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It was Faye :thumbup:

Some of us work for smaller companies than others.

privacy , wouldnt say mine Also - gotta pimp out my newest multi-sig even if it has a few imperfections

http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=5331015&page=1 Thats right - Albinos in africa are hunted for BODY PARTS. not to mention shunned by both blacks and whites. It's like a third race in africa.

Albinism does happen, I saw a documentary on it once - Those kids are super discriminated agaisnt in africa.

Too true, and to be honest I would say if most men were raped by a woman, they wouldn't report it for fear of humility and embarrassment. I think the only people who would welcome rape from a woman are desperate virgins who don't realize that they probably would be the ones being penetrated. Heh. Here's some fun stats on Rape from america, probably old and dated a bit, but relevant http://www.rainn.org/get-information/statistics/sexual-assault-offenders http://www.rainn.org/get-information/statistics/sexual-assault-victims http://www.rainn.org/get-information/statistics/frequency-of-sexual-assault http://www.rainn.org/get-information/statistics/reporting-rates Women make more noise, have more groups to rally behind and can play victim a hell of alot easier. According to a recent Louis and Harris Poll 41% of men who said they were harassed claimed the harasser was another man while 100% of women claimed the harasser was a man. simply put - Harassment that goes un-actioned can lead to lawsuits - Lawsuits are bad - it's easier for most companies to fire/discipline the male (Especially in states like NC where you can be fired at anytime for any reason) than deal with the he said she said bull that will go down in the courtroom. I've seen harassment cases unfold and the male always got screwed. It really varies state to state but most harassment policies are zero tolerance. Regret rape is common and CAN Backfire a girl said she was raped in high school bathroom. After defectives confronted her with discrepancies in her story, she admitted to making it up. She was arrested and sentenced to six to nine months of probation. Also in March, a 14-year-old girl in Illinois--who had accused a 13-year-old boy of raping her, landing him in a juvenile detention center for three months--admitted to police that the sex had been consensual. She was arrested and sentenced to a year of probation. In February 2005, an Indiana University sophomore said she'd been raped in an IU bathroom. When she later admitted it wasn't true, she was sentenced to a year of probation and suspended from the university for 60 days. FBI statistics show that about 9 percent of rape reports are ‘unfounded’ - and while Regret rape's don't always mean Jail time - take a look at the Duke Lacross Scandal - Those guys had thier social lifes destroyed, families reputations were ruined and all of them i believed pretty much had to move 10+ hours away. Regret rape accusations still damage people, But they *can* happen Awhile back at Hofstra a woman said she was lured into a bathroom, tied to a toliet and gang-raped by 5 men - They went to jail - were criminally charged - but it turned out later that one of them was able to produce a tape later that showed it was consensual. So yeah, Cases of false rape happen often - especially on college campus's. Since he was not criminally convicted, I believe his punishment was fair. Again, it's one bloody court case, we do not have all of the facts of the case, circumstances or evidence. Tossing in the race just seems to make it a sensationalist news piece for a country people all too easily love to hate. A legal precedent was set in Israel classifying sex by deception as rape was set by the Supreme Court in a 2008 conviction of a man who posed as a government official and persuaded women to have sex with him by promising them state benefits. It's a hardass determination of the law - The guy was also married and played single, total sleeze. I just don't see how thats a close comparison. You seem to infer fox incited the guy to kill people? McCollum et. al. v. CBS, Inc., et. al. tried that over ozzy osbourne's suicide solution song when a kid killed himself, I think fox would fall under the same classification as ozzy and Fox is far from fair and balanced. The best US Counterpart I can think of without spending hours researching is if you have sex with someone and do not inform them you have HIV (a few others now?) - it's a felony with reckless intent and endangerment and i believe the last time a woman got aid's from a man who did not tell her - it was considered Rape. Go to Israel where you can't buy a cheeseburger and they have strict laws on men being circumsized, food and depending on how you roll, it can bring disgrace to your family. The court reasoned. "If she hadn’t thought the accused was a Jewish bachelor interested in a serious romantic relationship, she would not have co-operated," I agree with that According to numerous news sites several other men have been convicted of "rape by deception" since that ruling in Israel, but as those cases are not on lexus-nexus and I don't speak hebrew, i'm going to hope Romy or Matok may have some examples, This one made the news - because of race A man in the United States was convicted in 2007 of impersonating his brother in order to have sex with his girlfriend. That conviction was overturned on appeal, though, after an appellate court ruled that rape laws apply only to non-consensual sex. Asides, consider the country . A poll conducted in 2007 by Israel's Geocartography Institute found that more than 50 per cent of Israeli Jews thought marrying an Arab was "equal to national treason". Jews are ALSO legally forbidden to intermarry in Israel. So interracial sex? I can see *why* thats an issue over there even if I don't agree with it. I believe the current laws would prevent a White, Christian American from marrying a Jewish girl - Doesn't just apply to Palestinians Racism is ugly, It exists with Black on Black Racism, White/Black/Hispanic interchangeably and even White on White. Certain types of jew's don't like how others are less serious I believe and certain types of Muslims get pissed off at others as well. Ethnic Cleansings in Africa are old hat The only reason this made the news was 1) slow news day and 2) Controversy on race sells, israel isn't the only country with racism issues, America has some as well (wheres the OT topic for Shirley Sherrod? Let's be fair discuss all racism cases in the news. )

