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PTW, and to take my turn... which will be done by later this evening (say, 10 to 12 hours or so), due to real life.

... save it for the next space game that allows uplifted octopus.

Splatoon?

Fair point, maybe I should use the term "attempted gun crime".

Quote from: mainiac on June 20, 2016, 11:50:40 am

Quote from: Sheb on June 20, 2016, 11:47:41 am

I must say mainiac, you've been disckish even by your standards.

It's a conversation whose cornerstone is supposed to be trivializing murder.  That is the unspoken ground rules of these debates.  The entire format sanitizes and avoids blame.  There is no knowledge here so it's ignorance being treated as wisdom.  Honestly I wish there was a way for me to be more dickish about the ridiculous farce this whole thing is.

Since when does self defense count as murder?

Depending on context and the laws pertaining to such things in the nation state where you live, self defence becomes murder when "excessive force" is used.

YMMV, of course, dependant on how such things are defined.

I have spent a little time thinking about this.

Regardless of the result, the Tories could be fucked.

If the UK goes "In", Tory party members who wanted "Out" could very well jump ship to UKIP who no doubt will bang the drum for Euroscepticism, leaving the minority of "In" Tories looking rather outnumbered.

If the UK goes "Out", the fact that major party figures including the PM and Chancellor wanted "In" will lead to even more backstabbing and schisms as power moves behind closed doors work to drive them further right under some kind of unholy Gove/BoGo coupling alliance. This gives up the centre ground to Labour, and we all know how things go when Labour own the centre.

*shrug*

Edit: With the polls so close, I'm starting to be really afraid of a very narrow Brexit victory that would then be ignored, seeing as the referendum is apparently non-binding.

Non binding. Really? Wow. So, the government is pointlessly tearing itself apart asking the plebeian masses its opinion on a matter it can then ignore them on. Fuck yeah, Westminster.

This looks like outstanding fun. Allow me to apply.

Name: OCOS-998

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