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Guilty until proven innocent, huh? It's also up to the prosecution to prove that it is, but I had already stated that earlier.

Murder charges work exactly the same way. I'm also not sure what you mean by unknowable. If someone spends their time spouting racist stuff, and then goes off and beats up someone of said race, it isn't exactly a stretch to say that race was a factor. It's up to the defense to prove that it was not.

But motive is looked at all the time when it comes to criminal acts. There are different degrees of everything. Plus, that is why we have a trial system. You don't get charged with a hate crime without having evidence against you, and a jury is hopefully not going to convict unless that evidence is solid. It's obviously not an infallible system, but it is the best we've come up with as a society.

Well, Lego Dimensions is plenty buggy. But kids already have it too easy these days, so I just think of it as a character building exercise.

Lego Dimensions is insanely good. Tt has always churned out entertaining games, but adding in the moments where they stop the game and ask you to build stuff is on another level. As for rooting for the downfall of stuff, there is a benefit to having the cream rise to the top and the chaff fall away. I was pretty worried that Skylanders would not be able to compete with Disney in this market. Realistically they shouldn't, they didn't have the resources. So there is also a sense of relief that they are not the ones closing up shop.

Ouch Amentep, way to go for the jugular. My personal problems are all about my 5 year old, who walks past the displays (which are always larger than the Skylanders and Lego ones) and wants to buy the characters because he loves Star Wars, Avengers, etc. But then when I finally broke down and bought him a set and a few characters, it turned out to be nowhere near as user friendly for a young person. This is a kid that has finished the storyline for all the Skylanders and many of the Lego games. The building and sandbox mode was overwhelming for him though, and there is a lack of any real cohesive story mode. I suppose it is a bit petty that I don't want to have to explain to my 5 year old every time we pass through the aisle that we do not need more characters (which are also not as well made as the Skylanders or Legos, making them less useful as toys) because he doesn't really play the game. But I do see Infinity as an inferior product, so it is hard for me to drum up much sympathy.

Are you playing the final version?

We will be in Yosemite during Memorial Day weekend. I'm not quite looking forward to it, given the likelihood of crowds, but I have a buddy that wanted us to go and he doesn't have the breaks that us teachers get. It will still be a nice warm up trip to make sure everything is in order.

I've got my summer trip planned out and booked. We are starting in Yellowstone, then spending a couple days in Deadwood around the 4th of July. We've got a bus tour scheduled for Mount Rushmore, then we head down to Denver. I bought tickets for the Rockies and booked a tour for New Belgium Brewing. It should be a good one.

That's good news, Disney Infinity was rubbish compared to Skylanders and Lego Dimensions.

I enjoy a good historical discussion as much as the next guy, but I'm still not quite sure where KP is going with this. Is this related to a previous discussion? I went back a few pages and can't seem to find anything. Something to do with Chomsky? In regards to tying voting rights to industry, I'd caution us not to forget that while industry may be the leverage, there still needs to be people who march and protest and use that leverage to gain rights.

I would think most people would say it was surprising it took that long for women to receive the right. Land of the free, home of the brave and all that.

Why? Because a century is a relatively short amount of time in the grand scheme of things? Indeed. Just imagine if Victoria Woodhull had won the presidency in 1872. Or in 1884 or 1892. Depending on how this whole FBI case goes, maybe Clinton will be in a prison cell on election day as well.

Why? Because a century is a relatively short amount of time in the grand scheme of things?

I assume you meant the 1920's for women's suffrage? Hard to imagine we are less than a century removed from that.

This has been playing out in the wings:

I've always struggled to get into Crusader Kings due to the overwhelming options, and I haven't played a EU since the first one. That video makes it sound like Stellaris might have an advantage as far as learning curves and easing into it are concerned, so I'm thinking about getting it as well.

I dont really like labels...what would you classify me as in American terms? I support Clinton and Obama legacy I would classify you as non-American. I certainly wouldn't classify myself as South African anything.

I found this stat to be particularly telling: I've got a lot of different thoughts on this. I would definitely say my history teachers in college leaned heavily towards liberalism, although I never bought into the whole idea that we were being brainwashed. They certainly weren't as aggressive as some of the conservative mouth pieces like Rush LImbaugh with their agendas. As a teacher myself, all I really want is for students to see a wide range of opinions and have the critical thinking skills to process them all. But I'm not teaching at the same level, so it's a very different atmosphere.

Why do you guys keep discussing stuff with Bruce like he's an actual representative of an American liberal?

Ferelden Lives Matter, stop making excuses for the murderous City Guard.

I judge everybody on their eyebrow density. It is foolproof.

Every time I swear off the Battlefield games, they do something that ropes me back in.

They were actually labelled Ferelden Deserters. Which, again, makes little sense. They deserted their homeland to make a suicidal attack on the city guard? Random thugs would have been dumb enough, but that makes even less sense.

I find it was best to not look too closely at any of the plot stuff in DA2. I mean, your first act when you reach Kirkwall is to massacre a bunch of scared refugees. Like, there isn't a choice, they just decide to attack you and the entire city watch because they want inside. These are people that fled the Darkspawn, but they felt like their odds against the entire city watch were better.