And then, all of a sudden, 150 years didn't sound so long ago.lowing wrote:
Ummmm, Most of the white people you are referring to came to America with little or nothing in their pockets, hardly coddled. Some came as indentured servants themselves. These people came here to BUILD their own American dream. Which means they pulled their pants up from off of their fuckin' asses and went to work and build it, without blaming everyone else for their failures.
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You must enjoy an empty server, then.{M5}Sniper3 wrote:
I would allow it. I hate servers that don't allow base-rape because...
A) If the team is stupid enough to start to get base-raped, it's their fault and they deserve it.
Good luck with all of that.
It's probably world fog that looks funny because it's right next to the ground texture.
Yeah, frankly, I haven't seen anyone who wanted in my tank unless they thought I was driving somewhere. Most folks seem to know it's a bunk position, because tanks are a high priority target.
I imagine that would piss me off if it did happen, though.
I imagine that would piss me off if it did happen, though.
http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~mcisaac/em … cking.html
Don't turn off your brain when you see the title. Just consider the following list that the author gives as food for thought, and why some people might consider reverse racism to be something of a non-issue.
Don't turn off your brain when you see the title. Just consider the following list that the author gives as food for thought, and why some people might consider reverse racism to be something of a non-issue.
1. I can if I wish arrange to be in the company of people of my race most of the time.
2. I can avoid spending time with people whom I was trained to mistrust and who have learned to mistrust my kind or me.
3. If I should need to move, I can be pretty sure of renting or purchasing housing in an area which I can afford and in which I would want to live.
4. I can be pretty sure that my neighbors in such a location will be neutral or pleasant to me.
5. I can go shopping alone most of the time, pretty well assured that I will not be followed or harassed.
6. I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the paper and see people of my race widely represented.
7. When I am told about our national heritage or about "civilization," I am shown that people of my color made it what it is.
8. I can be sure that my children will be given curricular materials that testify to the existence of their race.
9. If I want to, I can be pretty sure of finding a publisher for this piece on white privilege.
10. I can be pretty sure of having my voice heard in a group in which I am the only member of my race.
11. I can be casual about whether or not to listen to another person's voice in a group in which s/he is the only member of his/her race.
12. I can go into a music shop and count on finding the music of my race represented, into a supermarket and find the staple foods which fit with my cultural traditions, into a hairdresser's shop and find someone who can cut my hair.
13. Whether I use checks, credit cards or cash, I can count on my skin color not to work against the appearance of financial reliability.
14. I can arrange to protect my children most of the time from people who might not like them.
15. I do not have to educate my children to be aware of systemic racism for their own daily physical protection.
16. I can be pretty sure that my children's teachers and employers will tolerate them if they fit school and workplace norms; my chief worries about them do not concern others' attitudes toward their race.
17. I can talk with my mouth full and not have people put this down to my color.
18. I can swear, or dress in second hand clothes, or not answer letters, without having people attribute these choices to the bad morals, the poverty or the illiteracy of my race.
19. I can speak in public to a powerful male group without putting my race on trial.
20. I can do well in a challenging situation without being called a credit to my race.
21. I am never asked to speak for all the people of my racial group.
22. I can remain oblivious of the language and customs of persons of color who constitute the world's majority without feeling in my culture any penalty for such oblivion.
23. I can criticize our government and talk about how much I fear its policies and behavior without being seen as a cultural outsider.
24. I can be pretty sure that if I ask to talk to the "person in charge", I will be facing a person of my race.
25. If a traffic cop pulls me over or if the IRS audits my tax return, I can be sure I haven't been singled out because of my race.
26. I can easily buy posters, post-cards, picture books, greeting cards, dolls, toys and children's magazines featuring people of my race.
27. I can go home from most meetings of organizations I belong to feeling somewhat tied in, rather than isolated, out-of-place, outnumbered, unheard, held at a distance or feared.
28. I can be pretty sure that an argument with a colleague of another race is more likely to jeopardize her/his chances for advancement than to jeopardize mine.
