DarthTofu

There, there, Winston. ... Okay, that was frickin' hilarious if you've read 1984. There have been worse things with rats- they had head-cages where they would shove a starving rat in with your face. Thing would eat away at your features. If you were lucky you might bite it to death. If not, the inverse was true...

I saw that History Channel show as, well, JH. Looked quite painful... The part I remember most was impalement. You could be stuck on a spike and have your own weight drive it through your chest (The merciful way, believe it or not) or have it shoved up your rear end where you would slowly sink on it. It worked its way through you over the course of three days. You typically didn't die until the third. Ouchies. Another one I recal was the nipple clamps I saw at an old museum. Shaped like crocodile mouths, and sharp. They were regularly used to rip off a victem's nipples and, in some cases, to rip out the unfortunate's eyes (After crushing them, of course) Which brings us back to the death penalty: Could you really stomach watching someone go through any of these methods and then finding out that he was innocent? At least with the current situation they don't suffer. After all: "Only in America do we steralize the needle for a lethal injection."

Wow, I can't believe that dad... Okay, yes, I feel way more insignificant than the size of the universe will ever make me feel right now... That kind of compassion is just incredible... My hat is off to Mr. Dick Hoyt. Remarkable...

I'll bet! Let's see, most I've smuggled in: Two bags of gummi candies... As I said, I don't go to the theater that much... I will, unfortunately, succumb to the urge for hot popcorn on ocassion and overpay for it... "Popcorn- it's the only item that a guy will ever eat off of his own crotch!"- some random commedian.

Bump! Okay, next semi-problem. I can view data files that I found on my computer in realplayer format, but I'd prefer to watch them on a DVD player. What are the files that a DVD player reads called, and how do I convert real files to files a DVD player can read?

You ought to do a guest comic for Zoot Wars, mate! Your art quality would at least be better than mine! Edit: I think I look kinda bad-ass, here. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a169/DarthTofu/TexasRanger-1.jpg What do you think?

Holy crap! ...As taken off of Wikipedia. Apparently Maul survives his fall on Naboo and gets his lower half replaced with droid legs... Get's his head blown off by Lars after Obi defeats him...

I no longer have any faith in humanity... Honestly, just how stupid can you get?

I had the same one as Def last night, but only after I wittnessed an edit he'd made regarding how he couldn't post.

No, no, no, no, no! See, it's our newest weapon against Zoot forces- cigarettes with extra nicotine and some cat nip in them. We're following big tobacco's lead! Soon not only will we have given a significant number of the Zoot forces cancer, we will also have a great source of income from Zoot's own soldiers who can't stop buying our product!

I have G-mail for chatting as well as AIM... Nothing else, unfortunately. Do you folks want to find a third-party internet chat area we can all arrange to meet at without having to download anything

You can just check my location- same time zone as Rob. Long live the Eastern Time Zone!

I doubt don't think the Texans ever gave up the death penalty! Even with it they still have a ridiculous number of criminals who are involved in offenses punishable by death! Oh, wait, that's right- Texans tend to crank out the electric chair if you go through a door marked "Employees Only" (Yes, I know that was historically innacurate. I just had to pull that on tex seeing as Texans are way big on the electric chair.)

Hell yes! You come up with the best Zoot forces for us to utalize, Jahled!

On the subject of cloning: Timothy Zahn screwed it up for the expanded universe when he began cloning the best pilots, troops, and engineers for his forces. They supposedly needed no training to be as good as the fellows they were cloned from when, in fact, they would have the intillect of a child and would be incapable of doing squat. As a matter of fact, they could be very different than the person they are cloned after. 'Nough said on the "I frigging hate Timothy Zahn's books" front from me. I personally would have liked to see more of A) Maul and B) Qui-Gon (Primarily because Lam Nieson is a pretty damned good actor) ... I also get slightly teary eyed during that scene, J... He was so close to getting the poor thing to freedom, and then Luke had to go and... GAH! *Runs away crying to watch episode six*

Okay, A) That was a good quote at the end, Mitth, and B) What if the judge is corrupt, or the accused was framed?

