DeathKnight

[quote name='Rain][size=1][color=black]I'm not trying to start an argument, but how can a joke about a dead person be classed as a 'simple joke'? I'm not saying it offends me, because I don't really care either way about Steve Irwin. But the fact is, he's dead and they're mocking him. Even by South Park standards, that's not particularly vanilla.[/color'][/size][/quote] [color=crimson]He's dead and they are mocking him, you're right. And that's it. There's nothing more to it than that. If you find that offensive, you do. If you don't, you don't. If there is something more to say it's just you rambling on because you are offended by it and I think most of us here would rather not hear that, lol.[/color]

[color=crimson]The count so far: *Five people hurtin' from romance gone awry. (RiflesAtRecess, Annie/Tex, ChibiHorseWoman, Fall, Alan/DeadSeraphim) *Two people posting stupid rants about individualism, free choice and other crap that was a waste of time to read. (Lonely Fighter, Tweed) *One person walked into a thread of possibly-quite-silly-but-not-quite-stupid people and stated his dislike of stupid people. (Mr. Maul) *One person faces the daily threat of a naked overweight mother although most of us hope she was joking. (Sloth Girl) *One person found God and, she doesn't know it yet, but that screwed up her life. (Hanabishi Recca) *One person experienced a dramatic passing away of a friend. (Chiyo Chan Fan) *I'm pretty sure I gave Lea a pony one time so screw counting her. *Seven people ranting about family issues in a loud, "I'm hurt!!!" fashion. (Raina, Sho Ayori, visualkei, Heero yuy, kumi-chanmi, Zetsu, AnimeHeroX) *Mimminx spent a paragraph poetically talking about.. uh.. something? I'm not sure what. *One person made a choice and is taking responsibility for his choice. (Gavin) *Fasteriskhead's post scared the **** out of me. *One long, self-introspective essay that has no real point. (2006digitalboy). *Three "I'm not really screwed up ^_^;;" posts. (HedonismBot, Indifference, The Nameless One/Adahn). Little did any of us realize just how dramatically messed some of us are or how easy it could be to mock these posts with little effort no matter how honest some of you are being with this. Your honesty might be what makes it mockable. It's hard to tell. So what screwed you up for life, eh? In your short span of time on this Earth surrounded by peers all suffering in their own right, what went down? I'll humor you.[/color]

[img]http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/2356/rocko6excs8.jpg[/img] [color=crimson]Nuff said.[/color]

