Recent content by Verigan

Dang. I just can't let this one go. It's just too darned aggressive to not get a bit of a response. Before I start poking at individual quotes, I first want to say that I'm not going to offer citations on anything. There are two reasons for this. First, it is the nature of such disputes...

First of all, I should let you all know I'm not interested in debating, so I don't intend to respond to any replies. I just feel that the libertarian position on the issue has not been properly represented in this thread. Please don't make the mistake of thinking your existing beliefs are...

Atheism may be frowned on in some places, but only if it's the militant variety. If you don't go out of your way to piss off religious people, no one should bother you. In more countries than not, being of a particular religion (including atheism) can get you killed. As for free health...

American politics are pretty sickening to me. I detested President Bush for his reckless spending and trampling over our constitutional principles, but President Obama is even worse in terms of spending, and where Bush actually went to Congress to get the things he wanted passed, Obama's style...

For the most part, I haven't see any major improvements in the way games are made in a long time. Improvement comes in slow steps, with small innovations being created, refined, and in turn giving rise to new ones. Mostly, I just notice the changes in design paradigms that make games worse...

Try saying that when you're actually paying taxes. Mine are already brutal (Hell, I pay more than what this country's founding fathers revolted over), and I'm not even in a high bracket. The only way I will ever pay taxes with a smile is if I am allowed to pick and choose what I pay them for...

I won't be buying the book, but I don't exactly begrudge its existence either. I loved the first three books, moderately enjoyed the fourth, and probably forced myself to like the fifth at the time I read it, so the series is pretty much dead to me regardless. I wasn't even interested when I...

Troll 2 definitely wins here. I don't think I've laughed as hard at any film before or since. With the concept of man-eating vegetarians, the "OMG Nilbog is goblin spelled backwards" excuse for a plot twist, and the infamous "weapon" used to defeat the goblins, there's no reason at all to not...

Loading up on more political parties doesn't solve the cultural problem. If anything, it would exacerbate it by breaking the populace into even more incompatible segments along lines of race, religion, location, and single issues that a lot of people put excessive emphasis on.

I'm not so convinced. This is also the guy who directed 300, which I might actually have enjoyed (somewhat) except for his ridiculous overuse of slow motion. If Watchmen inherited that, no matter how much I like the source material and no matter how competent the adaptation, I'll still hate it.

Frankly, I find this entire debate staggeringly alarming. I have a laundry list of reasons I can check off, but I'll just comment on a couple of key points. Firstly, both sides of the debate are constantly spewing misinformation about the benefits of their preferred system, the demerits of...