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  • L Lost User

    On the contary, I have paid £75, I feel I have paid for the right to Toss anything out my car window for the next 5 years.

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    Dexterus
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    Until the next fine that is. People that feel they have the right to litter when there are garbage bins nearby are so disgusting. Though being from a place where littering is commonplace Ive had plenty of time to pile up some issues.

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    • L Lost User

      Ps where'd you get a naked picture of Dave?

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      Pete OHanlon
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      He's posted them outside bars.

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        He's posted them outside bars.

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        Lost User
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        Impressive that you recognised him in his wig and garters

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        • C Christian Graus

          I did not see those photos, but I was lead to believe by the media ( who I don't trust, I admit ), that they were sexual in nature. I don't think it's healthy that people can do anything they want, if they call it art. On the other hand, one of the naked girls in the museum is around 13, so it's not like it's impossible to show a naked girl of that age in Australia, if it's for the right reasons and in the right context.

          Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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          soap brain
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          Christian Graus wrote:

          I was lead to believe by the media ( who I don't trust, I admit ), that they were sexual in nature.

          They weren't, at all. It was just knee-jerk moral panic by over-active imaginations.

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          • L Lost User

            Impressive that you recognised him in his wig and garters

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            Pete OHanlon
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            Who else would have a CCC tattoo?

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              Who else would have a CCC tattoo?

              Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

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              Dalek Dave
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              Jeez between you and PompeyBoy I have no dignity. Now stop posting them or the Negatives of you and Andrew Marr will be sent to the News of the World!

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                I've just done that - with Dave's picture and phone number.

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                Lost User
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                If its kindergarten kids, they will just think its a picture of Mr Blobby without the spots. :laugh:

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                  Jeez between you and PompeyBoy I have no dignity. Now stop posting them or the Negatives of you and Andrew Marr will be sent to the News of the World!

                  ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                  Lost User
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                  :laugh: The ball-breaking is a term of flattery you know, and the dignity was absent long before me and Pete turned up.

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                  • L Lost User

                    :laugh: The ball-breaking is a term of flattery you know, and the dignity was absent long before me and Pete turned up.

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                    Pete OHanlon
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                    I'm getting funny looks on the train - that made me laugh out loud.

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                    • D Dalek Dave

                      Jeez between you and PompeyBoy I have no dignity. Now stop posting them or the Negatives of you and Andrew Marr will be sent to the News of the World!

                      ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                      Pete OHanlon
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                      Dalek Dave wrote:

                      the Negatives of you and Andrew Marr will be sent to the News of the World

                      As long as I get a cut of the money. You forget, I have no shame or dignity. I support NUFC after all.

                      Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

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                      • L Lost User

                        When it comes to TV, Cinema etc the UK, like the rest of Europe, is very liberal when it comes to nudity, sex and swearing, at least compared too the States. I find it amazing when I watch American shows and they blur out arses :wtf: I even watched Americas got Talent the other day and one act was Sumo Wrestling and they blurred the arses out. I don't know about Ozzie TV, but I would assume it is somewhere between the UK and US on that front. As for the 'Nanny State' you are right, I reckon even if they are giving your Art age restrictions, you still have more freedom than us Brits. We have an extensive CCTV network that is used to raise money for the local authorities by fining law-abiding citizens for trivial matters. I am currently being chased for £75, for discarding a half-eaten burger. As my car reg. was recorded on CCTV, I have no defence. To put it in perspective, £75 is about the same you would get if convicted of a minor assault.

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                        Dan Neely
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                        The explanation I've gotten for movie censorship is that the director creates his cut of the movie. He then edits out all the sex and labels the result the US Theatrical Release. He then goes back to the directors cut, edits out all the violence and labels it the European theatrical release. Both our societies are insane for thinking we can make something go away by pretending really hard that it doesn't exist. :rolleyes:

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                          The explanation I've gotten for movie censorship is that the director creates his cut of the movie. He then edits out all the sex and labels the result the US Theatrical Release. He then goes back to the directors cut, edits out all the violence and labels it the European theatrical release. Both our societies are insane for thinking we can make something go away by pretending really hard that it doesn't exist. :rolleyes:

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                          Dalek Dave
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                          They all live in some kind of Panglossian bubble.

