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>> ^Irishman:
I actually find it insulting to watch ANY of these American TV pundits talking about this, when none of them said a damn thing when it was going on for EIGHT YEARS.
Shame on them, and shame on the American television media.


Amen to that.

Olbermann was still a sportscaster back then though, and he's been beating the drum about torture prosecutions for as long as I've been watching him (nearly 3 years now).

>> ^Irishman:
So he denies the holocaust happened, doesn't that make him as fucking sick and twisted and corrupt and crazy as every single person on this planet in charge of a country?


No! worse!

>> ^Irishman:
Behold the only world leader to criticise Israel, now watch him be slaughtered by the media.


It's not about criticizing Israel. It's about the anti-racism conference! The declaration they are discussing from Durban says plenty about stopping racism, but the ONLY specific reference to ANY nation is ISRAEL! Israel is being singled out as the ONLY example of a racist nation. Not even Darfur or North Korea are mentioned for pity sake. Singling out Israel alone for criticism IS RACIST and hqas no place at an anti-racism conference!

And of course you seem to be content to ignore that these comments come from a holocaust denier as well. What is it that makes your hate for Israel so intense that you would ignore all this?

>> ^Irishman:
It looks just as dull as the first one...


My only hope is that the depth and complexity of the character system is improved this time round. Like a character class system, for example. Say, one focusing on weapons and another on those bio things...

But also some non-linearity in the levels. Say, travelling back through areas from the start of the game to unlock side paths. Or at least being able to explore everywhere, but not tackle the critters in the harder areas till you're tough enough - giving the environment a sense of permanence and purpose, rather than just 'the next corridor to go through'.

Personally I think shooters need to evolve in this way. They can still tell a story, but remain distant to the motion pictures.

>> ^Irishman:
It looks just as dull as the first one...


I loved the first one.

Perfectly written.

>> ^Irishman:
Politics is polarising by its very nature. It is a game that is played for the benefit of a few. It is also dominated by the LEAST among us. It is a career choice for the wealthy and it is there neither to serve nor push things forward.

Well played irishman

>> ^Irishman:
So will this work in America?


Humor! Ar, ar!

hehe i didnt get it at first. plus 1... touche.

>> ^Irishman:
So will this work in America?

>> ^Irishman:
I couldn't get more than 1 minute into that clip, it's like some kind of junior politics show for retarded 8 year olds.

Yep, but that's the maturity level of the average American when it comes to politics.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

^I don't think you did anything wrong. Irishman's attack is pretty over the top and unwarranted IMO.

I suppose I better use some energy to answer this, even if I don't really want to.

If you had actually followed what has happened, then you would know that thinker has been playing with these rules for a while. I did what I thought was best. He is the one that acted like an idiot, not me. The hobbling may have been excessive, but like I wrote earlier IT IS REVERSIBLE.

Choggie made a police suicide; he threw himself on our swords, so to speak. I'm not doing anything heroic, not do I think I do, I'm merely trying to keep the integrity of videosift. It does not make me feel good to use my powers - you remind me of the comedian, "Is this what gets you off?" - and hell, it's the first time I've EVER hobbled anyone, so don't take that attitude with me, you little shit.

Hobbling is a panic button, and I pressed it. Now you can debate that all you like. But your attitude and your fabrication of my intentions is just idiotic.

I don't really care about your animosity towards me, because I don't care about you.

I'm so glad I'm not your kid, and I hope you don't have kids.

>> ^Irishman:
You know what Thinker, I have enjoyed your videos for some considerable time, and the way you are being treated by these kids is ridiculous. All these bullshit powers have gone to peoples heads. I came back here after getting a bunch of emails from various posters over the last few months, and I'm actually sickened that the wankers have taken over and turned a great video site into a big ego game.
You will actually be happier away from it, trust me.
Gwiz -Choggie didn't burn out, he was driven away by shit faced little heroes like you, just as I was. Fuck you and your ego.
"I fear you are burning out", what kind of cretinous bollocks is that, you did it for his own good did you? I harbour an incredible amount of animosity towards you, it makes you FEEL GOOD to use your superpowers doesn't it? You decided all on your own what was good for the community before anybody could contribute their thoughts.
If you were my kid I'd smother you with a pillow then throw you under a truck you egotistical powermongering little bastard.

Lemme see if I got this right, Irishman: gwiz665 hobbles thinker247, and that's an abuse of "bullshit" "superpower", but thinker247 calls for a Siftquisition against peggedbea for behavior that he himself also indulged in, and that's not an abuse of power? You don't see any contradiction there?

Personally I'd also like to see the Siftquisition function go away. It was a good idea in theory, i.e., to let the community police itself, but in practice it's just making things worse. I don't even like the term "Siftquisition." I know it's meant to be tongue-in-cheek, but to me it still conveys a sense of repression. Regardless, I think it needs to go away.

Hobbling should probably go away too. They only block downvote sprees and profile messaging anyway. By the time someone is aware of a downvote spree the damage still has to be undone by an admin, so it doesn't help a whole lot more if someone else hobbles them. And profile messaging? Well, maybe we need a new feature that let's any member stop profile messages coming from any person. Maybe post a little roadblock symbol next to the user name on everyone's profiles, and when it's clicked it disables that member from leaving comments just on your profile alone. Is that possible?

And if someone is on a downvote spree, maybe dag and lucky can have a "hotline" option on their profiles in which a member can leave an urgent message about a member who's on a downvote spree, or an illegal discard spree (someone willfully discarding other members videos for no good reason).

What do you think?