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lame film

The emote is a classic, leave it. People will be dumb and irritating as hell regardless if they have emotes to help them

Puerto Rico is an "unincorporated territory" of the United States. You cannot compare it to the west bank..lmao. The U.S. Supreme Court's Insular Cases defined that as a :"a territory appurtenant and belonging to the United States, but not a part of the United States."

Okay, I watched it. I'm a horror fan and a cinema lover. I've seen worse. But I can see why it affects people. The first 45 minutes were pretty lackluster. The party scenes were tame, scripted and those couldn't really be too controversial. KIDS is a film that much more realistically captured teen partying with dire consequences. Hell to a degree the movie Keith portrayed teen problems better. The shy girl was likeable, but the wild party girl was pretty hateable, she was built up to a level where she annoyed me greatly. The first 40ish minutes was the equivalent of watching a documentary on two BFF's. Then comes the "pictures" around the 50-60 minute mark. I found it somewhat repulsive it blamed the "Fetish" community for the pictures as a method of circulation 1) that's shallow as thats beyond "normal" or "accepted" fetishism. those pictures - especially the first bordered on obscenity and would likely never circulate on your average "Fetish" site. I've seen fetish sites shut down for less. That being said - i've seen more extreme pictures - both of gore and "Fetish" activities browsing 4chan out of boredom. Next comes the cell scenes - which are fairly boring and no more disturbing than numerous other films. The Rape scene - was very brutal, I have to admit, it made me flinch - but it will never surpass the original last house on the left (the grainy film made it all too real) - Or Salo which is on the criterion label (check your country, as it's banned in some still i think). I mention that one because you stand a strong chance of encountering it in a university film class. The barrel scene was disgusting - but I can name multiple horror movies in the last decade with more gore and disturbing images of dead people (hostel 1,2, saw 1-6, night of the demons remake, Dark Reel, human centipede. I actually forgot a few in the middle of my thought here, dang) To be honest, episodes of CSI and BONES have disturbed me more than that scene. The digging scene...well...that was awkward. the reaction didn't seem natural and the fact it dragged on for 12 minutes seemed overly excessive. if someone put me in a barrel, under those circumstances, i'd probably me distraught over whats in the barrel with me - the begging seemed very...unrealstic? she said i love you like 2-6 times? seemed very unusual and fake. Wouldn't she be out of air? I can see why the film could be disturbing, but overall felt it was a cheesy exploitation film that has no artistic or worthwhile value. I own some horrible movies (Sci fi originals, Spit on your grave) and personally feel this is worse than most B or C list horror movies.

Don't forget an atheist. Would be a diaster then - the others wouldn't focus on theology, but conversion.

Blue107- perm banned 10/12/2007 - can't say I expected you to ever post

Buying direct from amazon is buying it new. I order from them almost biweekly (mostly toys, dvd's and video games). I choose Amazon for DVD's, Video Games, etc over a retailer usually. I've learned to love them. 13 orders so far in 2011 27 orders in 2010 22 in 2009 14 in 2008 2 in 2007 Amazon has slowly became my go to place for media I say this as an ebayer with 760+ feedback - avoid it for big $$$ electronics

most "christian" groups don't exactly believe the same thing anyways. It would be amusing to lock a Catholic, Baptist, Mormon, Jehovas Witness and someone from the church of god in the same room to discuss theology.

i always use the word false prophets

"But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father." Mark 13:32

never heard of it, people seemed shocked and appalled by it though. Is this like an I spit on your grave type/hostel film?

Because the whistle blower labeled it "torture," which is hilarious in the same way as an elementary school student crying "cruel and unusual punishment" when his mother takes away his Xbox for a weekend - making it out to be something so much worse than what it really is, in hopes of finding sympathy. Theres nothing humane about beating someone with a pipe or sleep deprivation.

What does that sign look like my good man?

As compared to what, exactly? Can you so easily condemn China for forcing people to play WoW (those bastards!)? If, say, the Americans made an al-Qaeda "terrorist" play Runescape, non-stop, without ever letting him sleep, would that be considered torture too? Would you condemn that too? Yes. Your point? Yes to both, Like Queyneax, I'd love to hear your point other than trying to get out of the fact you didn't read (i hope) and then laughed at torture and are trying to downplay the situation

