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- Wed Aug 16, 2017 6:52 am
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: Winter is Here
- Replies: 242
- Views: 50250
Re: Winter is Here
If executing two people (who would only come back to fight her anyway) sends a message to others and discourages/demoralises them then it may well save lives in the long run. War is a nasty process and people will die - it's all in question of minimising casualties.
- Sat Aug 05, 2017 9:56 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Total eclipse on August 21st
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7706
Re: Total eclipse on August 21st
Well if I didn't feel old at the beginning of all this I certainly do now.... I remember the release of the original Bonnie Tyler one but not all the covers...
I guess I'll just get my pipe and slippers.
I guess I'll just get my pipe and slippers.
- Fri Aug 04, 2017 5:19 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Do women need protection from men?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2879
Re: Do women need protection from men?
They do need protecting from some men. But that doesn't mean that men need to do the protecting. The examples you gave could be set up by women just as easily as by men. So women can take ownership of their own protection. And similarly if the men feel unsafe in their dormitory (or wherever) they're...
- Wed Aug 02, 2017 9:56 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Total eclipse on August 21st
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7706
Re: Total eclipse on August 21st
I think the younger people here won't have a clue what you two are talking about. Obviously I don't have a clue what you're talking about either.
- Sun Jul 23, 2017 10:51 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: Dunkirk
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3955
Re: Dunkirk
I haven't seen the film, but I do know a lot about the history (I've read a lot of history about WW2 and know more than is probably healthy for most folk)... The one thing I saw about this that depressed me/concerned me was an interview with the two young stars and when they were asked what the film...
- Fri Jul 21, 2017 7:05 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Airline asked to ban peanuts after kid had severe allergic reaction
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3296
Re: Airline asked to ban peanuts after kid had severe allergic reaction
Mushrooms - even the smell of them - makes me hurl. But I certainly don't expect the rest of the world to give me a mushroom exclusion zone (I don't know if it's an allergy or just an intense dislike - never bothered to find out). If this kid has an issue with peanuts they're just going to have to d...
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:38 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: UK peeps: how are we feeling about the return of THE CRYSTAL MAZE?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1958
Re: UK peeps: how are we feeling about the return of THE CRYSTAL MAZE?
I think it's been excellent so far and Richard Ayoade is tremendous as the host. I too agree it would be better with "real" competitors rather than many of the C-list celebrities they've got on there though.
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:35 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: Doctor Who
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3150
Re: Doctor Who
About time too. My only concern is the sonic screwdriver - as a women she's obviously not going to have a clue how to use it. So they'll need to replace it with something more in keeping with her new form like a sonic spatula.
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:28 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: I'm taking ownership (again) of the 'none' smiley.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2525
- Wed Jun 28, 2017 9:51 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Happy birthday Dragon!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2783
Re: Happy birthday Dragon!
Wouldn't that make it Layday (which sounds wrong for other reasons) or Hatchday rather than Birthday?BruceSmith78 wrote:Is it her birthday when the eggs are laid or when she hatches?
- Thu Jun 15, 2017 10:30 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: "Two things MGTOW men should understand are facts about all women."
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5843
Re: "Two things MGTOW men should understand are facts about all women."
The more dark corners of the world I look into the more I come to the conclusion that there really isn't any point in trying to reason with assholes like that. Just lock them up somewhere and forget about them. Or whatever. I really don't care very much.
- Mon Jun 12, 2017 10:01 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: I'm shutting down the forum
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1613
Re: I'm shutting down the forum
It was just a matter of time before they found out anyway.
- Fri Jun 09, 2017 10:33 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: UK's Going to have a snap election
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9781
Re: UK's Going to have a snap election
Upon more considered reflection between this and the last two election results (2010 and 2015) I'm beginning to come to the conclusion that the days of large majorities may be coming to an end. The Tories had 44% of the vote and Labour had 40% of the vote, either of which would have given them a hug...
- Fri Jun 09, 2017 12:01 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: UK's Going to have a snap election
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9781
Re: UK's Going to have a snap election
Stayed upto 6am watching the election results. I quite liked it - I thought the results were "about right". And the good news for someone who enjoys watching elections is that I'm guessing that we're going to get another election within a year...
- Sun Jun 04, 2017 10:42 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: UK's Going to have a snap election
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9781
Re: UK's Going to have a snap election
We are more in debt, but the deficit is being reduced. In 2010 when the Tories came to power the deficit was £100 billion. And they've reduced it to £14 billion last year. So yes, the total national debt is still increasing, but the rate at which it is increasing is slowing down which is the first s...
- Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:24 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: UK's Going to have a snap election
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9781
Re: UK's Going to have a snap election
I think the main problem that Corbyn (and in a wider sense the entire Labour party) is that the lack of trust the public has with them when it comes to the economy. Immigration and defense will certainly be a factor to one extent or another to some people, but as we painfully crawl out of a recessio...
