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[CaptainHenreh]

:: throws popcorn at the screen ::

Aww come ON! Isn't anyone literate around here? Y'all ain't READING what Henreh is saying! Fuckin' a. What kind of rumble is this when half the fighters aren't even participating in the same discussion?

I enjoy a good meaningless post war, but this is just stupid.

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Remember when like, every third topic on IRB was like this? Free Pizza Dave? Damn, that shit was great.

[Ashe]

I do loves me some Top Gear

[The One]

Hey. a little advice.

Elect a black president.

It does wonders for your world perception. I dunno if you'll be as lucky as we were. His name happens to rhyme with Osama, and his middle name is the cursed name of the man our president had a bit of a grudge with. It was like a triple word score!

gotta love those bonus points.

It only took us 270 years. Great Brittan has been around alot longer. Get with the program!

[Orangejuice]

Erm, what exactly does the monarchy do for us? Feck all, they're just a load of spongers. Our country is, and has been, run purely be the government for the longest time. And they're just as useless.

The Royal Family does attract rather alot of tourists to the country. They're an important institution which involves itself with a lot of good causes. The Government are your so-called spongers. They take at least 10 times what you think the Royals do.

My apologies for the insult, OJ.

Granted.

This was never about US vs UK. I know the United States has it's problems, but at least we question our government. Instead, this thread is about the complacency of the subjects of Her Royal Majesty the Queen, and how they blindly and dumbly go along with anything their government says, like lambs to the slaughter. If they ever knew what Freedom meant, they've long since forgotten...traded it for a false sense of security.

There is alot of opposition to most of what the government do and say. We should have had a General Election when Brown came to power, but he bottled out. He also promised an referendum on the Lisbon treaty. (Which removes more of liberties.) But bottled out of that also. The support for the other parties grows and hopefully we'll shove this crap government out. But we need the chance. But with the current economic climate people are likely to vote for Brown. He made a half decent chancellor, even if he did create the Financial mess Britain is in. Our government is like a dictator! Quite ironic eh?

Eh. It just seems that every time I look at the newspaper, Britons are trading away their civil rights for the "common good." But really this has gotten blown out of proportion, as I really just wanted to push OJ into thinking for itself for once.

HIMSELF!
Ignorant comments like this devalue your argument in my eyes. Plus I've always thought for myself.

Hey. a little advice.

Elect a black president.

It does wonders for your world perception. I dunno if you'll be as lucky as we were. His name happens to rhyme with Osama, and his middle name is the cursed name of the man our president had a bit of a grudge with. It was like a triple word score!

gotta love those bonus points.

It only took us 270 years. Great Brittan has been around alot longer. Get with the program!

I'd be happy to vote for a black candidate. But he has to be right. I won't be doing what many Americans did and vote for one because he was black!

[Ashe]

The Royal Family does attract rather alot of tourists to the country. They're an important institution which involves itself with a lot of good causes. The Government are your so-called spongers. They take at least 10 times _{to do what} what you think the Royals do.


Granted.


There is a lot of opposition to most of what the government does and says. We should have had a General Election when Brown came to power, but he bottled out. He also promised a referendum on the Lisbon treaty, (which removes more of liberties.), but bottled out of that also. The support for the other parties grows and hopefully we'll shove this crap government out. But we need the chance. But with the current economic climate people are likely to vote for Brown. He made a half decent chancellor, even if he did create the Financial mess Britain is in. Our government is like a dictator! Quite ironic eh?


HIMSELF!
Ignorant comments like this devalue your argument in my eyes. Plus I've always thought for myself.


I'd be happy to vote for a black candidate. But he has to be right. I won't be doing what many Americans did and vote for one because he was black!

By your reasoning, your argument has as much value as the ZWD. Congratulations on your complete lack of a point or leg to stand on.

[sassmore4u]

I'd be happy to vote for a black candidate. But he has to be right. I won't be doing what many Americans did and vote for one because he was black!

that's not the ONLY reason! ... he also talks pretty

[The One]

that's not the ONLY reason! ... he also talks pretty

and he's smarter than we are. many americans learned the hard way, just because a president would sit back drink a beer and watch NASCAR with you, doesnt necessarily mean he'll do what he's supposed to do when hes president.

After all, what does George W Bush think the highlight of his presidency was? Catching a 7 1/2 pound perch in his own lake. (That's a true story)

Fishin' Accomplished!

Still don't know how that aircraft carrier fit in there though.

I'd be happy to vote for a black candidate. But he has to be right. I won't be doing what many Americans did and vote for one because he was black!