[quote name='Retribution][size=1']Although I do acknowledge how it is rather two-faced of us. We get the weapons and others don't.[/size][/quote] [color=crimson]Of course it is two-faced of us. Should every nation have a "right" to such destructive weapons just because we have them? It's bad to be two-faced but the alternative sounds pretty bad too. [/color] [quote name='Sandy][B]Deathknight[/B'], I really don't appreciate the fact that you take my words out of context and then get insulted by them.[/quote] [color=crimson]I don't really need your appreciation or want it [b]Sandy[/b].[/color] [quote name='Sandy']It's just ludicrous that the US government is on some (pretended?) weapons-of-mass-destruction hunt, when in fact the US is the country in possession of most of those.[/quote] [color=crimson]More than ludicrous, it's just propaganda most of the time. They make it so dramatically personal that some people buy into this crap. "[u]Your[/u] livelihood is at stake, [u]your[/u] security is at stake." Putting it like that some people can condone unnecessary invasions.[/color] [quote name='Sandy']I'm just really worried that the whole "world police" thinking has gotten too deep into everybody's heads on the other side of the Atlantic. You should focus on getting your internal matters fixed before you rush to save the whole world.[/quote] [color=crimson]I don't think many of the Americans here buy into that crap let alone most of my peers outside of here. We disagree with this crapheap in the White House more than the rest of the world since it's our crapheap. "Everybody's heads" on this side of the Atlantic are not of one mind, one thought or one ideology. This country is a mess of cultures, opinions, religions and ideas. Rarely do we all agree on anything at all.[/color] [quote name='Sandy']Who knows when the next "lesser of two evils" situations comes up? :P[/quote] [color=crimson]I don't know. Perhaps, you know, when we're faced with two evils maybe? That's what I'd keep an eye out for.[/color] [quote name='Sandy]Which leads me to my last point. [B]DeathKnight[/B'], you think your country can afford to go into yet another war (with a country that only poses a theoretic threat, like Iraq did), but if you haven't noticed, all the money spent into wars, soldiers and weaponry is taken from the well-being of the common American people. [/quote] [color=crimson]The United States isn't even fully dedicating itself to these wars. The administration is doing it as half-assedly as it can with the volunteer forces they have. If they really wanted to clean Iraq up they'd at least double the number of people on the ground they have there and stop paying American companies to rebuild Iraqi infrastructure, buildings and otherwise. Haha, dude. Trust me, us "Americans" have our money being spent on the most worthless crap beyond just defense you don't even want to hear about half the worthless crap our politicians are doing. If you know (you being the blue-eyed, naive pacifist in this thread) then we (the people living in this country and dealing with it everyday) might be aware of that too, yeah?[/color] [quote name='Sandy']News from the USA claim that poverty is on a huge rise, health care is in serious problems, and crime is intensifying in the streets, and yet your government (who no doubt aren't facing the aforementioned problems personally) is only concerned about "terrorists".[/quote] [color=crimson]The economy is doing well enough. Any poverty that is on the rise isn't around here as the local economy here is surging higher. Our health care system has always been ******- this isn't Canada, it's America. When hasn't it been blowful? Dunno about crime, all I hear about regionally is crime getting lower and lower except for in Houston/East Texas where violent crimes increased from Katrina refugees. I'm not really concerned about terrorists either. I doubt any other half-smart people are either. Basically, it's not as grim as all that. It's normal- some bad, some good. Same old ****.[/color] [quote name='Sandy']Anything wrong with this picture?[/quote] [color=crimson]Duh.[/color] [quote name='Sandy]However, if you Americans make yourselves look like a bunch of warmongers as a [I]nation[/I], can you blame [I]me[/I'] for it?[/quote] [color=crimson]**** yeah I can and have been. I mean, if I read you right you're saying "I know you guys aren't this but I'm going to call you this anyway just because!" [/color] [quote name='Sandy']What does North Korea has to do with any of this? Well, it could be next, just because there are bad people there, too. Perhaps oil as well.[/quote] [color=crimson]Hell yes. I can smell the oil in all those mountain ranges from here and it really wakes up my American bloodlust.[/color] [quote name='Sandy']Yes, and because the puny Finland I live in is located right at the side of Russia, and we have been in war with Russia in the past, I'm very aware of the danger that lies to the east of us.[/quote] [color=crimson]Not that puny. Finland is one of the few European countries (out of 2-3) in World War 2 that survived an invasion without being annexed or turned into a puppet of a major power. I mean, Finnish fighters invented the molotov cocktail. You have to be pretty badass to invent that.[/color]

