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DOC DOCCCC	Posted - 2007.09.17 17:08:00 - [121] Originally by: Alexand DeKovenWoolf Last week I filed a petition against the name of a corporation which I felt was truly tasteless, mean spirited and downright unacceptable, even for EVE. I didn't expect instant action, however it took no less then 5 days to get a "Thanks, we'll look into it." OK, so be it. However, it would appear that the corp in question is still flying about, more then a week later, sporting a name that, without any subtlety, recalls the people who perpetrated the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001 and the weapons they used. I find that deeply troubling. What exactly does it take? TO TH OP.. JUST DO IT THE EVE WAY.. 1.JOIN CORP AND POD KILL ALL THE COPIES AND CEO 2.HIRE A MERC CORP TO DO IT FOR YOU
Jacob Mei	Posted - 2007.09.17 17:14:00 - [122] You know there is a rather simple concept out there. Its called ignore and is defined as not giving the issue your attention. You do realize that anyone who deliberately does something that will push someones buttons is attempting to get a rise out of said person and by making this thread you succeeded in thrusting this corp that you wont name into the lime light. I can only imagine what is being said on that corps forums as they get a kick out of whats being said here. In short if you dont like whats being said on a video game forum just hit the back button and or put the offending person on ignore. Its really that simple.
Terror CellCeo	Posted - 2007.09.17 17:16:00 - [123] SUCH an offensive name.
Wendat Huron Stellar Solutions	Posted - 2007.09.17 17:17:00 - [124] So, who's winning in here?
Derovius Vaden	Posted - 2007.09.17 17:24:00 - [125] Originally by: Jacob Mei You know there is a rather simple concept out there. Its called ignore and is defined as not giving the issue your attention. You do realize that anyone who deliberately does something that will push someones buttons is attempting to get a rise out of said person and by making this thread you succeeded in thrusting this corp that you wont name into the lime light. I can only imagine what is being said on that corps forums as they get a kick out of whats being said here. In short if you dont like whats being said on a video game forum just hit the back button and or put the offending person on ignore. Its really that simple. I'm surprised someones not mentioned something along these lines before; why don't you just wardec them if you don't like their name?
SgtDeaux	Posted - 2007.09.17 17:25:00 - [126] well so far the liberals are using the "chewbacca" defense. The gun toating conservatives are deploying the "its my gun and if you want it ill give it too you one bullet at a time" viewpoint. The 12 year olds are talking about misspellings ect.. other than that its pretty much gloves off lets be nasty too eachother.. grab a side and dive in :)
Rashmika Clavain Gallente Revelation Space	Posted - 2007.09.17 17:30:00 - [127] Heh I thought some of it was quite an interesting debate
Kinackin HalAst	Posted - 2007.09.17 17:44:00 - [128] All this makes me glad i didn't start a corp called Heavy Assault Missile Attack Squadron now... the guilt of upsetting someone would have been distracting
Corwain Gallente Kamite	Posted - 2007.09.17 17:49:00 - [129] I can't even believe the ugliness towards Americans that has come out in this thread. Up until this point I really haven't experienced many negatives as an American playing EVE, but this thread is just nasty. First off, the OP objected to a corp name making light of a national tragedy. Which nation the tragedy happened to is beside the point, I'd be supporting the OP weather the corp name was "Boxcutter Terrorists" Or "Bombing Ireland". Killing people ain't cool, killing Americans isn't an exception to the rule. I knew people that died in the WTC, and NEWS FLASH, not all of them were Americans. I'm suprised at the community, here I thought I was playing with mature, enlightened gamers. I feel like I'm back playing Halo 2 with the 12 year old Americans harassing the few Europeans that played online, but from the other side, and this time it's not 12 year olds acting like they're 12. Come on, stop throwing around stereotypes and trying to blame individual citizens for how the US gov't works! In the UK you can vote for whichever party you want to and you're guaranteed representation, albeit small. In the US you vote for someone and you don't get majority vote you don't get any representation. I didn't make the system, I just have to live in it. I'm just a college student trying to make ends meet working a full time job and taking full time classes, and playing a bunch of EVE. Rule #2 in the ToS says that ethnic and racist comments will get you banned. While America encompasses lots of ethnicities the posts here read the same as racist or ethnic slurs. I think the mods should go through, and ban those in this thread that are posting these comments. I would say the same if it was an American saying something like "Shutup and go eat some crumpets and drink some tea! Nobody cares about your friends that died." BAN. -- A Solo Arbitrator vid, Distortion by Corwain
