Fendi

quote:Catholics and Protestants slaughtered each other in 1000s in the Middle Ages in Europe, in the name of God They're still at it now in the form of IRA and Ulster Unionist. But these guys aren't true terrorrists as they are almost always released to continue negotiations for peace in Northern Ireland. Real terrorrists do not get to represent themselves in Parliment especially if they lie about weapon decomissioning. Real terrorists do not call up 5 minutes before detonating bombs in public during peak business hour. IRA are not terrorrists.....they are called Freedom Fighters regardless of any actions that they take. If the IRA were true terrorrists Northern Ireland would have been carpet bombed just like in Afghanistan. They would never have had a political party representing them and would never have been released from prisons.

Allah and God are two different entities only because the followers makes it so. And as I've been both Christian and a Moslem I would definately have to stick with my original statement that they are the same religion. The difference stems from edits by clerics and priests. It's like I tell you a story, then you tell it to someone else and so forth. After about a hundred times someone tells me the story again it would've changed way beyond any recognition. Besides nowadays religion is also mixed with traditional cultures of the race that practices it. Moslems are not supposed to believe in witchcraft but for some reason in Malaysia, Bomohs and other types of witch-doctors seem to crop up from everywhere. When I asked someone to explain this discreprency, they told me to STFU as it has always been that way and not to question it. Lets not also get me started with the difference between Catholics and Protestants. Who is right? For some reason this does not happen to Judism as far as I know. But this is probably due to the fact that it's practiced by only a few races. Fundamentally they are the same. They are all merely revisions of Judism....nothing more. Archangel Gabriel was there for Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. He basically told them the same thing. How it was interprated by scholars are something else. Lets not forget Soloman, David and the rest of them too. All 3 religion mentions them. I'm not gonna pretend to have a PhD in Theology, hell I'm far from it, I don't even believe. But thats the way I see it. Maybe one day when all three religion has been unified (possible) and all these partisan events have stoped, I will regain my faith. Until then I'll be what I am now..... quote: Doesn't Rastafarinism or whatever believe that blacks are superior to whites? I didn't know that. The only thing I know about Rasta is the 'praying' bit if you know what I mean. Besides it's all legal now.

quote: the Koran emphasizes that the people who follow it's faith kill people who don't Um not true at all (remember I was one and both once upon a time). It actually FORBIDS the killing of others that does not practice the faith. And if you get the real translation you'll be surprised to find that a lot of the 'material' found in it were excerpts from the Old Testemant (not the revised one) and Tora'. Besides I couldn't care less if there's a holy war. If version 2.0 (Christians) wants to eliminate Version 3.0 (Moslems) with the help of Version 1.0 (Take a guess) I don't care. They are all basically the same religion and comes from the same source and the sooner they wipe each other out the happier the world will be. No more religion = no more terrorism and state control This is what concerns me more: We all should realize that in a few days time something nice will happen in England and I can be a true Rastafari. Hint.....No need to go to Amsterdam anymore. quote:Would be interested in your views Nah not yet too many pages and I don't have enough time at the moment. Wait till the weekend. [ 10-26-2001: Message edited by: Fendi ]

For my case it's gonna be easy. Look at my sig.

I'm using a Visa electron which is jointly linked to my wife. It's run by visa and I only use it online for all my online needs (like AOL bill). That way if anything happens I will only lose whats in it (normally less than 100 pounds) instead of what I have on my main account (not telling ). The second reason why I like that card is because once upon a time (early days of the net) someone stole loads of cash online from that card. I got my money back in less than a week. Therefore it's a true and proven card. If it ain't broke don't fix it. Maestro mostly works in Europe by the way. However they have accepted it in a few shops in Malaysia.

As I said before. The three main religion comes (allegedly) from the same source. Islam is no more a militant religion than Christians or Jews. You guys have Farakhan, we have the IRA. Take it from me, I've been both and I've seen from both sides of the coin ( Islam and Christians), and guess what? I'd rather be a Rasta. At least all I have to do is ..... Or I could be a Jedi now. It is sorta official in the U.K. as more than 10,000 people named it as their religion in the census. Besides it makes more sense to me now than Catholics and moslems. The point is I gave up on religion years ago. Yes I believe there was a Creator, but no I don't think he is represented by any mainstream religion. It has all been corrupted by man. What was once pure has turned into, well look at the world now. I guess I've lost my faith...... especially in humanity..... [ 10-24-2001: Message edited by: Fendi ]

quote:Besides, some idiot is going to deplete his jetpack charge at 5K feet and be writing letters back home as he falls to his death...assuming his jetpack doesn't charge up quickly before he goes *splat*. Lol!! That reminds me of the time when my wife told me (if i ever run into some money) not to buy those backpack helicopters found on the gadgetshop which costs around 20,000 pounds. I was mucking about on the net where I found this amazing site that sells all manner of weird gadgets. But the helicopter backpack really caught my eye.

