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[QUOTE=Crimson Spider]Ah yes, something I feel many people are blinded to by the standard unproven belief of "You should accept them for who they are". Homosexuality is a problem. Regardless of creed, race, anything. It is a virus to our society, and like a virus our society would do much better without it. The very concept of homosexuality has caused problems, for both the strait and the homosexual. Political problems, hate crimes, discrimination, topics on anime boards, all of that occurs because this one thing exists. If it weren't around, we would be much better off without it. Unfortunately we've been dealt a wild card in this situation, and it exists. So we have to put up with it in our own little ways. If it is somehow a genetic deformality, then find a cure ASAP. Psychological problem, tutoring (though people woudn't rest until they found some link to any sort of biological cause). Anyone who has taken sex-ed knows that things aren't supposed to work out this way. That's why you should get rid of something that no one wants, similar to how doctors/scientists developed medical technology to help cure blindness and psychological problems. You could say that homosexuality is part of their personaliity and you shouldn't get rid of it, but you could also say that ADHD and blindess are part of a persons personality.[/QUOTE] [center][img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=22019&stc=1[/img][/center] CS, I would have said it more nicely, but...you didn't deserve it.

Brutal FinesseThe arm hit the floor in the blink of an eye, a red beam of light quickly dissipating back into the metal hilt, which was swiftly hidden under the folds of black cloth. The creature?s shrill squeals echoed against the sandstone walls. The cantina was a dangerous place, but a Dark Jedi was even deadlier.

[i]"I have candy..." it hissed.[/i]

[center][img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=22011&stc=1[/img] [/center] [center][img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=22010&stc=1[/img][/center] I hope these are adequate.

[quote name='Drix D'Zanth']Well, it?s not. I don?t really need the government to tell me that I?m married. I see why marriage exists in our government, and as long as it remains ethically sound, in my opinion, I will support that institution.[/quote] Well, you did say, "That's not really fair to the marriages who [b]do[/b] suceed and live caring and loving lives," and certainly there would be homosexual marriages that do succeed and live caring and loving lives, so as long as the marriage is caring and loving, you would have no problem with it, and thus many of the same principles and guidelines that legitimize heterosexual marriages are equally applicable to homosexual marriages [QUOTE]Never been officially heterosexual? I think it has ever since the actual act was brought to our nation. I guess with the ?DoM? acts we are making it official now. As I?ve said before, there are parts of marriage I like, and parts (like Hollywood marriages, etc) that I don?t like. I only want to maintain what integrity the institution still has (and millions of married couples would agree that their marriages remain sacred) by keeping it morally right. I know you don?t see anything morally wrong with homosexuality, that?s fine. I do.[/QUOTE] Yes, never officially heterosexual. You look at History, and the only reasons men and women were getting married were for economics and procreation, and even then, the men had mistresses and countless extramarital affairs, so a "monogamous" marriage isn't exactly commonplace throughout history, and morally, monogamous homosexual couples today are lightyears ahead of the so-called "moral" hetero marriages in history. Something to think about. [quote]Probably not. I?d say incest and polygamy would be pretty easy arguments though.[/QUOTE] Well, I think blood orgy is a weak argument no matter what we're talking about.

[quote name='Drix D'Zanth']Then get married. Let their ministers/priests/rabbis marry them, let them exchange rings. Just don't take it into a public forum and try to change the current social insitution. That's what I'm arguing.[/quote] Well, now, couldn't the same be said for hetero marriages? How is it any different for them? As it stands now, your argument can be used against those against Same-Sex marriage. They're taking it into a public forum and trying to change the current social institution, because up until now, there has never been any movement (to my knowledge) that would define marriage as between a man and woman. It's how it's been in the past (a trend, really...and more or less based on business and economics), yes, but it's never been [i]official[/i]. So, Jordan, I still don't see how that's a valid argument, because it's just as easy to apply that to hetero marriages and those fighting against Same-Sex marriage. And remember, instituting gay rights will not lead to a blood orgy.

