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abgemacht (1076 D(G))
23 Aug 12 UTC
eCigarettes
So, my cousin came to visit and he's close to being a chain smoker. While visiting, he was using an eCigarette, which he said was pretty decent. Do people think these will start becoming more popular than cigarettes? Do people think eCigarettes will cause a resurgence of smoking in newer generations?
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NigelFarage (567 D)
23 Aug 12 UTC
Bans
So, just a general curiosity question: what are the different ban reasons and their explanations? I know by now what multis and metagaming are, and that users can have their account frozen if they die, but, for example, what is an auto, and how does it work? Are there any other unusual ban reasons? I think I've seen other ones I didn't understand before, but I don't remember them now
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
22 Aug 12 UTC
Here's one for discussion...
Assisted death. I believe in it for reasons explained in the article.
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dangermouse (5551 D)
21 Aug 12 UTC
Is Plura still around?
I noticed a comment on it under FAQ>Bugs, but it directs me to an additional section which I can't find.

Not sure if I'm still just opted out or if Kestas did away with it.
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Sargmacher (0 DX)
23 Aug 12 UTC
High Pot Ancient Med Gunboat 2 Day Phase
Anyone up for it?
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obiwanobiwan (248 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
An Immodest Proposal Or, Why We Can't Have Nice Things (Or Threads)
Most every time those of us who actually want to have a level-headed, mature, adult conversation about a topic regarding politics, religion, or pretty much anything in general, certain radical, dogmatic, absolutist fanatics seem to come along and hijack the threads and drive them straight into the ground with immature, infantile, and utterly worthless posts that completely derail the thread, denouncing any and all who disagree and ruining the integrity of the Forum. So...
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Fortress Door (1837 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
Fortress Game 2!
since the first game is finished, let's start another!
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AverageWhiteBoy (314 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
The Century of the Self (WATCH BEFORE COMMENTING!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prTarrgvkjo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD0XCZu57ww
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDrmsvdXqdc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WSMx7djYJU
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NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
21 Aug 12 UTC
I'm not one for gossip but .......
..... I never trusted these two, shifty eyes

Dagabs was banned: Multi.
Nightfire was banned: Multi.
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AverageWhiteBoy (314 D)
19 Aug 12 UTC
"Legitimate Rape"
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-legitimate-rape.php
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Off topic, but did majoring in Theatre kill the urge to actually make it your job? That's what happened to me...
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
22 Aug 12 UTC
I am 16 and I sway between party lines pretty often. It didn't take long for me to realize that I don't like the ideologies that either is presenting. I am a political mystery, to say the least. It just so happens that this time around I am much more happy with Obama than I would be Romney. Nothing new.
Celticfox (100 D(B))
22 Aug 12 UTC
@TWA No it was the night job I got when I first moved to Chicago. I was a Cistume Design major with heavy influence in Costume construction. I still love to sew and design.
Mafialligator (239 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
Umm, extreme and invasive medical interventions aren't just done willy nilly. You need patient consent to do them, and failing that consent of a medical proxy. You can't just run around sticking tubes in someone without their consent. In the case of a fetus, the medical proxy is the mother to who's body it is still attached! Your analogy to extreme forms of live saving medical intervention is a false one. We don't require that doctors do them in every case. We trust people to make their own decisions, and when they can't, we trust those closest to them to make those decisions with their best interests in mind. Unless of course those people are fetuses in which case their mothers are clearly capricious murderers who can only think of themselves.
Draugnar (0 DX)
22 Aug 12 UTC
@CF - maybe it's being married and responsible. And I am a college grad as well, admitedly with a science degree, not arts. But SillyPutty is a PolySci grad student (well was) and *that* is the liberal education to which I refer. The perpetual student. Hell, had his department's funding not been cut, he'd probably still be in school until he became one of the liberal profs.
Draugnar (0 DX)
22 Aug 12 UTC
So killing an unbborn but viable life is in it's best interest? Really! Then can I kill Putty and say it is in his best interest? I know it's in society's best interest. When is killing a life outside of self defense of self or others (which covers the life threatening pregnancy by the way) *ever* in the soon to be dead person's best interest?
Putin33 (111 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
Draugnar is desperate now so hes lashing out in every pathetic way he can think of. Bash younger people, even though Im pushing 30. Bash liberal education. Bash social sciences. All to deflect from the fact that he couldnt locate a vagina on a diagram but wants to dictate womens health decisions.
Putin33 (111 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
Im married also, doofus. Try something else.
Putin33 (111 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
More deaththreats from the guy who supposedly uses his brain.
Putin believes all rape is legitimate
semck83 (229 D(B))
22 Aug 12 UTC
Please, putin. Learn to distinguish a rhetorical question from a death threat or you're likely to have real trouble navigating life.
except when Yuri Budanov does it
Semck learn to mind your own fucking business or you're likely to have trouble navigating life. For Christ's sake are,you the forum police? If Putin wants to say all rape is legitimate thats his prerogative, who are you and I to stand in his way
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
22 Aug 12 UTC
Already does...
2 legit to quit
~Putin speaking about Dominique Strauss Kahn

