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Well I won't apologise for any offense I may have caused because it's unintended and therefore not my fault if you're offended by it. And I already said it isn't trolling, it's just you have a tendancy to start threads like this and contribute very little towards them, so if anything I'm guilty of getting you to respond with a longer post that you've obviously spent some time thinking about.
Which, believe or not, was my goal.
So go me!

But I'm getting offtopic, which I don't want to do.

Boyd, I'm a little confused by your posts... What's your interpretation of the Obama situation? That he has some kind of secret anti-white agenda that's going to come into play? It sounds unlikely that that's a thing someone would think so could you clarify?

I have no interpretation of the situation, but I do think it would be possible for certain sub-educated black and white people to allow themselves to think that because of the colour of his skin he will put black interests first (plus there was that speech he made). The stupid thing about that though ofcourse is that he is both black AND white, but people don't seem to take that into consideration.

I still prefer Bush though; politics just isn't as funny without his constant gaffs and gurning.

It's not the fact she gets passionate about things and then starts threads here, it's the fact she totally ignores anybody that disagrees, which doesn't make for a very interesting discussion, and seems to have tendancy to (although it is by no means restricted to just her) go with what she's told rather than really examining all the information available and making her own mind up about it. The world is full of sheep all just following the rest of the herd.

And can you actually back up your claim that people living in the English countryside are intolerant of people "not like them"? Do you have any data that suggests that the majority of the BNP votes were from people who lived in the countryside?
To paraphrase: Just because your opinion on the subject matter differs, does not make you right.

And also, I completely agree with what Spleen said. There seems to be an almost universal belief that white people are the only ones capable of being racists. And I also believe that racial waryness and tension is a natural human reaction to something which is different/unfamiliar which too many people try pretending doesn't exist which is also part of the problem. I remember a few years back I was in a town with a large black population, much larger than my town, and I felt intimidated. And although absolutely nothing happened, intimidation is something pretty much every creature on earth is programmed to respond to with either aggression or fear.
And to be honest, I don't think that there is much hope for a multi-racial society while people of the same race can't even get on with eachother - and this goes for whites, asians, blacks, eastern europeans etc

Well if you want to see it as trolling that's entirely up to you, but it's not.
And it would probably be absolutely futile to try explain the reasoning behind what I said, so I'll just say this: both are part of the problem, not the solution.

I really do fail to see how white people voting for the BNP or UKIP is any different from black people voting for Obama.
And parties like the BNP and UKIP are atleast upfront about their policies and intentions, and people have the freedom to vote for whoever they choose - which goes for people of all races and religions and that's the way it should be.
Personally I didn't vote, because I feel there isn't a single political party that puts the public before their own interests (be they political or financial...).
And I really do agree with what Reggie D Hunter said on Have I Got News For You the other week; Discrimination is just bad, whether it's against racists or black people, it's still discrimination.

But as usual, as I have disagreed with you you're going to completely ignore what I just said and continue to think what you want anyway. You should change your name to Sheepster.

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Sorry to hear that Obi, guess you'll just have to unpack all your stuff again huh?
Oh, and it's a shame about Lapawasset being cancelled too ofcourse.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8083479.stm

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Way to go overinflating the price of the iPhone, Boyd. You would think someone trying to make a point would at least do their research.

http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/9352150/Apple-iPhone-3G-16GB-Sim-Free-Unlocked-2-0-Megapixel-Mobile-Phone/Product.html and that's saving £50, so how about YOU do YOUR research so you end up looking like less of a prat?

Yeh and that's kinda why I said "pretty much everyone" and not "absolutely everyone".
Do you think it's nifty enough to pay £600 for an iPhone though?

You know, I kinda meant that as 90% humourous statement, 9% fact, and 1% hoping to get into somebody's signature.
Which I assumed was kinda obvious, I mean I'm not saying you're all stupid or anything, I just think you're all less smart than I am.

And yeh, it is all just personal opinion, but you have to remember that pretty much everyone who is agreeing that it's a good thing owns an iPhone AND likes adventure games, therefore you're the target audience and ofcourse you want to justify your purchase as much as possible.
Whereas I'm speaking as somebody who does not own an iPhone (and quite frankly has no desire to) AND likes adventure games and is of the opinion that being able to play adventure games on one or any other portable device does not justify purchasing one.

Ow, way to hurt my feelings Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad
I'm not an ignorant gamer who thinks I'm always right, cockface. I'm putting my opinion forward, and up until now had done so without insulting anyone.
And "Sounds more like you aren't having fun with Hacked Devices" ? I mean wtf are you even attempting to imply by that? That I'm somehow bitter because I don't enjoy playing games designed for the PC as much on my DS and Xbox as I do on my PC, and this is somehow MY fault?

Opera users are like the Mac people of browsers or something. Jesus, can't you guys let one thread about Firefox be without interrupting and being all high-and-mighty about how your browser is so much better... Sorry if that sounds mean but it's really the way I feel.

Arjon, I think you're set pretty much. Mouse gestures are a thing a lot of people like, haven't tried it myself though. I also added the net video hunter and skip screen ones, thanks.

Yeh?! Well Opera has mouse gestures already! SO NER YOU BIG OLD MEANIE!

I think it actually works the other way round too (and more often), whenever there's a discussion about any other browser the Firefox people come along and talk about how great it is because of all the addons. But let's not turn this into a debate about which browser is better okay?

I'm quite happy with Opera.  I doubt I could be faffed with a browser that had loads of addons.

I agree completely with this statement. Opera already has all of the features that I need and is highly customisable which is a good thing because the Opera devs have recently done some stupid stuff, like moving the browser identification and enable/disable plugins to individual site preferences. But with a little searching of the Opera forums and a little fiddling on the ini they're now both under Quick Preferences again.

Well I'm not really trying to say anybody is wrong, I just think you're all less right than I am.

Yeh but still isn't the same thing, FOTAQ is an adventure game designed for the PC from a time in which adventure games were still popular.
It's a sure bet that anyone who develops an adventure game for the iPhone will want to maximise profit rather than please those of us who love adventure games the way they were. So it's going to be designed with casual gamers in mind and then use every gimmick available.
And why on earth anyone would pay to play FOTAQ on their iPhone when they can get a PC capable of playing it for less and download PERFECTLY LEGALLY from the ScummVM website is totally beyond me.
People here tend to only want to be able to play/make adventure games on/for their portable devices just because they have them and somehow think it will be more fun than playing them on their PC, which it really isn't.
I briefly considered trying out the Symbian build of ScummVM so I could play it on my phone, but then I remembered how stupid it was when I did it on my Xbox and DS, and ofcourse the fact I got my phone to, you know, make phonecalls and send text messages (which I suspect somebody is probably thinking of replying with "Well that's what IM programmes are for on your PC. OMG HYPOCRIT!" to).

No, they're just braindead for the most part, and being hurled at us as episodic games. Hoo-bloody-ray.

Have to disagree on Two Worlds tho.

Good for you.

Urban Chaos, the one made by Mucky Foot, is a pretty awesome game.

Two Worlds, a pretty good action RPG which is unfairly compared to Oblivion and thought by most people that do compare it to be the weaker of the two or just crap.