imperialscum

Warbler said:

imperialscum said:

darth_ender said:

Or do you consider multiple chemical attacks on his own Kurdish citizens to be the actions of a responsible leader?

Do you remember what was happening to Native Americans throughout your country's history? That makes Saddam look like a good boy.

yeah, over 100 years ago.  America has changed since then.

I do not see the change. You just do the bad stuff on a global scale and in a little less direct manner.

darth_ender said:

And our efforts in actuality have saved disproportionately far more lives.  Do you think the UK could have survived WWII without assistance?

The most lives would be saved if you let them surrender...

darth_ender said:

Or do you consider multiple chemical attacks on his own Kurdish citizens to be the actions of a responsible leader?

Do you remember what was happening to Native Americans throughout your country's history? That makes Saddam look like a good boy.

Warbler said:

imperialscum said:

Oh you thought he had weapons of mass destruction. So what if he did (he didn't anyway)? You have weapons of mass destruction.

some nations can be trusted with wmds,  Iraq under Saddam was not one of them. 

And you will be the judge of that?

You Americans are every bit as stupid and arrogant as people usually say you are. No offence.

Warbler said:

imperialscum said: Yet in the history, you remain the only nation who used nuclear weapons on other nation (on civilians to be precise).

and haven't done so in 68 years, despite having some many enemies since then.    And the reason we did it 68 years was to a avoid having to invade mainland Japan which would have cost countless lives on both sides. 

Do not give me that crap... Japan wanted to surrender under a condition to keep the Emperor. You bombed their cities to test the effects of the bomb on real population and to show off in front of USSR. Then after you bombed them you let them keep the Emperor... So much about the "unacceptable" condition...

Warbler said:

imperialscum said:

Warbler said:

imperialscum said:

 Or millions of people around the world suffering because of your foreign policy and military invasions.

yeah, sure it is all the fault of the big bad US, and Saddam and Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda have nothing to do with it.   what bullshit.

What does Saddam has to do with South East Asia in 60' and 70', for example?

I didn't know you were talking about South East Asia in 60's and and 70's. 

I was talking in general.

Warbler said:

imperialscum said:

Oh and talking about Saddam... can you remind me why exactly did you invade Iraq?

He was an evil dictator that murdered many of his own people, certainly kept them oppressed, and we though he had wmds.   For all we know he did have wmds and disposed of them or sent them somewhere else before we could stop him.    I am not sure we should have gone into Iraq, what I do know is that Saddam was a bad guy and would have developed wmds and used them against the US, if he could have. 

Well decisions of your leaders caused unproportionally more deaths around the world than that of Saddam.

Oh you thought he had weapons of mass destruction. So what if he did (he didn't anyway)? You have weapons of mass destruction. And many other nations have them (including North Korea). Yet in the history, you remain the only nation who used nuclear weapons on other nation (on civilians to be precise).

Warbler said:

imperialscum said:

 Or millions of people around the world suffering because of your foreign policy and military invasions.

yeah, sure it is all the fault of the big bad US, and Saddam and Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda have nothing to do with it.   what bullshit.

What does Saddam has to do with South East Asia in 60' and 70', for example?

Oh and talking about Saddam... can you remind me why exactly did you invade Iraq?

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

 I think Bush was right that bin Laden wasn't the that important a target

tell that to the friends and family members of the 3000 people he murdered(not to mention the friends and family member of people that died in other attacks like on the USS Cole).

You had and have much more important problems than bin Laden and other unimportant stuff that your media use to distract you. Perhaps for once you should care about your multi-trillion debt. Or millions of people around the world suffering because of your foreign policy and military invasions.

You_Too said:

none said:

some of the old versions starting with GOUT.

Don't give them any ideas like that! :P

Mike Verta has at least given us hints in the past that Lucasfilm has far better scans on their servers than the ones used for the GOUT.

It would be dumb to expect that they do not have the high quality digitalised sources of OT. It is clear to every common computer user that when you scan, digitalise and restore the original film stock, you first make 10 copies of it on different disks (just to be safe) and then you apply the CGI/chages to one of the copies. It would be dumb to then just delete the sources... unless Lucas is truly a psycho and specifically ordered them to delete the sources.