[quote name='Sandy']To cut the sarcasm, there can be no justification for slaughtering innocent civilians and destroying whole cities.[/quote] [color=crimson]The lesser of two evils, not a good in lieu of an evil. Pay attention to the phrases used. World War 2 isn't something you approach morally, rationally or trying to justify what happened. It was a tragedy, the entire thing was a tragedy. From every single side it was just tragic.[/color] [quote name='Sandy']It's barbaric, inhumane and against the laws of every nation in the world.[/quote] [color=crimson]What do you think total war is exactly? Some kind of fun, happy war? The lighter kind of war? Maybe the more humane, less barbaric kind of war? Diet War, perhaps? New and improved war, now 99 percent more lawful and acceptable? It's not going to be humane or lawful or proper, it's war. Thousands of people are going to die in bloody heaps, thousands of soldiers are going to be shot or burned or blown to pieces. They are going to lose pieces of their body, they are going to die in horrible little nightmarish mudholes wishing they had one more chance to see their loved ones. Generals are going to break the laws of war, soldiers are going to kill civilians, massacres are going to happen. In this one, in the end, a decision was made to nuke two cities to destroy whatever willpower they thought the Japanese had and avoid having to amphibiously assault the home islands. One more event in the nightmare that was World War 2.[/color] [quote name='Sandy]It's insane that some of you people actually thought [I]your nation[/I] had/has the right to do that, and [I]your nation[/I'] alone.[/quote] [color=crimson]What the hell do you want me to do? Go back in time and start some **** with Truman? Fight him man on man, knock some sense into him? I can't do jack about what America has done in the past or what they did all throughout the Cold War. All I can try to do is affect where things are going now. Was it right? Was any part of World War 2 even remotely "right" or "just" or "humane" or "acceptable" or any of that crap you're spitting out trying to crucify the rest of us for not being as dumbly idealistic as you are? The entire thing is case after case of civilians and POWs being slaughtered by every major power involved. The entire thing is a nightmare of war crimes that include the United States and the United Kingdom as guilty parties. [quote name='Sandy']Talking about American arrogancy...[/quote] You can't be so simple minded, so blatantly ignorant to really think that, lol. I mean, really. Think about how stupid that is.[/color] [quote name='Sandy']It's not like the country can afford to go into yet another war.[/quote] [color=crimson]Presume what you want.[/color]

[quote name='Dodeca][SIZE=1]I personally believe there [i]must[/i'] have been a more humane option than nuking two cities, but that might just be me.[/SIZE][/quote] [color=crimson]Like what? If you can provide me with [b]something[/b] more than idealistic statements about a total war I'd appreciate it. [/color] [quote name='Sandy']There's always an option for war. It's called "peace". Yes, I'm naïve that way.[/quote] [color=crimson]Yes, you are naive that way. It's not a good thing.[/color]

[quote name='Lost Lightbulb']Yeah, but the U.S isn't about to go willy-nilly and nuke everyone it disagrees with, there's a precedent there.[/quote] [color=crimson]Errr, they don't need to. Their conventional arsenal is what they rely on for going apeshit. America has been conventionally bombing their enemies into hell since World War 2. Korea? They bombed the crap out of every North Korean community they came across. They used more napalm in Korea than they did in Vietnam, lol. Vietnam? Massive strategic and tactical bombing across North Vietnam along with incendiary (napalm) strikes. Iraq? Shock and awe campaign blew up all the infrastructure and military positions they needed. I understand what you are saying but, at the same time, we destroy things well enough without bringing out the nukes.[/color]

[quote name='HedonismBot][COLOR=Sienna']Holy crap, there is so much drama on these boards.[/COLOR][/quote] [color=crimson]Primary, negative post: People who haven't even lived through a fourth of their possible lifespan are easily traumatized by the short span of time they've lived. So cheer up, kiddos. You might go through similar **** four times over or more. Hopefully you won't be as Shakespearian about it then. Alternate, positive post: People who haven't even lived through a fourth of their possible lifespan fixate too much on the negative incidences of their lives and forget all of the positive situations that should, theoretically, produce a balance between the good and bad. So look at it like this, kiddos. You'll have another four times over or more to just live, exist and do what you want to do. **** will go down, you'll be depressed sometime but overall it should be alright more or less. Hopefully you'll make the best of your time and reflect on it well on your deathbed.[/color]

[quote name='indifference][COLOR=DeepSkyBlue']I've gotten the impression all along that they had no intention of giving up nuclear testing. [/COLOR][/quote] [color=crimson]Maybe. At the same time it's not too bad to hope you'll be proven wrong. Either way I'm waiting to see how it plays out. Might end well, might not.[/color]

