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Ehhh, explain abrogate ? (English is not my first, only my third language )

Sure... Having been a nomadic people, spread all over the western world for millenia (spelling), despised by the host nations, persecuted for economical, superstitious and sometimes just convenient (for the people in power) reasons, you have always lived in the hope and knowledge, that someday you will get a place to call your own and finally get a sense of being "home". That opportunity came after WWII, when the British grip on their Palestine mandate was loosening (being under British control since the dismantling of the Ottoman empire). People need some kind of identity, and after the horrors of WWII there was a willingness (and not to mention availability of arms) to fight for a land of your own. Of a long guerilla war against the British and the locals, you finally get what you have dreamed of for millennia, a national identity and a "home". Problem is, all your neighbours disagrees with your very existance and will stop at nothing to eradicate you from the map. Since war is inevitable, the only logical conclusion is to strike first against your neighbours (which you know would attack you sooner or later) and use the element of surprise and almost as importantly, the will to survive as a nation to beat the crap out of your neighbours. So severely, that they won't pose a serious military threat to you again in a foreseeable future. The conquered lands become spoils of war to the victor. Problem is, that although your neighbours are no longer a military threat, they are still very active in supporting insurgents, guerilla fighters, partisans, suicide actions etc. put shortly, the wage low profile war against you. Since you don't have the resources for further full scale wars on all fronts to stomp out all support for the destablising elements, all you can do now is trying to isolate hot spots, prominent leaders, etc. and remove those from the equation in the hope, that eventually those who opposes your right to exist will lose heart and give up.

Ok, lets discuss Israel then. Since I brought it up, I'll play the devils advocate (I have no relations to the middleeast whatsoever) and speak the Palestinian point of view. Let me guess, you live in the US (I sort of remember you mentioning that in another thread B) ) Hypothetical situation: Canada decides that that the US is for some obscure reason rightfully part of the British crown. Canadian troops invades your home country. Canadian troops "cleanses" the countryside, burning villages and towns, razing down buildings, killing villagers wholesale if they don't "relocate" fast enough (we are talking 1948 now, I know an old geezer who was there as a soldier then). Karadzic would have been envious. The people, you, your (surviving) family members etc. are now living in koncentration like camps. Your home is gone, no job, no future, constant humiliations by the occupation forces. Do you A) Congratulaty the Canadians for their tactical masterstrokes and offers to lie down and die peacefully here and now ? B) Fight back against a superior military power with whatever means you have available ? (No insult intended against Canadians )

