BruceVC

I'm sorry KP I try to not criticize you because my input seems to annoy you but I have noticed a real and perhaps concerning change in your overall views around ideology I have seen this many times before..first you rejected EU austerity and saw Germany as an enemy in the overall EU structure, then massive criticism of big business and the state of the US government and now we reach the point where its normal to use phrases like " states have become subservient to banks and other large corporations " , "interests of the ruling class which in these times are banks and corporations" and " Rule by private unaccountable entities is what Global Capitalism " Its standard left-wing hubris and vitriol against certain fundamental Western institutions, like the financial sector. it reminds me of something that Serb would say who you quote from RT....its all about anti-Western rhetoric for them end of the day, you should know they actually want to undermine and weaken the US. They not really interested in positive changes to your country But I did try to steer you away from this view.....but you basically dismissed what I said and of course you are perfectly entitled to believe what you want about the state of the USA but I hoped you wouldn't end up thinking like this

Today is a public holiday, its Workers Day. I have had friends staying with me the last 3 days and we have been partying and drinking and eating at restaurants. Its over now and I'm going to chill and play Witcher 3

Its is brilliant, I loved the series. Season 2 was my best with the hot witches ..and I see Season 3 has just been released

Guys but I'm sure we can all agree the general tone and decorum has improved since we all became cognizant of the SJ environment No, tone and decorum improved once those that were disrupting it moved on or were shown the door. There has been no "moral awakening" here. You really think that? Its always interesting to me when people say something like " SJ has no influence here or made no impact " Its like people automatically assume this must be a bad thing but its not. And I keep explaining its not as the change for example on this forum was subtle...you probably dont even notice it We have never meant some sort of extreme censorship but the Hot Women Thread was removed and there have been reasonable pruning of threads over some topics. But that doesn't mean you cant have a normal and robust debate. Its like I told Vals and LK....those guys could not have a debate with me without constantly making personal attacks ...yet I can debate with basically anyone else like you without the need to insult people. So funny enough I think you thrive fine in a world of SJ consideration

Its funny you cheated on the boss fights, I was going to buy this game from GOG for a lady friend yesterday and I thought how I did the same thing for the last fights, I never ever mentioned this before

Guys but I'm sure we can all agree the general tone and decorum has improved since we all became cognizant of the SJ environment

Has anyone actually ever been banned, outside of spambots? I couldn't name anyone. Personally I like it that way. You can always head out to RPGWatch or SA for stricter moderation... or the KKKodex for the opposite.

Volo people often say to me " volo is a troll....why you debate him " I dont think you a troll at all because we debate all the time? But I seldom agree with you and you refuse to answer all personal questions I ask u so its hard to read you but I would say we get on fine ?

Finally someone is prepared to say this...Gfted1 sometimes people think I'm stupid but I sometimes just refuse to try to interpret this forum debating etiquette This point you made, for me I engage with people who ask me questions or make absurd comments like " Muslims will overrun the USA " Then later after much debate someone I know will PM me and say "do you know they were trolling ÿou ... you wasted time debating them...you will never change anyone's mind as no one really respects the principle of debate " ( in other words no one ever likes to admit they wrong ) But I refuse to believe that, surly after all the time and endless debates we have all people who do debate arent prepared to concede they wrong? That would mean our debates are pointless Oh one of the two things that annoy me ....when people call me a troll...after all this time and all the effort I put into topics Its really would make me the most saddest person in the world You see I have no idea why some people call me a troll, there reasons always are nebulous and insincere " you a troll because you NEVER answer questions " Do you think I come across as a troll and if so what would define this?

