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I'm not a guru on the music industry, but I would presume that it actually does hurt the artists, record labels, etc. because they're always bitching about it and lobbying for more strict copyright laws and such. They wouldn't be going through the trouble of expending so much time and money into...

Token characters...like Barrett in FFVII. The only black guy (his daughter's not even black :/) whose also huge and muscular, swears all the time, and lives in the ghetto. I wonder where they came up with that idea? But I don't really mind. Token characters do spice up the game somewhat by...

I'm pretty sure they've got genuine feelings of distaste for the war in Iraq. From OP's original news post, it shows signs in English and states what a man said in English to the press, so i have no clue where you're getting info that they just spoke Arabic and held up only Arabic signs. Also...

When did muslim protester = terrorist? I was under the impression that we were operating under the assumption that this is not a banned organization. That's why we can talk about the freedom of expression and its limits. I understand that there's been some additional information that links...

:/ No clue if you're right, I just always thought she knew and accepted that she was Cetra but kept it hidden as a precautionary measure for her adoptive mother (or was it for herself after she escaped Shinra...or was it because she wanted to escape her heritage...I don't remember T.T). I'd get...

Unless I'm missing something, the Cetra is defined by more than just a "race" (if you can call it that). It consists of a belief system as well (e.g., all life comes from the lifestream and after death we all integrate back into it. This includes trees, animals, all people (good and evil))...

:/ Why do people interject to say this discussion is pointless? That's just a relative term. I'm getting my kicks from this thread by trying to poke holes in their argument, and I'm sure it'll only help their stance if their theory can stand against this massive onslaught they're getting. I...

That's logic my friend. It's called circumstantial evidence to support your conclusion. If there's a man with a smoking gun standing above a dead man with a bullet wound and blood dripping from the wound, you use the evidence to show that it's more likely than not that he killed the guy. That's...

I'm guessing she's going to say well what about the angels decending, Gospel, use of goddamnit, the Church, kneeling while praying, etc... Her point seems to be that taken the evidence as a whole Aeris practicing Christianity is the logical conclusion. You have to discredit more than the cross...

Then why are you trying to logically prove that Aeris pracitces Christianity? You can't say it's okay to disregard a logical contradiction for a problem (Cetra =/= Christianity), but then turn around and use that same logic to prove your own conclusions. That's a bit off..no? This wasn't...

:/ Not really. They live in fantasy world, but the basic rules of logic applies. You can't believe in two things that contradict each other. The basic laws of physics and human biology doesn't apply, that's why there's "magic" and flying people and undead beings. Nowhere in the game is it...

Quick question. So let us assume that Aeris is Christian. How do you reconcile her knowledge of being a Cetra (which she was aware of when she escaped to the slums) and a Christian at the same time? Believing in both would lead to contradictory results, right? The game produces a pretty...

Look, I revere the dead as well and find what they're doing as disgusting (granted all my veteran family members are alive, but a friend of mine deployed in Iraq died when his vehicle was hit by a land mine a couple years ago). No one is disagreeing with you on that point. What I'm saying as...

Are you even reading my posts, because you're just posting the same thing over and over again. Let's call it quits, and say that we're on opposite sides of the spectrum. I don't think this discussion is heading anywhere but down at the moment. And that's going to lead to us to throwing insults...

You really need to think before you speak (or post), because it sounds like you're fueled by emotions rather than reason. Here, let's go down the yellow brick road. It's called leverage. Every single business in the world does this. FYI this is why the bailout was necessary. The credit market...

That's because human rights are defined by your nation. We prescribe to something called positive law, so human rights (like freedom of expression) are man-made rights that society has deemed so important that we've made it very difficult to infringe upon those rights. Freedom of expression is...

You're right, I don't read CNN. I stopped reading CNN years ago when its top headline for 3 days straight was the Paris Hilton scandal. Thus I've moved on to the Nytimes and the Post. I really don't understand how you use economic growth as the number one metric on how to gauge the well-being...

:/ USA is superior to China in pretty much every aspect except economy growth. Total economy (by GDP): USA wins. Civil liberties: USA wins. Standard of living: USA wins. Disparity in wealth: USA wins. To say China > USA is just wrong on all fronts. As for the USA going on the verge of...

:/ I really think your personal opinion regarding strong deference to the dead is really biasing your view on this matter. I'm not saying it's bad to feel that way or what you're saying isn't without support. But given the foundation of our current liberal rights-based society, it would be...

No.... The reason why we have a liberal rights-based society and allow freedom of speech (TO AN EXTENT, there are always limitations but silencing this stuff is too narrow) is so that our current beliefs can continually be criticized and sharpened. We pride ourselves to allow people critique and...