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Androgynes are fairly common, actually. From world of Goo to Lemmings, a lot of games that feature non-human protagonists are also asexual. Hell, before Pac-Man had Ms. Pac-Man, did anyone really assign any kind of sex to pac-man? As for human Androgynes, well... as someone earlier...

All right, I admit I only got about halfway through page 4 on this forum, so maybe this was addressed already... As far as I've seen or heard, Lordkat never told Spoony to kill himself. His twitter feed was... vitriolic toward the guy. For that matter, so was every single second of that...

I gotta say, I didn't expect these to be the movies you focused on. I honestly figured it would either be Raid or even Bully. Both seem a bit more in the wheelhouse of gaming audiences.

I'm not entirely sure what this intends to accomplish. Sure, there's still some vitriol over the movie, but it's hardly got the same level of focus that it did even, say, five years ago. It's hardly the only thought on any geek's mind, which means the disdain for the movie doesn't have to...

While there were certain outliers (the hebrews) the fact is homosexuality was largely ignored or even embraced at one time. From the Sacred Band of Thebes and Roman Pan-sexuality to the non sexuality-defined ancient Egyptian culture. It wasn't until monotheism and God took hold that...

Probably should take the time to note that they chemically castrated him. This is a practice that is still done to a certain extent today. It's not the literal removal of testicles, it's the chemical inducement of impotence(as long as the medication is taken).

Man, I leave for a few hours and this gets away from me. Before I start, I love the SN. Not a lot of people observe proto-Ultima. Anyway, to the actual point; theft is still a crime. While the punishment far outweighs the action, one could argue that it was meant as a deterrent, albeit...

Fair enough. While offering it to the most notable figures may be a representative act, it does not officially recognize this act. I guess the destruction of a mind that had already in 41 years-- A) Beat the Nazis B) Invented the modern precepts of computing C) Invented the modern...

Except that large populations actually don't understand that those laws were all that unjust. Much of the Republican party moves to have state laws set up that make it increasingly more difficult to vote if you're anything that doesn't qualify as their party's target audience. People forget...

You mean the same way Jim Crow laws have been abolished and now none of the figures that get elected to office are grossly racist and try to enact vote-limiting laws? There's a difference between incidental legal changes and official acknowledgement of wrongdoing.

National recognition of the notion that one's "wrongdoing" was the fault of the system in place? Official observance of black marks in one's history as opposed to simply whitewashing it or even justifying it is deliberate and willful acknowledgement of past misdeeds. An official observation...

Fair enough. However, taxonomic definition is a closely guarded thing. Criminal terminology and vernacular phrasing is a significantly less concrete and more abstract notion. On an unrelated note, this reply has made me thirsty.

I know that it won't undo history. But an official observance of an action that besmirched the good name of a great man and probably stymied years of progress seems... like not all that difficult a thing to do. Hell, it may have taken them centuries to do, but was the Catholic pardoning of...

Fair enough, I can dig it. Certain words carry meanings that can taint an action But then what about "piracy?" It was once largely defined as a word that, until the early 1900s, meant simply "theft of cargo."(it was a nautical term) Further modified, piracy meant "unlicensed radio...

Perhaps, but language (at least english) is generally a fluid concept that is given to redefinition over time. e.g. "Hacker" no longer simply implies a technology enthusiast, but can also imply someone who uses that enthusiasm with malicious intent, provided proper context is given. "Fag" can...