Orogun01

Their own fault for believing his promises of "labour law reforms" And their own fault for believing Castro afterwards. Communists heh?

He's not angsty until he finds out the truth behind the attack and the demise of his loved one five bucks that it was engineered by the guys who gave him the arms. Or the opposing corporation. BTW, very transhumanist to use the H+ sign

Rocket Propelled Grenades

Kinda sounds like DA on space.

1. The correctional system fails in a lot of cases and the stigma of a prison record assures that many "reformed" criminals become repeat offenders. Moreover those still in the system also corrupt those who come into contact with, prison is the criminal school that transform minor offenders into hardcore criminals. 2. Retribution sometimes is justice, it's giving back a sense of morality and belief on life to those who are aggrieved by the crimes. Someone takes a family member from you, it's a hard to thing to live with. People need some closure, they need to see justice done and close a bad chapter of their lives. 3.The state should take upon them because they are an impartial party able to determine the right from the wrong. If you hold life as sacred then the only possible payment for taking life is life it'self whether it be by imprisonment or capital punishment. Imprisonment however allows them some measure of life.

Umm, Batista was a military dictator that rose to power through a military coup. The "strawmen" he appointed as pro-forma presidents needed the backing of the US in order to get the job, until he gave up all pretenses of election and became dictator also in name. Unless of course you consider his old friends like Lucky Luciano etc. to be communists. In the end he was just a tool for US companies exploiting the Cuban economy. He led a coup remained in power, supported his "strawmen" and then led another coup and had extensive relations with the US which benefited Cuba greatly. GNP matching Italy! You know what that means for a third world country, that the middle class in Cuba lived better than the middle class in the US. His second term sucked though, but still not by the fault of the American. Most of the anti american sentiment prevalent in Communist Cuba was due to the fact that they did nothing to intervene in these affairs. BTW the Popular Socialist Party supported the first campaign of Batista, it's duly noted since the Communist party had little weight on politics.

The "yell fire" clause, it has a loophole where it's only where it harms or urges to harm someone directly. Hate groups like the KKK have exploited this to promote their message and at one time they even had a legitimate shot at the presidency. Like this there are lots of groups whose message has and is not one of peace who are allowed to exist because of democracy and because of democracy they may have a shot at ending it. E.G. Hitler was elected democratically. Technically my government its ineffective and can't pass legislation that would help me because of the democratic process. A guy that makes deals with Republicans holding legislation hostage it's not the best example of strong leadership. I guess democracy it's different on socialist Sweden. China is the world's second largest economy and while not devoid of problems they have enjoyed a pretty stable rise. Chinese work better with unified direction, recent example is Jackie Chan saying; to a Chinese audience, that a free society might not be the best for China and was met with applause. When you give to much freedom you get chaos and in a land as populated as China it will be magnified tenfold, plus there is the issue of the many areas trying to split from China. They have to give up certain freedoms for the sake of stability, such as having more than one child. Historically they seem to have a series of periods of tribulation that are ended by a figure who unifies and brings direction to the people. It was this way with Qin, Confucius reforms, and the many figures that shone during the many occupations. BTW, low blow bringing up Cuba. There was a pretty successful economy before the revolution with a Gross domestic product that matched first world countries. This was also time when Batista an elected official by the Communist party (Deja Vu anyone?) had done away with electoral process. Plus we where under a American legislation and influence from which we were able to successfully exploit to reach an economic point where the Chinese where migrating to Cuba. Alas all came to a stop with the revolution which adopted Communist ideals but didn't have the economic wit of the previous regime and everything went down the drain. Our model pre-revolution, mirrored the American and that was the big thing; to bring the country out of the third world. I believe that's the same with the Chinese you have spoken to; they want the American dream but have no idea of what it would do to their country.

Heh, why the hell not? I love Chinese food,women, and kung fu movies. I'm in.

Human rights are considered the God given rights to every human, not a legal right. Still someone who kills certainly doesn't believe on the right to live and shouldn't be judged as such, we may try to consider ourselves above passing such judgement and opt for more "human" ways. Yet the problem remains these people should be handled, because they continue to exist and make existing worse for everyone surrounding them.