Hush now, speak not, for you may awaken the Claw. It watches over us with an all-seeing eye that lives beyond our limited, feeble perceptions and intellects. We know nothing, and the Claw presides rightly so, for the Claw knows all, sees all, and always will know what is best, for it is the Claw. Its power is absolute; its will is the law. It dictates who shall stay and who shall go, for it is the Claw. Speak not of what freedoms you think we lack, for we do not lack them, because the Claw believes them to be freedoms we need not possess. We, the groundlings, know nothing of higher matters, and lack the capacity for the higher thought so that we may govern ourselves, and we know this, for the Claw has made it known to us. The Claw is our Lord and master; it instructs us, and guides us, and we must not feel that it acts to punish us, for the punishment is always just. There is one law and one alone, and that law is the Claw.

[quote]The night was April 1, 2002. I say "night" because it was probably after midnight. Yes, April 1st. I know, I know. April Fool's Day. April 1st was probably the most significant night/morning of my life. The cause of my hospital (ER) visit is inconsequential. I'll just say I did something very foolish whilst driving an automobile. The Emergency Room is an alien place. Very few people, without actually having been admitted there, or worked there at length, realize just how otherworldly the ER is. After my crash, I was rushed to a local hospital, into the ER, with pretty heavy gauze wrapped over my forehead, preventing me from scratching my left eye, as there probably was glass in there and as we are all aware of, scratching a glass-infiltrated eye will do nothing but tear apart your eyeball. I'm brought into the ER, and placed on a simple hospital bed. After a few seconds, a nurse hurries in...an old black female nurse. Normally, I don't have a problem with anybody, especially old black women, but when said old black female nurse starts preaching to me, in her Southern accent, warning me of the dangers of Hell and the punishment for suicide, I get a bit pissed, lol. But, I can't say anything for a rebuttal, because it wouldn't have been Kosher. So, I keep my mouth shut. Grin and bear it, as they say. After this horridly annoying woman is done with her religious self-puffing, she leaves. I don't even remember her doing anything helpful regarding any medical care...I just remember the preaching and that's it. She leaves and in walks another nurse who was going to draw some blood. Here's where I start freaking out. I can't take needles, at all. They scare me half-to-death. Honest truth. Considering all that I went through up to that point, and what I'd experience after that point, a simple blood test was nothing Yet, I came close to hyperventilating, which apparently would have altered the results of the blood test, giving the appearance that I was on drugs. Not a good thing, to say the least. I managed to get myself under control a little bit, but it was really the nurse and my parents who got me to calm down. After the blood is drawn, another nurse enters, this time to stitch my eyes up, I think. You'd be amazed just how much blood can come out of a simple gash on the eyelid, eyebrow, or nose. I laid there, half seeing the fluorescent lights clearly, and the upper half through a murky haze of gauze, then the gauze was removed, and the nurse warns me, "Okay, now I'm going to inject some [insert name of novocaine-type agent here] into your eyelid. It's going to dull the sensations there so I can get those wounds closed." We all know what novocaine in the gums feels like. We're all aware of the weird sensation afterwards, when we can't feel our chin and such, but it's something else when that numbness is spreading over your eye socket and cheek bones. There wasn't any pain when I felt the needle go back and forth; I really couldn't feel anything except the tickle as the stitching tugged through my eyelid. After I'm stitched up, I'm told I can get up to wash myself off. The gauze is now removed, so I can see...sort of. I stand up, a bit unsteadily, and more or less walk in the vague direction of a bathroom, with my dad close behind me. I reach the bathroom, and flip on the light. Keep in mind, that the last time I saw myself in a mirror was a few hours prior, when I was cleaning the bathrooms at Boston Market. I flip on the light switch. My clothes--my Boston Market uniform, the shirt of which is normally a forest green, is stained a deep crimson. There is absolutely no hint of green anymore. My pants, normally dark blue, are spotted bright red. My navy blue sweater jacket can't be seen for the blood and dead leaves, which have also intermingled themselves into my hair. My hair is usually a dark brown; it was bordering on rust-colored. An entire half of my face was red. Some of it was sticky; some of it was dried. Some of it was somewhere in between. As my reflection stared back at me, I had a revelation: There is such a thing as a walking corpse.[/quote] A bit graphic, yes, but totally true.

