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From the page: "We hope for change but it hasn't arrived yet. I voted for the opposition. In Lebanon I have only one enemy, and that is Israel and everybody who is against Israel is my friend.

I don't like the way the government makes the rich richer. It is always the same few people who govern and who benefit from it. It is assumed that Sunni Muslims vote for Hariri, but I am not one of them.

Lebanon's confessional system [which gives different ethnic and religious groups a fixed number of seats in parliament] encourages candidates to campaign on religious divisions. And also to whip up fear of different groups.

We need to change the electoral system so people vote on issues like education, health and environment, rather than on their religious identity.

Because of Israel, we saw prominent American politicians in Lebanon before the election, to try to defeat Hezbollah. We saw lots of propaganda saying women would have to wear the chador if the opposition wins.

We need to change the constitution so the president is not chosen by Americans, or by Israelis or Syrians, but by Lebanese citizens."

From the page: ""As the human race moves into adolescence and adulthood, it can no longer afford to guide its affairs via those simple myths. Our human ancestors thought long and hard on who and what they were and came up with the best explanations they could make. The frightening thing is that we -- almost at the end of the 20th century, entering the space age, becoming a society based on knowledge -- are still hanging onto those explanations, which date back to our Stone Age. I think we need a more fruitful way to analyze these questions. We need exciting philosophical thought. I don't dislike religion, but I am in considerable fear of what today's brand can lead to."

- Gene Roddenberry (1921 - 1991)"

From the page: "Subspace is an oldschool (est 1997) free online spaceship shoot 'em up game.
Meet people from all over the world...then kill them. It's entirely free - there are absolutely no costs and noone makes ANY money from this game.
Download it now if you want at getcontinuum.com [getcontinuum.com] and get in on the action!"

A (stanford) paper/ case study written on an oldschool online game, useful for anyone studying gaming or similar fields such as the internet.

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