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If they're still angry, their anger is A) specifically directed at only Muslims, and B) misplaced, so they are at the very best completely wrong. Which is not the same as being a bigot, meaning that anyone who is opposed to it is not automatically a bigot, which was the point I was trying to make in the first place.

False. It's the fact that someone says they can't build there, not for just stating they're against it. I've seen posts in this thread that indicate otherwise. I'm not sure I understand. I can see that. My beef is that posters in this thread are quick in accusing others of bigotry - even for mentioning that they're opposed to the construction. My personal opinion is that part, if not most, of the reason for the outcry is that people who are still hurt and sore over the 9/11 attacks are taking their anger out on the announced plans for the construction. Mostly what I've read is people saying that opposition stems from people who think all muslims are terrorists (which is what reports have said too - I tend to think that stuff gets published because it brings in more page views). Don't think it's fair to assume everyone has the same motivation for not liking the construction, in much the same way that it's not fair to assume all muslims are terrorists. Anger doesn't give one the right to take others' rights away. Or do you feel it should? Don't know why you brought this up, I already said that I think that construction should be allowed to proceed. Right, you can be angry. Yup.

I can't believe what I'm reading here. A few people have been brave enough to voice their opposition to the thing, and are automatically labeled bigots/racists. I think that's not only unfair to them (and an easy win for everyone who's playing the race card), but is also a gross oversimplification of the situation. As others have pointed out, there's no opposition to the prayer center that's 4 blocks away from the old site of the WTC wreckage, which should tell you that the opposition stems from more than just hatred - there's something about that location that pisses a lot of people off. There's a good reason for that too - 9/11. More people died in those attacks than at Pearl Harbor, itself considered a terrible tragedy. I saw the attacks live and went to school with people who lost friends/family. It was horrible. People are undoubtedly still smoldering over that attack, and I'm sure those feelings will linger for a long time. This outcry has just as much, if not more, to do with (misplaced) anger and resentment than pure bigotry - if people were simply opposed to building a mosque+community center any old place, you might have a case for prejudice. The imam has the right to build his mosque wherever he wants, but you know what? I have the right to not like it/be upset about it without being labeled a bigot. It's my country too.

I remember reading on the forums that if you don't go to 8x, Dagda takes the place of one of the dark warriors in the final chapter. This playthrough, I skipped 24x, and Eyvel was the sniper. So I'm wondering if the game will make five dark warriors out of recruitable characters if you don't recruit them.

My thoughts exactly. I wonder if it's just cheaper for them to remake a game than to make a new one from scratch. But if they want to keep remaking games, I could always hope they'll remake Holy War and Thracia. (Hey, I can dream.)

I didn't really think the article was very interesting (not even much of an article), but it does (unintentionally) point out the fact that religious practices tend to make people closed-minded, which is important. Part of this results from the fact that we're taught from the time we're kids to think that our ideas are right and that all other points of view are wrong (which is why people get so worked up about traditionally sensitive topics like religion and politics in the first place). I also think that most people have an underdeveloped ability to reason and to articulate their thoughts, which doesn't help. In any case, Christianity is the majority religion in the US, so it makes sense that there are rules in place to help Christians preserve their religion's own status in the country. I don't really have a problem with that.

The word "no" appears 78 times in the death scripts

SD2. My favorite of all Hiroki Kikuta's soundtracks.

The hesitation probably stems from the fact that Muslims have little tolerance for any offensive depiction of Mohammad whatsoever, and Comedy Central knows this. I'm sure they remember what happened to those Danish cartoonists who made offensive cartoons about Mohammad, and didn't feel it was worth the trouble. As Zelpher pointed out, it is pretty cowardly, but I can't really blame them.

Yeah, I remember watching it on Adult Swim and liking it. My favorite episode was Gene's prison break.