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You still might want to change the word so it's not so confounded. Nooooooo..... It's a lovely word; besides, good writing should stretch the capabilities of the reader - don't ...

Depending on what time period you set it in, things change. If it's modern, there are some pretty strict proceedures - Snoink's links will help you out there. In the ...

Hah, you're truly something excellent :)

What! That's nothing like the feudal system - the population was divided between a very few lords, a small number of the population who were freemen, and the vast majority ...

I don't know, I'd say it was probably much the same - the Bible was used as an excuse for the class system, which pretty much regimented what you could ...

Westerners do well with democracy because of a heritage of belief in free will that goes back centuries. This idea doesn't exist in many other places. Those that have had ...

Also, when discussing the destruction in Afghanistan and Iraq, I understand that my country and our neighbors have been destroying eachother for centuries before the current conflict. In the current ...

There is no attempt to 'maximize' civilian casualties. All is, as you call it, 'collateral damage'. I think he was talking about 9/11 attacks, Khay - those weren't collateral damage ...

While Christians are engaged in war, their primary objective is to bring a lasting peace, one that could not exist before. If America is tainted, then Afghanistan and Iraq were ...

I reiterate that I love you all (yes, pig, even you!) for your advice and comments XD To heart, indeed, are they taken! Obliged, yes... :P Ta.

Personally I think it should be made into a music video with "This Ol' Heart of Mine" playing in the background.

С днем рождения , Imp - may your year be long and full, and your guard never slip :)

It doesn't quite feel like it ends. It comes to this sort of semi-conclusion, but doesn't really conclude anything, if you know what I mean: it's finish is an "if" ...

Yes, well, that much I certainly empathise with.

Excellently structured and argued, Grif. I, on the other hand, am not entirely sure that "winning" is an option. There are a couple of reasons for this. Firstly, the nature ...