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How are you finding the derogatory references to women? And yes I haven't played this game but its not just the Eurogamer review that made a point of pointing this out. Other gaming websites had the exact same criticism so there must be some truth to it

Guys I am happy to tell anyone who wants to know my reasons why there are almost no ladies on these forums. But don't ask unless you want to know because I'm going to be honest

Its pretty awesome video. Our cat we had when I was a kid had kittens and when a doberman in the neighborhood got loose and came around the front fence. It barked at the cat who hissed back, but the doberman was undeterred. Our cat changed tactics by jumping over the fence, landingd on the back of the doberman and starting clawing. She rode the doberman's back through our yard like he was bucking bronco and our cat was a cowgirl. When the doberman got to the edge of our yard, our cat jumped off his back and calmly walked back to where we had her kittens at. The doberman ran back home yelping. So cats aren't afraid to fight for something, that's for sure. That's a good story, I like it

Well there are many possible explanations. These include Its not a real UN sponsored helicopter, the Ukrainians have already had several helicopters shot down and they know that this is less likely to happen if the pro-Russian forces see a UN marked helicopter. By attacking any UN associated military resource you would bring immediate condemnation by the UN, this is a conflict where perception is important. The Ukrainian forces could be falsifying the UN markings to avoid having there helicopters destroyed The helicopter could be used purly for logistics The helicopter could be some sort of preventative measure The reality is I find it very hard to believe that the UN would allow one of its helicopters to be used in an attacking capacity because of the sensitivity of this conflict and what the Russian reaction would be. Russia sits on the UN security council and there first comment would be " how was this authorised". This would undermine the entire UNSC and is very unlikely

http://www.i4u.com/2014/05/73982/cat-attacks-dog-save-boy This is really cute, especially if you like your cat stories

You really seem incapable of having a mature debate, on this topic, without getting defensive and resorting to personal attacks that I am troll. You need to work on this Drowsy. You made a serious accusation, I asked you for the actual proof that a UN helicopter is killing pro-Russian Ukrainians. This is not an unreasonable request and is certainly not trolling.

Its an attack helicopter, what do you think they're using it for. It can transport a squad as well, but still. Its not like they removed the weaponry and are using it just to ferry troops around. That means nothing, please provide the links that show the number of Ukrainians who were killed by this helicopter. This is a big development and a UN helicopter that attacked pro-Russian supporters should be all over the news. So it shouldn't be hard to find and verify?

Nonek this is testimony to the relevance of Romance. When I tell you guys this my point is dismissed by most people but when RPGCodex tells you this suddenly you guys listen...aaaaah....sweet vindication

Yeah, and even when complemented or approved he is all like instead of

You and C2B do an excellent job in keeping us informed around various updates and links that most of us wouldn't be aware of if it wasn't for your studious efforts. So good work, its appreciated Now if you can just support me in my endeavors in getting Romance in the sequel to PoE you'll be my BFF

Fair enough, I did say I wasn't going to hijack this thread

Fair enough the "bible belt " in the USA is full of fundamentalists, I agree. But Hurlshot comes from California and they are much more reasonable around there religious views.

Now either the author is really bad at writing or they're an idiot. Okay I'm missing your point? Who is the bad writer, the gaming journalist or the writers of the game? And if its the gaming journalist why is he a bad writer

Indeed, people know not to derail important threads Orog Romance threads can't be derailed because they begin life as derails. You know I've always found most of your humour hilarious

Indeed, people know not to derail important threads Orog

But I think Hurlshot's point in the overall context of what Christians believe is also valid. For example if you google "Christians who believe the earth was created in 6 days" you will find links and websites of what I would consider are more fundamentalist views on this topic. But if you go to his church and ask the people who attend the church " do you think the earth is only 6000 years old and man lived alongside dinosaurs" I can guarantee you they will say no we don't believe that. But they still have a spiritual believe in the importance and relevance of Christianity, they just don't take everything in the bible literally. Most of the Christians I know also have this perspective For the record I am an agnostic but I also agree with what Hurlshot is saying

I don't want to hijack this thread again with another debate that isn't relevant to Random Video Games so I'll make this point and leave it. No one is saying that if you have attractive women in revealing clothes this is a sign of misogyny, this is in fact more around the objectification of women. This is not the same things as a hatred of women In respects to the game the misogyny is more around how women in the game are constantly referred to. So if you guys are going to utterly dismiss what the Eurogamer article says at least get your facts right about why you object to it. There is a pattern on these forums from some people that the moment certain social issues are raised the same dismissive argument is used without even reading what people are objecting to and this is counterproductive to the principle of understanding why certain social issues exist and are they valid

I have never wished dead upon a group of people, game journalist are making reconsider my position. You dislike gaming journalists that much? So how do you get accurate reviews on games, there must be some gaming websites you trust?

https://za.news.yahoo.com/u-deploys-surveillance-aircraft-over-nigeria-girls-064829135.html The USA has deployed spy planes to help find the missing school girls, hopefully this should narrow down the search area

Pah. I want real reptile skin. From a lizard slain by a naked Dave Gaider atop a mountain. During a full moon. The thought of that made me laugh

The rest of your posting in this thread has been great, and this isn't really on topic, but the government of the United States was not founded in or by revolution and does not owe revolution any significant philosophical debt. uh...what? The American Revolution is definitely a thing. It didn't just happen in Assassin's Creed 3. It's definitely called a revolution. There's a venerable and longstanding debate among 18th century historians as to whether the term is correctly applied in this case. Obviously it depends on one's definition of revolution. Economic and social change as a result of the war of independence were very limited indeed, and a lot of historians (myself included) include society-wide changes in those areas as part of their definitions of revolution. It's also worth noting that the American system of checks and balances in government actually derives from the British system, and that the Founding Fathers, rather than seeking to revolutionize political forms, sought to correct abuses and perfect the system they already knew. Really, only the American idea of free speech and the separation of the judiciary from the legislature and executive were major departures from the existing tradition. To my mind, that's not enough for a revolution. But obviously, since the debate's been going on for decades, there's plenty of room to disagree intelligently. Thank you Bruce That's a fascinating perspective and a good post. I knew your initial comment was more multi-dimensional than what it seemed

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-05-13-bound-by-flame-review Bound by flame has just received a terrible review by Eurogamer, its put me right off the game. And there are issues in the game around sexism which just makes it worse

It looks defunct. The most recent blog update is from 2010. Im missing something here. What makes you go "AGH!"? I suppose you also get religious scientists and religious people who do believe in the big bang, so that may not be a very good example that the kids gave as a difference ?

The rest of your posting in this thread has been great, and this isn't really on topic, but the government of the United States was not founded in or by revolution and does not owe revolution any significant philosophical debt. The rest of your posting in this thread has been great, and this isn't really on topic, but the government of the United States was not founded in or by revolution and does not owe revolution any significant philosophical debt. uh...what? The American Revolution is definitely a thing. It didn't just happen in Assassin's Creed 3. This is an interesting discussion. Now Tajerio is an intelligent person so I am looking forward to his clarification

That's because Ghost of Communism doesnt need such thing as count of posts! Name of the author is Dmitry Puchkov, he's famous russian translator and sort of famous russian public leader. He is also famous in the Internets as Goblin since he was a translator of the LOTR trilogy in russian language, hence the name of the news - Goblin News. People of my tribe call this phenomenon as "sence of humour". That sounds racist. Interesting post around Dmitry Puchkov and his credentials. Thanks for sharing