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  • L Lost User

    John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

    big wanker

    :wtf: That's the second time I've heard an American refer to someones trouser-snake as a "wanker". Is this common? Because, as you know, "wanker" is used in a slightly different context over here. :)

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    David Wulff
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    Hey, at least he's trying to learn. :)


    Ðavid Wulff Die Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen (video)
      "If some individuals commit an act that is contrary to what their religion tells them to do, then the religion isn't violent... the individuals are." - espeir.

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    • A Allah On Acid

      fat_boy wrote:

      Free? You dont know the meaning of free.

      You must be an arrogant asshole to tell that to an American, being from the UK yourself. In the UK you have "knife amnesites", and will put anyone in jail for 4 years for having a pocket knife. In the UK your police arrest young children of making "racist" remarks. The police in the UK can do pretty much whatever they like if they label someone a "terrorist". Wheras Americans have the right to free speech, the right to be armed (which i am), the right against unreasonable searches and confiscations by the police (but the police do violate this one sometimes). Freedom means more than petty little things like speed limits and holidays. Stand rigid for the next battle Peace means reloading your guns The love for life is all hatred in disguise - Dimmu Borgir

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      In the UK you have "knife amnesites"

      We have gun amnesties too, your point being?

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      put anyone in jail for 4 years for having a pocket knife

      Simply not true. The most that is likely to happen is the knife being confiscated. Four years is the absolute maximum that a judge could pass down when there are serious concerns about the individual concerned (i.e. they were caught fighting outside a school or brandishing it.)

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      police arrest young children of making "racist" remarks

      If you knew the background of that single incident you would know that there was considerably more to it than the remarks exchanged.

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      The police in the UK can do pretty much whatever they like if they label someone a "terrorist".

      The first part requires significant proof however. It might not be shown in a public court, but it still needs to be shown before we can detain anyone. Most times the individuals are simply returned to their country of origin so long as we are sure they will come to no physical harm by doing so. Maybe we should just build camps in other countries and send them all there?

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      Americans have the right to free speech

      Ditto. It wasn't a concept you created either.

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      the right to be armed

      Yeah, it really sucks[^] to live in Britain.

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      which i am

      Thank God for the Atlantic.

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      the right against unreasonable searches and confiscations by the police

      We share that right, protected in law.

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      Freedom means more than petty little things like speed limits and holidays

      Personal freedom is significant in its own right.


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      • A Allah On Acid

        fat_boy wrote:

        Oh yes, I forgot, carying a gun makes you so free.

        It does not make you free, but it does give a population recourse against a tyrannical government. Totalitarian governments always disarm the population, so they dont end up like the redocats did 200 years ago.

        fat_boy wrote:

        Bollocks.

        Clickety[^] Ministers are also proposing to double the sentence for possessing a knife or offensive weapon from two years to four I was partly wrong, the sentence is two years, but they are trying to make it four. Stand rigid for the next battle Peace means reloading your guns The love for life is all hatred in disguise - Dimmu Borgir

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        You do know that Scotland doesn't share all the same laws as England, Wales and Northen Ireland, right?


        Ðavid Wulff Die Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen (video)
          "If some individuals commit an act that is contrary to what their religion tells them to do, then the religion isn't violent... the individuals are." - espeir.

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        • R Red Stateler

          Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:

          I've seen and heard their leader speak. Scary man.

          You're scared of the peaceful practice of religion? Given Europe's rich history of oppressing and even killing anybody who's religion differs with their own, and given that the religion du jour in Europe is atheism, I find the fact that you find such people scary in itself...scary.

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          It's not the religion itself I find scary, but the political ambition of these people. They're just as scary as left and right extremes. If you find me scary for thinking that, then you're one heck of a scaredy cat. Do you fear waking up too?

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          • R Red Stateler

            I'd sooner live in a more open society like Afghanistan.

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            • J Jason Henderson

              Welcome brother! :->

              "Live long and prosper." - Spock

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              Thanks! Is there a yearly fee?

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                Thanks! Is there a yearly fee?

