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Do you guys think PoE1 is fine to play now, I dont play games when they first released because of bugs so I generally wait 3-5 months or until the game is relatively stable ? I have it on Steam so Im good to go

Raithe McConnell is at age where he is allowed to make the odd gaff...and what a big one this was

The Russians make me laugh, their latest examples of brinkmanship and upsetting the West is to claim " The West is hysterical about Ukraine ", Putin's right as usual because its not like Russia has over 100k troops on the Ukrainian border, or has annexed a part of Ukraine in the past so of course the West is being overly emotional ....oh wait

What a brilliant move that was and so ahead of its time with things like LGBT and other " taboo" subjects. I remember my parents and uncles telling me how it was considered " immoral, un-Christian and pernicious to young minds " so it was banned by the Apartheid government but they still all got to watch it before it was banned Here are some fun facts about this classic movie https://www.grindhousedatabase.com/index.php/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show/Fun_Facts

Thanks Gorthfuscious, glad thats answered Heres my next question for you. If Western\colonial countries are responsible nowadays for the problems in Africa and the reason for immigration how come their are stable and economically growing African countries like Rwanda, Namibia, Botswana and Morocco, to name a few, where the citizens of these countries dont immigrate in their thousands? All these countries use to be colonies of European countries. Rwanda even had a genocide in 1994 which was blamed on the French by some yet its an exceptionally well run country? Is it also the European countries responsible for the success in these countries and not good leadership and governments doing their job and ensuring governance and accountability ?

Guys I am going to share a gastronomic secret with you that I am not supposed to because its closely guarded knowledge handed down within my family for generations through the centuries of colonialism but since I like you guys I dont mind @ShadySands but if anyone asks you about this you didnt hear this from me When you eating any kind of sausage that includes normal bangers (UK colloquialism for typical pork sausage), cheese grillers, bockwurst, andouille, knockwurst and Weisswurst to name a few their is a mustard that will transform your sausage to unparalleled levels of enjoyment That mustard is Maille Honey Mustard, yes the French do have the worlds best mustards ....well maybe German mustard is on the same level ? https://us.maille.com/products/honey-mustard You havent lived until you've tried it with sausage

You a good man, if I ever come to Belfast I am taking you out for dinner and free drinks. And yes we can even go dancing

Its vastly exaggerated and inaccurate in most cases this argument that "country x " is responsible for the collapse of " country y "and that is why people leave and become economic immigrants or immigrants generally. Its absolves bad and failed leadership of the country where people immigrate from or from taking responsibility for things like good governance. What are your examples of this and do you accept that government is responsible for the welfare of its citizens or is it always the fault of other countries when a country is "wrecked " . So for example who is responsible for the collapse of countries like Syria, Zimbabwe and Venezuela...surly its the policies and decisions of the governments who run the country? Also I hope you dont think I am asking for sympathy? My life is great, I was talking about why some white people assume CRT is true and get genuinely upset. I am opposed to it but for the reasons I explained , Im not angry or upset about it. And you misunderstanding my point, I wasnt saying " white people are tired of black people complaining " , I was saying " white people are tired of being told you are the worst in the world" .Their is a huge difference in the 2 sentences and you assuming I am talking about the former

I think Wormie is saying its offensive that it seems we pay more for games on Steam and maybe they could discount more like Epic

Shady you need to treat yourself sometimes in life, last year was a hard year and maybe you should reward yourself by buying this game ?

Okay I understand, I doubt I would watch it either if I was you I posted this only because you asked for examples and this is a SA development but their are similar examples in the USA. This is not about CRT but rather a trend I sometimes come across, and its not common, where some activists make historical points that are inaccurate and are just offensive because they generalize and malign all white people as if we all the same

Okay are you prepared to watch this 35 minute video from that same professor who was on talk show trying to explain the lecture . It will demonstrate my point properly when I talk about revisionist and selective history, I can explain it once you have listened to this ...yes I know 35 minutes is long but its worth it so you can understand what I am talking about and you need to watch most of the video to understand. And remember this is a professor at a University so he is suppose to informed about the events of history. fro

Mamie seems right about why its not on Steam, here is a discussion on Steam about this ...it also may be licensing issue https://steamcommunity.com/app/2760/discussions/0/810923580540078773/?l=french

Here is one example of a SA university professor of political science who had lecture about " Hitler did nothing wrong " Yes he is ignorant of history and thinks Jews are white people, not even knowing Jews are their own ethnic group but this is what I am talking about. I can also post a link to the podcast if you want to hear his rationale and explanation. Their is 6 minute video on the first link I recommend you watch for a summary https://www.israellycool.com/2021/04/14/bds-supporting-lecturer-hitler-committed-no-crime/ https://therepublicmail.com/adolf-hitler-committed-no-crime-uct-lecturer/

Im so glad you guys are asking this question, yes take full advantage of these deals and especially NWN2. I bought that on GOG on special about 2 years ago

Yes its their but in the form of opinion pieces, blogs and other forms of selective and biased history and commentary I can post links for you if you genuinely interested in reading what I am talking about? It wont just be about the USA and as I mentioned to Amentep its not a big deal but it does exist ? I cant comment on what universities are teaching because I am not talking about that

Classic post, these comments have really made me LOL

Good post and objective as usual I have been engaged in debates about colonialism, and similar topics, and what some people think white people did or didnt do historically for about 12 years. Its not just about the US, its global in mostly first world countries ( and SA ) but its not a debate that leads to real political changes or white people suddenly being forced to pay unreasonable redress even though some call for it. So I dont consider it something that anyone should be overly concerned about. But it still gets raised and topics like CRT and Project 1619 ( Im just using them as an example ) are unhelpful if you really want to address racism or inequality In SA for example these types of debates are only probably 3-5% of the total topics that gets discussed in our national narrative in the media . But I do bring it up on this forum because it get raised in the US narrative but I dont want to create the impression that I consider this topic as important as the many other challengers all our societies grapple with Its just one of them. And then a question, you say people should know the history of the good and bad of their country and that was glossed over? There are thousands of books, websites and documentaries on the slave trade and worst aspects of history of what white people did. Its always been available for decades. Are you saying many Americans arent aware of the history of things like slavery? Because Colonialism is not a taboo subject and gets discussed all the time in different mediums in Europe and SA

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Have you ever considered maybe many white people are tired of being told your history and ancestors contribution is only about oppression, racism and slavery and the countries where " all these terrible white people " live are mostly first world countries and countries where millions of people are desperate to immigrate to? So we cant be that bad right ...we must have done something right? Just a thought

I agree it seems strange it became an active Internet story, I guess its part of the " this is how dangerous the virus is " but Omicron is not as deadly as previous variants. This lady was unfortunate because lots of people are unvaccinated and have contracted Omicron and they didnt die so I do think this story is partly fear-mongering

I watched Helstrom and thought it was excellent, I was bitterly disappointed it didnt go past season 1 I didnt read the comics\graphic novels of Helstrom so its interesting he is the son of the devil and his sister a succubus, in the series they are " human " but the children of a demon\demonic entity But its very brutal and not sanitized in respects to the general violence

Good to know, I thought you were mad

https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-vax-folk-singer-got-161649983.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall Here is a troubling and sad story about the virus, a Czech folk singer who was vaccine hesitant decided to get the virus from her husband and son because then she would get a health pass once she recovered Sadly she died @Chilloutman whats the view of this story on the ground in Czech?

Im about to start on NWN1 EE, its been years since I played this game and Im looking forward to my belated return to the Forgotten Realms