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Reply to Why does the French Political class despise America? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Huh? Since when did France or USSR believe that Saddam didn't have WMD?

Reply to Michael Moore takes a pounding on the net in Politics JoeUser Forums

Falaffel, You keep weaseling out of answering the questions or when challenged you raise the bar. When I point out that the US was the #1 humanitarian aid provider to Afghanistan, you raise the bar saying how we didn't giv eneough on a per capita point of view. Who the hell cares? Talk about irrelevant. The bottom line is that we still give the most food to Afhganistan before and after 9/11. Are you suggesting that terrorists attacked us on 9/11 because our aid on a pe

Reply to So what should the US be do about Iraq? Listen to France? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Heh. ;)

So what should the US be do about Iraq? Listen to France? in Politics JoeUser Forums

In an article asking whether Europe liking the US should be a campaign issue or not , I pointed out some of the questionable international actions of France in the past century. Admittedly, the article had its share of French bashing. My point wasn't just to bash France though. It was to point out the absurdity of listening to France's advice on foreign policy. I got a lot of email on this as well as comments on i

Reply to Bad Karma and 9/11 in Politics JoeUser Forums

Mr Frog, The problem is that you have people who say we need to change our foreign policy and that 9/11 is the result of foreign policy. If one assumes that these people are just ranting mindlessly then the quesiton they need to answer is: What exactly did we do to provoke 9/11? From my vantage point it just seems pretty straight forward that Al Queda and its ilk are really just another form of monstrous fascism of the kind that brought us death camps. Or pu

Reply to Bad Karma and 9/11 in Politics JoeUser Forums

One thing that is kind of interesting is that the Karma people like Falaffel can't seem to put up a specific example of horrible US behavior that could remotely justify 9/11. What American action in the middle east could possibly justify 9/11? Or if that's too much of a challenge, how about an American action that could incite a reasonable person to want to commit those acts. As I said earlier, be thankful that Americans aren't a bunch of blood thirsty fanatics like the Islamo

Reply to Bad Karma and 9/11 in Politics JoeUser Forums

The US certainly has turned the other cheek. Let us remember that the United States has the capability of turning the middle east into a glass parking lot. Obviously, it would be monstrous to even consider such an action. But then again, if the terrorists had that capability I think we know what they would do. That is why I find moral equivalence arguments so bothersome. Because if the American culture was as warp and sick as the Islamo fascist culture, there wouldn't have bee

Reply to Ray's Take on Galciv - Part 1 in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Great stuff!

Reply to Bad Karma and 9/11 in Politics JoeUser Forums

Brian, Thanks for the good response. However, there is nothing in it that really shows what we coudl have done to "provoke" it. At least in the sense that there is something we could constructively do about it. My view is that they "hate us" simply because we exist. Our existence demonstrates their own failings. That western civilization, examplified by the United States enjoys a cultural, material, and technological success that the Islamic world cannot even begin to match.

Reply to Automated news. in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

I agree. That is pretty darn neat. Google is one of the smartest companies on the net. They truly "get it".

Bad Karma and 9/11 in Politics JoeUser Forums

There is often a basic problem when trying to debate geo politics. You have one side that seems to be ruled by emotion or at least believes in "spiritual forces". You have the other side that seems to be ruled by logic and believes in direct causes and effects. The two don't mingle too well in debates. And nothing brings that up into sharper contrast than the debate about "root causes" of 9/11. For instance, some try to argue that the United States

Reply to Michael Moore takes a pounding on the net in Politics JoeUser Forums

If someone can make teh case for why American civilians just going to work or being on vacation or whatever deserved death please make it. 9/11 was specifically the hijackign of 4 civilian jetliners and crashing 3 of them into buildings full of people. They weren't attacks on troops. They were attacks on civilians. The attack had been in the works since the mid 90s. Please feel free to show what we did that deserved that. I am unaware of the United States intentionally massacr