1955-1992: * Resolution 106: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for Gaza raid". * Resolution 111: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for raid on Syria that killed fifty-six people". * Resolution 127: " . . . 'recommends' Israel suspends it's 'no-man's zone' in Jerusalem". * Resolution 162: " . . . 'urges' Israel to comply with UN decisions". * Resolution 171: " . . . determines flagrant violations' by Israel in its attack on Syria". * Resolution 228: " . . . 'censures' Israel for its attack on Samu in the West Bank, then under Jordanian control". * Resolution 237: " . . . 'urges' Israel to allow return of new 1967 Palestinian refugees". * Resolution 248: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for its massive attack on Karameh in Jordan". * Resolution 250: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to refrain from holding military parade in Jerusalem". * Resolution 251: " . . . 'deeply deplores' Israeli military parade in Jerusalem in defiance of Resolution 250". * Resolution 252: " . . . 'declares invalid' Israel's acts to unify Jerusalem as Jewish capital". * Resolution 256: " . . . 'condemns' Israeli raids on Jordan as 'flagrant violation". * Resolution 259: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's refusal to accept UN mission to probe occupation". * Resolution 262: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for attack on Beirut airport". * Resolution 265: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for air attacks for Salt in Jordan". * Resolution 267: " . . . 'censures' Israel for administrative acts to change the status of Jerusalem". *Resolution 270: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for air attacks on villages in southern Lebanon". * Resolution 271: " . . . 'condemns' Israel's failure to obey UN resolutions on Jerusalem". * Resolution 279: " . . . 'demands' withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon". * Resolution 280: " . . . 'condemns' Israeli's attacks against Lebanon". * Resolution 285: " . . . 'demands' immediate Israeli withdrawal form Lebanon". * Resolution 298: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's changing of the status of Jerusalem". * Resolution 313: " . . . 'demands' that Israel stop attacks against Lebanon". * Resolution 316: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for repeated attacks on Lebanon". * Resolution 317: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's refusal to release Arabs abducted in Lebanon". * Resolution 332: " . . . 'condemns' Israel's repeated attacks against Lebanon". * Resolution 337: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for violating Lebanon's sovereignty". * Resolution 347: " . . . 'condemns' Israeli attacks on Lebanon". * Resolution 425: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon". * Resolution 427: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon. * Resolution 444: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's lack of cooperation with UN peacekeeping forces". * Resolution 446: " . . . 'determines' that Israeli settlements are a 'serious obstruction' to peace and calls on Israel to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention". * Resolution 450: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to stop attacking Lebanon". * Resolution 452: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to cease building settlements in occupied territories". * Resolution 465: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's settlements and asks all member states not to assist Israel's settlements program". * Resolution 467: " . . . 'strongly deplores' Israel's military intervention in Lebanon". * Resolution 468: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to rescind illegal expulsions of two Palestinian mayors and a judge and to facilitate their return". * Resolution 469: " . . . 'strongly deplores' Israel's failure to observe the council's order not to deport Palestinians". * Resolution 471: " . . . 'expresses deep concern' at Israel's failure to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention". * Resolution 476: " . . . 'reiterates' that Israel's claim to Jerusalem are 'null and void'". * Resolution 478: " . . . 'censures (Israel) in the strongest terms' for its claim to Jerusalem in its 'Basic Law'". * Resolution 484: " . . . 'declares it imperative' that Israel re-admit two deported Palestinian mayors". * Resolution 487: " . . . 'strongly condemns' Israel for its attack on Iraq's nuclear facility". * Resolution 497: " . . . 'decides' that Israel's annexation of Syria's Golan Heights is 'null and void' and demands that Israel rescinds its decision forthwith". * Resolution 498: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to withdraw from Lebanon". * Resolution 501: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to stop attacks against Lebanon and withdraw its troops". * Resolution 509: " . . . 'demands' that Israel withdraw its forces forthwith and unconditionally from Lebanon". * Resolution 515: " . . . 'demands' that Israel lift its siege of Beirut and allow food supplies to be brought in". * Resolution 517: " . . . 'censures' Israel for failing to obey UN resolutions and demands that Israel withdraw its forces from Lebanon". * Resolution 518: " . . . 'demands' that Israel cooperate fully with UN forces in Lebanon". * Resolution 520: " . . . 'condemns' Israel's attack into West Beirut". * Resolution 573: " . . . 'condemns' Israel 'vigorously' for bombing Tunisia in attack on PLO headquarters. * Resolution 587: " . . . 'takes note' of previous calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon and urges all parties to withdraw". * Resolution 592: " . . . 'strongly deplores' the killing of Palestinian students at Bir Zeit University by Israeli troops". * Resolution 605: " . . . 'strongly deplores' Israel's policies and practices denying the human rights of Palestinians. * Resolution 607: " . . . 'calls' on Israel not to deport Palestinians and strongly requests it to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention. * Resolution 608: " . . . 'deeply regrets' that Israel has defied the United Nations and deported Palestinian civilians". * Resolution 636: " . . . 'deeply regrets' Israeli deportation of Palestinian civilians. * Resolution 641: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's continuing deportation of Palestinians. * Resolution 672: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for violence against Palestinians at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. * Resolution 673: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's refusal to cooperate with the United Nations. * Resolution 681: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's resumption of the deportation of Palestinians. * Resolution 694: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's deportation of Palestinians and calls on it to ensure their safe and immediate return. * Resolution 726: " . . . 'strongly condemns' Israel's deportation of Palestinians. * Resolution 799: ". . . 'strongly condemns' Israel's deportation of 413 Palestinians and calls for their immediate return. And thats not counting those after 1992...

http://www.vicpeace.org/fact-sheets/FactSheet6vpn.pdf These are the ones currently violated by all nations besides Iraq. They might be sharing first place with Turkey (Cyprus issues) at the moment. If including condemning resolutions, you get 80+ UN resolutions, and thats only those that passed through without vetos. You want a spork to eat that ? Besides, it sounds like you need to turn down a bit on the Fox News... try asking yourself why people are doing what they do. You might discover new knowledge

