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		<title>Comment on &#8216;The Crusader&#8217;s Tale&#8217; &#8211; In Production by Danny</title>
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		<dc:creator>Danny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Weeeell! Looks like my production finally is being publicly announced! Thanks Paul!

~ Macar de Tier or, if you prefer, the director of the production stated above</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Weeeell! Looks like my production finally is being publicly announced! Thanks Paul!</p>
<p>~ Macar de Tier or, if you prefer, the director of the production stated above</p>
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		<title>Comment on Assassin&#8217;s Creed by jason</title>
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		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I recently purchased this game because the gameplay and graphics looked awesome. Having installed it, I find the ideology distrubing. Granted, not everyone will agree with me, but to each his own. As a Christian, I wrestled with the idea of having to slay Templar Knights and found that it simply didn&#039;t accord with my sense of morality. Yes, its only a game, but one that made me feel increasingly uncomfortable - to the extent that I removed it and chucked it in the cupboard. Why? Because I disapprove of mixing religion and gaming. To me gaming is escapism. Fun. Or at least I believe it should be. Being forced to make serious moral judgements between choices that to me are equally unappealing is not enjoyable.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I recently purchased this game because the gameplay and graphics looked awesome. Having installed it, I find the ideology distrubing. Granted, not everyone will agree with me, but to each his own. As a Christian, I wrestled with the idea of having to slay Templar Knights and found that it simply didn&#8217;t accord with my sense of morality. Yes, its only a game, but one that made me feel increasingly uncomfortable &#8211; to the extent that I removed it and chucked it in the cupboard. Why? Because I disapprove of mixing religion and gaming. To me gaming is escapism. Fun. Or at least I believe it should be. Being forced to make serious moral judgements between choices that to me are equally unappealing is not enjoyable.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Feminization of the Masculine Icon by Dallas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Your point is right on here.  The implications cannot be overestimated.  Thank you for this insightful commentary on life imitating art.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your point is right on here.  The implications cannot be overestimated.  Thank you for this insightful commentary on life imitating art.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Call To Arms by OK</title>
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		<dc:creator>OK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Master Paul X

A well drawn sword. Youth isn&#039;t always &quot;wasted on the young&quot; it would seem. To be candid, sometimes it is with more ease that a young man casts hazard to the wind when action is required. The older man can be paralyzed by his many responsibilities and concerns... by his need to maintain his status quo. I know first hand.

The more experienced leaders at Lepanto felt their may be a way to avoid the conflict looming just ahead, but the young leader from Austria, empowered by the pope, kept them from the middle position...  the lukewarm, &quot;safe&quot; response that their experience suggested may be possible. Thanks to the young man, whose devotion to Our Lady was well known, the Holy League prepared to meet the enemy, erected the Cross upon their bows and crushed the crescent-shaped wave of galleys that sailed against them with the help of a &quot;favorable wind&quot;.

There is a time for diplomacy, and a time for battle. Seeking the path of least resistance is seldom the proper course, long term. To a large extent, diplomacy has gotten us the world in which we find ourselves. I agree with you that it is time to do what is necessary to extricate ourselves from it. Living in the shadow cast by utilitarian-and-quickly-becoming-totalitarian storm clouds is hardly living at all. We need only pick a battle and get engaged. There are many fronts. Something for every taste... or, as it were, distaste. If we freeze and do nothing, we simply leave a larger, more emboldened elite for the next generation to contend with. I don&#039;t believe this is what we want for our children and theirs... though it would appear, Master Paul, that the next generation may have its own fire and ire building.  