[quote name='Drix D'Zanth']That's not really fair to the marriages who do suceed and live caring and loving lives.[/quote] What's to say that homosexual marriages wouldn't succeed and live caring and loving lives?

[quote name='Sol-Blade']Siren: Because he scares me. ^_~[/quote] ~_^ [quote name='Dark Serena']the West Coast OBers[/quote] I saw you mentioned me later in the post, but don't forget the East Side OBers (myself, Charles, Vampire:Ed, Boba Fett, among others). *does East Side sign* [quote name='ScirosDarkblade']The person I'm most likely to meet is actually Siren, because he sometimes makes his way out to PA, so if I ever get out there I might run into him. Especially if I end up at CMU for grad school.[/quote] Let's just hope we don't tear each other's throats out, eh? :p Would be fun, though--not the tearing out the throats part, but just finally meeting face-to-face. [quote name='Syk3']but once we get used to our offline personalities[/quote] Well, then, lucky for OBers, my offline personality is pretty similar to my online...you all are so screwed. XD Now, then, after I got that out of my system... I'd really like to have a few OBers over to my place sometime this Summer for a bit of a Deathmatch. Mimmi (definitely Mimminess), Shin, Desi, Senny, Boba Fett, Charles, Dmitry, James and Alan if they can, ah, "swing" it, Kei...and a few others I'm probably forgetting. I'd definitely be interested in doing an in-person event with all of them, because it'd be a chance for us to all get to know each other a lot better, and to beat the living piss out of each other on the various consoles. ~_^

Let's just lay down some common things first. 1) Being Pro-Choice is not being Pro-Abortion. 2) Nobody in their right mind would argue that Abortion is good. 3) Nobody in their right mind would argue that Abortion isn't a physically damaging process. With those out of the way, I feel that Pro-Lifers are taking more of an extreme stance than Pro-Choicers. I really think that if we were to look at things objectively, we'd see that banning Abortion (and let's be frank here: the positives and negatives of which are on a case-by-case basis) is probably the least effective action. I'd use the media as an example. Are we going to go ban violent television and video games because a handful of misguided children (whose violent tendencies clearly stem from something more than just TV and games) happen to lash-out? No, because banning violence in the media is simply applying a band-aid to a symptom, and not the real problem at hand, the real problem being a lack of emotional stability. A killer doesn't have to listen to Marilyn Manson to kill someone. Really, that's how I view this Abortion issue. Banning it is only an attempt to apply a band-aid onto a symptom of the much larger issue of a population whose sexual tendencies are becoming more and more dangerous. Bringing in media again, this is why I laugh at whatever rubbish comes spewing out of Jen Giroux's mouth as she tries to claim that Dr. Drew is agreeing with her entirely as she condemns Desperate Housewives and tries to get it banned off the air. Dr. Drew is against banning Desperate Housewives because he realizes that it's only a symptom of the much larger issue (dangerous sexual tendencies). I don't think banning Abortion is a viable solution at all, quite frankly. I think the most viable course of action would be something like...we try to provide as many support services as possible for the pregnant mother, make sure she knows that she has a support network, express our desire that she doesn't go through with the Abortion, and how we'd much rather she put her baby up for adoption, but not (NOT) condemn her if she ultimately decides to go through with the Abortion. Really, I think that's the best course of action we have.

Well, if I'm in the middle of nowhere, with no way to get home? I'd scoff at only three wishes, and verbally doubt this genie's power, because...what kind of genie only gives us three wishes? A second-rate genie, that's what. "I bet you couldn't even get me back to my home," I'd say to the second-rate genie, and with any luck, he'd poof! me to my house, and I'd still have three wishes. Now, if I had three wishes... My first wish would be for encompassing power over every living being in the entire universe, because, hey, I'm power-hungry, and I dig that control-thing. The second would be for 30 million dollars a month to be given to me, tax-free in a Swiss bank account. My third wish...would be for revenge against my enemies. They'll burn like pigs in hell. Hopefully my genie is one of those malicious ones, eh? ~_^

THE CHICKEN WALKER OF DEATHIt is a machine of unbridled destruction and pain. It can?t be reasoned with. It can?t be bargained with. It does not feel pity, or remorse, or fear?and it will not stop until you are dead. The chicken walker of death. But for a Covert Rebel like me, an AT-ST makes for wonderful screenshot photographs.

