quote Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: Well... whenever I play Civilization, I ALWAYS.... I mean ALWAYS play the Americans. And every time, I totally destroy the other civilizations, I mean, I simply wipe EVERYONE out. The very first civilizations that I go for are the French, Russia, and China, although I feel bad sometimes for the Russians, but I still raze all their cities. But man, the first ones I go for when I can is France. When I know that they're on the global map, I focus ALL my resources to wipe them out. I will destroy all their cities except Paris... I usually take over Paris as a little trophy. The only problem is, they're so damned lazy that it takes them FOREVER to build anything. I mean, seriously... even a Granary, there can be like 3 million Frenchmen in there, and they can't figure out how to build a damned Granary. I can go outside right now and build one with some lumber, a few nails, and a hammer... I mean, at least a makeshift one... but the French... NOOOOO... it says it'll take like 10000 turns to produce a granary that would take the Germans or the Americans like 30 turns to make. I mean, they're always bitching and complaining, so I build them a Colloseum, a Library, a Cathedral, whatever I can build... and they still ***** and complain, they're always unhappy. Bastards.

When I play, I pick randomly. I still dominate.

That game is awesome by the way... good choice.

quote Originally posted by ray b: but to get a good man to do evil that requires a religion

I get that you are anti-religion. Really, REALLY anti-religion. And I know that your opinions are your own, and often close to being literally your own.

But that comment is just plain SO factually incorrect, that it is a stupid statement. Anyone with any time observing just their own lifespans human behavior would know how stupid a comment that is.

I know sometimes the fervor one feels on a topic can make ones intellect harder to access at all times. I'll just file that one away as fervor induced ultra hyperbole.