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same_difference) wrote2005-04-02 10:49 pm
same_difference) wrote2005-04-02 10:49 pm
Priorities-ish
Today the Pope died. I was brought up as a Roman Catholic so I should care, but to be honest I'm just glad he died peacefully and didn't suffer, which is what I hope for everyone to be honest.
In fact I'm more annoyed that I game I was looking forward to isn't any good. The Bard's Tale comedy RPG turned out to be Dark Alliance with some humour, but not as much as you'd expect. Also they went too far with the items to money thing. You have no inventory so anything you pick up is turned to money, unless its better than your current equipment, in which case it is equipped and the old stuff if turned to money. Also no inventory means no healing items means no instant healing when you need it. It is voiced by Cary Elwes (male lead of Princess Bride) though, which does leave me kind of curious.
Bad game more disappointing than person death. Say's a lot about my, well, priorities I guess, can't think of the word I mean.
In fact I'm more annoyed that I game I was looking forward to isn't any good. The Bard's Tale comedy RPG turned out to be Dark Alliance with some humour, but not as much as you'd expect. Also they went too far with the items to money thing. You have no inventory so anything you pick up is turned to money, unless its better than your current equipment, in which case it is equipped and the old stuff if turned to money. Also no inventory means no healing items means no instant healing when you need it. It is voiced by Cary Elwes (male lead of Princess Bride) though, which does leave me kind of curious.
Bad game more disappointing than person death. Say's a lot about my, well, priorities I guess, can't think of the word I mean.
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I do agree with the value that national identity caqn provide, and always felt it rather sad that having an England or Union Jack flag has become synonymous with thugs, or that the importance of a countries flag should always be taken too far as with the Nazis, and perhaps also America at times. Work experiences of a couple of my friends tend to show that poorly integrated immigrants often end up living unnecessarily in abject poverty because they don't know what benefits they are entitled to, or how to access services. I tend to feel that migrant populations left too long this way is what breeds your Camberwell estates and the crime and misery that can bring.
I don't disagree that religion and politics have become frighteningly interlinked, but whilst the Pope was just a figurehead, then all that is dangerous is GBjnr, not Christianity. Where we will face danger is if the new Pope takes an aggressive stance and begins to align himself with country leaders such as Bush, Blair or the Australian right winger PM (whose name escapes me at present).
For an amusing and cynical take on how religion and politics can integrate and screw up, read the rather wonderful novel Boiling a Frog by Christopher Brookmyre. Better still read his whole series.