[quote name='Sandy][B]Popquiz:[/B] What country is the [I]only one[/I'] in the history of Earth to ever use a nuclear weapon against another nation?[/quote] [color=crimson]The decision to nuke Japan was an alternative decided to be the lesser of two evils between it and the proposed Operation Downfall which had an [b]optimistic[/b] estimate of half a million marine deaths and several million civilian deaths. I don't expect you to like America. America has a large list of other problems that you should wail about instead of a strategic decision made to lessen casualties during a time of total war.[/color] [quote name='SunfallE][COLOR=RoyalBlue']It's almost silly to worry over a country that if they really did go nuts and start attacking others.. Well they would be clobbered by all the other countries out there that are far more powerful when it comes to weapons and such.[/COLOR][/quote] [color=crimson]All of that would still take it's toll in death and injury. Before this test when they were deadlocked in their little childish squabble about who wants to talk to who and how there was a better chance that we could avoid that. With this test that has faded a bit.[/color]

[quote name='Esther][SIZE=1']Supposably the dictator has been testing nuclear bombs somewhere in the East Asian region[/quote][/size] [color=crimson]Somewhere in the East Asian region, lol? Maybe.. on the Korean peninsula? ... Perhaps on the northern part of the Korean peninsula? Somewhere.. near or around North Korea, eh?[/color] [quote name='Esther][size=1']This isn't the first time, there have been countless other times when North Korea has said to fire "test" nuclear bombs. Once, they even sent one over the country of Japan as to make a threat.[/quote][/size] [color=crimson]Weren't those just missiles?[/color] [quote name='Esther][size=1']I would think it would make a good discussion here.[/quote][/size] [color=crimson]You'd be surprised.[/color] [quote name='Esther][size=1'] If we don't act fast North Korea will definately use their weapons and attack the States, we are spending too much time trying to go into a nation that is at a point of no return when we should be dealing with a nuclear crisis on the rise.[/quote][/size] [color=crimson]Do you know how many different ways the United States could destroy North Korea conventionally? Without even tapping into it's OWN stockpile of nukes? Nukes that are significantly more advanced, precise and many times more powerful than the dud they tested. Just look at how well Israel destroyed Lebanon with surgical precision or how well the shock and awe part of the Iraqi war went (before we got bogged down in nation building). Any attack by North Korea would just be stupid. It wouldn't prove a point or give them any real satisfaction or help their position.[/color] [quote name='Esther][size=1']The United States should pull half (if not all) of its troops out of Iraq and have them prepare for some sort of war with North Korea.[/quote][/size] [color=crimson]There should already be about 60k servicemen in Japan and South Korea, lol.[/color] [quote name='Esther][size=1']So what do you think, how should we deal with North Korea?[/SIZE][/quote] [color=crimson]Carefully.[/color]

