OFF TOPIC - The IOC sucks.

Puke · #1 July 20th, 2001, 07:32 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Quikngruvn:

Now, if y'all will excuse me, I have a bomb shelter to jump into....

well, i have two things in response. first, in general: Amen, go tell it on the mountain.

second, regarding the recently Ex-McVeigh, or the former-McVeigh as you may prefer; I heard quoted on NPR his views on religion. went something like this:

NPR news man: While Timmothy McVeigh officialy claims to be an athiest, he was quoted thursday (this being the friday before his execution) responding to a question regarding his belief in the afterlife with these words, "If it turns out that I am wrong and there is an afterlife, I am prepared to improvise, adapt, and overcome."

I thought any leathernecks we have in the crowd would get a kick out of that one. even more so since it came from a (former) army man.

while my random comments might not have much to do with the hot topics at hand, hopefully we can all take a short laugh at.. well.. i guess the people who are bent about all the barbarism in The States would not really get much of a laugh out of that, huh?

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Nitram Draw · #2 July 20th, 2001, 12:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Puke:
well, i have two things in response. first, in general: Amen, go tell it on the mountain.

second, regarding the recently Ex-McVeigh, or the former-McVeigh as you may prefer; I heard quoted on NPR his views on religion. went something like this:

NPR news man: While Timmothy McVeigh officialy claims to be an athiest, he was quoted thursday (this being the friday before his execution) responding to a question regarding his belief in the afterlife with these words, "If it turns out that I am wrong and there is an afterlife, I am prepared to improvise, adapt, and overcome."

I thought any leathernecks we have in the crowd would get a kick out of that one. even more so since it came from a (former) army man.

while my random comments might not have much to do with the hot topics at hand, hopefully we can all take a short laugh at.. well.. i guess the people who are bent about all the barbarism in The States would not really get much of a laugh out of that, huh?

Well it does point out on thing. It doesn't matter if you are religious or not. In the end the way it is is the way it is. No personal belief will change that. One thing is sure, we will all eventually find out who was right, not that it will matter then.

Quikngruvn · #3 July 20th, 2001, 03:45 PM

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Originally posted by Puke:
"If it turns out that I am wrong and there is an afterlife, I am prepared to improvise, adapt, and overcome."

That reminds me of the old bumper sticker, "Heaven doesn't want me and Hell's afraid I'll take over." Heh. Defiant to the bitter end....

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Originally posted by Krsqk:
Actually, it predates Lord Acton by a couple of years. "For the love of money is the root of all evil..."--St. Paul, First Epistle to Timothy
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My mistake. I always heard that quote attributed to Acton. I guess I should have spent more time in Sunday School....

("Unpronounceable"? I've been saying "CURSE-kick". Is that even close?

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Quikngruvn

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Puke · #4 July 20th, 2001, 07:22 PM

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Originally posted by Quikngruvn:
("Unpronounceable"? I've been saying "CURSE-kick". Is that even close? )

I have been pronouncing it like the Russian sub that sunk while testing those super-cavilating torpedoes, or whatever theory you Subscribe to.

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Krsqk · #5 July 20th, 2001, 09:04 PM

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("Unpronounceable"? I've been saying "CURSE-kick". Is that even close? )

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I have been pronouncing it like the Russian sub that sunk while testing those super-cavilating torpedoes, or whatever theory you Subscribe to.

The Kursk? Is that it? I guess that gets my vote for the closest. In all honesty, I don't even know how to pronounce it. I think of it in one syllable, I guess. It's from my very first SE3 game, where I got stuck at the Empire Name dialog box. I couldn't come up with anything suitable, so I typed in something without vowels just because. I've always played as the Krsqk Empire since then.

Who knows?

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Baron Munchausen · #6 July 20th, 2001, 10:54 PM

Another case of "cultural imperialsm" in progress. Take a look at www.boycottadobe.org for information on this bizarre "intellectual property" fiasco. Adobe has got the FBI to arrest a Russian programmer for publicly speaking about the flaws in Adobe's "encryption" in it's secure PDF products. It's not encryption, it's stupid kiddie tricks like rot-13 and XORing. But for pointing this out, and for working for a company in RUSSIA outside US jurisdiction that sells products which can break this encryption, they got him arrested and apparently plan to press charges. This is the infamous DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) at work. Would be interesting to see the reaction if European nations started arresting Americans who had violated their laws. Let's start with the privacy laws that give Europeans some control of their personal information. Any officer of just about any US corporation could be arrested and jailed for violation of those...

Can't wait to see the US govt. spokesdroids puff up and hiss like a cats if that happens.

AJC · #7 July 21st, 2001, 06:00 AM

I think it is a good thing that the IOC gave the olympics to china , it gives the people of china exposure to the world - only through exposure to the world will china become a country where ideas and beliefs can ALL be openly practiced.

One thing I find really damn funny about this is the different nationalities hammering the US.. .. When you think about it - this country is made up of Europeans, Africans, Chinese, Hispanic, Arabic, etc.... hmm something to think about - and a funny thing about this - alot of these people are also now US citizens who vote... and who keep their own cultures / religous beliefs when they move to this country and vote for who they believe in. Maybe the problems in the US are a reflection of the problems throughout the world.
Every country has starving people, every country has poor, every country experiences corruption. So why should the situation in this country be any different?
IF the US decided to go back to its isolationist ways of the 30s it wouldnt be long before some nasty country started throwing it weight around and everyone would come screaming for US help.
Most Us citizens will agree that some of our foreign policies are flawed - strange how the mistakes of past cultures repeats ... you only need to look at the Last 300 years of colonial rule...that finally ended with a results like vietnam, Israel and Palistine, India and pakistan, central africa, indonesia, korea etc....

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