While We Wait: The Next Generation

[flyingchicken]

Pol Pot didn't execute intellectuals because they were a threat to his power, he killed them because they occasionally turn into raving lunatics as demonstrated above.

Speaking of Pol Pot, has the question of whether fantasized immorality, say, in Never Ending Stories, have any bearing on one's overall morality – the purity of one's soul, so to speak – been ever considered fully? Although some of us may not believe in God or Karma or any other sort of ultimate, cosmic, poetic Justice which would rationally lead us towards the path of moral action, I can safely say that many of us are limited (to use a word like this, like the word "restrained," would imply a base animal nature in humans, something which is open to much debate; and to imply unrestrained and wanton behavior with animals does no justice to the most docile of beasts, the innocent victims, though such prejudices against animal-kind has been embedded deep within the human psyche; truly, much to be talked about) by societal norms, at least to some degree, and societal norms logically and irrefutably translate to morality, without a doubt.

Is immorality within the perceived "safe" confines of role-playing, acceptable behavior? Is it morally neutral, or does it reflect a sinister streak, perhaps repressed?

Somewhat related: If a tree falls in a forest and no-one is around, does it make a sound? By our collective experience and scientific understanding that it should and would, while some would go as far as to say it will, but like Schrodinger's cat our Schrodinger's tree may or may not have made a sound as it had fallen; indeed, we should question whether or not it has truly fallen if no-one was around to listen.

 

[Thlayli]

Flyingchicken's gone rogue. Someone grab the sedatives.

However, the point on morality is a curious one.

 

[Kraznaya]

I can say with certainty that I wouldn't want someone of silver's moral caliber in charge of another nation anytime soon

 

[Dachs]

I can say with certainty that I wouldn't want someone of silver's moral caliber in charge of another nation anytime soon

Or perceived moral caliber, anyway. What about mine?

 

[Kraznaya]

Or perceived moral caliber, anyway. What about mine?

You sir, are the first coherent deeply authoritarian leftist on the political compass that I've really associated with and therefore an extremely insane special case.

 

[Shadowbound]

Did FC ask us whether we use a fictional deity as a moral compass when NESing, or did I read it wrong?

 

[Ninja Dude]

Did FC ask us whether we use a fictional deity as a moral compass when NESing, or did I read it wrong?

For the love of god don't start a religious debate here. If you do I will personally gut you.

 

[Luckymoose]

How are we sure that sound isn't just a figment of our imaginations?

 

[EQandcivfanatic]

I think a more intriguing question is: Is it blasphemy to pretend to be a moderator with absolute say over a fictional world? In a sense some moderators roleplay god. I haven't been struck by lightning yet, so I think it's ok.

 

[Oruc]

you're a mod not a god

 

[Ninja Dude]

I think a more intriguing question is: Is it blasphemy to pretend to be a moderator with absolute say over a fictional world? In a sense some moderators roleplay god. I haven't been struck by lightning yet, so I think it's ok.

It's a game. I sent tens of thousands of people to die in End of Empires. That doesn't make me an evil dictator in real life.

 

[EQandcivfanatic]

Bah! Once you let loose your sanity, it becomes more than a game. And half of what you say becomes gibberish. Also you'll be visited by a winged Incan monkey god who will share his secrets with you. Anyways, that's enough from me, back to "updating."

 

[Ninja Dude]

In other news: the idea that random=funny is starting to get on my nerves.

Edit: To make this NES related, I'm liking this wave of old NESers coming back. Very cool.

 

[EQandcivfanatic]

The sad part will be in October when a bunch of people leave and NESes fail, claiming that NESing is dying. That be the way things go it seems to me.

 

[Angst]

craptard,delete this emo crap

 

[Thlayli]

The consequences of self-realization are more difficult when you unconsciously subscribe to a hedonist lifestyle.

How's THAT for big words?

 

[Angst]

The consequences of self-realization are more difficult when you unconsciously subscribe to a hedonist lifestyle.

How's THAT for big words?

Wat?

U say that this be natural fer teens?

I dont beliv u
lool

 

[Ninja Dude]

My god, the Council of Kallamas is getting funny. "You guys are cowardly for not going somewhere you haven't lived in over a thousand years."

 

[Thlayli]

Valins don't really have a problem with it, and can't see why anyone else should.

 

[Shadowbound]

Valins seem to have some sort of ancestral memory. The time span of the game is way off to hold grudges like that.