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We very consistent, Putin is a warmonger and a liar and he has demonstrated this time and time again And its easy to understand and accept the obvious and egregious targeting of civilians by Russia. They did the same thing in Syria and Chechnya . They target civilian buildings and target towns, these are clearly not military targets I found it amazing how anyone would defend these appalling actions by Russia

Latest trailer for Vampire: Swansong, its looking good and has some nice RPG mechanics, like skills advancement, so its more than just a narrative RPG

Ive been busy this week with work issues so I havent finished with my Oblivion mods, Im about 80 % done so I will definitely start playing Oblivion this weekend

I never know what to believe around SM, I am not saying I dismiss everything because many SM stories get corroborated on various international networks and embedded journalists in Ukraine. But I wonder how true it is around Russians surrendering and the real numbers because their is no way to get accurate data from Russia I agree with all your reasons and also how conscripts would be less likely to die in this unnecessary conflict but I still wonder what the real numbers are

That is even impressive because those types of wars would have been even brutal than Ukraine...no SM and Internet updates. I appreciate these types of stories when you find out some celebrity also could have died in a foreign war for is beliefs I found this link about what you mentioned and I see he also did his part against the Nazi https://www.badassoftheweek.com/christopherlee

I like these types of stories, with all the carnage and misery from Putins War we forger this type of human element

I dont know, I really respect people who are prepared to leave the safety and comfort of a first world country and travel to another country to fight tyranny and warmongering of someone like Putin. He is prepared to die for this cause. We can admire that a little

@Malcador @majestic @Pidesco Guys I wanted to confirm why I created that wrong impression around the Putin rant and before I checked I did think it was more because you guys were making assumptions. But I reread my post and I did make several errors and I left out a final comment which was a negative comment of Putin Thanks for commenting because I will be more careful next time. And why this matters is I could be one another forum chatting for example to my sisters liberal friends and I make a similar post in the wrong way. And they wont be very impressed @majestic and again your comments matter because no one will ever admit they are a fascist or white supremacist so even though I am surprised you ask me I would rather know whats the impression I am creating. But just to be clear you were suggesting my ideological views are like Putins or do you mean something else by fascist. I am interested in what you mean ?

I went out for lunch today with my family so I am still busy installing mods. I will finish tomorrow or so, its going slow but I am checking each mod to be consistent

Im glad you raised this point because generally most people on this forum consider both Assange and Snowden to have done the correct thing and I have always battled to understand that But on the Snowden case, I consider the work that security institutions like the CIA, MI6 and NSA do to be about the real security of any country and people that work in these institutions really have almost additional responsibilities to not reveal what they do. As we know the UK and USA were involved since 2001 with the war of terror and apart from that their are real threats from countries that use cyber-espionage What the NSA does really matters and Snowden revealed several confidential programs utilized by the NSA, what do you think he should be charged with? I didnt know you worked with Greenwald, I always felt he worked with Assange and Snowden to undermine the US but I dont have real evidence, whats your view on him?

We can only assist with clever names if you explain what the business is?

@Amentep and @rjshae I am going to get back to both of you guys about your posts Rjshae I dont really understand what you talking about, science and physics is not really my strong point But I was ask you later certain questions specific to what you saying Also have either of you read a book called Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman? My theory about free choice is based on what I absorbed from parts of that book that I understood and finished , anyway I will explain my theory anyway but I will reference what Kahneman talks about https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/thinking-fast-slow-bookbite/30750/?gclid=CjwKCAjw_tWRBhAwEiwALxFPoTe0UyfsbWrAMom_Tv9qz-2SmSclSBBqQMToDdhajspoKw9h8YiSIRoCUKEQAvD_BwE

Its funny how so many people always say and their is some truth to it So typically I would spend about 24 hours researching, installing and then troubleshooting, if necessary, mods I use But I use Nexus Mod Manager and the functionality makes working with mods much easier. But I do take about 4-6 days to prepare for any Elder Scroll games which means I spend about 2-5 hours a day on the preparation But its worth it, every hour. Especially when you see all your mods working nicely

You make good points and some I agree with especially " letting people "have it" with all the possible consequences if they refuse vaccines because they believe in conspiracy theories. They also imho gets lowest priority if vital healthcare resources are conteste " and we not being cynical or insensitive . We being practical But Im not convinced by the argument " Not everybody *can* get vaccinated, due to no fault of their own" or maybe you can give examples of what you mean. And I do agree their will be some valid reasons for not taking a vaccine like people with previous health issues where they have to be cautious about any vaccine But as you know SA is not a first country like Oz and for the last 10 months or so we have had massive initiatives in cities and rural areas to try to get people vaccinated. Their is basically 95 % coverage for anyone who wants a jab Yet the message of the efficacy of vaccines wasnt believed because primarily people dont trust this particular government message Now in OZ you have more resources and ability to deliver vaccines so maybe you can give examples of what you meant by " Not everybody *can* get vaccinated, due to no fault of their own " ?

