MTG Salvation

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Cops (and soldiers) are just humans.
They have the added complications of being more susceptible to PTSD, power-tripping, a sense of authority real or imagined...

This is what bothers me about all the hero worship I see people heap upon cops and soldiers.
There are plenty of dirty cops who gun people down without justification, beat people to death, beat people to within an inch of it, accept bribes, traffic drugs and money for people, take some cheddar from crime scenes...
Plenty of soldiers have shot unarmed "combatants", taunted or abused the residents of the countries we are occupying, and there are nearly 5000 cases of sexual assault on female troops by our own soldiers (their comrades) each year...

I do not put them on a pedestal, they are just as effed up as the rest of us.

I agree that cops and soldiers are human. I agree 100% with you on this. However, judging cops and soldiers as a whole by the actions of a few corrupt cops, war criminals, and sexual predators is pretty ridiculous, especially considering your first post in this thread, where you stated that "close to 90 million gun owners didn't shoot someone yesterday. A fraction of a percent did." Below is your earlier quote.

Quote from IcecreamMan80

Yay! Another violent crime happens, and the focus goes right to WE NEED GUN CONTROL ERHMAHGAWD!

Close to 90 million gun owners didn't shoot someone yesterday.
A fraction of a percent did.
Most of the ones who did weren't lawful owners to begin with.
A fraction of them were.

Drunk drivers likely killed more people yesterday than gun owners.

If only the government had the guts to stand up to Anheuser-Busch and all those alcoholic beer chugging lunatics!

Bloody bonkers! We need more car control, or alcohol control!

No thanks, I'll keep my second amendment. I have never even drawn any of my guns on another human being. I hope that I never have to. But you know what they say, better to have one and not need it than need one and not have it.

Come on man.

I know you're saying that you don't "put them on a pedestal" but your reason for not doing so is by essentially judging the many by the actions of the few. I'm just saying treat them like everyone else until that particular individual proves they don't deserve that treatment, not because you perceive them to be criminals or rapists.

To address the topic at hand, I don't believe any more security is necessary in public places. I, for one, don't feel particularly threatened (I don't own any guns and don't plan to) and I don't feel I need to live in a police state. That being said, being the person that I am, I don't think I would necessarily start a fight with a stranger over something as simple as texting in a theater. If I were texting and it bothered someone so much that they had to mention it to me, I (more than likely) would apologize and put it away. Problem solved.

A series of bad decisions on both sides led to this but that doesn't excuse the shooter from his actions, which was a completely disproportionate response to thrown popcorn. I think everyone can agree on that.

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The fact that you say "probably" here, even sarcastically, tells me I have good cause to not take any of your other opinions seriously.

This exactly.

I mean, talk about disproportionate responses on the part of the shooter, to horrific consequences. And according to some, it's "probably not life threateningly justified self-defense?" Wow.

I would say the shooter's probably going to get what he deserves but this is Florida we're talking about.

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There's going to be the usual vocal internet minority whom will have a knee-jerk reaction an lash out about the slight card frame change, but in all honesty it makes perfect sense. Counterfeits have become an issue in the past couple years as print technology becomes available to the wider masses. When I played the Dragonball Z card game for a while, that company did something similar for it's rares and ultra rares and it didn't really detract from the rest of the card.

Honest question time. Is it possible for us to not exactly be thrilled about these changes without you guys claiming that we're a vocal Internet minority and are resistant to change? There's any number of acceptable reasons why a sensible person might not like the new card frame and wouldn't qualify as a "knee-jerk reaction" or "lashing out."

I understand that Wizards has concerns about counterfeiting, but that shouldn't prevent us from not necessarily liking some of the aesthetic changes that they made.

Xen, this is your attitude every time some change comes around and people have a difference of opinion from you. It gets a little tiresome and I wish you (as one of the members with the most longevity on this site) would understand that reasonable people can come to entirely different conclusions concerning these things.

Jay13x is my favorite mod here.

At this point, Ajani could go either way. It's funny to me, though, to read all these posts saying that he is "confirmed" for one or the other. Where'd you get your confirmation from again? Oh yeah, you didn't.

All the evidence people are offering is mere conjecture at this point.