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[quote name='Gavin][SIZE=1']While a good majority of OB's members are Americans, there are plenty of us who aren't, who do come from countries where the Death Penalty is not part of the penal system.[/quote][/size] [color=crimson]I'll direct you to the part where I said you get the punishment deemed necessary not "lolz kill all murderers prease". If a state or nation decides that it's not to be part of the penal system then I'd presume that punishment wouldn't be given out. ;)[/color] [quote name='Gavin][size=1']And it's not as if any country who doesn't execute it's murderers is suddenly overwhelmed with crimes the moment their murderers are released.[/quote][/size] [color=crimson]And I said that the death penalty doesn't [b]need[/b] to be a deterrent so I don't think that it [b]is[/b] one.[/color] [quote name='Gavin][size=1']Take for instance in Ireland we have massive problems with road deaths, should anyone who causes a road death be put into a car and slammed into a brick wall at seventy miles and hour to ensure that they will never be the cause of such a death again ?[/size][/quote] [color=crimson]Oh, hell yes! That's all part of the stable government and competent justice system I was talking about obviously. I'm not sure where you're from but it's pretty obvious that any intellectual, competent system would do that. It's the American way since, you know, being an American really influences all of my opinions in contrast to your enlightening European standpoint.[/color] [quote name='Gavin][size=1']Our respective criminal systems still continue to support the idea "Innocent until proven guilty", and given the numbers of people who have been exonerated of their crimes while on death row, it leads one to wonder exactly why such an obviously flawed and draconian system of punishment is kept in operation. [/size][/quote] [color=crimson][b]Everything crafted by our hands and minds is flawed[/b]. You do not avoid it, you simply try to get as close to 100% as possible. Draconian as it is it's still the most efficient trade off I can see.[/color] [quote name='Gavin][size=1']By this time the absurdity of this and your argument should be setting in.[/quote][/size] [color=crimson]No, the absurdity of your attempts to disarm my argument should be apparent. Just, give it up please lol. It's becoming more humorous than anything else. It's not horrible, it's not dramatically nightmarish- it's their price for taking someone else's life. Your own. It's very cut and dry, almost too simple to describe anymore. Everyone suffers in these situations, there's no silver lining to it so let's not pretend there can be. I don't view the death penalty as adding to the suffering. A final point: if people eventually cease the death penalty in the U.S. completely I'm not going to adamantly oppose it. I understand your points and wish for you to understand that in no way am I claiming that what you say is mistaken or illogical. I disagree. That's just it. It would be a step forward if we stopped the death penalty entirely. I do not find life without parole to be the adequate alternative to it so.. I disagree with you.[/color]

[quote name='Retribution][size=1']The concept is the same, except in this analogy, the mother is not the same as her child.[/quote][/size] [color=crimson]I can't agree. It's not "Don't kill because we'll kill you" it's "You killed and you will be killed". They've already killed and, instead of it being a punishment to teach or something similar it's simply a payment, an equivalent sacrifice for what they took. So, no, that analogy doesn't really fit well with me although I can understand what you're saying.[/color] [quote=Retribution][size=1]Jail for life without parole. Why execute them when they can be effectively neutralized, and for a lower cost, with a life sentence?[/size][/quote] [color=crimson]That is not a sufficient enough punishment for taking someone's life to me and many others. Neutralization and punishment for their actions are separate in my mind. Once you capture them, you make them pay for what they did in as equal a way as possible and the most equal thing I see is they take a life, you take their life. And I think it's pretty obvious Retri ol' boy that this is going to be an endless cycle of disagreeing replies between us so I'm going to make this one my last.[/color]

[quote name='Retribution][size=1']So it doesn't strike you as hypocritical when a mother tells her child not to hit people with sticks, but when the child does so, that mother hits him with a stick to punish?[/quote][/size] [color=crimson]Sigh. I was pretty clear about the government not being the same as normal, everyday people part right? It's hard to be any clearer dude. [/color] [quote name='Retribution][size=1']For example, if a robber were to mug you, but you beat him up so that he couldn't rob you, but after you neutralize his ability to hurt you, you decide to just kill the robber, you are being irrational.[/quote][/size] [color=crimson]A neutralized person (who was neutralized so he could not commit any further actions to harm the public) still has to pay the price for the actions he has already committed and within certain states the price for taking a life is your life which, surprisingly enough, is a really effective way to neutralize people too.[/color]

[quote name='Retribution][size=1']Does anyone see the contradiction?[/quote][/size] [color=crimson]No. You are not the government and you do not have the responsibility it does. The rules that apply to a common citizen do not always apply to the massive machine that rules him and 300 million of his peers.[/color] [quote]A civil society is one where disputes are settled by reasonable means. From this, it can be inferred that violence is excluded from civil society except under emergency/self-defense conditions.[/quote] [color=crimson]Uncontrolled violence is excluded from civil society. Violence brought on by trained personnel for a purpose- soldiers, police officers, executioners- who are in service of the state and it's mission is different. Flaws appear but I already commented on flaws in human things.[/color] [quote name='Retribution][size=1']That also proves that the Death Penalty is not a deterrent.[/quote][/size] [color=crimson]It doesn't have to be. It's a equal punishment and does not need to be anything more than that.[/color]

