Re:We Brits aren't all like that.
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Well, I'm not entirely sure about that. I would say that the Russians did the most to ensure a speedy end to WWII, although the American contribution should not be underestimated, especially in the Pacific.
As for WWI, when you really look at the politics of that, it looks like a bit of a fight between distant family members blown out of all proportion.
We Brits aren't all like that.
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Personally I like the Euro, and I like Europe.
I also think that when a British person starts rattling on about the World Wars, it's only because it was the last time that we were important as a major military power, and we need to remind everyone about it at every opportunity because then perhaps people will think that we are great once more. Of course it usually projects the image of the British as a bunch of xenophobic idiots whose feeble minds are controlled by jingoistic newspapers like The Sun.
What made (and still makes) Britain great is not it's rather dubious performance in two world wars, but rather it's countryside, it's culture, and it's continuity. Sadly, however, the sort of people who refer the the wars think that a country can only be great if it sends its sons in to battle to be slaughtered like animals.
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That's strange, because when I worked in Germany, I didn't need a work permit. Perhaps it's something to do with Italians;-)
According to a pilot on BBC news yesterday evening, once one of these planes is up in the air, they are very easy to fly. He said the most likely scenario is that they go tthe pilot to fly to New York, killed him, and then flew into the World Trade Centre.
Which highlights a notable cultural difference between the US and the UK (indeed most of Europe). In the UK a pedestrian always has right of way on a public road (after all they were using them a thousand years before cars were invented.)
I wasn't whinging. I was just pointing out to you that even though you think you are the most put upon person in the world, and a member of the most persecuted group in the world, the reality is that you aren't, and you most certainly aren't alone.
Also, calling a fish gay is not bigotry. At least no more than welshing on a bet is, and I've never complained about people using that phrase.
You really have some problems that need to be sorted out. For one, you need to get some perspective on things. You also need to be a bit less two-faced (I mean condemning violence against gays, and then daring me to have a go if I think I'm up to it).
You aren't the only person who has to struggle. I have suffered from abuse from pretty much my first day at school. You should perhaps try being Welsh in England, and see how far that gets. OK, as an adult you only get comments, but I spent years suffering things like being tied to a radiator (whilst turned on) and then beaten. Or smacked in the face by people who I thought were friends, just because other kids would laugh at the crying sheep shagger I still find the jokes made about welsh people funny, if they are funny.
Look, I've obviously touched a raw nerve here, but I really do think you are over-reacting. The comment was about the fish, using a word which has been hijacked from it's (also hijacked) current meaning. It was not about gays.
I also think that gays should also be game as the butt of jokes in the same way that straights are to gay comedians.
As to one of your earlier comments, I think you will find that there was quite a high percentage of gays amongst the Nazi party. I know that the SA was more gay than straight.
Wow! We're getting massively off topic here, but still...
Scary though it is, a lot of people have mentioned the fact that feelings like this towards children is more common than a lot of people would believe. There was an article in the UK Daily Telegraph which said that a likely reason people react so violently to paedophiles is because they are not that many steps remove from being one themselves, and, if you think about the unconditional love given by parents to children, then think about how much of a step it is from that to sexual love.
I personally don't agree with that bit, because I have 3 children, and cannot even imagine in any form of sexual context.
I think this is probably false in most cases actually - most pedophiles are quite aware that what they are doing is wrong, but for whatever reasons either can't stop themselves or don't want to stop themselves
You are so wrong in saying this. A lot of paedophiles see nothing wrong in what they do, and consider themselves the same as gays before homosexuality was legalised. There was a programme on the UK tv show Panorama which interviewed a member of the Wonderland child pornography ring, and he said that he considered himself and other paedophiles to be in relationships with the children whose lives they are destroying.
After searching on the net I could only find this, which doesn't back me up at all.
Thus I will concede that the crime is nowhere near as bad as I made out, but it is definately a problem, which needs to be solved somehow, and if security cameras help, then the loss of a small portion of your liberty is a small price to pay.
Well, I for one am quite happy to see these cameras in use in Britain. There is actually quite a lot of violence/crime on the streets here.
A report a few years back said that you were more likely to fall victim to mugging, burglary, car theft, sexual attack (not including rape), and other violent acts (which do not end in murder) in England and Wales than anywhere else in the world.
These cameras are there to protect the public at large from quite serious criminals, they are not looking into your bedroom at night, or monitoring your normal activities.
I know it might be chic to say this is a violation of ones freedom, but in reality it is something that is needed to help tackle a serious problem in the UK.
Wouldn't something like this be an admission of guilt. If they really believe what they are doing is right, then they should stand and fight, except, of course, that you would need to be based in a free country where the government represented the people. Let me know if you ever find one of these.
Surely the key can be intercepted. If you are under constant surveillance, then can't your watcher act upon the start signal at the same time as the receiver (thus being in effect a second receiver). Then, acting in precisely the same way as the receiver, the watcher would be able to read the encrypted messages at the same speed as the receiver does.
Surely I have missed something here, because a child would have been able to spot this.
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Well, I'm not entirely sure about that. I would say that the Russians did the most to ensure a speedy end to WWII, although the American contribution should not be underestimated, especially in the Pacific.
As for WWI, when you really look at the politics of that, it looks like a bit of a fight between distant family members blown out of all proportion.