343conspiracy43345	Posted - 2007.09.17 17:49:00 - [130] Originally by: Rashmika Clavain Edited by: Rashmika Clavain on 17/09/2007 16:46:35 Originally by: 343conspiracy43345 Originally by: Rashmika Clavain Edited by: Rashmika Clavain on 17/09/2007 16:12:35 Originally by: 343conspiracy43345 It servers as a call to arms and will forever be the day the US stopped taking anymore BS. This is why calling off the war that most candidates for the next election want to do is the worst idea ever. Stopped taking BS? How can you say that with that moron Bush still screwing/running your country? Christ, Iraq had NOTHING to do with 9/11, yet you ass hats rolled in there to make it considerably worse than what it was under **** ***. EDIT: the stars are hte former leader of Iraq You are brainwashed. Yeah I/we were brainwashed into believing Iraq had those sneaky weapons of mass distruction. Was I also brainwashed into believing none** were found? Was I brainwashed into forming an opinion that this war is based upon a lie? The war never was about sadam or weapons of mass destruction. It is about bringing the war back to the terrorists that will attack us even if we withdraw into ww2 times and stop dabbling in others affairs. They have an inferiority complex and lash out in anger.
Ambo 2nd Outcasters	Posted - 2007.09.17 17:50:00 - [131] Originally by: Alexand DeKovenWoolf Originally by: Ambo What exactly was the corp name? Fine......the corp is named The Boxcutter Terrorists. Maybe I'm being thick but I don't understand the significance of the name. Clearly it has some for you and I guess that is what makes this tricky. In all likelyhood, CCP will not see the significance either and consequently will not see the point of imposing anything on them. It's kind of like having a character with a name that is a swear word in french I guess. If it was in English then it wouldn't be allowed but because it's an officialy English speaking game... dunno.
Celeritas 5k Caldari Initrode The Core Collective	Posted - 2007.09.17 17:53:00 - [132] Edited by: Celeritas 5k on 17/09/2007 17:54:14 Yeah, we should ban guns in America. Works for ******* right? Outlaw guns, and then only outlaws will have guns. Edit: it bleeps out *******? as in pot, hash, weed, grass, dope... ---------- "Always be Happy, Never be satisfied."
Ed Anger Federal Navy Academy	Posted - 2007.09.17 18:01:00 - [133] Originally by: Corwain I can't even believe the ugliness towards Americans that has come out in this thread. Up until this point I really haven't experienced many negatives as an American playing EVE, but this thread is just nasty. First off, the OP objected to a corp name making light of a national tragedy. Which nation the tragedy happened to is beside the point, I'd be supporting the OP weather the corp name was "Boxcutter Terrorists" Or "Bombing Ireland". Killing people ain't cool, killing Americans isn't an exception to the rule. I knew people that died in the WTC, and NEWS FLASH, not all of them were Americans. I'm suprised at the community, here I thought I was playing with mature, enlightened gamers. I feel like I'm back playing Halo 2 with the 12 year old Americans harassing the few Europeans that played online, but from the other side, and this time it's not 12 year olds acting like they're 12. Come on, stop throwing around stereotypes and trying to blame individual citizens for how the US gov't works! In the UK you can vote for whichever party you want to and you're guaranteed representation, albeit small. In the US you vote for someone and you don't get majority vote you don't get any representation. I didn't make the system, I just have to live in it. I'm just a college student trying to make ends meet working a full time job and taking full time classes, and playing a bunch of EVE. Rule #2 in the ToS says that ethnic and racist comments will get you banned. While America encompasses lots of ethnicities the posts here read the same as racist or ethnic slurs. I think the mods should go through, and ban those in this thread that are posting these comments. I would say the same if it was an American saying something like "Shutup and go eat some crumpets and drink some tea! Nobody cares about your friends that died." BAN. and I live in New York, and can completely understand the animosity toward American world policy. I don't take attacking "Americans" as a personal attack, there's no point, I know what other peoples think of the US. personally, I don't think "Boxcutter terrorists" would be considered an ethnic or racist slur, more tasteless or humorous depending on your point of view. if CCP was an American company, I have no doubt the name would be quickly banned, but it isn't. but America is much more Politically Correct then many other places, for better or worse.
