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I would have a chat with the Lady you are considering working for, and get the straight scoop from her..... If what she is proposing does not meet with your goals, inform her that you appreciate her offer, but, must decline, as the paycheck is what you need.....

Nice...... Answer to the problem? Don't put ANY personal information out there on the web. If you are really paranoid, use a proxy to surf..... not that it looks like that will help any.

And the left and progressives have to form and reeducate the human race untill we are ready to take that glorious step to world government. Thats whats inplented in these typical leftwing statements. The UN is one of the most powerfull organs out there and maybee you should get informed about who founded the UN and delivered North Korea with technology for their nuclear programm, same as who financed the ayatollahs and where they lived before the revolution. The UN is one of the most toothless, and least credible organizations out there. They might very well in fact HAVE the power, they just don't care to use it. Sanctions? Oh Please. We see how well that worked with Cuba. And Iran? They are now in cahoots with Pakistan, our supposed ally, in building an oil pipeline. Yeah, the UN is just Oh so effective...... The republicans are the ones concentrating all the power in the ruling elite......

I completely agree with you. Now, if everyone would actually DO that...... we would have no need for the report button, or, for mods to give folks the boot for being.... erm.... butts...... :D Oh well. Not gonna hold my breath.

Using integrated command and control of rear stationed assets we should be able to extend the detection range and be able to fire as soon as optimal maximum range is reached, which hopefully is the point where the lead element can get the hell out of dodge. True that. Guess I am just stuck in the era of pilots having to count on ONLY their own instruments...... With the advent of data sharing, the pilots themselves don't have to use ANY active systems..... all that is someplace else, and just sending the aircraft information.....

As I understand it, our detection range is only a few miles better than the 'other' guys..... at the kind of closure speeds we are talking about here, the 'first to detect' will have mere seconds to get a shot off, at which point, they will also be in detection range, (and loudly announcing their presence by firing a missile....) so, the other guy is gonna fire as well.... the missiles will pass each other in flight..... what it's going to come down to is, whose missile is more accurate/harder to shake/fool.

The trouble with 'stealth' is, it works right up until you fire a weapon, then, everyone and their cousin knows you are there.......

Giskard was a modder of some talent that had trouble with interpersonal relations....... There was a LOT of drama surrounding him, his mods, and there were some events here on nexus when he supposedly handed off responsibility for them to others from his team.... that caused all sorts of trouble. I don't know if any of that still survives somewhere around here, it's been a while, so, I rather doubt it. Needless to say, that was a VERY controversial/touchy subject.... to the point that discussion thereof in public really isn't a good idea. :D

ROTFL....he had his own self generated issues. So much so that on Bethsada , Nexus and TES Alliance.. where even bringing up his name will get you a polite warning. Worst example possible and he didn't leave the scene, he created his own private fiefdom where he rules and brooks no dissent. A legend in his own mind. Wow, didn't know that. I'd only talked to him after he left so I suppose I only heard his side. Yeah, and he does not represent actual events well....... Only listening to one side of the story will unfailingly give you a false picture. Well, I never had reason to seek another side. All I heard was trolling and didn't really care to dig into it. I assumed some downloaders were nagging him about fixes or something to the point that he quit. I didn't know it was a huge thing that went higher than the fans. That being said I still like his work, but I like Nexus more. If he created turbulence on an otherwise chill site (the fact that a single modder could do that is a shock in itself) then I suppose he deserved the boot. Either way it's got nothing to do with me, and being a hotbutton issue it seems something better left dropped and forgotten. Oh yeah, he did do some really great work. No argument there. :D I ran several of his mods for quite a while.

ROTFL....he had his own self generated issues. So much so that on Bethsada , Nexus and TES Alliance.. where even bringing up his name will get you a polite warning. Worst example possible and he didn't leave the scene, he created his own private fiefdom where he rules and brooks no dissent. A legend in his own mind. Wow, didn't know that. I'd only talked to him after he left so I suppose I only heard his side. Yeah, and he does not represent actual events well....... Only listening to one side of the story will unfailingly give you a false picture.

Kinda like the US government?

I personally would love a world government. The thing is humanity is not ready to make that move. Not even close. Gotta agree with ya there.

The UN is pretty much worthless as any sort of enforcement agency. They are way too politically correct, have no teeth, and no credibility. What are they gonna do? Slap you with some sanctions? We see how well that works on Iran, N. Korea, et. al. The only way to put a 'world government' in place, would be thru conquest. Join us, or else. That would be messy, to say the least, given that some countries that would be opposed to joining up are nuclear armed..... So far, the US has been unilaterally the self-appointed 'world government'...... at least, we appear to be working on it. (and failing miserably I might add....) Trouble is, the american PEOPLE (not the government) don't WANT to be the world police. Quite simply, we can't afford it.

