Darth Chaltab

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Post: #242734
Topic: Secret CIA prisons
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242734/action/topic#242734
Time: 10-Sep-2006 6:52 PM

Originally posted by: auraloffalwaffle
Okay, I've clicked on the link and I'm going to note down the things that I view as indicating that this site is run by fundamentalists to promote their views:

Why exactly is 'fundamentalism' considered an insult? I mean, I understand being warry of nut-jobs like Fred Phelps and his minions, but wouldn't fundamentalist Christians be practicing the fundamentals of Christianity. Like, you know, 'love your neighbor as yourself', and 'do unto others....'

I wish more people would pay attention to etymology before creating labels for groups.

Originally posted by: ricarleite
Well, I really haven't heard or read anything from him for a long time, so I can't comment on that...

I'm sure you've heard some pretty outrageous things from Rush, but he doesn't mean for everything he says to be taken literally. He's an entertainer, not a reporter.

Post: #242727
Topic: Silly Pics
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242727/action/topic#242727
Time: 10-Sep-2006 6:10 PM

http://uplued.com/waffleimages/files/95/9591b86b9ab522302f32177c5442aa228137e444.jpe

Hehehe...

Post: #242720
Topic: Secret CIA prisons
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242720/action/topic#242720
Time: 10-Sep-2006 5:18 PM

Hey, Rik, dont' diss Rush Limbaugh! He's the man.

Post: #242565
Topic: Comics Fans
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242565/action/topic#242565
Time: 9-Sep-2006 11:03 PM

Next up on my 'buy' list of collections is probably Superman: Birthright.

Either that, or the next collection of Top Ten if I can find it.

Post: #242559
Topic: Secret CIA prisons
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242559/action/topic#242559
Time: 9-Sep-2006 10:09 PM

Except we'd be playing to their irrational fears of pigs, while terrorism invokes a very real fear of death and dismemberment, of oneself or of those one loves.

Post: #242516
Topic: The R.I.P. Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242516/action/topic#242516
Time: 9-Sep-2006 3:56 PM

Aw, poor cat.

My I ask what contributed to his all-to-young demise?

Post: #242514
Topic: Congratulations, Atlantis.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242514/action/topic#242514
Time: 9-Sep-2006 3:55 PM

I'm not saying it's not; I'm just kind of frustrated by the media's increasing coverage of every little error on Space Shuttle launches, I guess. How many launch cancellations did we NOT hear about before Columbia was destroyed? How many do we hear about after the fact?

Post: #242511
Topic: SUPERMAN RETURNS REVIEW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242511/action/topic#242511
Time: 9-Sep-2006 3:52 PM

Anmation wise I prefer the Fleischer cartoons.

Story wise, Bruce Timm's.

I think of them as the Kal-L and Kal-El of the Animation World.

Post: #242485
Topic: Secret CIA prisons
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242485/action/topic#242485
Time: 9-Sep-2006 1:11 PM

Very good point, Starkiller. I'd agree with you if not for one thing:

The media outcry would be nightmareish if they got word of it. It would be like the Valerie Plaime scandal multiplied by a thousand. How DARE you mock their religion!? How DARE this evil administration do such things?

We would never hear the end of it.

If we could use some way to intimidate them with their own religion (not out of disrespect for Islam itself but simply because that terrrorists are motivated by it) AND keep it a secret from anyone back home, especially those with media ties... Then I can't say I'd ojbect. They think they're going to hell because of pig's blood? As if their jobs weren't enough to guarantee that.

Post: #242483
Topic: Congratulations, Atlantis.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242483/action/topic#242483
Time: 9-Sep-2006 1:05 PM

Well, nobody is going to Mars any time soon, but it's nice to see we finally can get a shuttle back into space without anything going wrong.

Post: #242418
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242418/action/topic#242418
Time: 9-Sep-2006 12:33 AM

And Gaffer's razor wit strikes again.

Post: #242366
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242366/action/topic#242366
Time: 8-Sep-2006 8:12 PM

Wait... So if there is no future tense, how do you express future actions in Japanese?

Post: #242237
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242237/action/topic#242237
Time: 8-Sep-2006 2:37 PM

A Green Lantern ring would solve all your problems.

Someone really needs to invent and market those.

Post: #242235
Topic: Secret CIA prisons
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242235/action/topic#242235
Time: 8-Sep-2006 2:32 PM

Well, I'm not going to argue when I don't know the details. If there is torture going on, it definitely needs to stop; if it's being blown out of proportion, that needs to stop too. The intelligence people should be able to get the information they need without fear of lawsuits from terrorists. Hence Bush's decision to request clear and definite guidlines from Congress.

