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August 15, 2005
Israeli-Gaza agreement
As the first hours of the Israeli pull-out from Gaza strip have passed, one cannot help but wonder what will be the mood of things in the region once the move has finished. Is it a definite victory for the PA and what exactly is this move for Israel? There are no visible advatages for Israel that can be seen by this move, so what is Sharon hoping for? Israel gives to PA the rest of the Gaza strip and hopes that that's all Hamas and others will ask for? And some way of asking they have by blowing up malls and buses. Can this be considered a victory for terror or is it a game Israel is playing to contain Palestenians and their threat against Israeli security? After all, Israel has come under enormous pressure from the rest of the world to leave the selltements in the Gaza strip. And why? Because the rest of the world considers this conflict an Israeli problem, not looking at it from the perspective that only a few years ago Israel was almost destroyed by it's neighbours, who actually created this Palestenian problem in the first place. Tiny state of Israel has just become a little tinier and her blood-thirsty neighbours have become a little closer to her. I really hope that Sharon has some trick up his sleeve. I really really do.
Posted by Alex at 10:26 AM | Comments (0)
August 12, 2005
Ragdoll Kung Fu
Steam has announced that a new 3rd party game is coming out using their system, The Ragdoll Kung Fu The game looks pretty cool, go there for the demo video download and I took the liberty of grabbing its soundtrack and making it available here. I think the soundtrack alone is worth checking it out.
Posted by Alex at 10:32 PM | Comments (2)
August 06, 2005
The Da Vinchi Code is a work of fiction!
People! What is going on in the world? Don't any of you know that the Da Vinchi code is a work of fiction? I think that Dan Brown did the same thing with his books that science fiction writers did in the early and mid 20th century, I mean then a lot of people beleived that aliens visit the Earth every weekend and even buy our fruits and vegetables because where they are from, the fruits don't grow and vegetables are way overpriced. Forget about what the guard from the Louvre told us (in one of my previous posts) but I was in a grocery store and they are selling books written by well-known Theologists that actually explain to their readers how Dan Brown is historically incorrect. I mean it's laughable that these people can site the book written by a Greek monarch that lived 2 thousand years ago and take it word for word, and then pick up a novel off the bookshelf and too beleive that the writer tried to create an accurate historical account of Biblical proportions. I think it's absurd to think that and those church leaders that support these pseudo writers are only doing it for money. I think there is a lot of money to be made in the business of trying to dispute the most popular work of FICTION there is right now. Also, I don't see any of these writers try to dispute Mel Gibson for his accurately portraid last days of Jesus Christ in his latest Blockbuster, oh no, Mel got paid almost $500m for this work and when confronted about the autrocities that he published in the movie, his response was something like "I wanted to make it as realistic as possible" (dont quote me on this, get your facts straight somewhere else). Talk about the double standards that are being displayed here. I am furious.
All this being said, I would like to also point out that this country is becoming a Theocracy, where the President won the election based on his religious beliefs. Thats absurd! This country's government was based on the separation of Church and State! That means that the Holy Church cannot influence the government in any way. Well, as everyone can see thats exactly not the way things are turning out.
I don't want to get too political here, (it may be way too late for that) so I will not say anymore about this for now.
Posted by Alex at 05:10 PM | Comments (22)