[quote name='Hanabishi Recca']So, saying it that like that, if your BEST friend got hit with it would you still feel the same way toward the penalty?[/quote] [color=crimson]Yes. You should pay the penalty for your actions no matter who you are. If your state/nation/tribe of losers says that the penalty for killing someone is the death penalty then there you go. If it's life in prison, there you go.[/color] [quote name='Hanabishi Recca']Their hurting their family, their friends, and everyone around them.[/quote] [color=crimson]They [i]killed[/i] someone. Just because their family/friends/dog get weepy over them facing the consequences doesn't mean you should be soft on them.[/color] [quote name='Hanabishi Recca']If you killed someone do you think that you would deserve the death penalty? I think that you have to take these things personally for you to get the real answer out of you. I mean, saying that you make one mistake (Worse than your others) then your WHOLE life is ruined. How would you feel?[/quote] [color=crimson][b]Yes[/b], damn it. If I take the life of another human being then I should face an equivalent punishment to pay for my actions, anyone should. In Texas I'd be on the fast track to lethal injection so that is what I'd have to face. My whole life is ruined? How bloody self-centered can you be? You [b]took someone else's life[/b]. That's pretty high on the scale o' ruination, don't you think?[/color]

[color=crimson]While walking past some shops in Hot Springs, Arkansas I saw something I absolutely had to have. In one of the window displays was a pristine movie [url=http://www.posterwire.com/archives/2005/03/24/attack-of-the-50ft-woman/]poster for Attack of the 50ft Woman[/url] which is one of the coolest 50's Sci Fi movies I've seen. The poster itself is humorously awesome- a giant woman destroying a highway in skimpy clothing, lol. Instapurchase! It decorates my desk to this day.[/color]

[color=crimson]I'm for the death penalty. I believe that the government has the right to sentence someone to death for crimes considered grievous enough. Looking to history nations up to now have consistently had periods where the rulers of the nations caused rampant suffering to the citizenry. Even in modern times you have rulers like Mao whose decisions lead to millions of deaths. I cannot buy that it is somehow a step backwards for society, a society whose nations have such a constant cycle of rulers causing such suffering, when a seemingly stable government with limited corruption uses a competent justice system to deliberate if a criminal who has committed drastically horrible crimes should be put to death as punishment for what he did. How flawed it is seems moot to me. Every system humans create is full of flaws- our governments, our inventions, everything. People will fall through the cracks, there will be mistakes- it can't be made perfect, nothing human-made can be. Since it's dealing with people's lives though I would hope that every effort is made to make sure the right choices are made. I know even with that there will still be mistakes though. I'm not sure if it the death penalty should be stopped because of that- I don't really have an opinion. Information about the death penalty in Texas: Since 1976 Texas has killed 376 people (four times higher than the next state) and has 400 people on death row. Uh, I'm not really sure why Texas has such a high number to be honest. I'm sure there's something more to it than bloodlust. ;P[/color]

