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Answers from the pig (responses to questions asked over Skype)
Sindobook:
2008-may-05 19:55PST: Reference number 172
Yeah, we're in agreement here, don't even get me started. (10:42) we can clearly see it has both a surface gun and an AA gun, and 2 masts, (13:22) it is moving far too fast with respect to its size, a diesel-electric of the time while submerged and not snorkeling, think 5 kts, maybe 10 kts max when running off the batteries. Also note the twin screws (and in 12:25). Now here's a big one, (13:37) even if the sub had a radar, it would not be used underwater; he would be using high-frequency sonar for ranging and sonar is not going to sweep like that. (14:30) Lights?! etc.
Sindobook:
2008-may-08 15:37PST: Reference number 175
It is, it glorifies violence (by not depicting realistic consequences to violent acts), encourages teenage (or youth) delinquency, and dubious morality, thievery for one's own apparent benefit, and a secretive support organization to help further their own ends.
Shion is probably a better example, about antithetical main characters meant to be empathized with regardless of their oddities. And an villian who is up there among the most twisted, devious, and evil villians in a contemporary show. A truly evil person, so obsessed with an end that he can justify double murder and child cruelty for, what, in the end, amounts to nothing more than his own selfish needs.
Sindobook:
2008-jun-20 09:30PST: Reference number 197
Finally this is a reasonable question. In the past, Yue-bing had used a simple but effective tactic to gain a group of 'supporters' during prior bunny caucuses.
Yue-bing was dutifully given a number of carrots per day by Vincent, and while she would eat them occasionally, most of them she saved. When she had accumulated a number of carrots, typically several, she would give the carrots to one of her supporters who would then attempt to bribe a pig into supporting her in exchange for the carrots. Most pigs would accept this offer on the spot, causing her base of supporters to grow to levels where she could dominate the caucus with their sheer numbers.
This tactic developed problems in early 2008.
1) Jojo had his own tight network of supporters, and often held meetings where their concerns were to be discussed with him. One night, several of his supporters aired concerns about bribes and revealed they had been asked to vote for Yue-bing in exchange for several carrots. Now pigs are typically given carrots once a day, if that. So the temptation of having several carrots is so great that most pigs would simply accept that offer on the spot. Jojo didn't get angry, he was quoted as saying "Seven carrots in a day is great, but a carrot a day is also great. Rather than choose, take them both." In short, Jojo was running on a carrot-a-day platform and he was telling his supporters to take the bribe if it it was offered to them, but on caucus day ignore the bribe and vote for him anyways.
2) Later in the run-up to the early 2008 caucus, several member of Yue-bing's inner circle were either incapacitated or 'otherwise involved'. She was often forced to rely on Barney, who was among the most flaky of her supporters and he would often lie to her, saying he used the carrots to bribe a pig while in reality eating them all himself. She was fooled so completely by this ruse that many of her attempts to bribe pigs never actually happened.
This caused a near-total breakdown of the tactic in early 2008, basically causing her to drop out of the political scene altogether and even her position as Shinsen's mascot was replaced by Tuan Tuan.
Sindobook:
2008-jun-25 07:47PST: Reference number 199
I did a quick search and this is what turned up.
BTW he has never given 10 oinks to anything, here are the 8's and 9's though.
Zero No Tsukaima (1+2) (8 oinks) setting
Asatte no Houkou (9 oinks) drama
Kimi ga Nozumu Eien (9 oinks) drama
Suzumiya Haruhi (8 oinks) wierd
Clannad (9 oinks) drama
Higurashi (1+2) (9 oinks) unique
Nanoha (A's only) (9 oinks) cute
Air (9 oinks) drama
Monster (8 oinks) suspense
Nana (8 oinks) characters
Aishiteruze Baby (8 oinks) drama
Ashita no Nadja (8 oinks) cute
Wellber no Mongatari (8 oinks) setting
Da Capo (1 only) (8 oinks) drama
Sky Girls (8 oinks) cute
Chokotto Sister (8 oinks) cute
Les Miserables (8 oinks) cute
Shion no Ou (8 oinks) suspense
W-Wish (8 oinks) drama
Lamune (8 oinks) cute
Strawberry Panic (8 oinks) cute
Nijuu Mensou no Musume (9 oinks) action
Comet-san (9 oinks) cute
Fushigi Boshi no Futago Hime (8 oinks) cute
Kami-chama Karin (8 oinks) cute
Moetan (8 oinks) cute
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch (8 oinks) cute
Puchi Puri Yushi (8 oinks) cute
Petopeto-san (8 oinks) wierd
Sketchbook: full color (8 oinks) life
Sindobook:
2008-aug-04 07:47PST: Reference number 212
Not everything is direct. Other than the active / direct type, you have indirect (with immediate feedback), you have indirect (with delayed feedback), you have passive / perceptual, implied, etc. This is explained in-depth in the video pigcast #59.
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