You're a fool if you think Miami is guaranteed a championship. The Celtics, Magic, Lakers (if they trade for Chris Paul, my god), Mavericks, Thunder and to some extent the Bulls, Bucks, Nuggets, Spurs and maybe the Jazz will give Miami very close games. Infact, other "trios" exist on other teams....Like young sleeper teams? Try Baron Davis, Chris Kaman, and Blake Griffin of the Clippers. (I almost went gordon over kaman) Other great trio's that can compete with the BIG "3" if healthy include Yao Ming, Aaron Brooks, and Kevin Martin (rockets); Deron Williams, Al Jefferson, and Mehmet Okur (Jazz) Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, and Nene (Nuggets) Rose, Boozer, Noah (Bulls) Joe Johnson, Al Horford, and Josh Smith (Hawks) Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili (Spurs) Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and Jeff Green (Thunder) Dwight Howard, Vince Carter, and Jameer Nelson (Magic) Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen (Celtics) Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, and Ron Artest (Lakers) Some of these cores are better than others, some are older, some are more young, But all of these cores when healthy are strong cores that COULD dominate a game and in many ways give Miami some degree of trouble. Lets look at Miami You got 3 big guns, you also have Mario Chalmers who isn't that great, Ziggy who hasn't played a full season in 2 years? Championships are won with bench depth imo and lets look at the heat. Udonis Haslem and Juwan Howard provide the option to replace either Chris Bosh or Lebron James, but only sparingly - Howard isn't a guy who can soak up minutes in this day and age. Haslem is an offensive rebounder, Solid, but not flashy. Miller is a solid Backup for James/wade, so thats 3 guys who can come off the bench and contribute , 2 rookies and some unknown to be signed vets desperate for a ring, Names thrown around from the serviceable Iverson and Tracy mcgrady (who will probably go to the clippers) to retired people desperate for glory like Penny Hardaway (LOL). But even then - a team like the Knicks are not total dogs vs Miami. Stoudemire will match up to Bosh, Douglas plays solid Defense, Gallinari can shoot 3's like Reddick or anyone - Felton is also solid. Add in Randolph as a Big man and a possible Chris Paul - Games will be interesting and not blowouts I still think the Bulls, Celtics or Magic will knock them out of the East.

Using one case as a measuring stick for fairness defies every concept of mathematical statistics and is unrealistic at best. Thats a piss poor sample size to judge fairness. :roll:

This is true. I got reported for roleplaying an ultra-militant Christian state in Medieval times (ie. a European kingdom) in a roleplay forum. This is G rated forum. We removed that bit from the rules actually.

Gotta admit, i'm a huge fan of theoatmeal. And it's true, LOTS of people need help with english, but I don't think it's targeted towards the non-english speakers - some of the dumbest sounding people who post - are from America and other English countries.

Not to mention that Male/Male rape is never reported hardly same goes for Females raping males (it can happen) and female/female rape. In the case of a Male raping a female, if it's reported, theres going to be some policework involved and it really does depend on he said / she said and i've seen it work both ways in the USA. Say what you want about it being the othercase, women have the upper hand on men in most discrimination, harassment and rape situations. It sure doesn't look like that. Holy crap did you seriously just bring the biggest joke of a new-station into a rape argument for some sort of justification of Zionism? Although the white woman accusing the black of rape (the majority of the bad 50s rape cases) has pretty much dwindled - rape happens often and does get reported and dudes do go to jail over it. The same thing could of happened in any other country, the Media is simply playing the race for sensationalism hoping to stir antisemitic angst. It's a poor court case discussion, to think that it has some bearing on Israels view as a whole is bluntly insanity at it's finest. This has nothing to do with Zionism, Israel or whatever.

