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Yeah I feel I should get a tshirt
I have been tortured by an isis sympathizer and all I got was this t shirt
00 agent mode is tough. Some levels do feel next to impossible. I'd suggest looking up some playthroughs on YouTube and seeing if there are any tricks, techniques, routes, or strategies you hadn't thought of that might make a particular level easier to beat for you.
Then of course I have Train and Control which are the hardest
Then cradle and Aztec
For Train, I'd say learn where all the enemies are and how many because I feel like there's a set number in that level. Towards the end one or two will come out of a locked door you've passed, so just know when you have to check behind you. When you come up to the guys with the ZMGs let them come to you. Don't try to firefight them in the open and don't take on more than one at a time.
For Control, when you're defending Natalya, try to pick the guys off from afar as they come down the central stairs to minimize the amount of coverage you have to do to your far left and right.
For Cradle, I feel like you just have to get lucky in terms of how long Trevelyan decides to take before the level enters the endgame. The longer you have to chase him the less likely you are to succeed.
For Aztec, may God be with you.
Because Disney has been doing it, and no matter how awful and pointless their remakes have been, they still make money.
And that's what it's all about in the end analysis. Critical reception be damned!
Bloody hate it all the same.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/critics-reject-roald-dahl-books-censorship-97322799
I do too. I mean, what the hell!? The man is dead. You do not alter a writer's words without his consent.
It’s total BS. Mind-boggling that anyone would think it’s a good idea. Everyone I’ve talked to about it agrees censorship is dumb.
I just don't get it. What are they hoping to achieve?
That’s basically a good quick summary. I can rant about censorship and banning for hours, but it boils down to that. It does nothing good whatsoever. Only bad.
Between newspeak and Bowderlization.
@Venutius correctly points out the Orwellian nightmare this is feeling like. I mean, these adjustments are minor, but it's the principle behind it all that upsets me. You just don't take words out of a book, meanwhile assuming that other people, even if they are kids, are somehow incapable of putting things in the proper context.
Now, I understand that these books are aimed at children, but just imagine the Flemings got the same treatment. What would the description of Rosa Klebb be like if we can no longer call characters fat or ugly? ;-)
Children can be brats, or worse. They're not perfect little beings.
Or just imagine 1984 Bowdlerised. Or A Clockwork Orange.
Exactly. And removing certain words from their literary vocabulary isn't going to turn the school playground into an oasis of unconditional peace and friendship.
I’ve known plenty of rotten people in my life, but many of the cruelest were children.
I am not too worried myself. In the end, the forbidden fruit always tastes best. People will seek out the uncensored version of something, and in the age of the Internet, will find it too. Publishers will notice that and be forced to release both versions. In the end, it is all about the money. Take Kubrick's Spartacus. Who cares about the censored version these days? The only version you can buy is the uncensored film. Because in the end, that's what people want. If my son wants to read Dahl at some point, I will happily supply him with the original books. And discuss with him whatever he wants to talk about-- a lost art, if you ask me.
Thank you, yes. What's more, the changes made are positively ridiculous. A few examples:
(Same comment about "fat".)
Talk about sucking the fun out of a book! But there's more. What really has me upset is the fact that children are considered dumb, vacuous little creatures who must live in blissful ignorance about certain things rather than learn about the harsh facts of life and how to cope with things, or how to judge bad things, or how to separate fiction from reality. A child cannot become a good person in a vacuum, shielded from all that (apparently) is bad. Rather, every "good" person has had to learn from personal experiences, many of which were unpleasant. A child has to say bad things, and then remorsefully understand that such things are best not repeated. Allow children to make mistakes, to be both the sender as well as the receiver of clumsily put, negative statements. Only then can it grow into adulthood. A perfectly sterile environment in which we pretend that "an ugly woman" is a phrase that doesn't exist, is no place to raise a child.
The thing about calls for censorship is that they are currently coming from both sides: the left wants more inclusive language for certain groups (women, gays, trans), while the right wants to eliminate certain groups from the discussion (you guessed it--women, gays, trans).
We are at a weird point in history. I hope we're not revisiting the 1930s but it sure feels that way sometimes.