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Theres so much wrong with this post I may need to construct a pie-chart or something: 1) "What's not so wrong is boosting the economy of the area or improving living standards for local Somalis." Do you envision these pirates as a benevolent charity that goes from mud hut to mud hut passing out money? The only locals making money are the ones that contributed to the effort (IE: an RPG), everyone else is still having dirt for dinner. 2) "You can bet the pirates have killed or hurt less innocent people in the kidnappings than famine would have if these pirates hadn't gone out and fended for themselves." Er, okay. The following things have also killed more people then pirates: malaria, years of warfare, dysentary, lions and halitosis. Also, I wasnt aware that aquiring ransom money made food spring forth from the ground. Oh, you must mean all the bustling food trade that started when the pirates contracted with outside agencies to bring food in. 3) "what's important is that their kind of enterprise, "nice" or not, will do a lot more to get third world countries out of the pit of famine, strife and disease they're in, than any relief aid or UN supported drives for democracy." Please tell me you're kidding. The total sum of whatever these pirates have earned in ransom money is a drop in the pissbucket compared to the billions in relief aid they have received and what they "contribute" back to society is even less. Or maybe you meant the medical program the pirates instituted?

Well, television makes money on commercials. No viewers = nobody watching the commercials = advertisers pulling their commercials/money paid to the show to show their commercials = no money to make new shows.

Ah, I love you guys. If someone is down and out then its perfectly justifiable to threaten and steal from others. *nods sagely*

I dont know enough about it to determine if we're past the point of no return but if it is man made at least we can take some measures to mitigate the damage. If its just one of the Earths normal temperature cycles, such as the Medieval Warm Period and the following Little Ice Age, then theres no point in flailing about by spending billions (trillions?) and stifling emerging countries.

Of course it matters. If its not man made then there isnt anything we can do about it.

True, that is the current unemployment rate but that only includes people who are actively receiving benefits. Not included in that percentage are the people who have already used up all their benefit and have been removed from the list, which makes the number much closer to Gorgons.

Not sure about the UK but in the U.S. unemployment benefits have a finite run (6 months I believe) before they are cut off so its not possible to make a long term living off it, thus "forcing" people back to work.

Well to be fair, legalization would come with age restrictions, like booze.

Of course not silly, the solution is to create a social program and abolish all laws for all mans addictions. Im holding out for the "free hookers" initiative to hit.

Sure, but besides the physical cost where do you draw the line? Why does every social addiction have to become the problem of the citizens? Why not give all alcoholics free booze?

Ah Wals, Queen love you, but youre a nut. How do you think these "free drugs" are paid for? Ill tell you, by the law abiding taxpayers. I know youve never seen a social problem that cant be cured by throwing all laws out the window and having the general citizenry shoulder the load, but me paying for your (not you) drug addiction is not the answer.

I dont know where it is anymore since they moved websites but one of the devs created a chest for the party camp if you feel like googling it.

Whats the fourth shape in the Shapeshifter tree?

They arent jumping the conversation, they just read faster than the VO speaks.

Holy cow, thats handy. Why am I just now learning this? Because Gifted increases your stats and lowers your skills. Well, I know it works in MS Acess, I use it all the time to find stuff in our database at work, but I didnt know it worked on websites. Anywhere else it works?

Holy cow, thats handy. Why am I just now learning this?

Last night I lost the roll for the Polished Azuresong Mageblade that Onyxia drops. *quietly weeps in a manly way*

I never understood why bigamy was illegal. Seriously, who cares? The poor bastard is getting a worse punishment anyway, lol. I kid, I kid, marriage is a wonderful institution.

A bit of clarification please. You said the 920 and 860 were roughly comparable to each other and only provide a negligible advantage over the 720 wrt gaming but in another paragraph say the 860 has a "turbo mode" which has a significant impact in gaming. So, in the interest of not being obsolete right out of the box, why wouldnt I go with at least an 860?

Oh dear. Oh dear what? Its cheaper than Starbucks so thats an auto-greenlight, no?