After reading your post $ilk I'm glad that I am a Rastafarian. Excuse me while I light my ... Let me be serious for a minute. In my view organized religion has no place in the 21st century. It was needed back then when we were still primitives and needed to be controled like sheep. Hence the leaders and warlords used religion as a device of control. Nowadays almost all of us can think for ourselves. The rest, well, they're all bundled up with Al-Qeeda, the IRA and them Branch Davidian freaks. Ask yourselves this, is it not in a Christian's god power to stop those two planes from crashing into the WTC? Is it not in Saddam's deity's power to stop all the suffering in his country? Gasp...what a coincidence a jewish, christian, moslem god happens to be the same person. If there was a god I think HE gave up on humanity centuries ago when we discovered Science. I think HE wants us all to move on and live as one, not as a partisan race. The minute I see the words 'Holy War' in this millenium, I just want to puke. Can't we all see that we should've evolved right now?

quote: Then again, considering the average English male cant tollerate spirits of any kind, it's safer to drink beer than anything else - unless you live in the south I drink shots of neat whiskeys. I agree that normal English people can't tollerate alcohol too well. But I lived in Glasgow for many years and I've been "trained" by the best. Come to think of it, the Americans (no offense) are lightweights compared to the English. In Uni all but one of my American friends would puke up after only 6 pints . But then again we do have a head start (18 legal age instead of 21 ) Johnnie Walker Blue Label 0wnz j00

Must....Resists......Laughter...... Ahahahahahahahahahahahaha!! I'm curious, what is the goat option like? Would Dolly and her clone sheep have similar specs? We'd never know......

quote:Well there's that secret board member of misterious division X. THAT smells fishy if you ask me Nah I bet'cha he smells of Fahrenheit or CK One to me.

"Testing Cable modem" Guns are just like any other tool. Yes it can kill but only if the weilder wishes so. If we wanted to ban everything that can kill, it would just be a matter of time when they ban cars which kills more people than guns. Given half the chance, I'd love to get myself a pistol here in England especially now. Unfortunately there is a gun ban here. Hell most cops don't even carry guns. So who is responsible for the safety of me and my family? The cops? They just want to fill up their coffers with motorists offences fines.

Happy Birthday Ep5!!! One day you will learn that after a crtain age you would like to forget your birthday. But for now "WELCOME TO ADULTHOOD"

I'll try to convince him...What time is it there Jeff? Isn't it 1.00 am in the morning in Malaysia?

What about Paddy? He's a UCV too. Paddy why don't you register in Intercorp? I heard there's good perks. BTW there is something wrong with the board again. $ilk is registered as the last poster on "so it begins" but when I click General discussion the last thing there is about Digital cameras. [ 10-12-2001: Message edited by: Fendi ]

quote:How do I become a UCV commander? Depends what you want to be. You've got to first decide what carrear, character name and then ship name. Those are the important bit. You might want to be an assassin or a merc. It's up to you. The assassin leader is unknown at the momment. Ask Jeff or Riga.

Beware of the assassins people. They strike when you least expect it.......

I would also like to recommend Bridge Commander. It's not a game about managing bridges. It's a Star Trek game where you take command of Dreadnaughts or Galaxy Class starships. It's not like Klingon Academy in a sense where you do not pilot the ship. You just give out orders like in the series. Oh and I'm not a trekkie.

What like a Ninja or something? When you play Deus Ex I woudn't really believe you if you told me that you use stealth. Firepower rules!!! Okay you're right.

Hehe I can't imagine what it will be like to commandeer a Space station. All that firepower but nah, I'll never get one as I ain't a fleet leader. But this is BCM and anything can happen right?

quote:you'll no doubt get hostile player castes ( assasins etc.) that dare to and aren't scared of lurking in these "civilised, law-enforced" systems. But they'll frequently pay the price, thanks to Galcom patrols You reckon? [ 10-10-2001: Message edited by: Fendi ]

quote: @aol.com a vanity e-mail Uh oh.....My current ISP is AOL. We are a bit backwards in England in terms of net connection. The choices you got are limited. I chose AOL because it's the only one that can keep me on the net (unmetered) for as long as I want. NTL usually cuts me off after 2 hours in the past. But don't worry I will be changing my ISP soon back to NTL on Saturday......Cable modem anyone? [ 10-09-2001: Message edited by: Fendi ]

quote:*cough* erm, what happens if I hire someone from Goons For Hire Inc, to take out someone and they fail? Do I get my money back? I suggest a 30% downpayment for expenses and the rest to be paid after the completion of the mission. Thats how it works in movies right? If the remainder is not paid, may I suggest the right course of action to be along the lines of my sig? [ 10-08-2001: Message edited by: Fendi ]

quote: Only thing I can think of is that we posted simultaneously and the board chose mine over his I know it's late (here anyways and I can't sleep) but I don't think thats the problem as I've posted the same time as Aramike. This happened when I badgered him about my profile in the fleet database.

By the way I think Akira also lost a post. I saw his name on a thread (can't remember which or when) a few days back. The last message was by a previous poster. It was like the same incident that happened last night.