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Hector_Lector
Joined: 20 Apr 2004 Posts: 548
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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| I think it depends how many times you watch it! That will determine how sick you are. |
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scot47

Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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| The site is blocked in Saudi Arabia. Maybe the censors here have more good taste and decency than we have. |
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johnslat

Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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Dear scot47,
[/quote]Maybe the censors here have more good taste and decency than we have.[quote]
Hmm, in a land where public beheadings are routinely carried out? I kind of doubt "good taste and decency" are responsible. Perhaps they just don't want to give the local bad boys any ideas (a motive that'll work as well as censorship always does, I'd say).
Regards,
John |
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scot47

Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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johnslat
I had intended a touch of Irony. Alas that figurative language does not always work.
As for the Internet Censors in KSAwhat can we say of people who think the "Hell's Angels" really are agents of Satan and that the "Magic Circle" is a conspiracy of Magicians and not a bunch of amateur Illusionists. |
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johnslat

Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 3:09 pm Post subject: Ah, the irony of it all |
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Dear scot47,
Sorry for taking you literally - I've run into the "irony problem" myself. Got a warning once from Dave about an ironic posting I once made with reference to male chauvinist attitudes towards women. Irony-deficiency anemia - beware all imatators of Mr. Swift.
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Jonh |
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RVN

Joined: 05 May 2003 Posts: 62 Location: China
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 2:54 am Post subject: |
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So the photographs printed in the Daily Mirror have been proven as a hoax. Irresponsible tabloid journalism, that makes me sick.
With reference to the whole British "occupation" of Northern Ireland, you're forgetting that many people from Northern Ireland consider themselves to be British, therefore talking of "occuaption is an over simplification. The Nothern Ireland question is not of relevance to this situation. I don't see many Iraqis claiming that they are actually American, and their families have been American for centuries, even more than four centuries. |
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voodoochild
Joined: 04 Apr 2003 Posts: 80
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mjed9
Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 242
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Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 12:35 am Post subject: |
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Surely the attack on Iraq was to placate the American public in light of the 9-11 attacks! Osama Bin Laden had proved to be too hard an opponent to capture but Bush obviously didn't want to let his people believe America could do nothing so he chose Saddam, a far easier target and with additional benefits - most notably an INCREASED control over the oil-fields in that area. Let's not forget that after the Gulf War version 1, America and Britain 'divvied up' the oilfields among the "allied" troops, each claiming a 40% stake.
Here are some quotes from far cleverer people than I shall ever be ...
The freer the society the more well-honed and sophisticated its system of thought control and indoctrination. The ruling �lite, clever, class-conscious, ever sure of domination, make sure of that � Avram Noam Chomsky
Government is the shadow cast by business over society � John Dewey |
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voodoochild
Joined: 04 Apr 2003 Posts: 80
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scot47

Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 9:28 am Post subject: |
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voodoochild
and remember the moon is made of green cheese
the Earth is flat
Rosewell is the centre for US Government concealing UFO's
there are fairies at the bottom of my garden
11th September was all part of a cunning conspiracy by Freemasons and Jews to fool us all |
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