29. I can be pretty sure that if I argue for the promotion of a person of another race, or a program centering on race, this is not likely to cost me heavily within my present setting, even if my colleagues disagree with me.
30. If I declare there is a racial issue at hand, or there isn't a racial issue at hand, my race will lend me more credibility for either position than a person of color will have.
31. I can choose to ignore developments in minority writing and minority activist programs, or disparage them, or learn from them, but in any case, I can find ways to be more or less protected from negative consequences of any of these choices.
32. My culture gives me little fear about ignoring the perspectives and powers of people of other races.
33. I am not made acutely aware that my shape, bearing or body odor will be taken as a reflection on my race.
34. I can worry about racism without being seen as self-interested or self-seeking.
35. I can take a job with an affirmative action employer without having my co-workers on the job suspect that I got it because of my race.
36. If my day, week or year is going badly, I need not ask of each negative episode or situation whether it had racial overtones.
37. I can be pretty sure of finding people who would be willing to talk with me and advise me about my next steps, professionally.
38. I can think over many options, social, political, imaginative or professional, without asking whether a person of my race would be accepted or allowed to do what I want to do.
39. I can be late to a meeting without having the lateness reflect on my race.
40. I can choose public accommodation without fearing that people of my race cannot get in or will be mistreated in the places I have chosen.
41. I can be sure that if I need legal or medical help, my race will not work against me.
42. I can arrange my activities so that I will never have to experience feelings of rejection owing to my race.
43. If I have low credibility as a leader I can be sure that my race is not the problem.
44. I can easily find academic courses and institutions which give attention only to people of my race.
45. I can expect figurative language and imagery in all of the arts to testify to experiences of my race.
46. I can chose blemish cover or bandages in "flesh" color and have them more or less match my skin.
47. I can travel alone or with my spouse without expecting embarrassment or hostility in those who deal with us.
48. I have no difficulty finding neighborhoods where people approve of our household.
49. My children are given texts and classes which implicitly support our kind of family unit and do not turn them against my choice of domestic partnership.
50. I will feel welcomed and "normal" in the usual walks of public life, institutional and social.
No. You don't. But then, if you want to whine because everyone's telling you you're not giving a good enough reason...Cougar wrote:
I don't need to give a reason for every single thing I believe
Prejudice is, as another poster put it, lazy thinking. Everyone is guilty of it, but some more than others. You can still operate under the assumption that Sergeriver is nice and friendly, and then find your opinion change if he does something to the opposite. You may be fine with this fact. If you take another leap and assume that all people from Argentina are nice and friendly from your encounter with sergeriver, then it's only to your detriment.B.Schuss wrote:
For example, if I was assuming that Sergeriver is a nice, friendly person, then I am obviously prejudging him without knowing all the facts, based solely on the little information I have gathered from the few comments he has made on this forum.
Prejudice is a negative when applied liberally because it shows an unwillingness to look at objective reality.
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." --Bertrand Russell
Don't delude yourself that it is in any way new, or distinct to Arab cultures.Elamdri wrote:
I really don't agree with this new philosophy that it is somehow ok to shoot medics.
If you can give someone an opinion that is backed up by more than "Oh, I know those kinds of people," you might find others more willing to listen to you.Cougar wrote:
A loser/bigot/rasict/nazi, for standing up for; and not being afraid to share my personal views and beliefs. Also, I find being condemned for my beliefs by a group of people that apparently try to stand up for people's personal beliefs is ironically hilarious and hypocritical.
Cry me a fucking river if you don't like it when people call you out for being closed-minded. You're not disagreeing. You can carry your personal beliefs to hell with you and I won't give a second thought to your passing. But are you saying that you'll tell your children to learn from their own experience, or will you encourage them to stay away from the darkies?
What price? What exactly are we paying with? Why do you care so much more about your neighbor if you're content to lobby for genocide whenever it suits you?Dersmikner wrote:
I know it's terrible and lots of good people would go by the wayside, but I've decided we're at the point where it's not worth the price of doing the right thing anymore. I'm okay with killing them all.