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Women can easily lie and change minds on "rape". Happens often with sports stars to where the line gets blurred. The Scottsboro Boys Trial stands out. 1931, 2 white women claimed 9 blacks raped them on a train. One woman - admitted to lying later about being raped and still the men rotted in jail for years afterwords As much as some idiots say it's "Israels" fault - you do realize that in America if you have sex, she decides that it's rape the next day - all you have is your word vs her's - and the DNA evidence that you were inside of her - and if you like it rough - you probably just lost your case. Rape has varying definitions worldwide - In Brazil (unlike usa,uk,Israel) - Anal rape is not the same degree of punishment as vaginal rape. But even if it started out consensual legally there is also this. "Consent can always be withdrawn at any time, so that any further sexual activity after the withdrawal of consent constitutes rape." You don't have to physically assault someone for it to be rape. In all seriousness and poking a bit of fun at the subject matter, let's pretend the woman was a Kosher Jew, and the Palestinian used some Bacon Lube knowing she was Kosher, because he got off on the fact that it's against her religion - Being a pork product, he violated her by using without her consent or knowledge with a pork based lube and that could technically be considered rape because he used a foreign object she did not condone inside of her. A study from the UK found that of the approximately 14,500 cases of rape reported in 2005/2006 9% were classified as false allegations ^ Cybulska B (July 2007). "Sexual assault: key issues". J R Soc Med 100 (7)

Dude, i've seen countless it was consensual then it's rape cases in America, let alone Israel. the only reason it made the news was because of the silly racial aspects, this happens white on white, black on black usa often and never leaves local news.

i think it's grossly understated at "poor detection" most sample set's and trials do not have AVG more at 3-7% behind Avira. It still out-preforms many of the paid ones like Norton, Mcafee and trend and imo , deserves a mention. Avira also nags you daily to pay, annoys the piss out of me.

Never tried the new version of Avast, so I won't say anything about it, but AVG is a very bad antivirus. Based on? It was proven to block Aurora exploits and has a decent batting average agaisnt the fake anti-virus's floating around - For a free download, it's far from "very bad" Imo.

AVG or Avast

i said I like pvp, I never in no way insinuated it was better. At the core of it, you still have a java game, that does nothing for you in real life, but waste time, which is fine, some people have more time to waste. I've lead clans, i've skilled, and i've done quests, and think it's sheer stupidity to say one of these is better than the other. It's a game that will never have an ending, no two people will play it the same, people will feel how they want to feel, life goes on. Thats nice, I've owned the quest cape since it's inception aside from when i'm too lazy to care to own it - again - a smattering of skill capes (combat and noncombat) and got enough pvp screenshots to make this thread load slowly for broadband. At the end of the day, PVP/SKILLS/Quests all provide timewastes for different types of people and are no more "important" or "mission critical" than the other aspects of the game. No matter which road you take, this game never ends.

You probably mean for you this game has no purpose of direction through questing. Nope, the game has no clear cohesive storyline, the stories often add next to nothing to effect gameplay or the world . Storylines that might be important, stay open for so dang long any possible interest in them dwindles. Quests are no more important than skilling, no more less important, both are an equal time waste that are no more correct than the other. The skills vs quests debate is trite and rather pointless. I fail to see how people swear by quests being so great and entertaining moreso than watching paint dry or ceiling fan blades spinning, I can count the quests i've enjoyed on two hands, and considering the amount of quests, thats sad. I prefer PVP over skilling or questing, but the fact is, questing is nothing more than a slightly more complicated (depending on the quest) distraction and diversion.

I still think this game has no purpose or direction through questing.

Oh no, it's a jaded old timer! No offense to those who are all "rawr, quests are awesome" - Quests on Runescape suck. I've played alot of console games and own my fair share and I don't see what you're so adamantly defending. For starters 1) The quest lines in runescape, can take ages to advance story, look at camel romance, it's been unfinished for years. How many years will we wait to see more about the dragonkin in why guthix sleeps cutscene? when they come out will anyone care? It's hard to keep excitement for that 2) Do they even contribute to the story? For every WGS, or Within the light you have a One Small Favour - a quest that advances nothing, it's hard to argue that quests are main contributors to the storyline as we both know, you can't beat the game. The game will never end, the story will never finsh - thus - the storyline advancing is kind of....pointless really. What really changed after fairtale 1 and 3? the orks came and gone, but the place remained fairly the same before it was invaded and after. Oh yeah, it was under siege for well over a year? Secondly, Quests are pretty much the same as training. Click Click Read, read - Very few quests can legitimately challenge a player to where they pose any real risk - and even those that can be tough (Nomad and the wise old man new one) You have 0% chance to lose any items (well, maybe if you get D/C) - So no real risk there either. Nothing more than a "distraction and diversion" really.

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I lack Tact I'm an idealist. I believe in true love. I can't cook I'm paranoid I'm untrusting I go on crusades for issues i rally behind I get annoyed easy My writing style sucks I get passionate when defending friends who don't need defending

I saw this thread, read the report, sit and wondered...Should I lock it for being off topic with the history debate? the racial remarks? the flaming? So many choices, so little time, So I decided to just lock it. It's kind of ironic a thread about locking topics and everything got locked, but as ironic as it is, this discussion has spiraled into the abyss and it's not really salavageable imo, PM me if you disagree ~Das

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