BruceVC

If you think that argument bit more you find that it really don't hold any closer scrutiny. And even if we leave all sense, logic and decently behind us, how do you even begin to plan actual isolation of population group which members can born to any family in any social, economical, ethnic, religious, cultural, etc. group that there are and they don't have any visible marks or clear test that would reveal their sexual orientation. And in this your isolation system do bisexual had to decide between living with other people or living isolation or is it based on some random system? I don't think it's possible, but if they stopped advertising this rainbow low caliber clothing 'style of gay', and forcing down our throats with sad stories and aggressive feminine ( but from a male ) attitudes, making us all look like an abomination. I'd have no problem, not even patronizing homosexuality, if the majority of them stopped being this stupid. They can live happily without a lisp, they can live happily without feminine acting. It's not a thing that comes with gay, feminine acting and general sexual stupidity ( promoting it like porn in daylight - "I'm here in daylight because I have sex with men, and there's hundreds of us, you should join in" ). To be honest, all emotions aside for a second, it's unnecessary and making us look weak and abnormal, begging for combat. It's also provocative for a lot of people are homophobic and it's even broadcast now. They get so much attention, they've reached the peak now surely. I would HATE to see it carry on from this point, gay-pride, but sure be gay. Out of curiosity, how many gay people have you actually met in person? Because I've met a couple handfuls and none of them acted like the popular TV / pride parade stereotype. In fact, most of them hated the stereotype much more vehemently than you do. My uncle is homosexual and I'm bisexual, and I've met straight acting gays. I don't mean to be insulting, as bad as it sounds... Gay pride causes problems for people who want to be civil and normal, unique, acting, who perhaps have, what I find peace calling, "abnormal sexuality". Okay fair enough...but I still don't get your objection to Pride? Are you saying people don't like Gay Pride because of the all the theatrics and people acting silly ?

If you think that argument bit more you find that it really don't hold any closer scrutiny. And even if we leave all sense, logic and decently behind us, how do you even begin to plan actual isolation of population group which members can born to any family in any social, economical, ethnic, religious, cultural, etc. group that there are and they don't have any visible marks or clear test that would reveal their sexual orientation. And in this your isolation system do bisexual had to decide between living with other people or living isolation or is it based on some random system? I don't think it's possible, but if they stopped advertising this rainbow low caliber clothing 'style of gay', and forcing down our throats with sad stories and aggressive feminine ( but from a male ) attitudes, making us all look like an abomination. I'd have no problem, not even patronizing homosexuality, if the majority of them stopped being this stupid. They can live happily without a lisp, they can live happily without feminine acting. It's not a thing that comes with gay, feminine acting and general sexual stupidity ( promoting it like porn in daylight - "I'm here in daylight because I have sex with men, and there's hundreds of us, you should join in" ). To be honest, all emotions aside for a second, it's unnecessary and making us look weak and abnormal, begging for combat. It's also provocative for a lot of people are homophobic and it's even broadcast now. They get so much attention, they've reached the peak now surely. I would HATE to see it carry on from this point, gay-pride, but sure be gay. So you say people should stop publicly liking, practicing or exercising anything they like because some other people don't necessary like how they behave, like for example people should not wear fan shirts, symbols, flags, bandanas, religious symbols etc., go concerts, conventions, exhibitions, religious events, sporting events, etc.. Gay prides are only events where people celebrate something in their lives and make public demonstration that they have people like them exist and they have right to exists. I also would point out that your premise that they promote one style of gay is absolute wrong, and that feminine acting don't have anything to do being gay and association of such trait to gays is actually product of media (movies and tv-series) that more often than not give such behavior for their gay characters when there is one in the movie/tv-series. So feminine acting is trait that our society demands from the gays so that they can be gays. If you think that argument bit more you find that it really don't hold any closer scrutiny. And even if we leave all sense, logic and decently behind us, how do you even begin to plan actual isolation of population group which members can born to any family in any social, economical, ethnic, religious, cultural, etc. group that there are and they don't have any visible marks or clear test that would reveal their sexual orientation. And in this your isolation system do bisexual had to decide between living with other people or living isolation or is it based on some random system? I don't think it's possible, but if they stopped advertising this rainbow low caliber clothing 'style of gay', and forcing down our throats with sad stories and aggressive feminine ( but from a male ) attitudes, making us all look like an abomination. I'd have no problem, not even patronizing homosexuality, if the majority of them stopped being this stupid. They can live happily without a lisp, they can live happily without feminine acting. It's not a thing that comes with gay, feminine acting and general sexual stupidity ( promoting it like porn in daylight - "I'm here in daylight because I have sex with men, and there's hundreds of us, you should join in" ). To be honest, all emotions aside for a second, it's unnecessary and making us look weak and abnormal, begging for combat. It's also provocative for a lot of people are homophobic and it's even broadcast now. They get so much attention, they've reached the peak now surely. I would HATE to see it carry on from this point, gay-pride, but sure be gay. Wow, I don't think you very informed about Gay Pride I go every year to the one in Johannesburg..... have you ever been to Gay Pride? Do you spend hours watching the event if you don't go ? What do you mean by "forcing down our throats with sad stories and aggressive feminine" ....are we forced to watch Gay Pride ?