What kind of fucking argument is that?cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
Put up a list of European/Caucasian inventions compared to African invention. If Africans were as smart as Caucasians, aka white people, why are they still shooting each other in Africa and still live in poverty?
Why do you think we have policemen and social security?
If I tell you not to think about pink elephants, chances are that's exactly what you'll think of. Imagine how much worse off you'd be if you decided beforehand that all you were going to think of was pink elephants.Cougar wrote:
Not to say everyone from every race is like this, but it takes a majority or close to a majority to develop a stereotypish generalization of these people.
Heh. So when do you plan on catching up on the last 50 years or so?If not, I really don't care, because like they say in the military, you're only as fast as your slowest person.
Normally I wouldn't use a quote like this, but I'll indulge myself.superfly_cox wrote:
None of you guys (myself included) have the necessary scientific training to objectively analyze the scientific data that is out there to come to your own conclusions. None of us really know...but we should at least be aware that we don't really know yet.
"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was to convince the world he didn't exist."
I'm not trying to equate driving an SUV with the embodiment of sin, but I don't think we can afford to sit around and twiddle our thumbs. Proactive methods of dropping CO2 production may not end up changing everything for the better. Until we do end up knowing how weather works and what causes such and such to rise and fall (probably never), we'd better damn well do something in the meantime.
If, after a period of time of using more eco-friendly transport and etc, we find that CO2 levels have demonstrably dropped, then we can all heave a sigh of relief. If not, then at least we've taken steps towards averting an energy crisis.
Did you actually watch the video you linked?
It looked like a clear cut case of browbeating a crowd of peaceful demonstrators.
It looked like a clear cut case of browbeating a crowd of peaceful demonstrators.
Or it could be because of his public speaking skills. People vote based on charisma as well, which is partly why JFK did so well. Clinton was kinda notorious for being able to speak off the cuff without a prompter and actually know wtf he was talking about.Smitty5613 wrote:
Bush was so much more qualified, he was a war veteran, and had lots of politcal experience.. Clinton was governer of Arkansas... Clinton only won because he was "advertised" better, and because of Perot...
Or it could be because people liked his policies, too.
#3: The Mars Volta - Televators
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPeSbITit5U
#2: Poets of the Fall - Carnival of Rust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHcwlUidSbM
#1: Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution (already posted.)
Other gooduns: Sevendust - Angel's Son; Massive Attack - Butterfly Caught; Nine Inch Nails - Closer; Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight...
I could probably go on for a while, since I collect music videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPeSbITit5U
#2: Poets of the Fall - Carnival of Rust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHcwlUidSbM
#1: Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution (already posted.)
Other gooduns: Sevendust - Angel's Son; Massive Attack - Butterfly Caught; Nine Inch Nails - Closer; Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight...
I could probably go on for a while, since I collect music videos.
You just seemed to take particular relish in using the quotation marks in your title. By all means, correct me if I'm wrong.
Yeah, Point of Existence uses this, and I have to admit I wish vanilla had it too, sometimes.
Ultimately as long as you're not on a carrier, though, and you have a squadleader and/or commander that's paying attention, you can get a small vehicle out in all the chaos. There's been plenty of times when my team only had a single flag left, and I capped a flag by myself only to die because an airstrike or arty drop came down on me.
Hell, just earlier I watched my PLA squadleader grab a boat when we had one flag left on wake, only to go out towards the carrier with it. Meanwhile I got to South base and almost capped it while he and the doofuses with him accomplished absolutely nothing.
And, of course, if people had been spawning on me, I wouldn't need to sit right in the danger zone.
Ultimately as long as you're not on a carrier, though, and you have a squadleader and/or commander that's paying attention, you can get a small vehicle out in all the chaos. There's been plenty of times when my team only had a single flag left, and I capped a flag by myself only to die because an airstrike or arty drop came down on me.
Hell, just earlier I watched my PLA squadleader grab a boat when we had one flag left on wake, only to go out towards the carrier with it. Meanwhile I got to South base and almost capped it while he and the doofuses with him accomplished absolutely nothing.
