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Which two of these character traits?

Courage and a sense of humor.
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Courage and ethics.
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A sense of humor and ethics.
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Postby The chrisman union » Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:24 pm

Can I have all 3?
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Postby WWII History Geeks » Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:28 pm

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The Parkus Empire wrote:What do want, a blow-job or something?


Which is something I will not give...

It wasn't you he asked. <.<

I know. :)
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Postby The Parkus Empire » Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:40 pm

WWII History Geeks wrote:
The Parkus Empire wrote:What do want, a blow-job or something?


Which is something I will not give...


I was talking to the guy with the big mouth.
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Postby The Parkus Empire » Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:40 pm

The chrisman union wrote:Can I have all 3?


Then we wouldn't have a discussion, would we?
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Postby Aelosia » Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:38 pm

The Parkus Empire wrote:
Aelosia wrote:Courage is not something I admire. For me it is silly, or bluntly idiotic.

Cowardice in the right time is something I do admire.


Then you're gonna love me. [/Batman]

Well, no, not really. I am somewhat courageous, and I've hit people that pissed me off before, and it was stupid. :(

But it felt really good.


Feel really good to pay for it, and do not suffer any kind of guilt, consequence, or even physical exertion.

If you feel good by hitting things...Well. You haven't even started.

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Aelosia wrote:Courage is not something I admire. For me it is silly, or bluntly idiotic.

Cowardice in the right time is something I do admire.


Courage could be defined as running away without fear of losing face should the situation warrant it.


Then you can define courage as anything positive. If courage then is defined as both staying and running, and being smart, and cool and everything, then yes, give me some.

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Postby JarVik » Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:58 pm

I'll go with ethics and a sense of humour.

Why? Well ethics is relative so it does not mean that a couragous person with ethics won't do something nasty from my perspective, and a couragous person without a sense of ethics might be very much inclined to be nasty.

So that leaves ethics with a sense of humour.

Course all 3 plus brains would be better.
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Postby Pevisopolis » Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:02 pm

Voted Courage and a Sense of Humor. However, I always prefer Intelligence over Courage.
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Postby The Parkus Empire » Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:03 pm

Aelosia wrote:Feel really good to pay for it, and do not suffer any kind of guilt, consequence, or even physical exertion.

If you feel good by hitting things...Well. You haven't even started.


It makes my feel good to hit people who deserve it. I confess it is a stupid idea for me to decide who deserves what, and hitting people is a bad habit altogether, but if Rush Limbaugh crossed my path, I don't think I could restrain myself. It's like that. I don't hit anyone who just says something stupid, nor do I hit helpless individuals (my anger barely lasts a few seconds), unless I'm in a real fight, but I do hit people who are asking for it by repetitive behavior they know is unwise.
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Postby The Parkus Empire » Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:04 pm

JarVik wrote:Course all 3 plus brains would be better.


I believe I made it clear in the OP that intelligence is included with all the options.
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Postby Pevisopolis » Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:08 pm

The Parkus Empire wrote:
JarVik wrote:Course all 3 plus brains would be better.


I believe I made it clear in the OP that intelligence is included with all the options.


Not all characters are intelligent by default. Maybe you should just add it on as another option.
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Postby The Parkus Empire » Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:11 pm

Pevisopolis wrote:Not all characters are intelligent by default. Maybe you should just add it on as another option.


First-off, that would fuck-up my question. Secondly, we are assuming they are for the sake of argument, because nobody is going to want courage without brains. Thirdly, I can't alter the poll.
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Postby Aelosia » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:44 am

The Parkus Empire wrote:It makes my feel good to hit people who deserve it.


No, I can understand the feeling, but given my condition I got used to express my disdain/hatred in other ways than mere physical damage.

The Parkus Empire wrote:I confess it is a stupid idea for me to decide who deserves what


No, it isn't. Who better than you? As most people, I do accept social judgment based on peer pressure, but I am sure that according to my standards, (that in the end should be the only valids for me), I am the most qualified person to decide who deserves what. You should think the same, I can't see why deciding who deserves what is stupid. Would you relinquish that privilige should you could get away with it, really? Stupid may be acting about that decision without thinking about all the posibble consequences first, but for the rest...
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Postby Chumblywumbly » Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:55 am

My view of morality is that the moral person is courageous in certain contexts, so delineating the two makes little sense.

Having too much bravado - being foolhardy - is not being courageous, and I don't see it as a good trait to have.
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Postby Mean Feat » Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:18 am

I consider "having a sense of humor" a weakly-defined and 'feelgood' criterion compared to courage.

"Sense of ethics" is pretty vague, too.

My vote must include courage, I favor "sense of ethics" over "having a sense of humor" and thus I vote #2: courage and ethics.

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Postby Czardas » Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:26 am

Chumblywumbly wrote:My view of morality is that the moral person is courageous in certain contexts, so delineating the two makes little sense.

Having too much bravado - being foolhardy - is not being courageous, and I don't see it as a good trait to have.

I always thought courage was something like... the capability to overcome your fears or something. Of course, one could easily define it as the ability to do the right or ethical thing in spite of any intrinsic or extrinsic limitations...
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Postby Chumblywumbly » Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:31 am

Czardas wrote:I always thought courage was something like... the capability to overcome your fears or something. Of course, one could easily define it as the ability to do the right or ethical thing in spite of any intrinsic or extrinsic limitations...

Being able to overcome your fears is a part of what makes up courage, but to be courageous one must be brave and overcome one's fears in the correct manner.
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Postby Charlotte Ryberg » Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:32 am

A sense of humor and ethics: it is important to know the concept, but also there is a need to make it interesting.

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Postby JarVik » Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:03 pm

The Parkus Empire wrote:
JarVik wrote:Course all 3 plus brains would be better.


I believe I made it clear in the OP that intelligence is included with all the options.


And I made and posted a choice based on those options, the extra bit your complaining about is just that extra little bit for kicks. As I did answer your direct stipulation of choices I'm not sure why your complaining
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Postby Zatarack » Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:05 pm

Ethics, and the courage to act on them.
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Postby Zabum » Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:37 pm

I believe that the right understanding is more important than the right actions so I vote for ethics and sense of humor because they help intellect more than courage. I am not a courageous person, so maybe I have a bias against courage because of it. :unsure:

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Postby Cloddhopper-Love » Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:52 am

Ethics be burned, if it came down to it, I'd much rather hang out with an unethical, but courageous and fun-loving person

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Postby Capitalistliberals » Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:53 am

Ethics are in everyone we just have a different ethical code.
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Postby Dododecapod » Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:59 am

Courage and Humour.

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