Yes but as I said if the lockdowns dont stop the virus anyway then its pointless which is our SA narrative And the impact on the resources on hospitals matters if you have a real concern with hospital resources. But in SA it made no difference because people werent dying in hospital corridors But my point is you avoid the strain on hospitals if you take the vaccines but if people dont want to take vaccines its their choice and they must accept the consequence But the lockdown need to end, they become pointless if you offer vaccines?

I have some great news, its a public holiday in SA on Monday and I have decided to play Oblivion again but this time I will be using mods Any Oblivion mods suggestions would be appreciated but I generally use mods that are lore friendly and enhance the default game. For example extra monsters, more dungeons, more spells and animals with enhanced AI @HoonDing I found a nice adult mod for Viconia from BG as a companion with full Romance options You need a Nexus user account to view it https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/15200

Their is no point to any lockdown if they dont stop the virus spreading because then all you doing is harming your economy. Their is no real debate around " if lockdowns were excessive ", they were absolutely excessive and in SA we could only Constitutionally justify them by using some anachronistic Natural Disaster Act. Anytime you have to justify a policy like lockdowns with Natural Disaster Acts then its excessive. Their is no other way you could frame it But to make things worse in SA despite our annoying and inconsistently enforced lockdowns we had 4 waves 2 variants 80-90% of SA populations apparently had the virus but they were mostly asymptomatic We only achieved 35 % more or less of vaccination rate for our citizens So for me its obvious going forward. Since the lockdowns made no difference to the virus spread their is no point implementing them because they just hurt the economy. Vaccines in SA are free and available so if people dont want to take them thats their choice but we cant prevent people who take vaccines from having a normal life Also the SA vaccine reality disputes the exaggerated view around " vaccine hoarding\nationalism " that basically suggests that the only reason Africa and other regions have had the virus spreading is because they have been denied vaccines by the racist\colonial\capitalist\Western countries who are hoarding them In SA as I mentioned we have plenty of free vaccines but a failure to convince 65% of the population to take vaccines still exists. And the main reason for the 65% not taking is that they simply dont trust our public sector healthcare and government spokespeople. Because our government has followed the science and only endorsed vaccines and has never questioned their efficacy officially or publicly

Yes I know you dont drink, thats why I said you need to start

I just finished Vampire: Coteries and it was a quick but overall enjoyable sojourn in the WOD universe. I know Bloodlines 2 is an ARPG and is going to be a completely different game than Coteries but I really miss the WOD lore and game world I hope Bloodlines 2 is finally released , I really do

Are you talking about Snowden and Assange? They both accused of criminal charges, they stand accused of several real crimes.They not trumped up at all But you seem to assuming they will both be automatically found guilty as if the US judicial system is corrupt and a kangaroo court? Their would be lots of US media attention on these cases and lots of people supporting them due to the interminable US political " left vs right " debates and dichotomies So their is no way the Federal government would fabricate charges that could somehow survive public scrutiny So they will only be found guilty if they broke the law and I know we all support one of foundations in all our countries which is a free and fair and transparent judiciary and overall legal system . And we all support people who commit crimes being punished ?

Thats such a ...Elerond thing to say But thats also one of the reasons I like and respect your opinion because you very consistent. In fact I find myself agreeing with you probably 90% of the time I have only really disagreed with you when you bad and you say things like " Huawei\Chinese backdoors in their 5g equipment is the same as Facebook having access to Facebook private user information " and similar things

But its not just non-Westerners being charged in the ICC or the Hague You have numerous Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian military people who were charged in the International Criminal Court for Yugoslavia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_the_former_Yugoslavia#:~:text=The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia,ad hoc court located in The Hague%2C Netherlands. And more important than that the ICC and similar Hague based prosecutorial institutions, like the ICTY, is its not a kangaroo court and you wont be automatically found guilty. Their are several cases of African warlords who were not found guilty in the ICC and released and acquitted https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/13/africa/congo-warlord-sentence-release-duplicate/index.html

" its rude to jump the Hague queue "

But Elerond whats your personal opinion? Should Russia be charged with war crimes ?

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