I also don't think very many voters voted for him because he was black. I think he just put confidence in their minds on having someone competent on the Oval Office. I think though, hes won even more confidence just in his picks for his cabinet. After all, you can tell how well someone makes big decisions, by the small ones.

[CaptainHenreh]

HIMSELF!
Ignorant comments like this devalue your argument in my eyes. Plus I've always thought for myself.

Lighten up Frances. I didn't know your gender (and I was typing at the moment, too busy to look) and in english "it" is the only gender neutral pronoun worth a shit. "Him/herself" is stupid and clumsy, and God help me had I been wrong. You'd have been all butthurt about that too. Itself is mo 'betta.

I also don't think very many voters voted for him because he was black.

If you believe that you're a total moron. In a recent ABC interview, a local gun store owner said he voted for Obama.

Now why would a gun store owner vote for a candidate who all but said he'd do everything in his power to do put the gun store owner out of his business?

Guess what color his skin was. Go ahead, I'll give you a minute.

Edited by CaptainHenreh, 04 January 2009 - 07:23 PM.

[Ashe]

There maybe an argument that Black voters voted for Obama because he was black, but they still only accounted for 13% of the overall vote.

[Orangejuice]

By your reasoning, your argument has as much value as the ZWD. Congratulations on your complete lack of a point or leg to stand on.

That only happens when you edit someones post within a quote.

[Ashe]

You looks stupid just because I edited your post within a quote?

No, you did that all on your own. What the hell are you even talking about?

[Tommi Danger]

The Royal Family does attract rather alot of tourists to the country. They're an important institution which involves itself with a lot of good causes. The Government are your so-called spongers. They take at least 10 times what you think the Royals do.

If by good causes you mean charity events, then why do they get money out of them? And the only money they make is through us and publicity. The royals have no power at all anymore, and are completly pointless. Also they don't attract much tourism, its the likes of the crown jewels and the palace the bring the punters in, which would still do the same job with or without the royals.

[Orangejuice]

If by good causes you mean charity events, then why do they get money out of them? And the only money they make is through us and publicity.

Those two sentences contradict each other. They don't make money out of charity events. Nobody does apart from the charity. If that was different then there would be a huge outcry from socialite royalist haters. We pay them very little from our taxes. The Royal Family isn't that rich.

The royals have no power at all anymore, and are completly pointless.

They still have the same powers, but choose not to use them. I wish she would desolve parliament though!

Also they don't attract much tourism, its the likes of the crown jewels and the palace the bring the punters in, which would still do the same job with or without the royals.

They wouldn't do half as well. Sure they don't account for 100% of the tourism, but they do for a good proportion of it!

[Ashe]

So does Disneyland...must be the big ears.

[MagicOPromotion]

my pops told me that teachers used to whoop his ass and one even hung him out of a window. that was different times.

Ive actual witnessed teachers letting a fight go on because the kid that was getting it annoyed the fuck out of them. I was in a alternative school mind you.
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[Mr. Squiggle Pants]

Sorry, but I did major in that stuff. And I believe in giving credit where credit is due. My apologies for the insult, OJ.

Yeah thats right Carl. What the hell are you thinking trying to credit the correct people?

i believe it is a popular perpetuated myth that 'some british guy' invented the internet in his basement (i assume whilst trying to make scones)

[Mr. Squiggle Pants]

Eh, that's just because you don't know me. I watch every episode of Top Gear the minute it hits the web, and I've got a Daytona 675 as my wallpaper at work. What I really can't stand, however, is the "Nanny Stateism" that the UK is rife with. And the reason it aggrivates me so much is because the UK used to be so cool and because there are many things I like that come out of the UK, but I feel I can't support because I despise what the government has done and what the people of the UK have allowed to happen.

I mean its as if you watched FOX news and believed it. We are well aware our right wing politicians are going over there and being all 'OH MY GOD LOOK AT WHAT THE LEFT DID TO BRITIAN! THEY GIVE YOU MONEY IF YOU CANT WORK FOR GODS SAKE. WHAT NEXT? FREE HEALTHCARE FOR EVERYONE?!'

I would just like to ask if the powers and reasons behind the constitutional monarchy are known.

For me. those reasons are about being able to seperate a 'britishness' from the government. so i can look at the flag stick my thumb up my ass and be haplessly proud, without having to agree to the prime minister or his fellow MPs because being british isnt about politics, the hazy line doesnt exist in the UK. We harass our poltical candidates with vicious venom. Never more prominent than recently with several resignations over expenses.

