BruceVC
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Except as usual with these types of extremist groups that perception is a miscalculation. When has a terrorist attack on the home soil of a country actually caused that country to acquiesce to the demands of the terrorists? I think terrorist attacks unify people against the people attacking them 9/11 made the USA more belligerent and its military much more powerful. Granted mistakes were made, like Iraq, but end of the day what did Al-Qaeda gain? They lost a country that they operated in with impunity, Afghanistan, and have been on the run since. No country in the world gives them legal shelter and most countries are actively opposed to them. I don't see this a victory by any sense. I know you aren't saying it is but I am just mentioning the current state of Al-Qaeda
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I'm not sure what you overall point is? Are you saying that rape isn't as serious as people make it out to be as some people get raped and live a normal life?
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Tonight I'm making Beef Stir Fry with spring onions, onions, garlic and chilli's. I'll add Chinese noodles at the end and some Coriander for flavour
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Ding ding, we have winner. If it's a recurring problem (more than 3 times in row), this will very likely be the case. JFSOCC, you do seem intelligent - so see through the excuses your ego is throwing in your face and start taking control of your own life - otherwise it's just gonna repeat itself. My best advice- start going out and taking chances, talk to girls - maybe not hitting on, just socializing at first (depending on your level of need). It's scary as hell sure, but only for the first 5-10 times .. then it gets more and more fun and easier and easier. I went from mild social anxiety to one of the most social people I know - the trick is to keep trying. That's very true. I found the most important thing about talking to ladies to not be disheartened with rejection or failure. It will happen, I'm not saying you shouldn't care what people think but accept the fact that you won't always get the result you expected
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Small steps my friend, its all about small steps. In life there are some things we can change and some things we can't. You can't immediately change the fact you live with your mom as you are unemployed but can start working on your weight as it obviously bothers you. Join a gym or start jogging, don't worry about the other things but say to yourself you WILL go jogging at least 4-5 times a week. But you need to make a solemn commitment that you will always exercise. As you start losing weight other things really start improving. Once you are comfortable with your weight your confidence will improve and you can start looking at the other things. But you need to start somewhere and I would suggest your health
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No, sorry, mate. I didn't mean to jump on you specifically. I'm just talking the BBC etc. All these British jihadis talk about defending muslims. But it's the god damned jihadis who are killing thousands worldwide. But that's not what they see on TV. It's not what's trendy right now. The trendy narrative is that it's Ze Evil West, so off they trot to dust-bowl nowhere and start killing muslims. It's the ineluctable stupidity and avoidable circumstance of it which riles me more than anything else. Well its a terrible cost but all the attacks like the Kenya Mall do is crystallize and reinforce sentiment that is opposed to fundamentalism. The West is seen in a better light as countries can now identify with them and the last 10 years. Its no longer a " Al-Qaeda is America's problem" its now a problem that many countries need to address, and this is how it should be. I am already seeing a difference in the content in talk shows and interviews in South Africa around what needs to be done about the likes of Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab.
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I meant as in Bruce's comment that people were surprised that so many attackers were Westerners. I didn't mean that civilians getting killed wasn't shocking. Although I would observe that hundreds have been dying in a renewed wave of violence in Iraq, and no-one seems to give a flying ****. @Meshugger Yes Walsies response is what I meant @ Walsie I hear you, it irritates me immensely that people who have amazing opportunities presented to them living in Western countries still feel the need to go on these absurd and pointless campaigns to destroy the countries or cultures that have given them a home. But it shouldn't surprise people that there are people living in first world countries that are prepared to do this And the lack of media attention and concern to recent bomb blasts in Iraq and Pakistan does concern me. But I suppose the difference is these are more common in those countries and also the attack in Kenya seems more callous and unexpected. Also it wasn't a bomb being set off by some unknown suicide bomber but people attacking a mall and the event going on for days, so you would expect more attention?
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*still playing DA* Oddly enough, all of those individuals seem to turn out into normal, productive members of society. With sex being a natural part of life, one has to wonder just how much damaging it really is, and how much our own society and teaching/stances are a factor in it. I can only assume that Trashman means people that weren't emotionally ready for consensual sex and not rape? Maybe he can clarify?
