Posts by neotic
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Follow up shots of a real life space I've been recreating.
My best attempt at server racks.
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Back area
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Half of the hostages
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Roof access
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CT Spawn (still need to add a 3d sky though!)
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The KKK felt very strongly about keeping blacks from registerting to vote. The Vatican felt very strongly against science. The (an oppressing ignorant group) felt very strongly about keeping (x) in place out of ignorance.
Should we just mantain the status quo because these people will get upset, of course not. These actions, these riots, originated as a response to criticism, these riots are simply justifying and perpetuating those very criticisms and for that I believe they (Denmark) are not irresponsible. Proper and legit criticism regardless of the backlash is still proper and legit criticism and that should never be ignored or suppressed.
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Quote from The Postman
People in New Zealand are also a fair bit better off and better educated than your average Middle Easterner.
The rest of the world has to tip toe around broken glass for Islam and cater to it at every possible chance. If the worst the world media can do is print a satirical cartoon then that is tolerance! The double standard here is the fact that the rest of the world is suppose to be tolerant of the intolerant. Doing so just solidifies their intolerance and ignorance. To crack the extremes of this ideology, well, have to crack some eggs to make an omelet – maybe they’ll recognize their unrealistic expectations and change for the better.
Just because Catholics or New Zealanders are more tolerant means blasphemy is at least permissible? Or that since Muslims are less tolerant that rioting is justified or at least permissible? If you allow the less tolerant people to remain less tolerant because they are less tolerant then the rest of the world better start learning Arabic because appeasement is the only course if action within that mind set. We’d hate to upset the intolerant and ignorant because they are.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4735216.stm
Here’s the latest religious group to be offended over free speech.
QuoteCatholic church leaders in New Zealand are urging a boycott of a broadcaster planning to screen an “ugly and tasteless” episode of South Park. The episode of the US animation, called Bloody Mary, depicts a bleeding statue of the Virgin Mary. …
New Zealand’s Catholic bishops signed a letter on Sunday urging the country’s 500,000 Catholics to boycott C4 and its sister station TV3, which recently apologised for showing the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
They asked for the ban to extend to companies that advertise their products on the commercial network.
“Making known the extent of our offence might give them pause to consider that press freedom is not a licence to incite intolerance or to promote hated or derision based on religion, race or gender,” the letter said.
Pretty much the identical argument Postman has been using to justify the rioting over the Muhammad cartoons, isn’t it? Of course, the only difference here is that these Catholics somehow managed to avoid rioting, burning cars, firebombing embassies, and killing each other. Funny how that works, isn’t it?
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Pretty much sums up my thoughts on this topic.
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Quote from The Postman
So that makes it okay to torture them? Wow, how humane. Glad we're not above that as a "civilized" nation.
On topic with the thread, 15 new Abu Grahib photos came out today! Huzzah!
I call this one: "We do not torture."
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You're putting words in my mouth. I don't know of any international recognized document concerning prisoners of war treatment outside of the Geneva Convention and that stipulates very many things, such as uniforms, recognized as a standing army of a nation, etc. I did not defend or deny Abu Grahib's actions. Pipe down before you hurt yourself.
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If we're in a war, how come they aren't accorded POW rights?
They don't have uniforms, aren't recognized by the standing army of any nation, etc.
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Quote from ginsengavenger
Neotic I think your map is a really good start but it's got that "early map" syndrome: overscaling and open spaces. It looks and sounds like the map is based on a real place, is that so? This is the usual result of building something to a realistic scale--the result comes out feeling too big and too empty, and filling it in with props never fixes that.
Yeah it is a real building. I know exactly what you mean but I'm kind of forced to work with what it is. The building is even more empty than this lol. So I'll have to get really creative near the end with props and what not.
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A map I am doing for my friend's datacenter (servers are still missing) and I'm about to start deplacement on the outside and surrounding area. This is my first Hl2 map and so far its proved interesting. Woo.
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oh oh! lets get a download link for that! will go nicely in my map
