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You mean the pros? For example take a look at the sentences we write. No ancient roman would recognize such formed and well legible writing convention.

The point isn't to defend the church but too notice that we have an unfortunate tendency to look for scapegoats, especially in past events. This quickly leads to popularization of unbalanced views regarding history. There is a lot of bad that can be said about the actions/policies in Christianity and catholic church in particular but relatively few people seem aware of all the advances they brought to western civilization.

No witch-hunts took place at the same time that Jews were expelled. That begun as part of enlightenment movement brought on with renaissance, they were also not directed by church and happened rarely in Spain. That

If anything it saved far more knowledge than it buried in that time. If it wasn't for monks/priest studding/coping ancient texts literacy could well have been lost completely in Europe. No witch-hunts took place at the same time that Jews were expelled. That begun as part of enlightenment movement brought on with renaissance, they were also not directed by church and happened rarely in Spain. That

Japan was racially motivated. In essence any western influences were to be eradicated.

That may be difficult with rape charge still held against him.

You mean aside from judicial institutions that are meant to ensure that the rule of law is followed? Or the democratically elected opposition? Or the free press? Ultimately - consent of the people.

Why can't they just buy older/discounted games? If they have troubles upgrading their platforms it should make sense to buy software more suited to the hardware they can afford.

What would you see as a better solution then?

First you'd have to decide what are you discussing here. I simply fail to understand what "xian" is, and whether there is a specific church you attempt to condemn or simply declare any form of organized religion evil.

Perhaps you could provide a complete lists of pros before proclaiming that judgment? Right now you seem to blame organized religion for every evil it was connected with during it's entire history yet refuse to give it credit for a single thing outside of day-to-day charity.

Just tried Two Worlds 2. Was the first part really worse? It can't even do half the things gothic 2 got right.

And the inquisition? That was misunderstood as well in your mind I suppose too. Inquisitions practice and results have generally been grossly misrepresented in modern culture. Especially compared to death toll in wars of religion, which are conveniently ignored.

Take it and protest to your allies. South Korea has simply no military options at it disposal as any retaliation will be opposed by major powers.

There is little point speculating about NK reasons as it's completely closed society and we really don't know. You can speculate weather it's a part of a power struggle, a power transfer ceremony, dissatisfied military, protest against SK maneuvers, attempt to strengthen negotiation position or a ploy to grab international attention. In the end we don't know due to nature of that country. And nobody claims that every single North Korean is evil. But they work for a regime that employs questionable policies.

DKS. Isn't Gothic 4 the story of a king going mad tormented by demons as opposed to a generic save the world in DKS?

That is unfortunately a very big if, assuming this is even possible. Just recently South Korean naval vessel was sunk and uranium enrichment plant was open in North Korea. Neither action sparked international interest. It will take a much more aggressive actions on the part of North Korea to get major powers to even consider opposing China on economic front, especially outside of UN.

Those clothes have a weight of one and can be changed instantly with hotkeys. I really wouldn't call their use any more extreme than magazines. The only problem is finding them in game but if you played fallout 3 you'll know where to look.

But why wouldn't you take comprehension? Seeing as it saves you 10 skill points per skills in which you have even a minor investment in. That's almost a level worth of skill points, and non combat skills checks are plenty. Except with the magic clothes and comprehension-boosted magazines you can.

China does not need to start a war in defense of North Korea. It's economical influence is such that it can punish those deemed responsible for undermining it's interests without resorting to warfare.

Except the new xbox360 dashboard update has been out more than 5 days and isn't cracked yet. Not to mention the 3.5 firmware update on PS3. But the real point is consequences. Such modifications on closed platform are usually detected and lead to banning from all forms of online activity. What are the typical consequences of PC piracy? Even failed attempts will result in nothing more that an error message. Maybe because it is the difference in piracy rates between xbox360/wii and pc/psp that is significant. Also I never encountered any "whining" about 360/ps3 piracy rates. The point isn't that are not essential, it's that people are developing a sense of entitlement. And it's not a question of economical conditions. People able to afford PCs/console are not on a verge of starvation. It's a question of responsibility. If pirates feel entitled to free software (especially newest/most expensive) they will strike hard against anyone proposing changes to the current situation. The result are exacly what happend when ubisoft tried to implement server based DRM with AC2. Organized DDOS attacks were launched on the company, partly in order to stop legitimate customers from playing the game. Such actions only show that they believe their "rights" were being threatened and that was the most logical solution to influence the situation. They certainly couldn't boycott the product because they never bought it before and nobody was going to assume anything else can make them change their mind.

Can't do that, Krez. Not without a UN resolution. Because we all know that the UN is a pure and noble institution and would never haver over such an important issue. Didn't the Korean war have a signed letter to go kill things from the UN, or was it called something else back then. That worked only because USSR was boycotting UN meetings at the time.

Even hardware DRM gets cracked or bypassed. Battling PC piracy by any means is simply a lost cause. Only producer specific platforms will manage to have some success due to cost-effectiveness of solutions used.

And Western countries don't oppress their people? Can you show me a Western Country where the people are free and not oppressed by degrees of tyranny. Tyranny is a form of absolute rule of a single individual who usually wrestles power from more legitimate government. Since democratic institutions are by definition opposed to such abuses of power I'll say that various forms of representational government do not tyrannize their people. In the end the concept of rule of law and representation implies that any action strongly opposed by people will lead to a change of elective representatives and by extension their policies. No such possibilities exist in the likes of China. If you honestly believe that the difference between democratic and autocratic/authoritarian government is insignificant then I doubt it's possible to change your mind by the means of discussion.

No that's funny. Microsoft no longer forces me to pretend I live elsewhere to sign up for Live but won't take my money in their store. You'd think they care more about the latter.