Putin33 (111 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
I dont know what Santas on about. Drunk?
semck83 (229 D(B))
22 Aug 12 UTC
No idea what you're talking about\, SC.
>defender of Stalinist Russia
>thinks all rape is wrong

http://godlesspaladin.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/13-are-you-serious-face.jpg
Just pointing out that Putin is a long time defender and supporter of rape.
and that semck is a nosy nelly
Putin33 (111 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
He said it was in societys best interest. No amount Semckian word games will change that.
semck83 (229 D(B))
22 Aug 12 UTC
He said this:

"Then can I kill Putty and say it is in his best interest? I know it's in society's best interest."

So yes, he did say it was in society's best interest. But there is no threat here. Draug actually doesn't believe everything is OK just because it's in society's best interest. The question where he asks about killing you is clearly rhetorical. Calling this a threat is absurd, thin-skinned, and just stupid. I guess you were going for rhetorical points, but anybody with half a brain would get annoyed at you for raising such a dumb argument.
Putin33 (111 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
Santa, stop the comedy, youre trying too hard.
wowww some hardcore cooking in here, #rare display truly #tybg

@Lando Calrissian
Putin33 (111 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
Semck claiming someone else is thin skinned. Hilarious.
-Putin obviously defends the rape happy red army at the end of WWII
-Putin supports raper extrordinare Dominique Strauss Kahn
-Putin supports rape and runner Julian Assange
-Putin likely supports the rape of nanking

Putin defends rape wherever he can find it
semck83 (229 D(B))
22 Aug 12 UTC
Putin, you truly are the master at trying to change the subject completely by ignoring everything somebody said by turning an insult on them. My hat off. Rarely in these troubled times do we see somebody who has achieved such mastery of a skill.
"Rarely in these troubled times do we see somebody who has achieved such mastery of a skill."

oh please, I debated with you. ;)
Funny You seemed to achieve elite levels of smug douchebaggery.

Let the triple threat match continue!

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krellin (80 DX)
23 Aug 12 UTC
Why Gun Control is *Impossible*
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/08/23/wiki-weapon-project-aims-to-create-a-gun-anyone-can-3 D-print-at-home/
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obiwanobiwan (248 D)
31 Jul 12 UTC
Ender's Shame--Orson Scott Card, Homophobia, and...Hamlet?
WOW. I'm an idiot. For someone who devotes so much time to literature...WOW did I miss that one...I read "Ender's Game" years ago, never thought anything more of it or of Scott Card, except to praise him occasionally for what I thought (and still think) was some good writing that might just be canonized someday...but WOW--Orson Scott Card. Huge Homophobe. I'm extremely disappointed to hear that, and hear it so far after the fact, and that he's taken that into HAMLET...
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Conservative Man (100 D)
23 Aug 12 UTC
Was it moral or immoral for Robin Hood to steal from the rich and give to the poor?
Otherwise known as socialism vs capitalism.