TV's Frink said:

@imp:  Fine. Culturalist. Either way, you sure sound like an asshole.

So a person is classified as an asshole if he fails to see benefits of lax immigration policy and multiculturalism. I get it.

Could you now please state several PRACTICAL benefits of it so I can "stop being an asshole".

TV's Frink said:

imperialscum said:

I am speaking this in general. I do not see any benefit in immigration what so ever (unless it is a case of a few expert individuals). I think multiculturalism is bad and opposes the human nature and is bound to cause problems. I just do not understand why would a gradual destruction of your nation's culture be a good idea.

Racist.

I just hate ignorant people who use words they do not know what they mean...

NOTHING in my post indicated any racism. I do not mind what race people who immigrate are, as long as they assimilate.

Warbler said:

What makes us great?  The American ideal that all people should be free, equal, have inalienable rights(including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness),  that rights can not be taken away without due process, that we elect our leaders, that the government belongs to and works for the people and not the other way around.    This is what makes us great.  Our nation and the way it began, inspired and inspires  countless countries and people to strive for freedom and equality.    Because of how great of nation is, countless people from around the globe left their native country to come here, seeking freedom and equality.   some one on here said immigration is a bad thing.   Our country is built on immigration.

Let me tell you this. I have travelled a lot around Europe and nowhere I have seen things as they are in USA. For example in most of the areas of the large cities you cannot feel safe because you are white. People look at you like you don't belong there. Never I have seen such a contrast between poor and rich (maybe in South Africa). Such misery in general and hostile society. The America you described only exists in Hollywood films.

There no place or street in my country that I would not feel safe to go to.

Bingowings said:

imperialscum said:

Bingowings said:

Everyone should give up their petrol cars eventually because it's a polluting finite resource.

Electric vehicles are getting better but they aren't currently viable as agricultural vehicles or for traveling long distances that why investing in public transport and better electric motors is paramount.

If the electric energy that powers your car is produced by coal then it is better to dive a petrol one.

But whenever you want to build a nuclear plant (currently the only viable alternative to coal plant) you get those environmentalist idiots obstructing the process.

There is no need to use fossil fuel or nuclear fission (you call them environmentalist idiots but the waste is a pollutant for thousands of years and a security risk).

Tidal energy and solar thermal energy are perpetual and technologically light.

America has such variety of landscape the opportunities for using renewables for power generation are great.

Conventional solar cells are technologically heavy (though they do pay for themselves) but land based wind farms are a waste of time.

Storage can be a problem.

If we could crack fusion energy would cease to be an issue if we were permitted to know it existed of course.

There is a considerable progress toward a useful fusion plant. But as of this moment the only useful power plant is either coal or nuclear. That is the reality. Any environmentalist who says that (at this moment) the viable alternative to those two are wind, solar and hydro plants is a complete idiot.

Semiconductor based solar plants and wind farms are useless. Not to mention costly to manage with all the variations in the output. If you are forced to have a backup coal/gas plant running, then it is better not have them at all.

Well hydro energy is okay but then again it cannot possibly cover all the energy demands. Not to mention, some countries do not have the geographical basis for it.

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

I'd like to see Denis Lawson return as Wedge, as an elder Jedi along with Luke.  He didn't get enough credit in SW and ESB.

Why don't we just make everyone Jedi.

Bingowings said:

Everyone should give up their petrol cars eventually because it's a polluting finite resource.

Electric vehicles are getting better but they aren't currently viable as agricultural vehicles or for traveling long distances that why investing in public transport and better electric motors is paramount.

If the electric energy that powers your car is produced by coal then it is better to dive a petrol one.

But whenever you want to build a nuclear plant (currently the only viable alternative to coal plant) you get those environmentalist idiots obstructing the process.

Hey, it's me. said:

imperialscum said:

The only correct order to watch Star Wars is the order of release (preferably skipping the prequels altogether). I think that sticking PT in the middle of OT, as that guy suggested, is stupid.

Imperialscum I've gathered your staunchly anti PT, as am I. But all he was suggesting was a way they could be made sense of for someone new to Star Wars. After all they prequels do exist (albeit, unfortunately) and I think it would be a clever way to utilise them. 

