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    Speculation - Government, Policies, or Civics

    I think that any kind of "set in stone" tree is detrimental to Civ. Mechanically, variety from game to game does not increase by making all your choices upfront having them set in stone. It arises from the ability to adapt and improvise. The most interesting games do not happen when I slowly...
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    Hebrew civilization. Play as Solomon!

    "Hebrew" is a perfectly legitimate name as is evident here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrews Israelites is another good name, but I suspect it will raise tensions or confuse people. While it is correct that the Judah and Israeli kingdoms were, for the most part, insignificant...
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    Terrorists Kill Two Iranian University Professors

    While Israel is likely to be related to this, the victims caught by the regime are most likely not. More likely they are regime opposition figures who were tortured and forced to admit.
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    Let's Play Civ 5 (YouTube Playthrough)

    pretty fun to watch :) though sometimes i find myself shouting at the screen since you sometimes forget to do stuff, or don't notice stuff going on infront of you. like a whole bunch of units getting promoted who you ignored, while watching the screen and seeking what to do next, and other...
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    Google Chrome

    they are fixing the copyright glitch :)
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    Excellent Firefox Addons

    i'll only mention new stuff: adblock plus element hiding helper - for removing annoying banners Remove It Permanently - for removing annoying parts of a page better gmail - self evident better greader - self evident context search - right click a word and choose from several engines to search...
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    Apolyton civ site

    also it won't log you on
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    Bush Administration made 935 false statements because of the Iraq War

    You guys spend alot of time discussing on whether the intelligence reports were played with. Well you should really learn more about how intelligence reports are written. Eventually, you have an analyst that has 100 pieces of incomplete, conflicting information, some of which is false, but he...
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    Your attitude towards Israel?

    Scy - I'll answer you, but it'll take some time since i'm going to sleep now, and its the last day of passover holidays :D So it might take a few days. PM me if I forget to do this over the weekend or something. Cheers.
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    Your attitude towards Israel?

    1. IIRC Until the 1920's there was an active Jewish settlement in the Gaza strip, that was wiped out because of arab attacks. So had Israel ever wanted to claim it has a justification to annex said land, it would have a basis for an argument. 2. Israel has never annexed the Gaza strip. It...
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    Your attitude towards Israel?

    Let me rephrase that so we can proceed to argue to the point: People who live on land they do not own are called squatters. The people you claim the Zionist organizations kicked out are 'squatters' - living on other people's land. During the purchases, most of those squatters were indeed...
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    Your attitude towards Israel?

    Don't take it so seriously. Notice my heavy use of smilies :) I realize you don't mean a crime in the legal sense but in the ethical sense of the word. My examples were perhaps not very clear - but I certainly meant the moral / ethical value of crime, rather than literal. Let's use the word...
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    Do you look your age?

    I'm almost 23, but I look 18-19. Not able to grow a full beard and a young looking face. I hope it pays off when I'm a young looking 40 year old :lol: Though I do have a surprisingly large amount of grey heair already :eek:
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    Your attitude towards Israel?

    LIES & MISREPRESENTATION. The zionist movement purchased lands from its rightful owners. Much of the lands were not inhabited at all, but different swamp lands and dunes. In these lands, Jews were the first to settle. The areas that did have squatters - they were usually generously...
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    Your attitude towards Israel?

    I don't think I have, but I might have, and failed to notice. Drats! ;) I don't think I've laughed at the UN resoltions against Israel / for Palestine. I may have laughed off the UN if we're talking from a purely ethical stand point, since it is hardly a neutral, objective and committed...
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    Your attitude towards Israel?

    I think that the palestinians have a moral claim to parts of the land. I think that the Israelis have a moral and legal claim to parts of the land too. As such, both sides have moral claims, and both sides have a legal basis (Israeli legal basis being stronger due to circumstance). The...
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    Your attitude towards Israel?

    Princeps I'm sorry, but this is utterly and totally false. All of those places had seen generations of Jews living in them, often resulting in a local Jewish majority, and there was absolutely no justification for an arab mob to come and murder them. Furthermore, the claim of land theft...
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    Your attitude towards Israel?

    well your views certainly reflect a leftist marxist-anarchist stand point. Therefore they must be wrong ;) Violence is not always a crime. You have organized violence in the form of police. Is it a crime for a policeman to arrest a criminal? Is it a crime for a policeman to apprehend a...
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    Your favourite Star Trek Captain?

    No doubt Picard was the best. TNG all the way :D Basically in agreement with Cheezy.
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