Nah, I'm sure I've said more disingenuous things in the past...I must have ? Please don't get mad with me, you are the one who has to live in this new Internet where people get bullied into silence by people more belligerent and vociferous than them That's politics and the world in general and that's how we got to this point already, by letting noisy crusaders make others believe that they were a chorus. When both sides are mirroring each other it feels kind of pointless to just say that one is the guilty party. I agree but lets not deny this situation with Moosa is not something we should condemn?

Nah, I'm sure I've said more disingenuous things in the past...I must have ? Please don't get mad with me, you are the one who has to live in this new Internet where people get bullied into silence by people more belligerent and vociferous than them

The Federal government needs to find an efficient and resounding way to put this to rest....we really need consistency and reasonableness on this issue

You don't seem concerned that GG has effectively stifled debate and a dissenting voice in the great GG narrative? What happened to the belief in free speech....I suppose its more selective and shouldn't be protected all the time ?

Yeah we simple people unlike you Russians One hot looking weather girl will keep our attention for weeks But I find it hard to believe there are many hot weather girls in Russia, I was under the impression all the hot Russian ladies get exported as strippers? I am not even Russian, but w/e... In b4 Oby will come pop in with some odd videos of mother Russia... Oh...my bad, sorry to accuse you of being Russian, I realize what an insult that is Where do you live ?

Yeah we simple people unlike you Russians One hot looking weather girl will keep our attention for weeks But I find it hard to believe there are many hot weather girls in Russia, I was under the impression all the hot Russian ladies get exported as strippers?

Yeah....we seem to have similar hiring policies over here

From Beamdog? Yeah, I don't see who else will realistically do it? They seem to have the IP around the Forgotten Realms from a development perspective so it should be feasible?

With the horrible and damaging lifting techniques and odd disciplines used in Crossfit I refuse to recognize it as a valid form of sport. And it does not have enough endurance in it anyway, thats more like circuit training and thats not what I mean. I was more thinking along the lines of -as example- log lifts and atlas stone lift sessions followed by 60km bike sprints, followed by dead lifts and bench presses with running 20km as finisher. Most of the lifts are not against the clock but instead the total amount of weight lifted counts. Endurance disciplines are of course against the clock. I'd give the athletes a mandatory rest phase between the strength and endurance disciplines. Just thinking out loud.... Crossfit is very popular in South Africa, I know people who are Crossfit trainers and swear it is the best overall cardio and weight training a person can do Yet I also have friends who are physiotherapists and tell me that business has never been better because of the large numbers of people who have injured there backs and or muscles due to Crossfit or not understanding the correct Crossfit techniques

Nah his posts are perfectly acceptable for this thread, it wouldn't be necessary for him to create his own thread to discuss these types of topics

Dude, I enjoy your posts. I may not understand most of what you say but thats not the point ...they fit perfectly into the weird and interesting thread

Nah, you just think you miss it because civil society expects you to say that. If you take a more analytical look at the fact that the Hot Women thread was removed and you leave out the emotion you will realize you can't really miss it