The queen is there to keep figurehead worship and political leadership away from each other, at least in the modern way of things. And to be honest i fucking love it.

The idea of a nanny state having been founded in the UK is something that the conservatives will always talk about, they talk about the jobs that the government have 'created out of politics' and they will claim that so many of these 'created' jobs are only there to ensure the vote stays towards them. Seriously, its like the catholics view on the similarities between the Egypto-Greek mythology and the birth of christ 'Devil did it to mess with our heads.

Yeah, if life is just so easy now, why dont you try living it. The job market is fiercly competetive, the taxation is high, but nessecary. If we want a country that will not allow its constituents to die, we have to pay the price. This country isnt about handouts, you cant just waltz off, claim you have a funky leg and live in a mansion for the rest of your life. i mean its like food stamps, only i suppose we trust the poor with money.

Besides i could easily argue that the UK wasnt actually left orientated anyway - the 'New' labour campaign was a carbon copy of Clintons campaign, which was all about individualism, a right to choose. They spouted hope and people voted. Now they didnt actually promise traditionally left values - like workers/trade unions, no in fact Labour decided they wanted to let the free market off the leash and see what happened. What they promised were better trains, schools and healthcare. Which considering they didnt raise taxes but introduced 'Targets' they didnt deliver either (at least not more than a token boost in funding).

The reason you believe the UK to be a nanny state of course, could not be just from what you were told, its from what you know about the country too! The problematic thing about New Labour is that it does want to seem to be doing something productive all the time. After all this is how you appease the voters. 'OH no kids are unruely!' 'Never fear mam we shall attach Orders of anti social behaviour upon the ruffians, teach them manners!'

'oh no the terrorists!11!'
'We shall implement a new modern identification system'

'oh no the roads are so dangerous!'
'We shall implement modern road saftey equipment!'

before you know it the kids are opressed, we are all monitored with a speed camera on every road in britian. The policies backfire because they arent well thought out, more there for public appeasement. This doesnt mean we are a slave to our government however, it actually means our retarded government is such an appeasing slave to us that we are actually allowed to fuck up the country based on our rediculous armchair opinions.

Lighten up Frances. I didn't know your gender (and I was typing at the moment, too busy to look) and in english "it" is the only gender neutral pronoun worth a shit. "Him/herself" is stupid and clumsy, and God help me had I been wrong. You'd have been all butthurt about that too. Itself is mo 'betta.



If you believe that you're a total moron. In a recent ABC interview, a local gun store owner said he voted for Obama.

Now why would a gun store owner vote for a candidate who all but said he'd do everything in his power to do put the gun store owner out of his business?

Guess what color his skin was. Go ahead, I'll give you a minute.

Yeah people are stupid. We better stop letting them vote in case they just choose depending on shoe colour. Oh they will, theyre Stupid!

[The One]

If the queen wanted power back, could she take it?

and I suppose its good that your taxes go to moat cleaning of your politicians summer homes. God knows, we need to keep the moats clean so the trolls are happy.

[Mr. Squiggle Pants]

If the queen decided that she wanted to control the country. There would be a very one sided civil war in which the queen dies and we find a shiny new queen that knows whats up.

STAND AND WAVE BITCH.

edit to respond to moat:

Thats why these politicians are being shamed on public television. its actually a bit of a witchunt in the UK at the moment, everyone whose expenses forms arent squeaky clean is getting booted and shamed.

Our left wing, (the true left wing, the liberals) called for expenses inquirys, to make everything the government spends on the MP public for the papers to trawl through. It passed (because its a fucking democracy) and now we are all having a go at every MPs 'thought it was a secret' expense claims.

Edited by Mr. Squiggle Pants, 31 May 2009 - 07:11 AM.

[Carl]

Yeah thats right Carl. What the hell are you thinking trying to credit the correct people?

i believe it is a popular perpetuated myth that 'some british guy' invented the internet in his basement (i assume whilst trying to make scones)

Well, the apology was for calling him a moron - it was a bad choice of words, I should have said he was misinformed.  The rest of my post, however, is quite valid - LATIN-1 builds off ASCII, and Unicode, the current 16-bit character system (more bytes are possible, but mostly two are used - this causes quite a bit of complaining as chinese characters, etc cannot be all represented with just the two bytes), has the first byte of each character typically mapped to LATIN-1 codes - so ASCII codes are the lower 4 bits of the first byte (consisting of 8 bits each).  Mostly, though, the ASCII codes are either standard english characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9) and control codes which are "non-printable" (a carriage return (typewriters!), an acknowledgement, a negative acknowledgement, etc)