Harie Karie. Japanese Samuris would committ suicide in the event that their shogun (Basically a Japanese general) ordered them to do as much. This was either A) A test of their soldier's devotion, B) A means of getting rid of someone they didn't like, or C) A means of killing a traitor. This is all based upon some stuff I saw on the History Channel. Apparently everything was planned out for the Harie Karie ritual, right down to the number of grains of rice for the Samurie's final meal.

I always smuggle munchies in if I plan to take them. It isn't good for the consesions buisness at my theater, but hey, it was A) Their decision to jack up prices way too high and B) They deserve it for being stupid enough to open shop right next door to a candy shop!

Loved the Vader line! "I find your lack of creativity disturbing..." Edit: Planes: Not just for snakes, anymore! (Warning: kinda big. May take a while)

I refuse to view that song... It'll get stuck in my head, right next to the U.S. Presidents song, the United States song, and the countries song... Oh, crap. now they're all stuck in my head! United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Hadie, Jamaica, Peru!

Holy crap- your popcorn is only ten bucks! I thought you lived in New York? It's twelve here in Florida, and we've had those commercials before the movie for a good six years or so... I just don't go to the movies very often- rent the movie from Blockbuster, I say.

Erm, the first one does, and possibly the jet pack one. I think that I'll wind up having to make comics which fit in with specific articles... My teacher wasn't at school today, so I don't know what she thinks of the comic... Though apparently my principle (Fellow in the first comic) is Jewish... That could be bad...

"What's with all these lightning-blackened zombies?" "I dunno... Do you mean the ones with all the blaster wounds on them?" "Nah, I'm talking about the ones that were sliced and diced with lightsabers..." "Huh. And here I thought you were over by the ones that were apparently choked to death with equal pressure from all angles..." "What?" "FORCE CHOKED, YOU DUMBASS!" ... And that's why I refuse to join Urban Dead...

Erm, shifting the topic over to the U.S. of A. (Because I'm cruel like that) Tony Snow is heading out to help the Republicans with the upcoming Congressional Elections (It's an off-year election for those of you who didn't know. 468 representatives and Senators are up for reelection) Question: Since Snow is supposed to give objective news to the American people will his having chosen a side affect his ability to do as much? I say that it will, and not just because he's supporting Bush. I say that the Press Secretary should be objective, regardless of who is in power, and that his chosing a side is not the brightest thing he's ever done... ... Ooo, and on a side note- who do the Americans/Foreigners-who-watch-American-news-programs think is going to win Congress, and in which of the houses if not both? I'm going with history and saying that the Democrats will win back the House by a majority, and the Senate by only two or three Senators.

I do, and not necessarily as the type of 'liberal,' as your language might be suggesting to define or categorize. As a society we have a moral and legal responsibility to protect our fellow citizens, from criminals in our midst, and miscarriages of justice as well. Convictions for a crimes someone is not guilty of are surprisingly frequent in the democratic western world, and their later exposure by the legal process is something we can term the essence of being 'civilized' and 'democratic,' and having the 'civilized' and enlightened opportunity to do so. In most of the world, the legal process is observed with all the attention and detail of a schoolchild's rant in the playground, applied to law, and subsequently applied with the state's force. In China, it's got to the extent where execution has virtually become an industry; the 'people's state,' selling off the organs and body parts of the executed to western wallets as exposed by that renowned 'bleeding-heart liberal' organ the BBC last week. Whilst I at times wish the furnace on the scum of society when they are caught, it is some aspect of our status as being truly civilized as a society that allows a convicted citizen perhaps time to prove they were never guilty of the crime they were guilty of, without being a coffin in the ground. Mr. Ace, you've just been owned! What're you gonna do, now?