And when Ajani is revealed and he's either G/ or W, confirming whatever theory is being pushed, just remember that the only thing you did was make a pseudo-scientific wild guess and got lucky.

Maro missed the 6th response: putting Magic back on ESPN.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Skinrender yet. Seems like a pretty blatant rip-off of a xenomorph.

Quote from DokuDokuH

Where do you live that buttinf in on others' private conversations is ok? If you ever corrected me in public, I'd say a few more things to you that you'd probably want to correct. An angrier person might slug you, and if I weren't for the legal implications, I'd be tempted to

So your response to someone telling you that you're being offensive is to be even more offensive? Very mature.

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Or at Pax Party tonight ....

Yeah, that too. Or Maro's Twitter/Tumblr.

I've just seen too many cards "confirmed" on MTGS only to be retracted later. You learn to become skeptical come spoiler season.

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The nearest game store to my house (of about five in the city) has a relatively large group of Yu-Gi-Oh players because it's the only store that runs events for the game. However, I sometimes go there simply because it's near and I need to get out of the house, or I feel like picking through their bulk for interesting cards. The thing is that these Yu-Gi-Oh players are incredibly loud, obnoxious, and rude, and frequently offend even my somewhat lax sensibilities. Basically, they fulfill all of the stereotypes and then some. The straw that broke the camel's back here is their frequent homophobia; since they're Yu-Gi-Oh players, they probably find that sort of thing empowering or something. I dunno.

Anyway, I feel like I need to either a) talk to them or b) talk to the shopkeep. The shopkeep isn't a terribly nice guy either, but I know he doesn't particularly like them either; he just uses them as a revenue stream. What's the best route to deal with these kinds of gamers?

Not to make light of the situation but it seems that your solution is quite evident... plan (c)... find another store.

There's another five in the city? Sounds like you have plenty of choices and when the other MTG players leave, maybe the store owner will realize the other players need to change their act or leave. Or he caters strictly to YGO from there on out.

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Quote from Grant

You're conflating fat with 'ugly, lazy, unintelligent, lacking self control, and irrational', when, for some people, their size is something they can do very little about. You're conflating thin with 'beauty, confidence, sexiness, and pride'. You wonder why fat people would lash out in response to attitudes like that. You probably also wonder why the rate of eating disorders has been on the rise since 1950. (Note that anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.)

Possibly it's time society's attitudes stopped shaming overweight people.

In a much less negative and hateful way, I think he means that when you see someone overweight it is normally their own fault not an actual condition like thyroid or such. It associates itself with lack of self control and that is unattractive in our most primitive level.

I don't have the numbers to prove it, but I am relatively sure that at least 85% of people overweight in the US are so because of their diets and lack of control, or lack of discipline, not because of a condition that makes them be overweight.

They were like that WAY before that crapshow. Though the kids took to imitating the characters, becoming these nonironic ironic caricatures of themselves.

Imagine living with people that shallow. I am amazed I made it to my twenties.

Have you thought of actually calling her, apologizing for your previous behavior and trying to discuss the situation? I'm sure all of your questions could easily be answered by her. And you are wrong, you're the only one who feels that way. This has gone on for 3 pages and you've gotten some really good advice from Jay13 and others but you've done nothing to resolve your issue. Seriously, call her, don't be rude, and you will be much happier than posting here and not getting the replies you desire.

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2000 Ford Lightning (F-150) for me. I had one as my second vehicle, I loved that truck to death. 400 HP and it sounded like death himself was coming down the road, use to set of car alarms in the city. Started blowing spark plugs out of the head every 10k miles had to get rid of it. Still miss it to this day. It would have to be a garage kept truck though, I spent 4 winter seasons in that thing with Eagle F1s (basically racing tires). That's why it's my dream vehicle because I'd need enough disposable income to get another vehicle to just sit around.

It's was a sweet color red and I use to wax it weekly. I'm about to cry.

Quote from BbearZ

Pacific Rim???????

What exactly about Pacific Rim is supposed to be "good"? Is it the boring stock characters, the ridiculous sketchy plot, or the common-sense-defying physics of the robots and monsters? Everything about the titanic spectacle film, Peter Jackson's King Kong did far better in 2005. It even looked better.