The Battle Bar, Our Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

From the CIA world factbook: Gaza is 43.2% aged 0-14, and 20.6% aged 15-24. (These were the only reliable sources I could find) Lets call these people 'children'. About half of the remaining population is women. This is about 18.1% of the population.

Suppose Israel randomly bombed sites in Gaza with complete disregard for who was whom. The likelihood that they would hit a woman or child is 81.9%.

The UN estimates that 72 out of 330 Gazan casualties are women or children. This is 21.81% of the death toll. I infer that Israel tries not to kill women and children.

Dave
Not at all, since nowhere in the discussion did I accuse you of blaming the Crusades all on religion. But good try
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okay dude.

Dave
This was just too funny. All you did was just go back to the conversation, while I didn't. The fact that you're going to sit here and say that you [b]correctly recalled, and then went back to confirm it, warrants that picture.[/b]

That discussion took place a little over two weeks ago. You find it literally incomprehensible that I might correctly remember the context of something I wrote barely two weeks ago? Something that I immediately had to revisit, because you didn't get it the first time? And I've hardly posted here since! I didn't say I could reproduce it word for word by memory, just recall the essence of what I'd said, enough to know you were wrong.

So... really? I don't expect you to concede that your charge is ludicrous, but this day will forever live in ignominy. I leave you with this, which I think adequately describes a situation in which we seem to repeatedly find ourselves. You should learn her manners.

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Originally posted by psmith81992

That discussion took place a little over two weeks ago. You find it literally incomprehensible that I might correctly remember the context of something I wrote barely two weeks ago? Something that I immediately had to revisit, because you didn't get it the first time? And I've hardly posted here since! I didn't say I could reproduce it word for word by memory, just recall the essence of what I'd said, enough to know you were wrong.

Your reasoning was hilarious. I remembered incorrectly, you allegedly remembered correctly, and THEN went back to confirm it, instead of the most obvious explanation being you just went back and looked at the discussion and I didn't. It was just funny how you assigned different standards to the both of us. Also, I have no way of knowing you remembered and just confirmed, so I'm going with the most obvious explanation.

So instead of telling me to learn some manners, maybe you should learn some before telling me I don't remember correctly and you do, and you just went back to confirm what you already knew. Lol

Dave
Your reasoning was hilarious. I remembered incorrectly, you allegedly remembered correctly, and THEN went back to confirm it, instead of the most obvious explanation being you just went back and looked at the discussion and I didn't. It was just funny how you assigned different standards to the both of us.

mmm

Yeah, tell me more about these different standards.

Dave
So instead of telling me to learn some manners, maybe you should learn some before telling me I don't remember correctly and you do, and you just went back to confirm what you already knew. Lol

Did you watch the video?

You fool. This started when you snidely attributed to me an opinion I'd never expressed, based on your recollection of an event that took place two weeks ago. That lapse in time obviously didn't pose a problem when you thought you remembered the prior discussion because you didn't feel the need to "go back to confirm it." But when I say I recognized that you were wrong, and then went back to pull the relevant text for illustrative purposes—as I have done literally dozens, if not hundreds of times across multiple boards, almost certainly with you more than anyone—two weeks is suddenly far too long, or the phrasing too convoluted? I'm suddenly a liar, just because I was right?

Yeah, tell me more about these different standards.

I didn't call you a liar. However, you seem to want to criticize my memory when it's really about me not taking the time to go back and look at what we discussed, but suddenly you have a problem with me claiming BS about you remember something and then confirming it when you just went back and checked? Yup. different standards indeed.

Did you watch the video?

Gracious as ever. All is forgiven.

Lol Faunus. You DO realize I'm just trolling you now right? Everyone knows I have a bad memory and don't often go back to check discussions. This particular discussion ended when you accused me of claiming that you blame all of the Crusades on religion(laughable). I didn't know you were going to get so riled up. I'm sorry about that, love. Let me know when you want to go back to the original debate. Until then:

No doubt.

Eminence
Evidently. "Middling" was a playful choice of words; it's a fairly strong narrative and an easy read. His treatment of Grievous is easily the best part of the whole thing, faltering perhaps only at the beginning and end. Nute Gunray's a standout as well. I'm underwhelmed by some of the other alterations, but the prose is actually what I find the most frustratingly uneven, frequently repetitive and bordering on mundane. How many times a page does Grievous "snarl?"

It's not stellar... but it's Star Wars.

Silence.

Dozens of standout examples in his trilogy and I'm too lazy to screenshot-and-circle all of them. He rivals Publius with respect to Star Wars prose.

I've always pronounced that pube-lius and giggled to myself.

The highlighted text is far too flowery for my tastes- it doesn't jive well with the context, that of a fight where he's more or less getting his ass whooped and fighting for survival. His musings should have more pertinence and urgency to them, imo.

I agree the prose isn't that great.

Nah, it's great and anyone who disagrees is stupid. uhuh

You need to read some non-SW books if you think that is "great" my son.

Originally posted by NemeBro
You need to read some non-SW books if you think that is "great" my son.

Originally posted by NemeBro
I disagree and am therefore stupid

Beefy
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Tempest
He rivals Publius with respect to Star Wars prose.

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Hot damn. The star wars trilogies have nothing on LOTR/Hobbit.

I leave for two days, and I miss all the Israel argument? F*ck you guys.