Orogun01

I think that after what TOR did to the canon maybe it's better if that game doesn't get made. If it was for me that whole chapter would be struck out and the story resumed from KOTOR 2. Besides we may have avoided the disaster that would be EA giving Ninja Theory the chance to make their first RPG.

Fair point, I would like to point out that IMO those calculations would have to be extensive enough that they include the economical, political, and legislative state of a country as well as it's esprit de corps (whether the public believes they've won or not) There are bound to be some interesting discrepancies there.

That better be Scotch you're drinking.

I think winning wars is like building a house when someone is working against you, whilst at the same time they are trying to build a house which you're trying to impede. Initially and ideally you have a plan and resources, with the amount of available resources you must make the best house possible and that's where the logistics begin. Then comes all the building, setting up a foundation, posts, hammering in the nails. Throughout each section you must make sure that you do your best so that your house holds up and its habitable. Now you can come up with a particular reason why you won or lost (e.g: making sure that your enemy's foundation was weak so the house crumbled, or that the nails weren't hammered well so everything was wobbly) But you can't come up with a wining strategy since every project is different, it takes an analysis of what the resources are that both parties have available and what the final goal is. Or as Sun Tzu said "The winning army realizes the conditions for victory first, and then fights. The losing army fights first, then seeks victory." The problem with modern warfare is that wars are not fought for the benefit of the state and that the state seeks not the benefit of its people, rather they are fought for profit and restructure for the benefit of those who initiated the conflict. "All wars in history have begun because of economic reasons" that's something my philosophy teacher once said and upon some review I agreed with him. The common man is no longer seeing any benefit from war as it doesn't make him safer or richer and so no matter who wins in a modern conflict the common man loses.

I've been enjoying "Da Vinci's Demons" quite much, specially since I really like the stories surrounding the actual Da Vinci.

Damn, that game looks good.

We already established that making things shinier alone won't do it any longer. Please remember that this is human beings that you're talking about. They will try.

I would say that they are the unthinking, uncritical masses. There really is a dumbing effect in modern society, things seem to chewed up to fit nicely within the accepted view without much thought.

I don't get it.

Yes you are, AD = Anna DeWitt a brand of guilt.

It wasn't a bomb detection security, they were running drills that day. I believe that the FBI involvement in this matter is deeper than just security, that the Saudi National that was first arrested has been largely overlooked despite being on the Terror watch list and that the video used as evidence of their suspicions of the brothers isn't sufficient specially when you consider that there were other individuals at the scene who were equally if not more suspicious. As I have too many questions that are likely going to remain unanswered by the official reports I have to search my truth elsewhere. So I cannot say with complete certainty what I happened but I doubt that the situation is what it seems.

Or we can all agree that it was thinly veiled plot device to make the story appear more edgy, because happy endings are not mature and growing up is suffering. Ken Levine confirmed for EMO.

They had military troops going from house to house, no cars, buses, trains going in or out and the people were under curfew. Something that they didn't even do when the Donner situation happened. Is not the act but the scope of the act itself that seems more akin to martial law than just a lockdown. Also they keep mentioning that the brothers are charged with using WWD; now I may not know what the legal definition for WWD is but I'm fairly sure that there is a world of difference between a nuclear bomb and a homemade device that injured 22 and killed 2. Plus there is the fact that the FBI was at the scene running bomb drills the same day, with allegedly bomb sniffing dogs at the start and finish line. It's just a very suspicious situation considering that there is more questions than evidence of guilt.

Cuban immigrant currently residing in Florida. Regarding martial law, it is not a common occurrence and it is not something declared on a whim. The suspect it's "communicating" as far as the shot through his throat will let him, he was also the younger brother who had not been implicated in a terrorist plot beforehand.

True Neutral Human Sorcerer (3rd Level) Ability Scores: Strength-13 Dexterity-17 Constitution-15 Intelligence-16 Wisdom-14 Charisma-14 Yeah, that's kind of accurate

What is interesting is that everyone seems to be drawing up conclusions even though the boys are only suspected of being the perpetrators, even though putting up the martial law and massive manhunt would suggest that everyone has already made up their minds. I get the whole innocent until proven guilty, but let's be realistic. The odds of them not being the perpetrators are incredibly low. Usually people who are framed don't go on a rampage and throw explosives out of car windows during the ensuing manhunt. They also don't put an entire city under martial law just because of a manhunt. What is your point, exactly? Is this just a general criticism of the way law enforcement handled themselves, or are you suggesting something more sinister? Something sinister, this could very well be exasperation on part of Boston's government due to the severity of the actions committed against them. On the other hand I don't think this is the usual MO for this sort of thing. If they actually suspected terrorism then Homeland security would be involved. It just seems a little odd and when paired with the fact that we don't know what evidence they have against the brothers that actually implicates them in the bombing. I mean, this a manhunt and martial law for a suspect of a crime. Plus there is the fact that the FBI previously failed to find terrorist ties.

Fine, I'll bite

What is interesting is that everyone seems to be drawing up conclusions even though the boys are only suspected of being the perpetrators, even though putting up the martial law and massive manhunt would suggest that everyone has already made up their minds. I get the whole innocent until proven guilty, but let's be realistic. The odds of them not being the perpetrators are incredibly low. Usually people who are framed don't go on a rampage and throw explosives out of car windows during the ensuing manhunt. They also don't put an entire city under martial law just because of a manhunt.

What is interesting is that everyone seems to be drawing up conclusions even though the boys are only suspected of being the perpetrators, even though putting up the martial law and massive manhunt would suggest that everyone has already made up their minds.

Is Glenn Beck possibly talking about Abdulrahman Ali Alharbi? A Saudi National who was given passage out of the country shortly after the bombings and soon after Obama met with Saudi officials. Also worth noting that the elder brother who's now dead had been investigated by the FBI in relation to being a suspect in terrorism during 2011. Considering the "methods" the FBI has used in the past to capture terrorism "suspects" before they commit terrorist acts. Like providing all the materials to commit such acts in what closely resembles entrapment. There is also the matter of what evidence they had to suspect the Tsarnaev brothers, if its only video of them being at the Boston marathon with bags then one could easily point out other more suspicious individuals, some of which are speculated to be related private contractors. Is likely that we are not going to get all the answers in this case, that these questions will be dismissed as conspiracy theory and that the case will never see a day in open court. On the other hand it is a rare day when I agree with Glenn Beck.

I'm really beginning to hate this ****ing country

So why hasn't there been any attempt to bring a case all the way up to the Supreme Court in order to ban this sort of thing?

I wish I could like Clutch more, that mix of blues and hard rock is great but for some reason their composition never seems to quite grasp me.

Pandering isn't something to be proud of, it shows a remarkable lack of integrity that makes their word and it's worth much lesser than that of a bigot.

Ecclesiaton was fine, Tennant has the best situations and companions and Matt Smitt has the best writing. You are all far too jaded to enjoy Dr. Who anymore, tis a pity