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Reply to Thinking About the Unthinkable: A U.S.-Iranian Deal in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]I could say I'm an antisemitic gay-loving babykiller totalitarist liberal, but I'm not sure if after reading my words here and elsewhere, others would come to that conclusion[/quote] Off course not! But you think that anybody that disagree with you is such person. Come on, admitting is 1st step of the process..

Reply to Necessity as the mother of invention in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Either necessity or opportunity. For example, why should you learn how to smelt iron if you don't have access to it? If you happen to have centaurs in your neighbourhood, you could research Centaur Diplomacy to get some Centaur Volounteers as special cavalry. If you happen to have special mushrooms, you could research Shroom Alchemy. In short, special map elements could allow you to research special techs. Or, as you say, if you get attacked by elements. It's normal to develop

Reply to The Health Care Bill passes in Politics JoeUser Forums

*being tempted to post* Ooooohh.. no. I won't touch that with a 10-foot pole.

Reply to National ID card? in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Well now that we know how it's supposed to work.....[/quote] ... My point was, you cannot blame the politicians if the police and prosecutors aren't doing their job. Politicians vote laws. They do not enforce it.

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[quote]Frankly, concerning French Canadians, I'd be surprised if more than 2% percent of Americans know enough about the issue to have an opinion on it at all.[/quote] Indeed. But every single time I've heard it mentionned in any American media, it was to make fun at it. In short, mentionned only as a joke point. Funny, as a binlingual country with one culture being afraid to loose it's core identity is exactly

Reply to Thinking About the Unthinkable: A U.S.-Iranian Deal in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Well the first step to a cure is admitting the problem![/quote] Indeed. I am still waiting for you to come forward, and I feel I have been quite patient.

Reply to Forts: the "starbase" of elemental in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote]I don't see why you can't have both. It could all depend on what you build on it. You build mines, houses and a market..its a "trading outpost". You build barracks, towers and other military builings...its a "fort". Throughout the classical, darkage and medieval times many forts turned into into towns, and towns turned into forts. The distinction on what was thought of as a fort or a town was often blurry. I'd much rather have one unified system, where you have th

Reply to Thinking About the Unthinkable: A U.S.-Iranian Deal in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]You will be assimilated.[/quote] There is no place for me [e digicons]:'([/e] On this forum, I am an antisemitic gay-loving babykiller totalitarist liberal, and in my homeland, I am a right-wing anti-union pro-corporation pro-small government american supremacist.

Reply to What Has Happened to Our Great Country? in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Do? Simple. Ostracize. I do not (yet) condone bombing Iran. They really do not merit it (they are pissing in their own pot). But they should not be treated as equals in the stage of world leaders. They are not. [/quote] Ostracize? How do you Ostracize a country? You refuse to do trade with it? You refuse to talk to it? You know, technically, not talking to Iran would have the exact same effect that right now. It would allow them to gain time without loosing any ground,

Reply to National ID card? in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Abolish all English-only laws and policies, including those of private employers.[/quote] You know, we have the same freaking law in Quebec about French, yet you americans keep laughing at us about it. Talk about hypocrisy.

Reply to National ID card? in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]So business hires, them and then pays the politicians (wink wink) to look the other way and get a nice big fat contribution.[/quote] But.. it's a matter for the police to investigate on those case, not on the politicians covering legistlation. It's about the enforcement of the law, not about the laws overseeing the problem.

Reply to A better name for a gun in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]There are similar laws in the US as well. It is not like you can pick them up like a can of sardines. There is the requisite registration and waiting period. [/quote] How about private reselling? You know, selling your gun over the internet? Ain't that legal? Don't some people are actually proud of making the guns move around without government monitoring? Isn't the governement required by law to destroy the records they have on your gun application within 14 days? (may

Reply to [Suggestion] Hazard Range in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote]In Elemental, I'd like to see something similar: a mountain kingdom that zig-zags through mountain valleys. Two hefty ends of an empire, separated by the vast territory of an easily awaken dragon, connected only by a flimsy road. An island kingdom that pushes against the coast of a forgotten continent, held at a sprinkling of seashore cities by a fearsome collection of Lizardman tribes. [/quote] Why not an Underground Dwarven Kingdom, with carved mountains being the cities?

