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Darth Chaltab

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#208067
Topic
Nintendo Wii
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/208067/action/topic#208067
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Originally posted by: Jagdlieter
Definitely reverting back to the old controllers, good or bad? I'd say bad mainly because I remember the SNES controllers, and they didn't exactly 'fit like a glove'...


I think it will probably be designed as to allow for maximum comfort. Part of the reason the SNES controller is hard to hold compared to modern controllers is that it is very thin. The Wii Classic looks thicker.
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#207736
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Video Games - a general discussion thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/207736/action/topic#207736
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They were too cowardly to go with the boomerang design, and yet somehow had the testicles to actually BLATANTLY rip-off the function of the Wii controller? How arrogant are they?

Granted, it's not QUITE the same thing, but everyone knows where they got the idea from, and I don't buy for a minute it has a thing to do with 'innovation'....

On the other hand, the fact that the PS3 costs over $500 for their version of the core system ('nother rip off there), I really dont' think Nintendo has anything to worry about.
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#207687
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A Series of Questions for Socialism's Proponents
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/207687/action/topic#207687
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Originally posted by: oojason

I have to say it is communism - not socialism that is enforced in places such as China by the Government. The people do not decide for themselves what is to be done for their betterment - it is a regime that anwers to no-one (which could also be corrupt) - and that is NOT socialism.


Well, therein lies one of my biggest qualms with the system. For socialism to work it must be something agreed to by everyone. For this reason, socialism won't work at a national level without some form of coersion--few people will agree to giving everything to the state.

This is why socialist experiments on a national level always have some form of totalitarianism in the government, usually communism.
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#207365
Topic
Brilliant Article about 'white guilt'
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/207365/action/topic#207365
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Thanks, Jag. *gives him a Fudge Pop*

Originally posted by: Rebel Rouser
Your age has little to do with the article and everything to do with you spouting off about how the world works for those of us who are actually a part of this great capitalist machine you seem to love so much. The article was... meh.

Maybe it was 'meh' because you are predisposed to disagree with it for whatever reason. I only pointed it out; I didn't write it, though I've felt the same way for a while and have been unable to put words to it.

And I never said, "a government paycheck would be nice". But while we're on the subject, you seem to base all your anti-socialist views on the idea of "earning it".

I base my anti-socialist views on the facts that 1) pure Socialism has been proven unworkable many times, 2) it tends to spread poverty, not affluence.

Has it ever occurred to you that the vast majority of the world's wealth is held by a few individuals who never actually earned it? Inherited wealth for one...

SOMBODY earned it. Inherited wealth had to come from somewhere. And this stereotype is clearly not aplicable to everyone. Everheard of Bill Gates? What about Mike Jackson (president of EcoQuest, not the singer)?

...and the fact that mister CEO sitting up there with his pen ready to fire another hundred employees/close another factory/send jobs overseas in the interests of earning another few million isn't doing NEARLY as much "earning" as someone like my dad who's busted his ass his whole life working construction to feed his family.

I'm aware of that, and from the sounds of it, your dad is one of the good guys. Not everyone in every job is going to be wealthy, but that is by no means an excuse to take money from the rich and give it to the poor. And I'm sure in the long run your father is a better and happier man than any greedy CEO like the one you described.

Are you seriously going to tell me that Mr. CEO has worked harder and went through more life struggles then my father? So don't give me that "earn it" bullshit unless I see Paris Hilton flipping burgers tomorrow.

Of course not. But I seriously doubt whoever started the company had it easy like Paris Hilton. Besides, Paris Hilton is a stupid twit and everyone knows it. But her grandfather DID earn the money to begin with.

You also seem to think that nobody will do anything above and beyond what is necessary without some sort of monetary gain… which is also bullshit.


I never said that at all. But persistent, life-long work is rarely done without a reward. You can't support yourself on doing things for nothing, and the 'good of mankind' or 'the state'.

