Posts made by Field Marshal

Religion gives people hope for a better life or the hope of a better afterlife. The first can and does happen and the second, again, unprovable…

YB - I’ll agree no miracles are attributed to Bigfoot. Why would there be? As for more evidence, I’ll disagree. Ever since humans have occupied North America, there have been stories and legends (myths) to support this. People ARE seeing something in the woods. People ARE finding unusual footprints in the woods. We don’t have to reach back 2000 years for the last sighting. It’s been happening straight through to now. What miracles are you refering to? The Red Sea crossing? Jesus’ resurrection? Where is God now???

Ok, see it in the AAMC clarifications now. I missed it somehow. Games outside club rules could still challenge this though…

Although Creationism is a hot topic here for the existence of religious thought it is not the only reason. We seem to be swaying that way. People believe in a God for many more reasons outside Creationism. This statement may be assumed by all but I’m pointing it out anyway. Christianity exists on the belief of two rather paranormal events. The birth and life of Jesus and his Resurrection. Prove he never existed or wasn’t resurrected and Christianity will collapse. Of course, you can’t prove or disprove it. This tells us we really don’t die after physical death (a common belief before Jesus but after enhanced). Heaven is potrayed as a painless, peaceful, rest surrounded by your love ones and friends forever. For Monotheism, this fairly positive message in the past and present is easily corrupted. Before the important Separation of Church and State, religious run or sponsored governments had their way screwing the masses over in the name of God with the promise of a good Heaven. Fundamentalists from all 3 faiths take this the step further by finding earthly death desired and killing all in their way of their radical beliefs.

All said and done, God exists to save us from our physical, earthly death. Creationism is a side topic. It’s hard to believe growing up in a “theistic” world that maybe there is no afterlife. The concept is difficult and perhaps frightening to consider. I believe this to be true. This is a dark, possible reality. But, as usual - unprovable…

Zero - I now see your point after reviewing the rules and combat steps. I checked the AAMC rules and clarifications and it is not addressed. I think this may be legal taking the rules most literally. It is generally assumed that after the defender is eliminated step 7 was ignored in the case of attacking subs still in the embattled sea zone. I got that feeling the game designer didn’t see this one coming…

The Allies could have a significant fleet parked at Western Spain as early as turn 3 even with heavy Allied naval loses in turn 1.
This ferries units to Africa, Spain, or WEU. It forces Germany at least another turn or 2 fortifying WEU, GER, and SEU. This forces the Ukraine trading to stop in favor of the Allies. The Axis need co-ordinated mutual attacks on Russia. This could delay or eliminate this…

As an athiest, I feel no burden at all. I believe in no diety, past, present, future - bottom line.

from Webster’s
athiest - a person who believes that there is no God

agnostic - a person who believes that the human mind cannot know whether there is a God or an ultimate cause, or anything beyond material phenomena

I really don’t see a burden of proof here. In all actuality, deist’s and all religionists really don’t have a burden either. The key words are “faith” and “belief”. Proof indicates evidence which is impossible to present.

There’s more physical and circumstantial evidence for the existence of Bigfoot/Sasquatch than God. Yet popular opinion says different…

I got it to add bid units at the beginning of the game on the standard CD. After that, it won’t change things say if the game screws up!

Legal. We buy and sell ourselves every other way, why not sex. There should be male and female legal prostitution. This would eliminate alot of degradation that occurs if there was even ground for both sexes. We all get jobs we later regret. If legalized it would be viewed similarly. Also, people wouldn’t feel trapped into it - quit! Government regulated and medically supervised, it could eliminate certain crime and cut back on VD. Why should law enforcement waste their time (and our money) chasing hookers???

There is the moral issue. If you don’t like it - don’t do it. If you love your spouse, don’t do it. Legalization doesn’t have to mean acceptance on that level. Alot of things that are legal can be bad for us : drinking, smoking, etc, etc. You still got to teach your kids right from wrong, what difference does it make if it’s legal or not?

[ This Message was edited by: field marshal on 2002-06-14 06:09 ]

OK, I see it now. The instructions neglect mentioning that option, but it’s there. Thanks…

Can the CD ROM game start setup be altered to reflect a bid??? Or do you have to play with the official setup?

Once the enemy units are eliminated, the battle is over. All attacking units should remain in that embattled territory or seazone…

Totally agree. We can’t stress enough the importance of fighters for all players in the game. A limited Pearl II will save part of the Japanese fleet for transport security and most of your fighters for Asia…

D-day, El Alamein, Tobruk, and Pearl Harbour. I remember when I could quote the Japanese fleet units for the Dec. 7th attack. Actively read about the desert war last year. Got 3 books on Rommel. Haven’t read any this year so far…

In bidded games this scenario changes completely if 2 or 3 infantry are added to Libya at game start…

Also with the amphibious attack from Southern Europe, the UK sub must be eliminated. This means if a defensive hit is scored you lose the transport support or the battleship. In both cases, the battleship support shot is lost due to the UK sub. A real gamble all around…

[ This Message was edited by: field marshal on 2002-06-09 06:47 ]

Watching in awe as the Lufwaffe clears out every unit in the UK in turn 1. Used kamikaze rule and most German planes were lost, but the effect was staggering…

The question is: What percentage of drugs do the authorities take out of circulation? Is that percentage worth the cost of the money put into stopping it? Anyone with statistics?

If the government made legal and taxed “drugs” like they tax tobacco and alchohol, they’d make a serious amount of cash…

Congrats, I’m amazed I just passed 200…

I had the original “pong” game console in the 70’s. Now that RULED!!!