Frug Zenithal Harvest 101010 Alliance	Posted - 2007.09.17 18:02:00 - [134] Originally by: Celeritas 5k Edited by: Celeritas 5k on 17/09/2007 17:54:14 Yeah, we should ban guns in America. Works for ******* right? Outlaw guns, and then only outlaws will have guns. Edit: it bleeps out *******? as in pot, hash, weed, grass, dope... Yeah it's working out so horribly for Canada, what with our huge crime rate and rampant murders. The outlaws are just pwning us with their stockpiles of guns, it's crazy. Also, this thread is great. All this over boxcutter terrorists? That's a great name. - - - - - - - - - Do not use dotted lines - - - - - - - If you think I'm awesome, say BOOO BOOO!! - Ductoris Neat look what I found - Kreul Hey, my marbles
Audri Fisher Caldari VentureCorp Imperial Republic Of the North	Posted - 2007.09.17 18:03:00 - [135] Originally by: Rashmika Clavain Originally by: Spenz Originally by: Rashmika Clavain Originally by: Katharina Gorbacheva Originally by: SgtDeaux Ya america isnt the center of the universe.. well at least not until germany attacks.. then we become wildly popular with the french and english. Germany FTW Better ***** than Yank tbqfh. Oh and what did America do? Sell Britain a load of outdated World War One destroyers at a hugely inflated price? Lend us money to FIGHT the Germans for you with such high interest rates that it helped financially ruin the country? Yeah you're popular Nah we just provided most of your merchant shipping to you so that you wouldnt starve to death from the U-boats. We also provided planes, tanks, factories in safe areas to manufacture said products, ships, shipyards, food, equipment, trucks, logistics, soldiers....basically the means to fight back against the germans in areas that you previously could not. All while fighting on a second front too. And providing aid to the russians as well (who would have had a much tougher time supplying their troops without the hoard of studabaker trucks we gave them). What does this have to do with the topic anyhow? If America had done that from the word go then you'd have a point, but she didn't. In my opinion America took an opportunity to remove an Empire she wasn't particularly keen via a financial route. As for hte topic, ask the guy I quoted as he brought it up If we had just let you starve to death (yes, the person in charge of Germany was that sadistic) there would be no England, and no whinny brats like you with sand in there undies!
Celeritas 5k Caldari Initrode The Core Collective	Posted - 2007.09.17 18:04:00 - [136] Originally by: Frug Originally by: Celeritas 5k Edited by: Celeritas 5k on 17/09/2007 17:54:14 Yeah, we should ban guns in America. Works for ******* right? Outlaw guns, and then only outlaws will have guns. Edit: it bleeps out *******? as in pot, hash, weed, grass, dope... Yeah it's working out so horribly for Canada, what with our huge crime rate and rampant murders. The outlaws are just pwning us with their stockpiles of guns, it's crazy. Also, this thread is great. All this over boxcutter terrorists? That's a great name. Outlaws? you mean all 3 moose and the grizzly bear? ---------- "Always be Happy, Never be satisfied."
