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by alan_cx 13y ago
Over 1,000,000 people got up off their butts and put the actual effort in to physically marching on London to protest against the illegal war in Iraq. The left wing government took no notice what so ever. None. Please, I am a Brit, can you
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"The guns are not to be used against you unless you are violent." Not true. When you are complying because a gun is present, you fear that gun. There for it is being used. "You imply you obey laws only because there are men w
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I am no source whinger, but that claim it too fascinating to let pass. I have never heard such a thing before. Please tell us more, with, sorry to ask, sources.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Name the country which is acceptable, possible to travel too, and out of US reach.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
This again? Again, name the country which is acceptable, possible to travel too, and out of US reach. Snowden has to take whatever he can get.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yeah, the program it's self is the abuse.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Depends on what "we" define a terrorist as.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
What is bad writing? You can spell. Grammar seems good enough. I can understand what you are trying to say. How is your writing bad? BTW. Always amuses me that some of the best selling authors are said by the writing snobs to be bad write
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I think the Bible even hints at that. Having read it I believe the fundamental message of the bible is to believe in yourself and humanity. We are god. I am god. I am my own god. We are our own gods. Indeed, the bible warns of false gods an
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Offence is taken, not given. Religious people choose to take offence. They literally don't have to take offence if they don't want to. In doing so, they validate who ever they chose to be offended by, which ironically weakens th
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I see no evidence of that. In fact, I see the exact opposite.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Well, he not a jet ski either, but so what? Im sure he is not a lot of things. Does he claim to be a hacker? I didn't see that in the article. All I can tell, from your post and having a quick read of the article, is that for some reas
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by alan_cx 13y ago
As were certain medical facilities in WW2.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Sounds reasonable. But I think I would have to know a hell of a lot more about it and how it works in practice. Who set that up anyway? HK used to be British run. Don't tell me we gave them a better government than we have !!!!!
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Well, there are hardly likely to do themselves out of a prime job, are they? But in a way they sort of do, they appoint advisers.... We could have a whole new official layer of experts, but that would be shot down by cries of bureaucracy. I
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Structure is irrelevant while the electorate refuse any responsibility for their voting. Problem is people who have political bias and stick to it in a bigoted prejudiced way. On top of that, we have political apathy. Numbers wise, the majo
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by alan_cx 13y ago
How? As I said in the other discussion, MP's and ministers have no working or practical knowledge of any department they run or over see. That's because we vote for them. When was the last time a Doctor (of medicine) running Healt
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Pea plant grows inside man's lung(bbc.co.uk)
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Off topic, but I do love his web site.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
So, the fact he hasn't means he will not? And what crystal ball are you using to predict the out come of a hypothetical trial?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Why? He is no threat to Russia or Putin what so ever. All the information he has is out or in the hands of others. On top of that, Putin is hardly likely to do anything to him apart from send him to the US as some sort of present, since the
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by alan_cx 13y ago
2 years for alleged treason and endangering the lives of Americans? Some how I think not.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Probably. But can any one name one trust-able perfect country that would give a Snowden type asylum purely on principle, rather than for political reasons? I'll be honest, Im struggling to think of one.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Well, currently we have this Tory media adviser, or what ever he is supposed to be, who is said to have influenced this current government in to not blanking cigarette packets as he is connected to a tobacco company. Dunno why you picked an
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by alan_cx 13y ago
To play devil's advocate....Why would government not seek to control the internet? They control everything else, and if something goes wrong the public slaughter government for it, saying they should have done something. In the end, do
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Its not just technical, is all over government. Education ministers usually have no grounding in education, health ministers usually have no grounding in health, armed forces ministers usually have never serves, home secretaries usually hav
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yeah, art, IMHO, is all about context. In some cases, the actual piece of art, or perceived quality, is irrelevant. Cave paintings can be said to be rubbish art. Any one going to claim they have no relevance or value? With out context, to m
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Would you walk up to some one painting, and tell then to get someone else to do it?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Reminds me of Seasick Steve. He plays a guitar with 3 strings missing. Sounds better than most with all 6.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Just a thought: If people give up, the situation should get worse, and then people will act. It strikes me that we are not at enough of a tipping point yet. Giving up will get us to that tipping point quicker. People seem to tolerate a lot,

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