jaberwocky

Reply to America:Threat to us all in Politics JoeUser Forums

"Just an added bit of irony - in the United States, the major networks are independent. In UK, they're owned by the government... At least our news doesn't come from the government." That's a blantant factual inaccuracy. The BBC is funded by a liscene fee that everyone pays, and has a charter from the government. But apart from that they have complete control - just look at the Hutton affair. The other 3 main free channels 'Independent Television', Channel Four, and Channel Five. Its a

Reply to YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT?? in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Why are Christians, Muslims, and Jews different? Why don't you all make up and accept you're all worshipping the same god? It seems childish and very 'dark ages'. I was bought up a Quaker, and kind of hover on the edge of being a christian. But the irony of there being the holy trinity and there being trinity of abrahamic religions has always held me back. Why do most christian denominations have blokes in funny clothes? God created all and all mankind equally - going to theology school may

Reply to The Capture of Saddam Hussein - A Non American Perspective in Politics JoeUser Forums

to say that the usa had no in pinochet is a hideous fucking lie. go to "http://www.lakota.clara.net/" it was the usa no aguments no excuses accept that it was the usa and move on. now thats what i call regime change vol 33

What should be Done! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Schemes to improve soceity, not the economy (but they do as a sideline except 3) 1. Nice and Easy, Legalize and Strictly Regulate Cannabis. Cannabis is worth at present £23 billion. Nice little sum there. Well given taxation and investment I'm sure we can hit £30 billlion. With all this cash I'd invest some in expanding the space program. Beagle 3,4,5,6 might as well. But most would go to the Education system. University grants are gonna come back with a vengance, backed up by

Reply to Benefits in Politics JoeUser Forums

i didn't mean you. i beleive in at least 50% tax as a minimum

Reply to America:Threat to us all in Politics JoeUser Forums

To be the USA did more than help in WWII. But lend-lease aint the same as sending soliders. You did and thats not up for debate. Whats up for debate is that Britain had the shit bombed out of it and had to fight the 'evil-doers' alone with the help of the few who escaped the fachists. If America had declared war on the 3rd of September do you think that it even be called WW2 today? And as the Marshall plan $13 billion in aid to american companies to rebuild europe. Just another extension of

Benefits in Politics JoeUser Forums

I read in a blog the some one doesn't like paying tax for welfare. Well thats fair enough; people should work and contribute to soceity. No arguments there. But supporting a system that creates, maintains, and encourages inequalities means that there will always be unemployment. Ever since the Neo-Liberals took over on the sly, full employment has never been a socio-economic goal. Nationalised industries, however innefficient, provided secure jobs. I'd rather that the unemployed were part a nati

Reply to Christmastime in Bolton in Politics JoeUser Forums

toke on borther/sister

Reply to Halo vs Half-life in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

yeah but youre judging it as a pc game, through which it will come out worse. as a console game its amazing. console fps have to do a lot to beat it. i just don't fps on pc because im a poor effort with key/mouse. i am the daddy with a pad though. at least there both class. compare them both to trespasser....

Reply to America:Threat to us all in Politics JoeUser Forums

Well thats true europeans are inbred - just look at our monarchy for example. But who made Deliverance? The town i live in, bolton, is the most inbred towns in the uk. My uncle married his second cousin. My mate's parents are cousins too. But inbred was just one of the terms - red neck is purely amercian. The traditional image of a working class american to me is in log cabin

Reply to What Does Your Screen Name Say About You? in Internet JoeUser Forums

jaberwocky. warum nicht? it sounds cool and comes from a nice poem. i almost chose bandersnatch but its harder to spell

America:Threat to us all in Politics JoeUser Forums

To most Americans, the USA is the land of the free and the brave, head of the Free world and all round ace place. To most Americans socialism is a dirty almost blasphemous word, a hideous vision of uniform greys, browns and 10 mile queues for bread and turnips(and thats for the lucky ones). Well I've had enough of being marginalised by a bunch of fachist inbreed red-neck fucks. Far to much. The list of injustices visited upon the world by the USA grows longer each day, the lies of the

Halo vs Half-life in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Unfortunately me xbox is broken, apparently the result of canine urinatory activity. A most untimely mishap, especially over the festive season; indeed a gift I received, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, is useless to my great disgust. This has led me back to't PC games, namely Half-Life and Alpha Centauri. The juxtaposion of a lack of Halo fixes and my subconscious reapprassal of these games and this article. Is Halo the Master Chief or is Half-Life the Mack Daddio? Graphics Give

Reply to 15 Common topics debated on the Internet in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

1) Capitalism isn't perfect. But it is the best system we have. Human beings act in their self interest and any system that wants to succeed on a large scale has to have a way of motivating people to do work that they may not want to do but benefits them and has the side effect of benefiting society. I have to disagree with this assesment as its the only one that niggles - it patently isn't the best system we have. The people of sub-saharran africa or the johnson fold council estate nea

Reply to Don't misunderstand the American character in Politics JoeUser Forums

Eye for an Eye....ich kann nicht sehen. Its ironic that through citing the events of Pearl Habour and 11/9 as a defence of the actions of the USA that you shoot your argument down in flames. Europeans and Muslims don't understand American culture because it is incomprehensible. A good example is the recent debacle of the contracts to rebuild Iraq: the countries that opposed the war were excluded, but this contradicts both the Neo-liberal economic policy of the USA but also contradicts the id

so maybe its the king in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

The Return of the King is without a shadow of a doubt an 'event' and not just a film. Orcs and Sourcery shouldn't really be this much of media darling: everybody on tv was gushing forth the praise like a smoker exhaling with joy that first drag in the morning(thats better mmm menthol!). the film itself is a resounding success amazing battle scenes, good characters and sexy elves! or perhaps not... As a cinemtatic translation of perhaps the greatest book of all time (apart from the bibl

Reply to Slags in Clubs in Music JoeUser Forums

i'd say its a trend of capitalism, but my critisisms are extended to england on the basis of my experiences in the eu. german bars are different. so are french ones and so on. its the way its part of mainstream culture and the expected norm. my flatmates always moan that i never go out - its what you have to do. the english drinking culture doesn't really exist any where else. its cultural thatcherism .

british shit in Misc JoeUser Forums

jus bitches and hoes doesn't really relate to me. council estates and slappers would be better. instead of chronic it should be a 20 bag and 10 lambert. we don't have guns or lowriders, maybe a maxed up nova and a cricket bat. perhaps then i'd be a g. pints then a curry, or somebody on strike, that there could be violent. drive-by mofo. where's the understatement, i'm english. speaking in a anecdotal style, speaking the cockney rhyme just in time. not comedy

Slags in Clubs in Music JoeUser Forums

It dawned on me the other nite after visting a club in Liverpool called Blue Angel the homogeneity of British mainstream cultural life (in terms of going out as a student/young person). About 75% of the Girls had Jeans, Black Strappy Tops, and Long, Straight Shoulder Length Hair. The porportion of Boys had Jeans, T-Shirts and Spikey-ish hair (gareth gates/ david beckham style). Everybody got drunk, struggled to talk over the booming dance/pop/cheese (delete as appropriate) and danced badly. Its

Christmastime in Bolton in Politics JoeUser Forums

Today has been another day of listless boredom; the dull grey skies over Bolton, the smell and sound of a deacying northern town, the crushing compliance of consumerism. Unemployment is this day's mission, and a neferious task it is to ask the dread question: 'is there any work here?' and hear the inevitable reply of 'NO sorry luv,' Inevitably the answer always is no, this year, last year, despite christmas, despite the colourfull shop windows, despite the throngs of Boltonians doing their