There is a lot of debate on whether or not capital punishment costs more than life in prison..... I have read up a fair bit on this.... and the usual story is (opponents of death penalty) the convicts spend millions of taxpayer dollars on appeals..... what this neglects to mention is, so do the folks that get life in prison. After all, the convicts have nothing better to do than file appeals....... and it seems that for every killer out there in the world, there appears to be a monied following that believes him to be innocent, and will either fund lawyers, or, lawyer will take the case pro-bono, just for the publicity. I agree with you though, there is very little indication that the death penalty is any kind of deterrent.

I doubt that ratio is that good. it's more like 50 to 1...... I would rather that NO innocent folks were executed.... however..... I know for a fact that if we have the death penalty, it's gonna happen, just like innocent folks are convicted of assorted other crimes every day.

In what world have we "gotten away from" that? In the real world, the fact is we have the largest and most expensive prison system in the world because we are herding them in at unprecedented levels. I've had crimes committed against me too, not my "girlfriend", me. And yet in order to have a sensible, thoughtful, rational discussion I can't focus on that, though I can certainly include what I learned from those incidents in my thought process. The reason why the perp in your case is running around loose, is that we've filled the jails up with young mostly black or minority drug abusers, so there's no room for real criminals. Plus a lot of drug offenders are real criminals but they are now treated just like innocuous drug offenders. A young single man who has fathered no children is much less a danger to society when he smokes dope than the one who sells/distributes, less a danger than the one who has fathered children and is now a deadbeat dad on drugs, less dangerous than the single mother who for some reason keeps custody of her kids while repeatedly going to jail for drug offenses and tricking for a living, less of a danger then the old white guy who doesn't do drugs but killed someone while he was drunk driving, less a danger than a Bernie Madoff, less a danger than Michael Milken.. I understand your anger but I think it's misdirected and not going to get us anywhere we want to go. How about we take the Free Will debate to a new thread, it's just too deep and I think muddies this one. Around here, (and other places I have been to....) Personal Responsibility seems to have gone by the wayside. I see it in schools, I see it in the court system. Criminals here, are more likely to be offered a plea bargain, than they are to go to trial. Just recently, a man charged with multiple accounts of soliciting underage girls for sex, (and hitting one with a taser.....) and a selection of other charges..... was plea-bargained down to a single misdemeanor charge, that would NOT require him to register as a sex offender....... He did the crime, but, it would appear that he isn't going to do any time for it..... even though he so richly deserves it. This is probably a debate for another thread though too. :D I too have been a direct victim of various crimes, I just used the quick example of my girlfriend, as that one was foremost in my mind.......

It's not my reasoning. I'm not that old or that smart. Determinism isn't fatalism. What it might do is promote compassion and decrease hatred. But it wouldn't stop you fearing a deranged killer. You can clearly see that having a judicial system that promotes safety and security for the majority is a good thing, even if you think there is more to free will than meets the eye and we might all fundementally just be at the whim of universal soap. See, that's the trouble with arguing human behavior. There really isn't any way to PROVE anything. Sure, A might just be 'asserting', but then, so are the folks that put forth the theory that you apparently buy into. If that theory were ever widely accepted, then it would become pointless to have trials for any particular crime, as no one could be found guilty, as it was pre-determined that they were going to take the action in question. I don't find that very comforting. (nor do I buy it.) I am sure if I tried to explain to the cop that I was speeding, because it was predetermined that I do so..... he would laugh all the harder as he wrote me the ticket...... In any event, as a society, we MUST hold folks accountable for their actions. (unless, of course, their action was taken as a part of their course of work as some elected official...........:D) Do the crime, do the time. Unfortunate that we seem to be getting away from that the last couple decades...... (and look where it has gotten us.... but, that's a debate for another thread. :D)

Folks that post things of that nature don't last long here...... Given that the staff seems very sensitive about just what constitutes "trolling", as opposed to constructive criticism, I refrain from the practice completely...... I like my account here, and would rather like to keep it.... For the mods that I have responsibility for here, on one, I accidentally disabled comments..... that was just a minor update to another mod though, that I was working on with another member..... and was requested by a selection of folks on the Beth forums. The other mod that I deal with here, it just hasn't been a problem. I LOVE to read the folks that get the mod working, and then thoroughly enjoy it. I don't recall any truly trollish comments on there.... maybe someone else saw them first, and made them go away, or, maybe I just don't take it as personally as some of the other folks that upload their mods. Basically, if you upload something, there IS going to be folks that don't like it. 99% of those folks will just move on to some other mod. The 1% minority, however...... will post something stupid, get banned, piss off a modder, and possibly cause them to NOT upload anything else, and/or take down any/all of their mods currently up. If yes gonna upload something, better be prepared for the trolls to come out, 'cause, quite frankly, they will.

