Comments on: I kill you! Pass the dice… http://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/i-kill-you-pass-the-dice/ Tea! Idleness! Liberalism! Wine! Being a Good Egg! An end to excessive punctuation in our times! Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:51:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Astrofiammante http://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/i-kill-you-pass-the-dice/#comment-2023 Astrofiammante Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:08:32 +0000 http://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com/?p=304#comment-2023 Perhaps they'd like to come round and confiscate my copies of Cluedo - after all there's the dagger and the gun, the rope and the length of lead piping... Perhaps they’d like to come round and confiscate my copies of Cluedo – after all there’s the dagger and the gun, the rope and the length of lead piping…

]]> By: Ban my games of DEATH! http://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/i-kill-you-pass-the-dice/#comment-2022 Ban my games of DEATH! Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:22:35 +0000 http://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com/?p=304#comment-2022 [...] Alix’s announcement that the boardgame War on Terror has been seized by police worried that people might use the “EVIL” balaclava included in it for nefarious acts has got me wondering: what other subversive components lurk within my boadgame sets? I would suggest the following; if the Metro Police would care to raid my house and confiscate them they are welcome to as long as they don’t mind me mocking them mercilessly: [...] [...] Alix’s announcement that the boardgame War on Terror has been seized by police worried that people might use the “EVIL” balaclava included in it for nefarious acts has got me wondering: what other subversive components lurk within my boadgame sets? I would suggest the following; if the Metro Police would care to raid my house and confiscate them they are welcome to as long as they don’t mind me mocking them mercilessly: [...]

]]> By: Will http://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/i-kill-you-pass-the-dice/#comment-2018 Will Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:35:36 +0000 http://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com/?p=304#comment-2018 I've played the game. I've worn the balaclava. I'll confess to being a bit disappointed to have ended up in the Axis of Evil, but we won in the end. I’ve played the game. I’ve worn the balaclava. I’ll confess to being a bit disappointed to have ended up in the Axis of Evil, but we won in the end.

]]> By: Quaequam Blog! » Blog Archive » Ban my games of DEATH! http://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/i-kill-you-pass-the-dice/#comment-2017 Quaequam Blog! » Blog Archive » Ban my games of DEATH! Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:37:09 +0000 http://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com/?p=304#comment-2017 [...] Alix’s announcement that the boardgame War on Terror has been seized by police worried that people might use the “EVIL” balaclava included in it for nefarious acts has got me wondering: what other subversive components lurk within my boadgame sets? I would suggest the following; if the Metro Police would care to raid my house and confiscate them they are welcome to as long as they don’t mind me mocking them mercilessly: [...] [...] Alix’s announcement that the boardgame War on Terror has been seized by police worried that people might use the “EVIL” balaclava included in it for nefarious acts has got me wondering: what other subversive components lurk within my boadgame sets? I would suggest the following; if the Metro Police would care to raid my house and confiscate them they are welcome to as long as they don’t mind me mocking them mercilessly: [...]

]]> By: James Graham http://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/i-kill-you-pass-the-dice/#comment-2016 James Graham Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:54:58 +0000 http://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com/?p=304#comment-2016 I was disappointed by the game itself though. It seems to always end up in a stalemate, which might provide us with an important moral lesson about the futility of war but does mean the joke ends up wearing pretty thin. If I want a moral lesson in gaming, I'll stick with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord%27s_Game" rel="nofollow">The Landlord's Game</a>. I was disappointed by the game itself though. It seems to always end up in a stalemate, which might provide us with an important moral lesson about the futility of war but does mean the joke ends up wearing pretty thin. If I want a moral lesson in gaming, I’ll stick with The Landlord’s Game.

]]> By: asquith http://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/i-kill-you-pass-the-dice/#comment-2014 asquith Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:59:14 +0000 http://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com/?p=304#comment-2014 I really despair at the treatment meted out to protestors. I agree with the majority of what these people are saying, but even if I didn't I'd be aghast. Still, good (well, maybe not good, but confirming my established views) to see the Mail readers spewing bile at things they can't understand. Yes, the "libertarian" mask is really slipping and the far right are what they've always been. I really despair at the treatment meted out to protestors. I agree with the majority of what these people are saying, but even if I didn’t I’d be aghast.

Still, good (well, maybe not good, but confirming my established views) to see the Mail readers spewing bile at things they can’t understand.

Yes, the “libertarian” mask is really slipping and the far right are what they’ve always been.

]]> By: sanbikinoraion http://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/i-kill-you-pass-the-dice/#comment-2013 sanbikinoraion Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:46:32 +0000 http://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com/?p=304#comment-2013 I'm glad they only claim to be "intelligence led" rather than *actually* intelligent... I’m glad they only claim to be “intelligence led” rather than *actually* intelligent…

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