Beamer wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 15:56:
And who here says the government should daddy us?

You come up with these absolutely nuts strawmen that exist only on the Bill O'Reilly show.


Should the government do what it can to fight institutionalized sexism and racism?
Yes. Yes it should.
Should it "daddy" us?
What does that even mean?

Beamer wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 15:13:

RollinThundr wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 15:00:

Verno wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 14:11:
Hahah who would seriously defend some dipshit getting 30 months for trying to crash aircraft?

It's a 19 year old kid, I hardly think he was thinking Oh I'll crash some planes today. Stupid to do? Very much so, throwing the book at a bored and obviously stupid kid to do it twice however seems a tad harsh.

And really it's the other story that should have people far more up in arms. We are becoming a police state and no one seems to give a fuck about it.

This is throwing the book? The maximum is 5 years per offense. 2 offenses. 30 months is significantly less than 120 months.

Plus, with this being fairly common and people not realizing it's illegal or dangerous, an example is being made of him to get the word out. It happens.

Plus, given that this is more than the prosecution recommended, there's another hearing next week, in which the sentence will likely be dropped down to 12-15 months.

Plus, even if he did get the 30 months, as a guy with no priors that did something non-violent he'd likely serve a tiny fraction before being let out.

Plus, just because he wasn't thinking "oh, I'll crash some planes today" doesn't mean he didn't do something that could have led to it. He needs to take personal responsibility for his actions, right?

Plus, laws don't necessarily care what your intention was. Trust me, though, had his intent been to use the laser to crash a few planes he'd be getting much, much, much more than 30 months.

Plus, maybe you'll learn a lesson that confusing your actual point with idiocy like "you libs" and "both these stories" just distracts from any point you mean to make. Had you stopped and said "wow, this one story is pretty frightening, what do you guys think?" you would have had some discussion. But when you say "you stupid libtards didn't respond to these two horrible stories within 20 minutes of Blue posting them so clearly you don't care" then you get people mocking you for the rest of the day.
This is why people think you troll. Your posts are so well structured to avoid any real conversation that you have to be planning them that way.

Verno wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 14:11:
Hahah who would seriously defend some dipshit getting 30 months for trying to crash aircraft?

Frags4Fun wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 12:00:
I couldn't even get through half of the video. Super boring. Same marketing strategy as BF3. SP garbage. If they want SP, they should make it like 1942 SP where the SP was the same as MP except with bots.

InBlack wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 11:59:
Exactly, size doesnt really matter if the job gets done. Unfortunately in the US version of democracy, getting the job done most often entails getting elected and nothing else.

This is getting worse and worse, and its spreading into all of the US influenced nations as well. Left and Right have become meaningless, ideology has become a means to get elected into office and has no true value anymore. No one gives a shit about getting anything done other than getting elected and campaigning for the next election.

Worst of all are the masses who seem obvlivious to this, despite the fact that this is getting more and more obvious with every single election.

Democracy is way fucking overrated if you ask me...

InBlack wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 11:49:

RollinThundr wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 11:42:

Bard wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 11:18:
Don't fall for the Machiavellian 'divide and conquer' tactics that is the Repubs vs Democrats - that's just nonsense to distract.

With realtime monitoring of all our communications, the true masters of the US will be able to prevent further exposure of their crimes.

We're already seeing the citizenry becoming 'the enemy' - it's just going to get worse.

It isn't a left vs right thing on this one, its ideology. Actual conservatives are against things like the DHS, news flash most of the republicans in office? Aren't conservative.

The reason I mentioned liberals at all is they tend to not comment on stories like these, but god forbid they feel someone, or some special group got trampled on, it's the end of the world. Making government larger and giving them more control in any area is always going to be bad for the common man.

Erm, beurocracy = bad.

Well regulated control = good.

Why is regulation good? Because it protects the interests of the citizen, or it should in theory at least. A well regulated government can be a very powerful ally to a small insignificant citizen, a large bloated government with no self regulation in place can also be a great ally to corporate interests. Do you see the point Im trying to make here?

Bard wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 11:18:
Don't fall for the Machiavellian 'divide and conquer' tactics that is the Repubs vs Democrats - that's just nonsense to distract.

With realtime monitoring of all our communications, the true masters of the US will be able to prevent further exposure of their crimes.

We're already seeing the citizenry becoming 'the enemy' - it's just going to get worse.

ldonyo wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 10:53:

RollinThundr wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 10:11:
Funny how the libs here ignore posting on stories like these two. No the government isn't out of control and corrupt, no they're not taking measures to destroy privacy rights and turn the US into another nanny state not at all!

