Only by those that really believe that the Internet is serious business.

The rest of us will make do.

I would make that a 4 legged stool and add an element of morality (Judeo-Christian, thank you very much, or at least Natural Law based) that must permeate society or else we would descend into quite a nasty mess.

I dont know about Judeo but US definetely does not have christian morality. Christian morality is and always will be pacifistic and non violence so US with the biggest and most advanced army which it regularly uses to invade other countries can in no way be regarded as such.

Also you have one of the most liberal laws regarding wearing guns. Which also is not compatible with christian morality.

Furthermore US is one of the biggest armsdealers in the world...

I would rather say that the fourth leg in your "stool" would be imperialism as your country has repeateadly overthrown or helped overthrow foreign nations goverments because it was in the interest of your nation to do so. Aswell as supporting ruthless dictators for the same reason.

So please, dont try to portray your nation and actions as being based on christian morality. Im a christian and I dont want to be associated with all the violence that your goverment and companies are directly or indirectly the cause of.

Ok... first time back in awhile.

Swicord, congratulations on your first metaverse game. You're a credit to the Empire.

Evil, glad you're still around.

To everyone in this thread that is either (a) an illiterate fraktard or ( an illiterate fraktard apologist, you have no excuse: contemplate exiting any reality we might share by any means necessary.

Welcome back. I see your hiatus didn't help improve your mood

Or the precision of your snarky-talk Didn't another thread cover how silly it is to *type* to tell someone you think they're illiterate? Just a few more syllables and your insult would be sturdier: "ill-read and inarticulate" or something like that.

Better yet, try calmly holding your head high as you display literacy and non-fraktardness. If you avoid the simple rhetoric of insults and keep pecking away with nuggets of reason, you might actually help repair or remove the thinking behind the writing that vexes you.

p.s. Wheel, you might get some ironic satisfaction out of two facts: This week I've been added to the new Metaverse Council (check out the Core), and my nomination was a mild controversy b/c I joined the Empire of Standards and have been caught in public "defending" you

Didn't realize you had joined us G.W.! Glad to 'hear' it. And Wheeloffire it is great to see you back in here. I was beginning to think I'd been abandoned. As you probably already saw, the Metaverse has been getting some sorely lacking attention. I tried to nominate you into the panel, but at least we have a rep. Oh, incidentally, my area now has hi-speed internet available so I am almost there (posting on the Meta that is)and will hopefully be able to 'contribute' to the Empire.
ALL HAIL OUR MIGHTY LEADER!!! HE HAS RETURNED!!!!! YAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Okay, so maybe that was a bit much Wheel, but it IS really good to see you back.

Wow. I've thought precisely nothing about GC2 for a few months now. Looks like I left some scarred people in my wake.

Glad to be such an issue for you that more traditional issues didn't pop up _at_all_. So, in the world of Galactic Civilizations and it's fans, you're dealing with a very progressive group--good and "evil."

Rock on.

Evil, glad to be back. I'll setup an Empire of Standards thread so I don't hijack this one.