                -- 100% natural. No superstitious additives.

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                Jason Henderson
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                Yes, suck 90% of the life out of you every January 1st. We're E.V.I.L. remember?

                "Live long and prosper." - Spock

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                • J Jason Henderson

                  Yes, suck 90% of the life out of you every January 1st. We're E.V.I.L. remember?

                  "Live long and prosper." - Spock

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                  Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                  Sounds like an invitation to Anton LaVeys little club... ;)

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                  • A Allah On Acid

                    Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:

                    you twit.

                    I think i will go kill myself now. :((:((:(( Stand rigid for the next battle Peace means reloading your guns The love for life is all hatred in disguise - Dimmu Borgir

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                    I think i will go kill myself now.

                    Wow, you got two 5's. That must be your most popular post for a while. Seriously though its not something to joke about. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

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                    • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                      In all fairness to Oxford's Dictionary, it does mention the american spelling. On the other hand, the american spelling for similar words is smarter, because it conveys the actual pronounciation better than the british counterparts. Definately more foreigner friendly. ;)

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                      Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:

                      On the other hand, the american spelling for similar words is smarter, because it conveys the actual pronounciation better than the british counterparts.

                      But try the Yankee pronunciation. Those Three Wise Men They Had A Sem-Eye By The Sea. Or one of my favourite pronunciations s-eye-multaneous. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                      • L Lost User

                        Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:

                        On the other hand, the american spelling for similar words is smarter, because it conveys the actual pronounciation better than the british counterparts.

                        But try the Yankee pronunciation. Those Three Wise Men They Had A Sem-Eye By The Sea. Or one of my favourite pronunciations s-eye-multaneous. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                        Michael Martin wrote:

                        Or one of my favourite pronunciations s-eye-multaneous.

                        I think that's a dialect thing. I've heard both sim.. and seyem.. pronounciations by americans. I have real problems with the British (and australian) pronounciation of "can't". It's easily mispronounced as cun't. Such mishaps raise too many eyebrowes for me to feel comfortable. :)

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                        • L Lost User

                          Don't get me started on your use of "fag" and "twat"! :omg: :omg: ;P "The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass." - Martin Mull

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                          Mike Mullikin wrote:

                          Don't get me started on your use of "fag" and "twat"! :omg: :omg: ;P

                          And your abomination of the word fanny is OK then? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                            espeir wrote:

                            Spanish men also don't know how to please a woman. The average woman in the US has 2.09 children and in Spain they only have 1.28. Perhaps that chauvinism is masking something deeper.

                            Ummm, I'm gonna go ahead and point out the subtle comedy... "Spanish men also don't know how to please a woman" followed by "Perhaps that chauvinism is masking something deeper"... Like a french boyfriend with a big wanker...

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                            "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                            John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                            Like a french boyfriend with a big wanker...

                            A wanker is someone who tugs his tossle. Too wank is to masturbate. It is not his todger. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                            • R Red Stateler

                              RichardGrimmer wrote:

                              But by the soame token, you lot should be lumped in with Canada (a bonus) and all the south american countries (not so much) - well you're all in the Americas aren't you....wonder what THAT would do to the literacy figures

                              We're not part of a unified economic and political unit like the EU.

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                              espeir wrote:

                              We're not part of a unified economic and political unit like the EU.

                              And the European Union does not encompass all of Europe you twat. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                              • R Red Stateler

                                We have the freedom to allow all that if we wished. However, not being a civilization in decline, we choose not to.

                                fat_boy wrote:

                                We have free health care

                                I hate to break it to you...but no it isn't.

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                                espeir wrote:

                                We have the freedom to allow all that if we wished. However, not being a civilization in decline, we choose not to.