The FBI has been trying to get as much power as they can to watch everything imaginable for far longer than the current President's terms in office. But, that's okay, you keep those blinders on nice and tight and make sure you turn up the talk radio volume to drown out anything else you might otherwise hear.

Beamer wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 10:42:
Wait, what's wrong with putting someone trying to blind the pilot of a commercial aircraft in jail?

Cutter wrote on Mar 23, 2013, 03:08:

Yifes wrote on Mar 23, 2013, 00:34:

Cutter wrote on Mar 22, 2013, 21:45:
There is absolutely no doubt in anyone's mind that's why they chose this. Free my ass. Money is the one and only thing Actiblizz cares about.

That's all that any company cares about.

You couldn't be any further off the mark. There are plenty of good companies out there.

Krovven wrote on Mar 26, 2013, 22:05:

Denthor wrote on Mar 26, 2013, 21:39:
It's no different from any other exploits which later get patched out. Those that exploit early and often generally reap the rewards of doing so.

We'll have to agree to disagree.

SpectralMeat wrote on Mar 26, 2013, 18:00:

RollinThundr wrote on Mar 26, 2013, 17:54:
That seems centered on PC Gamer and Edge magazine rather than publishers. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, it was a serious question because I see the comment of "paid review" tossed around enough that I was curious as to whether or not there was actual proof.

Have you ever heard of Jeff Gerstmann http://tinyurl.com/84mjx3e

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on Mar 26, 2013, 17:25:

RollinThundr wrote on Mar 26, 2013, 15:38:
That depends was Bioshock advertised on any of their sites? Then yes they got paid for advertisements. Has it ever actually been proven that publishers pay for game reviews?

Take it or leave it as you wish.

jdreyer wrote on Mar 26, 2013, 15:13:

Darks wrote on Mar 26, 2013, 11:11:

It defiantly deserves many of those high rated scores it’s been getting. 9.6 Without a doubt.

So, IGN WASN'T bought and paid for?

Verno wrote on Mar 26, 2013, 11:50:

Ratty wrote on Mar 26, 2013, 11:46:

vrok wrote on Mar 26, 2013, 11:32:
Checkpoint system combined with resurrection drives me nuts.

So what does that mean, checkpoint system? And why does it suck? By resurrection do you mean something like the old Vita chamber system? No way to turn it off?

I was going to wait for the price to come down but goddamit if I don't have a stinkin 4-day weekend coming up.

You can't freely save, the game checkpoints periodically (not often enough in some cases and too often in others). I got locked out of a sidequest since it checkpointed me past a story point, no clue if I'll be able to return. Not the end of the world but annoying. On the flipside I quit last night and lost a good 15 mins of progress since it hadn't autosaved lately.

The resurrection functionality is still there but you're brought back through your old office that is actually a tear in the...nevermind its silly even explaining it It's basically the same thing.

Using 1999 mode supposedly disables the resurrection system (I haven't tried this yet), I can't remember if you can disable it in the options for the other difficulties though. Although personally I don't think it matters much because the difference between the resurrection system and a game over screen are the same - some loading.

Redmask wrote on Mar 25, 2013, 09:40:

RollinThundr wrote on Mar 25, 2013, 09:21:
You'd do the same after the 10 time being called racist when your post has zero to do with white or black, for the sole reason of not being afraid to have a opinion that isn't PC or popular.

That martyr complex and constant passing of the buck sure screams common sense and responsibility to me.

Redmask wrote on Mar 25, 2013, 09:15:
Why should I or anyone else explain anything to you? You've shown a remarkable propensity to ignore what people are saying and try to turn every topic into your own soap box for your vague rants based off tidbits from the telly. I would sooner explain my problems with economic policy to my dog, he would at least sit patiently and listen.

Redmask wrote on Mar 25, 2013, 08:48:

RollinThundr wrote on Mar 25, 2013, 08:10:
When you go on a rant saying the GOP is losing all these votes and they're out of touch so to speak. Which side of the aisle would you think someone is on?

Wrong again about my post being about social issues. That's rich, apparently the only criticism can come from an outside party that is diametrically opposed to the GOP. Keep on polarizing you winner

Redmask wrote on Mar 24, 2013, 21:53:

RollinThundr wrote on Mar 24, 2013, 21:14:
You were referring to social injustices, at least that's what I read it as. Fact of the matter is, realistically dems don't care about you either, they just pretend to.

You read it wrong, then proceeded to lump me into an entirely different political group and go on an idiotic rant. That's what the 'fact of the matter ' is little bucket. Maybe you should make less assumptions about other peoples political affiliations and actually have a foundation for your own before ratcheting your head on the keyboard and hitting the submit button.