Wrath of Dagon
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Socrates’ criticism of democracy (i.e why its BS)
Wrath of Dagon replied to Luj1's topic in Way Off-Topic
So far can't find anything, are you talking about Plato's Republic or which dialogues exactly? Is there an exact name and a publisher I can look up? The idea could be that many make better and less corrupt decisions than the few. There have been qualifications in the past, and certainly could be again, like you have to be over 25 and pay at least $500 in income tax. -
Socrates’ criticism of democracy (i.e why its BS)
Wrath of Dagon replied to Luj1's topic in Way Off-Topic
Quote sounds too good to be true, like several other internet quotes attributed to famous people. Any link for the source? But yeah, democracy doesn't work if every idiot can vote, there need to be restrictions. -
By "protected" you mean they have to accept Muslim domination, instead of being killed outright, like the "unprotected".
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PA is too weak and unpopular to make concessions needed for peace. The Palestinian public opinion is also firmly against it. Also if Israeli troops were removed for the West Bank, Hamas would take over and create another terror state. Thus Israelis know there's no way to advance the peace process, and all sincere attempts on their part previously have failed for those very reasons.
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Iran is the wrong people, it doesn't get more wrong unless you resurrect hitler. Btw, there's no Iranian fatwa against nuclear weapons. http://pjmedia.com/andrewmccarthy/2015/03/16/there-is-no-fatwa-condemning-nuclear-weapons-by-irans-ayatollah-khamenei/
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NK is the greatest country on earth, it's just the Zionist conspiracy that convinced you otherwise!
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Ahmadinejnut or Rouhani, it's Khamenei who calls the shots. Nukes being against Islam sounds like Taqiyya to me. You'll remember Khomeini said "We're not Iranians, we are Muslims. Let Iran burn so long as Islam wins."
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Getting rid of the 20% was a condition for sanction relief while the current negotiations are going on. But why did they do it in the first place? Al Jazeera is a propaganda outfit for terrorist-sponsoring Qatar, saying they're biased the opposite way doesn't make them any more credible, obviously they hate Israel more than anyone. Btw, both Mossad and CIA have been wrong before, CIA didn't even know India was developing nuclear weapons! I'm not saying that Iran has necessarily given the final go ahead for the bomb, but they're certainly in position now to do it, and that's a terrible chance to take given their track record.
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This is very speculative, but interesting : http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/03/14/world-view-putins-disappearance-may-be-part-of-a-major-moscow-political-crisis/ Also this : https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPR/status/576848674115944450
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According to the reports, Mossad said they're not building a bomb right now. Netanyahu only said they are close to having enough enriched uranium to build a bomb. It may be true they're not actually building a bomb at this point, but in any case I don't consider Al Jazeera and the Guardian as reliable sources. http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/23/middleeast/netanyahu-iran-nuclear-reports/ If they don't want a bomb, why are they enriching Uranium to 20%?
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You know that Iran said they're going to wipe Israel off the map, right? Israel made no such statement about Iran. Here's an article that goes over the math of uranium enrichment, among other things : http://www.nationalreview.com/article/414741/how-obama-giving-iran-nuclear-arsenal-robert-zubrin?target=author&tid=22670
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Personally, I think you appear more than a little naïve. Why would you think they are building nuclear weapons? When you have no proofs, who are you listening to? Mossad has said they do not have one. CIA has said they do not have one. Oh look, Guard Dog thinking he knows better than the Israeli and American intelligence services. Great job. Can you get it into your head that the same guys who are saying "Iran will have nukes in the next few years" have been saying so since the early nineties? They said "they don't have one now". That's not the same thing at all as saying they're not working on one. That's the same faulty logic you use throughout. They have vastly more centrifuges now then they did in early 90's. Their economy is all but collapsing. Why would they acquire so many centrifuges if they weren't trying to make a bomb? The same people were also saying N. Korea would get a nuke, and guess what, they were right.
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lol, we're horribly misinformed? I didn't say anything about their race, I was talking about ideology. Also Iran comprises many ethnic groups, not just Persians, including Arabs. IS has plenty of aspirations, and Iran's hegemonic aspirations is exactly what make them so dangerous. Iran is only internationally recognized because it was a state before the current terrorist regime came to power. US has no diplomatic relations. You're smoking too much of your favorite substance. Certainly a lot of the population does want peace, but that doesn't matter to their rulers. Neither does Iran, even if the Clown in the White House can't figure that out. Burying your head in the sand because you can't handle reality isn't a solution. You can certainly negotiate with Iran, they'll just string you along and do what they want in the meantime. We even have the recent example of N Korea to look at, as I already mentioned. Edit: Btw, as far as them not really wanting nuclear weapons. They can buy low enriched uranium for any peaceful purposes far cheaper than the billions they're spending on their nuclear program. The only reason to have an enrichment program like theirs is to make weapons-grade Uranium.
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@Hurl What's ridiculous about it? You don't know Iran is number one terror sponsoring state, and their ideology is the same as AQ and IS, except it's the Shiite variety? Edit: It'll work about as well as the N Korean nuclear negotiations.
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Or Bonyer and Kerry with Sandanistas, or a dozen other examples. Obola stated he's going to ignore Congress when making a treaty, a direct violation of the Constitution. The letter is a result of that. Anyway, negotiating a nuclear treaty with Iran is much like negotiating a nuclear treaty with Al Qaeda or IS.
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Playing Black Mesa, never played the first Half-Life before. So far seems more an adventure game than a shooter, not doing that much shooting.
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I'm neutral on net neutrality. We'll see how it pans out.
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Thoughts on Knights of the Old Republic
Wrath of Dagon replied to Althernai's topic in Computer and Console
No one's ever made a better game. -
Installed Oddworld : New n' Tasty yesterday. Finally I can play that game with a controller!
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Yes, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. I would also argue the engine is not dated, since the game has its own unique look and wouldn't be improved by newer graphics.
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The point of terrorism is more the terror than the casualties, thus the name.
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Can't believer I finally beat the Berserkers in "Of Orcs and Men". Tried a bunch of times and usually couldn't even kill one. Looked at a guide but didn't have the skill they recommended. In desperation restarted the game on easy, and noticed in the first tutorial battle that if you use Powerful Blow the other Orc seems to usually get interrupted. So I went back to my old game and had Arkail use only that, while Styx Worked like a charm.
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I'm OK with any graphics since I started playing games in 2002 but tend to avoid anything before that.
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Continuing my quest to read long forgotten authors. Just finished "Sacrifice", http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22928 It's a romance but also a little disturbing.
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What does taunt do? Decrease their defenses? Now I'm worried may be I upgraded the wrong skills.