Volo, Baro is 100 % correct, please stop trying to justify fascism and abuse..you are suppose to be an intelligent and rationale adult. You need to learn to control your urges and conduct yourself with a semblance of decorum..and it doesn't matter if you are Canadian, that's no excuse

First time I have seen this, it made me laugh

Passes the time at work, mainly. Oh and

So I'm wrapping up my visit to the coast and flying back to JHB in about an hour The trip was a resounding success. On Friday morning we spent the day at the beach and did some site seeing, the whole beachfront at Durban has been renovated and you can walk about 8 km along a nice promenade where there many little restaurants and funky bars that you can visit and quench your thirst and satisfy your hunger if necessary, we had an early morning breakfast. Saturday we went to a farmers market and then visited a railway house pub called Stokers Arms...drinks flowed like mothers milk of course http://www.stokersarms.co.za/ Following that I felt I wanted to visit an old school friend who I haven't seen or heard from in about 2 years and heard had fallen on hard financial times. But I had no contact details of his but I knew he frequented a really dodgy pub so I went there hoping he might be there. After nearly getting beaten up from some redneck for joking with his wife because her handbag was full of avocado pears it turns out he knew my friend and he phoned him to tell him I was looking for him. So my friend came through and we reconnected which was great. We spent the entire night drinking and carousing...the next day I was extremely hangover and felt like death warmed up ...but it was worth seeing my friend again Yesterday we had a awesome family lunch with all my family at a Portuguese restaurant called aTasca, really quaint. Live music and great vibe. I had gizzards as a starters and then Sardines as my main meal http://www.atasca.co.za/ And now my trip is over and back to work tomorrow

Yeah...that's good in theory...but not so much in practice when getting along with others is pretty much required for your time to be constructive. Yeah, I'd go one step further and say that it's not even that good in theory, let me explain (pedantic **** mode ON). If you don't give a **** what others say, there is no point in posting or saying anything, ever — just thinking or writing in a journal would accomplish the same result and is more convenient. And if you only care about what others say if they agree with you, that is also pointless, as they already agree with you and reinforcing the same point accomplishes nothing, much like yelling inside an empty cave. It makes no sense to care only about what others say if they agree with you after you convince them, because you can *not* know before listening to their reaction if they agree. So this leaves only two possibilities: either you don't care what people think and only speak because you love the sound of your own voice, or you speak in order to elicit a reaction, whatever that may be, so you do in fact care about what others say. If only because, barring physical demonstrations, you need to listen to their reaction to know that your message has been received at all, and is intelligible. Speaking up and not giving a **** about what other people say is about as sensible as a deaf person that cannot read lips and doesn't know sign language trying to have a conversation. (no, I don't really have anything useful to add to the legal debate) This is an interesting post and raises the question " why do we engage in debates on the Internet " ? I participate in debates to give people a different perspective and to sometimes correct a spurious view someone may have. I also like to learn new things about topics and that also happens sometimes when people give there views For me it always has been about self improvement, it's hard to find the people and the time to debate and test one's ideals but the internet has the benefits of connecting the whole world and keeping records for posterity. Doesn't mean that every argument is worth it but that's one of the reason I like these forums, the people here are worth it. Good points, you are an example of someone who has taught me new things on these forums like your input around the reality of Indie developers and how they get treated

Please don't be racist KP....its the beginning of the week and there is no need for it

I cannot even begin to fathom why your posts, if they're anything like the ones you post here, might get downvotes on reddit. Stop ass-kissing Barti...unless you are being obsequious around my posts...then its okay

I agree, of course big corporations don't control governments or are more important than governments A good, bad or failed government actually has a direct consequence to how effective corporations can ultimately function and grow Look at certain African countries that have basically corrupt leaders and see how much influence big business has in those countries....very little because there isn't much point investing in those countries because of the risk But the movie still looks very good

Pub crawls always have a way of making a situation better, you seem like a good friend to your lady friends. That's an admirable quality What type of dancing do you do ?

Multiple patches to improve the game and increase stability doesn't bother me at all as I haven't even played PoE yet so when I do I think many issues people have raised will be resolved

A pity, I was hoping for a BG3 announcement