Posts by SundogUK 1962 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Nov 2012
"If they work so well, why have we not already developed better trade links with Australia, New Zealand, India, ... where WTO rules apply? Why will Brexit suddenly make an immense difference?"
Because the EU doesn't allow members to pursue their own agreements. After Brexit we will be able to do so.
"That's the problem with business people: their "negotiation" tactics are pretty binary and always require a losing party to be considered a success."
Absolute bollocks. I work for one of those businesses and the gold standard for success is that EVERYBODY walks away thinking that THEY got the best deal.
You have got almost everything here wrong.
Gygax had nothing to do with 2nd edition. He had already been forced out by the Blumes and Lorraine Williams.
You cannot copyright game systems - only the presentation of those systems.
Pretty much all the alternatives, especially 'Labyrinth Lord,' 'Castles and Crusades' and 'OSRIC' etc, which all use the TSR rule sets, are all going strong.
Versions 3/3.5 and 4 have not been updated in years.
"In theory that is why the USA founding fathers created their Electoral College - as a check on a populist candidate being elected president."
Bollocks. The Electoral College has nothing to do with 'populism.' It has always been about guaranteeing a majority of smaller states don't get steamrollered by a few large states.
"He's thinking about making the world a better place."
Stalin thought he was making the world a better place.
Hitler thought he was making the world a better place.
Mao thought he was making the world a better place.
Hell, Genghis Khan probably thought he was making the world a better place.
We don't need people trying to make the world a better place, we need them to fuck off and leave us alone.
"The Republicans are the outgrowth of the losing side of the civil war and you may remember what kicked that off: Racism. And the Republicans were there during the race riots of Omaha where they burned black people in the public square. They were against interracial marriage, women's sufferage, and categorically every civil rights advancement in this country has been over their objections. So maybe nobody said it here, but sure as hell it can be said!"
I don't think there is a single claim here that is true...