Good to know you will be more active ...remember always support Romance in RPG

Tigranes I think you guys do a great job considering the reality of how discussions flow and change and how sometimes people debate and how things heated But this criticism about the mentally retarded children I don't understand? Can you explain what was so bad about it as sometimes I misunderstand forum etiquette This is my view, we having a normal debate where certain people seemed to be antagonizing each other ...but this is normal? Now just because Barti and Hurlshot think its inappropriate why should that matter in the slightest? Isn't there a general forum rule that not all debates you need to agree with or think are relevant ..and the only reason I am asking is have the forums become vituperative? Discussions on topics such as this are bound to get heated, but I find they tend to simmer down and we just get peaks and valleys. Most people here are good people, Bruce included. A warning is usually all it takes for people to calm down because I think despite our differences, we have a lot of respect for each other here. Thanks Oerwinde Its funny how certain people wont talk to me on these forums and it upsets me when people ignore me because I hate being ignored ....waaaaaa But also the people who ignore me have basically completely different views to me and I want to debate with them because I enjoy these types of debates. So its weird that clever people like these guys, for example Zora, 2133 and Vals, cant bring themselves to debate with me. Trust me Im not that bad ...you and I chat all the time?

Tigranes I think you guys do a great job considering the reality of how discussions flow and change and how sometimes people debate and how things heated But this criticism about the mentally retarded children I don't understand? Can you explain what was so bad about it as sometimes I misunderstand forum etiquette This is my view, we having a normal debate where certain people seemed to be antagonizing each other ...but this is normal? Now just because Barti and Hurlshot think its inappropriate why should that matter in the slightest? Isn't there a general forum rule that not all debates you need to agree with or think are relevant ..and the only reason I am asking is have the forums become vituperative?

Well for me its just the principle ....you don't need to insult people on the Internet around something they cannot change....its malicious and pointless... Its the same issue I had with that video insulting that overweight SJW who was shrieking, criticize the point and not the person But I have to be honest I find it hard to believe LK didn't insult him in some way knowing how LK can be....but still no need for that level of vitriol

I watched the whole video, it had some interesting points but also many comments that were simply misinformed and based on a level of bias Oerwinde if you are interested I can go into more detail but if you not so keen then its fine but I will refute the overall message using facts and current examples so it may be interesting ? Go for it Bruce. Its not much of a discussion otherwise Sure, but I have friends visiting now and as soon as they gone I will Its going to be detailed but hopefully you find it interesting

I ASKED HIM WHY HE BOTHERED MESSAGING ME AND LOL WHAT IS GOING ON: Like I'm laughing my ass off here but I'm likewise confused as ****. HOW DO PEOPLE LIKE THIS EXIST?? This is so weird, so malicious and so pathetic I don't even know what to say. He's spamming me now. For me what that guy said to you was rude, unnecessary and worst of all lacking in reality... How can he possibly make a statement like that as I doubt he has access to any empirical evidence on the actual matter., he clearly is just trying to offend you. You must have really annoyed him...but still what he said was not necessary His comments for me fall under the " person needs to be given an immediate warning " ...and permanent banning next time

I am crazy about Triss, I always want to Romance her ..I'm not use to Yennefer and I would expect her to show me more attention in the future if she expects Romance This game is everything I could ask for any non-isometric RPG....seriously its amazing how much thought went into design and questing, also the crafting and alchemy is very interesting Play the card game, Gwent. I swear I thought it was dumb when I first started playing TW3, but by the end of the game I was absolutely hooked and spent time looking for the best cards. It's an addictive game. Its so weird you raised because I have been avoiding playing Gwent for exactly the reason you mentioned, its probably the only part of the game I have ignored because I thought it seemed silly

Hurlshot if you have insight we are missing please share it? I am interested in your personal views as you are a teacher and are actively involved in helping younger people but for example you said the debate was ill-conceived? What did you mean by that ? To me its like on this topic you keep criticizing the tone and comments but you wont explain your view so maybe we can all learn something