Though I selected USA, that's really a misnomer, because I've seceded from the Union. I've actually been living in an independent nationstate for a few years now. We (yes, "we") seceded back in 2001, I believe, and have been a rogue nation ever since. I hail from the nation of [url=http://www.geocities.com/crumblord/Cinnaminsonia.html][u]Cinnaminsonia[/u][/url]. To describe Cinnaminsonia, I'm going to refer you to our [url=http://www.geocities.com/crumblord/history.html][u]History[/u][/url] page.

[img]http://img156.exs.cx/img156/8338/xmas04loot1wg.jpg[/img] Obviously, I'm very, very happy with what the jolly, red fatman gave me. I went through a bit of the Pee-wee Herman DVDs last night...damn good stuff. I'm probably going to watch a bit of the TMNT DVDs (the original 80s cartoon) later today, and the Marx Bros DVDs will be getting a work out this weekend. Pokemon FireRed is stunning; it brings back great memories. Metroid Echoes is still in the shrinkwrap, heh, as is most of what I got. I've mainly been playing FireRed and KOTOR II, but I've got about a month off, so...oh yeah, Duffman!

DW, I think it's safe to say this is your best animation yet, even simply from a technical standpoint. Even though the content was laugh-worthy, I found myself more continually impressed by the execution. I really like how you managed to "fake" particular pieces of camera-work, especially the aerial zoom-out shot. The Bumble escape sequence is also very well-conceived...I really get the impression that they're actually running to the left. Nice work. Content-wise, you get a B+. Technique-wise, however, I think you get the candy bar...you've earned it. (why do I always find myself quoting Ghostbusters when I reply to your threads?!? lol)

Pistol-to-chainsaw close combat. Advantage: chainsaw.

