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Bester I want to clear, I DON'T PIRATE GAMES I know you look to me for your moral compass on many issues so I hope now that I have been completely honest you will join me in condemning the deplorable deed of pirating Helz comments below I agree with 100 %. I have never believed the story that people pirate a game to "test" it and then purchase it afterwards

That's a very insightful post jadedmeister and I agree with most of it. IMO the outrage from ANC supporters is more around the criticism on how they have been governing the country than the fact it is racist. But they are embellishing the racist element. To be clear the cartoon is not saying black South Africans are clowns, they are saying the people who voted in the ANC are clowns. Yes its not a nice thing to say but its a political cartoon and as you mentioned cartoons do present a caricature of people they represent. What the cartoonist should have done is include some white faces in the picture of the voters then there would have been less of a furore And I also think the global outrage due to the Danish cartoons was overdone and uncalled for

You make some reasonable points and yes the issue is more about how the voters are portrayed. People don't like being called ignorant for voting for the ANC and the cartoon shows them in a demeaning light. But good perspective

Good consideration, the one difference I can think of is with a library you don't own the book. The library does and they paid for it but they let you borrow it but when you torrent a book you own the book without paying for it.

http://www.women24.com/News/EWN-cartoon-deemed-racist-ANC-says-it-is-an-insult-to-voters-20140530 So some of you guys think that at times I over-analyse issues of social justice and sometimes highlight problems where problems don't exist. I understand that even if I don't agree all the time. I have explained that due to the history of the country I live in and my personal experiences I do take issues of social justice seriously Anyway I want to share with you and get your opinions on some of the issues around social justice that we deal with in South Africa on a weekly basis. Yesterday a prominent media outlet posted a cartoon basically suggesting that the ANC, our current ruling political party, are clowns. You can see the cartoon in the link I posted and you can read about the incident You don't need to know the exact history of the politicians in the cartoon but needless to say they haven't done very good jobs in there portfolios. There has been a huge outcry from people and mostly black South Africans suggesting that the cartoon is profoundly racist and wanting the cartoonist to be fired. The media outlet has apologized for any hurt caused and the whole incident has been referred to a Media Ombudsman for review and possible further action. So what do you guys think, is the is type of cartoon acceptable?

Fair enough. That's a logical question being interested in the legal aspect of pirating

PE's asset list and feature set is essentially locked at this point. There are still a large amount of bugs to fix and things to polish, but we aren't really generating additional content (besides audio, VFX, and a few B priority weapon and armor sets). Any money raised would likely into future projects (PE XP1). I've said this before but if PoE is released anytime before 2017 I'll be disappointed. I want to give Obsidian ample time to resolve any bugs and to add as much content as is reasonably possibly

I was about to say that in spite of my globe-trotting past with several local honies hasn't helped my allergies one bit, but then I realized you were talking about the stuff bees make. You make me laugh Do your work colleagues appreciate your sense of humour as much as we do?

I'm a strange person Monte, I don't just believe everything people tell me on the Internet. But if this means you won't engage with me anymore I'm sorry because I do enjoy our little debates

Barti I always get nervous when people start raising points around pirating like " in a moral or legal sense" Normally what follows is a vindication of pirating based on some pseudo-intellectual justification of why they pirate and the reasons why its "not pirating" On my old forum there were loads of people who use to unashamedly admit to pirating and frankly not caring. One guy even use to justify it by saying " he pirates games because the developers don't make games that are at the same standard as games in the past. So by not paying for games you are helping the developers to make better games as they won't generate as much revenue and they will realize they need to make better games" I kid you not, this was his explanation for pirating

In Australia, absolutely yes !!!! The rest of the world, no.

Blasphemer!!! SIEZE HIM! we can possibly type here is absolutely useful, QFT !!! For example think of all the interesting and pertinent discussions we have had raising the irrefutable facts around the importance of Romance, just because of our erudite views we now have Romance in PoE....oh wait

Good question around lending someone an ebook. I don't know But my advice is don't do it if there is any risk of it being pirating

I got upset for a moment due to nostalgic reasons but then I read the article and its only one branch of Mythic that is closing down. You naughty boy to make people nervous !!!

You always have the most hilarious posts. Hey a internet forum with no hyperbole is like a peanut butter sandwich with no jelly. You can still eat it but it gets awful dry! Well said my friend

Not true. Many years ago I ate a cheeseburger at McD's and got violently ill for about a day. My wife and daughter were sharing a hotel with me at the time, and my daughter has never bothered me for McD's since. I knew someone would have a MacD horror story

g Yes the coffee price was set to go up because of the bad rain in Brazil effecting the coffee crops . That guy is right by the way, honey is better for you..but I suppose you are already so sweet you don't need to become sweeter Trouble is that most honey you buy in supermarkets is so diluted it's basically just syrup with beehive for thickener. Real honey, like what they sell at the side of the road, or increasingly in cities with rooftop hives, has all that goodness from the flowers. Good point and you right. If you not buying it relatively fresh it wont have as much nutritional goodness

With respect, you haven't got a clue what you're talking about. The beginning of the end was the day they agreed on the Euro and the entire institution fudged the entry criteria for the unproductive, borderline corrupt southern Club Med fringe. Sorry boys I don't agree, Greece was the real beginning of the decline Scary thing about reality is that you don't have to agree with it for it to be true. Its not that I don't believe Monte and you but I would prefer to get few other opinions, you understand of course. Its just the most sensible way to end the debate

you funny

I work as an usability specialist for larger software company, even though that my work should have little to do with politics, there has been government contracts for EU specific web-portals. But I liked civic classes in school and I try to keep myself updated on how our government and EU works, so most of my knowledge comes from reading it from internet , which means that my knowledge probably has large holes in it. Well I find your perspective very interesting, so keep it up

With respect, you haven't got a clue what you're talking about. The beginning of the end was the day they agreed on the Euro and the entire institution fudged the entry criteria for the unproductive, borderline corrupt southern Club Med fringe. Sorry boys I don't agree, Greece was the real beginning of the decline

But to be fair the EU was the first union of its kind and on paper appeared to be the perfect economic and social construct. And for years it was the darling of the world, everyone use to talk about great the EU was...and it was great until the 2008 financial crisis and then the cracks appeared. For me the watershed moment that really challenged the invulnerability of the EU was when it became apparent how broken the Greek economy was and that they needed bailouts. I don't blame the EU for that. I believe Greece mislead the EU to become a member and utterly mismanaged many aspects of there economy But for me I'll repeat what I said. I don't believe the EU can sustain itself in its current form due to the lack of identity many people feel towards it. So I expect some structural changes going forward

Walsie....please tell me that a respected gastronome of your position wouldn't really eat at MacD....you just teasing right...please tell me that I did. And you're going to have to find a new hero. I am mortified....okay I'll survive I am having Sushi tonight, healthy and utterly delicious. And I'm having it with Wasabi

Good choice of series, but why would you feel guilty about watching Grimm, the show is brilliant ?

Yeah Breaking Bad really grows on you, you just need to accept that most of the main characters start descending into this vortex of completely dysfunctional behaviour and perspective. But damn its fun to watch