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[Master Warder Z_]

I too wished to look

[Boomshakalakalakaboom]

My Inquisitor will fight your Inquisitor

My inquisitor will fight your inquisitor......and win.

Once photo bucket isn't being a big hunk of junk I will post a link.

[Boomshakalakalakaboom]

I used to be able to share vids. Here's a screenshot.

He looks gooooood.

[Boomshakalakalakaboom]

I never did like the beards. They always seemed to sit poorly. Kind of like you need to design the face around the facial hair.

[katcrave]

I used to be able to share vids. Here's a screenshot.

 

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Niiiiiice

 

My inquisitor will fight your inquisitor......and win.

Once photo bucket isn't being a big hunk of junk I will post a link.

 

In your dreams  

 

I'm not even sure how I would get a picture of mine onto my computer tbh

[Boomshakalakalakaboom]

Niiiiiice


In your dreams

I'm not even sure how I would get a picture of mine onto my computer tbh

I could possibly help.... What do you play on?

[katcrave]

I could possibly help.... What do you play on?

 

ps4. I have screen shots just not sure how to transfer them...I'm not the most technologically savvy person

[Boomshakalakalakaboom]

ps4. I have screen shots just not sure how to transfer them...I'm not the most technologically savvy person

Ahhhh, I'm on Xbox, but if you have Facebook or Twitter you could upload them to one of those then save them to your computer.

I'm not sure if PlayStation has something similar to onedrive like Microsoft has...

[Master Warder Z_]

Boom has more sense then to buy PlayStation

[katcrave]

Ahhhh, I'm on Xbox, but if you have Facebook or Twitter you could upload them to one of those then save them to your computer.

I'm not sure if PlayStation has something similar to onedrive like Microsoft has...

It does! I'll have to give it a shot sometime. Thanks

 

Boom has more sense then to buy PlayStation

 

Hater

[Boost32]

And it has saved it. If you believe the Chant, it was magic that created the world.
 
Thedas' fate will ultimately be decided by magic, one way or another.

Saved it from a magical problem. The fact remains that the world would be better without magic.

[AWTEW]

"legal"? You mean laws voted by majority. You mean democracy.

 

Excuse me when I view the world the way it should be viewed.

 

*snorts*By voted, you mean enforced by violence, coercion, and lucrative trade deals? 

[The Baconer]

Saved it from a magical problem. The fact remains that the world would be better without magic.

 

Of course it wouldn't be better, because it wouldn't be Dragon Age.

[Boost32]

Of course it wouldn't be better, because it wouldn't be Dragon Age.

No Qunari, Darkspawn, Abomination, Old Gods, Dragons, Demons, etc.
It would be a better world, but not a better game.

[The Baconer]

No Qunari, Darkspawn, Abomination, Old Gods, Dragons, Demons, etc.
It would be a better world, but not a better game.

 

I don't care for a "better" or safer world through the sacrifice of wonder. It exists for our entertainment.

[Lulupab]

*snorts*By voted, you mean enforced by violence, coercion, and lucrative trade deals?

 
LOL? No. All outdated and useless ideals already destroyed themselves when renaissance happened. It was the peak of human idealism and its a legacy we have continued.
 
Any struggle right now is a mere battle, we have already won the war for good. The democracy system is never going to be replaced and countries with this system are among the happiest and most fulfilled people on the planet.

[Caddius]

 
LOL? No. All outdated and useless ideals already destroyed themselves when renaissance happened. It was the peak of human idealism and its a legacy we have continued.
 
Any struggle right now is a mere battle, we have already won the war for good. The democracy system is never going to be replaced and countries with this system are among the happiest and most fulfilled people on the planet.

Forgive me my curiosity and bluntness, but that fits with nothing I've heard of the Renaissance or the Netherlands. What are your sources? While the Dutch Renaissance produced a lot of wonderful artists, and the Dutch provided inspiration in terms of finance for the world in general, and government and right to rebel for certain ex-British colonials in particular, but there was also some sort of mischief over in the East Indies going on, wasn't there? 

I'll admit that, unlike some on this thread, I'm rather fond of the modern-day Dutch and their way of doing things. But its history is as spotty as everyone else's, and this seems like an odd statement in general. And I'm not convinced that democracies are going to be the way of the future forever. History takes strange enough turns that any proclamation of immortality seems a bit suspect. 

[Lulupab]

Forgive me my curiosity and bluntness, but that fits with nothing I've heard of the Renaissance or the Netherlands. What are your sources? While the Dutch Renaissance produced a lot of wonderful artists, and the Dutch provided inspiration in terms of finance for the world in general, and government and right to rebel for certain ex-British colonials in particular, but there was also some sort of mischief over in the East Indies going on, wasn't there? 

I'll admit that, unlike some on this thread, I'm rather fond of the modern-day Dutch and their way of doing things. But its history is as spotty as everyone else's, and this seems like an odd statement in general. And I'm not convinced that democracies are going to be the way of the future forever. History takes strange enough turns that any proclamation of immortality seems a bit suspect. 

 

Its not just about Dutch, and not the art that came with Renaissance. After Renaissance ideals like humanism started to rise and religion started to fade, which evidently lead to many other positive changes such as more and more countries adopting democracy. Renaissance was peak and birth of many ideals. Liberalism, rationalism are those on top of my head. Renaissance is not just about literature and art, it had many political impacts, specially on Europe.

