3,001

(97 replies, posted in Universal News)

Does it really matter?  X(

3,002

(97 replies, posted in Universal News)

Actually, You_Fool, maybe that's a good idea:


Start up Andromeda in a week.  Say "Okay, anyone in MW who wants a new round, go ahead.  There's your new galaxy."

3,003

(97 replies, posted in Universal News)

Told by who, and why?

3,004

(97 replies, posted in Universal News)

dpenguins, do you really think they would leave over 100 players just sitting around for two weeks without opening a new galaxy?

3,005

(9,083 replies, posted in General)

Likes Chuck-e Cheese

3,006

(72 replies, posted in Politics)

These guys!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpN_RjIaVw8

3,007

(9,083 replies, posted in General)

Has a power level of OVER 9

3,008

(72 replies, posted in Politics)

Perhaps the Environmental Liberation Front?

3,009

(106 replies, posted in Politics)

I like the Vatican Euros, though!  smile

3,010

(72 replies, posted in Politics)

Seriously, this whole thread is going to be nothing more than mindless speculation, at least right now.  Why is this even open?

3,011

(72 replies, posted in Politics)

Colonel Mustard.

3,012

(50 replies, posted in Politics)

Huh?

3,013

(50 replies, posted in Politics)

If that's the case, then you still need to address You_Fool.

> xeno syndicated wrote:

> I like Einstein's work on defining trolling in terms of: irrelevance, personal attack, but I don't think we can expect every poster to substantiate everything (although we all know we should).  Also, I believe intent can be discerned from a post.


Actually, if you look in the forum rules (#4), there is actually a rule saying posts must be substantiated.  I was as shocked as you are to see this... but this would create a standard which the moderators could enforce.
I only put in the "unsubstantiated" portion because, obviously, if we want to indict people of trolling, we as a community need to be able to call them out on such issues, requiring us to walk a fine line between indicting and personally attacking someone.


> Lastly, in terms of flaming, I think we should make it clear that posters need to differentiate between the position a poster takes and the poster him/herself.  Could it be acceptable, for instance, to say that an argument is idiotic, but unacceptable to call someone an idiot.


Agreed 150%.  I actually forgot to write that in my draft...

3,015

(50 replies, posted in Politics)

> V.Kemp wrote:

> Capitalism has the "goal" of producing a perfect society, You_Fool? I thought it had a purpose: To keep crazy people like you, who think capitalism and socialism have the same goal, who think that we need some blended socialist society to be successful, from interfering with my not-crazy life. tongue


So there's no ideological justification for capitalism beyond "keep you out of my pocket?"  Sounds kind of small-minded...

3,016

(5 replies, posted in Politics)

South Africa also developed, then got rid of, its nuclear weapons.

Just saying...

3,017

(50 replies, posted in Politics)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk69e1Vcmvg  smile

I'll save that.  Not sure if it will be our final definition, but it's worthy of note.

3,019

(8 replies, posted in Politics)

> Einstein wrote:

> There are more examples of such wrong doing. The Justices over the years declared a right to privacy existed, where the words privacy never existed. Oh do not get me wrong, privacy is a good thing in general, but we should have made a new Constitutional Amendment rather than act like pre-existing law said something it did not.



Some background:

1: The 9th Amendment specifically says that even though the Constitution outlines rights of the people, it does not mean those rights in the Constitution are the only protected rights.  Privacy fits under that rubric.

2: Other rights necessitate the protection of the right to privacy, or create implications that a right to privacy exists.  The search and seizure rights are a big one in this case.

The problem is that your distinction is based solely on intent.

1: If I have a secondary reason of any kind, I'm in the clear.  BG's mocking of you would be 100% legitimate under your definition.
2: Determining intent just by reading a post is quite difficult.

Hmmm....


1: As of now, I would ask you what the purpose of your post is.
2: I think there's a somewhat simple way to distinguish between trolling and legitimate indictments of someone's discourse.  If people were required to post links as evidence, then readers would know for a fact that such was based on historical truth, rather than just anecdotal evidence.  I did this same thing as you, using links/quotes to prove such an argument, at which xeno made amends for the specific actions.

In addition, requirements of evidence links force the poster to consider what he is about to say before actually saying it... it forces the writer to put his credibility on the line...



This is a more complicated matter, dealing with an odd fine line.  It is probably best dealt with later, but that's just my take on the matter.

3,022

(57 replies, posted in Politics)

Oh, shit, I was so busy promoting the family that I forgot something quite important: Roles

Zarf=possible banker or resourcer

3,023

(57 replies, posted in Politics)

Possible players so far:
Me
V. Kemp
WFS
Bief
You_Fool

MAYBEs (including people who haven't said yes or no)
xeno syndicated
Chris_Balsz


Not exactly sure who would still play if we only had one family.  We definitely can't set up 2 competing Politics families.  However, joining up left and right into one big family would be an interesting way to get us known.

3,024

(10 replies, posted in Politics)

Devil's Advocate: Remember, there's always the possibility of underlying racism.  This isn't the 1800's.  It's not really kosher to deliberately fire someone solely due to race.  Thus, if someone wanted to remove someone else from employment due to race, wouldn't it be more logical to fabricate a second story that manages to encompass a race?

3,025

(9,083 replies, posted in General)

Likes his turkey running