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The US is not a literal Democracy. It is a Representative Democracy and a Constitutional Republic. You can argue that this is still "as closely as possible" but I will argue that it is far from being reasonably referred to as a consensus.

Assuming they're not using any Vista only features that XP doesn't have, like virtualized memory or whatever it is they were supposed to have in DX10 that's now being moved to 10.1. Which I think would be a reasonable assumption.

By amending, do you now agree that it is not always wrong to break the law?

There is no "legal wrong" and "legal right." There is only legal and illegal. Wrong and right are strictly moral terms.

If that were the law then yes. Just because you disagree with a law does not give you the right to break that law. You should and do have the right to change that law, but not to break it. I honestly can't believe you know what you're saying here. I'm going to ask you to prove me wrong. Say that for me. Say that "It was wrong for people to protect jews in Nazi Germany." Say it out loud, run it over your tongue and then type it straight back. I want you to actually process that message a little. As for the rest of that, not that long ago you were claiming that a person like you had no power to change the government. I find it funny that you've turned a 180 already. hmm

Again, that's the purpose of a jury of peers. To exercise the judgement that just because something is a law it is not necessarilly right, nor should people be necessarilly punished for it. And again, you're arguing that people who taught slaves to read should have been penalized and that those who harbored Jews in Nazi Germany deserve death.

Exactly. "Wrong and right" are moral judgements, not legal judgements. Nonsense. If "common sense" was worth anything, you should have had the common sense to realize that law does not define what's wrong or right. But, that's the flaw of "common sense."

Of course we do. That is how opur laws work. Last I checked there are laws against slavery. Our laws work by seperating what's wrong from what's legal. That's the entire point of a jury and appeals process. (well, not ENTIRE point of appeals, but a large part of it) Last I checked, during the time of the institution of slavery, there weren't laws against slavery. That's how "always" works. It's applicable to all periods of time.

If that was true, we wouldn't need a jury of peers or a Supreme Court. Was it truly wrong to teach slaves to read? Was it wrong of Anne Frank and her family to hide?

I am saying that we have laws and they need to be obeyed. If they are broken laws then it is up to our elected officials to change them and our place to encourage them to do so, but until then they need to be obeyed and respected. Just because we may disagree with a law does not give us a right to break it. Just because a law has been passed does not mean the law is right, nor does it necessarilly mean it is wrong to break it. In the United States, the validity of a law is not simply based upon whether or not politicians have drafted then voted it into existence. The validity and rightness is based on it's ability to be enforced, the ability for a group of peers to convict for it, and the ability of it to withstand appeal.

My copy of Persona 3 will be arriving the day after Bioshock is released. SON OF A!

Nonsense.

I've tried it. It just gets really wonky in the unsupported windowed mode. I mean REALLY wonky. Menu screen has a delay for mouse movement and when dialogue boxes appear I can't move my mouse outside of them. I might give it a try in fullscreen, though.

I see no support for widescreen or windowed play.

I didn't want their crummy limited edition crap, anyway.

What do you mean? I already preordered it. Someone told me it's been delisted because it's sold out. So, that's what I mean! It's no longer even listed on Gamestop/EB.

10/10 isn't meant to say a game is "perfect." It's like 5 stars! 2 thumbs up!

It looks like there isn't going to be a PC limited edition of Bioshock. That's kind of dissapointing.

Absolutely no flaws whatsoever and that everyone who plays it absolutely loves it without reservation. If that's what is required for a 10/10, no game should make it past 7/10.

Of course that should only account for 5 3/4 million.

I imagine that the sale of entire Fallout franchise helped a bit.

You can die.

Quesadilla veggie burgers with fat free cheddar. Mmmmm

Thanks to a strong diet of exercise, veggie burgers, celery, and carrots I've lost 5 pounds since Monday. That's actually a bit too fast, isn't it? Part of that must be water.