It's just becoming pretty painful to sit through most of these threads, where it seems like discussion has gotten especially repetitive and boneheaded lately. I especially get annoyed anytime people start doing those idiotic "gotcha"s people have been posting lately every time they reply and "prove" the other person wrong. Gettin' old. Well I'm sure this makes me a massive hypocrite considering I haven't done much to improve the atmosphere of the discussion around here, but... opting out doesn't really help. I mean, ideally, moderation would set standards of behavior that are conducive to a constructive exchange of ideas and clamp down hard on pointlessly antagonistic bull**** (which, again, I'm sure would get me banned in, like, two weeks but still) - but given that they apparently don't consider setting up such rules a priority, I think it falls upon the participants to combat that kind of crap. Which I'm not entirely sure how to do - I guess politely phrased, informative and topic-relevant posts in great enough numbers to drown out the noise would do the trick? alum dont take it personally, Barti means well but he is missing something I have never considered the various debates members get into as interesting to everyone ? I generally enjoy your debates but were you under the impression most members followed or cared what you guys were saying? Its never been like that as generally only some people get involved but thats no reason to stop commenting the way you do because if you now stopped because some members didn't appreciate or understand it that would seem an overreaction .?

But why didnt you just make this post in the beginning....it would have made your overall point much more meaningful and the general continued argument would have ended quickly So in other words you have evidence that some mentally retarded people can and do go to some Universities ? I find that interesting and I learnt something new

I watched the whole video, it had some interesting points but also many comments that were simply misinformed and based on a level of bias Oerwinde if you are interested I can go into more detail but if you not so keen then its fine but I will refute the overall message using facts and current examples so it may be interesting ?

That's not how it works, Bruce. Did Churchill's policies result in the death and suffering of millions? Yes, they did, and therefore the comparison has legs. You can't just say "well they were brown people and history books don't mention it so it doesn't count and anyways the good outweighs the bad". alum I have been doing some research on this topic, read this link....there are other sources outside wiki that tell basically the same account if you dont trust what this link says https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943 But in summary I'm not saying Churchill was this perfect leader, there is no such thing as perfect but the accusation " Churchill just let millions of Indians die " is not the complete story. There were other factors that influenced his decision not to send food aid, for example WW2 was at its height and to be honest the British had other priorities..anyway this is discussed in the link

You know, this is kind of have I've been feeling about most of the "serious discussion" threads lately... But Barti this discussion was hijacked and I think intentionally misunderstood by Vals and Hiro What alum basically posted several times was a logical and obvious point, which is below Mild mental retardation Approximately 85% of the mentally retarded population is in the mildly retarded category. TheirIQ score ranges from 50-75, and they can often acquire academic skills up to the 6th grade level.They can become fairly self-sufficient and in some cases live independently, with community andsocial support. I'm not sure why people kept asking questions like " but are you saying even mildly retarded people cant go to University " So the salient point would be " do we think a person with a 50-75 IQ can get into Varsity " It should be clear its highly unlikely ..not sure why this was so complicated?

I don't follow you. What misunderstanding would that be? I'm not suggesting they are not free to wave Mexican flags and talk about violently killing Americans and return the land to Mexico. Although I should point out if it were anglo-Mexicans doing that bulls--t in Sonora while waving US flags the Mexican Government would shut that down right the f--k now. But here they are completely free to do this and I have no problem with the act itself. But they need to understand it's pissing a lot of people off and that is a poor way to convince others of your political points. But the moment words turn to deeds and they fling a rock at the cops of beat the hell out of someone wearing a Trump T-shirt then it's jail time. And if the aggressor is a different ethnicity than the victim it sounds like a hate crime to me. I meant they are hiding behind free speech....what is there justification? Why do they feel they need to say this about white Americans?

Yeah, its annoying and counter productive to see people who were previously discriminated against now thinking its okay to say things like " white people must be beaten up " In South Africa this type of "free speech " doesnt get generally allowed on radio shows and trust me black South Africans have many reasons to want to say things like this but they normally dont Dont you think what is annoying you is a misunderstanding of the US view of free speech?

And who taught you about how to grow veg and fruit? Did you teach yourself I think its great, nice one