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I can't wait until we meet our exact selves, only 10^(10^118) meters away from this very spot!

You're looking at the solution from the wrong angle. It's not for the benefit of the addicts (directly); it is for the benefit of society. The benefits for the individuals is incidental and serendipitous. Basically, it costs society: crime (not sure on the figures, but something like: drug addicts make up less than 10% of the criminal population and commit 90% of crime); punishment and rehabilation the drug addicts are criminalized (gaol time) this costs society plenty, and as the rehabilation is poorly resourced and managed, recidivism is criminally (pun intended) high; organised crime because prohibition demonstrably doesn't work, and because it supports organised crime, the society has to deal with more powerful crime lords, which leads to terrorist support. The fact that the addicts get free drugs is neither here nor there, except that it undercuts the potential profits made by organised criminals. Decriminalization will also help the addits to find better treatment. They certainly won't feel as ostrocized as now, and won't feel trapped into a cycle. Point of fact: Holland has the lowest addict population of Europe.

OH NOES THEY'RE ONTO ME!!11!!!!eleven!!1!

Thanks for the clarification. I haven't heard the information you are referring to (I am not a citizen of North America, so I am deprived of the privilege of watching CNN: I prefer to get my news elsewhere, such as the BBC World Service ) and I haven't seen any poll reports such like, either. I have seen the Iraqi Foreign Secretary interviewed on the BBC in the last month, and that was why I was fairly sure of myself. Again, as I said to colrom, it's not up to foreigners to tell the Iraqi people what they want, when they have a legally and unequivocally democratically elected government. A bit like the citizens of the USA didn't particularly appreciate it when a British newspaper took out full page advertisements in the local papers prior to the last Presidential election explaining why the locals needed to vote Bush out of office. :D Using the prism of "good governance" to examine other governments is a dangerous precedent ... because it is very easy to reverse the process, and not many incumbents are interested in taking the hypocrisy-rectitude test ... That's a very easy opinion to have, if your young family isn't depending on you for their nurturing, especially if you are not blessed with a wealthy background and/or a college education. The armed forces provide a very reasonable career for people who might otherwise have very limited options, even with the risk of an unwanted war. But you don't have to worry about that, obviously, so you are quite free to make swingeing statements about the morality or lack thereof of these people.

Lucky me, last time I checked my legs, my knees were still below my hips. Actually, they were located at the end of my thighs As for leaning back... I'll print this one out and show it to the CEO next time he asks why the heck I'm just sitting there, leaning back on my chair <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's quite common for people to have their knees on the same level as, or even above, their hips when seated.

Such is life. Mediocrity is not a desirable trait.

Glad to see everyone has completed this task successfully, with the able help of Jags!* *Our society is built on the value-add of middlemen.

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Ooo, pretty! Is that a Warmace?

I suppose it's a good thing that you have a computer to channel your urges into ...

I seriously doubt it's because of gender insecurity that men play males.. ^_^ <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Latent homosexuality?

The quoted article doesn't contain all the details: knees should be below the hips, and the lumbar should be supported, too.

Jefferson bought some states (like Louisiana) from Louis XVI .. made him a cash offer he couldn't refuse (as the French economy was bankrupt).

Wait, Quebec is in Kanada? And it's not French?

And so we close this topic, before the temptation to spam overwelms the ordinarily well behaved forumites ... "

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Personally. ^_^

I don't like the implications of your nanny-state politics.

I play female mainly, because I prefer to experience how the gender affects the plot: which is typically much easier with a female than a male, as (typically) the default PC is assumed to be male. Also, my personality orientation-mode complex is so well balanced that I can enjoy characters that are from all parts of the spectrum, including the realms traditionally attributed to both genders. My fourth game of NwN2 is with a male character.

This is pretty weird. With my friend NWN2 randomly crashes after saves, but with me this game has not crashed at all. I'm now in Act II. Very stable game for me. If it wasn't clear enough I play NWN2 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That is evidence indicating that the fault of crashes lies with the configuration of the host PC, rather than the game.

What?

Not sure what is at the end of that link, mkreku, but here's some Rumour & Innuendo

You know, it's not always QA's fault, sometimes it's just the machines setup was never tested... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Having fun with (I suspect) memory-related crashes on my (1GB) laptop at the moment: Here's one of those generic ore tiles, too ... "

Wow, were you trying to make the MOST TROLLISH post seen on the forum since ... well, you last posted? ^_^ <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Stating facts equals trolling now? Interesting. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No, using deliberately inflamatory language with the aim to denigrate and/or cause injury is trolling. ) Shabby games? You certainly won't be on any game developers' Christmas lists. And I wouldn't be bragging about the Xbox 360's launch titles, either.