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Can you seriously point to a culture where, when it comes to marriage, people don't expect/want a virginal bride? This one. The "modern western society". The one we are a part of. Marrying as virgins in modern western society makes you some sort of fundamentalist weirdo instead of a norma...

Prak_Anima wrote:

Psychic Robot wrote:How the hell is that trolling.

How the hell is this a flame war?

I'm used to posting on rpg.net, where you can be as passive-aggressive as you like, but any hint of directness counts as flaming. TGD seems to work the other way around, which is rather refreshing.

Psychic Robot wrote:The dumbest part of all of this is that the Bioware developer started whining about white, heterosexual privilege.

Yes, I knew this thread was missing something. It isn't a good TGD flamewar without some PR trollin'.

Orion wrote:

tzor wrote:it is important to remember that the primary purpose of sex is procreation

O RLY?

Catholic Natural Law ethics are the is-ought fallacy writ large.

While there's substantial evidence that the Hebrews were originally Polytheistic (like: the Torah), as far as I know there is no evidence whatsoever that they were ever matriarchal. It's just one of those things some pagans and feminists like to believe. This. As far as I know, 'ancient matriarchy'...

People like easy answers. Evangelicals will tell you that, if we all followed their morality, there would be no more social or economic problems. Reaganites will tell you that everything you don't like is the fault of Big Government. Some anti-racists and feminist and Marxists will interpret all soc...

I don't "hide behind" most people. The truth is that a lot of human behaviour is instinctual and defined by the genes - standards of attractiveness are universal(If you don't believe this, you are wrong, with no questions allowed. There are mathematical equations for working out the attra...

For my own part, I find virginity a turn-off because it's one more hassle to deal with. I don't mind having inexperienced sexual partners per se, but virginity (in both men and women) just makes things that little bit more stressful.

Well this thread went into crazy town pretty quickly. As for the link given by Starmaker, that was filled almost entirely with bullshit. Innocence? That IS attractive to men. The closer a woman is to virginal, the more attractive she is to men. Now because a lot of you are going to say "HURR I...

A British ex-soldier burned a Koran too , and was indicted for it, as a direct response to someone burning poppies as effigies while shouting British soldiers should burn in hell. The Muslim who did the latter got the minimum 50 pound fine, because the judge found the free speech aspect too importa...

Well, I tend to have relationships with women and casual sex with men. (neither, alas, as often as I would like). I have been told that this means I'm not 'really' bi, because bi guys should have relationships with men and women equally. I think this opinion is 'full of shit', but whatever. As far a...

So says a poster on Bioware's forum with the assertion that most gamers are straight males. I'd like to ascertain this, so I'm going to do a bit of amateur journalism while neglecting my actual journalism homework. I'd like people to answer if they feel comfortable, and please, no trolling. This is...

also, from the perspective of a narrative, do you expect any real person to plan out their entire career from start to finish so they get the ideal set of life skills? or do you expect people to plan things out as they go because life's a series of events that can't usually be predicted in the long...

angelfromanotherpin wrote:Well, I for one would love to hear similar rundowns on all the gem types as time and interest permit.

Seconded. I'm still trying to get my head around all the crazy bullshit you can pull off in this game.

name_here wrote:Oh, hi, C'tis.

We welcome our Ermorian neighbours, and look forward to a fruitful death-based cultural exchange.

Considering India to be such a developing nation over the past 10 years or so, I would imagine that India would be one of the first countries to be balkanized when megas become sovereign. Seriously, this. India is a federalist state with widely different sub-units right now . The fact that it hasn'...

Korwin wrote:Does Caelum Need more time?

Dammit, sorry, meant to ask for more time earlier. An extension of a couple hours would be much appreciated.

PEACE IN OUR TIME! HEAVEN-EARTH ACCORD ANNOUNCED! Winged News Network reports that a mutual defence pact of indefinite duration has been signed by Caelian and Agarthan leaders in a bid to contain the spreading chaos of the Eastern War. A Caelian spokesman remarked, 'It's what Zarathustra would've wa...

Well, my starting position is...interesting.

I'm surprised that absolutely no-one else has put C'tis on their list. Is there something ya'll know that I don't?

On reflection, I'd like to change my MA selections to -

1) C'tis
2) Abysia
3) Vanheim

Sorry for the inconvenience.

I really wish there was a 'do not use any gems in the next battle, you winged morons' button.

I'm in. I'm pretty sure I can handle two games at once.

I'd prefer MA also. With that in mind,

1) Marignon
2) C'tis
3) Abysia

Any poison smeared on an object or exposed to the elements in any way remains potent until it is touched or used. . sorry this breaks my verisimilitude in a horrible way I will never be able to play 3e it is a horrible game with no consistency my verisimilituuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude Are you even...

Zinegata wrote:Or it was a scout that took a province with no PD. I was able to pull that trick on Patala once during my war with them.

This is what occurred.