I want teh kotor 3

You forgot Jack Thompson. Man needs to be institutionalized.

Umm... New Year's is tomorrow... I can't imagine you're that far ahead...

I have a cousin who works for the WWE (video editing and such), and according to family members and friends who have gotten tickets through her, the live show is actually quite entertaining. You have a beer or two, shout some insults at the performers, chuckle to yourself at the crowdmembers who take it too seriously, and watch the spectacle. I think I can understand the appeal in that way-- bottom line, those guys are showmen who know how to entertain a crowd. Granted, the people I've talked to both had good seats and got the tickets for free, so that probably colors their observations a bit. And this doesn't extend to the mysterious appeal of the televised product. Yeah. I've been to a couple of live wrestling matches. They were great fun. Some screaming, some yelling, some taunting, and lots of crazy drunks. The TV shows, however, are a different story.

Poorly trained paramilitaries are hardly the threat you seem to think they are. Besides, if there's a revolution, it will have an appearance of propriety. Your reaction would seem disproportionate and wild to most. A revolution here is not going to occur tomorrow in some kind of socialist putsch. It will be the product of a generation's work, and of months of hard labor before the actual act. In 1904, it would seem as bizarre and insane to think of a socialist Russia as it is today to think of a socialist America. Ya know, there are a whole crapton of dead Union soldiers would disagree with you.

This.

Human life is valuable in and of itself, and the government should try to ensure that you live a long life, but that does not mean you have a "right" to live. If the government chooses to recognize such a right, it is because rights-based ethics are a good way to build a cohesive legal system, and human life is valuable, not because you actually have some fundamental right to live. After all, your life can easily be taken away without your consent, even without government or institutional intrusion. You don't even need another person to help. So if we don't have rights, why does the government?

I merely believe that rights are a collective fiction, created to serve a more perfect social order. As such, no right can be called "fundamental" or "inalienable." Rights are not universal, they are not inborn or created by natural phenomena. They are useful tools to create cohesive legal systems, and have little to nothing to do with actual morality. So I have no right to live, and anyone should be able to run into my house and shoot me? EDIT: wow, that came our wrong. Not a death threat. Fixed to make that more evident.

This. Communism is the enemy.

So it's an acceptable self-dellusion? Well unless you're one of the initiated, and then well you know, because you've had it proven to you... It's all against reason. There will only be proof of God's existence until some theoretical physicist figures out where the Big Bang came from. Until then, the proof is that the universe exists.

LoF, I noticed a great discrepancy in your arguments: Economically, you think everybody should be helping everyone. In this, you seem to care about people. But you hate rights, and so do not care about people. So which is it? Are we all evil creatures who deserve to be punished for existence, or should we all be helped and uplifted?

This.

Thane is one hardcore ************. Grunt is meh; he's been done too many times before. I'm sure Bioware will find some way to make him interesting, though.

I'd really like to gauge my eyes out right now.

1. Assassin's Creed 2 2. Uncharted 2 3. Dragon Age 4. Shadow Complex 5. Borderlands

Yeah, I roughly agree, just from a Jewish standpoint.

Because I'm curious why he thinks I care that capitalism supposedly goes against a religion I don't follow, Why? Because I'm not Christian?

What he said.

Seriously though, why do I give a flying ****? I'm not Christian.

So? Also, straight from the Bible: "Thou shall not steal."

Played 24 consecutive hours of Smash Brothers, ate, saw Avatar again, played more Smash Brothers. All in all, a good day and a half.

Mass Effect and Uncharted 2... Maybe Killzone and Demon's Souls later?

Alright, let's try this again: Super Mario Galaxy Smash Brothers Brawl Makai Kingdom (Zetta may be the greatest videogame character ever) Mass Effect (beats out K1 because you're never asked to talk to Carth/Kaidan for extended periods of time) Kotor 1 Mario 64 Ocarina of Time Metroid Prime Smash Brothers Melee Gears of War Damn, I'm a Nintendo fanboy... Next 10... err, 13: Disgaea 1-3 Metroid Prime 3 Baldur's Gate (both) Planescape Torment Kotor 2 Windwaker Super Mario Bros (the original, in all of its 8-bit glory) Fallout Oblivion Soul Calibur 2 Honorable Mentions: Icewind Dale (both) Portal Assassin's Creed 2 Sands of Time Twilight Princess

Merry Christmas everyone.

It did deny you KotOR 3 and giving you a MMO instead. *cries*

Greed isn't inherently bad. In fact, one could argue, much as I am doing now, that it is the natural result of millenia of Darwinian evolution. The "public welfare and common good" are, much like everything else, relative: at least factory workers have jobs, and are making more money than they would be if not for the influence of capitalism. Global temperatures are cyclical, dammit. Also, where were you a week ago? Inconvenient truth, huh? Much as it has been for centuries, far before Adam Smith came around. No. Capitalism isn't killing me in any way, shape, or form.