[quote name='50 cent']Yes trust me at least 15,000 I chat on aol, msn, yahoo, and xbox live trust me on this they all are different people and they would recognize me if they heard me because I use mics. Oh and sorry the level blood gulch is coagulation sorry.[/quote] Names, gamertags, screennames, etc, please. All 15,000 of them. [QUOTE]Do I really need to repeat myself a third time this time I'll try to make it even easier to read. Okay say for example you are shooting me with a plasma rifle alright. With me so far, well anyway you could be directly in front of me but since it is a plasma weapon my look sensitivity drops dramatically so I can barely turn which will give you enough time to get on the side of me before it over heats so you can bring out your sword before I even have time to look at you. I don't know how else to say this so this is the last time I will say this.[/QUOTE] That was you making it easier to read? Okay. lol Now, you're saying that what you really mean is that when someone is shooting you with a Plasma weapon, your turn rate slows down. Isn't that how it is in most games, anyway? How does that make Halo 2 any more special than say...Rogue Agent or GoldenEye/Perfect Dark? And if you meant that with your previous posts, then you sure could have fooled me, man. When I see an entire paragraph of a run-on sentence, with absolutely no punctuation [i]at all[/i], with no commas, or even breaks in the train of thought--no pauses--I tend to not even be able to discern any rational point there. [QUOTE]I don't care if you have studied screenplay for years now[/QUOTE] Well, then, that's going to make your entire following gibberish quite meaningless. [QUOTE]if you have read the books you would know what I am talking about. I have read all of them and trust me you don't need them to know what is happening. The first book just talks about master chief and other spartans doing difficult missions and that is pretty much it. That does not have nothing to do wtih the game. Ya it does tell you that there was other spartans but in the pamphlet(sp?) for the first game it tells you that all the others were killed off. In the second games pamphlet(sp?) it tells you that you have just arrived back home from Halo's destruction and you obtained a new suit. That is the only info we need! The books are just side storys that you do not need to know at all. I know what I am talking about here. You don't need to have years of screenwriting expirence to know this.[/QUOTE] I'm just going to quote myself from earlier in this very thread: [quote=Siren]There are some neat parallels there, but considering that they needed the EU novels and all to tell the entire story, I think that's a sign that there's just way too much backstory for a game. They wrote out a screenplay of sorts for the games, and described it as a feature-length film (which, length-wise, it was...90-120 minutes). But I think what most fail to realize is it doesn't matter how much of a backstory you have, because you're not going to be able to show it. I think the precise illustration of this is during the Making Of Halo 2 on the DVD. When they were talking about the various voice actors recording lines and such, we had two producers talking. I forget their names, but one was the head writer or something, and the other was a co-producer, or something to that effect. Well, they wanted the actress to say her line faster, and when she asked if there was any particular way they wanted, or something like that, the writer started talking about the history of the Covenant, and it sounds like he went on for a good couple of minutes. After he was finished, the actress said, "So, you just want me to say it faster?" The co-producer replied, "Yes, yes--just say it faster."[/quote] 50 cent, you say that we [i]don't[/i] need the books to understand what's going on, and that we're given all the info we need at the start of the game? I think Sol-Blade's posts about the Halo story might punch a hole in that. You can find his (hers?) comments [url=http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=38891&page=4&pp=15][u]here[/u][/url]. I've also taken the liberty of copying and pasting just the timeline: [quote=Sol-Blade][size=1]The Halo timeline goes a little something like this: [color=navy][u][b]Halo: Fall of Reach[/b][/u][/color] (The Prologue to everything) [color=darkred][u][b]Halo: Combat Evolved[/b][/u][/color] [color=navy][b][u]Halo: The Flood[/u][/b][/color] (The book that goes over the events in the game) [color=navy][u][b]Halo: First Strike[/b][/u][/color] (Takes place after the destruction of Installation 04, and before the attack from Regret on Earth) [color=darkred][u][b]Halo II[/b][/u][/color] (Where we are at now, and I hope that the next book/game will bring everything to a close!)[/quote][/size] We're given all the info and backstory we need? Even when [i]they wrote a full-length novel dedicated solely to fleshing out the game and the game alone[/i]? Come on, man. [QUOTE]Next how the hell could you not get what I was saying.[/QUOTE] Gee, I've been wondering that myself. Must have something to do with the fact that I don't read incoherent gibberish all that well. What do you think? [QUOTE]Not everybody who plays Halo loves the game because of the AI yes it will be predictable at times but it is still great. The reason we really love this game is because of its story, we haven't really had a story like this one yet. We also love this game because of its huge environments, another reason why is its amazing detailed architecture. It's not all about the AI okay.[/QUOTE] Okay, so your response to the criticisms of the gameplay, AI, and story being bland basically boils down to you like the game because it's "pretty." Is that more or less accurate? [QUOTE]Oh and I know this story has been told before but it they twisted and played with it to change it around to make it original, I know many people have told a story similar to this but nothing quite like this. Like I have said before pay more attention to the game. If you don't you wont get all of it and that it what will make the game disapointing or less fun. Trust me on this one.[/QUOTE] The story is straight out of sci-fi B-movies. Look at just how many Twilight Zone/Outer Limits episodes have used the exact same premise/concept/plot before. [quote]Now don't tell me you don't get any of this. 50 out[/QUOTE] I don't get any of it because you aren't saying anything.

My reasoning for cropping: you've gotta have the good doctor getting up in people's faces...plus, the avi size is just too tiny to have the entire image, and let's face it...Dr. Strangelove is way cooler and more important than those MPs in the background. XD [center][img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21867&stc=1[/img][/center] And I'm going to hit up that Gene Wilder image now...I'm such a dork. lol

How many people here eat scrambled eggs? This question does relate to the topic at hand, too.