I'm going to remain silent and neutral on this one, at least for now. I am leaning towards capitalism though right now.
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Conservative Man (100 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
Some homework help please?
I should know how to do this, but for some reason I can't remember for the life of me what I should do for the first step. So, the problem is: Find the limit as x approaches 1 of (x-1)/((((x^2)+3)^0.5) - 2). I tried to multiply by the conjugate of the denominator to get rid of the root down there, but that seemed to be a dead end.
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Yonni (136 D(S))
21 Aug 12 UTC
Top 50 WTA-FP GR
Looking for one more to join a 48hr, WTA, FP game starting after labour day
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Zmaj (215 D(B))
22 Aug 12 UTC
EoG: The lost continent
gameID=97882 The continent has been lost. A good draw demolished by an inane Turkey. What a waste of time.
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eskel96 (693 D)
23 Aug 12 UTC
game
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=97917
hey everyone join this game 24 hr game, 7 pt buy in no password full press
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President Eden (2750 D)
21 Aug 12 UTC
Police report: AR handcuffed left-handed man shoots self in right temple
http://www.independentmail.com/news/2012/aug/21/suicide-ruling-doesnt-end-questions-arkansas-cop-c/
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Fortress Door (1837 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
Fortress Game EOG
good game all!

http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=95682&msgCountryID=0
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akilies (861 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
Your latest thoughts on the BPL
Arguments (or as some people call them "conversations") about politics, religion and other such topics are not enjoyable to me, so i decided to start a fun forum thread. and hey if it gets ugly, a soccer(football) riot is more exciting than some sort of political capslock slugfest :)
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Gunfighter06 (224 D)
17 Aug 12 UTC
Your political party is falling apart...
...and you just became your new party chairman. What do you do to your party's platform to start winning elections? (This thread is mostly aimed at the Americans on here, but anyone can join this discussion)
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obiwanobiwan (248 D)
19 Aug 12 UTC
They All Ruled, But Who "Ruled?" Best Kings, Queens, Presidents.,Emperors, PMs, Etc.
So many (WIDELY) different political takes here, and takes on what makes a good leader from a bad one...Best/Worst World Leaders/Rulers of all-time, then? (One thing--this is evaluating Best Rulers and NOT necessarily Best Military Geniuses, so with the Alexanders/Caesars/Napoleons, I suppose, gauge accordingly...certainly wars won can factor in, but let's not have it be the sole factor, eh? Also, battlefield success BEFORE becoming ruler doesn't count.)
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obiwanobiwan (248 D)
21 Aug 12 UTC
Democrat and Republican Voters ALIKE...Anyone Notice...
That when something happens that lands one Party/member of a Party in trouble (case in point, the "legitimate rape" and super-secret-pregnancy-stopping powers Akin apparently thinks women have) folks will say "Oh, sure, attack Party A, well, what about Party B, huh?"
Can't we just agree, regardless of Party affiliation, that a stupid, offensive statement is a stupid, offensive statement?
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Diplo Beast
started a game 5 min phase called Diplo Beast
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Bob Genghiskhan (1233 D)
21 Aug 12 UTC
need an emergency Italy, the strongest player on the board...
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=97828
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Stressedlines (1559 D)
17 Aug 12 UTC
DC shooting
So, another shooting and...............
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MichiganMan (5121 D)
21 Aug 12 UTC
Tuesday Gunboatin' EoG
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=97820

Organized and efficient F-G coming at us and AH continues to attack Turkey. What gives?
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stranger (525 D)
20 Aug 12 UTC
Julian Assange
To me as a european, it seems like both liberals and conservatives in the US are against Freedom of information and free speech. I don´t aim to generalize, I am just asking myself about the points of politicians who are against Julian Assange, the inmyopinion great journalist.
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The Hanged Man (4160 D(G))
19 Aug 12 UTC
California Team Needs A Replacement Player for In-Progress World Cup Tournament
We are looking for a non-live, full press, WTA player for the Full Press 2 game in the championship round. The game has not yet started. Ideally, you are a strong player from California. Failing that, lip service that California is better than wherever you live probably would suffice.

Interested persons should PM me.
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smcbride1983 (517 D)
20 Aug 12 UTC
Any Microbiologists on here?
I am just curious. I am starting a Master's program next week, and wanted to know if there were any other Microbiologists in research or industry out here in Webdip land.
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