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That's why most forums can ban a group of ip's, making it a bit harder to get around the ban. Generally I tell the troll off and ask them to behave, usually they get 3 chances or so to correct their behaviour, I always keep in mind that I could be dealing with 13 year old who registered on a...

I've always read a lot, this has resulted in me usually having a much broader knowledge of just about everything than my peers, it has evened out a bit by now, but when I was a kid the difference in knowledge base between me an my classmates was huge. This made me 'the professor', the one the...

It's probably true that it'll be difficult to think of a plot that hasn't been done before, so it will also be difficult to base plagiarism claims solely on the plot. The characters is the author's possibility of making something unique and even then there's a good chance many of them have...

Agreed :D (not a useless one-word post)

Ooof a lot has been said and I've a good bit to comment on: Lemme start with the shoplifting bit. Yes, I've shoplifted, some of you seemed to conclude that I was still doing so, I'm not. I may not have been perfectly clear since I used the words 'not recently' - that means within the past 6...

Gah! But there are so many places I'd like to see... can't I just travel between them at random? Please? I just hope the ticket won't be too expensive... Ahem, now to actually answer the question: The Thetian Empire on Aquasilva, though I can't quite decide whether to go for the capital...

I also read books to enjoy the language, not to find grammatical errors as I did in some of RAS' books. I read books to enjoy something new, somethign I haven't read before, and RAS' books are beginning to repeat themselves a bit heavily, if I wanted to re-read that's what I would do...

*raises hand tentatively* I'm a student. If I suddenly and unexpectedly start discussing some of the old classic it's usually because I've read it as part of the syllabus... because I do in fact read those books on our list :p I never get into discussions about books I haven't read so I'd...

Just to be sure: The reply was to you, but the sting was aimed at moto and those that share the opinion he advocate here. Got nothing against either of you - your posts were simply convenient catalysts for my bark. Sorry if you took offense.

I've shoplifted quite a few times. Not recently though and it was always on impulse, I'm still tempted at times but I curb my criminal urges. I've never done anything as planned as what Ms. describes, that's just too much. I'll gladly admit that I download music from assorted illegal...

I did Kung Fu for some years. Learned enough to be able to handle myself in a situation. Have done some Judo and Jiu-Jitsu when I was much younger, and I've done a bit of Capoeira as well... I've been around :p Kung Fu's my main, though. Only reason I don't do it anymore is I had a falling-out...

I know the feeling you describe. You surprise yourself by being quick-thinking and level-headed during the whole thing and then afterwards you start to realise exactly how many things could have gone so much worse than they did. Some years ago I had an encounter with a wannabe rapist in a...

I find them an entertaining light read, and I own quite a collection of WotC publishings, but there's not much more to it than that. Light reading is all it is - very light even, and of dubious quality. But entertaining nonetheless :) And I shall gladly admit to having enjoyed them greatly...

Libre, while I agree with you that lines have to be drawn somewhere, what I noticed in this was that it was not the slander against the President they banned, it was specifically the word '****'. Now, as much as I disapprove of using that word in daily speech I must accept that it has become a...

Heeeey! I agree with him as well and I'm only 21. Granted I *feel* old at times, but that's mostly when dealing with the kids I teach. @ sirmyk & Miss shelf If you do decide to leave remember to let everyone know who might feel a need to be aware of your whereabouts, just so we avoid...

Hermione is not a made up name. 'Tis Greek to my knowledge - so you'll have to blame the Greek for that one :p

If the written word fuckers is banned from an airplane like that so should for instance the movie title Meet the Fockers be. That is a play on that exact word if I'm not much mistaken, any child who can read will be able to figure that out by my guess. So... that airplane company will ask...

I am very accepting of the fact that Feist cannot be expected to have written a brilliant book as his first work, the thing is I've heard Magician recommended as the best work of fantasy fiction EVAR! And while it is indeed an impressive feat for a first time author, it is by no means as...

Milton's Paradise Lost? Ahem, no, that's an attempt at humour, since that's the one His Dark Materials is based on/inspired by.

I'm with Moto and MC on this issue. Censorship is in fact necessary - not in the way that some things are kept completely off the market, but in the way some things are rated for certain audiences. We rate computer games and movies - what about books? For a long time there has been an age...