1-Less passion crimes, less criminals on the streets. 2-Justice, retribution, seeing someone who wronged you greatly pay the price. 3-Because the state handles all judicial matters so it's their responsibility to execute sentences.

Still, hundred of thousands die every year in car accidents - while only maybe a thousand die, on average pr year, flying. Car crashes are generally over quickly and have a much higher percentage of survivability. In a plane crash you will be very lucky if you survive and you have the potential for a long period of AAAAAAAGH before the splat. That's the moment when I put my hands up and scream WooOOO

So Mass effect has finally transformed into a FPS. I'm kind of been wishing for a while that BW will bomb terribly on one game to kind shook them onto the right track.

It makes your face all scrunch up. Like this? Actually i'm so sour that biting a lemon doesn't affect me anymore, have a permanent frown formed in my skull lines. I if you keep at for 18 years you also will get one.

No, we really shouldn't. That's the part that makes us human. Stubborn insistence that life is sacred and should not be taken as part of judicial process is also unreasonable and illogical. Stubborn insistence that the judicial process should not result in the government murdering innocents is unreasonable and illogical...? *snort* Also, to prevent any confusion, that was meant to read: "We can, and should, expect the law to be so, however." I don't expect any single human to be hyper-rational. I expect the collection of humans we call 'society' and 'government' to always aspire to this, however - an independent, unemotional judicial process is absolutely key to a just, free society. So you would deny a grieving individual closure on a tragic part of their lives? Maybe it does not bring back loved ones but i'm pretty sure that seeing the execution brings a little peace to the aggrieved, specially when the crime it's particularly heinous. This is in a large part an emotional issue not just logical. Yes, I most definitely would deny them that. They can see a psychiatrist if necessary. Under your scenario, what can somebody who was innocent do once they are executed just because somebody was too emotional to handle rational justice? The courts should be able to prove beyond reasonable doubt that a person it's guilty before executing the death penalty. There are criminals out there that are definitively guilty beyond doubt, they gloat of their "achievements" and have a complete disregard for life. I get your point, the system it's not perfect but it's still viable in a lot of cases.

You are strapped to another person who has more experience, so no backing out.

There are still hardcore BW fans?

Try skydiving, instant cure to your fear of planes.

No, we really shouldn't. That's the part that makes us human. Stubborn insistence that life is sacred and should not be taken as part of judicial process is also unreasonable and illogical. Stubborn insistence that the judicial process should not result in the government murdering innocents is unreasonable and illogical...? *snort* Also, to prevent any confusion, that was meant to read: "We can, and should, expect the law to be so, however." I don't expect any single human to be hyper-rational. I expect the collection of humans we call 'society' and 'government' to always aspire to this, however - an independent, unemotional judicial process is absolutely key to a just, free society. So you would deny a grieving individual closure on a tragic part of their lives? Maybe it does not bring back loved ones but i'm pretty sure that seeing the execution brings a little peace to the aggrieved, specially when the crime it's particularly heinous. This is in a large part an emotional issue not just logical.

Aww, he just wants to feel again. "I shoot/stab/slice people, because it's the only thing that makes me feel alive." Drama confirmed. Seems more deep than that, regarding the Icarus dream and his past I say that losing his arms wasn't his choice. He sort of looks like the person with a defining moment in his past, Noire style.

Bioboards, they will sign you to other people's account and give yours to some russian dude that changes the setting. Goddammit BW.

This is a logical fallacy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_emotion It's a human fallacy, not all of us are made of pure logic.

IIRC, in DX1 the level of tech for JC and the earlier prototypes was about the same without the added ugly prosthesis. Plus there are obvious issues with DX3 tech, evident by the fact that Jensen can't hold a glass without breaking it.

In that case I'll talk about overcoming the adversities of North Korean reeducation camps, they shouldn't be able to tell the difference. And remember to save it for future uses, I have recycled my adversity story like a thousand times. Works every time!

Please, tragedy in the family it's sooo 2008. The new hip thing it's overcoming adversity.

None taken - I agree on that part, but my first point stands. It's an unnecessary invasion of privacy that serves to no practical purpose. It makes the lives of those who enjoy being groped a little better.