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Yeah, sure it's great now - but in 2 weeks she'll try to convince you to put on a starfox suit and proclaim that all the cool people are into furry.. seriously dude, get out while you can!

Didn't he say he had a dislike for RPGs? Even so I don't think people here would go an a rampage because of a bad review.. right?

The ENB Graphic Mod is pretty good, but it has a few bugs on some systems.. it's also a resource hog, so you might experience lagging. a video with horrible music, but it shows what the mod does.

Not when you are the editor..

I think it would fly to be honest.. Mostly because it would be so obscure and so reserved for only a few thousand nerds that nobody who would be offended would ever hear about it and therefore no-one would complain.

I'm disappointed, you guys (republicans in particular) value your liberty so much.. So why resort to, or condone, these very undemocratic acts? Should you not instead fight back within the letter of the law, instead of making threats and celebrating violence? Only a Sith deals in absolutes..

Welcome back Pixie. Long time no see

Racial slurs, threats on peoples lives, throwing bricks and violence because people are unhappy with a bill.. You seriously find that amusing?

a socialist heaven is all well and good.. but we all know what America will be like in 2021..

dammit..

I think this sums it up perfectly

Thread pruned and don't make me delete 18 posts again people.. or I'm going to start handing out warnings.

All this talk about Health Care makes me want to .. so does the whole problem.. Also I know these are really bad - I just can't help laughing I don't know why :D

Messing with Oghren.

In some ways a very strict society brings its own rewards in terms of criminals in jobs.. they will be that much more grateful when someone offers them one, that you generally end up with a much harder working and loyal employee. Government jobs are a good filler, but since Americans are notoriously sceptical (and rightfully so) of government that might not be a good idea. So small businesses are probably the best outlet and the best way is, like you suggest, a network that keeps their ears to the ground and in good contact with potential employers to help the ex-criminals filter back into society.

Let them embarrass themselves, I have no doubt the real Muslims will see how idiotic these guys are.

I can't find any numbers that actually show how many poor people we have - but I would be surprised if we weren't in the top 10 of countries with equally distributed wealth. Especially given our tax rates that go from 20-70% based on annual income. So I imagine we have a very homogeneous society mainly consisting of few poor and few very rich. Going to jail has an affect, but it really depends on the situation and what you did. In my experience, it's mostly the big companies that refuse to hire someone with a criminal background. But if you've done time because of financial crimes then you'll have a hard time getting a job, we don't like people who steal. It's important to understand though that we don't place such a huge emphasis on family values (in public) as you do - if a politician is caught cheating on his wife then people lose a little respect for him, but he won't lose his job - if he's caught stealing or gets a DUI however.. So if people have done crimes that have nothing to do with their competence in a given job, then we are more forgiving - and very harsh if they have. I doubt you could implement this system in America now, but perhaps that will change in the years to come. Obama might bring a little socialism to your shores yet.

I don't play it so often anymore, but I would love to if we get a little group going. I have the same steam games on 2 different computers, but what he meant was that you can't play it simultaneously on two computers..

Prison can't rehabilitate hardcore criminals because of a very simple fact - in order to be normal you need normal rolemodels. The place I worked at, each "student" (which was the newspeak term for inmate) had a pedagogue and for every 5 there was a support-student attached (my job). They lived in dorms where these support-students would rule supreme and take on the responsibilty of becoming a rolemodel. It worked pretty well, I believe we had a 4/5 successrate on people leaving and joining society. The last 1/5 were usually send to prison withing the frist 2 years, either because they didn't show any progress and actually deteriorated or because they simply broke a law that was too serious. Around 80% of the people in there when I worked there (2005) are out now and taking an education or working in normal jobs - although some have flexjobs, where the government pays a little to the firm that have hired them and then they only have to work 50-70% of a fulltimejob - this is rare though.

Hehe.. I remember that, didn't we accidentally throw a molo at you too?

In voice of Hank Hill Boy, what in the hell is that? To put it in terms Hank would understand.. that's a super-deluxe-propane wolf.. To answer your question.. look in the lower left corner.. It's not romance per say, but rather some hardcore nipplepiercing action we've got going there.

I'm playing Dragon Age The Awakening .. It has a very NWN 2 and Mask of The Betrayer feel to it, as if Bioware wanted to take some of the cooler elements and companions from that story (not the whole spirit eater thing). It has some parts with horrible writing unfortunately, I've laughed out loud (and not in a good way) a few times. Cool monsters though..

and people are still playing the first, but not in so great numbers as before L4D2.

and victims don't always feel better just because people are locked away, it can actually help them to see that the perpetrator genuinely feels sorry and won't do it again. Which is often one of their most tangible fears. To be perfectly honest, I am a little ambivalent towards the whole rehabilitation approach.. Since in essence some people deserve that money a lot more than the criminals do - but if the choice is to either lock 'em up (which is also expensive) or rehabilitate then I would chose the latter and lesser of two evils.