- Wed May 24, 2017 10:28 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: How is terrorism liberals' fault?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2829
Re: How is terrorism liberals' fault?
Don't forget Corbyn cosying up to Hezbollah too.
- Fri May 12, 2017 11:03 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Upon further review...
- Replies: 61
- Views: 14922
Re: Upon further review...
We don't need the Democrats to do that because mass movements could do it much better What are these "mass movements" meant to me achieving (exactly)? Cos that could mean loads of different things... a change in the whole mechanics of government (for example moving to Proportional Represe...
- Fri May 12, 2017 5:09 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Who knew...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6661
Re: Who knew...
Most of Western Europe deals this sort of thing by criminalising hate speach. So you don't need to go round randomly punching people and if someone does start spouting racist/hate filled shit the legal system will deal with them. So they don't feel the victim of mob vigilantism but rather the rule ...
- Thu May 11, 2017 8:50 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Who knew...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6661
Re: Who knew...
Most of Western Europe deals this sort of thing by criminalising hate speach. So you don't need to go round randomly punching people and if someone does start spouting racist/hate filled shit the legal system will deal with them. So they don't feel the victim of mob vigilantism but rather the rule o...
- Thu May 11, 2017 6:21 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Who knew...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6661
Re: Who knew...
I'm not in favour of unlimited free speech. But I don't think that equates to arbitrary violence against people we disagree with.
- Mon May 08, 2017 10:18 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: UK's Going to have a snap election
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9781
Re: UK's Going to have a snap election
I was wondering if any of you lot will be tactically voting? Or will you steadfastly be sticking to your preferred party regardless? I would assumed that many of you think that many of the options (e.g. Labour, Lib Dems, Green) are all better/preferential to the Tories so which one of them has the b...
- Mon May 08, 2017 10:05 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: Blade Runner 2049
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3041
Re: Blade Runner 2049
That looks pretty damn cool...
- Mon May 08, 2017 9:53 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Who knew...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6661
Re: Who knew...
Yeah - I wish I was more surprised by that but unfortunately not...
- Thu May 04, 2017 9:19 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: UK's Going to have a snap election
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9781
Re: UK's Going to have a snap election
Ahh... but young people are very good at "doing things on the internet" and that's how you make real change in the world isn't it? Not going out and actually voting?!? Joking aside (and I'm very pleased that aels is doing her bit for both the young and the anti-Tories) I think that given t...
- Wed May 03, 2017 10:15 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: UK's Going to have a snap election
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9781
Re: UK's Going to have a snap election
Apparently Labour has closed the polling gap by about ten points in a week. It might not be as much of a slaughter as people think. I'm curious which polls you're looking at - the ones I've been seeing are showing a different story, with the Tories still generally being about 20 points ahead. I thi...
- Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:40 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: This is racist, right?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7993
Re: This is racist, right?
I think things are pretty bad in North Korea for the average "man in the street". Everything I've seen about the place makes me think of 1984 - they are constantly under surveillance, anyone not deemed to be sufficiently patriotic will be questioned, their "military first" policy...
- Tue Apr 25, 2017 1:09 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: UK's Going to have a snap election
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9781
Re: UK's Going to have a snap election
Increasing the amount we give people on benefits is not investing in jobs and will not help the economy. Increasing the amount companies have to pay people will not increase the amount of jobs they are going to create. I have no problem with people wanting to spend more money on social programmes or...
- Mon Apr 24, 2017 10:45 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: I do stuff now
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6497
Re: I do stuff now
And you say that they won't "give you your house", but if you have two people living in a six bedroom house and a six person family living in a one room bedsit and just by chance the two people didn't want to spontaneously offer up their house to the family that no-one would come along an...
- Mon Apr 24, 2017 10:18 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: I do stuff now
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6497
Re: I do stuff now
"state ownership of the means of production" Marxists believe in eliminating the state from existence. Some (Leninists, mostly) believe in a transitional period during which the working class takes control of the state and uses it to move towards a stateless society. But the idea that the...
- Mon Apr 24, 2017 9:57 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: I do stuff now
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6497
Re: I do stuff now
I have to disagree with you there But that's because -- as demonstrated by what you wrote in the next paragraph -- you haven't read Marx. What you described isn't Marxist theory. It's a middle school misunderstanding. I did read Marx (a long time ago when I was Uni) and I remember it was about &quo...
- Mon Apr 24, 2017 9:50 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: UK's Going to have a snap election
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9781
Re: UK's Going to have a snap election
I like Corbyn. I like his idea to increase bank holidays, as we have far fewer then many other countries, and the economic crisis may have been presided over by Labour, but it was a world event kick-started in the US. The uk debt has also risen by 550 billion under Tory rule, wages are stagnant, be...