Frug Zenithal Harvest 101010 Alliance	Posted - 2007.09.17 18:06:00 - [137] Originally by: Celeritas 5k Outlaws? you mean all 3 moose and the grizzly bear? Moose are very dangerous FYI - - - - - - - - - Do not use dotted lines - - - - - - - If you think I'm awesome, say BOOO BOOO!! - Ductoris Neat look what I found - Kreul Hey, my marbles
Celeritas 5k Caldari Initrode The Core Collective	Posted - 2007.09.17 18:08:00 - [138] Originally by: Frug Originally by: Celeritas 5k Outlaws? you mean all 3 moose and the grizzly bear? Moose are very dangerous FYI So are grizzly bears... But when it comes to the armed robbery department, I imagine they're quite disadvantaged. ---------- "Always be Happy, Never be satisfied."
Jacob Mei	Posted - 2007.09.17 18:10:00 - [139] Originally by: Ambo Originally by: Alexand DeKovenWoolf Originally by: Ambo What exactly was the corp name? Fine......the corp is named The Boxcutter Terrorists. Maybe I'm being thick but I don't understand the significance of the name. Clearly it has some for you and I guess that is what makes this tricky. In all likelyhood, CCP will not see the significance either and consequently will not see the point of imposing anything on them. It's kind of like having a character with a name that is a swear word in french I guess. If it was in English then it wouldn't be allowed but because it's an officialy English speaking game... dunno. The hijackers that took over the planes that were used in 9/11 choice of weaponry were box cutters as they were a bladed tool that at the time airport security did not consider a weapon.
Ed Anger Federal Navy Academy	Posted - 2007.09.17 18:15:00 - [140] Originally by: Jacob Mei Originally by: Ambo Originally by: Alexand DeKovenWoolf Originally by: Ambo What exactly was the corp name? Fine......the corp is named The Boxcutter Terrorists. Maybe I'm being thick but I don't understand the significance of the name. Clearly it has some for you and I guess that is what makes this tricky. In all likelyhood, CCP will not see the significance either and consequently will not see the point of imposing anything on them. It's kind of like having a character with a name that is a swear word in french I guess. If it was in English then it wouldn't be allowed but because it's an officialy English speaking game... dunno. The hijackers that took over the planes that were used in 9/11 choice of weaponry were box cutters as they were a bladed tool that at the time airport security did not consider a weapon. and the only reason the attack worked is that people were used to hostage situations, not suicide attacks. it would never work again.
Jacob Mei	Posted - 2007.09.17 18:17:00 - [141] Originally by: Audri Fisher Originally by: Rashmika Clavain Originally by: Spenz Originally by: Rashmika Clavain Originally by: Katharina Gorbacheva Originally by: SgtDeaux Ya america isnt the center of the universe.. well at least not until germany attacks.. then we become wildly popular with the french and english. Germany FTW Better *** than Yank tbqfh. Oh and what did America do? Sell Britain a load of outdated World War One destroyers at a hugely inflated price? Lend us money to FIGHT the Germans for you with such high interest rates that it helped financially ruin the country? Yeah you're popular Nah we just provided most of your merchant shipping to you so that you wouldnt starve to death from the U-boats. We also provided planes, tanks, factories in safe areas to manufacture said products, ships, shipyards, food, equipment, trucks, logistics, soldiers....basically the means to fight back against the germans in areas that you previously could not. All while fighting on a second front too. And providing aid to the russians as well (who would have had a much tougher time supplying their troops without the hoard of studabaker trucks we gave them). What does this have to do with the topic anyhow? If America had done that from the word go then you'd have a point, but she didn't. In my opinion America took an opportunity to remove an Empire she wasn't particularly keen via a financial route. As for hte topic, ask the guy I quoted as he brought it up Ah I love sterotyping and using broad vague terms. So comforting, so justifyable, makes it so easy to hate, so easy to say America deserved it. Its absolutely amazing that landmass with a title became a sentient being, I had no idea that had happened! I mean come on, the terrorists werent really attacking the poor unfortunite souls that were in the towers and pentagon but were just attacking a landmass named America. After all, America is a nosey manipulative *** who got what she deserved. You want to sling mud at a country, be smart enough to sling it at the policy makers, not the every day people who got caught in the cross fire.
