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    Your ideal society

    As there is the thread about "optimization", I want to give other society models an opportunity as well, to balance things. Tell me, what kind of a society would be your ideal society? Requirements: 1) it must be achievable on our Earth (and elsewhere where humans live) taking its problems...
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    Pre-GodNES

    GodNES In this NES you play a god. You are powerful but not omnipotent, and there are lots of you. Little more yet, as the world is empty. Rules: Creating: In the Pre-NES phase you can create 10 things in the world, after making a god for yourself. These include (but aren't...
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    What is murdering and what isn't?

    What do you consider murder and what is just killing? Why? And: is war an exception, where people can be murdered but the murderers aren't as responsible for their actions as in peace-time?
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    Customised advertising?

    What would you think of the idea of customised advertising? Instead of those usual advertisements one could tick a "allow custom ads" box in the profile options and choose his/her interest groups, according to which advertisements would be shown. This would not only get rid of the most annoying...
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    What are your ethics?

    Which ones of these definitions fit your ethics? Note these before you vote!!! Egoism: what benefits one's self is right. Doesn't mean treating others badly because by most definitions of benefit there are greater benefits of treating others like humans too. Many people who are considered...
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    When is military action justified?

    Not too complicated: what kind of military action do you consider justified: (from dovish to hawkish, some examples too) Pacifist -no military action ever Defender -only when defending one's own country Protector -to defend one's own country or another country from invaders...
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    Is Tibet legitimately a part of China?

    Quite straightforward: do you think that China has the right to claim ownership of Tibet? edit: not the best possible formatting, I mean that does China in your opinion have the right to own Tibet
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    FfH civs: political compass

    In case anyone is interested in useless information I've ran the Political Compass tests on what some FfH civs would answer. The social scale is quite much what it is in normal PC but the economical scale has been changed to represent also the protection commoners get from the state, as it...
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    If postcount doesn't count...

    ... why don't forum games count to postcount, while some equally "nonsense" in humour&jokes or OT counts? Everyone keeps talking how "postcount is overrated" "it doesn't tell anything" etc. yet there is a minority who is discriminated in this thing which doesn't really mean anything according...
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    Why only genocides committed by crumbled nations are remembered?

    Why? The Holocaust killed 6 000 000 jews This has been almost always recognised and remembered Countless films have been made of it 'Never again' has been the chief mentality ever since. The threat of anti-semitism is clearly kept in public. Holocaust denial is a crime in several Central...
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    Lacking graphic files?

    My games crash almost always and logs reveal that the game can't find some graphic files: RESMGR: Texture shoulderpad.dds failed to load RESMGR: Texture shoulderpad_gloss.dds failed to load RESMGR: Texture spikes_gloss.dds failed to load RESMGR: Texture woodstonespear_gloss.dds failed to...
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    CTD when trying to start a scenario or random map

    Random map works, but when I try to start a scenario the game crashes with no apparent reason. Log files revealed this: RESMGR: Texture Knight-gloss-128.dds failed to load RESMGR: Texture Knight_128.dds failed to load RESMGR: Texture Knight_Templar_Weapons_64_gloss.dds failed to load...
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    BTS 3.13 not installing properly?

    I can't get 3.13 mods to work, I have installed BTS 3.13 and it shows it has installed properly but troubleshooting shows I have problems resulting from not having 3.13. The version is installed straight upon the version on my BTS disc, and if it's the one causing .13 not install, what can I do?
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    Politician declares himself publicly atheist-betrayal of voters?

    Former minister Erkki Tuomioja, known as Erkki the Red for his critical views of Bush, declared himself publicly atheist in a sceptical people's association meeting. This has raised some outrage, as several religious people call it deception and betrayal of voters, who thought they were voting...
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    Demonology

    There are the "low" demons (ex-mortals) and "true" demons (nevermortals) What are these groups called? Corrupt/fallen souls and fallen angels? What are Balors? I heard they formed from Agares's darkness and Bhall's fire on their border, but thus they aren't fallen angels but something else...
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    More random raves!

    For your new random raves!
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    Another shadow game challenge

    I announce ***The Shadow CtD challenge*** ***-the first to get me to turn 1 wins!*** The rules: you must use FfH 2 0.30f with media pack, and BtS 3.13, and get CtDs always while trying to start a game, like what I get. The winner will be rewarded in some way. . . . . Yes, I get CtD...
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    The best wikipedia band

    Now you get to vote for the best ever wikipedia band! no votes yet, let me tell the choices --- Band: Japan Album: LaVeyan Satanism 1.September 14 2.Shadows Fall 3.Lesbian Vampire 4.Hank Aaron 5.Hell 6.List Of Doom Metal Bands 7.Mongolia 8.Exploitation Film 9.BDSM...
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    Borderline trolling

    Is there anything mods can do for it except closing threads? It is very annoying that a potentially good discussion is ruined by people who almost troll others, in a way which prevents intelligent talking but isn't considered exactly trolling so they can't be punished for it. When the mods...
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    The Old Testament god, a sinner?

    On some other threads there has been some discussion of whether the god of the Old Testament has committed sin or not, but those questions have been flooded under other debates. So here: (talking with the assumption that those events were real in such way that their legibility can be...
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