Missing Jesus added to town's Nativity scene

Okay.  I can understand wanting to keep a separation of church and state.  That's fine, but if you want to separate church and state, then don't put up a Nativity scene!  If you're that concerned about it, don't even have a Festival that honors the celebration of the birth of Christ!

Do you want to put up a manger scene but live in an area where people may be offended by it?  I have a few tips.  Instead of Mary, use Queen Amidala;  Instead of Baby Jesus, use baby Luke;  Anakin as Joseph.  The three wise men?  Mace Windu, Obi-Wan, and Yoda.  And the animals can be Bantha, Womp Rats, and a couple of Taun Tauns.

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IRS taxation of game assets inevitable - PC News at GameSpot

Another Gamespot article (can you tell where I get my news?) predicts the government taxation of "virtual currency" in MMOGs, even if it's a currency that doesn't get converted to cash. My wish for a solution to MMOG addiction come true. It's really fine by me; they can tax my virtual a$$ all they want, as long as they don't start taxing my Killing Floor euros.

If you're a fan of MMOG (can you tell I'm not?), then you will be taxed twice: once when you purchase the sub, and once when you gain virtual currency. I can just see the tags when you log in: "You just got pwned by Uncle_Sam2007".

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Napster founder targets WOW for next project - PC News at GameSpot

Gamespot reported that Shawn Fanning (of infamous Napster) is targeting World of Warcrack bo build a virtual online community.  Should we tell him that WoW already is a virtual online community, or should we let him find out for himself?

Quote: "The MySpace for Azeroth will pull data directly from WoW and publish stats and information on a personalized page.  Gamers will also be able to instant message while playing..."  So... we can look at the oh-so-reliable MySpace to see that the stats of our virtual friends are virtually over 13?  All this and an instant messenger?  We no longer got to /shout?  Tell, me, does it make julienne fries, too?My favorite part of the article: "Rupture will [...] focus on exchanging info on gamers' real lives, should they have one."If you found any part of this offensive ... stop playing WoW.

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