Had the old man killed her, I would have killed him myself. No trial, no jury, no "humane" lethal injection. He woulda got a bullet in the head for his troubles. He would no longer be a threat to anyone. And, of course, I would go to prison. At that point, I would not have cared. Maybe the state would execute me, as it most certainly would be premeditated murder, and taken me out of my misery. (misery that I would NOT be feeling because I killed someone) I really wouldn't have a problem with that. In fact, I might even go so far as to forgo any number of appeals. Jury trials, by their very nature, have a certain element of chance in being wrong. However, FAR more people get away with murder, for some truly stupid reason, than innocents get executed. (19 proven innocent since 1978, I think it was.... I don't recall if all/any of them were executed, I know at least a couple were.) All depends on who gets the better/more dedicated lawyer. As for the convicted criminal funding the victim in some fashion, I wholeheartedly concur. Too bad that making the convicts do any manner of work has been deemed unconstitutional.... it's a violation of their rights...... Personally, I think the convicts have too many rights. The very fact that you ARE in prison should nullify ANY rights they have. They are in prison for a crime they committed. They gave up ALL of their rights at that time. @Ghogiel: So, by your reasoning, no one is responsible for ANY of their actions? If that is the case, why do we have a justice system at all??

If the victims rights hadn't been violated, the criminal wouldn't be in a position to worry about the death penalty in the first place. It seems a fair few folks are all for making sure the criminals rights are upheld, while the victim is ignored. Murderers take out a man. He happened to be a father, and sole bread winner for the family. The criminal has all sorts of folks/organizations making sure HIS rights aren't subsequently violated, meanwhile, back at the ranch, the family that now has no income, is SOL. Daddy/Husband is dead, but, there is NO ONE that will take care of them. They end up losing everything, and then living on welfare. All because the CRIMINAL violated one man's rights, by killing him. My girlfriend was assaulted by a 75 year old man....... she was punched, put in a headlock, and dragged around that way. She now has permanent damage to her neck and shoulders. She is unable to work, or even lift her arms above her head. The old man got a couple months probation, my girlfriend didn't get anything at all. No restitution whatsoever. Now, we are stuck with north of ten grand in medical bills...... And the guy that caused it? He is out walking the streets, a free man.

You seem awfully strongly in favor of the rights of the criminal. What about the rights of the victim that the criminal completely and totally violated? Should there not be redress? And as for "murderer didn't really have a choice", terribly sorry, I don't buy into that horse hockey, and neither does a goodly percentage of psychologists. Sure, you can come up with a long list of names that say "this is so", well, as is typical for studies concerning human behavior, I can come up with an equal or greater number that say "no it's not". The drug addict HAS a choice, the rapist HAS a choice, simply don't do it. To say that their upbringing/experiences/social pressure FORCED them to do it is poppycok. Given that reasoning, there shouldn't be ANY laws, or cops, or prisons, as no one is really responsible for their actions. Which is what it really all boils down to. That trend in thought is what has brought society to what it is today. A sad shadow of its former glory.

I dont claim to be "better than" anyone. I am not a child rapist, nor do I kill people for reasons other than self-defense, or, in defense of others. (death penalty falls into this category as well.) Certainly not because he only has 50 bucks in the drawer, and I need 75 for my next fix....... I do not shoot to wound, I shoot to KILL. A DEAD assailant is no longer a threat. Maybe I am jaded due to age/experience, maybe I am cold blooded, maybe I am just a different flavor of sociopath. In any case, I have my views, and I seriously doubt anyone here is going to convince me to be more 'touchy feely', and 'forgive' the murderers. Not gonna happen. So far as I am concerned, if you are a convicted murderer, you might just as well be dead, as live better than those whose lives you have impacted forever, and absorb tax money..... Screw that.

The killers don't seem to do that..... and those that are indeed mentally 'unbalanced' do indeed get considerations. Still and all, the majority of them kill, have zero remorse, won't be rehabilitated, and if turned loose, will kill again. Personally, I would rather just whack 'em dead, be done with it, and NOT give them the chance to kill again. A fair few of the folks that I am talkin' about killed without a second thought. And for truly stupid reasons. Another vote for the death penalty would be removing said killers from the gene pool.... improve the human race? Hopefully.

For the most part, murderers end up with life in prison. Not much chance of redemption there either....... not to mention recidivism rates...... For folks that kill for just a few bucks, I have zero sympathy for them, and yes, I would happily strap them down, and push the plunger, throw the switch, pull the trigger, whatever. Is that cold-blooded? Perhaps, but, no more so than the killer that robs a shop owner for a few bucks, and then kills him. Or the man that breaks into the family home, rapes the mother, and 9 year old daughter, while the husband, and teenaged daughter is forced to sit and watch, steals their truck, and drives away. I would have absolutely NO problem inflicting a significantly more painful death than what death row inmates are facing now.......

I don't know about you, but, if someone killed one of my loved ones, I would happily sit at their execution, and eat popcorn. It WOULD make MY life better, knowing that the SOB that did this, will NEVER do it again to someone else. Vengeance? Sure, call it whatever you like, I still call it JUSTICE. Why should some lowlife scumbag that killed one of my loved ones get three squares a day, a warm place to sleep, etc.... at MY expense, while my loved one is worm food? I don't have ANY mercy for murderers. None, zero. I don't turn the other cheek. Whack his happy arse dead. Put a smile on my face, and spare someone else the pain of having one of THEIR loved ones forcibly removed from them.