Recent content by SamuraiAndPig

I think it's because there is still the notion that a video game is a children's toy, and we have to protect our little snowflakes from the big scary world out there. And hell, I see more violence on the ten o'clock news than in most of the games I own. And that isn't fake violence - it's real...

I'm having a weird problem and wondering if anyone can lend some insight. I have an Acer Aspire One - it's one of those mini-laptops. Every few months it seems that the performance drops by half, inexplicibly. It runs perfectly, but after a certain amount of time, doing something like running...

In the interest of not leaving it unfinished, I'll reply. Even though you get this I'll put it out there: your opinion is your opinion. This isn't personal in any way and I have as much respect for you as I do with anyone reading this. That being said... Bullshit. You can't identify yourself...

Looks like warhammer is the modern definition of war game. That's sad. My friends and I have a warhammer group that I'm a fringe member of. I wouldn't say being a board gamer makes you a social outcast. On the contrary, I'd say it promotes social interaction because you need another person to...

How exactly do a bunch of posters affect you? I'd understand your complaint if another student was coming up to you and harassing you, but unless you've taken some really awesome drugs, posters don't yell. Your tuition goes toward every student's right to join a club and have activities and...

Well, yes you are thinking of making this place Planet US. Dissolving all nations and adopting the consitution for everyone is exactly that. Understand the subtext of what you're saying and don't contradict yourself. I don't like censorship either, but again, you're saying that everyone...

Pretty much. The last thing I read about the conflict in Pakistan over this is that the Taliban (who don't specifically represent Sharia law, but it's a variation on the theme) number about 5,000 fighters. That's pretty imposing, but not when you consider that the Pakistani army is over 140,000...

Of course, you are forgetting that the US/UK created most of the problems in that region, such as the current Iraq/Afganistan conflict, the creation of Isreal, the Shah, and the British carving up Afganistan/Pakistan/India. I agree that having a ton of really cool weapons and not using them...

And wars are magical hippie fests where nobody gets killed or comes back so screwed in the head they can no longer fucntion in society. Tell that to the VA hospitals. Going to college teaches discipline and isn't mandatory. Getting a job teaches discipline and isn't mandatory. My issue...

My parents were pretty even-tempered, but I had a friend's parents who burned all of his Dugenons & Dragons books because, and this is what they actually said, "Demons jump out of them at night and dance around his bed."

That's kind of harsh - it's already bad enough that you can't go to college without signing up for selective service. Military service should voluntary, because otherwise you end up with most people not being able to serve for some reason or another, and all the talent ends up going out to shoot...

Back in high school I had a friend who dressed up as anthrax. She wore a black leotard and covered herself in baby powder. It was in bad taste and she got arrested for it but I found it funny/creative as hell.

That's a perfectly reasonable answer but we are kind of stuck there. Destablizing an entire country and then calling it day would just make the entire thing more of a dick move than it already is. Part of the problem with the whole question is that we went in with the wrong idea and implemented...

If anyone's still interested I found some news on the case. Kind of enlightening, and validates a point I made earlier about her being fired if she filed charges. http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=3977702

Agreed. I don't really get why they call themselves "conservatives" when they actually don't conserve. Politcal affiliation aside, that's really just a fact. The corporate principal behind Reaganomics is that if you give companies more money and lower taxes, then they'll use the extra income to...