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This is an interesting problem and not one I expected because the Gulen movement are only " terrorists" according to Erdogan. Lets be honest the suggestion that the Nordic countries would allow real terrorists groups within their countries is preposterous But I like Turkey as they play in important role in the region so we no choice but to see if we can find a way to make Erdogan happy ...maybe pay him more money? This could potentially derail Finland and Sweden from joining NATO but lets wait till after the meeting on Saturday

What makes you think I dont already have one but its an Auntie Sam

https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-renames-town-new-york/a-58130860 I like to see this, countries recognizing the important role the US has played in making the world a better place and promoting Democracy and freedom I think all countries should rename 1 city to New York but obviously you have numbers after the name so we dont get confused. So for example Belgrade becomes New York 7 and Melbourne becomes New York 8 and so on and so on What do you guys think? @Gorth what city do we change in Oz and @alanschu and @Malcador who would you nominate in Canada @Azdeus good idea, no ? @Sarex This would go a long way in changing the disappointing "anti-Western " sentiment that we often discuss that exists in Serbia

@Elerond Elerond we should celebrate this momentous historical moment for Finland. I have found this restaurant below in Helsinki, its called Lappi and its looks great. They serve Reindeer and I have never eaten Reindeer before, dont worry I will pay. What time should I make the reservation ...8:30 pm ? https://lappires.com/en/homepage/

Gromnir makes some very good points here and their is a tendency to jump to an immediate assumption when it comes to the Israeli vs Palestinian conflict

Its ostensibly a valid point but the UN point 3 is based on the definition of concentration camps The West Bank and Gaza are not concentration camps. Yes the conditions are bad but they not concentration camps

The word genocide has a specific definition and shouldnt be used in a cavalier way If its not genocide then you shouldnt use it. If the Israelis wanted to kill every Palestinian man, women and child they have more than enough military hardware to do that ...they dont want to do that so lets not use inaccurate words

If you understand the history of the conflict between the Palenstians vs Israelis you will realize how important the words " Israel has a right to exist " is Going back to SA if Nelson Mandela had said " white South Africans have no right to exist " their would have been no reconciliation and no election in 1994. So I guess its about what you want, do you want endless war and conflict or do you want meaningful peace? And then the conflict and history of the Palestinian vs Israelis is historically complicated and both sides are guilty of breaking agreements and not demonstrating good faith in finding peace But what you cant say is that Jews have no right to any land and no right to be their because Jews and Palestinians can trace their ancestry back thousands of years to that region so both sides have a right to live their

You make good points But one important distinction between US war crimes and Russian war crimes. The US does charge and prosecute its soldiers for crimes during war. Their is a long list of US soldiers sitting in various US military prisons for various crimes in conflicts like Iraq and Afghanistan. But I dont know many Russian soldiers who have ever been charged by the Russian state? The truth is I dont expect countries like the US or Russia to practically hand over their soldiers to the ICC but I do expect them to prosecuted internally if they commit crimes during war

Yes I tend to agree and the usage of the Confederate flag is sometimes used provocatively In the SA example Afriforum will probably win this case legally because I dont think it is hate speech I hope they dont because what I want to ask is " in the new SA why would any white person want to honestly display the old flag " knowing it creates both real and irrational anxiety and just upsets people. I cant think of a one valid reason except for being provocative

Okay, I did misunderstand you. I apologize So you do support war crime charges but you saying realistically they wont happen because Russia wont participate ?

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/11/europe/ukraine-video-russian-soldiers-shoot-civilians/index.html I wish I could wake up on most days and not see another story of Russian barbarity and war crimes against Ukrainian civilian but it never seems to end. The Russian army has an indefatigable appetite for targeting of civilians Here is another story that happened in March and verified by CNN so its true @Gorth I asked you recently do you support war crime charges against Russia and you werent convinced. I imagine this type of story goes a long way to changing your mind ?

