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  1. Re:The UK is a parliamentary dictatorship on UK Taps 439,000 Phones, Now Wants To Monitor MPs · · Score: 1

    If you really want to be frightened read up on how close we came to losing the rights granted to us by Magna Carta. The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill, passed with amendments that put in place safeguards, was a bill that had it passed as it stood, would have given Ministers the ability to alter any law passed by Parliament. The only limitations being that new crimes could not be created if the penalty was greater than two years in prison and that it could not increase taxation. We came within a whisker of Fascism in the UK... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_and_Regul atory_Reform_Act_2006 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/ cmbills/111/06111.1-4.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnist s/guest_contributors/article733022.ece http://www.saveparliament.org.uk/index.php This is real - they tried it once they will try it again...

  2. Re:Today brought to you by pirate jokes: on Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day, Me Hearties · · Score: 1

    Why are pirates so mean? Cos they arrrrrr

  3. Re:Sex sells. on IE Flaw Puts Windows XP SP2 At Risk · · Score: 1

    It don't work with Opera either...

  4. freedom on U.S. House Votes to Extend Patriot Act · · Score: 1

    "It is important for all of us who love freedom to understand that this is a war being fought against ideologues that use terror to advance an agenda. This is a war against killers, cold blooded killers, who embrace an ideology of hatred. Their vision of the world is the opposite of our vision of the world. " Quote from GW Bush after latest bombings Could equally come from bin Laden, speaking about the USA/UK. Enjoy your freedom chaps while you can, there's a hard wind coming.