I was unaware that anything I said was any less relevant than anything you posted, are we all not equal? I think it's a gross midjudgement to say people would stop paying for a game or a service if they truly did care about human rights. Articles like these can often be a gateway for people especially the young and impressionable minds to wake up to the unfair reality that can happen in countries with a lesser emphasis on democracy, freedom and human right's. Amnesty international is far from perfect anyways. Steven Beste makes an interesting case here I'd consider basic human rights the same, but what can you expect from a country who has limited the amount of children a couple has. An Injustice is still an injustice and it merits discussion, in this case the injustice actually has a merit on gaming and runescape. it's worth discussion. China is a growing economic super-house - a Member of the UN - this will instantly put them under more scrutiny than say Libya or a corrupt Mexico consumed by a drug war. In the days of Socialnetworking and instantaneous news from twitter, facebook and real time citizen reporting (not that facebook is allowed in china with some of the toughest censorship laws around) - no one is a sovereign nation free from worldwide scrutiny from a violation of civil rights in this technological age. Social Media is growing and harder to control on a worldwide scale. To us in a western democracy, we all are humans, we are all equal and we are all worthy of the same basic human rights. Yeah, i'm sure you've had it real rough. other people have too - the fact people are being sleep deprived and forced to play a game is still morally wrong, it's not really something that can be easily justified.

terrorism is a loosely defined word. The Americans terrorized the British empire.

This entire post is so full of [cabbage]. I really don't know where to begin. First of all it wasn't "Playing a video game" that is the problem, it was the combined effect of sleep deprivation, manual labour (day time) along with hours and hours being stuck to a computer screen. They were also assaulted if they did not meet the quota. First of all, you can never possibly imagine what these people went through, so "playing a video-game" is a major understatement. I cannot imagine how can anyone can find the conditions described in these prisons even tolerable. I don't want to resort to name calling but I do not believe that you were at all serious when you made this post and I am certain that you are a troll. And and we are not allowed to examine this issue just because it has no impact on our lives? You are asking us to turn a blind eye against what is clearly the case of human rights violation? Criminals or not, they do not deserve to be living under such conditions. I can't help but to agree with you - well said. Clearly Blyaunte did not read the article, or did not read it close enough.

I'm sorry but if that happened here in America, where "big brother" bulldozed homes for "reasons" "good for me" i'd be dead or jailed for shooting the guy driving the bulldozer and whoever else cared he died. i'm sorry, but whats the justification for that playground in the youtube video? a hideout? engineering? can't drive around? If you think every house is destroyed with purpose for a greater good you may be the most blind, overzealous and downright scary patriot of any country period. Yes, it happened in every major war, the problem is - and i'm sure an intellectual like yourself will realize is that your "war" is mostly guerrilla warfare. It's easy to spot a Me Lei massacre in Vietnam - it's a hell of a lot harder to spot legit soldier kills in your "war". Warfare today is messy and social media has made mess up's harder to hide from. According to a 2001 study by the International Committee of the Red Cross, the civilian to soldier death ratio in wars fought since the mid-20th century has been 10:1, meaning ten civilian deaths for every soldier death. It's only rising as warefare changes. So http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/world/middleeast/23casualties.html?_r=2

I'm not ginger, but Allyson Hannigan, Karen Gillian, Gillian Anderson, Heather Carolin, Faye Reagan, Jennifer Korbin, Phoebe Price, Bryce Dallas Howard, Lindy Booth, Alicia Witt, Angelica Bridges and Christina Hendricks are lovely. How did I know you would mention Faye Reagan, das? :shades: too many long nights of lonely admin work? :P

I'm not ginger, but Allyson Hannigan, Karen Gillian, Gillian Anderson, Heather Carolin, Faye Reagan, Jennifer Korbin, Phoebe Price, Bryce Dallas Howard, Lindy Booth, Alicia Witt, Angelica Bridges and Christina Hendricks are lovely.

this thread

Great speech. I can't play devils advocate anymore!

I'll concede you got me on your username, it was close enough that I just shook my head Your using one example as your basis for denial of a country to a people - is that your only crutch? Aziz Dweik went on record saying recently It looks like they have learned rockets do not send a message, and recently, Israel has looked quite bad as far as publicity goes. I'm sure you've seen me post pro-Israel in the past - I'm playing devils advocate with someone

Surely an intelligent person as yourself must realize that globally this issue is murky and debatable. Throwing out antisemitic insults over the first drip of sarcasm towards being branded radical will only have you written off as a nutjob, theres radical people of all races. Surely you would have to concede on a forum where your username and avatar are based upon your country - theres some obvious bias in your views. It's the equivalent of Palestinian32 saying the exact opposite. You can easily argue that Palestinians today are just as displaced and oppressed and put down as jews were under Nebuchadnezzar. Both groups at the end of the day still bleed the same color and share the same basic thread of humanity. Both deserve a place to call home. Compromise must be sought.