alan_cx

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by alan_cx 13y ago
Oh hell, this again? No you did not know. We did not know. We suspected . Only now, do any of us, not on the inside know . Besides, if we accepted your argument, then replacing the word "surveillance" with the word "slavery
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Reason? Yeah, that's the power of the bogey man word "terror". So, no matter what, the government have that as a get out of jail free card. What ever the situation, they will always cite "terror" as an excuse for ev
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Thanks for that. I understand your position a lot better now. Interesting that you chose to escape to the US. So, its not like you had negative feeling form the start, in fact, the exact opposite. The US represented not just freedom, but pe
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by alan_cx 13y ago
As I understand it, there sort of is the same health care across the EU. There is an EU healthcare card which means any EU citizen gets treated in any EU country. The systems are different, but in the end we can all get healthcare free at t
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by alan_cx 13y ago
The obvious question is you why you believed were living in a free world while the US was kidnapping and torturing foreigners, while threatening countries by telling them they'd be bombed back in to the stone age? I do very much agree
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." No?
817.
by alan_cx 13y ago
Fair enough, but I closed that page after 3 clicks. For me it was wasting my time. Not saying I'm right and you are wrong, just that people have different irritants, as it were.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
What, and risk a NSA file landing on a rival's news desk? Its like the "good old days" of Hoover, but far more efficient and deep in scope. While people continue to behave so complacently compliant, I will continue to assume
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Don't know how separated the German judiciary is from its government, which seems contradictory on its position, but for Snowden to accept some sort of German judicial protection would be on hell of a gamble. Could be a great solution,
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Terror is NOT their main risk. If the same money was put in to health, road safety, gun control, and so on, they would be much more secure and safe. Real lives would be saved, not hypothetical ones. But since they are high on terrorist stor
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yeah, here too in the UK but worse. As I have said before even the satirists don't seem to give a toss. The level of apathy is stunning. Frankly, I think the terror scare stories have worked a treat, as I suppose is predictable. Which
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yeah, I know. But.... Im not sure its even that simple. But to have this conversation, in this direction, it all begins to get a bit foil hat and black helicopter. I appreciate your point though, I wont contradict it.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
No. The death penalty is wrong, end of. I dont care who we are talking about, if it is wrong to kill, then it is wrong to kill. That has to be n absolute or we just get mission creep in the application of the law. And you know what happens,
824.
by alan_cx 13y ago
Firstly, thanks, I didnt know that. Secondly, don't write the Scottish off just yet. They let that Lockerbie bomber go home, and that really annoyed both the UK and US. They did the humane decent thing, despite the pressure, which in t
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Hmmm, all that will do is fuel the stupid debate we in the UK have over being in Europe at all. Personally I think the EU should haul us over the coals, not just a fine, but actual sanctions. However, I'm not sure the EU really has the
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by alan_cx 13y ago
It will be interesting to see how the French public react to this in comparison with Brits and Americans. Not to mention the Germans.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Terrorist is an arbitrary term used to stifle dissent and demonide an opposition. One could use the term "freedom fighter" in it place and suddenly it has a whole new moral meaning. We Brits know this well, as we referred to the I
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I do hope people who support freedom, openness, and the rule of law now apply for Mastercard services to show them approval and support. It would be a very good way to demonstrate to MC that they have done the right thing, as well as a clea
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Never forget to include in that list "pedophiles". Some sarcasm there, but, on reflection, not really. Which is sad.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Since the UK is acting as the USA's slurp gateway, I reckon the Germans should be having a word with us. Also, if the EU wants to block the US in what ever way, its going to need to block the UK too, since it will side with the US.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Does any one else thing the US is cashing in a hell of a lot of diplomatic good will to get one single man? Yeah, I get the US gov want Snowden, but this seems so over the top, like it almost feels personal. Has Snowden got something on Oba
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Incompetent? No way. The US Government is the biggest, best bully in the game. They have perfected it to a new degree.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Mostly Brits can only screw over Brits. The US can screw over countries. Same nasty deal, sure, but the scope of the US is much, much bigger.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
No idea why you are voted down here. From a US POV Bolivia is nothing. Replies about US reputation are irrelevant. We clearly see that US reputation is irrelevant, since it has the financial and military power force its will.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I know humor doesn't work so well here, but FAB1? Seriously? International rescue? No? I'll get my coat.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Forgive me I don't quite understand. Do better than Americans? Do you mean if the UK was in the EU proper, we Brits doing better than Americans? If so, Im not really referring to the NSA thing, rather our social economic position in ge
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by alan_cx 13y ago
In general..... The anti EU people in the UK see the EU as socialist, liberal and left wing. The anti EU people in the UK are...... you guessed it... right wing. Fairly extreme right in UK terms, but probably still left wing by US standards
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by alan_cx 13y ago
To me the stamp would be an acknowledgement of my support and a thank you for it. So to me, it would be about the stamp. Other wise, why not wait and just buy the thing? Not to ignore your other legitimate issues, I think the lack of a stam
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by alan_cx 13y ago
My inner narcissist likes this...
840.
by alan_cx 13y ago
I assume you are being a bit naughty there, and your comment did raise a smile, but I do think people would buy them. I mean, lets face it, deep down, don't we all have varying degrees of narcissism?

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