Vaya Con Dios.</description>
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<p>A well drawn sword. Youth isn&#8217;t always &#8220;wasted on the young&#8221; it would seem. To be candid, sometimes it is with more ease that a young man casts hazard to the wind when action is required. The older man can be paralyzed by his many responsibilities and concerns&#8230; by his need to maintain his status quo. I know first hand.</p>
<p>The more experienced leaders at Lepanto felt their may be a way to avoid the conflict looming just ahead, but the young leader from Austria, empowered by the pope, kept them from the middle position&#8230;  the lukewarm, &#8220;safe&#8221; response that their experience suggested may be possible. Thanks to the young man, whose devotion to Our Lady was well known, the Holy League prepared to meet the enemy, erected the Cross upon their bows and crushed the crescent-shaped wave of galleys that sailed against them with the help of a &#8220;favorable wind&#8221;.</p>
<p>There is a time for diplomacy, and a time for battle. Seeking the path of least resistance is seldom the proper course, long term. To a large extent, diplomacy has gotten us the world in which we find ourselves. I agree with you that it is time to do what is necessary to extricate ourselves from it. Living in the shadow cast by utilitarian-and-quickly-becoming-totalitarian storm clouds is hardly living at all. We need only pick a battle and get engaged. There are many fronts. Something for every taste&#8230; or, as it were, distaste. If we freeze and do nothing, we simply leave a larger, more emboldened elite for the next generation to contend with. I don&#8217;t believe this is what we want for our children and theirs&#8230; though it would appear, Master Paul, that the next generation may have its own fire and ire building.  </p>
<p>Vaya Con Dios.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Assassin&#8217;s Creed by Chad</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Books were written by men... men who can be as biast as anyone here..

And in an age where authenticity and organization was minimal, if i were to write something...chances are i could make 50% of the people who read it, believe it..  

Its a game made by a multi-million dollar company who wants to make money not smear the ideas of religion. Why does it have to be more complicated than that? If it was bashing government, instead of religion, I&#039;m sure political extremists would be enraged by it.. and as to not buying an enjoyable game because of its inaccuracies? (see above posts) grow up... its a GAME. history is not as entertaining as assassins to the general populous who buy said games.

And to comment on the babble about whether or not &quot;templars&quot; were evil. Either opinion is biast, regardless of whether you say your biast or not. because 1 story is written by the people who were with their ideas, and the other is written by people who hated them. 

You&#039;d probably seen that i&#039;m biast against religion, no i&#039;m not atheist, i&#039;d like to believe in the idea but its very unlikely? prove to me someone made water part in history...I&#039;d enjoy that.

Religion much like government has always been corrupt because in history religion was the government whether you call it that or not, it had the power and people wanted power, there were as many good people as bad. 

I could rant more but Catholic people are probably already plotting to shut down anything i say with &quot;your just a bigot&quot; amiright?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Books were written by men&#8230; men who can be as biast as anyone here..</p>
<p>And in an age where authenticity and organization was minimal, if i were to write something&#8230;chances are i could make 50% of the people who read it, believe it..  </p>
<p>Its a game made by a multi-million dollar company who wants to make money not smear the ideas of religion. Why does it have to be more complicated than that? If it was bashing government, instead of religion, I&#8217;m sure political extremists would be enraged by it.. and as to not buying an enjoyable game because of its inaccuracies? (see above posts) grow up&#8230; its a GAME. history is not as entertaining as assassins to the general populous who buy said games.</p>
<p>And to comment on the babble about whether or not &#8220;templars&#8221; were evil. Either opinion is biast, regardless of whether you say your biast or not. because 1 story is written by the people who were with their ideas, and the other is written by people who hated them. </p>
<p>You&#8217;d probably seen that i&#8217;m biast against religion, no i&#8217;m not atheist, i&#8217;d like to believe in the idea but its very unlikely? prove to me someone made water part in history&#8230;I&#8217;d enjoy that.</p>
<p>Religion much like government has always been corrupt because in history religion was the government whether you call it that or not, it had the power and people wanted power, there were as many good people as bad. </p>
<p>I could rant more but Catholic people are probably already plotting to shut down anything i say with &#8220;your just a bigot&#8221; amiright?</p>
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