Reply to A Divorce Agreement in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Colorado? new Mexico? You got long tethers![/quote] You seriously think the U.S.-Mexico wall is there only to prevent the aliens to come over? Not at all. It's the best rig we have found.

Reply to Thinking About the Unthinkable: A U.S.-Iranian Deal in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]I may have been thinking of Arty, I believe he is the Canadian that wants the US to give up it's world wide bases.[/quote] Not I, sorry. You kinda need the naval bases to insure your naval supremacy, you need you land bases in Eastern Europe to itch Russia, you need the land bases in the middle-east/Afghan to house your aviation and supply your anti-guerrila warfare in the location, probably to war against the Talibans in order to help prevent the collapse of Pakistan.

Reply to A better name for a gun in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote] I want to see him explain why Israel is obviously evil.[/quote] Have I said that? No. I merely said that it has its flaws and one shouldn't be afraid of pointing those out in the political establishment without fear of retribution from lobbies. Israel is a very nice countries, save for a few elements that are quite sad. [quote]I am thinking it's because it builds houses for Jews. [/quote] Because these house are in palestinian territories. They are goin

Reply to A better name for a gun in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Criminals that use guns usual have a stolen gun or a black market gun so they don't go through with registration. Gun restrictions usually don't affect the criminal element. [/quote] But there are still crimes commited by legitimate guns owners. Peoples who weren't criminals but become one. Having their guns registered could go a long way toward preventing these people from getting away. [quote]For the crooks too! While this is solely an American phenomenom, statistics

Reply to National ID card? in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]If they would only follow the existing laws on the books their would be no issues. I say hammer the employers, from the guy that hires someone to cut their grass right up to the corporations. Fine the $10K per illegal worker. This will help the deficit, it will also save the taxpayers money, as the illegals will go home on their own, without us paying their transportation. Go home and fix the issues in your own country that caused you to leave, instead of transforming the US into where

Reply to What Has Happened to Our Great Country? in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]No he is not doing his best. He is doing his worst to make sure it comes about. He is driven by a utopian ideology that has no basis in reality. [/quote] Can you tell me, seriously, what kind of action taken would have convinced you that Obama is dealing with the Iranian problem? What is your benchmark for what you'd consider a proper action? Because if what you consider a proper action is something that is simply politically/economically undesirable for everybo

Reply to Thinking About the Unthinkable: A U.S.-Iranian Deal in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]So they leave the land, and do not annex it.[/quote] No. It's simply that it's quite bothersome to annex land. You prefer to create allies in far away lands rather than vassals, using your importing power to boost their economical base. It's a very good strategy. Not to forget that you never really had any sociological or economical reasons to start a war of conquest after the Mexican War like other nations have done so. Your land can provide for your own, so you a

Reply to Thinking About the Unthinkable: A U.S.-Iranian Deal in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]I agree to some extent with your comment here, but as I recall some of your past posts on various threads, I find some of the language you use interesting. I placed that in bold type in your quote. I find it interesting, as if I recall, you would like to see the US give up bases overseas , so why would you want the US patrolling Canadian waters? Canada has a small, yet capable Navy, not to mention land-based air assets within operational distance. Would this not be USA

Reply to Socialized healthcare collapses in Israel in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]How so? When he showed up 90 minutes late to the meeting?[/quote] He comes in to try to oversee negociations between Israel and the PLO. That was a somewhat good step forward. But then, while he is arriving, Israel declares something that everybody knew would completely infuriates the Palestinians and prevent any kind of productive negociations. They torpedoed Biden's entire purpose in his visit to Israel. That was quite a slap to the face.

Reply to Building housing is so 2000... in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote]I also think that food might need to be transported from city to city (automatically of course) via transport caravans that need protection resources to ensure safety and which can be sabatoged or destroyed or captured and sold in war. That would also be fun, and somewhat realistic. Keeping food supply up should be fairly important.[/quote] Indeed. Having caravarn moving the food around is primordial. If your empire is mini-maxed, then you need a lot of goods movement, includin

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