And, of course, if people had been spawning on me, I wouldn't need to sit right in the danger zone.
Look. I don't think many people would deny that terrorism and its dangers to our interests overseas is real. The question is the degree to which you're willing to expand the premises of terrorist cells to the religion itself.lowing wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/27/saudi.arrests/index.html
I am sure it was gunna be nothin'
Do I think Islam has terrorists operating under its banner? Yes. Do I think that means it is coercive in and of itself?
Well, let me put it this way. I have to chuckle when I see so many pro-gun people say in one breath how it's not the thing itself that does the damage, but the person who uses it, and in the next breath talk about some kind of inherent evil seeping it's way out of Arab countries.
Kill death ratio means you, as an individual, are inflicting ticket loss. Of course, unless you're in a plane or a helo, you can really only be in one place at any given time.
SPM means you're capturing flags and allowing your team to use other spawn points, as well as better vehicles. You're making a better situation for the team as a whole, meaning more ticket loss from not having flags, and the ticket loss that's going to come naturally out of combat and having access to things like armor.
It's a no-brainer. SPM. Unless all you play is Karkand.
SPM means you're capturing flags and allowing your team to use other spawn points, as well as better vehicles. You're making a better situation for the team as a whole, meaning more ticket loss from not having flags, and the ticket loss that's going to come naturally out of combat and having access to things like armor.
It's a no-brainer. SPM. Unless all you play is Karkand.
You can't really give Reagan credit for the collapse of an entire nation's economy. Stalin, maybe.CameronPoe wrote:
The Bush administration happened to diplomacy. The same guys who rave about Ronald Reagan: a man who, despite his many faults, helped bring the cold war to a conclusion without firing a single bullet at the USSR or firing a single missile at USSR territory.
The question should really be why you all care about the fucking label so much.
Yeah! That'll convince them you're not asshats!Kashmir wrote:
i say we all sign up there and post shit loads of repeated topics and see how they find it.
I think the original idea came from a South African woman who wanted to make something that would make men think twice before raping women.
The obvious problem then is that the woman can use it for vindictive purposes.
Of course, rape is a real problem in African countries. Much more so than here in the U.S.
The obvious problem then is that the woman can use it for vindictive purposes.
Of course, rape is a real problem in African countries. Much more so than here in the U.S.
I usually only complain if a jet rams my friend and I in the chopper, or occasionally if my SRAW goes through the jeep.
Most of the time I'm typing because my teammates are being ridiculously dense.
Most of the time I'm typing because my teammates are being ridiculously dense.
Yeah, I think that's really it. Teamwork nets you so many more points in PR that it draws a certain kind of player in. If you like being a lone wolf, chances are you'll hate it.David.Podedworny wrote:
One word "Teamwork" Do you know how good it is to have a squad that actually works as a squad? Do you know how many times i've made a squad and people actually listened to me? Do you know how many times i was on the Palace roof all alone begging for an extraction by the blackhawk and actually got it? Thats why i love PR people want to win they dont care about points.
You have to learn patience and real communication before you can play PR. For some people 30 seconds is enough to say it's "horrible."
Yeah, as it turns out, it was a BF2 folder issue. God only knows what caused it in the first place. Thanks for the response.
I wouldn't encourage soloing by any means. Tell the guy to get out if he doesn't know TV from a hole in the ground, but soloing is never a good idea. You might be the best soloer in the world, but you're still trying to do the job of two people, and you're never going to be able to spot all the dangers that air and ground forces present to you.
A better idea is to make a squad named CHOPPER, and use VOIP. Once you find someone decent for a gunner, they can simply spawn on you if you get separated. You can also kick out clueless nubs and lock the squad if necessary.
I tend to fly a bit wild and unpredictable. I'll take a steep dive to get a chopper to follow me, only to fly backwards during the arc so I can get an altitude advantage over the other guy. I also tend to use more horizontal space instead of constantly barrel-rolling.