What about selling an organ, you can get up to $20k in some countries. Yes its illegal but you still do it to raise capital for a loan https://www.findlaw.com/healthcare/patient-rights/can-i-sell-an-organ.html

https://ewn.co.za/2022/05/11/afriforum-back-in-court-to-challenge-ban-against-displaying-apartheid-flag Their is an interesting development in SA at the moment where a white, Afrikaans legal group is in court to overturn the showing of the old SA flag which has been deemed as hate speech Many South Africans tend to respond to these court cases emotionally, which is understandable, and not pragmatically The old SA flag was created in 1928 and 20 years before Apartheid was implemented or existed so technically it wasnt the Apartheid flag but continued to be used as SA flag and now has the label "Apartheid flag " Anyway the point being I dont consider the showing of the old flag to be an example of hate speech but I do think the displaying of it is racist and offensive to people across the racial lines because it doesn't represent the new SA Im interested in feedback for those interested. My question being " is the showing of the old SA flag within SA hate speech ". Its offensive yes I agree but I am not convinced its hate speech ?

Unfortunately its well known and been a strategy of Hamas to fire rockets and use civilian buildings\houses when they decide to target\attack Israel and that normally causes a military response from Israel which is sometimes an overreaction and civilians get killed which brings global attention for a short period to this interminable conflict Personally I dont think Hamas cares about the lives of Palestinians unlike the PLO which was the previous political group in charge of the Palenstians. Peace requires reconcilliation and compromise in many historical conflicts like we saw in South Africa before 1994 with Nelson Mandela and negotiations we went through Hamas still doesnt recognize Israel has a right to exist, they refuse to say it. Six words and they wont say it If they were serious about a better future for the Palestinians they would start with that. Here is good link that highlights some of other developments that precipitated this latest killing https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/28/middleeast/israel-isis-attack-intl/index.html

Eugenics is a perfectly reasonable system if you an animal, not so much for human beings

Yes Bards Tale 4, I played it before I played any of the older BT games and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I enjoy the "grid based combat " design and how you can be very strategic in combat with skills and abilities But some of the puzzles were incredibly difficult, the hardest puzzles I have ever experienced. I probably spent about 6 hours just using walk-throughs and taking photos with my phone around these blood flow puzzles and then trying to replicate the images in the game You have an option to play a song and "cheat " and bypass most puzzles but I only used that once on the final door

Interesting, one a serious note I havent read the English versions of the Witcher but because I love the game world so much I want to What didnt you like about the writing style and content of the books? Please go into detail, I do consider you someone who is qualified to comment because you have written books so thats qualified in my definition And we all have our own preferences around good fantasy so for example I loved Steven Eriksson and Game of Thrones. So Im lookng for what was bad about the Witcher books in your opinion?

Well after being told by Russia that the massive troop buildup in Belarus and on the border of Ukraine was a " training exercise " you can understand how no one believes a single word that comes out the mouth of Russia or Belarus ?

Gothfuscious thats why we dont like you anarchists getting involved in any economic prognostications or policy You guys will only be happy when the global economy collapses and somehow we will create a " new and fairer " economic system on the foundation of a broken Capitalist system. Remember there is no historical evidence of a new type of economic phoenix rising from a global depression. We dont recreate a working system, albeit not perfect, but we do address systemic problems like in 1929 and 2008 Free market economics works and is real whether we like it or not as we can all see with this current global inflation caused primarily by supply and demand issues created by the imprudent lockdowns and the reality of broken supply chain problems. Putins War exacerbated this but its not the cause The US economy was in one of its strongest states just before the virus started hurting all of us economically in 2020. Lets not throw the baby out with the bathwater. Globalization is our friend and it always will be

I tend to agree that InXile should be tasked to develop games that they have a proven track record on like BT4 and Wasteland So if Obsidian has their hands full then Bethesda should be the Microsoft's choice for F:NV 2 but they busy with the Elder Scroll 6 which will keep them very busy?

Wormie I want to read the Witcher books but I dont understand Polish, why did Sapkowski write the books in a language that no one understands? Dont you think thats racist and selfish

What an interesting question for such an iconic sequel, I have played and loved games from both studios but I would prefer Obsidian because F:NV 1 was developed by them and it was an excellent game so why rock the boat ? In fact its in list of top 5 RPG of all time

Thanks, Im one of those gamers that doesnt mind certain issues or problems. But I dont want to play a game where main quests are broken or similar serious things like PC performance issues. Thats why I generally never play any new game until 3-6 months after release Did you use Mods with Cyb2077?

You joking about pirating W1 right, please tell me you joking? W1 was great but to be fair to CDPR it was their first game so I also remember some issues and jankiness...but the Romance cards were a nice touch, nothing like my Oblivion Viconia adult mod but a nice touch But what an improvement in game design and mechanics from W2 and W3 onwards. W4 is going to be epic I still need to play cyb2007, I think its relatively stable now ?