Just tell that crap to all the folks in the Preservation Forums, cranking out those DVD transfers for us with self taught techniques. (For someone who espouses the virtues of Christianity, you certainly seem to place a lot of your faith in little green slips of paper.)


Yeah, because the preservation of classic films is essential for human life. You are completley misconstruing my point. If everyone is equal, the lazy people will expect a free ride from those who would work. Those who do work are being shortchanged, and eventually become discontent. The more difficult virtues of Christianity aren't exactly popular among the populace.

My faith is not in the money. I simply have NO faith in the virtues of socialsim. Again and again it has been shown that it DOES NOT WORK. It requires totalitariansim to be inforced, and even then, it stifles creativity and makes the leaders rich fatcats while everyone else lives in squalor. Look at the socialist communes of early America. Look at the Soviet Union.


Someday I might sit down and post the basic math that proves that capitalism, at least in it’s current form, can’t work indefinitely, but not today.


But not today. Not anyday, because it is bunk. The only problem with capitalism in its current form is that government regulations go beyond what is neccesary to levels unheard of back in the days when candy bars cost a nickel.

And if I'm coming off as a jerk, it's because I’m directing it toward you personally. There's little I can do to make you look bad, as you're already doing that yourself.


You aren't making me look bad. You were makihg yourself look bad for patronizing and discrediting me based on my age. You think my own parents haven't gone through struggles? There were years where my mom had to rely on my grandparents for food money. And no, I've not had personal experience in such hardships, but I'm sure I will soon enough.

Apologies to most everyone else on this board.. I know I’m coming off as a bit heated, but I’ve heard too many of these Michael P. Keaton rants against people like Rik who are actually having to make real sacrifices to do the right things in life.


'Cause clearly, you must apologize. You're the bigger man here. Right.

And Rik is my friend. You, on the other hand, are not. Rouser, I'm not ranting against Rik at all. I just disagreed with his assertion that Socialism could ever be a good system, and gave reasons why I think this way. Nobody was insulting anybody until you started.

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#207259
Topic
Brilliant Article about 'white guilt'
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/207259/action/topic#207259
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab

Equitable distrubution of wealth. Right. How exactly is that good or healthy for anyone?

Ask poor people out there. Yes, that 80% of the world.

Ric, if you were poor would you really want the government handing you a paycheck of money someone else earned and payed in taxes? I seriously doubt it.

The problem of poverty WILL NOT be solved by taxing the rich for the benefit of the poor. To help the poor, the only ethical way is to help them GAIN THE MEANS to overcome their poverty: education*, job creation, economic independence.

You know the analogy, cliche as it is, that you can catch a man a fish and feed him for a day, but teach a man to fish and you feed him for life. It's the same principle that the socialist agenda crowd completely ignores.

Originally posted by: Rebel Rouser
I find it amusingly typical that a sheltered white boy who's parents are still paying his way in the world is the one pointing out articles detailing how the reason the Middle East Occupation is going poorly is because we're crippled by "white guilt"


Excuse me. "Sheltered White Boy"? What the blazes does my age or race have to do with this article? The man who wrote it, Shelby Steele, is, *gasp* a black man. He's not some white guy whining about how evil minorities are persecuting us. And his argument makes sense. You may not see it, but it does. If the US used the full force of it's military power in Iraq, it would be accused of imperialism and racism against Arabs. Try and be hard on boarder security and you're said to be bigoted against Mexicans. Did you even bother reading the article or did you just discredit it based on my age, race or political views?

Because really, that is far more 'ammusingly typical' than anything I said.


and at the same time telling the adults who are having to live through the hell of supporting themselves and their family all about how the world really works.


Excuse me. I may be younger than most of you but I'm not stupid. I know that making your way in the world can be difficult, and I can understand how appealing a government paycheck could seem. But fostering dependency isn't the answer.

Run along now, young one… the adults are talking.


I'll let them talk when they stop gushing about how great socialism is or 'would be with the rigth people'... And please, Rebel. Quit patronizing me. You're making yourself look like a jerk, not making me look bad.