Of course, that kind of flying comes with its own set of dangers if you're not intimately familiar with the level and stuff you might crash into.
A better idea is to make a squad named CHOPPER, and use VOIP. Once you find someone decent for a gunner, they can simply spawn on you if you get separated. You can also kick out clueless nubs and lock the squad if necessary.
I tend to fly a bit wild and unpredictable. I'll take a steep dive to get a chopper to follow me, only to fly backwards during the arc so I can get an altitude advantage over the other guy. I also tend to use more horizontal space instead of constantly barrel-rolling.
Of course, that kind of flying comes with its own set of dangers if you're not intimately familiar with the level and stuff you might crash into.
Whoever told you that is full of shit. It was the worst before 1.4, when you could still vehicle drop on pads and buildings.Shiffdaddy wrote:
Ok, ive heard somewhere that it doesnt really lag too bad, but ive never experienced it so i wouldnt know. Also, from what i see he was just dropping boxes and having fun, so why report him, who really cares anymore.
"Having fun" usually means you lose a commander, along with all the help that goes along with him, not to mention whatever collateral damage it causes. It's a ridiculous excuse for someone to be a dick, and I'm not sure why you're so open to tolerating it.
#1: If you need sarcasm tags, you shouldn't try to use it at all.usmarine2005 wrote:
Ya...that is what I am saying.
/sarcasm
#2: You still haven't explained what you did mean. How did he "turn it into a pile of shit?"
What exactly are you saying? Politicians shouldn't be held accountable for the things they or their subordinates say?usmarine2005 wrote:
Only a real asshole would watch a speech about something like that and turn it into a pile of shit dressed up as words on a forum.
Okay, so, I just ordered new parts for my computer, basically replaced everything, clean windows install, and installed Battlefield 2 as well. It was working fine for weeks, but then it seemed to go haywire after I installed Project Reality. All of a sudden BF2 would crash every time I opened it.
So I uninstalled project reality, and that didn't help. I made sure to update my graphics drivers to the latest ones (97.94) and that didn't help. I tried repatching with the 1.41 exe and that didn't help. Finally I tried uninstalling/reinstalling/patching Battlefield, and that didn't help either!
Any help would be appreciated.
Specs:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+
Geforce 8800 GTS (320meg)
Asus M2N SLI Deluxe Motherboard
2x 1 gig Corsair XMS2 DDR2
So I uninstalled project reality, and that didn't help. I made sure to update my graphics drivers to the latest ones (97.94) and that didn't help. I tried repatching with the 1.41 exe and that didn't help. Finally I tried uninstalling/reinstalling/patching Battlefield, and that didn't help either!
Any help would be appreciated.
Specs:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+
Geforce 8800 GTS (320meg)
Asus M2N SLI Deluxe Motherboard
2x 1 gig Corsair XMS2 DDR2
Santa Claus is fake.Cougar wrote:
I have a hard time understanding why anyone would put so much time and effort into something they supposedly don't even believe in.
Nevertheless, Santa Claus represents something else. Namely: childhood joy, and for many adults, a return to innocence. This might be why many adults continue the story of Santa Claus even when they know their children have stopped believing in him.
You can hate the idea of something rather than its substance. Thus it is perfectly commonplace for a person to hate another because of what they might do, or how one thinks they might react. It's not "fair," but that has no relevance on the discussion.You cannot hate something that does not exist.
That's one explanation. Another is that they hate the real world effects, perpetuated by practitioners of something that they don't believe exists.You know what it sounds, looks and feels like to me? People who are angry with God, trying to get people to hate God with them.
I don't even consider myself an atheist, but your whole post is just shoddy argument.
I'll tolerate anything up to raping the carrier. As long as there's ground you can run over, it shouldn't be hard to get out of the uncap and find some place to capture.
When your only options are the floating casket or the flying casket, not only does it piss people off, but it tends to empty the server. Anyone that's interested in getting points should recognize that.
When your only options are the floating casket or the flying casket, not only does it piss people off, but it tends to empty the server. Anyone that's interested in getting points should recognize that.
