Walsingham

Damnit. Now I want Romanian rock music.

Why? What's wrong with Romanian rock music?

In some ways it reminds me of Martin Luther King's last speech. Wallets are power, if only we use them. Having said that it was smart of Sony to make it better across the board by being cheaper as well. I'm seriously thinking about getting a PS4 now - no fooling. The only thing is that I don't buy enough first tier games to make it worthwhile across, say, ten titles.

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Malc: The Kirkland case is interesting, but it's hardly over yet. Nor has he done anything I really disagree with. Firstly, it looks like he's tried to address it internally and failed. Secondly, things like in-service housing and health care are all issues which are routinely criticised publicly, and aren't proscribed in any regs. You may have another example, or I may have misunderstood. Nep: The Bloch case rang a bell, but it took me a while to dredge it back up. Again it's an interesting case worthy of discussion. But if an individual whistle-blower found they couldn't get anywhere with the 'correct' agency they still had Congress. The US has separation of powers for precisely these reasons.

I'll look into those cases and come back to the point. Meanwhile none of you seem to have any interest in the notion that an individual can randomly decide to spurge dangerous information just because they think it's important. Manning could just as easily have been a private UFO nut seeing shadowy evidence of a conspiracy. Or he could be trying to undermine what he sees as a liberal gay-friendly administration. You're all only happy because these instances accord with your personal views on what should be happening. It's like that bull**** with Ollie North back in the 80s.

It does but it is a creation of my imagination, as are all of you, the Earth, the universe, etc. The entire multiverse, including these boards, every person I have ever "met" or heard of, every solid, liquid, and gas, heck the very concept of solids, liquids, and gasses, they were all created by my imagination as a self contained universe. This is my own private playground, or my own private hell. Outside of me, there is nothing, or everything, or a completely different concept that cannot be defined by nothing, everything, or anything. I'll never know, because this self contained universe is all I'll ever know. Reminds me of the gag in philosophy class; my professor relayed the story of a colleague's revelation. The colleague, while having sex with his wife, suddenly stopped and exclaimed to her, "I just realized, I am all that exist and everything outside of me is a creation of my imagination. So I am god, and I'm not having sex with you, I'm masturbating!" Again, if you imagine you're completely hooned, this is hilarious. NEVER talk to philosophers while sober.

I always assumed that all Austrian public venues played this. Even rose gardens.

Case link?

Well, it looks like the PS4 is going to be DRM lite, free resale etc etc. Essentially it comes down to us consumers now. Do we want to be held down and pay pay for the priviledge of being proverbialed, or do we want to NOT. I could be overblowing this, but I think a LOT of industries are going to be watching this intently. If people choose x-box raping them then that will green light every one and their dog doing so.

essentially it just LOOKS ultra good. A lot of purchasers choose based on that. Modern military uniforms are bloody genius, but a $1000 italian bespoke suit is for some reason 'better dressed;'

For those that need proof of something so evident. So what you do is you speak to the boss two layers up, or you speak to another government department, or you speak to a member of Parliament from an opposition party in a relevant area. What you don't know is skip off to the nearest internet portal and datadump everything you know into the laps of every man and his dog. This isn't the wise musings of Walsingham. We got told this in the _first week_ of my military training. At some length. With examples. Go up the chain, unless you think it's broken, then jump the broken links. I have to say that I think your suspicion of modern democratic government say more about your own poorly veiled agendas and hatreds than it does about government.

What is needed is some kind of tiny laser array, manned by loyal earwigs in steel helmets. They could fire on the - relatively speaking - giant spiders, and it would seem brave, rather than cowardly.

Most Londoners I know treat them as a complete joke. Ever since they picketed the damn cathedral. They just couldn't be bothered to protest outside the banks. Plus doing so for the length of time they chose makes no statement beyond 'look at us, we have literally nothing better to do.' Walsie once again you and I find common ground in people that irritate us immensely What gets me the most is when they are asked questions similar to " so what do you suggest we do to remove Capitalism" They cannot give you a viable alternative or a suggestion that could be realistically sustainable in anyway. So there demands are just popular rhetoric It all comes down to how many animals you've eaten, and how cooked they were. Which reminds me, a friend and I were having a spot contest to name the scariest animal. I chose a relative of the polar bear - the ebola bear. Hardest animal conservationist TV ad ever.

Most Londoners I know treat them as a complete joke. Ever since they picketed the damn cathedral. They just couldn't be bothered to protest outside the banks. Plus doing so for the length of time they chose makes no statement beyond 'look at us, we have literally nothing better to do.'

Hey! When did this thread become an attack on my personal choice of attire?? *Laughs.* *Likes* *Looks aghast* *Hurriedly unlikes*

None of these individuals tried to approach anyone in authority who could have dealt with the matter responsibly. It's pure childishness to suggest that no-one in government is capable of holding the system accountable. I hate to even mention the man, but technically George Galloway is an MP. Any British citizen would be entirely correct to take the matter up with him; and I hoping none of you are desperate enough to suggest he's part of the establishment. Nor is he by any means the only non-establishment Parliamentary member. All this obsession with 'going public' is flatulence emanating from the very real problems of the system pre-1960/70s. But after all the reforms and courage to get protection in law... you ignorant bastards urinate on it.

You're ignoring the issue so you can sound off about The Great Satan. There is a system for reporting problems of conscience. So far as I'm aware, none of these cases used that system. The system exists so that _action_ can be initiated by people with clout and seen through. More importantly, if my 'conscience' is mentally unstable, or factually incorrect then it gets dealt with in a responsible fashion.

The thing a lot of people seem reluctant to 'get' is that Bruce is completely correct when he talks about damage. In a lot of parts of the world a public message can be appallingly inflammatory if revealed. Face matters to billions of people. Refusing to accept this is at best ethnocentric, at worst it's arguing our foreign policy engagement should just be a massive "F*** Y**! GET OVER IT!" In either case it doesn't strike me as consistent with a caring sharing let's all feel smug and read the Guardian perspective.

Again, it is the legend.

That's kind of what I was driving at. Can they make it work by attracting publishers?

I think for my next holiday I should just go visit Ros, posing as his eccentric uncle.

What I find mental is the notion that the Pure and Holy Light of Freedom will somehow keep us all safe while we divulge every secret we possess to any genocidal goat-bastard* who wants it. *Rules of information in warfare snipped for clarity* The problem with both Prism and Assange et al is that the problem isn't information. The problem is what is done with information. Prism feeds information to a justice system that only works when it isn't democratic - i.e. Gitmo. Assange et al. feed information indiscriminately out in a format which is sensationalist and legally moot. Both give the thrilling illusion and no substance. The only ones who benefit from either are likely to be those misusing the information in illegal ways. *It's a thing

If they urinated on it first, then it's possible they were just Norwegian. I think it's some kind of delicacy.