- Mon Apr 24, 2017 9:40 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: I do stuff now
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6497
Re: I do stuff now
what's the solution? A Marxist-Leninist workers' paradise? Marxism isn't a utopian theory. I have to disagree with you there (I will also say that true free market Capitalism would be a horrific nightmare). For Marxism to work everyone has to really get on board and be willing to put the "grea...
- Sun Apr 23, 2017 9:56 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: I do stuff now
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6497
Re: I do stuff now
@opiate Are you interpreting comments in this thread as encouraging or endorsing an "obstructive as possible" policy, or are you commenting in general? Because if it's the former, I wonder to which post you're referring. I don't think citizens expecting police to follow the due process of...
- Sat Apr 22, 2017 10:54 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: UK's Going to have a snap election
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9781
Re: UK's Going to have a snap election
And right on cue as an example of a populist policy that obviously hasn't been given a second's thought and would cost the economy, Corbyn announces that he would create four new Bank Holidays: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39682388 Sounds great until you think about it... it costs the national econo...
- Fri Apr 21, 2017 9:07 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: I do stuff now
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6497
Re: I do stuff now
I realise this is the "wrong" response and I'm meant to jump on the hate-bandwagon too, and I absolutely agree that there are a lot of racist and abusive policemen (and women) out there who take advantage of their powers and are generally shit at their jobs and not only should be sacked bu...
- Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:48 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: UK's Going to have a snap election
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9781
Re: UK's Going to have a snap election
Sorry - if it was a short answer I could have done it during the day, but for a longer answer you need to wait until I'm at home in the evening... Corbyn is very left wing. And he doesn't really make any effort to hide the fact. He's extremely close to the Trade Unions and has an automatic, knee-jer...
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:36 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: UK's Going to have a snap election
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9781
Re: UK's Going to have a snap election
Aels, I have a question. Why are the Tories so popular over there when they suck so much? As a UK voter for over 20 years now I think I can have a go at answering this... None of the political parties really represent my views so when it comes to elections it's always a question of picking the &quo...
- Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:24 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: UK's Going to have a snap election
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9781
UK's Going to have a snap election
Theresa May has announced a "snap" General Election on 8th June. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39629603 I love elections! As soon as I heard the news I booked the 9th June off work so I stay up all night watching the results coming in. (The wife thinks I'm crazy - she will not be s...
- Mon Apr 17, 2017 10:23 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Feminism Test
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5770
Re: Feminism Test
I'm shocked that I'm the most "Liberal feminist" person here...
- Mon Apr 17, 2017 9:27 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: This is racist, right?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7993
Re: This is racist, right?
I think this is "angels dancing on the head of a pin" territory as to whether it's racism, cultural bias or some other form of hatred. The bottom line is that it's bigotry to malign an entire group of people based on some arbitrary characteristic.
- Mon Apr 17, 2017 4:22 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Feminism Test
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5770
Re: Feminism Test
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- Tue Apr 11, 2017 9:57 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Shame I voted third party
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2462
Re: Shame I voted third party
And Gorsuch on the Supreme Court. And the rollbacks to climate change and environmental policies, fair pay and safe workplace orders, FCC regulations and internet privacy, and plans to ramp up the war on drugs. But hey, it's only been a few months. I'm sure he'll start behaving differently than Cli...
- Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:33 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Question for those who post on the IMDB2 board.
- Replies: 49
- Views: 11802
Re: Question for those who post on the IMDB2 board.
Looks like Ada has now received her third (and permanent) ban. http://imdb2.freeforums.net/thread/13653/finally-free-witch?page=6 The interesting thing that's come up during the last bout of arguing is that there's a separate board they created for all the people that are banned (either temporarily ...
- Tue Apr 04, 2017 9:45 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Undocumented immigrants
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4567
Re: Undocumented immigrants
I think they should make the process for qualifying for legal entry easier rather than rewarding people for breaking the law and the criminals who profit from trafficking them. As for the people already in the country there should be a one-time amnesty where people can declare themselves and go thro...
- Sun Apr 02, 2017 9:30 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Happy birthday Boomer.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3988
Re: Happy birthday Boomer.
Happy birthday!
- Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:08 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: I genuinely can't tell if this article is satire
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3310
Re: I genuinely can't tell if this article is satire
I've seen the same story reported elsewhere so I'm guessing it's not satire.
- Sun Mar 26, 2017 9:55 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Question for those who post on the IMDB2 board.
- Replies: 49
- Views: 11802
Re: Question for those who post on the IMDB2 board.
For those of you who may be interested it looks like Ada has received a second (temporary) ban there. http://imdb2.freeforums.net/thread/12889/case-anybody I don't really know all the details - I've been a bit busy this weekend and haven't spent much time on line. But I thought that some of you migh...
- Sun Mar 26, 2017 9:41 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Creepy shit from my state
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2664
Re: Creepy shit from my state
Yeah - don't read the comments.
- Thu Mar 23, 2017 10:48 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: that time when Satanists have the moral high ground
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3135
Re: that time when Satanists have the moral high ground
That made me laugh!