've Spoken with Tsar Jags and Il Duce himself, and everything is perfectly fine." The discussion then turned towards Austria's involvement in the Balkans. Currently regiments of the Austrian Royal Guard are on Ambassador duty, receiving audiences with both Albania and Serbia. Negotiations with the respective leaders indicates a strong possibility of them joining our great nation. "Well, naturally the Serbian and Albanian people have plenty to contribute to our country," FerdinAllan remarked. "And they stand to gain a lot of additional influence in their region by associating themselves with a world power like Austria." When asked about the Soviet and Turkish movement to the East, FerdinAllan simply states, "The Tsar and Sultan are merely doing what they feel is best for their country. Naturally if you can convince smaller nations to ally with your country, it breaks down barriers of local trade, strengthens the economy, and secures resources. It also strengthens their position when it comes to more international dealings. In the end all nations will benefit." We at the Enquirer would like to thank the ArchDuke for taking time out of his weekend off to see us. FerdinAllan seen enjoying some horseback riding In other news, enlistment in the armed forces has increased, with many people feeling it would be best to be prepared in case a neighbouring country decides to make claims on Austrian soil. 100,000 volunteers have joined in the past month. Of that, about 80% are women. For ArchDuke and Country I suppose.

I place my vote firmly in the majority of votes (i.e. I'm indifferent).

It doesn't sound like it's unrelated. It sounds like the people that lived in the Gaza Strip before they were tossed out by the Israelis want to be a part of the Palestine. Things change over the course of 50 years or so. Is Egypt making claims on it?

I wonder, would the world have less wars if we were completely homogeneous? That is, if we were all one race, one religion and whatnot, would things be better? Or would we just fight over different stuff?

I know all that. I do think that the nuclear bombs ultimately did save lives. The Japanese were very much "fight to the death." Although I wonder how much resolve they would have had if the island itself was just blockaded, with key areas being destroyed by conventional means. The dropping of the bomb was still murder on a grand scale, as was the firebombings of Tokyo, in an attempt to pound the enemy into submission. The rationalization of the deaths of Nagasaki and Hiroshima was that it would save lives....although I would bet the only lives they were considering saving were the Allied ones at the time. In the end, it was still the Emperor who broke a deadlock in the government about continuing the war.

Which would explain why Kyoto was originally planned on being the first target. Fortunately for the citizens of Kyoto the Secretary of State admired the place because of his visit on his honeymoon. If you want to take out key military targets, perhaps it should not be done with something that will kill 120,000 people, most of them civilians. They were dropped to pound the enemy into submission, and was overkill for the military strategic value. Furthermore, Tokyo was already under heavy bombardment. 16 square miles of the city was already destroyed, and over 100,000 people killed in the firebombings that occurred. In fact, they cancelled the precision bombing missions on military installations because the weather was too unpredictable, and opted for low altitude carpet bombing with incendiary ammunition. No need to drop a nuke on Tokyo when it's already being pelted with virtually no loss of planes (22 aircraft lost in almost 1,600 sorties against Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, and Kobe. But as long as the intent to hit military targets is there, then I guess it's OK to eradicate over 100,000 lives instantly. I guess it's true that when the numbers are that high, it's not murder...just a statistic. Wow, slippery slope there. It might not be the outright intent of the Israeli government to eradicate Palestinians, and I never said it was. Is it the outright intent of the majority of Palestinians to eradicate the Israelis? You have the impression that the Israelis are above the intentional slaughter of innocents. But they've lost family and friends too. If given the opportunity, how can you possibly rule out the chance that some of them might want some revenge in the heat of the moment? I wasn't talking about my story or anything when I mentioned that. Of course CNN and BBC will have anti-Israeli news. They have to in order to maintain their credibility. Doesn't mean they have all the facts however. They just regurgitate the "intelligence indicated that there were insurgents in the area" crap that the PR people for Israel tell them. You justified the Israeli displacement of Palestinians, stating that it should be a buffer zone like the Soviet Union had.

Like the people living in Dresden. Or Japan. But if you think the bombs of Hiroshima or Nagasaki were merely attacking military installations and industry, then I don't know what to say. Those bombs were dropped because they would cause heavy duty loss of life, in order to pound the enemy into submission. Fortunately for Israel, they can do whatever they want and just write it off as "intelligence that indicated their were insurgents in the area." Then the BBC and CNN will report that and then people like yourself will swallow it up at face value. Not that I'm surprised. Like you yourself has stated, they've been under attack pretty much forever. To not want some sort of "payback" would be unusual to say the least.

Even if that one individual is speaking on behalf of the UN? When did the UN officially sanction the war?

Although it was you that commented that murder of innocents is never acceptable, yet accept the mass slaughter bombings because it "may have saved lives."

There's no such thing as an objective source.

I was under the impression that they went in without UN approval.

Simply because CNN or the BBC doesn't report it means it didn't happen?

I mentioned one. Israeli forces kill another Palestinian girl inside school STOP! I never said the Palestinians weren't doing it. You were asking for situations when Israel opened fire on innocents. EDIT: Why should people be forced out of homes because we feel bad for Jews because of the Holocaust?

The Allied bombings of Dresden, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki were, no matter how the U.S. Government would like to put it, shock tactics used to bash the enemy into submission. They can claim all of the industry and military significance they want (although no one seems to be questioning the validity of said information), but they did bomb innocent lives. Dresden is often debated as to whether or not it is a war crime. Ender, you get upset at people justifying and rationalizing the murder of innocent people, when you did so yourself. In the exact same post, you said this shortly afterwards: Had Japan not surrendered, Tokyo was the third target. I think you also take too much of the media at face value. It's in Israel's best interest to not report the slaughter of innocent Palestinians. How much credence will we give a pro-Palestinian news report that mentions the slaughter of innocent civilians. We right that off as propaganda, yet the Israeli reports are good enough? Nobody that I personally know, outside of Arabs, are pro-Palestine. I'm not sure what your newspapers report, but ours are always laden with suicide bombings and the deaths of innocent Israeli people. The only Palestinian casualties are "collateral damage." Hooray for anecdotal evidence though. Israeli troops kill Palestinian girl in the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces kill another Palestinian girl inside school Israeli rights group: "Trigger-happy attitude among Israeli soldiers" Various statistics comparing Israel and Palestine 16 Palestinian Children Killed and 23 Permanently Handicapped During the Intifada in Tulkarem

I never did like the fact that Lacrosse is our "national" sport. What is a national sport really anyways? We didn't have any lacrosse teams in my high school, nor do I think we had any in any of the Edmonton school areas. Don't know of any Lacrosse teams of any kind actually, but hockey teams of all ages are all over the place.