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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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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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MichiganMan (5121 D)
21 Aug 12 UTC
@ Putin, I am trying to trivialize the Nazi atrocities? Surely you jest.
Putin33 (111 D)
21 Aug 12 UTC
Liberals never think their form of government influcted any horrors. Nevermind that yhe two most rapacious empires in modern history were liberal governments.
MichiganMan (5121 D)
21 Aug 12 UTC
to whom are you speaking Putin? ALL governments inflict horrors upon those they perceive as their enemies, some just do it with more rage and efficiency than others. Your idol, the late Joe Stalin, was perhaps the worst, ironic huh?
Guys, I'm actually gonna side with Putin here. You all are making his arguments out to be something other than he's saying. Before he got into the whole Nazi apologist stuff, he was simply saying the Nazis were not as bad as the Mongols. He didn't mention anything about communism. He agrees both are bad, but the Mongols were worse.

I for one, can't really compare the two, for the Mongols occupied territory for hundreds of years, while the most the Nazis occupied any foreign territory was for 6 years (Austria)
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
22 Aug 12 UTC
I'd just say they are both evil. Let's go with that. Now let's talk about something more fun.
Gunfighter06 (224 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
I'm with bo_sox on this one (about them both being evil) but if you want to get technical, Stalin killed far more people than Hitler.
Putin33 (111 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
Itd be better.if Hitler had won being the only logical conclusion you fascists can draw.
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
22 Aug 12 UTC
"If Hitler had won" is not really that different.
Numbers really are irrelevant. Especially on a large scale. Whether Stalin or Hitler is "worse" is a really inane question. Both were responsible for the deaths of millions of innocents. That's all that matters.
Putin33 (111 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
Right. Keep saying that. Only millions of Soviets died for your freedom. Should have let the West die.
Putin33 (111 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
Fewer died under Stalin in 30 years than died at Suhartos hand in one, fascists.
Notice how I said Stalin, not Soviets. And actually, I'd have been in America, so I'm not sure they died for my freedom, specifically, because Germany would not have been able to invade America successfully. But that's quibbling; many Red Army soldiers did die for the freedom of people west of the Iron Curtain, yes. That's not relevant to the fact that Stalin was directly responsible for the unjustified deaths of millions of innocent people.
Numbers are irrelevant.
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
22 Aug 12 UTC
Putin, you mean those millions of Soviets who died of starvation and ended up eating their children to stay alive? How did that contribute to American freedom? Maybe it contributed to Moscow's freedom. Moscow and America aren't the same place.
Putin33 (111 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
Millions of Soviets died killing Nazis so that you fascists could sit here and say it didnt matter because the USSR was worse. How many innocents die every year under capitalism, hypocrites. The enemies of the Ussr executed in the purgex werent all made up.in Stalins brain. There was sabotage, terrorism and infiltration.
Putin33 (111 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
And the death toll didnt come close to hitlers barbarism, but keep reciting nazi propaganda.
MichiganMan (5121 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
Bottom line, "communists probably have murdered something like 110,000,000, or near two-thirds of all those killed by all governments, quasi-governments, and guerrillas from 1900 to 1987...It is several times the 38,000,000 battle-dead that have been killed in all this century's international and domestic wars."

http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM

MichiganMan (5121 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
"Nazi Germany, which may have itself murdered some 20,000,000 Jews, Poles, Ukrainians, Russians, Yugoslaves, Frenchmen, and other nationalities."

http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM
Putin33 (111 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
Keep the propaganda coming, fascist.
MichiganMan (5121 D)
22 Aug 12 UTC
I am the farthest thing from a fascist that there is Putin. I am didn't make up the stats, they're pretty well accepted by everyone in the world. Are you saying that they're wrong?
@Putin - that's not just a whackjob source. The author is a professor and got his PhD in Poly Sci at Northwestern. Now, I'd have to look over his source material and reasoning, for they may certainly be at fault, but his credentials certainly aren't


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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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