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From a question near the end, "Is it too late to correct such an injustice?" and the response, "It is never too late to correct an injustice."

Idk brother, you might feel differently if that was your neck breaking in the noose. Maybe a better response would be, "Yes it's definitely too late for these men, but we can make changes for oppressed groups today to prevent our descendents having to perform the same feckless rituals to the dead that we are performing today."

Oh sorry, I didn't mean that to come off as an accusation.

Heck no, but conflating two arguments at the same time makes them both unsolvable. I just approach one topic at a time. I'm very much anti-gov-spying. It's fourth amendment stuff.

But I think the constitution is more of a talking point than something American politicians care about these days. They like to use it to say, "Do the thing I like! But wait, stop using it to stop me from stopping the things I don't like!"

It's corruption all the way down.

I'm 100% not an expert on this, I'm actually stupid, so know that before you read what I write.

As much as I get what you are saying, the United States has continually expanded the rights of corporations to essentially be.. people. So on that they seem to have some legal standing? But then we factor in national security interests, and those override everything.

Without the national security interests I'd be curious which way this would go, but I don't expect, "I deserve to spy on your citizens because I have free speech," to fly..

So in a way I agree with you and in other ways I disagree with you, in the end.. I said nothing, but I did say I am stupid at the top, so really it's your fault for continuing to read this far.

At the very least it's gonna be interesting. I doubt it will spark any introspection for politicians to think, "Hm, maybe we shouldn't have given corporations more rights than people.." Nope. Poison the waters. Contaminate the soil. Torture the animals. Burn the sky. Cook all of humanity.

But hey, line go up.

Maybe it wasn't Risa. I could be getting it mixed up. Anyway the planet in the ep I named is the one where eveyone is hot and almost naked, Wesley breaks a greenhouse and they go to lethally inject him and Picard is like, "Hold on bro he's a shit but if anyone is going to kill Wesley it's going to be me."

I may have taken some liberties with the story but that's basically it.

Sometimes I wish we lived on Risa (Star Trek TNG S01E08), where the penalty for every crime is death.

Sure, a lot of innocent people would die, but at least there would be consequences for folks like these.

Yeah, it's a dumb thought, but that's how desperate I am to see anyone in power be held accountable for any-f-ing-thing.

The community is the best of any MMO I've ever played. If people find out you are new, it's not guaranteed, but likely benefactors will find gear to donate to you. Largely because the game is HARD. It's old school MMO. No hand holding. Press the wrong button and attack your own city guard. Hail the wrong demigod and they kill you for bothering them. Dying is often a huge deal (not at first). All that said, difficulty like that breeds community, and the community is like no other game that exists.

DM me and I'll either be a guide for you or direct you to some friends of mine who can recommend starter guilds and such for you. I know quite a few players on p99Green and pQuarm.

EQ Live is still populated. But the version I play is called p99, it's a free to play passion project by former players who took the source and run their own custom servers.

The most popular custom servers just happen to be the ones locked at 2002.

pQuarm is the new kid on the block. A server that will lock at PoP.

Okay, I thought about it and edited my post with a version in line with the spirit of your question :-)

Yeah, my choice is basically, "all of em" lol.

I like to cheese what can I say.

But idk, no other era had that. Sure we had emulators in 2005, 2010, but nothing like the selection of today.

Okay, below the "=" is my previous answer but I admit it was against the spirit of the post so let me think. I choose the years from the launch of EverQuest to Shadows of Luclin. I consider EverQuest to be the greatest MMO ever made. So my answer is 1999-2002.

To this day I STILL play servers locked at the 2002 version of EverQuest. It's very populated. That should tell you something.

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Got my first console in 89. First PC in 99.

My choice is current year, because it encompasses every year before and the amount of emulator projects is greater than it's ever been.

I can make any system from history with a Saturday of effort.

Plus all the indie games that capture the retro feel. Idk, gaming is in a great spot if you don't bother with big studios.

Is that a lame answer? O well, it's sincere.

Open corruption. Cool cool cool.

Maybe there should be, idk, consequences?

Let's ask the rich people who groomed and appointed her. Oh, no? Well okay then.

Off to the mltv store.

O no, they changed the name of an organization I was never a part of and know nothing about.

I will now complain to every white stranger I come across.

PoV of white bald guy, they always think I'm on their team unless I'm dressed "flowery". Then they just assume I'm gay and don't talk to me. If I'm wearing camo tho? Best friend.

Scan the room left to right. Quickly. Do it 3-10x. Survey the people.

Now. Go to the far left person, look at their head. Maintain eye to head contact for 3 seconds. Now with your mouth make a (bzzzrrr) noise and turn your head slowly to the next person. When you stop turning your head make a (kerthnk, zzp) noise. Do this for every person in the restaurant. You now have data on everyone.

Next step, scan for exits, reposition yourself at the table so that your back faces the nearest structural wall, this will be useful if there is a fire fight. Turn your seat backwards and plant your feet far apart for maximum stability, also granting you the mobility to leap to your feet and dive through a window if necessary.

I assume you are wearing leather gloves and a bandana, nod to yourself and squeeze your hands a few times to get the blood flowing.

The server is here, order nuggies and a water. You'll need your protein, but you are prepared.

Go forth and conquer the world my child.

This is what we call a 'leading indicator'.
Hopefully it ends with explosions.

Someone in the upper class musta bought a "how to revolution" kit and is poking the populace to see if it works.

I can appreciate that kind of science.

Raise the price on everything! Line go up! (But sir, she cannae take any more!) LINE! GO! UP!

Plus they are gas planets. Fart miners are about to be rich with farts.
Your welcome for this contribution of taste and intellect.

Cops kill.
Cops lie.

It's umm, a quantum dong. Very rare, it appears very small in photographs but when not observed it is the size of Mount Fuji. Woe is me! To have the dong of the century but cursed to never show it.

Fear the quantum dong!!

It's not that hard. I seen the Flintstones, just have the space people put their feet out the bottom and wiggle em real fast.

Why am I not in charge of space launches? Probably people are afraid of my intellect, and massive dong.

(copium)

Line go up? Family no matter. Only line. Line go up forever. You no disagree. Line go up. Important line go up. Grow forever. Consume everything. Line go up.

Disagree make you evil communist. Praise line!