Amentep

I'm playing Dissidia, which has made me all nostalgic over old Final Fantasy games.

Yeah, but I don't expect fantasy clothing to be realistic in a game (otherwise you'd be carrying around a lot of clothing for a variety of situations) At least they're wearing cloaks against the cold (albeit apparently with low-cut, cleavage exposing tops in one case)* *not an issue if they're magic cloaks of warm-snugglyness

Yeah, but finding old RPGs isn't necessarily an easy task for everyone; I know Prime Directives have had fairly recent releases.

That is because of bigotry and hatred, not the dress itself. Unless they are saying that all dresses are evil and cause violence... But, if that's true, then they've got other issues... Talk about blaming the victim. Student:

Actually I've heard the colloquialism here in the US, so knew what you meant. AFAIK you don't upload anything; the thread about it on Bioware's site has this quote - "The video sells it as a bit of an action game but it's a legit RPG with turn-based combat. We will also have a few items you can unlock in DA:O by playing."

I guess about whether he should or shouldn't be able to dress in women's clothes and whether what he did wear was against a "reasonble" (in lieu of looking up the school system's) dress code. And since there is no mathematical proof for "reasonable" and it's hardly self-evident, there will always be some people that will stand against what is "reasonable", with whatever excuses. In this case, the excuse is personal expression (a subset of FREEDOM™). Well if reasonable was able to be well defined then there'd be little to talk about or discuss; this thread would be an initial post and a lot of affirmation replies after it. True, and I don't think the school was outside of their bounds within their actions. There is a mindset though that education in general should have a free and open sharing of ideas[*] within the confines of the education process, and part of that arguably could be allowing contact with people who hold to other standards. While there is a certain degree of disruptive element when someone "different" from the microcosmical sociatal norms come into a school, generally speaking I'd think that the disruptiveness of the students presence would lessen as time progresses. I'd be interested to know - how does open homosexuality[**] damage morale in the military? Having never been in the military, I've heard this argument used before but confess to not understanding it. [*]although, to be fair, this never actually happens [**]possibly this needs a definition too before coment

I guess about whether he should or shouldn't be able to dress in women's clothes and whether what he did wear was against a "reasonble" (in lieu of looking up the school system's) dress code. There's a lot of fight against school uniforms - not just because the teens object to not being able to dress to impress. There's a lot of discontent from parents over perceived price gouging from the vendors (since all uniforms have to have the school logo on it) because there's nowhere else to go.

I don't really think its about FREEDOM

Its too soon, I think. We haven't actually, I think, had the opportunity to see what good (or ill) his ideas, presidency and legacy will be.

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." - Edmund Burke

BTW, my favorite piece was the Banshee. I wonder how they'll do the setup? With the 4 player mode will there be only two sets of "pieces" like in the original, four or will you have the ability to sort of "make your army"?

And I just read through the manual and - no mention of chess! My childhood memories ruined!

Two opposing sides with roughly the same number of pieces as chess on a light and dark board. Movement limitations based on directionality was replaced by movement limits based on squares, and back row pieces had more power than front row pieces. They added the extra wrinkle of light vs dark having an advantage on light vs dark squares and fighting for squares. I seem to remember (but admit the memory cheats) the original manual even describing it as being like chess. I played it like I did chess as a kid, the difference being I won a lot more at Archon (although in retrospect maybe that was my problem playing Chess - I played it too much like Archon! )

We all remember how the original game box shipped with one empty cd slot. Coincidence? Where else were you going to keep the expansion disc when it came out?

Yeah, the outlay of his options are pretty...one sided, but not that far from general teenage thought in my experience. There have been some schools that wouldn't let boys wear kilts. Not that that's what you're talking about, its just your mention of skirts made me think of it.

So will this DLC be available to purchase down the line in a hard form (like Fallout 3's for the 360?) Or like "Bring Down the Sky" was for ME1 when the 360 "Platinum Hits" release came out? I haven't been able to tell based on what I've read so far.

I'd rather have them actually trying to run a radio station, but constantly getting in fights and insulting each other on the air. "No that song is stupid, play something else! All your music sucks! *sounds of a fight in the background while the song is still playing* Raider sketch comedy program Raider amateur hour Raider point and counter point Raider DIY segments The list is endless!

Yes, having to dig a mile long tunnel is totally as easy as waltzing across an open border. And there are ways of detecting tunnels also. When someone doesn't want to solve a problem, there are always a million excuses for why it can't be done. My point is crossing the border via tunnels is already happening with the current border; I don't see building a wall stopping that. And yes they still find the tunnels which doesn't stop them being made. In general while a giant wall might be a deterrent to some, I think evidence exists that it would stop the problem. The debate could be whether it'd significantly drop the numbers, but it wouldn't stop it.

I dunno, the information seems weird. At first glance it seems like they're wanting to take the game away from its chess roots. Still if its good, I'd be willing to give it a shot.

Yes, but the key here is "flamboyant" attire. Based on the video from the local ABC(US) affiliate he was dressed rather conservatively, but they do try to argue that he wasn't on the last day he attended. And having that said, there have been other examples in the local news about crossdressers being allowed to go to school with no problem, so... One must note that Escobar attended the school a grand total of 3 days; was there significantly more attention drawn to him than any other notable transfer? I'm not sure. Would the fervor have died down given time? I think so. There's also no clear evidence in either the AJC article, the AOL article or the ABC footage as to why a conclusion was drawn that he was responsible for fights occurring those days.

Curiously, which law did they break exactly? Since you seem to be so keen to speak authoritatively about this law, one would expect you have a thorough understanding of it. Otherwise that would be rather hypocritical, no? Something in here, I believe.

The shade of gray is that the US government and the state governments has allowed these people to remain in the US, offered them education and services without deporting them. Which means either the law is unenforceable or the federal and state governments have not done their part in enforcing the law. The end result is a significant population of people who are free to be exploited by US citizens and US companies with the federal and state government tacitly accepting - if not approving - of that exploitation.

But there's a fallacy in your argument - they're not citizens, second class or otherwise. If they were citizens they'd be legal immigrants. Not being able to vote and being in fear of the law deporting them (because they're breaking the law) allows the unscrupulous amid the US citizenry to exploit these people instead of turning them to legal immigration. (Someone mentioned a wall to block people getting into the US - but that won't help when people use tunnels to get through already). Mind you none of this would be an issue if our government and Mexico's would just agree to make Mexico a state already.

This is what I'm thinking.

I didn't have a computer that could play Bloodlines when it came out.