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I'm one-hundred-and-ten-percent behind Rabbit, there; some people would say that punishment would detour a criminal from re-offending, but that's what rehabilitation is for.

I don't think you quite got me. The threat of imprisonment does deter people from committing certain acts which don't mix well with civilised society. The thing is, to punish someone implies moral righteousness, which is a load of crap. The threat of goal stops most people offending. Separation from society and rehabilatation should stop the few that do offend from doing it again.  I do agree with timbo though, Bush is a murderer. Not only in this jaunt again weapons of mass destruction (none of which have been found yet of course) but also a governor of texas. He presided over state sanctioned murder, when he had the power to do otherwise.

Tim: I think you draw the line where it is reasonable to do so. Hire some ethicists, get them to work something out and then show everybody why they are right.

I find no moral basis for punishment. Say someone violates an essentially arbitrary rule or law (for the rules are arbitrary). There is no reason why that person deserves punishment. People who insist there is reason, are irrational. Note, this does not mean people should not not be detained and rehabilitated, only that punishment is crap.

That is so weird... I thought you were older than me, but you aren't.

I do that so often it's not funny. Perhaps because I'm immature.

At least they had the country's future in their mind. Let them lie in peace.

No, they had the empire's future in mind. Besides they're dead, they've been lying in piece for 80 odd years.

Australian National Identity is a very seperate thing to Australian society.

Indeed. Perhaps someone should tell john howard

How long has panda had this for?

nice

I finished my game last night. But then I also started it last night. OH my GoD, Time is BroKEn!

I was used immensley.

Sure, it might have been used a lot. I'm not sure the way I am was in anyway shaped by it though.

Um...
Why is it there twice?

(Downloading)...

And why is your avatar the screenshot?

It's there twice because I fucked up. Which in an odd way also fits in with its theme.

The games called Luke's Existential Nightmare. Being the said Luke, I thought my avatar was appropriate.

40 downloads and no comments. You people are worse than me. Say you love it, say you hate, just fucking say....
It's now up to 65. I'm disappointed...

The original anzacs were a bunch of stupid bastards who decided it would be a good idea to go and fight for the British empire. They went with the mistaken view it would be a glorious exercise and ended up getting shafted by their command. I really don't think the whole anzac "tradition" had any effect on the shaping of the Australian character. It's a crying shame, but nothing to be celebrated.

You're the man.

And did you exact bloody revenge or go find a teacher and dob?

It's a difficult view to explain -- you are probably wondering what the hell I'm babbling about.

No, I get where you're coming from. Emotion is central to just about all artwork. I'm not saying don't love things though. I'm saying, don't fall in love with characters and don't try to make others do the same. The whole idea of a character is that it's a construct. It's designed as a representation of some aspects of a person. An actual person has so much depth, i fail to see how you can confuse the two.

Rabbit:
What about people who read romance novels?

I think the fact they are reading a romance novel speaks for itself...
Besides, they don't read them to fall in love with the characters, but to see the drama of love unfold. These two are quite different.

I have made a game. Download and comment

http://www.agsforums.com/games.php?action=detail&id=217

If you haven't heard it before, it'd be meaningless to you anyway.

Given that I asked about, I think it's safe to assume I already knew it was meaningless to me. So, explain the reference

It is kind of scary, but in the same time frame, The US still killed more iraqi civilians.

INT: Global
STR: MIGHTY!
GEEK: 10
WIS: Socrates*
DEX: 18 - I will be Cyber-Luke
MANNA: reserved

Kids: more than one.
Married: It'd be nice.
Time spent defending country: By this time, there will no longer be countries.

Class: Dirty old man

*I will be the wisest man in all of greece, not that that** says much these days. Excepting of course, I won't be in greece, as it's a hole.

** Double words are great.

That's why it's so hard to get them to do it, Rabbit

Perhaps you shouldn't try to do it. I don't think the world needs any more socially maladjusted geeks running around in love with computer games. I think it's fine to depict people in love for the purpose of the story, but don't try to make people fall in love with a fiction. They do enough of that when they fall in love with actual people.