Personally I like the Euro, and I like Europe.
I also think that when a British person starts rattling on about the World Wars, it's only because it was the last time that we were important as a major military power, and we need to remind everyone about it at every opportunity because then perhaps people will think that we are great once more. Of course it usually projects the image of the British as a bunch of xenophobic idiots whose feeble minds are controlled by jingoistic newspapers like The Sun.
What made (and still makes) Britain great is not it's rather dubious performance in two world wars, but rather it's countryside, it's culture, and it's continuity. Sadly, however, the sort of people who refer the the wars think that a country can only be great if it sends its sons in to battle to be slaughtered like animals.
That's strange, because when I worked in Germany, I didn't need a work permit. Perhaps it's something to do with Italians ;-)
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According to a pilot on BBC news yesterday evening, once one of these planes is up in the air, they are very easy to fly. He said the most likely scenario is that they go tthe pilot to fly to New York, killed him, and then flew into the World Trade Centre.
Shouldn't that be Paedant?
Which highlights a notable cultural difference between the US and the UK (indeed most of Europe). In the UK a pedestrian always has right of way on a public road (after all they were using them a thousand years before cars were invented.)
No they don't.
Nice to see that you're decent enough to apologise ;-)
I wasn't whinging. I was just pointing out to you that even though you think you are the most put upon person in the world, and a member of the most persecuted group in the world, the reality is that you aren't, and you most certainly aren't alone.
Also, calling a fish gay is not bigotry. At least no more than welshing on a bet is, and I've never complained about people using that phrase.
You really have some problems that need to be sorted out. For one, you need to get some perspective on things. You also need to be a bit less two-faced (I mean condemning violence against gays, and then daring me to have a go if I think I'm up to it).
You aren't the only person who has to struggle. I have suffered from abuse from pretty much my first day at school. You should perhaps try being Welsh in England, and see how far that gets. OK, as an adult you only get comments, but I spent years suffering things like being tied to a radiator (whilst turned on) and then beaten. Or smacked in the face by people who I thought were friends, just because other kids would laugh at the crying sheep shagger I still find the jokes made about welsh people funny, if they are funny.
Look, I've obviously touched a raw nerve here, but I really do think you are over-reacting. The comment was about the fish, using a word which has been hijacked from it's (also hijacked) current meaning. It was not about gays.
I also think that gays should also be game as the butt of jokes in the same way that straights are to gay comedians.
As to one of your earlier comments, I think you will find that there was quite a high percentage of gays amongst the Nazi party. I know that the SA was more gay than straight.
Actually, both 'dyslexic' and 'dyslectic' are correct, but not 'dislectic'.
Don't you mean dyslexic? I'm sorry but it seemed kind of important seeing as your were on about spelling.
Have you seen the size of the things?
I'm sure an ordinary battery of that size would do a good job of powering my laptop for over 12 hours, too.
...the thing which most drew me to your comment was the double entendre title.
Now the sex.com domain can be used as was intended, and not as some evil porn site.
They already have that in the UK. It's called Techno Games.
Wow! We're getting massively off topic here, but still...
Scary though it is, a lot of people have mentioned the fact that feelings like this towards children is more common than a lot of people would believe. There was an article in the UK Daily Telegraph which said that a likely reason people react so violently to paedophiles is because they are not that many steps remove from being one themselves, and, if you think about the unconditional love given by parents to children, then think about how much of a step it is from that to sexual love.
I personally don't agree with that bit, because I have 3 children, and cannot even imagine in any form of sexual context.
I think this is probably false in most cases actually - most pedophiles are quite aware that what they are doing is wrong, but for whatever reasons either can't stop themselves or don't want to stop themselves
You are so wrong in saying this. A lot of paedophiles see nothing wrong in what they do, and consider themselves the same as gays before homosexuality was legalised. There was a programme on the UK tv show Panorama which interviewed a member of the Wonderland child pornography ring, and he said that he considered himself and other paedophiles to be in relationships with the children whose lives they are destroying.
After searching on the net I could only find this, which doesn't back me up at all.
Thus I will concede that the crime is nowhere near as bad as I made out, but it is definately a problem, which needs to be solved somehow, and if security cameras help, then the loss of a small portion of your liberty is a small price to pay.
Do you mean this individual?
Well, I for one am quite happy to see these cameras in use in Britain. There is actually quite a lot of violence/crime on the streets here.
A report a few years back said that you were more likely to fall victim to mugging, burglary, car theft, sexual attack (not including rape), and other violent acts (which do not end in murder) in England and Wales than anywhere else in the world.
These cameras are there to protect the public at large from quite serious criminals, they are not looking into your bedroom at night, or monitoring your normal activities.
I know it might be chic to say this is a violation of ones freedom, but in reality it is something that is needed to help tackle a serious problem in the UK.
Sealand? :)
No people to represent.
Wouldn't something like this be an admission of guilt. If they really believe what they are doing is right, then they should stand and fight, except, of course, that you would need to be based in a free country where the government represented the people. Let me know if you ever find one of these.
Surely the key can be intercepted. If you are under constant surveillance, then can't your watcher act upon the start signal at the same time as the receiver (thus being in effect a second receiver). Then, acting in precisely the same way as the receiver, the watcher would be able to read the encrypted messages at the same speed as the receiver does.
Surely I have missed something here, because a child would have been able to spot this.