                                Nice attempt at a smokescreen twat. Explain how prohibition works into your freedom. Aside from communist countries such as the USSR and East Germany name another country beside the USA that has allowed spying on the general populace by the government and individuals like during the McCarthy era? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                                  His glasses are thicker than coke bottles and knowing this pindick decided to try and force his way into fighter pilot or nothing. They told him to suck their dick, after he did they told him to fuck off. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                                  • R Red Stateler

                                    Actually "evangelicals" as you see them represent a very small minority of Christian in this country. A Southern Baptist is not an "evangelical" as you see them. I've also known many protestants in my life (my grabdfather is a protestant preacher) and with the exception of one in college who said the pope has a stupid hat, I've never experienced anything but kindness from them. Being an American and pro-freedom, I whole-heartedly support religious people regardless of their religion (as long as they don't blow people up). That's quite different from Europe where such practice is generally frowned upon.

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                                    espeir wrote:

                                    Being an American and pro-freedom, I whole-heartedly support religious people regardless of their religion (as long as they don't blow people up).

                                    Since they only hangs blacks the Ku Klux Klan is OK by you then? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                                    • A Allah On Acid

                                      fat_boy wrote:

                                      Free? You dont know the meaning of free.

                                      You must be an arrogant asshole to tell that to an American, being from the UK yourself. In the UK you have "knife amnesites", and will put anyone in jail for 4 years for having a pocket knife. In the UK your police arrest young children of making "racist" remarks. The police in the UK can do pretty much whatever they like if they label someone a "terrorist". Wheras Americans have the right to free speech, the right to be armed (which i am), the right against unreasonable searches and confiscations by the police (but the police do violate this one sometimes). Freedom means more than petty little things like speed limits and holidays. Stand rigid for the next battle Peace means reloading your guns The love for life is all hatred in disguise - Dimmu Borgir

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                                      Wheras Americans have the right to free speech, the right to be armed (which i am),

                                      As are many school children. This whole being armed thing, it's from being too scared to face people physically and hiding behind a gun isn't it? Strangely enough don't have that built in Yankee fear. Yes I have had a junkie come back to my place of work (a pub) with a gun for me.

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                                      the right against unreasonable searches and confiscations by the police (but the police do violate this one sometimes).

                                      And the right for something like the Patriot Act to take as much of it away as the government likes. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                                      • J Jeremy Falcon

                                        fat_boy wrote:

                                        What the f*** have guns got to do with freedom. Guns are about self defence and living in a dangerous environment.

                                        If you can't put two and two together than you need serious help. But what do you care right? You can buy booze at McDonalds.

                                        fat_boy wrote:

                                        Fortunately in Europe, we are civilised enough not to need to carry guns.

                                        Bullshit as usual. I suppose Europe never has any crime either. What's it like to be perfect?

                                        fat_boy wrote:

                                        Dont forget who invented democracy, and gave it to you.

                                        You didn't give us shit. We left you and France help us kick your ass so that we could give it to ourselves.

                                        fat_boy wrote:

                                        Post the link or rertract.

                                        He's right. Stop being lazy and search it yourself or retract your statement. Jeremy Falcon

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                                        I'd need a shovel to get through the shit to see if this message had any information in it. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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                                        • A Allah On Acid

                                          fat_boy wrote:

                                          Oh yes, I forgot, carying a gun makes you so free.

                                          It does not make you free, but it does give a population recourse against a tyrannical government. Totalitarian governments always disarm the population, so they dont end up like the redocats did 200 years ago.

                                          fat_boy wrote:

                                          Bollocks.

                                          Clickety[^] Ministers are also proposing to double the sentence for possessing a knife or offensive weapon from two years to four I was partly wrong, the sentence is two years, but they are trying to make it four. Stand rigid for the next battle Peace means reloading your guns The love for life is all hatred in disguise - Dimmu Borgir

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                                          It does not make you free, but it does give a population recourse against a tyrannical government.

                                          So if Georgey Boy and his government go more spastic and decide to repress the general public your pathetic collection of firearms will overthrow him and his army full of nukes, smartbombs, F16's, F18's, aircraft carriers etc. Can you people get a clue and realise that when original George, Thomas, Benjamin etal made that rule itfit the technology of the era. If the current government went troppo and had the army onside (as would have been required 2-300 years ago) you have no chance. The greatest army and technology in the world, that's the claim isn't it? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004

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