Post: #242096
Topic: BACK TO SCHOOL
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242096/action/topic#242096
Time: 7-Sep-2006 8:40 PM

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Fifth-grade students, I would wager.

That's awesom, Gaffer. *Crowns you King of Smart Alecs*

Post: #242072
Topic: Comics Fans
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242072/action/topic#242072
Time: 7-Sep-2006 7:00 PM

Considering that I already own everything that's been made Absolute so far except Sandman and DKSA, they don't really interest me. I know it's all big and pretty with supporting details, but it's also, as you said, a lot of $$.

Post: #242071
Topic: BACK TO SCHOOL
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242071/action/topic#242071
Time: 7-Sep-2006 6:59 PM

Originally posted by: Nanner Split
Well guys, somehow I won the election. I'm senior class president now!

Congradulations! You're Winner!

Post: #242070
Topic: General Batman Talk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242070/action/topic#242070
Time: 7-Sep-2006 6:58 PM

Well, as an adaptation of the original material, it kind of fails, but as a movie itself, I guess it works. (I say I guess becasue I've not seen it in so long)...

Anybody else hoping that DC decides to adapt Dark Knight Returns on their next batch of animated DTVs?

Post: #242039
Topic: Comics Fans
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242039/action/topic#242039
Time: 7-Sep-2006 4:57 PM

I haven't been to a Book Store lately. School is too busy kicking my butt halfway across the county (literally in some cases)...

I've been keeping up with 52 and the monthlies I'm interested in, and that's it.

Post: #241898
Topic: YIYF's Long Bridge Club
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241898/action/topic#241898
Time: 6-Sep-2006 11:23 PM

Sure, why not? Don't expect me to go easy on it, though.

Post: #241866
Topic: Secret CIA prisons
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241866/action/topic#241866
Time: 6-Sep-2006 8:40 PM

Again, you're assuming that actual torture took place. From what I've heard, the CIA-run prisons and Guantanmo Bay have adequate facilities and are not mistreating the prisoners.

If there is anything that can be classified as actual torture, then no, I don't approve. But until then, mere rough treatment or unpleasant questioning techniques are not enough for me to object.

(Torture to me would be them actively inflicting bodily harm on the prisoners. Putting them under a hot lamp or depriving them of water for a few hours doesn't qualify in my mind. I'm not sure what the allegations of torture are saying has actually taken place, as everytime I hear it it is always vauge.)

Post: #241862
Topic: BACK TO SCHOOL
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241862/action/topic#241862
Time: 6-Sep-2006 8:33 PM

I've been in school 2.5 weeks.

Post: #241810
Topic: Secret CIA prisons
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241810/action/topic#241810
Time: 6-Sep-2006 6:30 PM

Greencapt, you are a genius.

But on this note: why is it that certain people insist on wanting to punish America for the vaguest hints that we're possibly mistreating some scum-of-the-earth terrorists more than they want to prosecute the war itself? Is saving American lives not more important than investigating some hypothetical torture that in all likelyhood didn't happen, at least not as a rule? It's like how the lefties are more upset over Gitmo Bay and Abu Ghraib than they seem to be over the atrocities the terrorists commit.

Post: #241795
Topic: Steve Irwin DIED!!!!!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241795/action/topic#241795
Time: 6-Sep-2006 5:49 PM

Originally posted by: ricarleite
Also, he died at the peak of his popularity (although he wasn't thaaaat popular)

How do you figure? He made his own movie, you know. How many naturists can say that?

Post: #241793
Topic: YIYF's Long Bridge Club
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241793/action/topic#241793
Time: 6-Sep-2006 5:47 PM

Originally posted by: sean wookie

Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I'd watch it! Someone should also comment on Slippy sounding like a chick.

Unfortuantely, Nintendo seems commited to giving Star Fox fans everything EXCEPT exactly what they want. Just give us a new Starfox game with the gameplay of SF64 but new levels. No Dinosaur Planets, no ground and vehicle missions, and no DS stylus command.

Just Star Fox 64 with new levels, Ninendo! Is that so much to ask?!

The ground levels of Star Fox 64 were good.

That's because the Landmaster in that game had decent controls. It was essentially an Arwing that had to obey the law of gravity. The Landmaster in SFA actually drives like a tank. A real world tank. And the weapons on it suck.