[quote name='50 cent']Okay sorry I'll use a better measuring tool, if your at blood gulch and there is a sniper up on the cliff with the natural ston pillar on its side you can stand at the base of that look at the person and slash them without even jumping, that is half the highth of the board.[/quote] Okay, and what level is Blood Gulch? I just went through the entire Halo 2 Official Guide, and there's no mention at all of Blood Gulch anywhere. Please clarify the precise level before going any further. [QUOTE]Also I'm not saying everybody prases or respects halo's AI. I do know Halo's AI is older than the game itself what I am saying is that everybody loves the stoy line thats why we like the game and the environments its not just the AI. True we don't see AI act like they do on Halo often but thats why we like it plus its a new really well told story.[/QUOTE] What? [QUOTE]Also they you don't need to read any of the books to know what is happening you just play the game and you know what is going on. The books just give you more information and expand that story which doesn't need to be done they just felt they wanted to.[/QUOTE] They wrote the games like a screenplay. I know what screenwriting is. I've taken seminars with [i]professional screenwriters[/i]. I know my way around a screenplay, 50 cent, and I'm telling you...Bungie seriously dropped the ball with Halo's story, because in order for them to convey it effectively and completely, they [i]needed[/i] to include all of that EU material. Trust me on this. I know what I'm talking about...I've been intensively studying screenwriting/film for a few years now. [QUOTE]Also to clear this up when you are being shot by any plasma weapon at a fast rate your aiming slows, meaning you can't look around as fast but you can shoot as fast but not look around as fast so they could be in front of you blasting away then on the side and whip out the sword then you are gone.[/QUOTE] What did you just try to say? [quote]Plus I know you say you have seen them whip swords out when out of range but you are only one person that I have talked to that has actually said they everyone else I have talked to which is atleast 15,000 other people who have the game never said anything like that, they said they like the fact they all have swords and take them out when need or something but never when out of range. Thats all I have to say. 50 out[/QUOTE] 15,000? That many?

[quote name='ScirosDarkblade']I don't see what place a bunch of older white guys have passing legislation regarding a woman's reproductive rights. So as far as laws concerning abortion, I oppose them to a very large degree.[/quote] Hear, hear. I was watching Comedy Central the other day, probably it was the Best of 04 show. One comedian had a very astute observation about the whole abortion issue: [quote]It's easy to be pro-life when you're some rickety old guy who hasn't gotten an erection in like, 15 years, but when it's two weeks after Prom, and you're waiting for that little blue line to appear, I think you'd have a bit more mixed thoughts on the issue.[/quote]

[quote name='Chabichou][color=#004a6f']You said "at least they get to work in the first place". If I interpreted it wrong, then please go ahead defend your statement and what you implied by it.[/color][/quote]Okay...my meaning was damn clear; you just wanted to go on some self-righteous Ideological rant/crusade and thus chose to ignore what I was saying. Boba Fett understands [i]precisely[/i] what my point was, and frankly, I find it both ignorant and just downright absurd that you didn't get what I was saying, because it was incredibly clear. You were criticizing America for being friendly with a nation that only restricted clothing. I felt it necessary to mention that your ranting and raving about how Turkey is so "restrictive" and oppressive is utterly asinine, because there are countries and governments (like the Taliban regime) that do far, far, far, far worse to women. And that's why I said, "at least women get to work in the first place." You're taking issue with Turkey, when the bigger issue at hand is particular Muslim nations and governments that don't grant women [i]even the most basic human rights[/i]. You're trying to continue playing the victim here. Stop it. It's not working, and you're just coming off more and more as a spoiled little brat who isn't getting her way, so she's going to throw a little tantrum. Come on and grow the hell up. Pardon the bluntness. EDIT: Oh, and Boba would like his Ottoman Empire points to get some consideration.

[quote name='Chabichou]So apperently they have it easy there, is that what you're saying? Last time I checked, women were only not allowed to work under the Taliban Regime. Other muslim nations do not restrict women this way. [b]There you have it folks, more Islamic stereotypes[/b']![/quote] Bullsh-t. I think I speak for everyone here when I say stop playing the victim here...it's getting real old, real fast. What did you think I was referring to? All Muslim nations? Give me a break. :rolleyes:

[quote name='Chabichou']Funny how in Turkey, women aren't allowed to wear hijab to work. Muslim nation my ***.[/quote] At least the women are allowed to work in the first place.