[quote name='Retribution][size=1']Make this line more scathing; ex: "wonder why the western world watched the massacre of thousands".[/size][/quote] [color=crimson]The international policy at the time in regards the Commonwealth/France/Allies was appeasement. Their eyes were fixated more on the Spanish Civil War anyway.[/color] [quote name='Ezekiel][SIZE=1']Perhaps the most saddening thing about the attack on Nanking is the fact that to this day the Japanese government refuse to apologise for the atrocities it?s soldiers carried out in its attack of the Chinese capital. [/quote][/size] [color=crimson]They have apologized routinely over the past three decades for the entire scope of the war crimes. I won't say the apologies were anything more than political maneuverings though. Still, they have done it in some form.[/color] [quote name='Ezekiel][SIZE=1']It isn?t clear what started the mass killings, but it is thought that a forged order was sent to officers in Nanking to kill all prisoners of war, as they would only be a drain on the army?s resources. [/quote][/size] [color=crimson]Just prior to this the Battle of Shanghai happened and it did a pretty brutal number on the Japanese Army. Urban combat, hand to hand fighting and general attritional warfare can cause you to crack a bit in the head.[/color] [quote name='Ezekiel][SIZE=1']It estimated that nearly 370,000 Chinese innocents died during the three months in which the Japanese army occupied Nanking and I think that the phrase Iris Chang uses in her book, calling it "The forgotten Holocaust of WWII", is truly appropriate[/quote][/size] [color=crimson]There's nothing wrong with this just, it irks me a bit. None of the major players in World War 2 are absolved of sin. A list of things I can remember off the top of my head: The firebombing of Dresden (100,000 civilians in a non-military city, massive destruction) and most of Japan (50-90% of all major Japanese cities were destroyed, 100,000 civilians killed in Tokyo alone) by the Allies, the Katyn forest massacre (20,000+ POWs/Civilians/Intellectuals mass executed by the NKVD) and the massive looting/plundering & rape of civilians by the Red Army all across Eastern Germany (millions of reported rape victims, equal numbers died from starvation/the elements fleeing to the west to avoid these atrocities). The entirety of World War 2 is full of various atrocities committed by the Allies, Comintern and Axis. Just, only one side can win and their sins seem to be less well known accordingly.[/color]

[color=crimson]Steps to success: 1. Use a spell check prior to throwing this stuff at us. 2. Understand what a 'parody' is and make sure you know enough about the people you're using in your story that you are parodying them, lol. 3. Develop a better sense of humor and comedic timing. 4. Give us a little more backstory as where you are and why you are doing what you do. 5. Keep trying. You'll get it eventually.[/color]

[quote name='Mr. Maul][size=1][color=DimGray] Did you try looking for friends, I don't know, say... [url="http://www.otakuboards.com/rules.php?"]here[/url]?[/color'][/size][/quote] [color=crimson]But that doesn't lead to-... Oh, haha!! I see! How [i]witty[/i]! [b]Very[/b] sly, very very sly Mr. Maul.[/color]

[quote name='White][COLOR=DimGray][FONT=Tahoma]I know that whenever I see you've posted in a thread I'll be posting in, I clean up my post a little bit just because it feels right[/FONT'][/COLOR][/quote] [color=crimson]Yeah, she scares the [strike]****[/strike] [strike]crap[/strike] bejeezuses out of me too. ;) [/color]

[color=crimson]Death Knights are in several games, most prominently in DnD. DnD Death Knights are either undead warriors who are risen back to life by demon lords and evil gods or paladins/lawful good warriors who committed a very evil act or betrayed their code of honor and are cursed by the Gods for their actions to being a Death Knight. They retain their personality from their prior life and, if applicable, follow the code of honor they used prior in regards to combat/situations. When I was fourteen undead+evil things were pretty cool. Death Knights are the coolest undead, evil thing around so there you go. Screen names for me usually just come spur of the moment which.. probably explains their poor quality. :p[/color]

[quote name='Gavin][SIZE=1']Maybe it's Canada's proximity to the U.S.[/quote][/size] [color=crimson]I hear public drunkenness is on the rise in the U.K. Maybe it's the U.K.'s proximity to Ireland that's to blame. Oh, sorry. That sounded stupid. I withdraw that statement.[/color] [quote name='Tical Blue']Overall, what can we do?[/quote] [color=crimson]Millions of things. Millions of people can do millions of things especially when the millions of people have been given the ability to affect the politics of their government on multiple levels. But millions of them are complacent and apathetic, asking questions like "What can be done", "How does this keep happening", "Wow this is a serious problem" etc. and then promptly returning to their everyday lives within a few seconds because it's pretty cumbersome to take action.[/color]