Poor old Australians
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Who else would have a CCC tattoo?
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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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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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:laugh: The ball-breaking is a term of flattery you know, and the dignity was absent long before me and Pete turned up.
I'm getting funny looks on the train - that made me laugh out loud.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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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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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.
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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.
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:
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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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:
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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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.
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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.
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?
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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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.
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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A spoon please, waste not want not. Anyway I'm equipped with 2 out of the 3. They are Mathmatics and thats it.
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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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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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.
Oakman wrote:
You are fooling (aren't you? :OMG: ),
Yes the joke is that out of Languages, Maths and History, I am only good at two of them, Mathematics. Thus implying I can't do Maths either. In truth I, like 90% of English, find learning another language impossile. History, only half good they choose to ignore big chunks of history over here, the British Empire for example isn't even mentioned, so my lack of knowledge on that will astound you. I did Electronics to Degree level so my Maths is OK.
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Oakman wrote:
You are fooling (aren't you? :OMG: ),
Yes the joke is that out of Languages, Maths and History, I am only good at two of them, Mathematics. Thus implying I can't do Maths either. In truth I, like 90% of English, find learning another language impossile. History, only half good they choose to ignore big chunks of history over here, the British Empire for example isn't even mentioned, so my lack of knowledge on that will astound you. I did Electronics to Degree level so my Maths is OK.
Ᵽompey wrote:
Yes the joke is that out of Languages, Maths and History, I am only good at two of them, Mathematics. Thus implying I can't do Maths either.
I got ther joke, I was just trying to make one of my own.
Ᵽompey wrote:
the British Empire for example isn't even mentioned,
According to results of a nationwide test released last month, most fourth graders in the U.S. are unable to say why Abraham Lincoln was an important figure and few high school seniors able to identify China as the North Korean ally that fought American troops during the Korean War. Over all, 20 percent of fourth graders, 17 percent of eighth graders and 12 percent of high school seniors demonstrated proficiency on the exam. As George Santayana said, "Those who refuse to learn from history are condemned to repeat it." It appears that neither your country nor mine even knows who Santayana is.
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:
Yes the joke is that out of Languages, Maths and History, I am only good at two of them, Mathematics. Thus implying I can't do Maths either.
I got ther joke, I was just trying to make one of my own.
Ᵽompey wrote:
the British Empire for example isn't even mentioned,
According to results of a nationwide test released last month, most fourth graders in the U.S. are unable to say why Abraham Lincoln was an important figure and few high school seniors able to identify China as the North Korean ally that fought American troops during the Korean War. Over all, 20 percent of fourth graders, 17 percent of eighth graders and 12 percent of high school seniors demonstrated proficiency on the exam. As George Santayana said, "Those who refuse to learn from history are condemned to repeat it." It appears that neither your country nor mine even knows who Santayana is.
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.
Just last night, the 12-year old girl in our care, was all excited about something she learnt in RE and wanted to tell us. It was Adam and Eve! Despite going to Sunday school for 3 years, she has got to 12 without knowing about Adam & Eve. We were gobsmacked.
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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?
------------------------------------ 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[^]
When they stopped allowing teachers to belt cheeky little horrors the country was already lost. And yeah there is a strong whiff of nanny in Oz.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH