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I liked a lot about Civ 4 but things happen way too slow in the ancient era. In one turn of ancient era time, Alexander the Great conquered his empire.  In 13 turns of ancient era time, the romans conquers 4 major powers (Guals, Carthage, Egypt, Greece).  Civ doesn't have too many things to slow down expansion once it get's started so the game has to make conquest impossibly slow for balance which means that in the early game you're marshalling resources to be able to do things in a thousand years.  Madness.

It would probably make the opinion on gun control a bit more conservative, but the views on the CIA and LCS and police regulation (just by association) would all go liberal quite a bit if the affair ever came to light.

Granted, your computer no longer accepts data packets from the internet, making infection impossible.

I wish for more wishes.

Liberal Celebrity?

I like the name left wing legend.  It's snappy for one thing.  Also, the apex of LCS membership seems like it's a step above even the elite liberalism practice by lesser liberals.

If they tried to nail you for murder in a case of self defense agianst merc or CIA, a halfway intelligent lawyer could get you found innocent.  It might be possible to distort the case but it would be very difficult and unlikely to succeed.

Now, if the case fails, the CIA or corporate sponsors would be liable to be counter sued for millions of dollars in damages and the imprissonment of it's members.  Plus, they'd have their name dragged through the mud for doing such things (unless the LCS is really hated at this point.)  A trial like this would be a sensation, raising the profile of the LCS enourmously and making their arguments far more strongly then any site raid.

So why on earth would they bring this to trial, given the tiny chance of success and the dangerous consequences of failure?  They'd want to hide any connection to the event.

Yeah, defending yourself from a government paramilitary force sent to keep you from exercizing your freedom of speech is more or less the exact situation that the second amendment could be said to apply in.  I feel dirty now for invoking such a conservative law.  But the matter is that they're coming in with the intent to kill you so your acting in clear self defense on what might be private property (if you have the bussiness front set up.)  If you have the camera's and whatnot, you'd even have video evidence of the clear and present danger to yourself. 
Even in L+, it's almost certain legal to own guns which were bought prior to the laws passing (going of the L+ DC gun ban and the comon practice of grandfathering).  The only things that can be made illegal are buying new guns or carrying guns in public places.  So fighting off a CIA or Mercenary attack doesn't actually consitute a crime.  I'd go so far as to suggest that you could dial 911 and get the cops to come chase them off if the siege goes on for long enough and to insure that you come out looking like hero's.  Of course, if you have evidence of your crimes or any fugitives on site, dialing 911 might not be a good idea.

While no judge has been impeeched, IIRC correctly at least one was pressured into early retirement.  I think that if the country has very high interest in appointing liberal justices and has more the 95% support of said issue, impeechment measures should appear in congress like normal legislation, resulting in a "volentary" resignation if passed.  Cause as it is right now, there's no way to directly affect the supreme court but the entire purpose of the LCS is to take direct action to change politics.