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Whatever you do please don't tell her your view on the feminist movement and women's representation in gaming. That definitely won't win you any points Considering that she is Jewish and I have made Holocausts jokes in front of her just to piss her off, I doubt anything I say will shock her anymore. Wow, okay that's unusual
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As long as you can generally watch what you want the definition is irrelevant
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Sorry to hear you are disappointed, I imagine we will see this in certain KS projects. Question from my side, why would you want to play a game like this in Beta. Aren't you guaranteed to experience bugs? Strangely, no real bugs as of now, just frustrating game features that could theoretically be fixed. Okay I see what you mean, I suppose that's worse as the bad game design is by choice
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Nice, I'll be watching that one soon
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Whatever you do please don't tell her your view on the feminist movement and women's representation in gaming. That definitely won't win you any points Orogun01 doesn't need points. Everyone needs points, unless you are a male super model and you can rely on just your good looks.
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So the siege is finally over and the following information has been made known 11 of the attackers have been captured alive. I don't envy there stay in the Kenyan jail system, but its what they deserve. So much for being martyrs. Personally I'm surprised after causing so much death and mayhem they didn't want to die? 3 floors of the shopping mall have collapsed. I'm not sure why? Some of the attackers are foreigners and are Americans. I don't see why this has shocked people so much. We know that throughout the world there are people who identify with and have ideological sympathies with groups like Al-Qaeda http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/09/24/203115/kenya-says-its-captured-11-of.html#.UkJivLEaLrc
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Sorry to hear you are disappointed, I imagine we will see this in certain KS projects. Question from my side, why would you want to play a game like this in Beta. Aren't you guaranteed to experience bugs?
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What software do you guys use to capture fps?
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I didn't even know what kale was until I looked it up, it looks healthy
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Whatever you do please don't tell her your view on the feminist movement and women's representation in gaming. That definitely won't win you any points
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Interesting, if you don't mind me asking why raw meat and what type of raw meat I've eaten Steak Tartare several times and its delicious
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Okay that sounds a little worrying, keep us updated
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Weren't the Russian partisan women who fought the Nazi's during there advance into Russia equally feared and hated as much as the Russian men, in fact I heard they were more brutal ?
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You funny and weird, I like you
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So if the law is no sodomy, we must assume that is correct? You know very well that certain laws in certain countries are based on religious doctrine like making homosexuality illegal. This is clearly a form of discrimination Its not the same thing as saying its illegal to have sex with an 8 year old child. This is done as the child is not emotionally, mentally and physically ready for this type of sexual relationship
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I've never actually thought about that before, good point. How do these extremists position the afterlife when they convince females to be martyrs? I'm no expert in this area but two theories I know of are: - An ironic urge to be taken seriously and have some freedom. Being a terrorist is the only way to get either in the restrictive worlds the backwoods guys come from - Being the widow of a terrorist. Which means you are frequently on the run anyway, and in need of revenge, and in need of some status to deter 'entitled' holy warriors. The two somewhat inter-relate. Anyone know any other theories? Those reasons seem the most relevant, I can't think of others that are as appropriate?
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Hey look, we are all aware that gamers are sick to the back teeth of PC bull****. That does not preclude a reasoned debate on the matter. I agree and I want to raise another point. Lets say for argument sake people that are pushing feminist ideas or equality have permeated the gaming scene with there ideals of fairness. What negative impact has this had to your personal gaming experience? For starters it ruined many fantasy settings with the stupid insistence on gender equality where it made completely no sense. Okay can you give some examples please I didn't realize that fantasy was the domain of male characters only? Try any pseudo-medieval setting. You cannot have such society undergo the cliché war/plague/famine story and still pretend that modern notions of freedom/equality was an option. Of course you can, that is why it is called fantasy and not historic, pseudo historic or alternatice historic. Fantasy universum give their writers ability to explore different kinds of societies than we have or have had in out world or mix idelogies and cultural models from our societies to make new societies. So it is one of core tendencies of fantasy writing to bring modern view points in settings that otherwise feel historic, because it gives you more freedom to do what you want in your world and it helps readers to identify with your characters. Well said, I agree 100 %