 

What sort of turn will change the current systems? Democracy is just a name, the concept is immortal, not the name. Consensus is the concept and it will exist because it simply beats the alternatives, namely monarchy and communism.

[Colonelkillabee]

 
LOL? No. All outdated and useless ideals already destroyed themselves when renaissance happened. It was the peak of human idealism and its a legacy we have continued.
 
Any struggle right now is a mere battle, we have already won the war for good. The democracy system is never going to be replaced and countries with this system are among the happiest and most fulfilled people on the planet.

Rofl this is naive as hell. Many countries have our precious democracy and are doing ****, filled with people roughing it and living in ghettos. Democracy is better than alternatives for sure, but I for one don't put this much faith in puppet democracy that at the end of the day is barely better than a true Oligarchy, which ours might as well be in reality.

 

The war is far from over as far as human suffering goes, and "good" depends on who is benefiting. To do well in this world, there has to be winners and losers, that's just a fact of life, and as long as that holds true, all ideologies that people assume the renaissance got rid of will still continue, just with different masks.

[Lulupab]

Rofl this is naive as hell. Many countries have our precious democracy and are doing ****, filled with people roughing it and living in ghettos. Democracy is better than alternatives for sure, but I for one don't put this much faith in puppet democracy that at the end of the day is barely better than a true Oligarchy, which ours might as well be in reality.

 

The war is far from over as far as human suffering goes, and "good" depends on who is benefiting. To do well in this world, there has to be winners and losers, that's just a fact of life, and as long as that holds true, all ideologies that people assume the renaissance got rid of will still continue, just with different masks.

 

Democracy is a mere system, if it lacks liberal views it will suck. 

 

Only if power is shared so that no party controls everything, only if liberal ideals are available, democracy can work.

 

Iran has a lot of democracy, but power is not shared, it has a supreme leader, also its not liberal at all. So I get what you're saying.

 

At least the said system is preventing wars as much as possible. I mean we don't have two democratic counties fighting each other, the unity has been established between them and its a lot to work with. Although there will always be setbacks now and then, but I wish people acknowledged how countries like mine and Canada are always politically ahead of other countries. Most new rules in majority of west are the ones we legalized years ago. 

[Colonelkillabee]

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We have plenty of liberal views here, too many. Liberalism is being used to control the public without a fight in the US. And democracy may prevent war between these countries so far, but they're still causing warfare all the same, looking at the middle east. Which while I'd say is mostly due to islam, we didn't exactly help make things better, rather we made it worse by taking advantage of the place for resources and in an attempt to spread our power in the name of democracy.

 

Anyway, democracy has its benefits and I'll always take it over anything else, but lets not start claiming victories here.

[Lulupab]

Well it deserves recognition at least. It brings joy when I see future lores have democracy (I.E mass effect).

 

It was always with us, Greeks had it, republic of Rome had it. (actually its ironic how US government has similarities with Rome)

 

We are just putting it to use after centuries of wrong systems.

 

As for middle east, there hasn't been peace in that place for 2000 years. I don't think any sole party can be blamed for it, not even Islam as there was conflict there before the invention of Islam itself.

 

But don't you like the fact that you can go in front of white house and insult the hell of US government? When you are done, you'll probably feel better and continue on. No one will do anything as you are protesting. Maybe you'll be shoo'd away because you are screaming, but that's it. At least we can vent with liberty, most can't do that too. 

[Caddius]

Its not just about Dutch, and not the art that came with Renaissance. After Renaissance ideals like humanism started to rise and religion started to fade, which evidently lead to many other positive changes such as more and more countries adopting democracy. Renaissance was peak and birth of many ideals. Liberalism, rationalism are those on top of my head. Renaissance is not just about literature and art, it had many political impacts, specially on Europe.

 

What sort of turn will change the current systems? Democracy is just a name, the concept is immortal, not the name. Consensus is the concept and it will exist because it simply beats the alternatives, namely monarchy and communism.

I guess my issue is the phrasing that makes it sound like most of these things were successful during or immediately after the Renaissance. They weren't. The divine right of kings, absolute monarchy, brutal colonial imperialism, and corsets were on the rise. There were a lot of awful ideas just as popular as the good ones. Religion hit a peak several centuries after the Renaissance, when nations got sick of the Wars of Religion and started adopting toleration as a means of survival.

The US is loosely based off of the Roman Republic, with a sprinkling of inspiration from Sparta of all places, as well as the Dutch Republic. While some of the basic ideas can be traced back a long time, modern democracies didn't start coming around in force until the late nineteenth century, with more after World War I toppled empires and II took down most of the fascist governments.

As for issues in the Middle East, with the obvious exception of ISIS, most of the problems are given religious dressing, but are political in nature. Al Qaeda's 'casus belli' had little to do with Americans not being Muslim for the most part. American troops being allowed access to Saudi Arabian bases during the Gulf War had more to do with it. As does the past few centuries of Western powers meddling in the area. Arming the future Taliban and Al Qaeda during the Cold War certainly didn't help matters in the Middle East. And spreading democracy by the sword always seemed, er, contradictory to me. 

I think every American feels the need to berate their government, from local to state to federal.