You seem to forget a small but important detail. The US has a veto right in the security council and is *never* forced to deploy troops, unless they do so willingly (read: It suits their interests) To take a hot topic as an example: Israel has been in violation of more UN resolution than probably any other country in the world. Do you seriously think the US would send in the marines to liberate the Israeli occupied territories ? (No, this is *not* a cue to start a Israel/Palestine debate, but to illustrate the invalidity of the original statement

If you haven't noticed....that thread is asking you which is the better KOTOR 1 version. This thread is asking you which platform will you get KOTOR 2 on. Totally different concepts if you ask me.... Learn to read then to speak... The poll is about which platform you played Kotor1 on, the question of the thread was which platform are you getting Kotor2 for. Not really that different concepts. Even funnier when mistakes are emphasised B)

As if we needed more of those threads...? http://forums.obsidianent.com/index.php?showtopic=1071&hl=

Bah, democracy is way overrated anyway. It's a social experiment introduced and formalised by the ancient greek and has only be used less than two centuries in modern history. And even that, only in parts of the world. Eventually, like all other things, it will die out and thinkers and decisionmakers will come up with replacements for that.

I'm old enough to enjoy a good Cognac... As for who I would like to actually meet of the board members ? Probably the top ten posters, so I could tell them face to face to get a life

It's called evolution, or rather "Survival of the stubbornest" (I'll wait for spelling buddy to tell me the correct form of that word ) Let the information dry up slowly, then see whos left. That will be old BIS fans and possibly some hardcore Starwars fans. The more sensible ones will have left (bye bye!) for whatever is currently fashionable places to hang out. Yes, this board was actually more fun before the official announcement for some obscure reason Anyway, once Kotor2 is out the door and project the one after Delaware is announced, perhaps some sense of madness will return to this place

Akari is a nice guy No thanks, currently trying to spot the cause of a deadlock in a 250 user application... Thanks for clarifying. While it doesn't speed up the cutscenes in Kotor1, it's nice to know, that we aren't just waiting for arbitrarily timed dialogues....

20 minutes ? You don't know how lucky you are then... Try "The Hobbit" (the adventure game from Melbourne House), it takes 35 minutes to load from tape and crashes regularly. Personally, I prefer Ultima IV to V. V just felt "wrong" somehow, with those big chunky graphics. Didn't have the same kind of immersivenes as Ultima I-IV, because of the smaller field of view (well, it "felt" smaller, might just have been my imagination)

How about the ability to "jump to the end" to each individual script ? It may have been my imagination, but in some cutscenes you could "fastforward" it by clicking a couple of times, by others you couldn't. It was as if you had to wait for the voice over to finish, before the script could progress. One from top of my head is the introductions to the duel arena, where some lines of text could be skipped, others you had to wait for the guy finishing his introduction lines... If you could "speed up" things a bit. it wouldn't need to skip it entirely. Especially nice if reloading before long scenes or even when playing through the game for the umpteenth time.

What? Shooo! I was just trying to sound sophisticated.

Roguefrog, you are the born designer!

Jedi jogging pants ? Robes ? We need blue jumpsuits dammit! Starwars IV and V worked quite fine without jedi robes. Ok, Yoda might have worn one, but that felt more like part of him being Yoda than him being a jedi.

Look at it. Laugh a little about it. Let it die and disappear out the bottom of the topic list. The sticky will stick around for a long time yet.

Speaking of which... why the &^%$$# couldn't they have put that on a single dvd ? :angry: Farcry comes on dvd, UT2004 comes on dvd, you would think that a publisher like LA could figure out how to put files on a dvd too. Ah well, first thing I do when buying a new game, is to download the no-cd crack anyway

Personal oppinion ? He's a poor weak thing under pressure from way to many powerful interests. Probably not evil, just not too bright.

Please don't even think about it... A big unnaturally strong jedi, with a miniature giant space hamster pocketed in his jedi robes... wielding a two-handed lightsaber and yelling "Buttkicking for goodness!" B) Prone to go into a berserker rage when fighting Sith and smugglers

Much logic I sense in that one...

Pervert! Go look up under Volourns skirts... In the unlikely event that I should ever end up in the gaming industry, I would prefer something where I could exercise my AI skills. I really miss working with that. Not sure which job description it would fall under though.

Is this a beginning of a developer diary ?