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                            I guess perhaps you're illiterate. However, ratings and censorship are not the same thing. It's perfectly reasonably for art that involves nudity to be classified as such, for sexually confronting art to be rated as not suitable for minors ( porn is rated now, and unless we're willing to go down a path where the government decides what IS art, who is to say that Penthouse is less art than a gallery with photos of naked people in sexual positions ? ), and if art involves getting children to pose in sexual positions, for the government to have a say in how minors are treated. None of that has anything to do with the government deciding the merits of art, or banning anything that is analogous to the art you refer to. Amusingly, this has not even made the news here, probably because it's a beat up story based on something that is unlikely to ever get results here.

                            Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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                            Oakman
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                            Take a deep breath, calm down, and count to ten.

                            The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.

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                              Take a deep breath, calm down, and count to ten.

                              The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.

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                              Oakman wrote:

                              The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots.

                              I can follow this up to the 'ignorant peasent with dung on your boots', surely you are just left with nowhere to sit?

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                                Oakman wrote:

                                The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots.

                                I can follow this up to the 'ignorant peasent with dung on your boots', surely you are just left with nowhere to sit?

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                                Oakman
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                                Ᵽompey wrote:

                                I can follow this up to the 'ignorant peasent with dung on your boots'

                                I am sorry to hear that - would you like a rag for your boots? ;)

                                The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.

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                                  Ᵽompey wrote:

                                  I can follow this up to the 'ignorant peasent with dung on your boots'

                                  I am sorry to hear that - would you like a rag for your boots? ;)

                                  The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.

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                                  Lost User
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                                  A spoon please, waste not want not. Anyway I'm equipped with 2 out of the 3. They are Mathmatics and thats it.

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                                    When it comes to TV, Cinema etc the UK, like the rest of Europe, is very liberal when it comes to nudity, sex and swearing, at least compared too the States. I find it amazing when I watch American shows and they blur out arses :wtf: I even watched Americas got Talent the other day and one act was Sumo Wrestling and they blurred the arses out. I don't know about Ozzie TV, but I would assume it is somewhere between the UK and US on that front. As for the 'Nanny State' you are right, I reckon even if they are giving your Art age restrictions, you still have more freedom than us Brits. We have an extensive CCTV network that is used to raise money for the local authorities by fining law-abiding citizens for trivial matters. I am currently being chased for £75, for discarding a half-eaten burger. As my car reg. was recorded on CCTV, I have no defence. To put it in perspective, £75 is about the same you would get if convicted of a minor assault.

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                                    wizardzz
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                                    Ᵽompey wrote:

                                    I find it amazing when I watch American shows and they blur out arses :WTF: I even watched Americas got Talent the other day and one act was Sumo Wrestling and they blurred the arses out.

                                    You do realize that this only true for broadcast network tv, which consists of maybe 5 channels?

                                    "I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson

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                                      You are children, naive children. You may not do the things your parents did, because the nanny state knows best. Your rights are being eroded, your freedoms taken from you. But the puritans will tell you it is for the best. They will tell you what to do, where to go, how to think. They will even tell you how to raise your children. Even art is to be subjected to what the state thinks is good for you.[^] Oh Australia, what hast thou become?

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                                      wizardzz
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                                      They need to lay off the arts. At least the 1st Amendment here is protective of artistic expression.

                                      "I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson

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                                      • L Lost User

                                        A spoon please, waste not want not. Anyway I'm equipped with 2 out of the 3. They are Mathmatics and thats it.

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                                        Oakman
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                                        Ᵽompey wrote:

                                        A spoon please, waste not want not.

                                        I thought I told you to take your boots off before trampling the grapes.

                                        Ᵽompey wrote:

                                        They are Mathmatics and thats it.

                                        You are fooling (aren't you? :omg:), but there are those who think that way for real.

                                        The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.

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                                          Ᵽompey wrote:

                                          I find it amazing when I watch American shows and they blur out arses :WTF: I even watched Americas got Talent the other day and one act was Sumo Wrestling and they blurred the arses out.

                                          You do realize that this only true for broadcast network tv, which consists of maybe 5 channels?

                                          "I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson

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                                          jschell
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                                          wizardzz wrote:

                                          You do realize that this only true for broadcast network tv, which consists of maybe 5 channels?

                                          Errr...no that isn't true. There are quite a few 'cable' channels that also blur and bleep as well.

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