I understand that. I did not say that one must disregard the prequels (though I recommended it). I do not see why would anyone want to stick them in-between ESB and ROTJ when (if you really want to) you can just watch them after finishing with OT (as it is intended).

The point I am making is that putting any PT in-between OT is the worst possible combination. Certainly much worse than watching PT after OT or even before OT.

If you have a really good wine and a really crappy one and if you want to drink them both, you should drink one first and then the other. If you mix them you will just ruin the really good one.

Bingowings said:

I like tea but was it worth that historical suffering and nearly two centuries of resentment?

Well you do not get to be world's dominant country (and have all the luxury that comes with that) by being nice to other countries. To get that status, a country must exploit other countries. Was it worth keeping all those colonies you had? Of course it was...

Harsh but realistic.

I am speaking this in general. I do not see any benefit in immigration what so ever (unless it is a case of a few expert individuals). I think multiculturalism is bad and opposes the human nature and is bound to cause problems. I just do not understand why would a gradual destruction of your nation's culture be a good idea.

The only correct order to watch Star Wars is the order of release (preferably skipping the prequels altogether). I think that sticking PT in the middle of OT, as that guy suggested, is stupid.

DuracellEnergizer said:

 

imperialscum said:

Well the thing that bothers me the most is that Unknown Regions take almost entire left half of the galaxy. And even more so that they span almost to the core.

It's not really half the galaxy, just the "northwestern" bit. I see what you mean, though.

Technically speaking it is more than 1/3 of the galaxy. Looking on either the map I provided or the one you provided, you can clearly see that the scaling on the left side is not the same as on the right side. These maps usually do that in order to make it look smaller and less ridiculous.

Well the thing that bothers me the most is that Unknown Regions take almost entire left half of the galaxy. And even more so that they span almost to the core.

I would not mind if the Unknown Regions would be at the edges of the galaxy (for example inside those arm ends) or even outside the ring. It does not make sense that a small distance to the left of Coruscant is completely undiscovered while 10 times that distance to the other side is known (such as Tatooine).

I mean I do not know know which EU author actually mapped the galaxy. I think he/she is the one to blame. Well it is true that Unknown Regions appeared in KOTOR game and other sources but they never determined its position and size.

SilverWook said:

Someone who clearly didn't understand Han's character.

Well it is all fine seeing it purely from Han's character. But realistically, I don't think many girls would find such response welcome. It is very selfish, arrogant and rude if you look at it from a girl's perspective. I doubt any of you guys is willing to try that in real life (no matter how "tough" and "cool" character you have). :)

It is almost like "I made you a dinner darling"... "I know, bring me a beer too".

Hi.

I may say I belong to the same generation. I too was introduced to Star Wars through 1997 SE.

On the other hand, I am not really fond of the prequels (you may find the reason in my signature). I wouldn't care whether the prequels exist or not but Lucas put PT related parasites into OT (Hayden, NOOO, Boba voice etc) in the 2004 and 2011 versions which I just can't stand.

And yes I am having the same problem. The 1997 SE are not on a decent video format (I am quite sensitive to video quality).

One of the things I hate the most from EU are Unknown Regions. It is just a dumb concept. The size and location of Unknown Regions is quite ridiculous.

DuracellEnergizer said:

I'm just going to come right out and say it: the Nazis had awesome aesthetics (it's their ethics that were the problem).

Well to be honest, they certainly had the best looking uniforms in that era.

SilverWook said:

More fans seem to dress as Imperials rather than Rebels for some reason. Is it because the bad guys have cooler outfits?

The imps in Star Wars have better looking uniforms, ships and vehicles. Not to mention Sith looks intimidating, badass and cool. While Jedi look boring and ridiculous, like some monks. Just who would want to be a monk? :)

The second thing I hate about PT is droid army and clone troopers. I really hate those two aspects. The droid opponents make the whole thing even more soulless. The same thing applies for clone troopers. The clones are just boring and lack diversity. The galactic population was mostly uninvolved in the conflict. It makes the whole conflict completely dull.

When I heard Obi-Wan talking about Clone Wars in ANH I imagined it was a casual and interesting conflict that got a name after some sort of cloning incident. I was of course disappointed when I saw PT...