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Reply to Why did go into Iraq again? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Brad, even reading through your post the WMD arguement comes up again and again. yes there were other reasons and they were debated in detail at the time on this blog site. But WMD were the primary reason used to justify the war followed by links to terrorists. The WMD has since proven to be wrong and the terrorist links were very spurious. I still believe invading Iraq was the right thing to do as I argued at the time, but stop t

Reply to Making Mountains out of Molehills in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

though and maybe this slight difficulty is good because you'll never be quite sure of the PQ till you conquer it. Paul.

Reply to empire direction / government in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

d especially like to see some form of feedback. Paul.

Reply to Borders and Strategy in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

D> I like these suggestions, as they would be easier to implement and deal with the fundamental problem just as well. Paul.

Reply to Charles Graner Jr Abuse Scandal in Politics JoeUser Forums

Well then the *many* would be wrong wouldn't they? So you honestly believe it is acceptable for soldiers to commit any offense they like while on active duty in any country they like without any civilian court having the right to try them? Look at the antagonism that this attitude has generated in the P

Reply to New info: U.N. Report Urges Rich To Give More in Politics JoeUser Forums

terpfan, do you really enjoy twisting every comment as negative? Get over the persecution complex! So the Washington Post decided Egeland called the US stingy. Well that's their opinion which he has clearly denied. Just because many people jump to the same conclusion does not make it true. If that was the case then it must be true that Bush is the Devil because millions of people believe he is. And twisting Indonesia's target of being self suffi

Reply to Minors in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

milar. Something that protects the minor without having to enter a formal alliance. Paul.

Reply to Minors in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

clares war on the minor to also declare war on the major. Paul.

Reply to Charles Graner Jr Abuse Scandal in Politics JoeUser Forums

Civilians are not allowed to try our military unless the military personel in question commited a crime in the civilian sector Hence why many believe there is a problem with the system. The military can always use the arguement that their very presence dictates that it's no longer a civilian sector. So

Reply to Over another milestone in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

I spent my entire weekend in work, thanks to a Friday afternoon meeting! Paul.

Reply to Multi-Cultural Planets in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

anets, as you could capture another planet without wiping out the population. Just imaging the possibilities for influence, culture, rebellion, garrisons, morality. Paul.

Reply to empire direction / government in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks all for you comments. I think we all would like to see the game change in different ways, and have different ideas of what would make the game better for us. Paul.

Reply to Transports / Combat Transports in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

that many excess troops, so when the transport leaves the troop level on the planet is still at x%. This way there is no micromanagement or delay in troop levels. paul.

Reply to String Theory in Pure Technology JoeUser Forums

you may never get there, People are thinking on the wrong scale here. If you keep halfing your distance to a target you will actually eventually reach it due to the uncertainty principle. A point will eventually be reached where the uncertainty in your position is greater than the remaining distance to

Reply to String Theory in Pure Technology JoeUser Forums

What's string theory? String theory is basically an attempt by scientists to bring together the behaviour of the known forces and interactions in the Universe. So for example, we have an equation (from newton) which describes the force due to gravity. We have another equation that describes the force tw

Reply to Creationism & Evolution--Parallel Worlds? in Religion JoeUser Forums

I wish people would stop mising up the Theory of Evolution with the Theory of Life. They are seperate issues. The theory of evolution describes a process by which species can adapt and change over time forming new species. it says nothing abotu what adaptations and changes will occur, just that the surroundings will influence the process and the most fit adaptation will dominate. This is a proven theory. The Theory of life uses evolu

Reply to Several questions to developers/publishers in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'm not part of Stardock, but will try answer some of your questions. These are my assumed answers, not official answers and not gaurenteed to be correct. 1) yes. Assuming this is a legal copy of the game. Though the game is not an online game. The online part just registers your score and this should work irrespective of the language. 2) yes. Again assuming this is a legal copy of the game. I know nothing of the localised version. 3) yes. Again assuming a legal copy of the game

Reply to Registration Question in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

DaGrebber, you should download and use the Stardock central program (www.sdcentral.net). This program allows you to easily register and change your products. Once loaded and installed, choose tools-> register products on the drop down menu. You can now click ont he games icon, change the product with the drop down menu and register your individual products (just register Altarian Phrophesy). The only extra perk at the moment is that you can view the new Galciv 2 website (www.g

Reply to Human Rights Watch condemns US human rights record in Politics JoeUser Forums

Actually, I'd suggest the situation is more akin to them trying to fix the light because it has started flickering. Yes there are darker places but that's no reason to try to save a bring light that's flickering from failing. If they can fix the light and make it shine that bit more brightly then more of the dark areas will be revealed and lit up. paul.

Reply to What is Torture? in Politics JoeUser Forums

If you can *define* one, then you can define the ot But you can't define pain and suffering. Even on a purely physical or physiological level the same applied stimulus will have different effects on different people. The act of trying to apply an acceptale level of torture is itself wrong. The concept o

Reply to Bush Administration planning attack on Iran in Politics JoeUser Forums

actively makes plans to attack China, Canada, and probably even Vatican City Actively making plans and having special forces in countries preparing target list are two different things. Anyway, why aren't these special forces in Iraq dealing with the insurgency? Paul.

Reply to Transports / Combat Transports in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

military build rate, lower experience. Paul.

Reply to empire direction / government in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

ns between them. Paul.

Reply to Human Rights Watch condemns US human rights record in Politics JoeUser Forums

And that would be what, exactly? - The holding of human beings outside of any legal protection. - Holding of human beings indefinitely without trial. - Refusal of the right to a fair trial These three in paticular need to be changed. The US supreme court has already ruled the first poi

Reply to What is Torture? in Politics JoeUser Forums

That's where you rely on acceptable norms of society. This is where the US does need to does need to remember that it is part of a wider world. When the US was founded slavery was considered the acceptable norm in parts. The US fought a civil war because these acceptable norms changed. Likewise definitions of torture are not as important as the acceptable norm, and the acceptable norm says that the list Moderateman makes in this article is suf