Reply to Michael Moore takes a pounding on the net in Politics JoeUser Forums

You don't address the main issue: You seem to be implying (or more than implying) that the US "had it coming". That thousands of American civilians deserved to die simply because the United States, which did a lot for Afghanistan (helping free them from the Soviets and being the world's leading supplier of humanitarian aid) just didn't do enough. I'm sorry but I find that view incredibly warped. By that kind of thinking, the US would have been better off doing nothing at all. Of cours

Galactic Civilizations Expanded Universe Finished in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Phew. It's done. So after 4 months of work we've finished up the expansion pack for Galactic Civilizations. And we're giving it away for free. I wonder, looking back in a year or two, what the verdict will be on having made this expansion pack for free. I think it's safe to say we could have sold this expansion pack for $15 to $20. But my "ulterior" motive is that with GalCiv we have a real hit on our hands and it is better to sacrifice short term profi

Reply to Michael Moore takes a pounding on the net in Politics JoeUser Forums

Falaffel: Are you suggesting that because the US didn't go and rebuild Afganistan after the soviets left that we deserved 9/11? That's absurd. I'd say we did plenty to help them win their freedom. It would be like us being mad at the French for not building up the United States after the revolutionary war. The US did send million in aid via the various relief agencies to help the people of Afghanistan. Tom: You seem too far gone to reason with. The websites I pointed to in my

Michael Moore takes a pounding on the net in Politics JoeUser Forums

Believe it or not, there is an entire website dedicated to debunking Michael Moore . Even more unbelievable, I am very glad it exists. Michael Moore is the master of plausible falsehoods. When you read one of his books or watch one of his "documentaries", you are left with the impression of "Well, I may not agree with his politics but he makes some good points..." Except he doesn't because he twists, exaggerate

Galactic Civilizations Chat Schedule in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Tomorrow (Tuesday, September 16) we're goign to have a live chat at 8pm Eastern Standard Time in the #galciv channel on irc.stardock.com. Here's the way we currently plan on doing it. There will be two channels: #galciv and #galcivQA In #galciv, no one but ops will be able to speak. I will answer questions posted in #galcivQA. From 8:00pm to 8:15pm I will answer questions from #galcivQA in the #galciv channel. Then at 8:16pm we'll open it

Summer! Come back Summer! I didn't mean it! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

The nights are getting cooler. The days shorter. The trees are starting to show some color. Summer is almost over. Lots of people say they like the Fall. They think it's a ball. But not me. In the Fall I just don't feel free. Just another month. Just a little more time. I just want to run a bit more in the sun. Then I would really feel fine. I had wanted to go on a holiday. A trip, a jaunt, some time for fun. Just a little more time to be in the sun. Take me back to Ma

Reply to Michael Moore takes a pounding on the net in Politics JoeUser Forums

You can also go to http://www.bowlingfortruth.com/ to get specific debunking on Bowling for Columbine.

Reply to Summer! Come back Summer! I didn't mean it! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Boo karmagirl!

Reply to JoeUser Development Updates in Software Development JoeUser Forums

The blog groups aren't working for me yet. Looks like they need more tweaking.

German Foreign Minister operates in accelerated time in Politics JoeUser Forums

Steven Den Beste has an interesting article that responds to some of the statements that the German Foreign Minister put out this week. But it got me thinking about how much the world has changed in just the past 50 years. 50 years ago, we expected strategies to play out over decades. Now, we have the German Foreign Minister claiming that the domino strategy in the middle east has failed. Huh? We've only been over there a few months. Germany

Reply to Oooh, real staars... in Software Development JoeUser Forums

That looks sooo cool.

Reply to The Day The Music Died (Again) in Current Events JoeUser Forums

John Ritter died too. That was a real bummer as well.

Reply to Behind the Art Of GalCiv2 - In the begning... in Software Development JoeUser Forums

Use an HTML editor. ;)