As much as commanders can annoy, especially when it's a sergeant or something lower, having people fucking pester you every second of the round asking for stuff they don't really need is worse. Doubly worse if they're using VOIP to do it.
"Commander, can I get a supply drop, this is squad six. Any time now, commander. Supplies would be good. Oh gee thanks, commander, now I don't need the supplies because I ran off, but gee willickers it would be great if you could give me a vehicle. Oh yeah, a vehicle would be just dandy. Any time you feel like it, commander, you just drop that vehicle."
BITCH, if I deny you something, you better believe it's for a good reason. Giving you things is my JOB, so when I can't give you something, it just might be that I can see what's going on in the battlefield better than you.
You know, like a commander or something.
"Commander, can I get a supply drop, this is squad six. Any time now, commander. Supplies would be good. Oh gee thanks, commander, now I don't need the supplies because I ran off, but gee willickers it would be great if you could give me a vehicle. Oh yeah, a vehicle would be just dandy. Any time you feel like it, commander, you just drop that vehicle."
BITCH, if I deny you something, you better believe it's for a good reason. Giving you things is my JOB, so when I can't give you something, it just might be that I can see what's going on in the battlefield better than you.
You know, like a commander or something.
http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp … 4656511815
The design looks like it was taken from BF2142. If this is all true, it could be something the military could pick up for the kind of policing duties U.S. soldiers are doing right now, where they're exposed to constant guerrilla attacks.
Of course the question remains of just how much your range of motion is reduced when you're in one.
The design looks like it was taken from BF2142. If this is all true, it could be something the military could pick up for the kind of policing duties U.S. soldiers are doing right now, where they're exposed to constant guerrilla attacks.
Of course the question remains of just how much your range of motion is reduced when you're in one.
You spelled "spelled" wrong.loonitic wrote:
you spelt which wrong...
If I had to pick one, I'd say G36e has given me the most bang for my buck. Burst fire, great accuracy, really just the lack of a scope is the downfall.
A friend and I were playing on Oman, as MEC, and the sides were even, but there weren't many total people (no more than 24) on a 64 person map. So, we were pretty much getting our asses handed to us at the time, couldn't keep flags, and had all pretty much resigned ourselves to losing, because the tickets were stacked against us 250 to 60. About that time, though, something happened, and out of the blue, everybody on the team just seemed to click. The commander was spotting, people were following orders, and we chased US back out to the carrier.
All of a sudden it was an even match. We were raping every chopper that crossed our line of sight, but planes were still getting bombing kills in, so we were still losing some tickets, just not nearly as fast as before.
We lost, 1-0. It was so close you could practically see the sparks fly off as they squeezed it out. There was a chorus of GG's all around, even though it was clear that we had pretty much owned them in the last 10 minutes of the game. Great fun, though.
All of a sudden it was an even match. We were raping every chopper that crossed our line of sight, but planes were still getting bombing kills in, so we were still losing some tickets, just not nearly as fast as before.
We lost, 1-0. It was so close you could practically see the sparks fly off as they squeezed it out. There was a chorus of GG's all around, even though it was clear that we had pretty much owned them in the last 10 minutes of the game. Great fun, though.
You should be proud, Ronin! You have given voice to little pussy whiners everywhere!
At some point you have to ask yourself why you care so much. Maybe it's because you had an unfair advantage, and were exploiting said advantage(?)
Just a thought.
At some point you have to ask yourself why you care so much. Maybe it's because you had an unfair advantage, and were exploiting said advantage(?)
Just a thought.
Ahaha. What a surprise. You just happen to be playing Wake, on China. Maybe you should stop being boring with your playstyle.
I hope by now you're familiar with the term "extremism."TrollmeaT wrote:
Religion trys to rob the mind away from men, it is nothing but evil.
While you look at yourself in the mirror each day, perhaps you should consider this word and what it is you're saying.
Ahaha, golden.Boomerjinks wrote:
I have never seen a cop do the little "surfer" thing with his hand until I made this car.