StuckAtTheLock	Posted - 2007.09.17 18:20:00 - [142] Originally by: Jacob Mei Originally by: Ambo Originally by: Alexand DeKovenWoolf Originally by: Ambo What exactly was the corp name? Fine......the corp is named The Boxcutter Terrorists. Maybe I'm being thick but I don't understand the significance of the name. Clearly it has some for you and I guess that is what makes this tricky. In all likelyhood, CCP will not see the significance either and consequently will not see the point of imposing anything on them... The hijackers that took over the planes that were used in 9/11 choice of weaponry were box cutters as they were a bladed tool that at the time airport security did not consider a weapon. I'm glad somebody remembered! I was beginning to think nobody knew how 911 was carried out
Sokratesz Paradox v2.0 Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate	Posted - 2007.09.17 18:26:00 - [143] Edited by: Sokratesz on 17/09/2007 18:27:17 Edited by: Sokratesz on 17/09/2007 18:26:33 Originally by: StuckAtTheLock I'm glad somebody remembered! I was beginning to think nobody knew how 911 was carried out Who doesn't remember? Then again, alot of people have relatives who died or got injured in a car accident, but they aint banning cars now are they? Originally by: Abye Godwin meter was at 75% but it actually dropped again We have however seen a tried and, as usual, failed, reducto ad hidlerum. Originally by: Captian Internet Did some one say IBTL? because I think I just heard some one say IBTL
StabThigh	Posted - 2007.09.17 18:30:00 - [144] Thats obviously not the same thing : /.
Ehranavaar	Posted - 2007.09.17 18:33:00 - [145] Originally by: Audri Fisher If we had just let you starve to death (yes, the person in charge of Germany was that sadistic) there would be no England, and no whinny brats like you with sand in there undies! if the usa hadn't pushed the japs into an intolerable corner over china there wouldn't have been a second front in the pacific. had there not been a pacific theatre slim's army wouldn't have been tied up in se asia which would have freed up both indian and australian troops/ships. the australians had quite a respectable navy by the end of the war which could have been added to the royal and canadian navies in the north atlantic. there is little doubt the usa would have continued to sell to the british and there is again little doubt the war would have ended with the russians and english victorious in the end. while this is no doubt terribly hard on the american ego the fact of the matter is that the germans were doomed from day one because they bit off more than they could handle (again). the british paid damn dearly for the help they got from america and now the world is paying the price for the hasty dissolution of the british empire. isn't it just amazing how short term thinking pays off in the long run.
Ehranavaar	Posted - 2007.09.17 18:35:00 - [146] Originally by: StabThigh Thats obviously not the same thing : /. damn right cars are actually a meaningful threat to life and limb.
Kolmogorow Freedom Resources	Posted - 2007.09.17 18:35:00 - [147] Originally by: Princess Jodi Free Speech is something that America guarantees: The rest of the world does not necessarily allow it. Donno about Iceland... OMG Whose free speech has confused your brain? Of course Iceland is part of this "rest of the world": The Icelanders have frozen thousands of fighters for animal protection in their glaciers who protested against cutting off mutton ********* for the daily lunch. I don't understand why America does not free this oppressed country.
StabThigh	Posted - 2007.09.17 18:36:00 - [148] Originally by: Ehranavaar Originally by: StabThigh Thats obviously not the same thing : /. damn right cars are actually a meaningful threat to life and limb. Car accident. God, some people...
Ed Anger Federal Navy Academy	Posted - 2007.09.17 18:38:00 - [149] Originally by: StabThigh Originally by: Ehranavaar Originally by: StabThigh Thats obviously not the same thing : /. damn right cars are actually a meaningful threat to life and limb. Car accident. God, some people... read the stats, he's right. we would be better off banning tobacco, cars and fast food over anything else.
Surfin's PlunderBunny Minmatar Sicarri Covenant	Posted - 2007.09.17 18:39:00 - [150] Originally by: StabThigh Originally by: Ehranavaar Originally by: StabThigh Thats obviously not the same thing : /. damn right cars are actually a meaningful threat to life and limb. Car accident. God, some people... What if it wasn't an accident? Originally by: Liz Kali Tic Toc Tic Toc , time is ticking Originally by: TheDagda click For the love of the jovians stops necroing

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