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This is pretty ugly. Why couldn't they be smarter about it, like limiting the height of buildings that fall under certain zonings? In my city you basically can't build anything over two stories without super special permits, and even in larger cities there are a fair amount of restrictions on tall structures. This is the kind of stuff that is going to lead to an all out religious war. I really see no positives here. It's not like the Muslims are going to stop practicing their religion, there is just going to be more pissed off Muslims around than before.

I'm not quite sure where the Qu'ran or the Sunnah say that, but I think I see what you are getting at. I'm not a big fan of any ethnic group leaving their culture and heritage at the door when they enter the US. I think it can really enrich a community when they embrace new cultures as well. Obviously there are some traditions that need to be left behind, such as the subjugation of women, but realistically no country, ethnic group, or culture should consider that a badge of honor. So there are a lot of levels of assimilation, and I think it's a bit of a vague argument here.

Great, Dark Raven is back and she has created an alt to banter with.

Indeed. Wonderful holiday built upon the decimation and exploitation of the native american peoples... ermm wait.. Thanks for ruining a thread where folks were expressing their thanks for one another. What a ray of sunshine!

It's gotta be a joke.

It sounds like it has some Mount and Blade similarities as well.

Yep, I mean that's how I always win Civilization and Masters of Orion, so it must be the right strategy in the real world.

If you are over 23 or so, and you've been dating for three years, **** or get off the pot. Seriously, you know if she's the one at that point, if you have doubts then move on. Just my .02 cents

So the gunshots and music being inspired by gangster rap is cool with Jesus, but front hugging is out. Got it. Jesus was a side hugger. I guess I missed that in the bible, good to know.

We repaid them through the stealing of their lands and the near genocide of their people. Thanks for the cheery rendition.

It's not really a religious holiday in any way.

Well, there is a TES MMO in development, so we may not see a TES 5. But I'm guessing we will get at least onemore single player Elder Scrolls game.

TES V - I didn't dig Oblivion, but I'm going to call that an anomaly since I've enjoyed all the other TES games and Fallout 3. Diablo III looks like a lot of hacking and slashing and phat lewt, which doesn't tug my boat the way it used to. Still, I look forward to the cutscenes.

Gabriel Knight has a ton of the Louisiana voodoo stuff in it, but again it is an adventure game. You could make a pretty sweet game using some of the different African tribes in the lore. The masks and costumes alone would be fantastic.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone as well. I'm always thankful I have such an interesting group of Obsidianites to talk to over the years, it's been a lot of fun.

Quest for Glory III has an African style theme going for it. edit: What exactly would Swahili gods entail? Swahili is a combination of Bantu and Arabic, and the written history that we know of the area is mostly what we have from Muslim scholars. Are you talking about tribes? Wouldn't they not be considered Swahili? I'm not trying to be argumentative, it is an area of history I'm interested in learning more about but have only had time to scratch the surface.

Poor guy, stuck hanging out in a swiss chalet. Life is really rough!

If you don't beleive in global warming your ignorant. EoD. I suppose you also beleive in all other right wing BS too. Yeah, like reincarnation! Crazy kid PS - I'm just kidding Harli, please don't flame me

I don't understand the watermelon simile. What does the red inside represent?

This thread has totally made me famous

While I'm not really in the whole green-peace camp, I'm also not losing sleep over companies have to shell out money to make more environmentally friendly products and factories. 100 years from now, do you think people are going to be complaining about pollution, or the money spent on preventing pollution?

There was one point where I was annoyed at the lack of inventory space, but then I ventured into the lair of the demonic pack rat that resides in my soul and bested the beast. I got rid of all the junk I never was going to use and never had a problem after that. I also found that money was little issue after the first half of the game.

It's pretty cool how deeply you have mastered doublethink. So, because it's kotorchum doing it, German soldiers = NAZI. Everyone else must be very careful with the distinctions between Waffen-SS, Wehrmacht, Gestapo, SD, party officials, etc. Ok, replace nazi soldier with German soldier during WW2. It does not change the fact that his bias against them is not an issue today. You are really reaching here. Are you under the impression that you are without bias?

I'm not sure how being biased against Nazi soldiers is really an issue today. He isn't claiming to hate a race of people or anything like that. And we all carry around biases, it's a part of who we are as individuals. The biggest thing you can do is be willing to recognize where those biases might affect your judgment. We are discussing our opinions on a forum here, it's not like he's carrying his bias into a courtroom and making a ruling on a neo-nazi or something.

I'm pretty sure Wals addressed that by saying "If that same sodier then goes on to machinegun a bunch of orphans then he's a fallen hero." There is a code of conduct among soldiers. True heroes follow it, and they hold their fellow soldiers accountable to it. While the events of a massacre like My Lai are horrid and the soldiers involved all deserve punishment, there are some soldiers like Hugh Thompson Jr. who risked his life and confronted the men carrying out the massacre. It sounds like we need to define what "duty" means here, as I think there are a few different interpretations clashing here.